The New Paper, 9 January 2007

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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • NKF trial
        • 857 2  -  By Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg HE preached cost control and careful spending, but in reality Mr T T Durai was spending $11,600 a month for eight years on hotel bills alone. He spent $4,800 on a single visit to Disneyland in California. And thousands more
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        • 232 3 THE National Kidney Foundation wants to get back $12 million from its old CEO, Mr TT Durai, as well as its former board members former chairman Richard Yong, former treasurer Loo Say San and former board member Matilda Chua. The NKF is represented by Senior Counsel K Shanmugarr\
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        • 604 3 WHEN you send a letter to newspapers, it reflects a genuine point of view, your real feelings, right? Well, not every letter the press receives comes from readers like you. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF), it appears, has in the past, sent "ghost-written" letters to
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      • 1108 4 DURAI’S SON BUT NOT HIM IF NKF trial Box after box of documents were rolled into the Supreme Court before the trial began yesterday. An indication of its length? YONG SIEW FERN weighs the mood in court LUGGAGE wheeled in by lawyers, boxes
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      • 1015 6  -  Girl, 15, is first Muslim multiple-organ donor here. But it took mum 2 days to convince hubby to allow donations. He says: By Celine Lim cellsf@sph.com.sg IT was an agonising decision. And then a struggle to convince those who could not agree. The teenager lay
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      • 237 6 THE president of the Muslim Kidney Action Association commended Syahida's parents for their decision. The association works with the Ministry of Health to encourage Muslims to donate their kidneys, especially to their relatives. Said Mr Amir Ali: "I'm heartened and touched to hear that
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      • 150 6 MADAM Sartinah Abdul Ibrahim said the motorcycle rider, her daughter's boyfriend, 19, survived the accident but was badly injured too. He had a dislocated hip and suffered liver damage, but is recovering. She said the teen and his family visited them at their house about a
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      • People watch
        • 832 7  -  Yes, if you take this MIT media prof as a model By Woon Wui Tek wuitek@sph. com.sg HIS interests are so varied, they can take your breath away. Here goes: Blogging, computer game design. Comic books, TV shows, film. Politics, journalism, education^, No
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        • 219 7 NOJEBOOK OF A MULTICULTURAL MAN "HAVE a break, have a KitKat" takes on a new meaning in Japan. Apart from the pleasures of the snack, the Japanese also want a lucky break. "It began when students began eating KitKats before exams for good luck," explained
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      • 345 8  -  Use of data is copyright infringement, says stat board By Crystal Chan crystalc@sph.com.sg OVER the past few years, Virtual Maps has sent out hundreds of lawyer's letters demanding $10,000 or more from those who had reproduced its maps on their websites. Now the company itself
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  • NEWS
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      • 487 12 Horror in Hong Kong A 6-year-old girl was dragged and killed by a mini-bus after her coat got caught in the door as it drove off in Hong Kong yesterday. Little Tam Yi-Kwan cried out "Mummy" once before being dragged for
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      • 431 13 CEOs LEAVING LISTED COMPANIES FOR PRIVATE FIRMS WHO said CEOs leaving public companies have nowhere to go? They are heading straight to companies that were once public but are now privately held. The pay and perks are unimaginable in these privately-held firms and
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      • 463 13 Like his mum, Prince William's girlfriend comes under intense media scrutiny AS the inquest into the death of Princess Diana finally looms, fears are growing that a new royal girlfriend could suffer the same fate as the young Diana, mobbed by the media even before marrying.
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      • 459 14 If Apple phone is unveiled tomorrow, analysts say competition will be brutal: COULD it finally have arrived a handphone modelled after the coveted iPod? That's what gadget fans are hoping Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs will announce at the Macworld conference in San Francisco
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      • 403 14 AFP. HAVE you ever wondered if someone you are chatting with is telling the truth? New lie detector software from an Israeli high-tech powerhouse says it can show you on the Internet. "We tested it with the (former US president Bill)
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    • News watcher
      • 216 15 FREE calls are on the way for Sing Tel subscribers. The company yesterday launched a new package of handphone, fixed-line phone and broadband services which can save subscribers up to 30 per cent on their total bills. The new package which is called
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      • 81 15 Ifigured I'd better get it in before we waited another 10 years. Fifty-seven years would be embarrasssing. US teacher Robert Nuranen, who returned a book last week which he borrowed from a library in Michigan 47 years ago. He also gave a cheque of U*****.32
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      • 15 15 Yesterday's Close action change Dow +0.21 12,432 Nasdaq ♦0.16 2,438 ST1 -0.96 3,000
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      • 95 15 FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday criticised the Malaysian government's proposal to form "free access zones" in south Johor. The zones are part of the South Johor Economic Region, which was launched last year as an effort to spur growth and investment, especially from Singapore.
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      • 118 15 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will be putting out its advertising contract for tender. This is the first time that SIA has done this since the firm Batey Ads created the airline's "Singapore Girl" iconic brand in 1972. SIA said it will be keeping the Singapore
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      • 105 15 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday reported a 14 per cent rise in its first quarter profit, thanks to strong investment income. Net profit for the three months ended 30 Nov 2006 was $112.3 million, up from $98.4 m in 2005. The key newspaper and magazine
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      • 117 15 SINGAPORE Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) has signed a deal to buy 40 aircraft worth about US$2.B billion ($4.32 billion) at list prices. Under the deal, the biggest it has ever struck, Sale will acquire 20 Airbus A-320 and 20 Boeing 7375, with
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • SPEAKUP
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        • 573 16  -  BV Neville Stack Columnist EVERYBODY who uses the Internet is fair game for villains, tricksters and rogues. It goes with the territory. But don't we all wish that we could get our hands on the pests? If only we could find
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        • 163 16 Net BUZZ AN out-of-town visitor accidentally drove his car into a deep ditch on the side of a country road. Luckily, a farmer happened to pass by with his big old horse named Benny. The driver asked for help. The farmer said Benny could
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        • 212 17 WITH reference to the letter, "Competition for cabbies: Will it affect them greatly?" by Cheong Ai Lian (The New Paper, 4 Jan), I would like to share my experience of a few days ago. I was waiting for a cab in the Central Business
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        • 110 17 1 would like to highlight the lack of shelter for pick-ups and drop-offs at most of Simei's housing estates. It has caused a huge inconvenience for residents who drive, especially during rainy days and most notably during the recent monsoon season. Recendy, I saw elderly people trying
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        • 183 17 With regards to Ms Iris Ong Yee Woon's letter "Be more compassionate towards animals" (The New Paper, 8 Jan), I totally agree with her views. On the same note, I would like to find out why racehorse owners have to put horses down once something
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  • SHOW
    • 1025 18  -  We're not just talking about her torn ligament. The Taiwanese singer's comeback album has been crippled by setbacks too By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg POOR Elva Hsiao. The Taiwanese singer has had a bout of bad luck recently—a long-delayed comeback, an untimely leg injury, a
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    • 184 18 CALL Jolin Tsai (right) the Queen of Comebacks. Since debuting in 1999, the media darling has managed to pull off two successful comebacks. In 2003, after a two-year break due to contract problems, she transformed from teenage-boy-killer to a J-pop-style pop princess. Last year,
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    • 487 19  -  ONE LAST DANCE ACTORS GIVE THEIR TAKE ON S'PORE By Wendy Teo tcowyw@sph.com.sg ASKING Singaporeans to play gangsters is like asking someone who has never seen an elephant to draw one. So says Hong Kong actor Francis Ng (right). "Singapore is just too clean," he
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    • 584 20 YOU would never hear of visitors cominq to Singapore to look for ice. Alaska, the Swiss Alps or Greenland perhaps, but surely not sunny Singapore? Yet. that's what veteran Hong Kong actor Ti Lung did. And it was the highlight of his two-week
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    • Moshi moshi The buzz on J-poo
      • 364 21  -  J-pop queen skips S'pore on rare Asian tour By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg SHE'S going on tour in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shanghai. But not Singapore. We're talking about J-pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki's first-ever Asian concert tour, which she excitedly announced at a recent gig
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      • 135 21 MOSMHH...I BARELY two weeks after turning down a Japan Academy Award (JAA) nomination; Takuya Kimura (right) has become yet another Best Actor nominee this time at the Blue Ribbon Award (BRA). The judges were won over by his moving portrayal of a blind samurai
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      • 77 21 JAPANESE celebrity couple Norika Fujiwara and Jinnai Tomonori will not get married until 17 Feb, but they reportedly went for an early honeymoon over the New Year. Spotted at Narita Airport last week, they told reporters about their holiday plans in Florida. But it was
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      • 106 22 SHOW BITES THINGS are much sweeter for Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden (left) in the romance department these days. While his twin brother and bandmate Joel split from long-time love Hilary Duff, Madden recently proposed to his Australian model-actress girlfriend Sophie Monk (right), formerly
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      • 124 22 CLUB Paris will no longer be associated with its namesake, socialite Paris Hilton (below). The owner Fred Khalilian told The Associated Press that he "fired" the 25-year-old hotel heiress for continually failing to attend scheduled appearances at the Orlando nightclub. Trouble began when Hilton showed
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      • 84 22 VERNE Troyer, best known for his role as Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, is in rehab. The 38-year-old actor (below) checked himself into a Michigan treatment centre for 12 days for help with alcohol abuse, reported the National Enquirer. His manager Elena Fondacaro
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      • 485 23 HOLLYWOODLAND STARRING: Adrian Brody, Diane Lano, Ben Affleck DIRECTOR: Allen Coulter RATING: SS The skinny: When TVs Superman George Reeves (Ben Affleck) is found shot dead in his home under suspicious circumstances in 1959, it is written off as a suicide. But when an opportunistic private
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      • 453 23 ONE LAST DANCE STARRING: Francis Ng, Ti Lung, Vivian Hsu, Harvey Keitel DIRECTOR: Max Makowski RATING:// The skinny: Assassin T (Francis Ng) is tasked by his friend Ko (Joseph Quek) to kill a rich man's son. He carries out the dirty deed, not realising the full
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    • 395 24 Sneak! peek GHOST RIDER STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Eva Manias, Was Baattay, Peter Feada WRITER/DIRECTOR: Marie Steven Johnson RELEASE DATE: 15 Fab The story: To protect his dad and childhood sweetheart Roxanne (Eva Mendes), superstar motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) makes a deal with the
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  • SPORTS
    • 649 41  -  MERCEDES-BENZ C'SHIP By Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg WHO says one can't win a big golf tournament after 40? Vijay Singh did it 18 times... and still counting. The Fijian, who turns 44 on 22 Feb, shot a three-under-par 70 on the final day in a
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    • 489 41 Mad about golf AP. FIRST came his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame. A week later brought an end to his worst season in five years on the United States PGA Tour, and what appeared to be the beginning of the end to Vijay
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    • 679 42 US PGA TOUR JANUARY 4-7: Mercedes-Benz Championship 11-14: Sony Open 17-21: Bob Hope Chrysler Classic 25-28: Buick Invitational FEBRUARY 1-4: FBR Open 8-11: AT&T Pebble Beach National 15-18: Nissan Open 21-25: WGC-Accenture Matchplay 22-25: Mayakoba Golf Classic MARCH 1-4: The Honda Classic 8-11: Tampa Bay Championship 15-18:
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    • 323 42 THERE you are, a 20-handicapper, staring at a rare birdie. The hole is only two metres away. You putt, and the ball rolls towards left of the hole, then veers, and stops half a metre to the right. Sigh, sigh. Why? The line was right, you
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    • 1131 44 The New Paper's three tipsters Brian Miller, Gary Lint and Jules Carter take time off from the weekend football action to gripe, groan, weep and moan over their near misses. Of course, at times they will also blow their own trumpets when they get it spot-on.
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    • 22 44 Gary Lim Brian Miller Tay Tze Siong James Eastham Strike Card hits: 389 Best bet/value: $-195.30 Dale Tempest Jules Carter
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    • CARLING CUP
      • 290 45  -  BETTING By Dave Tindall PA Sport WE tipped Liverpool at 9/10 ($1.90) a price that was backed in ahead of the original tie which was called off due to fog. The reasons then were that Arsenal would be playing a virtual reserve team while the Reds,
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      • 158 45 PA Sport. DUDEK TO STAY IN GOAL: A second chance? Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez will continue with No. 2 goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek for the Carting Cup quarter-final dash against Arsenal at AnfieW. Dudek was criticised after the 3-1 FA Cup defeat by the Gunners on Saturday, but Benitez
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      • 135 45 It "1, 1 JULES carter LIVERPOOL DRAW ARSENAL 1.93 3.30 1.93 3.30 CI^T 3.30 3.25 1.93 3.30 C3 f 2S^ HOME C-l 1/2) AWAY C*1 1/2) 3.75 3.75 O 2<L 0.752> 1.20 <g> 0 GOAL 1 2 8.00 8.00 4.00 8.00 4.00 3 4 5
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      • 310 46 LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL PA Sport. THE Carting Cup may be low on their priority list. But after their FA Cup exit on Saturday, it could now become Liverpool's last and best shot at glory this season. The Cup has been devalued by many of the
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      • 747 46 PA Sport. DIRK Kuyt is a fighter. Liverpool's Dutch goal ace refuses to be deflated by the Reds' exit from the FA Cup and has even rallied his team-mates as they prepare to face Arsenal for the second time in four days. The £9 million
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      • 587 47 PA Sport. NO mercy. Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has called on his team-mates to continue their ruthless streak away from home as they prepare to return to Anfield for tomorrow's Carling Cup quarter-final. Their 3-1 victory over Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday dumped the holders out
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      • 16 47 PA Sport. SIM To mas Rosicky is enjoying ptayinq alongside Thierry Henry.
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    • 472 48 TRANSFER TRAIL PA Sport. HENRIK Larsson wants to build on his debut goal for Manchester United but remains guarded about his future at Old Trafford. The former Barcelona and. Celtic striker, 35, is due to return to Helsingborg in March when his loan spell ends. However,
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    • 408 48 PA Sport. PA Sport, Wire Services. ENGLAND winger Aaron Lennon has signed a new 5 y% -year deal with Tottenham to keep him at White HactLane until ?012. The 19-year-old, who was signed from Leeds in 2005, impressed particularly towards the end
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    • 863 49 The reward for beating Charlton? fto/MCUP fcr Wire Services. Premiership leaders Manchester United will face high-flyers Portsmouth at Old Trafford in the FA Cup. The draw for the fourth round was made yesterday. In another top-six clash, Arsenal (fourth) are at home to fifth-placed bogey side
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    • 303 50 The king versus the clown "POSTMAN LETTER .^week More readers do not believe the conspiracy theory posed by "The Postman"ERNESTLVIS last Friday that Chelsea's Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, is purposely tying manager Jose iXlourinho's hands by limiting transfer buys to test him in a secret
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    • 144 51 ROMAN Abramovich is not so stupid as to curb spending at the expense of a club that is aiming to win a third consecutive tide. He has invested £440 million (s6Bom) to take over the club, and an additional £200 m on players so far. He
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    • 79 51 ABRAMOVICH is not tying up Mourinho's transfer budget. This is just a ploy so that other clubs will not inflate the players' transfer fees when Chelsea come knocking on their doors for their players. What Abramovich is trying to do now is to let
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    • 136 51 I AGREE that Abramovich is withholding money to test Mourinho. I think he is fed up with Mourinho's complaints and comments. Winning trophies is just like buying toys for him, having proven that money can indeed buy Premiership tides. But Abramovich wants to focus on the
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    • 113 51 IT seems illogical that Abramovich will suddenly hold back the spending, but he may want to exert influence and show that he's the boss, not just Mourinho's ATM. Buying Shevchenko is a case in point. Abramovich may also want to improve Chelsea's image. To make Chelsea
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    • 118 51 I THINK Abramovich is purposely trying to stop Jose .Mourinho from buying more players. Michael Ballack and Andriiy Shevchenko seldom play for the Blues. Didier Drogba is scoring many more goals than both of them. Even after adding up both Shevchenko's and Ballack's goals, Drogba still
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    • 144 51 THERE'S no need to buy defenders now, since they won't have time to adapt to Chelsea's style. Even if Chelsea sign Fabio Cannavaro, he will not perform as the English Premier League is more physical compared to Serie A or La Liga. Abramovich is making sure that
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    • 454 51  -  More Chelsea conspiracy intrigue By Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg IT'S understandable how more of our readers might have initially refused to believe The Postman's conspiracy theory posed last Friday. After all, why would Chelsea's Russian sugar daddy Roman Abramovich sabotage his own team's title ambitions this season, by limiting manager
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      616 52 Chelsea have more important tasks at hand Wire Services. AS talk continued to swirl in football circles about Jose Mourinho's future at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have kept a lid on things and refused to give credence to any speculation. Indeed, they seem more concerned with "matters of the
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    • 521 53 Wire Services. THE Guv* nor respects Jose Mourinho. Well, he even likes him. In the aftermath of that 6-1 bashing of his team in the FA Cup third-round tie at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, former Man United star Paul Ince, now managing Macclesfield, said he
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