The New Paper, 17 August 2008

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    18 1 The New Paper 17 Aug 08 lIIIDIIII 8 "*****1M***** > Singapore Pns* wKm Holding• MCA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS
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      42 1 Arsenal's new gun: Our verdict The New Paper on if Vs V > 'r V '< rTT •-54' v V vf >1*' ;.v Mhki «k.. :v ft ap, s ■i .< f»«5K s sr. OMAN ■E > E A S'poreans ambush big stars... but nicely 16
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    Lock icon Beijing-style hardware is great, but can we deliver Vegas-style smiles?
    485 2  -  News Exchange REGGIE J tnp@sph.com.sg I AM not a gambler. But I went to Las Vegas and thoroughly enjoyed it I loved the atmosphere, the fun and frolic, the shows, the casinos and hotels. I loved the sights, the sounds
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      639 2 Agree or disagree 9 We ask 50 S'poreans lor their take on Should we lobby to have the short form of Singapore' s name in the Olympics changed from 'SIN' to something else? Q i Our brand new paper for you SIN is almost ns bad.is the town cnHcd Hell
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      Lock icon PAY TAX Foreign getai acts told
      683 3  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenkohOsptLoonusg EARLIER, the taxman went after hawkers who were rolling in dough on the quiet Now the taxman is casting its net to catch getai performers who are singing their way to the bank during the ongoing Hungry Ghosts season on the
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      Lock icon SINGERS SOUND OUT
      53 3 1 "If you 're not happy, then don't come here." -YUAN JIN (China) "I had to pay tax on my fee for a performance in Japan too." HAO HAO (Taiwan) "If the sums don't add up in the end, it's unlikely that I'll want to return next
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    Lock icon Come on, make some NOISE
    466 4 Suntec City buzzes with youthful energy I A FRENCHMAN dmbed up Tower 1, and ft came right down fciwnedlatety after; a ft bunch of energetic dancers bounced with youthful abandon; whle some young peoH pie made a lot of noise. So much excitement in a
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      Lock icon China owes you
      1034 5  -  Maureen Koh maureenk@spti.com.sg THEY are wily at times, with a reputation for being strong-willed despite their outward daintiness. They have nerves of steel with a resilience few of their male counterparts can claim to match. And their brilliance is being felt in spotting competition, in scholarly excellence,
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      Lock icon THEIR WINNING WAYS
      64 5 1 Singapore's history has been made on the fragile frames of three China-born girls, while on their shoulders rest our hopes of our first Olympic gold. 2 Two-thirds of China's 27 gold medal haul so far have been won by its women. 3 More China-born girts are
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        Lock icon Going... to HK billionaire plavboy
        488 6 Sorry, diving's glamour girl is taken ON her right wrist is a bandage, an athlete's badge of honour for training too much. But as China's diving queen, Guo Jingjing (left) needs balance while executing those flawless flips from the springboard. So, on her left wrist,
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        Lock icon Going... for $l20,000 movie role
        385 6 ...and she didnteven sing LIN Miaoke (left), the girl at the centre of the lip-synching controversy of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, is set for stardom. The 9-year-old will reportedly pocket as much as 600,000 yuan ($120,000) for just a three-minute appearance in a movie,
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        Lock icon Stripping for Olympics ceremony job
        134 6 MabtftotoHbcMto participate to Iheßeftog Ofrwpfca tymtm i*wiien|,at toast4oo girts agreedtostrlp nsfcad tor recndtoreeo fiat Vwfr body proportions could bs lapiatodan rnaay mat vis sancoon praoaaa toMtj»orts who would toad ceremony started laat Thousands of girts from acadomiaa hi reportedly and hava "good-tooidng faces," toe report
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        Lock icon Win or lose, Jiawei will be our first Milliondollar baby
        645 7  -  I continued from page 9 REPORTING FROM BEIJING LIM HAN MING npsportsOsphxonLsg MADE in China, made it in Singapore. Yes, Li Jiawei has become the first Singapore woman to become a millionaire by playing games. Specifically, a game called table
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      96 5 OLYMPIC WARRIORS Chen Ruolin, WangXin, 16, divers Won gold medal for synchronised 10m platform despite this being their first Olympics. fit i r \> J 1 V Liu Zige, 19, swimmer A total unknown, she stunned the world by winning the 200 m butterfly in a new world record W-*
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      86 7 1999 South-east Asian Games TOTAL: $22,500 T I 2002 C'wealth Games TOTAL: $250,000 2001 SEA Games TOTAL: $22,500 T I 2003 SEA Games TOTAL: $25,000 2002 Asian Games TOTAL: $87,500 T I 2006 C'wealth Games TOTAL: $192,500 2005 SEA Games TOTAL: $10,500 T I 2007 SEA Games TOTAL: $12,500 2006
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      133 8 How to enjoy FROM PAGE 27 TO go with our new look, The New Paper on Sunday also bringing you new content. Here are some of the regular features you'll see in our Hedy Khoo lets you her to see Chef ***** the to Chick the big screen. You've seen
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      Lock icon Wiped out once, he now drives a Maserati
      655 11  -  A MAN'S TALE OF BRICKS-AND-MORTAR SUCCESS ELYSA CHEN etysac@sph.com.sg THIS is an against-the-odds tale to perk up your personal meter to measure happiness. Be happy for Mr David Cheang, youngest senior vice-president in the HSR Property Group. He was once down but,
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      Lock icon A woman's tale of online success
      627 12 SHE began a blog to vent her frustration and also as an outlet for her creativity. Now Mrs Heather Armstrong's blog has become such a hit and is attracting advertisers by her droves, both she and her husband have quit their regular jobs. Mrs
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      Lock icon S'pore's diehard STALKERS
      865 13  -  Trio tracks musicians TV stars but do so ever so politely TAY SHI'AN stanQsptuxxnsg T A THERE stars go, they follow, y Y TCrey call themselves the "StalkerazAnd together, these three friends part stalkers, part paparazzi and part diehard music fans have amassed hundreds of autographs and
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      641 14 Great fun encounters Most proud of meeting... Joyce Sim: Oasis (February2oo6). They are legends, and I've met them. Daniel Loo: Gwen StefaTli (August 2007). She walked out of the airport and started signing and taking pictures with us. She looked ultra glam. Best of all, baby Kingston was in her
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      Lock icon Star struck? Nah, I'm just in it for the chase & thrill
      372 15  - Star struck? Nah, I'm just in it for the chase thrill Sylvia Toh Paik Choo pafcchooQsptiamsg Quelle question, as they say. What a question. Why I tail and trail Hollywood stars. Without going into the psychology of it, hello, then what, I should follow you instead, on the 131 bus
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      142 11 0 £1 (8 Z u y 0) >. 1/1 y fl as 1999 Serving NS, he worked part time as a property agent. He rode a bicycle to the beach every day, where he parked his $2,500 van to save on parking 7; ill! >'\l mm T I 2002 Promoted
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      48 12 m It's more than stealing. Illegal file sharing is killing games, music, software and movies. You risk getting sued, prosecuted, fined and even Jailed, while exposing yourtf'C to virus and hacker attacks, tit ill think it's not hurting anyone? hip tfitollfCtn.il ProfM'rty A public Outreach initiative by l?OS
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    637 16  -  Forget textbook knowledge. These SIM students get first-hana experience in being entrepreneurs by SIM Global Education rr seems that doing buskioss is in his blood. Whon Mr Kaman Nambi (above) was a primary school sfeKJent, ho bought candy fen buftc and i|i ■mi
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    Lock icon Vendors up in arms over trade fair turnout
    641 17  -  Few visitors, rough security ilk exhibitors News HO LIAN YI k SHOUTING matches, a petition torn by security men, and frayed tempers. These were all on exhibition at Singapore Expo yesterday. It would have been embarrassing if this was witnessed by a
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      118 18 i a «S> V w i v> Get money-smart with our columnists, Dr Money and Suze Orman > r BIG BUCKS And find out which star is doling out the cash in our new Ka-ching! pages iHViK'inrTTil II ;rT71/FTT»(l 2pE OF Your one stop provider FOR ALL mobile c»W «Sfe.
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        Lock icon Fannie, Freddie & The nightmare on Wall Street
        692 19  - Fannie, Freddie The nightmare on Wall Street ZHEN MING DnOTfUDD AUMIKi duo I UN DnAnmln KNOW Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? You should, because these US mortgage giants have created a US$5.3 trillion ($7.5 trillion gasp!) financial black hole that the whole world has been dragged into. What happened here?
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        159 19 Just who are Fannie and Freddie? Fannie Mae is the Federal National Mortgage Association. Freddie Mac the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation was created in 1970 to compete with Fannie by also providing a low-cost source of credit to Americans. What do they do? Fannie or Freddie takes
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        113 19 HE calls Boston Brahmin And he aims to figure out the big numbers in the news for busy readers. Harvard-trained economist Zhen Ming is a branding consultant who wiUbringto The New Papa" more than 25years of cross-border business, bankingandbroadcastingexperience. He co-founded the TV show Money Mind on
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      413 20 TEXAS TEACHERS ALLOWED TO PACK GUNS AP. LATER this month, as school bells ring across schools in a tiny Texas district students might make their way to classes while teachers might lock and load their guns. That's right As physics and algebra theories are being taught, teachers
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      Lock icon Avril doesn't PAS muster
      474 21  -  At 51, M'sia 's still being told what's right wrong STREET TALK FROM KUALA LUMPUR CHRISTIE LEO tnpOsph.oomsg HERE we go again. True to its colours, the Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS) has called for a ban on Avril Lavigne's planned concert The pop star is due
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      Lock icon Did cheating lead to grad couple's deaths?
      427 22 Chinese couple stabbed to death in Ihe UK THE Chinese couple, who were murdered in Newcastle last week, may allegedly have been involved in betting and providing false visa? One line of inquiry involves claims Mr Zhen Xing Yang recruited spectators online to
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      97 22 mkr :Mii w y <m ww* A; WOMEN ARE HEROES: Gi ant photographs cover the walls of homes in Favela da Providencia, one of the most dangerous slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday. A French photographer and artivist, who identifies himself as JR. is exhibiting
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      Lock icon Khoo Teck Puat to be honoured
      281 23 OLYMPIC TABLE TENNIS HALL TO BE NAMED AFTER LATE S'PORE TYCOON TODAY our table tennis women will make history. But did you know the venue where they will face favourites China in the final is linked to Singapore as well? The estate of the
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      Lock icon Rally telecast delayed due to Olympic table tennis final
      92 23 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has changed the telecast time for his National Day Rally. The English speech will be shown at Bpm on Monday instead of today. This is so that Singaporeans can watch the women's ta-ble-tennis team take on
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      Lock icon Russia signs ceasefire deal with Georgia
      83 23 RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday signed a ceasefire deal with Georgia to end hostilities over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili had signed the deal earlier on Friday. The agreement called for troops from both sides to pull back to
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      Lock icon Mahathir dares Anwar to swear he's innocent
      86 23 FORMER Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad dared opposition party leader Anwar Ibrahim to swear on the Quran to prove he was in- nocent of the sodomy charge he faces just like his sodomy accuser Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan had sworn at a mosque
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      37 23 $158,888 FOR THIS URN: Businessman Mr Lin Shuijin offered that six-figure sum for this Prosperity Urn at a Hungry Ghosts Festival dinner on Friday, because he "wanted to give back to society". PICTURES: LIAZ YIANGS
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      Lock icon weirdo? He's an agent to 400 models
      793 25  -  Steven Lim claims to have found many roles for his talents By Ho lian-Yi RanylOsptLconLsg MEET Steven Lim, agent to more than 400 models. Yes, that Steven Lim The guy who snipped to his yellow underwear on Singapore Idol and blogger of some
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      265 25 "I did tell him quite frankly, I'm OK with helping him if his talent is good. Just that the talent he L had at that point in time Ek was not w something I W would choose." Mr Justin Lim, owner of Style House, on Steven Lim contacting
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    Lock icon Sweet & saucy
    135 27 Sweet saucy Enjoy Model Expat sfsff n HOW DO YOU FIND S'POREAN GUYS? 1 h«". .:!< f\ I iinl.if:<) t!if\ ,1 r. i I li- S !.liking.ih>..v.j: ■;< T i;«-In J- i nt ,i ,i SMi'Ji'.p' i ,'i l -II i rjlihin I f WHO REPRESENTS BEAUTY PERFECTION TO YOU?
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      Lock icon Proud daddy-to-be
      543 28  -  Words: MELISSA TAN THERE are two sets of new baby clothes in his wardrobe, one pink and one blue. But Lionel Lewis and his wife are not expecting twins. "Adidas didn't know whether we'd have a boy or girl so they sent us clothes for both," the 2&year-oJd,
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      61 28 AT last Friday's match between Dafian Shide and Super Reds, participants had to play a number game, as part of the H-TWQO Doubte-Yotr Money Dare Chalenge. Those who lost got cream pie in their face! Dont forget to turn up at this Frida/s RHB Singapore Cup semifinal and
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        468 29  -  Decoding the silent dress code Small details can change you from tart to smart ANGELINE NEO fsfs IN the wise words of Italian designer Miuccia Prada: "What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language."
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        488 30  -  TECH WER TECK I SHUDDER at the thought of parting with $100 for a T-shirt, but won't break into a sweat plonking $2,000 down for a bag. Smart bag-freaks know what to buy when the high-end brands go on sale. This is usually mid-year, so
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        19 30 sfsfssfs yh sfds f FOR THE WHOLE WEEK: Liz Clairtome 'Shopper ($399). ft PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG, YSL, alldressedup
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    657 31  -  Classy restaurant The Prime Society turns one, and guests dress up 'rock&royalty" style to celebrate Enjoy Fly on the Wall SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO sfs U PUN my sole, how the world loves a pun. There's a place called A Salt And Battery it specialise in
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    Lock icon They'll melt meat lovers' hearts
    364 32  -  jjkj Enjoy Hed Chef HEDY KHOO hedy@sph.com.sg I WHAT is round and hot, fits nicety in your palm, and best of all, oozes lip-smacking meat juice? Potato balls. Forget ra>se rattv calories for moment-^pow^^iicy^eaty 1 E savoury, moist interior a meat-lover's heart, j t your
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        571 33 Have Eddie Murphy Mike Myers lost it? SO, we're 20 and all grown up. Sadly, the same can't be said of ageing comedians: Have they grown up and out of being funny? Remember when Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers were two of the funniest guys on the planet?
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        131 33 1 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91 Although he founded the movement for transcendental meditation, he is better known as the one-time spiritual teacher of The Beatles. He developed a method of mind control that was once dismissed as hippie mysticism, but later gained medical respectability. He died
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        Lock icon Caning is not a hit with kids
        487 34 IN Singapore, caning is acceptable punishment for two categories of people: Certain criminals and children Except criminals may only be caned after a lengthy judicial process. Have you noticed that most children dislike the idea of beating children? The usefulness becomes evident when
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        Lock icon CLOSE CALLS
        90 34 NOT ALL PAIN IS GAIN AT THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES: (Clockwise from top left): Saifeddine Nejmaoui of Tunisia is hit by Russia's Alexey Tishchenko duiliig the men's lightweight 60kg preliminaiy boxing match which the latter won. China's Liu Dan (light) gets acquainted with the armpit of Spain's
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        Lock icon Hi, it's weird to meet you
        590 35  -  I Catching up with I Y old pals in Tokyo i L is surreal A NG TZE YONG sfsd I PACKED in the dark, trying to be quiet This would be a strange goodbye. On the beds sprawled my university buddies, still sleeping. We
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        Lock icon Keeg it simple? Oh, buzz off
        99 35  -  BLOW smoke towards my head Then use a bamboo pole to whack it until it falls off and rolls to a stop in a corner. DENISE CHONG sfs "3SU we and our readers nnmnlirfifij u s compucaiea. i Vr' .n. When you keep it
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        Lock icon Schwarzenegger's shoulders on a girl's butt? No thanks
        688 36 Do you shudderat the shape of Olympian bodies? EVERY time the Olympic Games comes around, gyms do very good business. This is mainly because flabby folk who watch the games on TV and marvel at the fitness of the Olympians feel guilty
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        228 36 My son's name is... burp SWEDISH authorities say parents can now name their newborns Budweiser" or Metallica" For decades, the Swedish tax authorities had banned parents from naming their children after fast food chains, rock 9 bands or their favourite '(fi brand of beer Still-, the authorities are drawing
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        393 36  -  S M ONG gf s w j I'VE recently come to die realisation that my mother is an idiot To her credit she has managed to hide this from me for decades. My kids are only in primary school and they've already figured out
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      250 37 Comics LEO Uranus will coincide with a full moon. You might feel a draft. VIRGO You'll be talent-spotted by a modelling agency. But they will want you to do only the "before" pictures. LIBRA People will mistake your confidence for arrogance. Either way, you're still a jerk. SCORPIO
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      246 38 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... tnpfomm@sph.com.sg Dear Giena, we may have had rough times together in the begginning,but i'm glad we made it through
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      370 39 Enjoy TV SSBb A v i, Si iHi /ll JMI WATCH'EM Evan Almighty (above) HBO (Star Hub Ch 60), 9pm God contacts a disbelieving congressman and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood, causing his family to leave him and reporters to mock him. Starring
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        575 41  -  We've grown. But even as we embrace change, we will always be your lively and curious friend IVAN FERNANDEZ m 2 IN the beginning was the Word (of The Straits Times). Yonks later came three little words the new paper (all lower case, no full
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        129 41 ON our 20th birthday, we thought we'd look for fellow 20-year-olds. Not just any. butlhe brightest. Not just the scholars, but those who dare to chase their passion and excel. It wasn't an easy search. Twenty is a young age. You're just starting
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        355 43 Ng Tze Yong scours the lexicon of our youth to suss out the keywords of the future THE THINGS WE DO 1. Chillax -a combination of "chill" and "relax". Commonly used by the NUS-type as the new cool term, replacing passe phrases like "hang out".
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        104 43 "In the next 20 years, I hope more heartlanders will watch theatre and see it as a way to share opinions." HAN XUEMEI As an actress, scriptwriter, stage manager and publicist with ARTivate, the youth wing of Drama Box. Xuemei helps train youths in theatre. "In the next
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        403 45 amongcugrtul teader»?^rt*wa^yoiidolfy<mw«fePMwiion4.0? PROF KIRPAL SINGH (below) He's a poet associate professor of English literature and creative thinking at Singapore Management University I WOULD overhaul the educational system. I will make sure that kids at 2 do not learn how to spell university and do
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        452 45 ■ALEXAU (right): k He is an activist&bloggerof the Yawning Bread website ONE of the main tasks of a national leader is to attend to his institutional legacy. This is one area where Singapore is weakest, and which poses a big risk for our future. We have
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        173 45 "In the next 20years, I want to fly kites and ride on mysterious unicorns." MALVINA TAN Malvina is the third artist selected under House at Dempsey's Adopt-an-Artist programme to showcase promising artists musicians and writers "In the next 20 years. I want to play for Man U. FIRDAUS
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        422 46 ■DIM SUM DOLLY: She's actress Selena Tan, part of musical cabaret group Dim Sum Dollies THANK you for asking me such an important question, lor! When I, the Chief Dim Sum Dolly, become Prime Minister, I will be all for quick changes! Oi, don't
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        159 46 I want to use creative ways to make Singaporeans more aware of the people around them." Thai Zhern Leing THAI ZHERN LEING (left) and JO TAY (right) These two community activists have been raising funds for Make A Wish Foundation through Somethmgreallygood ;i chanty concert held at Youth
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        856 48 THEY ARE the writers among The New Paper's fighters. They willbe the chosen few whose task is to put the "joy" to the week's "En", inalifestyle actioncalled Enjoy. That's right, to qualify as a columnist in The New Paper on Sunday's Enjoy
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        190 48 In the next 20years, I want to swim, bike and run faster and be on my way to become a paediatrician." MOKYINGREN A full-time medical student at NUS. Yinq Ren won the 2007 South-east Asia (SEA) Games gold medal for Singapore in the men's triathlon "In the
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        431 50  -  NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg PROFESSIONAL ethics prevent us from stabbing newsmakers in the throat with our pens. But ask any Singapore reporter Mend you have and he'd tell you there are times when... oh, the fingers are so quivering. Usually, that happens right after we
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        88 50 "In the next 20years. I want to speak for the voiceless with my photographs." DANIEL CHIA SIANG LENG Daniel won a merit prize at the Singapore Young Photographer Award 2008. The third-year student in Visual Communications at Temasek Polytechnic was on6 of five merit prize winners. "In the
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      141 51 V Midnight at a Batam cafe Treasure Island, Captain Hook, Pirates of the Carribean. They romanticise the crooks. I was looking for real evil. On the streets I call my office. The streets meander. The trail takes me to a pirate's lair. That was where I met John, a modern-day
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      59 53 YOUR FIGURE HEAD Our Harvard-trained columnist makes sense of big numbers YOUR MONEY MONDAY Our buck starts with Dr MONEY and Suze ORMAN YOUR STREETS Streetwise commentaries from our specialists who make the streets their office YOUR FEMME FINALE Our girl in London, Alison Ratcliffe, gives a unique woman's perspective
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        250 54 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan RACE 1 y 1lBn mvixf i GUI i 4 Joter Champion Power Of J 7 City RACE 2 1 Dawn 2 Kuala Ovang r n i Vi ii rl a WCTafTOO P>U#f I1TO RACE 3 4 Drown Again mmm WMAer I
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        540 54 DOUBLE DELIGHT: Leading trainer Johnny Urn takes his tally to 40 for the season after sending out even-money favourite Joker Ace in Race 6 and Joker De Best in Race 8. 7 BEAUTYSPOT 56 c 53 (19-5) JMH* (11) 7 5 t (450> 6
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        461 54 5 DANBKIA 53.5 (20-9) > .....l» Knuctoy (4) 1 7 VALANTE 53 (42-13) SO'donml (1) 2 4 DANCE DUO 53.5 (103-23) WPfci (3) 3 Trainer John Price. Margins: Hd, nk, ns. Time: 58.645ec. EOB: $12. Forecast $30. Tierce: $538. Trio: $63. Course acretcMng: Pearler. 1
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        1546 55 RACE 1 NO LertSn m HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barri w (Afo/origfcktex, trainer-earner) 1 *****9 MGnral 57 (43) MZaUc2 IB OOag Evdyn Seet Mission To Win) 2 *****IMNn|T«tar 57 (43) J Bfeeakar c2 S (5ag E Brat*Mai»-Ofan|e) 3 9-000-SkyMMd 57 (43) R
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        58 55 FLASH HOME (Race 9 No. 5) is worth waiting fbr this afternoon, so save your best for last The four-year-old gelding by City On A Hill should send race-goers home on a happy note. With three thirds in his last four starts, the Kevin Coetzee-trained galloper has the
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        111 55 RACE 1: Boleh Boleh, Power Of City, Lead To Glory, Urn's World, Baby Runner, Baby Says Good. RACE 2: Enchanted River, Silver Dawn, Keep Rising. RACE 4: Best Humour, Duty Free Spirit, Jeram Mas, Zhen Dao, Astonish, Break The Bank. RACE 5i Gold Blade, Jeram Jade, Joker Express, Jazzmint
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      752 56  -  Mad About Golf Driving with Steve 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 STEVE NEWELL sf PADRAIG Harrington is certainly a strange
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      747 57 In this new series, JOYCE UM tells you what if s like playing golf with actor Thomas Ong Sporty Celebs HE calls himself lazy. That's why he picked up golf, he said. Actor Thomas Ong used to take part in judo, canoeing and swimming. Now, he says
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      940 59  -  In recent years, there have been more races targeted at women. Figures have also shown that more women are putting on their running shoes. JOYCE UM catches up with these runners and also finds out why some women just won t run JOYCE LIM sfd THERE
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      447 59  -  JOYCE LIM npsportsOsphxoiasg IT all started on a hot Monday afternoon in 2005. The street was empty as most people woe at work. Standing at the foot of a gentle slope, I was sweating as if I had just finished a 100-metre sprint
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      111 59 Why Why not? ■nwiwwiwrac 1. Gtos me a time to be alone, gather my thoutffcs and to de-stress. Z To keep fit and prevent heailh problems. 3. To develop a bettor sense of dtodplne. 4. To chalenge myself in buMng up my slaminB and pushing my own fcnfts. 5. For
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        69 60 HE was seventh at the half-way mark and trailed Serbia's MUorad Cavic for most of the race, but Michael Phelps did not give up. The American fought back and beat Cavic by, o.ols to win his 13th Olympic gold medal ON THE WPY: Phelps (centre) may
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        759 60  -  One word: epic. I'm so proud of what he's been able to do. For 36 years it stood as a benchmark. He's entitled to every second of what's occurring to him now. Legendary Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz (right) REPORTING FROM BEIJING Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg
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        453 60 SEVEN down, one to go. Michael Phelps will achieve immortality if he wins his eighth gold medal in die 4xloom medley relay final scheduled to start at 10.58 am this morning. "It's not over yet I really think the Australian team looks great for the relay.
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        464 61 So what were your first thoughts on the race? Hamkeh: Unbelievable. I have never seen in my whole life someone who stopped running at 80 metres and could stifl break the world record. If Usain Bolt had powered through he could easily have done 9.45s or 9.555. Hosnfc
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        466 62 ARGBfTMA 2 HOLLAND 1 (After extra-time. RJ time 0-0) AP LIONEL Messi once again weaved his magic to get Argentina through their quarter-final tie against Holland. The mercurial forward scored the first goal and set up the extra-time winner yesterday for the defending champions to beat
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        509 62 BRAZL 2 CAMEROON 0 (After extra-time. Full-time 0-0) B8JGIUM3VTALY2 MGBVA2 IVORY COAST 0 Wire Services. BRAZIL avenged their quarter-final defeat by Cameroon at the Sydney Olympics by battling their way to a 2-0 extra-time win over the Africans at the same stage
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        833 63  -  REPORTING FROM BEIJING LIM HAN MING sdf HE IS not one who throws in the towel without a fight. After all, Liu Guodong learnt the ropes of his trade in the dog-eat-dog world of the Chinese sports system, where only the fittest and
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        713 64 Women's TABLE TENNIS team event final, Tonight, 7.30pm S'pore (Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu, Feng Tianwei) vs China (Zhang Yining, Guo Yue, Wang Nan 1ST SINGLES Feng Tianwel (Sin) vs Zhang Yinlng (Chn) This is one match that world No. 1 Zhang Yining is expected to
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          388 65  -  Andy Schooler PA Sport MANCHESTBt UTD v NEWCASTLE (Man Utd 3 Newcastle 0) THE hosts to win this one by two goals has to be the bet It's become a habit for the Red Devils to trounce Newcastle in recent times, two such examples coming last
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          269 65 TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST PICKS WHO'S HOT, WHO'S MOT: BRIAN MILLER ■li ur ci RBoiairanP^S i«i——i jJL<*I.s WVUMCOOBrawaiDOUDDUK aroma WWIIIMMMtPWHWw* UOTMKIMB; POmSMOOTHICHHSKIfPU USTPKLEMUE RESULTS: MALCTATS(SCORH), <*« 0-15irin:0,0 16-30:0,0 3H&M 46-60:00 ei-T&w PORISMOUIN 0-15mln:O f O •> 16-30:0,0 4M0t<M> i;w& ggg| PWMWWYfW^^glf PbQWjO, wonO,tfcvMiO,MO ganaiounrsMWTra^^K;
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          202 65 CWC®®): 0-15 mm: 0,0 le-30: 0 0 HJr-45:0,0 g m-4f r befnonodWarentThey^vwrtlhree potofln the tart CRy hawing alwrts of problems in the boantoom, they shotM be atfe to sneak Ikxnewithapoptiarwin.Indeed,lrecko|§ ItcouMbeawa^ gar HOT: Since last season, John Care* has been a success at
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          191 66 MJURES/SUSreNSmS: 23F8t0,2008 NEWCASTLE IMWUWTH) 5 (EPL) LAST RVE LEAGUE RESULTS: MANIfiTH): WUCHmm mfi GOAL STATS (SCORED nriNmvm- w m MANIMmED 0-15fflfci:aO I 16-30:0,0 31-45:0,0 46-60:0,0 61-75:0,0 JMOWUE rSiQj?!^^lcL^n Pl*«lftWOnO,<fcWinO,iO*o W«*The«*t»<Mtoafc*eiit tore who \MI be ashing to toe betting ahop to dump money on Man
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          540 66  -  EXCLUSIVE SIEVE BATES Correspondent THE gamete changing. And Gary Neville knows he has to stay fit and keep up with the changes to his position of full-back to have a future as a Manchester United player beyond this season. The Old Trafford skipper who, at
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          284 66 GARY Neville is still desperate for more success despite being one of the most decorated players in the game-and he even gpt abuzz winning the Community Shield against Portsmouth. "The next trophy is as precious as the first, absolutely. In fact it's more precious for
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        591 67 EPL GARYUM talks to football analyst TOHARIPAUAN about tonight's match at Old Trafford between Manchester United andNewcastie POWER M MDfIELD: The reason why Manchester United dominated Portsmouth in the Community Shield game is their solid midfield work. The fluid movement of United's midfield is their
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        473 69  -  By Pete Bowes Special Correspondent RECORD signing )ohan Elmander marked his debut by finding the target as Stoke got an indication of how tough life will be in the EPL After 23 years of waiting to return to
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        575 69  -  Sl Jon Witt Special Correspondent PA Sport DUTCH defender Andre Ooijer gave Paul Ince a winning start to his career as a Premier League manager. Rovers led early on through David Dunn, before Mikel Arteta's free-kick had Everton level in first-half injury-time. Ayegbeni Yakubu
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        711 70  -  5)L Jason Batty Special Correspondent CALEB FOLAN came off the bench to fire Hull to victory in their first ever match in the top flight of English football. Folan converted a cross from fellow substitute Craig Fagan nine minutes from time to complete a
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        274 70  -  51 Scott Clifford Special Correspondent PA Sport DEAN ASHTON gave the Hammers a racing start to the new Premier League season with two goals in the first 10 minutes. In only the fourth minute, after Wigan had gone forward from the start,
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        724 71  -  'Do you actually like sport?'' is a question male sports journalists probably don't get asked. Alison Ratcliffe has heard it a number of times. She's always tempted to answer,' 'No, I'm just in it to ogle men in shorts." But she patiently explains that
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        468 73 ARSENAL 1 WEST BROMO ITS a brand new season, but it's the same old Arsenal They thrill their fans with gorgeous, expansive football but, through a worrying lack of ruthlessness, they never quite allow them to relax. The Gunners' supporters at Modesto's in
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        52 73 "1-OTOtbeAraenar abigtfae Arsenal fan andFmgenuinaly concerned that my eardrums are going to in. It's match §at Modesto's and the regulars here, after a three month loy-ait navpyxaioty<fiOTnggi tnenb^ They certainly took that opportunty, asyou can see from dubmeetatModesto'slnTheßtzabeti HoW. You can And out mora at MHomWniJUWid
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        162 73 GREAT DEBUT •35 Ageend ire presets from iw(wKinwn(ioiißik)inDWOiiyMwwffifltiofl(iM[ pHmod wwiiri JBfaii*Miu<L »|tetteinoBt popij^m TURNING POINT Ishmael Mkr could ham equated when he Onto the Arsenal offside trap, but Manuel Almonte made a fine save. Paul RoMnson, nope, not that one, Masted the rebound In on goal, but Johan
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        518 74 TOHARIPAIJAN tells DAVID LEE what he thinks of new Arsenal golden boy Samir Nasri SAMR Nasi introduced himself to tfw Premier League as toe match-winner of the season opener* Has Arseoe Wooqot uncovered yet anotoer gem? TOHARfc That is for sure. Nasri has a lot of
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      329 75  -  Big-hearted Anderson wants to wish us that GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE over-zealous security guy held us off, despite Anderson eagerly walking towards us. The adulation for Anderson had reached fever pitch among Singapore football fans after the Manchester United player's wonderful gesture a day ago.
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      31 54 4-D Saturday, 16 Aug 2008 rirnl TWImI riTw becona inHu Starters—1583 1391 4729 0616 9686 2868 8491 0610 5438 7639 Consolation 7801 4053 5148 0572 7139 5015 0493 6834 6303 5077
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      51 58 TEN QUESTIONS 1) Where is your favourite weekend getaway? 2) What is your favourite food? 3) What's your favourite hang out? In HW 4) Is there one sport you have always wanted to try? 5) Who is your favourite celebrity? < r.r. 7) Do you think it's sexy to be
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      209 76 NIGHT ESPN (Ch 23) &2Spm-6£5pm: Ptanet Speed 2008/09 6U52pm-7pm: Sportscenter Weekend 7pm-7.30pm: Sportscenter The Held Report 7-30pm-iaa0pm: MLB 2008: Kansas City v New York I0.30pm-1.30am: X Games 14 STARSPORTS (Ch 24) 9pm-10pm: RA Asia Pacific Rally C'ship 2008 10pm-MWnlght RA GT C'ships 2008 GOLF CHANNEL (Ch 26) 7pm-1pm: EPGA Golf:
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