The New Paper, 14 January 2007

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    • 78 1 ijlfr I mB [Off] Xmas party host Teo Ser Lee displaying a token which can be exchanged for $1,000 CREATIVE BOSS' XMAS PARTY SURPRISE He gives employee^ $2.5m A N r-T 1 X SEX OFFER AT HDB FLAT She Sees Men While Kids Stay In Next Room Children may suffer
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1201 2  -  Customer who used woman's sex services in Bukit Panjang flat says: Special correspondent tnp@sph.com.sg MOST people would go to any length to keep kids away from undesirable activities. But not this woman in the western part of Singapore. Not only did she and another
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    • 477 4  -  Psychologists fear kids will develop emotional physical problems Special correspondent tnp@sph.com.sg NORMALLY, women who work as prostitutes "will not take their work home". This is what psychologist Lan Teo of the Children At Risk Empowerment Association told The New Paper on Sunday. "Children learn by watching
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    • 364 5  -  Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg PEOPLE typically remove their shoes or slippers when they enter a home or a place of worship. But removing your footwear before entering a shop in the HDB heartland? That's unheard of. But that's the sight that greets customers who go to an
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    • 1198 6  - IMPLY A SUPER BOSS Creative chief Sim Wong Hoo (right) gives $1,000 each to employees attending Christmas party, sets up game with $200,000 prize Maureen Koh maurccnk@sph.com.sg REGULAR philanthropist and now, the employees' hero. Creative Technology chairman Sim Wong Hoo is known for making million-dollar donations to charity. Now, he
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    • 390 7 THE man behind Creative Technology is known for his generosity. Business partner Tan Min Liang has described Mr Sim Wong Hoo as "Singapore's Warren Buffett." The US tycoon has given away billions of dollars to charitable causes. At the party on Christmas Day, Mr Sim pledged
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    • 207 7 IN November, a bankrupt-turned-millionaire, Mr Lim Tow Yong, hosted a dinner for 1,400 former employees. The former boss of the Emporium Holdings Group spent about $150,000 on the eight-course Chinese dinner held at the Raffles City Convention Hall. Mr Lim, 82, said the dinner was to
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    • 1209 8  -  After reading our report on missing men, one woman calls up with bittersweet story Joyce Lim joycfl@sph.cow.sg IT was 13 years ago when she last heard from her ex-husband. Over time, hope died. Then came a call to say he was
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    • 425 8 S'PORE AVIATION Speed and security MAKE $6,000 PRICE TAG WORTHWHILE THEY usually arrive in Singapore on regular scheduled flights from Europe. Then these well-heeled travellers switch to a chartered jet to fly on to destinations in Indonesia or Thailand. This means they enjoy greater speed,
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    • 851 9  -  WEAK-LEGGED ELDERLY WOMAN TOOK THE LIFT DOWNSTAIRS FOR FREE GROCERIES BUT... u Both lifts of block breakdown 4 hours before they are repaired 20 old folks stranded REPORT AND PICTURES Tay Shi’an shian@sph.com.sg SHE shuffled her way to the lift and made her way
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    • 534 10 More counterfeit notes surfacing. Tampines man says: FAKE $100 notes have surfaced thrice in the past month. Two of them even bear the same serial number. Last month, the fake notes were used at a Chinatown art stall and an Orchard Road ice-cream stall. Then,
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    • 881 11  -  CINEPLEXES Desmond Ng and Joan Chew dcsmondn @sph.eom.sg joanchew@sph.com.sg MOVIE-MAD Singaporeans never had it so good a staggering 177 cinema screens serving about 4.4 million people. Compare this to Malaysia, where there are 240 screens serving 27 million people. And that is not stopping
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    • 620 12 Heavy rains cause havoc in S'pore and M'sia again Uffna waterfall? FIVE busloads of students from the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) were forced to turn back when floodwaters again engulfed Johor yesterday. The 150 students were en route to Desaru for a five-day camp when
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    • 398 13 SUDDEN ATTACK IN KL SHE was checking her mailbox, carrying her baby on her hip, when a robber suddenly attacked her from behind. Madam Loo Jen Nie started screaming as the robber grabbed her hair and handbag. A struggle ensued and the robber
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    • 399 13 ABDUCATIO IN KLANG HE could only watch in horror as a thief jumped into his car and fled with his two terrified sons in the back seat. Mr S Rasendran had stepped out of his car to chat with another parent after collecting his
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    • 488 14 They have club memberships properties, but still claim assistance HE may have been a high court judge in Hong Kong. His wife used to be a lawyer. Now, they are facing jail terms after being convicted of welfare fraud. The pair, who had
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    • 277 14 AP. HE won a record US$315 million ($485m) in 2002, but Jack Whittaker claims he cannot afford to pay a legal settlement because he has no money left. The Powerball winner gave that explanation in a note last autumn to a lawyer for
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    • 952 15 As Saddam languished in jail, daughter lived life of luxury in Jordan He killed her husband f yet his daughter adores him, saying: HER temper closely resembles that of her father's. For this reason, the 39-year-old is nicknamed "Little Saddam". Even in exile, Ms
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    • 280 16 SADDAM dead is a greater worry than Saddam alive. That is what the US and its allies are finding within weeks after the hanging of the former Iraqi dictator. The US may claim that it was the present Iraqi regime which carried out the hanging
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    • 580 17 Spend time with family? china's wealthy say... THINK spending time with your family is the cornerstone of Chinese culture? Think again. It ranks a lowly seventh on the list of ways the wealthy in China want to spend their time, reported the Shanghai Daily. Travelling was ranked
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    • 290 17 IT WAS a dinner party that was hard to stomach. Chilean artist Marco Evaristti (left) presented his friends with his newest creation on Thursday night: Meatballs cooked with fat from his own body, extracted by liposuction. "Ladies and gendeman, bon appetit and may God bless,"
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    • SnapShot
      • 72 18 Observing the young in coffee shops, something is missing from their lives: The fine art of holding a newspaper. They sit staring at computer screens, sometimes with wires coming out of their ears, life passing them by as they drift through MySpace... It is so sad nobody has
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      • 67 18 FAMILIES earning less that $1,000 a month can get more help from the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) to send their kids to school. The Preschool Assistance and Support Scheme (PASS) launched yesterday is meant to reduce the burden of kindergarten fees and transport expenses.
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      • 113 18 THE Inter-Racial Confidence Circles (IRCC) have been asked to recruit another 1,400 religious leaders into their committees. Community Development Minister Vivian Balakrishnnan said this is needed to meet the fallout of any terrorist attack. "The key objective is to build trust and friendship and personal relationships
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      • 48 18 A CONTESTANT in a child modelling competition grimaces as he has make-up applied to him in Beijing yesterday. The competition was held at the end of a "model training course" for 200 children, where they attended classes in physical training. picture reuters
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      • 78 18 SHE didn't need any test tube. Ms Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby when she was born 28 years ago, has given birth in Britain after conceiving naturally. The Sun newspaper quoted an unnamed friend as saying that Ms Brown and her husband, Mr
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      • 167 18 WARNING ON EL NINO EFFECT THIS YEAR ASEAN must work hard to tackle the problem of the haze as it is likely to get worse with the El Nino effect. That is one key message from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the
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      • 223 18 THE H5N1 virus has caused two more deaths in Indonesia and has showed up in birds in Hong Kong and Japan. Two women died of bird flu, one on Friday and the other yesterday, at the same hospital in
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      • 56 18 A US plumbing company is offering customers the chance to win an exclusive toilet, which comes equipped with a TV and DVD player, an Xbox 360 and an iPod, plus a laptop computer, a fridge and a beer tap. And if you find there's a plumbing problem, there's an
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    • 69 2 Our m OUR BACHELOR BOYS They're good-looking and worth lots, so why haven't these cool blokes been snapped up? 22 OUR POISONOUS WORLD Columnist Siva Choy looks back in horror to the days when DDT and mercury-laden soap were common things 26 ir* T- r OUR DELICACY Makansutra's KF Seetoh
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 33 18 Weather Central fiNKf Showers North .WHO? Showers South jjJJjr Showers East Showers West .wOUT Showers Temperature max I 28°C min 123°C High Tide first tide 2.4m I 6.05am second tide 2m I 9.24pm
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      740 19 Foo, 25, Assistant manager of James Power Station I| ALL him a mummy's boy. mM The only child of nightlife mogul Dennis Foo, 54, won't mind. W pThe 25-year-old, who runs one of ppncf nine outlets at St James Power Station, openly says he hopes to marry
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      699 19 Glenn Tan, 29, group chief executive of Motor Image Enterprises FAST cars, fast women. You would think that this is the sort of lifestyle that Subaru head honcho Glenn Tan enjoys. But he denies it vigorously. Mr Tan, the youngest CEO of a car company here, said:
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 668 20 ONE of them is an up-and-coming criminal lawyer whose name is synonymous with high-profile cases. The other is a high-flying surgeon specialising in vascular surgery. One zips around town in a sporty Nissan 350Z. Two weeks ago, the other received the keys
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    • 711 20 Patrick Grove, 31, CEO of Catdia Media Group HE once went through a four-year dry spell staying single. But it's no big deal, said Patrick Grove, 31. The former dotcom poster boy, who is of Australian and Chinese descent, makes no bones that he
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    • 607 21  -  were considered "good" for us, or "harmless" for us, or even "dunno how" for us, have fallen into the definitely "bad for us" category. Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg ONE of my favourite foods is tofu. Not just any tofu, but a special
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    • 401 21  -  Chua Wei Yng Columnist tnp<3>sph.com.sg CAN non-stick cookware cause health problems? According to the Australian newspaper The Age, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has investigated the matter and it concluded that a perfluorochemical used in non-stick cookware may be a possible cancer-causing agent. Perfluorochemicals
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 665 23  -  Ivy Ong-Wood Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg I WAS calling Tubby Hubby (TH) for the third time one morning when it struck me that it wasn't even 10am. It had been a mere two hours since he'd left for the office. I'd called him once to let him
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    • 684 23  -  Leong Ching chingl @sph. com.sg I WAS mellow and quietly happy after a session at the spa and joined the line at the Fullerton Hotel for a cab. Following a 20-minute wait, I decided to ring for one, which promised to arrive in 10
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    • 381 24  -  This new column tells you which gizmo is worth breaking your piggy bank for... Tivoli iYIYI digital home entertainment system Ian Tan tanyhHQsph.com.sg IT is okay to give your kid a lousy name. After all, he can always change it when he gets tired
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    • 770 25  -  Try it at this stall it comes awfully close. The intestines are properly cooked and the chilli is heavenly KF Seetoh Columnist tnp@spb.com.sg KWAY chap may instil horror among disciples from The Sect of Longevity, but to me, it is way healthier than
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  • 455 27  -  DESTRESS WITH YOGA 4 OUR SUNDAY Bharat Thakur Columnist tnpQsph.com.sg HOW are you doing with your stress levels? Over the last three Sundays, I've given you pranayama (breathing) techniques and Bandhas (neuro-muscular locks) that are powerful ways to instantly de-stress. Yoga is an incredible science with
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 85 28 IF YOU MUST STAY IN AIL DAY... Channel 5 Suria ll.Nmb Santai 2 I ChefSkuter/S-Trek Yuk Buat Roti lMtp« Nature 01 Australia ix I Jalan Jalan Carl Makan to I Teroka Pondfchery I M Daud Kllau S.Ot Garisan Takdir i i-v» I Hetty Sarlena/Aura Fe*rtna Kopi'O'Teh Tank Safari (Children) 1M
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    • 65 28 Channel 8 The Grandpa And I Magical Hands (Drama) My Star Guide Famous Chinese Cuisine Oh Mother! (Sitcom) Music Pandora Ah Hong Food Tour (Variety) I Love My Barbarian Wife Singapore Today (News) The Invincible Duo (Drama) Delicious Food All Over China News 8 At Ten (News) Simply Overseas (Educational)
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    • 79 28 ChannelU 11.N Project SuperStar 11 30 Planet Shakers 12.Mm Great Quakes: Turkey 1 00 World This Week 1 30 Beauty Experts 2 m i All In/Nanoha 4 30 t Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle b 00 ft The Legend Of Arching Hero 00 I News Club (News) 1M I Jewel In The
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    • 89 28 IF YOU WANT TO CATCH A MOVIE... PAN'S LABYRINTH (NC16) 8V-VC 1.35pm, 4.15,6.55,9.35 6V-MS 11am, 1.30pm, 6.40, 9.30 ev-ew 1.25pm, 4.05,6.45, 9.25 BV-PS 11am, 1.30pm, 4.10, 6 so Q in SO-U) 10.15am, 2.45pm, 5.05, 7.25,9.45,12.15 CA-TC 2.10pm, 4.30,6.50,9.20 CA-OC 10.20am, 12.40pm, 3, 5.20,7.40,10 BV-VC 11.40am, 2.15pm, 7.05 SO-ID 11.15am, 4.15pm,
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    396 29 OUR SUNDAY Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? We want to know all about it. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpforum@sph.com.sg Hey girl, its gonna be a long and lonely 6 months b4 we meet up again. Just wanna' let u know that
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  • SUN RACING
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      143 31 IPOH ACTION Racing Editor Marc Tan a uopuiy Racing Editor Danny KhooJ Tan Theaa Loon J r R3^j R4 f*R5 1 Venom p -Zr-Mu. 2 Circle Of Life 2 Windfall 1 Linga Storm 10 Douglas Turnout T, K.rr 11 Kiko's Zest 4 Rainbow Sapphire 9 Mr Majestic 5
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      145 31 (Race 8 No. 7) BEST BET Now that Magic Sapphire (left, with Shane Dye atop when scoring his first of two wins at Kranji in July, 2004) has regained winning form, it should pay to follow the seven-year-old Tuscany Flyer progeny once more. Yesterday week, he never looked
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    • 93 31 (Race 2 No. 2) BEST BET This fella deserves to break through for a win after two consecutive seconds over the 1,400 m and 1,200 m. He attempted to lead all the way over this surface and trip last month and lost no marks when going down gamely
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      124 31 Rlttwfl EiHor Marc ™d Danny > KhcoJ Tan ThiMi LoonA M 4 Ninrtyfive j 1 Urn's It Arabian 3 Black 10 Royal I 4Fraar s 5 Field Channel Tilent Champion Salome llONadeshiko 5Welcome |~Tp1^^$~ TfiUnn Ph Champion Salome 4 Ninetyflve 2 Testing IttfVani 8 Freshman 1 Golden 1
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    • 1432 32 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TO SOFT Race 1 rrrr B HORSS n m Ratfg 1 Mq tarrta tmu mmtm i 434 GLORY KINGDOM 55 (50) MCtwahcl 6 (3ag McGilllvray-Wunderbar) 2 9-457 HOLD THAT MONEY 55 (49) MLeong 3 (3do Pereira-LucWy) a 095 DRAGSTAR 55 47) 1 Altar
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    • 63 32 RACE 3: Sri Dynasty, Given Chance, Bingo Star, Baby Han, Sphritzer. RACE 4: Circle Of Life, Rainbow Sapphire, Speedy Dragon, Sky Supreme, True Fighter, Just Like Tiger, Agatha's Special. RACE 6: Success Ace, Shantou Mayor, Mr Majestic, Thundershock. RACE 7: She General, Good Kid, Time To Celebrate, Lago Alumine.
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    • 434 33  -  Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg TOO good, too easy. That description by well-known Malaysian race commentator Chris Lee, following the running of Race 2 at Ipoh yesterday, must have been music to the ears of the supporters of Triple Boom. After all, who would have disputed his call
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    • 719 33 GOING: YIELDING (RACES 1-3), SOFT (RACES 4-8) Race 1 Class 5 Premier Div 1600m (LC) 4 ON 54.5 (29-7) 11 EAILE PMOEMX 50.5 (46-18) KOh (8) 3 3 1 (511) VSiv«n (4) 7 6 2 (471) 0.5L 6 YEARLY VICTORY 52.5 (163-46) S S«ls« (3) 1 1
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    • 515 33 GOING: GOOD [Race 1 Weslspeed 1200m 8 BMT LEMAJR 54 (13-8) 3 ROMAN TIME 56(33-8) 7 SHAKY 54.5 (65-14) (6; PKnuckey (7 J Brawn (5; I 1 2 I 3 Trainer: S Beckett. Margins: 1 v*, 1 Vi, 1 V*. Time: 1 min 12.21 sec. Forecast:
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 34 33 J Saturday, 13 Jan 2007 First Second Third 2146 4156 4306 Starters 2837 0554 3179 3099 9239 2959 2977 3404 4269 QAAA J~~7 Consolation 3808 1705 0039 9724 0813 5010 1011 3885 5881 6118
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  • SUN SPORTS
    • 521 34 A Hawaiian teen who can do it AFP. A HAWAIIAN teenager made history by making a PGA Tour cut on Friday—but it wasn't Michelle Wie. The diminutive Tadd Fujikawa fired a four-under 66 at the Sony Open to become the youngest in five decades and
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    • 397 34 ROYAL TROPHY: ASIA v EUROPE Wire Services. EUROPE maintained their overwhelming dominance over their Asian counterparts on the second day of the Royal Trophy as they moved even further ahead following the fourballs at the Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok yesterday. Despite a stronger
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    • 816 35 MICHELLE Wie, the 17-year-old swinging sensation, announced last month that she will, this coming autumn, be following in the footsteps of her grandfather not to mention the likes of Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Notah Begay and Casey Martin and attend Stanford University. "It was one of
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    • 734 36 Former Real Madrid star Claude Makelele is the experienced, tough-tackling backbone of English champions Chelsea's midfield. Now in his third season with the Blues, the Frenchman is one of the top performers in the English Premier League and, having come out of international retirement, a key figure for
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    • 1080 37  -  Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg Usually, The New Paper's Sporty Bosses series zeroes in on one particular boss in each instalment. But this week, there's simply no running away from these three bosses, who eat thosai together, laugh together (or at each other), drink together, watch football
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    • 1308 38  -  Gary Lim npsports@sph.eom.sg IE drizzle wouldn't let up. m But it just couldn't dampen the spirits of the men at the poolside, huddled under the shelter where the team talk took place. It was Thursday, a couple of days before Singapore began their defence
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    • 872 38 Q A with a Lion JAY JAY 0K0CHA OR MICHAEL ESSIEN? Essien, because he's versatile and strong. Okocha, well, maybe we was good in the past, but not so now. ENGLAND OR BRAZIL? It has to be Brazil. They have good players in every department. As for England, they play
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    • IVAN & CHARLIE WEEKEND SHOW
      • 1376 39 The January transfer window is wide open with clubs trying to acquire reinforcements while attempting to offload underperforming players. While we read reports and rumours of moves and negotations and as players, managers and agents try to wrangle the best deal out of one
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        29 40 If Charlie Webster were given unlimited resources to assemble an unbeatable team for the Premiership, this is what it'll look like: SUBS: Wayne Rooney, Michael Ballack,Tomas Rosicky
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    • 235 41 PA Sport. WHILE Chelsea lock horns with United in the Premiership, the two English giants are now battling for the same player in the transfer market as well. Reports in Germany claim that Chelsea are to make a shock move for long-time United target Owen Hargreaves. The
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    • 615 41 Wire Services. REAL Madrid are planning an audacious raid on Chelsea. The Spanish giants want the dream team of Jose Mourinho and Frank Lampard to join the Santiago Bernabeu. Real have contacted Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes about him succeeding coach Fabio Capello. And they are
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    • 517 42 Wire Services. IT WILL take more than a David Beckham to make Major League Soccer (MLS) a big player in American sport. So says former Italy striker Giorgio Chinaglia. But Shepp Messing, the former New York Cosmos player, thinks Beckham can make a bigger impact on
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    • 437 42 Wire Services. DAVID Beckham will never play for Real Madrid again. So said Fabio Capello, the coach of the Spanish giants yesterday. Capello, speaking at a press conference, said 31-year-old Beckham, who confirmed on Thursday he would join Los Angeles Galaxy next
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      • 483 43 betting TEAM FACTS by UM HAN MING MARKET TALK by BRIAN MILLER 'SUSPENSIONS: VWhSC* 1 EVERTON: Valente, \QpUifS J Turner, Boyle (injured); Cahill, Hibbert, Pistone (doubtful); Arteta (suspended) READING: Stack, Mate (injured); Sonko, Murty (doubtful) LASTMEETING: 23 Dec, 2006 Reading 0 Everton 2 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD:
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      • 457 43 INJURIES/ rjeriiuS. suspensions: llllrim 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: I Dervite,Lennon,Keane NEWCASTLE: N'Zogbia, Ramage, Moore, Bernard, Carr, Ameobi, Owen (injured) LASTMEETING: 23 Dec, 2006 Newcastle 3 Spurs 1 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Spurs 58; Newcastle 49; draws 30 LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESUL TS: SPURS: D-L-W-L-W NEWCASTLE: D-L-L-W-W GOAL STATS
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      • 424 44  -  David Tindall PA Sport TOTTENHAM NEWCASTLE (Tottenham 2 Newcastle 1) LIVERPOOL ended Tottenham's superb 12-match winning streak at White Hart Lane when edging a 1-0 victory on 30 Dec. It had to come to a stop sooner or later but the fact
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      • 465 44 AFP. Newcastle travel to Tottenham today with the future of midfielder Emre in doubt after he was accused of aiming racial insults at black Everton players. The Turkish international's preparations for today's Premiership clash were interrupted by the announcement on Friday that he was to be
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    • ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
      • 769 45  -  SINGAPORE 0 VIETNAM 0 Wang Meng Meng npsports@sph.com.sg UALIFICATION is still in our I 1 own hands. That is the message from the their Asean Football Championship campaign started off with a 0-0 draw against Vietnam at the National Stadium last night. In an even
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      • 521 46  -  Wang Meng Meng npsports@sph.com.sg GOOOOOAL! Or was it? Vietnam are left cursing their luck after a late goal, which would have broken die deadlock, was disallowed. It was the only time the ball bulged the net in a tense Group B encounter that ended 0-0. In
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      • 196 46 tHP0HEStA3LA0S1 AFP. INDONESIA bought under-pressure coach Peter Withe some breathing space yesterday by overpowering Laos 3-1 in the Asean Football Championships. The former Aston Villa and England striker was given an ultimatum by the Indonesian Football Association win the Asean championships or face the
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      • 232 47  -  By Raymond Sillett SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport. CHARLTON'S Premiership survival hopes blew up in four second-half minutes as they conceded two crushing home goals. Having taken the lead and then conceded an equaliser before the break, the Addicks allowed Boro's Julio Area and Yakubu to
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      • 351 48  -  By. Jamie Robson SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport PAULGERRARD and Claude Davis combined to produce a comical mix-up that handed Portsmouth a point on a plate at Bramall Lane. Sheffield United looked set for victory to ease relegation worries after taking the lead from Stephen
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      • 518 48  -  By Ted Thorley SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Philippe christanval netted a late, late leveller to earn ashare of the spoils in this tSHBfer. It was a disappointment for the Hammers, whose new signing Nigel Quashie urged: The players here are more than strong enough to come out of
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      • 700 49 WATFORDO LIVERPOOL 3 Craig Bellamy (34th min), Peter Crouch (40,48) PA Sport. CRAIG Bellamy inspired Liverpool to a comfortable victory over relegation-threatened Watford as the Reds responded to their midweek humbling by Arsenal in the best fashion. Bellamy scored the first goal, made decisive contributions as
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      • 683 51  -  MANUTD3 (Park 11th min, Canick 13, Ronaldo 35) VILLA 1 (Agbonlahors2) TV VIEW Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg Everything is failing into the right place at Old Trafford. The runaway train that is Manchester United is gaining speed and showing no signs of letting up any time
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      • 710 52  -  CHELSEA 4 Frank Lampard (14th min), Arjen Robben (63), Chris Kirkland (70og), Didier Drogba (90+3) WIGAN 0 TV VIEW Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg Ridiculous is the best word to describe the way Wigan simply gave away their English Premiership game to Chelsea last night in that 0-4 loss.
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    • 687 53  -  Reward our world champions, but get market forces involved COMMENTS Lim Han Ming npsports@5ph.com.sg WHEN Malaysia's world No. 1 squash player Nicol David retained her World Open tide last year, she became RM$200,000 ($87,700) richer. In a country where world champions are few and far between,
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    • 89 54 sk- MEDALS """Si? Gold-Si mfliton "■■"■■iiW Individual: Silver-$500,000 II Bill Gold-$100,000 !iA AND g:as Team event ■■AiiBif Bronze $25/100 MONEY GoJnsss Bfonze $375,000 'I'* 11 1 s»vw$7s!000 i Ttam sport: Bronze $***** Gold $2 million Teomsporf: Silver-*1 Bronze $500 OOP AllxiU 11)0,000 Bronze $50,000 ASIAN GAMES- ,,J
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    • 213 54 The Singapore National Olympic Council's Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme (MAP) is an incentive scheme which rewards medal winners at the Olympic, Commonwealth, Asian and South-east Asia Games. The rewards are sponsored by the 1 Singapore Totalisator Board and Singapore Pools. The Asia Pacific Breweries sponsors
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    • 689 54 In the previous pages, we asked whether national athletes should be given similar monetary rewards for world championship titles. Currently, only medallists at the Olympics and major Games receive monetary rewards. Here, the debate continues... LOGICAL TO RECOGNISE WORLD CHAMPIONS MORE I think it makas sansa. If
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  • 872 55  -  Sunday SPORTS Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg IT'S a thorny issue but one worth debating in the new year. This, as Singapore pushes for Olympic sports glory next, following its creditable showing at the Asian Games. Under the Singapore National Olympic Council's Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme
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    • 65 55 Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large column, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene with a national or grassroots perspective. Today, ERNEST LUIS and LIM HAN MING start a debate on whether national athletes should be given similar monetary rewards for world championship titles. Currently, only medallists at
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