The New Paper, 6 July 2008

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    27 1 the new Paper 6 JULY 2008 Jgm Singapore Sf Press WKm Holdings MICA(P) 113/12/2007 80CENTS 111(11 8 "*****1 M*****"> 06 Jul 2008 UO JUI the new paper
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon THEIR FRIEND FEELS HIMSELF SLIPPING OVEREDGE
      930 2  -  TEEN HEROES Two boys save one-leqqed man after he falls into Singapore River Hedy khoo „-»lt)edykhoo@sph.comjg L THE man with only one leg was struggling to survive in the dark, deep waters of the Singapore River. As his life was ebbing away about 40
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      Lock icon Onlookers may be frozen by shock or fear
      505 2 SOMEONE captured part of the incident and uploaded it on You Tube. Syarifuddin said he was disappointed by this. "I do not understand how people can stand by and watch a man die without helping," he said. "I am very disgusted. The
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      Lock icon I NOW KNOW NOT ALL TEENS ARE PUNKS
      610 3  -  Rescued man has change of heart about teens Hedy Khoo hedykhoo @sph. com.sg HE broke down and wept when he learnt that two teens had risked their lives to save him from drowning. It was almost a week later, when The New
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon MAIDS REST AT VOID DECK TO AVOID $1 CHARGE
      708 5 Some runners and agents vvon'f pay I for each maid to stay in waiting room (below) before tests, classes nearby AN HDB void deck at Spottiswoode Park near Cantonment Road has been turned into a resting place for foreign maids. When
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      Lock icon OPEN-AIR BROTHEL BUSTED
      494 6 Cops also bust gambling den at same place at Loyang Way ANOTHER barren field, another raid for prostitutes servicing foreign workers and gamblers. This time it was at Loyang Way. The patch of land near Pasir Ris was a haven for prostitute seekers and gamblers at night,
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      Lock icon HELP BREAK THE NEWS & WIN A HANDPHONE
      154 6 HELP BREAK THE NEWS WIN A HANDPHONE YOU can help us come out with impactful news. How? Just call our hotline 1800-733 4455. If your idea or tip-off ends up as a published report, you will receive this stylish handphone, the Samsung J7OO (below), as a gift from us. This
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      Lock icon WHY RETIRE? THIS IS OUR DREAM
      938 7  -  GRANDPARENTS INVEST $38M FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN CHINA Elysa Chen elysac@sph.com.sg THEY look just like your average pair of grandparents. But, instead of enjoying their retirement days on a gardening project or taking care of grandchildren, Mr Yeo Seng Lam, 76, and his wife,
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      Lock icon UP, UP, UP, UP, UP in the last two weeks
      149 8 Inflation Figures released on 23 Jun May Up 7.5% compared to a year ago. April Also up 7.5%, a 26-year high v PETROL W Increased by 5 cents a litre on 4 5 Jul Now, before discount, 92-octane $2,253 95-ocfono
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      Lock icon MY WEDDING DREAM TURNING INTO A NIGHTMARE
      664 8  -  A young adult's struggle with rising costs Tay Shi'an shian (Qspb.com.sg MY dreams late last year: A house, a car and a wedding to take place this year. But now, all I am seeing are the nightmares of rising costs in property and
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      Lock icon SKIP for A BOWL OF RICE
      521 9  -  It's not a diet plan but South East CDC's event to help needy Syivia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg THE residents were robbed. In a manner of speaking. Some 1,400 jump-rope participants were to have pounded the open field between the Kembangan CC and the
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      Lock icon SHE WRITES SONG IN TWO HOURS
      555 10  -  PROJECT SUPERSTAR FINALIST'S SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE SONG DRAWS YOUTUBE ATTENTION Elysa Chen clysac@sph.com.sg SHE was so touched when she watched reports on the Sichuan earthquake, that she decided to pen a tribute to the rescue workers. Former Project Superstar finalist Chanel Pang's song, written in
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      Lock icon HE CONS FRIEND OF $15,000 HE PROMISES HIGHER INVESTMENT RETURNS, TRICKS POLY CLASSMATE TO MOVE MONEY
      524 11  -  Crystal Chan crystalc@sph.com.sg HE trusted a friend who claimed that he could get 5 per cent annual returns if he invested in fixed deposits. But Mr Lewis Koh, 29, ended up $15,000 poorer after
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      Lock icon THEY BRING AID DIRECTLY TO VICTIMS
      930 12  -  AFTER CYCLONE NARGIS STRUCK, S'PORE PR COUPLE (ABOVE) DID WHAT MANY AID GROUPS COULDNT... How? By keeping their Myanmar citizenships What they brought MFood Tractors 500ka of medical supplies Elysa Chen elysac@sph. com.sg THESE Singapore permanent residents did what most aid agencies had difficulty
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      Lock icon I CAN'T LOOK AT ANOTHER SATAY STICK
      677 14  -  He eats equivalent of 246 sticks of satay in 12mins TEXT AND PICTURES Hedy Khoo hedykhoo<B)sph.com.sg Singaporeans are big on eating. But how much can we really eat? A food-eating competition held yesterday showed that Singaporeans can indeed stomach more than a few
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      Lock icon UNCLE WON'T JUST CUT OFF CONTACT
      932 16  -  Private eye in DPNi allegation scandal'missing' with wife, 3 kias Car still outside empty home, dogs left unfed. Nephew (inset) says: REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan <Qsph.com.sg IT seems that a Malaysian private investigator, who rocked the nation with damaging allegations
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      Lock icon I WAS SCARED PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS... RUNNING A WAY
      593 16 ANWAR ON TURKISH EMBASSY STAY DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim has opened up about his stay at the Turkish Embassy last weekend when sodomy allegations swirled around him. In an interview with Malaysiakini, he said that when news of Mr Mohd
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      Lock icon $40M REWARD FOR CAPTURE OF THESE M'SIANS
      674 17 16 M'sia nationals are on wanted lists of Interpol FBI A TOTAL of 16 Malaysians are on the wanted lists of Interpol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). And the rewards for their capture total more than US$3O million ($40.8 m), reported
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      Lock icon M'SIAN COP FOILS ROBBERY DURING HIS HAIRCUT
      333 17 THE robbers' targets were customers and staff at a hair salon. But what the three of them didn't realise was that an armed, plain-clothes cop was also there having a haircut. The attempted robbery happened at a salon in South City Plaza, a
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      Lock icon I'M NOT A SPORTS GROUPIE
      431 18 Teen who accuses 4 UK rugby players of hotel rape speaks up for first time I'M not a promiscuous groupie. I'm not a lapdancer. And I'm not making a formal complaint because I don't want to suffer further. After almost three weeks of silence, the
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      Lock icon BEING SHORT SAVED HK STUDENTS' LIVES IN BUS CRASH
      179 18 THIRTEEN Hong Kong primary school students and a teacher escaped with bruises when a lorry collided with the back of their bus on Thursday afternoon. Thanks to their lack of height, the students at the back row escaped being beheaded by
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      Lock icon WIND POWER
      905 19 WITH RISING FUEL COSTS, THIS MAN IS MAKING BIG BUCKS WITH... AT a time when fuel prices are shooting skywards, Indian businessman Tulsi Tanti is laughing all the way to the bank. After all, more than 15 years ago, he found himself faced with this same problem. Mr
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      Lock icon ROMAN'S RICHES REVEALED
      599 20 CHELSEA'S BILLIONAIRE RUSSIAN OWNER ADMITS PAYING OFF OLIGARCHS TO SECURE OIL WEALTH WONDER HOW HE MADE MONEY? GIVEN how he splashes out on new players every season, there's no doubt that Chelsea Football Club's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has the cash. But what is relatively unknown is
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      Lock icon BECKHAM IS TOP FOOTBALL EARNER
      281 20 ENGLAND STAR TAKES HOME $65.8M LAST YEAR WHO says he is over the hill? David Beckham might not be playing in England, and he might not be first choice in English manager Fabio Capello's team selection, but it's not stopping him from being football's top
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    • Taiwan Golden Melody Awards
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        616 21  -  S pore's Tanya Chua named Best Mandarin Female Singer, Best Album Producer Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg T T ER name was read, I but Singaporean X songwri-er-cum-singer Tanya Chua could barely believe her ears. Shock was obvious on her face and tears were welling up as she covered
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        129 22 Best Mandarin Female Singer Tanya Chua Best Mandarin Male Singer Gary Chaw Best Mandarin Album: Live 15... (Karen Mok) Song Of The Year Blue And White Porcelain (Jay Chou) Best Album Producer Tanya Chua (Goodbye Hello) Best Single Producer. Ah Di Zai (Agent J) Best New Artiste:
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      Lock icon FAMILY LOVE CAN HEAL STAB CITY
      779 23  -  Police alone can't stop rising knife crimes in London but... COM LVIHjnt Neville Stack r Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg UNDER the new mayor, London is trying to brand itself, with some success, as the most exciting capital in Europe. But its own inhabitants are giving it
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        Lock icon NOT JUST THE YOUNG
        124 24 SUDDEN cardiac death does not occur mostly among fit and healthy young men, although reports of them collapsing and dying while exercising is common in recent years. The reality is quite different, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Hawazi Daipi said at the Singapore Medical Association's convention
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        Lock icon RIOT BEFORE G8 MEET
        121 24 THOUSANDS of farmers and activists from around the world demonstrated yesterday in the Japanese city of Sapporo ahead of next week's summit of the Group of Eight (G8) rich nations, as they rallied on the soaring price of food and the global food crisis. Japan mobilised
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        66 24 BRITAIN'S High Court has ruled that Pringles is not a potato snack, and is not subject to a 17.5-per-cent value-added tax (VAT). A VAT tribunal said Pringles met the definition of "potato crisps, potato sticks, potato puffs and similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour, or
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        Lock icon BODY OF SMU STUDENT FOUND FAMILY ASKS: WHY NO LIFE VEST?
        415 24 THE body of SMU student Mr Levin Angsana was found by search parties at about 7.30 am yesterday, 300 m south-west of Raffles Marina in Tuas. On Thursday, at a training session with his sailing team-mates from the Singapore
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        Lock icon GOPALAN NAIR ARRESTED
        226 24 FORMER Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair, 58 who is facing two charges for insulting two High Court Judges in separate cases was arrested on Friday for disorderly behaviour in public and for using abusive words against a police officer. Responding to media queries, the police said he was
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  • OUR Sunday
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      Lock icon Meet Caldecott's NIP TUCK guy
      873 25  -  Doc claims to be the plastic surgeon local celebs seek out. But he's not saying who has had what done t-.'t* yrrsßs&&2&sl ■■>.. *.<4, ~..i> Jeanmarie Tan jcdnmQsph.comsg HE claims to have done plastic surgery on a number of celebrities in Singapore. And no, his
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      Lock icon Hands-on TV consultant
      153 25 ALTHOUGH Dr J J Chua is credited as the consultant plastic surgeon of the new Channel U drama Perfect Cut, he seems to have done more. And he did it all for free too. Dr Chua who was recommended to the production house by TV host Quan
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      Lock icon CELEBS ON PATIENTS' MOST-WANTED LIST
      214 26 female celebrities apKimoft popular with his pcrtienMi)ffi|piua bleaks it dowife Andrea Fonseka's exotic looks Says Dr Chua: I "Sne's got an exotic I face, a mixed-blood I appearance." Tracy Tan's double k eyelids: k Says Dr Chua: Jr'Many girls want her deep, ■symmetrical double eyelids
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      Lock icon Warm cake that's WORTH EVERY CALORIE
      509 27  -  Yeoh Wee Teck wecteck@sph.com.sg BONTA is one of my favourite finds of the year. This one-year-old restaurant serves Italian fare, cooked by the charming chef Luca Pezzera, who speaks with an even more charming accent. Chef Pezzera, 38, is from Bergamo in northern Italy
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      Lock icon Doing the Karen Cheng
      582 28 Fans donate $10 each to pose with blogger, $2,000 raised for charity Karen who? That may be the reaction from those not familiar with her. But fans were queuing up to pay $10 for charity, just to take a picture with this Australian blogger, who. is
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      Lock icon What keeps fans hooked...
      166 28 THESE are excerpts from the blog that has got so many interested. Excerpt 1 Happiness is, A spontaneous trip to the river foreshore. Watching my boys laugh and play for hours. Chilling out on the sand. Soaking up the warm winter sun. Then having my boys
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      Lock icon WILL CHESTNUT GET ROASTED IN LOCAL CHOWDOWN?
      704 29 World's eating champ says he won't have an edge in contest here HE can scoff down 47 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes, 60 hotdogs (buns included) in 10 minutes, and 241 chicken wings in 30 minutes. But when it comes to local
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      Lock icon Just desserts
      545 30  -  The cool set turns up at a launch party of actress Eva Longoria's endorsement of Magnum ice cream Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo sph.com.sg WHAT is a desperate housewife? A frazzled mum who harriedly feeds her children ice-cream for breakfast? Eva Longoria, a Desperate Housewife in capital letters,
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      Lock icon 'New' kid on the clock
      265 30 Swiss watch brand celebrates its rebirth IT follows that if time is precious, then watches are precious. But there are watches and there are watches, and because time is precious, let's wind that up. And concentrate on Louis Erard, relative new kid on the clock,
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      Lock icon CRISPY NOODLES & THE ARTFUL DODGER
      592 31  - CRISPY NOODLES THE ARTFUL DODGER S Murali muralis@sph.com.sg ANYONE with kids under the age of 6 will sympathise with me on this. When was the last time you had a meal outside, with the family, in peace? Yeah, I can see some of you shaking your heads in agreement. The
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      Lock icon HAVING A PARTY? YOU CAN BET HE WONT TURN UP
      577 31  -  Siva Choy tnp@sph.com.sg KhLlAbLb is dehnitely not the word my best friends would use to describe me, but I used to know a guy who was much worse he was totally unreliable. You could absolutely rely on him to not
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      Lock icon Her head was his guinea pig
      374 33 Kate Hudson's hair falls off, turns green while testing stylist's new haircare line SHE is an actress and mother of one. Now, Kate Hudson can add another tide lab rat. The Los Angeles Times (LAT) reported that Hudson was among several celebrities who found
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      39 27 'A J/JS. Ya VOL WHERE Bonta Italian Restaurant Bar UE Square River Wina (opposite Riverwalk, $01-6 J Tel: 6333 8875 WHO WENT (From the topi Brenda Tham, 24, probation officer Sammi Ng, 39, cashier Lim Pei Qian, 19, student
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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      293 34 CHANNEL 5 10.00am Debbie Travis Facelift 11.00 Olympic Golden Moments 11.30 GP Story 12.00nn The Beijing Dream 12.30pm Lite's Funniest Moments I.00 Sunday Afternoon Movie Legally Blonde 2 3.00 I Propose 3.30 Fashion Police 4.00 Journeyman 5.00 Traveler 6.00 Gilmore Girls 7.00 Sunday Prime Movie Spider-man 2 9.30 News 5
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      69 34 Fallen Angel Channel 8, 8pm In this new local drama, a high-flyer's life changes when her illegitimate half-sister is reunited with the family. Starring Shaun Chen, Zzen Chang. Danny Ocean rounds up the motley crew of boys for a vengeful third heist after ruthless casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one
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      124 34 Bom Into Brothels Arts Central 10pm This documentary chronicles the film-makers' time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district Wild Hogs Star Movies (StarHufo Ch 58), 9pm A group of bored suburban husbands looking for adventure hit
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    226 35 our sunonv Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to thank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpforum@sph.com.sg To my dear friends, colleagues, and relatives: Thank you for all your well-wishes and blessings. Thanks
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  • SUN RACING
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      Lock icon TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD
      1462 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 No. Last 6 rt MB HORSE Wt Ratlin Jackay Barrlar (Aga/origin/sax, tralnar-awaar) 1 -2233 Tha IpieM Oaa 56 (55) OCIwvc 11 (4ag M Thwaites-M Th wattes) 2 2333-0 AisMlan 53.5 (46) MtaraakaicZ 2 (4nzg KC Hafi-Mdm MY Au) 3 *****.1 k\Hham
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      Lock icon FLAME CAT
      84 37 (Race 7 No. 7) BEST BET LOOK no further than Flame Cat. The Mohd Sukri-trained sprinter looks the one to beat on form. In his last six starts, he has chalked up an impressive tally of two wins, a second, two thirds and a fourth. He lost no
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      Lock icon MUDLARKS
      87 37 RACE 2: Fortune Way, Surreal, Long Socks, Pacific Gold, Port Of Hainan, Baby Star, Nice Plan. RACE 3: Brilliant Glory, Yippee Blue Dill, Ready For Battle, Mas Labu, Akashi, Royal Bay, Perfect Gold. RACE 4: Mas Dancer. RACE 6: Asia Star, Muscle Man. RACE 7: Penang Wonder, Toll The
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      1515 38 RACE 1 HAKUHO, HI JACK and FORTUNE WARRIOR were slow to begin. Passing the 1,200 m, ASTRA TORRES steadied when awkwardly placed on the heels of MONDAY NITE. For a short distance near the I,ooom, HI JACK and HAKUHO raced tight to the inside
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      15 38 SUNDAY*" TQPTIPS <. P J T p7 fflfl O*nor« tipMcti b*it bet ofthr day
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S S'PORE STIPES' REPORT GENERAL
      358 39 RACE 2, SINGAPORE 13 lUN MEETING Last Wednesday, the Race Meeting Stewards acceded to a request from jockey S John, the rider of MUSIC STAR, to withdraw his appeal against the penalty imposed on him. His deposit was forfeited. The Race Meeting Stewards have
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
      708 39 GOING: YIELDING (RACES 1-2), GOOD (3-9) Race 1 6 OMVT M 515 c 50.5 (8-5) .T JUff «> 2 1 1 (438) 9 CUM On 50 c 46 (33*13) JirirwlW (6) 5 4 2 (462) 2.25 2 6FTH m 56 C 54 (00-20) J ttMtar (11) 6
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S PERTH (BELMONT) RESULTS
      502 39 GOING: Yielding (Race 1), Soft (Races 2-9) Race 1 KEY BUSINESS SPRINT 1000M 2 VBMD 55.0 (9-5) f Harvn (6) 5 HCWITBI54.0(20-17) JIMn (2) 1 RIAL MM 58.5 (21-8) lltatM (3) 1 2 3 Trainer G Daly. Margias: 1.25, 2, shd. Time: 59.35sec. EOB: $14. Feracaat
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      32 39 Saturday, 5 Jul 2008 First Second Third 1435 2015 6143 Starters 3174 1066 1510 2856 9321 1099 2423 4011 1081 6269 Consolation 9952 9976 9540 4722 1943 0650 3335 4406 8224 6784
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  • Sunday SPORTS
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      Lock icon 'Open' sesame to the magic of golf
      666 40 <>r> YOU'VE got to be in it to win it, so goes the old saying. Final qualifying for the Open Championship proves every year a testament to that truism. In a world of sport where, for instance, a £1 million ($2.6 m) winner's
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      Lock icon Furore over Putra Cup selection
      907 41  -  COMMENT BY Godfrey Robert npsports@sph.com.sg CONFUSION reigns over the Putra Cup selection, and this has led to many parents of local golfers bombarding the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) with e-mails and telephone calls the past week. And while the SGA's general manager Peter Teo has
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      232 41 ANGELO Que warmed up in fine style for the British Open later this month when he won the Mount Malarayat Championship yesterday. The in-form Filipino cruised to a three-stroke victory in the third leg of the Mercedes-Benz Tour after shooting a seven-under-par 65 which matched the
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      144 41 AFP SOUTH Korea's Lee Seon Hwa led another Asian assault on the LPGA Tour by taking a two-shot lead after the first round of the Arkansas Championship. Lee rolled in nine birdies for an eight-under-par 64 and the clubhouse lead after a rain-delayed first round on Friday
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        826 42 She also fires down a serve at 129 mph a Wimbledon record AFP VENUS Williams outhit younger sister Serena to claim her fifth Wimbledon crown in exhilarating fashion last night. The defending champion recovered from a whirlwind start by her younger sister
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        652 43 AP Roger vs Rafa hi, coming soon to a grass court near London. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are headed to Centre Court for their third straight Wimbledon final, with one trying to extend his amazing winning streak on grass and the other attempting to win his first
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        314 43 AFP ROGER Federer won't be knocked out of his confident stride by Rafael Nadal in tonight's Wimbledon final even if the Spaniard embarks on a Centre Court go-slow. Nadal has come under fire in the past for the amount of time he takes
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        459 44 AFP MARAT Safin, one of the few current players to have tasted Grand Slam success, believes the rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will go down as the greatest in the history of tennis. The Russian's shock run to the Wimbledon semi-finals ended in
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      742 45  -  Calling all sporty bosses! Do you have an active sporting lifestyle away from the office? Do you play one or more non-traditional sports? Or do you know of such a boss? Please email details to npsports@sph.com.sg Joyce Lim npsports@sph.com.sg THERE have been many ups and downs in Lawrence Koh's
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      196 45 EVER wondered how it feels like to be suspended 10,000 feet above the ground? Now you can experience it at iFly Singapore, a project of Sky Venture Singapore. The skydiving simulator, one of the largest vertical wind tunnels in the world, measuring 17 metres in
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        137 46 #steering»tyres»suspension As the 28 Sep Singapore Grand Prix looms, The New Paper moves up the gears to bring you an exclusive educational series on Formula One every raceday, together with Shell, technical partner of Ferrari THE steering system exists to provide drivers with information on how well the car
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        Lock icon OVERSTEER & UNDERSTEER
        143 46 OVERSTEER UNDERSTEER OVERSTEER OVERSTEER happens when the front tyres have more grip than the rears, creating a feeling that the car is trying to spin. Some drivers like oversteer in small doses because it makes the car feel more responsive, but it carries the obvious risk of spinning out of
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        107 46 SOPHISTICATED hydraulics play a vital role in the modern Formula One car. Along with the throttle, gearshifts, differential and air intake, the vehicle's power-assisted steering harnesses the high-pressure hydraulic system without which the driver would have to work the steering twice as hard. Because F1 rules ban any
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        136 46 THE choice of tyres is one of the most crucial decisions of a race weekend, which is why the technology used in their design is as advanced as any other aspect of the car. Formula One tyres must withstand up to a top a ton of downforce on each
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        285 46 F1 TYRES must have four continuous longitudinal grooves, at least 2.5 mm deep and spaced 50mm apart. They are constructed from very soft rubber compounds which offer optimum grip against the texture of the track. This means they wear very quickly, making tyre choice critical to the
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        300 47 LUKE NETTO is a self-confessed petrolhead and Formula One nut who often heads to the Sepang Circuit to race cars* This season, he will offer readers a layman's easy-to-understand analysis of the highly-tecnnical sport AT THIS point last season, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen slowly started
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        147 47 THIS season, FlA's new ruling allows every driver to make one free engine change during the course of the season without suffering a penalty. But once the free engine change is used, the penalty kicks in. So if an engine has not completed two races and
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        Lock icon Hamilton won't make third mistake in a row
        195 47 AT the French Grand Prix two weeks ago, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton suffered a 10-place penalty on the starting grid due to a mistake he made in the Canadian Grand Prix. He was penalised for running into the back of Kimi Raikkonen's car
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        Lock icon Silverstone favours Ferrari
        124 47 THE Silverstone circuit is considered a high-speed track. The drivers love the sweeping and extremely demanding Copse (Turn 1), Stowe (Turn 7) and Club (Turn (10) corners. Teams tend to use extra downforce at this circuit to increase their speeds at the apexes of these particular corners.
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        877 48 AFP A DELIGHTED Heikki Kovalainen grabbed his maiden Formula One pole position yesterday with a near-flawless qualifying display at the British Grand Prix. The Finnish McLaren driver produced an inspired final lap of 1:21.049, more than half a second faster than Red Bull's Mark Webber who sprang
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        783 49 In an interview with LIMSAYHENG, our Coach on the Run, TOHARI PAIJAN analyses football's latest tactical trends at EurooB DID you find EurooB exciting? Most will agree that this year's European football tournament has definitely been easier on the eye than Euroo4. And according to our football
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        466 49 IT was a long wait for Spain to claim the EurooB crown after 44 years. And there were many who doubted their ability to perform when it mattered. But Spain's triumph at EurooB is seen by many technical experts in the game
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        524 50 avertiment ENGLAND will never be able to stop their international rot unless they start producing world-class shot-stoppers. That is the scathing assessment by Three Lions' goalkeeping great Gordon Banks. The flood of foreigners in the Premier League over the last few years has become a one
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        537 50 TRANSFER TRAIL UTTER nonsense. That's what Manchester United have described latest reports claiming that a move by Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid is imminent. The club has again insisted that the Portuguese winger is not for sale. Ronaldo is expected to undergo surgery on an ankle
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        513 50 NEWCASTLE striker Obafemi Martins has admitted he would find it hard to turn down Arsenal if they attempted to sign him. The Nigerian has been linked with a move to Emirates Stadium, and speculation over a potential transfer would increase further if Gunners striker Emmanuel
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