The New Paper, 17 December 2006

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    26 1 the New Paper 17 DEC 2006 mil 1 8 "8871 81^*****9® > Singapore Pnss Wtm Holdings 80 CENTS MICA (P) 189/02/2006 17 December 2006 the new paper
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      Lock icon Her life descends INTO HELL BUT SHE SAYS: I WON'T GIVE UP HOPE
      1189 2  -  MOTHER OF ALL Despite suffering one misfortune after I another, this mum is determined to I keep fighting till she 'draws her last I breath'for the sake of her 3 kids I Maureen Koh maurccnkQsph.com.sg HER life
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      Lock icon HER HEART STOPPED BEATING
      292 3 continued from previous page HER children were sent to a home, where children from single-parent families and troubled homes reside, while she "focused on picking up the pieces of my life", she said. Later, however, she decided to take them home, even though it was a
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      Lock icon I'M NOT FOOLED... I KNOW MUM'S IN PAIN
      451 3  -  MOTHER OF ALL 'Daughter pours out pain in bk>g Maureen Koh mourrenk@sph.comsg SHE cannot get away from her mother's checkered past, but Madam Lena's eldest daughter has found a way to let off stress and strain. Crystal (not her real name), 17,
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      Lock icon WHY IS PORTRAIT OF EX-SECT LEADER HANGING IN TAMPINES EATERY?
      721 5 FROM the outside, the Rufaqa' Family Restaurant on Tampines Street 11 looks like any normal Muslim eatery. The female staff wear the tudung, the Muslim headscarf, and the men wear the songkolc But when you step into the restaurant, you
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      Lock icon LIVE IN THE EAST? = LIVE IN THE WEST? =
      742 6  - LIVE IN THE EAST? LIVE IN THE WEST? Cabbies queueing up at airport get mean with passengers living nearby as they make less by the meter tay Shi' and Let Pei Qi shionQsph.comsg, kepqQsph.comsg YOU can call it the cabby's version of Russian Roulette or, as the cabbies call it,
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      793 7  -  TOMB OF JAPANESE NAVALMf OFFICER ON MOUNT FABEB If Thafs one of many puzzles about this grave. Others: ♦Who put up the tombstone? Why isn't it with other Japanese graves? PICTURES Mohd khak ishak@5ph.com.5g REPORTS TehJwitee jcnlee@sph.com.sg IT has been there for more than 60 years,
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      Lock icon Most Japanese war dead buried in YioChu Kang
      162 8 THE Japanese Cemetery Part in Yle Cbu Kang's Chuan Hoe Avenue has a history that dates back to 1891. That's when Japanese philanthropist Tagajiro Futaki donated 2.8ha of his rubber plantation—the size of three football fields —to be used as burial grounds
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      Lock icon It's a slog to get there
      228 8 THINKING of paying the tomb at Mount Faber a visit? Be warned: Getting there is no walk in the park. It took our team at least 20 minutes of sweaty, uphill bush-whacking before we managed to find the tomb. When we went to check
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      650 9  -  No money to join Cara Van Miriah caravm@sph.com jg THE Lexus Cup has re-awakened your appetitie for golf. You pick up your clubs then... you scratch your head. Where to play? You gave up your club membership in the last economic downturn. Don't worry, for some time
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      Lock icon International golf clubs easily accessible to members of OAAG
      419 10 SKY driving. Perhaps that should be the name of the new service the Organisation of Asian Amateur Golfers (OAAG) will be offering next june. It helps golfers get a pilot's licence and fly their own or hire an aircraft to golf
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      Lock icon Dentist your patient looks green
      329 10  -  Celine Lim ccllsf@sph.com.sg A MAN, his wife and their tortoise walked into the dentist's. "We're here to see the doctor," said the man to the receptionist. "Our tortoise hasn't been eating for a week." Before you dismiss this as a bad joke, let me assure
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      484 11  -  Daredevils at the Xtreme Singapore 2006 competitior are young even younger Cara Van Miriah caravm@sph.com.sg XTREMELY young, that's how one would describe daredevil skateboarder Mohamed Farris Abdul Rahman. Today, Mohamed Farris, a Primary 6 student from Henry Park Primary School, will be giving the older skaters aged between
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      622 13 STUDY: ASIAN CITIES LOSING POLLUTION BATTLE BUT ASIA's cities are paying the price for rapid growth. Pollution in some of these cities is up to five times as bad as in Paris, London and New York. According to experts at the 2006 Better Air Quality Conference in Yogyakarta, cities
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      743 14 Dark tourism more people flocking to graveyards, disaster sites WHEN you go on a holiday, do you enjoy poking around people's graves, clicking places where hundreds were murdered or marvelling at ruins left behind by a catastrophic natural disaster? At first, you might answer: "Of course, not!" But
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      189 15 1. TOO DARK Some people travel to watch death public hangings (pictured), whippings and executions. Some even travel to sites that still haven't recovered from catastrophe and are not yet ready for travellers, reported Lonely Planet's Bluelist. Neither of these have any justification. 2. PITCH BLACK
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      Lock icon The uniform is SO SO SEXY
      396 16 Lip-reader claims Prince William's girlfriend (left) said at his passing-out parade: r iHE proper object of attention should have been Prince William JL (right). The occasion on Friday was, after all, his passing-out parade from world-famous military academy Sandhurst Instead, all eyes were on
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      139 16 PRINCE William got a quick whispered Hallo from his grandmother tha Queen (pictured) as she raviawad tha ranks of young cadets being commissioned as officers on Friday and it left both of them with smiles on their faces. Because ha Is 1.9m tall, Prince William was placed
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      195 10 Ce[cWA\ow I)imer (24&31 Dec'o6) Nostalgic Moments Relive wonderful memories at River Garden before it undergoes a complete transformation in 2007. Enjoy a sumptuous international buffet spread and dance the night away. X'mas Eve "w mum renowned artistes Abigail Chay II Eileen Wee in a hilarious stand-up .Iff comedy routine. Veteran
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      135 12 io*i Jointly Present Bndalsc JPtytography Jtik /16 th -18 th Dec 06 J 12nn 10pm (Sat-Mn SUNTEC SINGAPORE* V fIS the hottest wedding trends for 200 7! lndu, 9 e in the wonderful creations presented by talented young designers W and photographers. This is truly a show you wouldn't want
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      218 13 yy SMOOTH YEAR AHEAD 15 Philips Williams Fl learn shavers worth $259 each must be won! Designed for the FI fan, Philips, together with the Williams FI Team presents a revolutionary shaver. Using the Philips Shavers' Super Lift Cut technology, it employs a Precision Cutting system for a fuzz-free shave.
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      179 13 1 i i. VEHICLE GROWTH TO EXPLODE Asia's rapid transport sactor growth to contributa 60 par cant off 1 graanhousa gasas in tha naxt faw dacadas Indian car sactor has grown by 20 par cant annually sinca 2000 China poisad to ba world's largast car makar by 2015 Hanoi has
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      Lock icon Retired from chess, Kasparov now aims to CHECKMATE PUTIN
      500 19 ONCE the world's greatest chess player, Mr Garry Kasparov is now employing his formidable skills against his toughest opponent of all Russian President Vladimir Putin. At stake, he argues, is the fate of Russian democracy. Mr Kasparov has devoted himself to
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        37 20 The situation of the Chinese (in Indonesia) has never been as good as today. We feel more free, more equal. Mr Benny Setiono, head of the Chinese Indonesian Association, quoted in the International Herald Tribune
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        Lock icon SHOPHOUSES UP IN FLAMES
        64 20 about to put out the fiaraesf There were tea T? In a separate incident yesterday five workers} who were roaming meat ina"bafckwa" f> shophouse inChangi Road at 3pm spilled oil from the oven onto the i It started a fire which sent over lOGkg of the
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        Lock icon Orchid 'Olympics' for 2011
        79 20 SINGAPORE will not only have a regular world-class flower show, it will also host the 20th International Orchid Conference in 2011. The inaugural Singapore Garden Festival opened at Suntec City on Friday. It will be held every two years. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, who
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        Lock icon Change some road name: sm
        89 20 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong feels that several roads named after minor colonial officials could instead commemorate Singapore's pioneers. But he cautioned that road names should not be changed just for the sake of doing so. He suggested recently that new buildings and roads should
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        Lock icon Move to boost tripartite relationship
        182 20 AIM FOR MORE'WM-WM-WW YEARS, SAYS MR UM SWEE SAY THIS has been a win-win-win year, says incoming labour chief Lim Swee Say. The economy is strong, companies have higher profits, and workers, bigger bonuses. The questions is: How can we keep it going? The labour
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        Lock icon Support cpf change, labour chief tells employers
        203 20 WORKERS have had to take CPF cuts when the economy was not doing well. Now, with the economy firing on all cylinders, it is time for employers to do their bit. They must support any government move to make changes to CPF contribution
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        52 20 The Johor Bigfoot is a hoax. Reports of a giant footprint found in the state's jungle does not prove the creature's existence, Malaysia's Natural Resources and Environment Ministry said. But Johor tourism officials compared it to Scotland's Loch Ness monster and said they are keeping an open mind on
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      27 20 Weather Central Thunderstorms North Thunderstorms South Thunderstorms East Thunderstorms West Thunderstorms Temperature max 13i°c min 124°C High Tide first tide 2.5m I 8.28am second tide 2.3m 110.26pm
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  • OUR Sunday
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      Lock icon Love actually? Ching works so i Fate
      867 22  -  DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? believes kismet and THefffff B||»i r on Sunday can help arrange®ie marriage she yearns for REPORT AND PICTURE Joyce Lim joycei@sph.com sg IF LOVE actually is all around, why is it still so hard to connect in
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      Lock icon 'I want to settle down soon'
      743 24 From previous page WHAT Trina wants most in life is to be a good housewife and bear children for her future husband. "I'm a family-oriented person. In our society, it's about chasing career and getting the 5Cs. I don't get the same kind of
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      Lock icon They belong to rare breed of matchmakers
      1025 25  -  ARRANGED MARRIAGES... Traditional matchmakers family friends or known members in the communityare being replaced by agencies and online websites Zubaidah Nazeer zubaidah&sph.comsg Vanishing among Chinese ARRANGED marriages are a dying practice here among the Chinese. So say matchmakers who spoke to The New
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      Lock icon Only tourists wear Mao jackets in China
      662 26  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnpQsphcomjg ANYWHERE you travel in this world, you'll meet tourists who try their best not to look like tourists. They don't want to be overcharged in the shops, taken by taxis on 10km rides to 2km destinations, or (in these
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      Lock icon Watch how much hongbao you give
      289 27 bitchaboutcorner ************************* A WEDDING hongbao can make or break a friendship. Speaking from a wealth of experience, I dare say many lack social graces in the hongbao department. Imagine opening a red packet to find $20. Or worse, a $50 McDonald's voucher. My friend
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      Lock icon Loving each other in times of despair
      746 28  -  Corporate mummy soaks in family bliss and ponders about bringing up children Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg THE couple dashed into Dr Joyce Liang's clinic in a panic. "Please, we need to see the doctor now!" they pleaded with the two patients ahead of them.
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      Lock icon Want a date? You're better off asking a friend
      550 28  -  Ivy Ong-Wood Columnist tnpQsph.comjg SO the Social Development Unit is dead. I feel sad for those who worked there because, towards the end, they were actually doing their best to pump up its hip quotient. But whatever they did, they were
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      832 29  -  Move over Peking Duck, as I tuck into Beijing's other famous dish, Mongolian lamb hotpot WHAT: Hong Shou Xuan Fan Zhuang WHERE: 15, Shou Chang Road 2, Xuan Wu District Beijing, China, Tel: 010-*****713/*****914 HOURS: Lunch and dinner daily, bookings advised KF Seetoh Columnist tnpQsph.comsg I HAD lamb
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      466 30  -  Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.comsg WHAT first comes to mind when you think of yoga? I bet for most of you, it's either someone with their body contorted in a seemingly impossible asana (posture) or someone sitting calmly and serenely in padmasan, the lotus position. Padmasan, along with
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      214 33 our sunofiv THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAYI7 Dec 2006 n36 CI Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having 1 a crush? We want to know all about it. Send I A I your pictures and messages t0... Mf 1 tnpforiim@Sph.COm.Sg Bljfc j■ t )'i 1.1 ,'f a HH f*
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      309 34 OUR SUnDHV THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY 17 Dec 2006 FA I our dearest son v Xjfl 9k party we prepared for You. From Mummy f r-g.— V/7V9MI \1 and Pana Aww! Who calls me Little mgfi, Dear Beloved Hubby, Thank you for being a wonderful husband and a father
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  • SUN RACING
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      174 35 Racing Editor Marc Tan a Deputy Racing Editor Danny Khooj Tan Ttiean LoonJ z. 1 M TR5 *3 IKIJ R8 PB8B PgjQN HB mm jlL Afiii-j'i! 4 Mr Fibs i JMB I p. 2 Royal Conqueror i Aw MUli i i 3 Leading Witness B'Jiii.® 2ltmaybeyou r sei
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, B) RACE CARD GOING:SOFT
      869 35 No Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Banter (Aee/ohfktei, tratoer-ewer) 1 674 UM'S CHANNEL 57 (47) ISalfMdin 11 (3ag Meagher-Lim's) Not far away at first run back on sand after short spell and looks improved. Place. 2 *****- DON KING 57
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      127 35 RACE 2: Katie's Dream, Rollin Rich, Diwan, lion Qty Emperor, Coppola. RACE 3: Robbins, Orion, All Win, Fat Boy, Bless Year. RACE 4: Pegasus Royal, Southern Day, Res Judicata, Signature Spirit, Thirty Four Below. RACE 5: All Go, Golden Harvest, Sapphire Racer, Royal Smile, Yaakeen, Worth The Wait. RACE
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, B) RACE CARD GOING: SOFT
      1106 36 Jockey to follow: South African Barend Vorster, donning the colours of Dragon Stable, will be hard to beat astride Royal Smile (Race 5) and Royal Bay (Race 6). DB8t M_ I A ft AJODCC MM 11 ■II H I 1— 1-
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      97 36 ROYAL BAY (Race 6 No. 1) Won with great authority last time out and should continue to keep up his good work as he attempts to complete back-to-back wins over the 1,400m. Has been asked to carry the 59kg top impost —5.5kg more than the load he shouldered
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  • SUN RACING
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      122 38 SUNDAY TOPTIPS 9 1 ?R9^ Rising Editor A HX 11 Golden Lakshmi 2 Stronger jwumJNw Victory 2 DOUGLAS Peiu^trw PQ *!L,_ [v i 2 Jeram James 7 Magical Way 4 Lucky Trio 9 Military Force 12 fena"« Music 9 Wave Runner 6 Win With Honour j 7
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      Lock icon Calder gets THREE-DAY SUSPENSION
      628 38 lOCKEY Andrew Calder has been suspended for three Singapore race days over his handling of GURU GAB m Race 1 during the Kranji meeting on 8 Dec. At the conclusion of an inquiry last Friday, the NewZealander pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding in
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      77 38 RAINBOW SAPPHIRE (Race 1 No. 3) This Tan Soo Beng-trained seven-year-old gelding by Spectrum looks poised to chalk up his fifth career win. He showed he was ready to return to winning ways with several encouraging runs of late, including a last-start third to Hogansville over the 1,200m
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: YIELDING
      1472 39 RACE 1: Rainbow Sapphire, Tiger Heart, Trust N Sincere, Speed Lake. RACE 3: Circle Of Life, Coldplay, Chi, Zhu Chen, More N More. RACE 4: Diamond Bank, Sky Supreme, Chevochelle, Magical Way, True Fighter. RACE 5: Eagle Phoenix, Bingo Star, Grand Jogger,
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      Lock icon Wonder of smart money
      207 40  -  Tan Thean Loon loonQsph.comjg LIKE his name suggests, it was a Distinctive Choice, indeed. Punters who followed the smart money on the former Kranji galloper in Race 8 at Kuala Lumpur yesterday hit pay-dirt. Trained by woman handler Evelyn Seet, Distinctive Choice "raced poorly" when beaten
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS GOING: YIELDING
      681 40 10 BLUSMM FAME 51 c 51.5 (34-8)... L So than (1) 4 3 1 3 WINNING ELEVEN 56.5 (18-5) SHLee (2) 2 2 2 2 MATISSE 57 (265-51) HAndo (7) 1 1 3 WhMfag tvMT Mdm GK Lim. Trainer Pawanteh Roslan. Margin: vi,nk,1vi. Thee:
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RESULTS
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      849 41 Els aims to break 2006 drought ERNIE Els finds himself in an unusual position this week. He needs a victory in his final event of the year, the South African Airways Open at Humewood Golf Club, to maintain his impressive record of having won
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      229 41 AP. PATRIK Sjoland of Sweden shot a course-record eight-under-par 64 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead halfway through the South African Airways Open. Sjoland, who made birdies on his last four holes, was at 12-under 132 after two rounds
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      462 42  -  LEXUS CUP Godfrey Robert npsportsOsph.com.sg AS ASIA chipped away at the might of the International team to take a 7-5 lead after being 3-5 down, the theorists jumped into play yesterday. Confounded by Asia's renewed confidence, these speculators mulled over the reversal from last year
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      201 42 AFP. THAILAND'S Thongchai Jaidee stayed firmly in position to lift the U*****,000 ($1 million) Volvo Masters of Asia for a second time in four years after cruising to a two-shot lead yesterday. Thongchai, who is bidding for his first tide of the season and
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      184 42 AFP. TIGER Woods vaulted into the lead by shooting a four-under-par 68 to take a one-stroke lead after Friday's second round of the Target World Challenge. The world No. 1 and the host of the U555.75 million ($8.97 m) event, Woods shot his second
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      246 42 HER team wilted at Tanah Merah, but Annika Sorenstam was blooming downtown a little later. The Team International captain's disappointment at the Lexus Cup turned to delight an hour later. The world No. 1 had an orchid named after her at the Singapore Orchid Show, which started yesterday
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        680 43  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg IF TEAM Asia go on to win the 2006 Lexus Cup, they will probably look back at two putts as the defining moments of their campaign. Three of the six fourball matches yesterday went down to the wire on the 18th hole, two of
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        83 43 ASIA 7 INTERNATIONAL 5 (Team Asia first): Match 1: Meena Lee/Lee Jee Young lost to Annika Sorenstam/Natalie Gulbis 2 up Match 2: Han Hee Won/Grace Park bt Julieta Granada/Morgan Pressel 1 up Match 3: Kim Joo Mi/Ahn Shi Hyun lost to Paula Creamer/Stacy Prammanasudh 3 2 Match 4:
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      553 44  -  Lim Han Ming npsportsQsph.comsg SHE has been playing on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour in the United States a long way from home since 2000. Being separated from her family can be an emotionally trying experience. That is why Jennifer Rosales looks forward to the
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      1055 45  -  ASIAN GAMES Brian Miller npsports@sph.com.sg HERE'S the news from Doha: China didn't win medals in bowling, handball, squash and kabaddi. Okay, add equestrian to that list. And, for good measure, here's a reminder. They were lucky to nick a bronze in sepak takraw. But don't hold your
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      605 46 WANG MENG MENG gets the lowdown on Tao Li and Joscelin Yeo from two Singapore swimming greats Ang Peng Siong and David Lim "Tao Li's specialty is the short-distance sprint. "If she puts in more effort, she can definitely improve on her distance swims and that
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      418 46 WHAT makes a swim queen? Joscelin Yeo, Pat Chan and Junie Sng have ruled Singapore swimming over the years. They are worthy of their crowns on account of the tonnes of gold medals they have won for the country. Yeo, the incumbent, is the
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      1803 47  -  Wang Mcog Meog npsports@sph.com.sg W T USThow s A I do you J make a C comparison like W- this? Standing in one |y corner is Singapore's latest sports star —a plucky 16-year-old girl born in China, naturalised in the Lion City and, m now, an
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      2111 48  -  Gary Lim npsportsQsph.comsg THE rain was pouring. As I approached Adam Road, the sky cleared almost mysteriously. Baihakki Khaizan was already at Adam Road Hawker Centre when I arrived. He led me to a table right in front of a Malay food stall,
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      720 49  -  OLE! Pete Jenson Special Correspondent IT'S almost half-time in Spain and the answer to the big question—"Who is the best team in Spain: Real Madrid or Barcelona?" could well be Sevilla. No wonder their president is thumbing his nose at the world's best player. Jose Maria
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      91 43 Natalie Guibis USA X&TsJ HOLE 16 /A I m I IT was undoubtedly the I turning point in their match. I Wm Team International Bj J captain Annika Sorenstam I had reeched the green in I one on the short par-four I 16th. I Her playing partner Natalie Guibis saved
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        455 51 McFadden (doubtful) INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: EVERTON: Turner Boyle, Pistone, Cahil Hibbert (injured); Osman, Arteta, Nevil CHELSEA: Cole, Cech (injured) LASTMEETING: 17 Apr, 2006 Chelsea 3 Everton 0 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Everton 48; Chelsea 56; draws 44 LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: EVERTON: L-W-L-O-W CHELSEA: W-O-W-D-W GOAL STATS (SCORED,
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        442 51 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: MANCHESTER CITY: Mills, Logan, Sun (injured); Hamann, Weaver (doubtful) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Jenas, Keane (injured) LASTMEETING: 8 Apr, 2006 Spurs 2 Man City 1 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Man City 49; Spurs 48; draws 33 LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: MAN CITY: L-D-W-L-W SPURS: W-W-L-W-D GOAL
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        463 52 TEAM FACTS by UM HAH MING MARKET TALK by BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: WEST HAM UNITED: Gabbidon, Tomkins, Ashton /ininrnri^ MANCHESTER UNITED: Nil LASTMEETING: 29 Mar, 2006 Man U1 West Ham O(EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Watt Ham 36; Man U 49; draws 24 LAST FIVE
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        378 52 PA Sport. lERMAIN Defoe wants to strike while the Spurs are hot. The Tottenham star is king to Spurs' in-form strikers to inspire a first away win of their Premiership season against Manchester City tonight. Defoe has eight goals in his last seven starts following his
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        370 52 PA Sport. STUART Pearce insists he is the right man to manage Manchester City no matter who ends up owning the Blues. As talk of a possible takeover swirls around Eastlands, which could herald the exit of chairman John War die, Pearce is refusing to worry
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        903 53  -  Chris Hammer, Jonathan Turner and Dave Tindall PA Sport EVERTONv CHELSEA: (Everton 0 Chelsea 1) Chelsea are still having to cope with the unusual position of having to chase rather than lead. And, if the last two games are anything to go by, it's beginning to
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        635 54 PA Sport. THE mind games and war of words have begun. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has accepted Jose Mourinho's assertion that Chelsea could find a different level of performance as the battle for the Premiership title hots up. The Red Devils boss thinks
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        373 54 PA Sport. FROM England manager hopeful to relegated Premiership manager in just over a year. That's something Alan Curbishley has no intention of being. The new West Ham manager who replaced sacked Alan Par dew—admits accepting the Upton Park job
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        834 55  -  OUR MAN A T THE CHELSEA PRESS CONFERENCE Andrew Warshaw Special Correspondent CHELSEA midfielder Michael Essien has spoken for the first time in public about the wonder goal that had fans around the world gasping in disbelief and about his devotion and commitment to the cause under Jose
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        337 56 PA Sport. TIM Howard is aiming for a double boost tonight when he faces Chelsea. The American goalkeeper not only wants to help Everton secure a victory but he also wants to give the London club's tide rivals Manchester United a lift in the process. Howard is
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        297 56 PA Sport. CHELSEA winger Arjen Robben insists he can play alongside Didier Drogba in attack. The Dutch international is hoping to keep his place as manager Jose Mourinho ponders whether to recall Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko for tonight's clash with Everton. Shevchenko
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        370 56 PA Sport. EVERTON assistant boss Alan Irvine admits he is in the dark about the possibility of Nigel Reo-Coker arriving at Goodison Park. The talented West Ham midfielder has been linked with amove to Everton in the transfer window. The news apparently came as a
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        576 57  -  By Mike McGrath SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport NukmUc Given, Huntington, Taylor, Rsmage. Babayaro, Dyer, Butt (Paiter 76). Emra (Dull 68). Miln«r, Sibterski, Martins. Subs (not used): Smicak. Rossi, Pafltson. Watford: Laa, Chamber* (Mariappa 63), DaMartt Shittu, Stewart, Smith (Rands 78), Bangura, Mahon, Boiia77a, Vbuno. Ilandaraon. Subs
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        368 58  -  By Steve Williams SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT last 12, boss Neil Warnock's side are up to a season-high position of 14th. In the third minute of first-half injury time United broke the deadlock. A right-wing cross from Keith Gillespie was overhit, but Stephen Quinn collected and turned the
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        513 58  -  By Frank Gilligan SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport Reading: Hahnemann, Murty, Sonko, Ingknaraaon, Shcuty, Little (Osier 83). Side*. H*per. Hurt (Long 88). Doyle, Ki-Hyeon (LMa 75). Sube (not used): Federia, Gunnarsson Booked: Murty. Meckbum: '"■VH NeM, Todd. Gray, OenMoy. Kerlmagfcj, Savage, Pedersen, McEvetey (Nonda 46). McCarthy (Derbyshire 90).
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        124 59 CHARL TON O J Charlton defender DJlmi Traore goes in high on Jormaine Pennant as the Liverpool winger storms towards goal. The referee haa no p.....* hesitation in awarding Liverpool a M penalty, and a yellow card tor Traore. Xabi Alonso converts the spoMdck to give Liverpool the
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        609 60 Liverpool romped to another emphatic victory last night. This time, Charlton Athletic were the victims. The New Paper's football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN tells GARY LIM the Reds might have turned the corner GARY: What do you think of Liverpool's performance? TOHARI: Liverpool were guilty of many things. They
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        377 60 DEAR READERS, IT'S time for the Question of the Week again, to be answered by 3pm tomorrow. But you'll also have to answer the following week's question the Postman's Christmas Question —in advance, by tomorrow. That's because the "Post Office" will be closed
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      571 61 AFP. LIVERPOOL'S recent resurgence gathered pace as they produced a ruthless display to defeat Charlton 3-0 at The Valley last night. Rafa Benitez's side were far too strong for struggling Charlton and Xabi Alonso's early penalty was followed by second half strikes from Craig Bellamy and
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      260 61 PA Sport LIVERPOOL boss Rafe Benitez raved over the quality of his side's defending in their second successive Premiership away win. Benitez said: "In games like this you have to take your opportunities and our problem was that, for a long time, we couldn't find die
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      803 62  -  ARSENAL 2 Emmanuel Adebayor (58th mln), GHberto SHva (60) PORTSMOUTH 2 I Noe Pamarat (45+1), Matthew Taylor (47) TV VIEW Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg WHEN Arsenal moved from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium at the start of the season, there was plenty of fanfare. Almost £390 million
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