The New Paper, 18 March 2007

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    • 71 1 PETTY think the new T. M Dirty tricks at S'pore's most disgusting carpark Poison-pen fight at Farrer Court over en bloc sale RETTY UGLY? Clubs restaurants prefer beauties for service jobs. But is this discrimination? receweo <\ MAR 206 v v Jam 18 MARCH 2007 Ferry capsize: 14 struggle to
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  • sun news
    • 1481 2  - WE WERE CRYING PRAYING Boat overturns off batam 14 people plunge into sea as wave hits boat. Shaken S'porean victim: Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@sph.com.sg HER fellow passenger was flailing in the choppy sea. To save the panic-stricken non-swimmer, Madam Lee let fly with a punch. It worked. It shook the
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    • 726 4  -  i Boat overturns off batam Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@sph.com.sg DON'T assume that boat operators will do everything necessary for safety. Here's what you can do: Get your own life jacket. Make sure the boat is properly equipped and not overloaded. Check out weather conditions. If
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    • 77 2 OUR amazing offices With a free-flow of beer, swimming pool, saunas $1,200 chairs, going to wor1< in these offices feels more like heading for a vacation 26 OUR green-eyed monsters Its hard to be reasonable when you're jealous, says columnist Ivy Ong-Wood. She says the solution is to talk it
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    • 52 5 J i THAT'S THE ptftflgNCE I f,- >- <a ..^""Vi > <p'- A' -f, v ~1 r r ','V, '1 4. f. t v V On 31 May 2005, the NUS Centennial Everest Expedition team became the first ever, from a Singapore university, to reach the world's highest peak. joinus.sg
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  • sun news
    • 845 6  -  EN BLOC POISON-PEN PRESSURE Estate is cursed, claims circular urging residents to sell their homes. Others fire back Joyce Lim joyed @sph.com.sg HERE'S a devious way of getting people to sell their homes: Spread "malicious" reports about the estate, alleging that it has bad
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    • 350 6 RESIDENTS who have agreed on the collective sale, told The New Paper on Sunday that they are hoping to get between $1.2 million and 1.4 m per unit. Credo Real Estate was appointed as its acting agent. Last month, a 135 sq
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    • 438 7  -  URA's plan to light up our city could light up your love life Romancing the S'porean Ng Tze Yong tzeyong@sph.com.sg YES, there is a masterplan to turn Singapore into a wonderland of lights. The questions is, what's it going to do for your love
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    • 320 7 SINGAPORE has some way to go before it becomes the city of love. But that does not mean we don't have beautifully lit romantic hotspots. Here's a quick rundown UOB PLAZA Sit on the steps of the Singapore River and admire
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    • 1116 8  -  Model looks are hot in the service industry. One restaurant even takes 2 months to find 10 good-lookers. But is this a form of discrimination? Cara Van Miriah caravm@sph.com.sg WANTED: fun and outgoing employees for hip and swanky shops and restaurants in Singapore. Condition:
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    • 654 10  -  Then you can't adopt these little darlings from China Dawn Chia dawnchia@sph.com.sg THINKING of adopting a baby from China? This is the message from the authorities there: Forget it if you are obese, lack money and or have little education. You can't adopt either if you have
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    • 240 10 MORE rules mean it will be more difficult and unfair for prospective parents to adopt a child from China, say some adoption agencies here. Ms Alice Kavaree of Lotus Child Adoption Agency feels the restrictions are "unfair" to potential adoptive parents. In her 12 years in
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    • 831 11  -  Not possible, say eye docs Therapist's claim: REPORTS AND PICTURES Hedy Khoo hedykhoo @sph. com.sg THE crippling migraine attacks were almost a part of her life. At 27, sales executive Christine Lim had been suffering the painful headaches every week for more
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    • 315 12 Eye specialists THREE eye specialists contacted by The New Paper on Sunday said that using the iris to diagnose health conditions has no medical basis. This is so even though the symptoms of some illnesses do show up in the irises. Adjunct Associate Professor Au Eong
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    • 1319 13  -  Some residents resort to parking a few blocks away to avoid the lots near Blocks 105 107 in Serangoon North Avenue 1 Hedy Khoo hcdykhoo@sph.com.sg CARS fill this housing estate carpark at Serangoon North to the brim every night. But as you drive further
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    • 154 14 ALJUNIED Town Council, which manages the estate around Block 107 Serangoon North Avenue 1, is aware of the littering problem at the carpark. KEEPING WATCH Mr Jeffrey Chua, the general manager of the Aljunied Town Council, said they have engaged help of the grassroots leaders to
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    • 387 15  -  Radio 100.3's love challenge Tan Mae Lynn madynn @sph.com.sg AFTER being handcuffed by love for 14 years, they put on the real thing yesterday. Mr Sam Peng Thong and his wife, Madam Tye Siew Phin (above), were among 12 dating and married couples who
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    • 263 16  -  Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@sph.eom.sg IT was several metres away from the source of the fire, but the stall was totally destroyed. The freak fire, which broke out in a Woodlands coffee shop yesterday morning, sent patrons and stallholders fleeing. At the time of the
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    • 801 17 She was devoted mum who "sacrificed self for others' Mongolian model murder in M'sia IT HAS been nearly six months since she was killed, but Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu refuses to fade away from the news. Last week, the trial of high-profile political analyst
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    • 370 18 Surprise find after raid on factory THE Customs officers were hunting down pirated DVD factories. But instead of discs, they found bottles of beer bearing brand names, but of unknown origin and content. The officers and two dogs raided the beer factory in an industrial estate
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    • 613 19 LONDON BANKERS ARE SPENDING THEIR SUPER BONUSES ON LUXURY CLOTHES AND JEWELS I DRESSED TO IMPRESS THEY call themselves "the haves and the have yachts". They are the rich London bank executives and traders who drop tens of thousands of dollars for an evening
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    • 424 20 Wife of media baron dresses to kill during his corruption trial A SPLASH of red and green brings to mind the colours of the poison dart frog. A danger to men and a force to be reckoned with? Lady Barbara Amiel Black, wife of embattled British media mogul
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    • 523 21 He has known about wife's affair with 18-year-old for months AP HE'S just a kid. But what he did was probably enough to push Eric McLean, 31, over the edge. And 18-year-old Sean Powell wound up dead. The teen, who had sex with his married 30-year-old
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    • SnapShot
      • 41 22 Indian dancers pose in front of a model of the Taj Mahal made of oranges and lemons at the recent Lemon Festival at Menton in France. About 140 tonnes of the fruits were used in the festival. picture reuters
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      • 34 22 Ifs the same old Fidel. I tell you... Fidel is a force of nature. Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, after visiting Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who is recovering from a long illness
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      • 49 22 SEEKING to kickstart stalled talks on climate change, the world's 13 major industrialised and emerging economies have found seven areas of agreement for tackling global warming. But the US blocked consensus for supporting a carbon market, to tackle the greenhouse gases that cause the problem.
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      • 75 22 THE theme for the fifth Asean Ministerial Meeting for Youth will be Youth: Creating Our Future Together. The meeting will be held in Singapore from 24 to 27 Apr. Fifty youth representatives from Asean countries will take part. They will discuss issues affecting young people
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      • 101 22 THAI air force planes sprayed water over smog-choked Chiang Mai yesterday in the latest effort to provoke rains to clear away the thick haze. After a week of failure, rain-making teams have added water to their chemical mix of fertiliser and salt sprayed from planes in
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      • 166 22 SINGAPORE WANTS 'CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP' WITH INDONESIA INDONESIA'S ban on sand exports hurts both sides, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. It is unfortunate and a lost opportunity for economic cooperation, he told journalists from the Japanese media. Asked how Singapore was coping with
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      • 168 22 SINGAPOREANS have paid this amount over three years. The Automated Vehicle Screening System installed in April 2004 by the Road Transport Department helped it collect fines from 73,630 traffic summonses issued to Singaporeans, the New Straits Times reported. Only RM200.000 in unpaid traffic
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      • 55 22 A German man has been arrested after he got drunk and climbed into a box for unwanted babies. He slid down a chute into an emergency incubator, triggering alarms at a hospital in Dortmund. The staff found him smoking a cigarette. He then fell asleep as they worked out
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    • 253 7 Mrs International World < VJo» e 5 agea^ Showcasing the accomplishments of Modern Women A Magical memory of a lifetime, begins here Contestants do not have to fit into a cookie cutter mold of what is preceived to be the ideal women with an ideal life. Although these women come
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 34 22 Central Thunder storms North Partly cloudy South Thunder storms East Partly cloudy West Thunder storms Temperature max I B2°c min I 24°C High Tide first tide 2.9m I 10.28am second tide 2.7m I 11.24pm
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  • OUR Sunday
    • 1228 23  -  Country club? Fortune magazine's top employer Google is setting up shop in S'pore, but if it wants to keep its best boss status here, if II have to top these Avis Wong aviswong@sph.com.sg OSIM INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING pool, whirlpool tub, tennis court, saunas, showers and a cosy
      design | Iynnette chia; pictures | jonathan choo  -  1,228 words
    • 570 24 TIMBERLAND ASIA PACIFIC COME to work at a time you choose, and please go home early on Fridays. This is what Timberland employees enjoy. They can choose between two 9-hour shifts to start work at either 7.30am or 9.30am a flexible arrangement
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    • 374 25 IT used to be a staid old structure, with doctors and patients scurrying under its cold metal gates, the smell of medicine pungent in the air. On the same site at Kadayanallur Street today stands a very different building with very different occupants. Employees and important clients glide
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      480 26  -  It's par-tay time Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg THE Bold, the Beautiful, and the Black. Just three of five events Glitz Gal's working heels could stomp last Friday evening. The beautiful were at Olay, the black at Samsonite and the bold at an agenda-less old Hollywood glamour party. Par-taying
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 176 28 We search the heartland and tell you about the gorgeous people we meet... WITH his chiselled good looks, it's no surprise that Mr Indra Salim was voted one of the Top 50 most eligible bachelors by Cleo magazine. The flight steward was waiting for his girlfriend to
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    • 124 28 BUSINESS executive Sai Fengmin was spotted at the void deck of her Telok Blangah flat. She has lived in the estate all her life. What is your heartland background? I live in a four-room flat with my parents, three younger sisters and a younger brother. What Is
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    • 576 28  -  Money no enough? Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg WITH all this talk about stockmarket losers and en bloc winners, my thoughts turned naturally to money. One of the cover stories in The New Paper recently was about how an undergrad lost $300,000 of his dad's savings. I remember
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    • 603 29  -  Ivy Ong-Wood I Columnist itnp@sph.com.sg THE e-mail read: "First urge will be to rip your clothes off, throw you on the ground and love the hell out of you." These were the words to a man that allegedly caused US astronaut Lisa Nowak to snap and
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    • 694 30  -  KF Seetch Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg HE had no idea how to make kuih. All he knew was that he had to pull himself out of his dark days of bankruptcy. During the property slump of 2004, Mr Michael Tan quit his property sales job, and
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  • 400 32  -  YOGA FOR EYECARE 3 OUR SUNDAY Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg DIET, toxins in the body, ageing and stress can all cause weak eyes. But we can minimise the negative effects with yoga. Here are some exercises that will strengthen the eye muscles, release eye
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 421 33 ouRSunonv IF YOU MUST STAY IN All DAY.. Channel 5 Channel 8 11.00 My Fair Princess III I.OOpPl HDB Tai Tai i 30 Worldwide Culinary Creations II 00 tj Without Warning (Educational) 2.30 Home Decor Survivor II 3.30 The Price Of Peace (Drama) 4.30 Happy And Lucky (Drama) 0.30 Singapore
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    226 34 Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? We want to know all about it. Send your pictures and messages t0... tnpforum@sph.COm.sg Ang Kuan Yong and Diana Tan in Taipei, Taiwan. Picture courtesy of Volans Couture/ Eric Chai Coffee has been my best friend since he
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  • SUN RACING
    • 96 36 (Race 9 No. 10) BEST BET Prepared by leading trainer Kevin Coetzee and to be ridden by leading jockey Shahrul Buang Nizam, this Testa Rossa gelding is in line for a winning hat-trick Both his wins in just four starts have been impressive. His first over the Penang
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      197 36 ra PErj 1 yini i Jp Voftft nh 1 1 I ffc_ 2 Proud Mary i •w&rai. ftVjMlW 1 12 BEST HUMOUR 13 Zohar IvU'v, V QQ3 4 Lead To Glory hi i?. i').« 6 Wonderful Moment 7 Jeram Sword ?.*i| 6 Success Tycoon i 10 Successful Man
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    • 1110 36 RACE 1: D'MIGHTY REGIMENT was slow to begin. SIR KEITH jumped awkwardly in momentarily, inconveniencing EXPRESSARDO. LIM'S BREEZY was difficult to settle in the early and middle stages. DREAM TRUE was obliged to race wide throughout. Approaching the 600 m, LIM'S BREEZY, who
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    • 1553 37 GOOD TO YIELDING RACE 4: Metal King, Tinker Bell, Strong N Free, World Cruises. RACE 5: Speedy Dragon. RACE 6: Rainbow Sapphire, Circle Of Life, Conquer Way, Sri Dynasty, Sure Cut. RACE 7: Shantou Mayor, Golden Ranger, Babe Classic, Light Easy, Lucky Trio,
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    • 370 38 Jockey Ow Yang banned 3 years Rookie Magen ousted 2 years SENIOR jockey David Ow Yang has been disqualified for three years over his handling of KINGSTON CITY in Race 6 at Ipoh on 4 Mar. In addition, he was fined RM50.000 ($22,000). At the conclusion of
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    • 493 38 1 OUR KATARMA 58 (13-6) W Pike (13) 1 3 LACERATE 57.5 (46-13) P Farrell (4) 2 12 MAHANATN 55 (1,755-241) L Moloney (9) 3 Trainer: RK Cowl. Margin: 1. V*, nk. Time: 1 min 09.5 sec. Forecast* $29 Place forecast: $10 (Nos. 1-3),
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    • 748 38 GOING: YIELDING 5 TRINIDAD 52 (22-9) SSani (4) 6 3 1 (494) 7 HOPE OF CHANG SHAN 50c 47 (58-14) 'SSVanan (2) 1 1 2 (516) Hd 3 BABY HAN 53.5 (29-9) 0 Chavez (8) 2 2 3 (419) 2L Winning stable: Ternary. Trainer Simon Liew. Time:
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    • 1038 39 Preview and tips by Phillip Woo, courtesy off The Hong Kong Jockey Club. RACE 1 (1,400 m): Bajan Bell (No. 3) had clicked on consecutive occasions over today's course-and-distance before failing to fire off a deep trip at his latest run and now looks a standout selection
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 32 38 relay, 17 Mar 2007 First Second Third 2732 9651 9008 Staffers 8044 8763 2870 7819 5293 6445 5829 4496 5252 3505 Consolation 0918 5799 7195 8613 6656 4722 8805 0554 4697 9957
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  • Sunday SPORTS Mad about golf
    • 625 40 THAI talent Chapchai Nirat kept his pace in the third round after a solid four-under-par 68 for a five-stroke lead at the TCL Classic yesterday in Sanya, China. The 23-year-old stalwart fired seven birdies against three bogeys for an impressive 21-under-par 195 at the Yalong
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    • 224 40 AP. ROCCO Mediate birdied two of the toughest holes during his five-under 65 and took a three-shot lead after two rounds at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida. Tiger Woods, who was tied for the lead after a 64 Thursday, shot a
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    • 807 41 Steve Newell, who has worked with many of the world's leading players and teachers, has written several golf books. Newell now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els AFTER another grim winter of short days and long nights, the spring blossom is appearing on the trees here
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    • CRICKET WORLD CUP
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        400 42 South African Gibbs goes into the record books AP HF.RSrHFT .T F. Gibbs clobbered his way to a first in international cricket, swatting six sixes in one over on Friday in South Africa's 221-run World Cup win over Holland. He earned US$l million 1.52 m) for charity, and magnified
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      • 578 42 AFP DUTCH captain Luuk van Troost wanted to make history against South Africa and he got his wish. However, his hapless, hopeless team will be remembered as having suffered the third heaviest World Cup defeat, having conceded the most sixes in an
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      • 541 43 AFP TENSIONS between India and Australia have risen at the World Cup after two Australian players revealed their anger towards Sunil Gavaskar over his criticisms of their team's behaviour, reports said in Melbourne yesterday. Former India captain Gavaskar hit a raw nerve here by linking
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        488 44 Styris shines with bat and bail AFP NEW Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said his side now had a "game in hand" after beating England by six wickets in their opening match of the World Cup. Both Test nations are overwhelming favourites to qualify from a Group C also
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      • 269 44 AFP TAKE a bow Vanessa, Geraldine and Maebh, the unheralded stars of the Irish cricket team. Without them, Ireland may not have managed their thrilling last-ball World Cup tie against Zimbabwe at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. Irish girls all, Vanessa is the wife
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    • 510 45 F***** AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX AP. FELIPE Massa's Melbourne hoodoo continued yesterday when the Ferrari driver dropped out of qualifying with a faulty gearbox, dashing his hopes of starting today's season-opening Australian Grand Prix from the front of the grid. Massa, who finished third on the Formula One
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    • 830 46  -  Last Sunday, The New Paper's Singapore at Large column looked into the issue of outdated lockers for the public in stadiums here. Today, LIM SAY HENG asks the suppliers of the lockers and the Singapore Sports Council for their take on the issue Lim Say Heng
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    • 557 47  -  COMMENT By Ernest Luis npsports @sph. com.sg UNFRIENDLY sports facilities. They have been the focus of The New Paper's latest campaign in its Singapore at Large series for the past two weeks. Simply because we are asking our readers to take an
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    • 105 47 WE urge all readers of The New Paper to take an active part in making Singapore more sports friendly. Do you feel something can be improved as you go about your daily exercise or sports routine? Know anything that needs investigating? Or is worth praising? The
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    • 1275 48  -  Something's eating Hassan Sunny this year. He's playing well as a first-choice custodian for his S-League club and he's playing the game he loves. So, what's his problem? He tells GARY LIM in a hard-hitting interview that he's got national hero Lionel Lewis in his
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    • 213 49 Claude Makelele or Ronaldinho? Makelele. His play is simple and yet he's so useful to the team. Ronaldinho may be more stylish and he's a player who can change the texture of a game on his own—but I think defence is something you need to beef
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    • 606 50  -  Stanley Ho npsports@sph.com.sg ROMAN Abramovich's riches have sparked the rise of Chelsea Football Club. But, now, his estranged wife, Irina, may well bring about the Blues' downfall. Chelsea's Russian billionaire owner has divorced his wife of 15 years and the mother of
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    • 263 51 sun SPORTS THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY 18 Mar 2007 recent divorce from his now ex-wffe Irina. i At a coffeeshop opposite Singapore Press Holdings inToa Payoh... Hello uncles, who ordered teh tarik tolak? It's tarik lah! After 15 years of marriage, the 40-year-old chose to go instead with a
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      • 446 52 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: CHARLTON: Gibbs (injured); Hreidarsson, Bougherra, Reid, Thatcher, M. Bent (doubtful) NEWCASTLE: Babayaro, Ameobi, Owen (injured); Butt (suspended) LASTMEETING: 28 Oct, 2006 Newcastle 0 Charlton 0 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Charlton 19; Newcastle 30; draws 20 LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESUL TS: CHARLTON: D-W-L-L-D NEWCASTLE: D-L-W-L-W GOAL
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      • 444 52 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: ASTON VILLA: Sutton, Delaney (injured); Samuel, Gardner (doubtful) LIVERPOOL: Crouch, Kewell, Garcia (injured) LASTMEETING: 28 Oct, 2006 Pool 3 Villa 1 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Villa 52; Pool 84; draws 35 LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESUL TS: VILLA: L-D-L-W-L POOL: L-W-L-D-W GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED):
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      • 470 53 TEAM FACTS by LIM HAN MING MARKET TALK by BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: EVERTON: Cahill, Valente, McFadden, Boyle (injured) ARSENAL: Henry, Van Persie, Senderos (injured); Adebayor, Eboue (suspended) LAST MEETING: 8 Nov, 2006 Everton 0 Arsenal 1 (Carling Cup) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Everton 57; Arsenal 90; draws
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      • 322 53  -  Oave Tindall PA Sport ASTON VILLA v LIVERPOOL (Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 2) WHEN Villa went to Liverpool earlier this season, they were unbeaten in their first nine Premiership games. But a 3-1 defeat burst their bubble and Villa have been ordinary since. Villa
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      • 591 54  -  By] Richard Maxwell SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PAUL ROBINSON shocked Watford and his England goalkeeping rival Ben Foster with a goal from his own half. Robinson had been in the spotlight ahead of this game, with many suggesting opposite number Foster could one day replace
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      • 235 54  -  By Alan James SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport AN INJURY to in-form Wigan striker Caleb Folan marred a lowkey game at the JJB Stadium. Fortunately, early reports suggest that the Irish forward had suffered little more than bruising. Buoyed by their recent success, the home
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      • 484 55 Ktdt-«« 3pa (UK ttonl READING and Portsmouth both missed the chance to move up into the top six of the Barclays Premiership following a goalless draw at Madejski Stadium. The visitors came closest to snatching a winner when Richard Hughes struck the post with nine
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      • 558 55  -  BY Jon West SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport SYLVAIN DISTIN and Emile Mpenza came to Stuart Pearce's rescue as Manchester City ended a run of five Barclays Premiership defeats with a 2-0 win at Middlesbrough. The French defender fired the visitors in front with just their second
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      • 818 56  -  CHELSEA 3 (Shevchenko 4, Kalou 17, Ballack 58) SHEFFUTDO Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg IF Chelsea were having the jitters, they surely didn't show it. Earlier, Manchester United had just completed a 4-1 win over Bolton at Old Trafford, one which widened the gap between themselves and Chelsea
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      • 751 57 Not only was the manner of Man U's victory comprehensive, it was also footballing fiesta inside Old Trafford as the Red Devils played with supreme confidence. The New Paper's football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN tells WANG MENG MENG that Sir Alex Ferguson will be justifiably proud of his
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        887 58  -  MANCHESTER UNfTED 4 Park (141h mln, 25), Rooney (17,74) BOLTON 1 Speed (87 penalty) Wang Meng Mcng npsports@sph.com.sg GOOD things do come in threes. And for those who congregated inside Old Trafford yesterday evening, they would have hearkened to the good tidings that alas, Sir Alex Ferguson has
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      • 585 59 PA Sport. Manchester united manager Sir Alex Ferguson paid a g owing tribute to star winger Cristiano Ronaldo for masterminding a resounding 4-1 victory over Bolton. The win maintained the Red Devils' six-point lead over Chelsea, who beat Sheffield United in a later match. Ronaldo put on another
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      • 249 59 DEAR readers, It's time for the Question of the Week again, with the deadline being 3pm tomorrow. English clubs have never looked stronger in European competition. In the Uefa Cup, Tottenham Hotspur who have become thrilling to watch in attack, but can cause heart attacks in
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    • 254 60 MANUTD4 (Park 14,25, Rooney17,74) BOLTON 1 (Speed pen 87) A w •••and it's double delight for Park and Rooney HE did not get his name on the scoresheet. Yet, Manchester United's emphatic 4-1 win over Bolton Wanderers last night bore the unmistakable trademark of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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