The New Paper, 7 September 2008

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    29 1 The New Paper 7 Sep 08 VHB The New Paper on sunaay G'nnm nnnwnw nf Fprraric villi 8 '*****1 "*****9 > Singapore Press WB Holdings MICA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS
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      55 1 He snagged 30 women in 2 months aBA. H l* \,S Can our Dr Date change your date? The New Paper on 7 Sep 08 S'pore convoy of Ferraris, Maseratis harassed by thugs in M'sian Merc on N-S Highway SHOW-OFF Couple in Ferrari bashed, robbed by six men 8 Fergie:
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      Lock icon Exchange Is it a Serangoon Gardens problem or SG insularity
      418 2  -  THE BUZZ KEN JALLEH JR kenjr@sph.com.sg IN the recesses of my youth, there was a tribe called Garden boys. You didn't mess around with the Garden Boys, not if you wanted to live long enough to one day write about
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      Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
      96 2 "If you were wearing something that ugly, wouldn't you want to hide yourself better so that no one can see you?" An NSman commenting on the improved camouflage pattern of the new SAF combat uniform "I thought Olympics over already?" An NUS student's reply when asked
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      Lock icon 5 THINGS... You ought to know about tattoos
      100 2 1 The art of tattooing is thought to have been practised as far back as 4.000BC by Egyptian women 2 In 1991, a 5,200-year-old mummy dug up near the Austrian and Italian border was found to have tattoos 3 In ancient Greece,
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      198 3 ban lives could be upset? Or is it snobbery of the kind that gazes upwards, looking down with a sniff and a sneer to those unfit to share the air or space of their immediate vicinity? It would be convenient, wouldn't it, to blame it on middle-class snobbery. That
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      Lock icon S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
      301 3 We track what made you happy or unhappy over the past week.Last week's index: 220. This week's index: 230 -20 Labrador Villa Food Centre closes after 37 years. It was popular for what patrons call its cheap food and old-world charm. It could be making way for
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    Lock icon We'll hunt you down We'll destroy your future
    698 4  -  NUS MOLEST VICTIM'S FRIEND STARTS BLOG, THREATENS CULPRIT News ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg SHE was molested but she is not taking it quietly. Instead she is making her ordeal public, after a friend highlighted the incident in a blog this week in the
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      232 5 Brought to you by s o m f c Ctn NULL •i 1 WORK IT Lift your spirits by working endorphines into your body, system. A good workout at True Fitness (above) will give your self-confidence a boost, and leave you glowing from within. Beauty factor: Where: True Fitness, #07-001
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      65 5 Time for some pampering THERE are just some days that you find yourself waking up on the wrong side of the bed. Instead of moping your day away, head down to Suntec City Mall for a beauty regime that will leave you feeling like a million bucks. '1 f V
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      67 5 Pictures: TRUEFTTNESS, ANTHONY HAIR FREE MAKEOVER Today, Suntec City Mall is also holding a joint promotion to mark the 163 rd anniversary of The Straits Times. As part of the celebration, 163 people will be treated to a free makeover by Anthony Hair Boutique and Menard Cosmetics. After getting their
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      Lock icon They give cancer boy up for dead until he meets S'pore doctor
      966 6  -  Batam boy endures 2 years' worth of journeys seeking treatment NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg Little wuiy Chang and his dad Johnny travelled 2,460 km throughout the region seeking hope and sank deeper into despair time and again in
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      Lock icon A BOY'S PAIN
      103 6 2001: Slight swelling in Willy's testicles. Doctors in Batam diagnosed a hernia. Swelling became bigger. EARLY 2002: Willy went to KK Women's and Children's Hospital with his father Johnny Chang, who was told he needed an operation. Willy had operation in Batam because it was cheaper there.
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      Lock icon RISK FACTORS
      71 6 1 Age: Young men have a higher risk of testicular cancer. It is the most common cancer between the ages of 20 and 34, the second-most common cancer between the ages of 35 and 39 2 Family history: Men with a family history of testicular cancer may have
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      Lock icon Terror on N-S Highway
      1448 7  -  S'pore FerrariClub membershitby thugs in Merc KAREN WONG karen WAS it the Singapore-registered flashy cars? Or were the harassing, the high-speed chase, the beating and robbery a flash, unplanned by thugs in a Mercedes? The flash was the fleet of Singapore-registered Ferraris and Maseratis out for
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      Lock icon Did touts stage accidents for business?
      1064 8 Workshop agent turns up almost immediately after crash Woman's BMW in chain collision THE car ahead of you on an expressway brakes suddenly for no apparent reason. It causes a chain collision with your car and those behind you. Within two minutes of the
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      Lock icon WHAT TO DO IN AN ACCIDENT
      89 8 1 Exchange particulars with the other drivers. This includes name, vehicle number, IC number, telephone number, address and insurer. 2 Take photographs of the accident vehicles, for use in the accident report later. 3 Call your insurer's hotline for a tow truck or for
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      Lock icon MUCH A(L)DO OVER SHOES
      390 9 New Face finalists go wild choosing their killer heels THE heights a woman would go to for shoes. Three of the New Paper New Face 2008 finalists Constance Lau, 17, Taryn Swyny Fonseca, 19, and Stephanie Fu, 20, left no shelf unscrutinised at the Aldo shoe
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      Lock icon But after six hours, only three sign up
      706 10  -  CPF STAFF HELP NEEDY GET AID TAY SHI'AN shianGsph.com. sg THREE low-income Singaporeans were up to $1,250 richer yesterday. And they have this man to thank. Mr Chong Kien Fah, 56, works for the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board. When he heard
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      705 11  -  HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Jai Angel Nam a and his wife Adriana Nadine Reyne got married last month, they weren't ready to Settle for a typical wedding photo with an ordinary suit and gown. Instead, they decided to wear what Mr Jai calls the
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      Lock icon More couples after photos with a difference
      312 12 FOR many couples, a wedding photo is not merely a picture it's art. And couples are looking for something different from the typical suit-and-gown shot. Nude photography is one way of immortalising their nuptials. Wedding photographer George Wong, 30, recently set up a
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      Lock icon Why no second chance for me?
      616 13  -  HO LIAN-YI lianyj@sph.com.sg HE was due to perform at the Hari Raya Light Up concert last Saturday. But a day before, well-known singer and rocker Fuad Rahman was pulled out His manager believes that his criminal past was the reason for it. He said
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      Lock icon Easy to forgive getai jailbirds
      558 14  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg FOR former jailbirds such as Zhong Yaonan, Jun Long and die late Chen Jinlang, a second chance came relatively easy for them. Even though they have served time for various offences, they did not have problems getting back on the getai stage
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      Lock icon Getai stars who did time
      98 14 1 WHO: Chen Jinlang, who died of cancer in July 2006. He was 45. OFFENCE: Declared a bankrupt in 2004, he left the country 36 times without official permission PENALTY: Four months' jail in 2005 2 WHO: Cheng Yeow Nam, better known as Ah Nan,
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      Lock icon Grit behind the glamour
      468 15 BEIJING PARALYMPIC GAMES Disabled in China face widespread prejudice despite government efforts CHINA dazzled the world once again with a superb show as the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games got off to a colourful start last night. Tens of thousands of flashlights formed a stunning backdrop to
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      Lock icon He shoots woman, then is shot dead himself
      391 16 GIVE me your car, he demanded, and when she refused, he shot her ruthlessly in the back, leaving her in a coma. He had ambushed the 45-year-old woman at a carpark outside McDonald's in Kuala Lumpur while attempting to rob her of
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      Lock icon Gillian Chung to get the snip?
      241 16 HONG KONG starlet Gillian Chung's supporting role in the movie was to have lasted all of five minutes. But even that was too long for the descendents of Ms Fu Zhi Fang, wife of the late Chinese opera master Mei Lan Fang on whom
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      Lock icon Brother mistakenly thinks teen having stomachache, not in labour
      250 16 HER brother thought she simply had a stomachache when he accompanied her to the hospital. But it soon turned out to be something more than that. Unknown to him, his teenage sister, 18, was actually pregnant. She slipped away from him
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      Lock icon Alleged affair a smear tactic?
      325 17 DID she cheat on her husband? That's the new controversy surrounding Mrs Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-president nominee. The National Enquirer reported that Mrs Palin had an affair with her husband's business partner, which "nearly ruined her career". Mrs Palin's team declared the claim as
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      Lock icon Prince's ex is woman behind Man City deal
      692 17 Her ties with Gulf royalty help seal sale THIS was a takeover which astonished the world of football. Last week, Manchester City, a mid-table club in the English Premier League, was taken over by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, through the
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      Lock icon How one million cows won an election
      694 18  -  MONEY POLITICS 0R... ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN DUDE, if I told you money politics has something to do with chickens and cows, you just might tell me I'm full of, well, chicken droppings. But hold your horses (okay, more animals but bear with
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      Lock icon Don't poo poo this restaurant
      397 19 HONEY, let's celebrate hy going to the toilet That won't get you a slap in the face in Taiwan. Modem Toilet is actually a restaurant in Taipei. It is part of an island-wide chain of 12 eateries with a toilet theme. All 100 seats in
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      Lock icon 'Hospital' restaurant's early death
      69 19 SINGAPORE'S own bizarre restaurant. Aurum, closed in May after lasting barely two years. The hospital-themed fine-dining restaurant came with surgical tables, golden wheelchairs for seating and staff in hospital garb. Aurum's interior was designed by Concrete, a Dutch architectural firm responsible for the famous SupperClub in
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      227 8 80 PAIRS OF PREVIEW TICKETS PLUS MOVIE PREMIUMS MUST BE WON! THE" HILLS HAVE EYES' THERE IS EVIL ON THE OTHER SIDE K i L F L R SUTHERLAND l\ t I KI M SNEAK PREVIEW Mirrors (MlB Horror and Gore) MIRRORS Former cop Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland), who was
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      50 17 IS YOUR PC A CRIME SCENE? 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 your PC to virus and hacker attacks. Still think it's not hurting anyone? A public outreach initiative by IPOS
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      Lock icon Zardari becomes Pakistan's 14th president
      76 20 ASIF Ali Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections yesterday, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner be- come the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history. Mr Zardari,
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      Lock icon SCDF launches device that simulates tremors at home
      74 20 The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) introduced yesterday a Mobile Tremorlator that simulates tremors in a home setting to teach residents the correct measures to adopt when a tremor is felt. The invention, co-developed by students from the Singapore Polytechnic, will be
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      Lock icon Police operation nets 10 drunk drivers
      89 20 THE police arrested 10 drivers yesterday morning for drink driving during an island-wide operation. All were men aged between 22 and 51. A total of 68 motorists took the breathalyser test. The highest breathalyser result clocked was 78 microgrammes of al- cohol per 100
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      Lock icon Aim: to help English speakers
      243 20 New Chinese Language centre to train 1,000 teachers from mid-2009 ENGLISH-speaking students will soon get more help in learning Chinese. A new centre Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) plans to help at least 1,000 existing Chinese teachers in the country design better language lessons
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      25 20 SAIL AWAY: A journalist snaps away in the new International Maritime Museum Hamburg in Germany, which recounts some 3,000 years of shipping history.
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    Lock icon Snagging 30 women in two months
    959 22  -  DR DATE'S CLAIM TO FAME: Enjoy YVONNE PHOO yvphoo@sph.co(asg GIRLS and boys, meet Dr David Tian, a smoothie who could well make your dates sizzle and possibly lubricate the process of getting you hitched. He is no matchmaker. But he does claim to be
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    277 23 Enjoy Model Expat When he smiles, this Brazilian youngster hints of Enrique Iglesias's mystical charm and maturity. Meet expat model Gui, 21, as he reveals his sensitive side and shares his beliefs on making the world a better place. Name: Guilherme Caseiro Place of Birth: Brazil Agency: Upfront
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      620 24 n r v v INCOME Friday is family day RDAYisthehifMghtofHaris a whim»■ m ««ri umri's week, and not only J FRIDAY is the highlight off Haris Sumri's week, and not only because it means the weekend is approaching. It is also his father's day off from work, so the Sengkang
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          Lock icon Don't suppress a good dress
          525 25  -  ANGELINE NEO tnpOsph.com .sg IF the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, then it is the woman who wears a dress well that conquers a man, often without him realising it You see, the dress is truly the quintessential garment of femininity, one
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          Lock icon The only way to go is up
          303 26  -  YEOH WEE TECK cjhfgj SHOE whore-dom, for me, is forgivable. And understandable. You may be too short to wear that billowy skirt, or too chubby for that Prada dress, but you're never too fat or squat for a gorgeous pair of shoes. Staid
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          Lock icon The best shoes I've seen
          259 26 I CHEATED a bit with this pair of Charles Keith high heels. The heel is B.Bcms, instead of the pre-requisitelo.l cms. But the print is so fun and whimsical that I couldn't ignore it. It is made of satin, textile and a sprinkling of diamante.
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          Lock icon MALLS TO GO THIS WEEK
          138 26 1 Anchorpoint's Play to Learn promotion ends today. Catch it at the level one atrium from 11 am to 8pm. Your child can participate in Play to Leam game sessions conducted by hobby shop Bloomington. Spend $20 at the mall to be eligible for this.
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      Lock icon Fly on the Wall That's one cool cat
      414 28  -  SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO MUUUO«uwm| FROM the F-word to Fl, there's career development for you. The unsinkable Jade Seah, last seen on TV screens co-fronting round-ups of Beijing 2008 alternating with her dorky big-specta-cled teacher role in English sitcom First Class, has
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      Lock icon First shirts, now accessories
      374 28 THE proverbial "local ginger is not hot" has been disproved by piping hot sales figures from brands such as Bread Talk, Creative Technology and Eu Yan Sang. Raoul is another made-in-Singapore label, from husband-and-wife Douglas and Odile Benjamin, he the number one son of luxe retailer
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    Lock icon Skinny dipping for two
    494 29  -  Enjoy Hed Chef HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com. sg ATTENTION, please. Guys, want to know a few nifty tricks to help you score on a date? How to wine and dine a girl without burning a hole in your pocket? Here's how: Most girls don't eat much anyway
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        Lock icon I'll make a man out of my boy
        554 30 I KNOW he's only 4 but I am already starting to get a little worried for my son. It all started when I watched him during his school sports day last month, when he broke out into a careful, almost dainty run
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        Lock icon Shut up in the cinema or else...
        519 30  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS FUNTIME t IF you talk during a film, I hereby reserve the right to nail your tongue to die wall Does that seem harsh? Of course, I wouldn't really nail someone's tongue to the wall. If only because it would cause
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        Lock icon Now everything also can (almost). Future how?
        547 31  -  Our columnist ponders: What next? SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchooOsph.com.sg SOMEONE once asked what I would do if I found $500 in my pocket. To be sure it would at once mean I'm wearing someone else's pants. The direction recent
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        Lock icon REALLY?
        205 31 m news that's for real Swiss animals get more rights Getting rid of goldfish in Switzerland will no longer be as simple as flushing them j down the toilet. Strict, new animal protection laws that went into eftect on Monday means that now, a fish must be first knocked
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        Lock icon Will Gong Li be first 'S'porean' to win Oscar?
        479 31  -  S M ONG W IVI VIVM ACT BLUR smongOsph.com.Bg SO Gong Li is a Singaporean now? Okay, she may (or may not) have become a Singapore citizen, but does that make her Singaporean? It's not like she's going to start eating
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      125 32 Comics ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILLBURN D ELBERT SCOTT ADAMS fi ii rr= I REJECT YOUR PROPOSAL IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON THIS AT fAY LEVEL OF fAANAGEIAENT I DONT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE ANYTHING IMPORTANT. i r BUT I DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REJECT THINGS I I IF
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      262 32 Seeing stars LEO Although demonstrations are now allowed at Hong Lim Park, the one on safe sex this week will not be what you think it is. VIRGO Because the stars deem that your future needs a makeover, your horoscope has been italicised. LIBRA You will have a very bad
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        Lock icon Why 'sass' doesn't impress
        518 33  -  JEAN MARIE TAN jeanmOsph.com.sg SASSY girls make me sick. Moviegoers will automatically link the adjective which is defined as anything from spirited to impudent to the 2001 Korean hit My Sassy Girl. But I'm convinced "sassy" is the country's euphemism for "sociopathic" or "sadistic". And now,
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        Lock icon BANGKOK DANGEROUS
        76 33 TAKE FIVE STARRING: Nicolas Cage (left), Charlie Young, Shahkrit Yamnarm DIRECTOR: Danny and Oxide Pang MANUTSHELL In this Hollywood remake of the Pang brothers' 1999 Thai film of the same name, a lone hitman (Cage) goes to Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs he hopes would
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        Lock icon FIVE REASONS IT'S WORTH WATCHING
        149 33 I 2 3 i The title of this B-gradeactloner might sound sBly at first, but it turns out to be great albeit ungrammatlcal, advice. Bangkok is a pretty dangerous Igk I. I lak m jrili I place to De in ngnt now-you can't buy this
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      465 34 PERFECT PAIR: Bruce Willis and Halle Berry star in Perfect Stranger. WATCH 'EM Perfect Stranger (above) HBO (StarHub Ch 60), 9pm A journalist goes undercover to ferret out a businessman as her best friend's killer by posing as one of his temps and entering into a game of online cat-and-mouse
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      109 34 The numbers in the black cells are clues. Numbers above the slash are across clues, numbers below the slash are down clues. The goal is to enter digits 1 9 in the white cells to add up to the number clues. You cannot enter any digit more than once when
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    Lock icon Sunday Social
    176 35 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 Dearest Baby Cat, Happy Birthday! Heaps of hugs and kisses from, Daddy, Mommy, Grandpa, Grandma, Yi Yi, Uncle
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        Lock icon Woodworth opens up 10-win lead
        311 36  -  Danny Khoo dkhooOsph.com.sg FIVE of die nine races at Penang had to be called off after persistent rain yesterday. But not bdbre Benny Woodworth (left) increased his lead in the Malaysian jockeys' table. The leading hoop, whose best effort from eight rides at Kranji last
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        Lock icon New Polytrack on right track
        142 36 IT'S all systems go for the Polytrack. The new racing surface is expected to be ready for use next week and racegoers can look forward to the first races on it by next month. Work on the Polytrack began immediately after the Singapore Airlines International
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        393 36 GOING: HEAVY Racel C*****m I Da Ma Cai Stakes 15 GOLD UON 50 (44-15) B (3) 4 4 1 (483) 6 R.Y1NG JUMBO 54.5 (9-5) I Aztar (5) 6 5 2 (452) 0.75 9 PANDAIPAHOAJ53C51 (71-17) Lou Ho* (11) 3 3 3 (482) Shd 3 FOR KEB»S
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        494 36 GOING: GOOD 2 MOCCASIN BEND 56 (8-5) J Whiting (2) 1 4 PEARLER 54.5 (119-12) (3) 2 1 BABIECA NOIRE 58 (12-8) WPIke (5) 3 Trainer Lou Luciani. Margins: 2.25, nk, 3. Time: Imin 11.565ec. EOB: $30. Forecast $21. Place Forecast $3 (Nos. 1 -2), $13
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        303 37 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan RACE! RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 a Cizen J Emperoc 0 It's A Gift t Fortune 4 Way 3 Venom 3 Cyril 4 Clarton' Super 1 Free Spirit
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        1335 37 RACE 1 I AM THE BOSS was slow into stride. CHEVY lost ground on jumping when crowded between RISING SHADOW and QUEEN NARCISSUS, who jumped awkwardly in. KING OF VICTORY jumped out at the start and bumped SHINTARO onto JUSTOHELP. Near the
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        1314 38 GOING FORECAST: HEAVY RACE1 Nol L«t6nm HORSE m Ratag Jodwy Barter lAgrtrigfeifen, Mnr-omnr) 1 6-6748 2 *****6 3 *****2 4 8-1107 5 7500-1 6 *****3 7 28-30 8 *****6 Stanr TtaToRimntfji AnavUne 57 1 56 54 535 53 52.5 51 5 50 1 <54) 1 Altar
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        79 38 BEST BET GIVE your vote of confidence to this up-and-coming star from the yard of South African handler Kevin Coetzee. With four wins already to his name with three coming in his last three starts -the King's Best four-year-old looks hard to beat Especially
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        136 38 RACE 1: Stronger, Time To Remember, Cizen Emperor, Matisse, Yaakeen, Mandiri, Perfect Gold, Lim's Dynamite. RACE 2z Inner Sanctum. RACE 3: Pacific Gold, 1 Care, Fortune Way, Golden Victory, Superb Star, Barcelona. RACE 4: Global Nomad, Many Many, Kakaya, Star Of Irgun, Diamond N Ace, Red Coat. RACE 5:
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        823 39  -  STEVE NEWELL npsporta@sph.com.sg SO NICK Faldo has his team in place and he can now really get down to business. The automatic qualifiers are: Sergio Garcia, Soren Hansen, Padraig Harrington, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Robert Karlsson, Graeme McDowell, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood and Oliver Wilson.
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        157 40 1 Though 78 current members of the PGA Tour were bom outside the US, there are only eight players who have used translators at times, including Angel Cabrera, Andres Romero and Jose Coceres of Argentina; Shigeki Maruyama and Daisuke Maruyama of Japan; Yang Yong Eun and K.J.
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        544 40 AP. UNDER increasing criticism* the LPGA Tour on Friday backed off plans to suspend players who could not efficiently speak English at tournaments. LPGA Tour commissioner Carolyn Bivens said she would have a revised plan by the end of the year that would not
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        146 40 KIRADECH Aphibarnat belied his youth for the third day in a row to lead the USSSO,OOO ($70,000) B-ing Championship in Thailand. The 19-year-old Thai carded a three-under-par 69 for a three-shot lead over Malaysian Khor Kheng Hwai at Pattana Golf Sports Resort, near Chonburi, reported worldsportgroup.
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      33 36 4-D Saturday, 6 Sep 2008 First Second Third 9312 7635 2129 Starters— 7686 4940 5837 6302 3643 0519 9473 3948 4198 6458 Consolation 4280 2297 2592 3137 3101 5167 2245 2944 3346 8759
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      525 41  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg NICK YOUNG was just five at that time. He remembers his parents running frantically around their Los Angeles home, then leaving the kids behind. Then, the news came through. His eldest brother, Charles Jr., 23, had just been killed
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      291 42  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg HE is 1.98 metres tall. I can barely reach his armpits standing next to him. He is a rising star in the National Basketball Association (NBA), teeming with confidence on the court. Before Nick Young, my confidence shrank to the size of of
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      229 42 GARYUM speaks to Christy Bartholomew, 28, a fourth-year veteran of the Orlando Magic Dance Team. How many in a team? There are five of us here in Singapore for the NBA Madness Tour. Usually, there are 14 of us in the first team. Another six will be
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          1009 43 AP SMACKING screaming winners past and at Dinara Safina, by the time Serena Williams was done, she had even bent the swirling wind to her will. Nothing was going to stop Williams from reaching the US Open final; not big sister Venus in the quarter-finals,
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          274 43 AP FROM darling to dark knight, Novak Djokovic's image has taken such a tumble. Djokovic, the runner-up last year to Federer and his semi-final opponent this year, will be painted as the man in black against Federer. The Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd can carry a
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    317 44 Sports Flava of the Week LIM SAY HENG'S PICK: KEINISHIKORI You are forgiven if you have not heard about the 18-year-old Japanese. After all, the world No. 126 only made his ATP debut last year at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles. But the youngster made his mark
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        242 45  -  LUKE NETTO npsportsOsph.com.sg AT THE beginning of the season, the differences between Ferrari and McLaren were quite clear. McLaren looked to have the more nimble car whereas Ferrari had better stability through high-speed corners. Ferrari looked like they had a slightly stronger car overall at the beginning
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        153 45 WITH six races remaining (including today's Belgian Grand Prix), I don't think Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen (left) will start to help Felipe Massa just yet. The races in Belgium and Italy will be vital for him. If the current points difference (Massa trails Hamilton by six points
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        241 45 TEAM orders are banned in Formula One. But as we saw from the German Grand Prix (where a slower Heikki Kovalainen let Hamilton pass him to mount a late charge on other rivals and win the race), a driver can opt to act of his own accord,
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        163 45 THE Circuit de Spa-Francor-champs or Spa for short, has one of the longest laps in the Formula One calendar today. Each lap is just over 7km long. Each lap also consists of 20 gruelling corners but is known to be among the most enjoyable and challenging tracks in
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        390 46 AP. MCLAREN'S championship leader Lewis Hamilton clinched pole position for today's Belgian Grand Prix ahead of his main challenger Felipe Massa, on a track which was supposed to favour the Ferrari car. Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen took third place on the grid, with the
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        141 46 1. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren, lminute 47.338 seconds. 2. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 1:47.678. 3. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, McLaren, 1:47.815. 4. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 1:47.992. 5. NickHeidfeld, Germany, BMWSauber, 1:48.315. 6. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Renault, 1:48.504. 7. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1:48.736. 8. Robert Kubica,
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      587 47 Last Saturday, two Singapore teams raced to the podium at the Merdeka Millennium Endurance race in Sepang. JOYCELIM checks out one winning car IT WENT through bad weather and even survived a crash before the big race day. Yet it managed to finish third despite
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      110 48 I At most races, drtvsrs are not afiowod to reverse their can. They are Id stop their care exactly wltWn the marts printed on the pit lanes so that their mechanics waste no ImelnreimdBmfciu omvmvw. p aonfv wwispm nwtdnQB, the mechanics have to
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      211 48 Reuters. DONINGTON Park, due to replace Silverstone as the British Formula One Grand Prix venue in 2010, has submitted plans for the first phase of a major track re-development.. "The submission of these plans heralds the start of a massive re-develop-ment project and a new era
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      106 46 ROUND 13 SEP 7 BELGIUM Turn no. Gear I X XXX TRACK DETAILS Speed (km/h) Timing sector/ Lateral G force Target spUt time VtrvJ TRACK FACTS 7.004 km Number of laps 2007 RESULTS 1 K Ralkkonen XXX Target lap time* (T1+T2+T3) .W.Vf 4 FUJI 6 3.10 5 3 3.20 6
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    600 49  -  Singaporean champ suffers two straight defeats in World Cup Sports Table Tennis DAN GUEN CHIN Special Correspondent LI Jiawei's World Cup journey came to a sad end with her early exit from a tournament she has never come close to winning. A shattering defeat to 39-year old Gao
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        636 51  -  Bosses, do you have an active lifestyle or play one or more non-traditional sports? Or do you know of such a boss? Email npsports@sph. com.sg GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IT was only days before today's Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore Triathlon. In his spacious office in Changi, clad in his
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        340 51 How much of a football fan are you? I remember watching an FA Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton (in 1976) on TV. My favourite player at that time was Gordon Hill, who was a winger for the Red Devils at that time. That
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        771 52  -  "Do you actually like sport?" is a question not usually directed at male sports journalists. 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 she does almost any sport.
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        486 53 AP. Manchester united manager Alex Ferguson isn't worried about the threat posed by newly-rich local rivals Manchester City. "I can't be worried," the United manager said on Friday at the Uefa headquarters. "We have a good set-up ourselves. We have been working for
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        366 53 PA Sport. MANCHESTER City executive chairman Garry Cook insists manager Mark Hughes (right) will retain full control of all footballing matters at the club. Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley quit their posts at Newcastle and West Ham respectively citing differences with their club
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    391 54 sports PA Sport. NEWCASTLE fans' favourite Alan Shearer has ruled himself out of the running to replace Kevin Keegan and admitted he could never be manager at St James' Park under the current regime. Shearer, 38, insisted the supporters were entitled to be angry following Keegan's
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      194 55 Mid-week Matches 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS: FINLAND v GERMANY Ch 21,1.30am, Thursday CROATIA V ENGLAND Ch 27,3am, Thursday PORTUGAL v DENMARK Ch 22,3.45am, Thursday World Cup European Qualifying Fixtures Wednesday Group One Albania v Malta Portugal v Denmark Sweden v Hungary Group Two Latvia v Greece Moldova v Israel Switzerland
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      103 55 ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS (Rd 4): DPR KOREA v SOUTH KOREA Ch 24,8pm, Wednesday UZBEKISTAN V AUSTRALIA Ch 24,11.25pm, Wednesday UAEv SAUDI ARABIA Ch 24,2.25am, Thursday Group Seven Faroe Islands v Romania France v Serbia Lithuania v Austria Group Eight Italy v Georgia Montenegro v Rep of Ireland Group Nine
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