The New Paper, 2 November 2008

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  • News
    • 316 3  -  Rogue vendors charge up to $15 extra to sell pre-registered pre-paid handphone cards SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnpOsph.com.sg IT is a law that is meant to prevent criminals and terrorists from using untraceable handphones. Since 2005, only those aged 15 and above have been allowed to buy
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    • 11 4 Rogue vendors say: the GOTCHA:
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    • 593 4 From PAGE 3 Several claimed they had "suppliers" who would get them the pre-registered cards, but some of the bigger shops revealed that they would get existing customers to register for additional cards which they would then sell. A roadside vendor outside an
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    • 120 4 1 Rules are meant to prevent abuse, like terrorists using such cards to remain anonymous. Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiah members have used such tactics in the past. 2 To buy the cards, Singaporeans must produce their ICs, while foreigners have to show their passports or work
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    • 59 3 INSIDE The New Paper on 1 sumaya WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH... down and perform M for a good |Ki IS cause 8 I mm r RL I UPGRADE Some hotels splurging on renovations to attract more guests 11 INVEST Unusual assets perhaps, but they're stable 12 I SAVE Shoppers switching
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  • 517 5 Brought to you by THE Big Walk Carnival at Suntec City Mad starts today. The Suntec City Mai, which is the partner for Big Walk on Water, is hosting a daylong carnival at its sprawling mafl to welcome 20,000 walkers after their morning walk to the
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  • News
    • Exchange
      • 642 6  -  THE BUZZ EUGENE WEE eugenewOsptioonLsg THE recession guessing game is here: Will our jobs be left standing, as the economy shrinks? But fear not, Singaporeans have in our hands the power to turn unemployment to zero instantly. How? Hold your horses while I
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      • 164 6 Agree or disagree? We ask 50 Singaporeans for their take on. If you get retrenched during this downturn, 0_ would you consider working at a m construction site or as a domestic helper as a last resort if you can't find any other job? ''If the
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      • 182 6 1 When The New Paper started its first Big Walk on June 16,1991, only 4,500 walkers were expected to participate. About 7,000 walkers showed up. j mmmmm The New Paper Big Walk 2000 holds the official Guinness World record as The World's
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    • 724 8  -  Local politicians, including MP Teo Ser Luck, turn 'rock stars'for a good cause ELYSA CHEN o(ysaoOsph.comsg YOU have seen them in Parliament, at grassroots events and at opening ceremonies. Now, get ready to see the other side of your Members of Parliament Meet
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    • 504 9  -  Big Walk a good way for bonding exercise, says group of 29 GERMAINE LIM geriim@sph.com.sg IF you participate in the Big Walk On Water, you might spot this extended family of 29 members among the 20,000 crowd. In the group, which consists of the
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    • 155 9 Give yourself a pat on the back, Big Walkers. When you have finished ail 5km of the Big Walk On Water, a chock-full of activities awaits you. So enjoy! While at Marina Barrage... Head to the green roof for an idyllic Sunday afternoon picnic with your NTUC
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    • The Great Crash
      • 817 10  -  Some hotels bracing for slowdown through major renovations CRYSTAL CHAN aystaloOsphxoiasg Slil J -heating toilet seats, Chopard toiletries and LCD television sets. These are some of the nice touches that guests can find in the executive rooms of Rendezvous Hotel. Hie four-star hotel at Bras Basah
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      • 1179 11 We're not suggesting that you drown your sorrows. Instead, let ELYSA CHEN show you some stable, but somewhat unusual, investments Whisky Why you should invest: The value of whisky has not dropped in the last 720 years since they started making it in
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      • 836 12  -  Hawkers complain of drop in earnings as housewives buy less at the wet market HEDY KHOO hedyMnoOsphxofTLag IT isn't just the stock market that has been hit by the global financial meltdown. Even at the wet markets, hawkers are complaining > of
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      • 83 13 1 Instead of Ikan kurau at $23 per kilogram, customers buy ikan kembongat$4per kilogram 2 Instead of pork loin at $23 per kilogram, they buy lean meat at $12 per kilogram 3 Instead of whole chicken at $9, they buy chicken breast at $1.70 per piece HOUSEWIVES
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      • 586 14  -  GRANNY'S GOOD OLD TIPS MAUREEN KOH maureenkOsph.com.sg TIGHTENING your belt for the rough times ahead? Don't dismiss these useful tips from our grandparents' time as old-fashioned. The New Paper on Sunday picks three items off the kitchen rack and tries out some of the
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    • 727 15  -  Oil prices have clipped to half of their record high, 50... ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN tnpttspfi.com.sg I'M staring at my SP Services bill for October and it's not good. Below the total current charges (inclusive of GST), I am reminded, with effect from
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    • 436 16 M'SIA ROBBERY DRAMA THE fearsome leader of a gang who escaped Malaysian police five months ago by daringly driving off in a patrol car against traffic on the North-South Expressway has been nabbed. Not by the cops, but by victim he tried to rob. And
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    • 653 17 UK man lakes MIS spy persona nabs drink-driver IF you were an agent on Her Majesty's Secret Service, wouldn't you keep your job, well, secret? Not "Commander" Michael NewitL In fact, the 41-year-old told everyone who would listen that he was a special operations commander
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    • 520 18 WHEN teenagers become alcoholics, blame the parents. In fact, in many cases, it is the parents who encourage binge-drinking by introducing their children to alcohol early in their lives, according to a report commissioned by the British government A report
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    • 221 18 THE two families have been feuding for about eight years. To end it, they decided to have their kids marry each other. The boy is only 7, and the girl, 5. Authorities said on Friday that they had to
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    • 573 19 It's Halloween on a budgetandvery much in touch with the world today HALLOWEEN GETS REAL AP. WHAT'S scarier that a "bleeding" human, a walking zombie, a garish ghoul and a gross goblin? The world today. From the looks of Greenwich Village's Halloween parade in New York
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    • Snapshot
      • 355 20 CHALLENGE IS TO MAINTAIN PROGRESS THROUGH CRISIS, SAYS PM THE global financial crisis was a surprise, and now that it has hit us, maintaining progress and taking care of the vulnerable will be the Government's major concerns. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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      • Article, Illustration
        15 20 'BUE' BLOOM: Japanese brewer Suntory has developed the world's first' PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES
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      • 111 20 PUBLIC consultations on amendments to be made to the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) will take place in a few weeks'time, and the Bill to amend it will be tabled in Parliament in January or February, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said
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      • 105 20 m w EXILED former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday addressed about9o,ooo of his supporters at a rally in Bangkok via telephone, telling them that "nobody" could bring him back to Thailand except "royal kindness" or "power of the people", reported
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      • 108 20 AFP. AN Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative described by the US as the terror network's propaganda chief was killed in a missile strike in Pakistan. Abu Jihad Al-Masri was among several rebels killed when two missiles fired by a suspected US spy drone hit
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      • 124 20 Drunk rowdy passengers force Jetstar flight to land AFP. A GROUP of drunk passengers behaved so badly on a flight that it had to return to Darwin half an hour after taking off for Singapore. The Jetstar flight from the northern Australian city turned back after a group of five
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    • 73 13 'Best comedy of the year' Jeanmarie Tan, SPH The New Paper 'Sit back and laugh out loud' 4/5 Genevieve Loh, Today Paper 'Can be watched repeatedly to gain more insight into its unmatched brilliance' Edward Douglas. ComingSoon.net l'JV A s 1 A in F ha f V m* w SIR.
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    • 56 17 THE NEW PAPER/ RIHAXXA COXTEST RIHANNA 13 November 08 Indoor Stadium Sis I I 6348 roro a\\ av sistic. com S mm omm MP < i,rt| OF TICKETS UP FOR GRABS! Question Answer; Which is Kili.uin.rs latest I Don't Stop The' Music single from her album 2.1 mbrella (iood Ciirl
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  • Enjoy
    • 5 22 the the
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    • 962 22  -  Sales for lad's magazines are diving as men trade bikinis for brainy content instead HO LIAN-YI HO LIAN-YI THE equation was simple. Put together women, jokes, beer, football and a hefty dose of irreverence, and you will hook men's eyeballs. This was the magic
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    • 329 23  -  Hed Chef HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg I LOVE travelling. Especially on guilt-free trips of gluttony. By this, I mean fat salads. The real skinny on salads is they can be deceptions. The trick is to disguise the waist-bal-looning bits with vegetables scattered here and there. This makes
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  • MAN to WATCH
    • 433 24 i cs income mummmmi i LEAGUE Mustafi£ Fahruc WHAT was supposed to be a routine checkup with the gynaecologist gave way to an unexpected turn of events. Mustafic Fahrudin and his pregnant wife Sabira Rujovic were just waiting for their appointment when her waterbag suddenly broke. Quipped the
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    • Article, Illustration
      97 24 CAleksandar Duric (SAF FC). He's a great example for younger players how professional one should be and how one ought to respect the game. When you play with him, you can't tell that he's 38 years old. He's a scoring machine, and a real positive guy. I respect
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    • Article, Illustration
      57 24 At the match between Sengkang Punggol and Super Reds, btindfbtded participants had to correctly identify the creepy-crawSes in bowls by touch only, as part of theH-TWO-O Double-Your-Money Dare Challenge. Don't forgetto turn up at this Friday's match between Albirex NiigataandTampines Rowers at Jalanßesar. Participate in the H-TWO-O Double-Your
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  • Enjoy
    • Fly on the Wall
      • 543 25 IN Europe, there are daily queues for baguettes the bread you spread with butter and eat with coffee. In Singapore there are waiting lists for the baguette the loaf-shaped handbag by Fendi. Financial crisis? What crisis? Even if a Swiss watchmaker did say
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      • 19 25 AND you shall go to the ball. The marquee event in Ngee PICTURES: JEWELFEST 2008
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    • Shopping
      • 520 26  -  Look sophisticated but don't overdo it aspire ANGELINE NEO Dgsph I AM a woman who lives mostly in black. But when I want to fed empowered and sexy, there are few colours that make the instant bold impact that red does. It's a vibrant and passionate
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      • 674 27  -  YEOH WEE TECK wwtockQspft.com.Bg I HAVE been on leave the past week, and thanks to that, I discovered ray new favourite TV channel the Style Network (ChannelBl on Starhub). It has many makeover shows which I love and
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
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  • Enjoy
    • 338 29  -  Dr Date DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg WOMEN are most attracted to a man's personality. However, a little grooming can go a long way. It will convey the message that you take care of yourself and by extension, your loved ones. Here is some advice on improving
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    • Columns
      • 558 30  - Gold, silver, bronze it's all in the head BRIAN MILLER LIFE FOR the last couple of months, my waking hours have been centred around golds, silvers and bronzes. So much so that, there were times when I felt like I was working for the Singapore Mint Yes, you can tell.
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      • 397 30  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES murßHsOsph.cofn.sg I FEEL inspired this week. Andrew Lloyd Webber's doing it, so is local entrepreneur Adam Khoo. So who am I to argue? So dear children of mine, you will be getting little financial help from yours truly, apart
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    • Humour
      • 643 31  -  Our columnist mulls over the cost of living and death SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO SYLVLA TOH PAIK WHEN did you last buy a wad of envelopes? Those rectangles of paper with a flap you wet a tongue along before popping them in the post box.
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      • 9 31 Reuters WnltmM i"
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      • 447 31  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg FROM yesterday onwards, travel agencies are required by the Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore to disclose the full cost of travel in their advertisements. And not a moment soon, but about a week too
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 84 32 Enjoy Comics ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILBURN The of DELBERT SCOTTADAMS I M s rJ SCOTT ADAMS ft THAT UJILL STINK UP THE OFFICE AND MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO ENJOY LIFE. IM GOING TO MICROUJAVE IT. a U m 5 AFTER I STOPPED CARING ABOUT MY JOB PERFORMANCE.
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    • 341 32 SEEING STARS BY KUAH SENG SENG LIBRA: You will be hailed by environmentalists for discovering how to make plastic plates from recycled China dairy products and Malaysian biscuits. SCORPIO: Dry cleaners will experience a drop in business after you invent the world's first non-slip noodle made for use in laksa.
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  • Enjoy
    • Flick Chick
      • 715 33  -  Forget location, a good neighbour goes a long way in stress-tree living JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.comsg LAKEVIEW Terrace is the latest film that preys upon every new home owner's worst fear that their dream abode comes with a neighbour who's bonkers and has more chips on his or
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        14 33 SHE'S one of the hottest young string of smash hist like Umbrella.
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 514 34 7 Enjoy TV WATCH 'EM Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Sihrtr Surfer (above) Star Movies (StarHub Ch 58), 9pm The Fantastic Four team that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus. Starring Jessica Alba, Chris
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    • 73 34 UNIVERSAL KAKURO PUZZLE Cmtid by Timothy Parkur 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
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    146 35 Enjoy Sunday Social is going kiddie crazy this month, when we will feature pictures of children and babies. So send the cutest pictures you can find of the young ones to tnpforum@sph.com.sg. To our dearest princess, Happy 14th month to you! You have brought much joy to us. Loving
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  • Sports
    • Racing
      • 919 36 RACE 1 (1,400 m) Supreme Commander (No. 1) came within a head of winning for the first time when second to Aurelian three weeks ago over 1,400 m. He is the one to beat. Zero Gravity (11) is a maiden after 15 starts but he
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      • 1015 36 MO. MOUSE HAML JOCKEY ID iO E9 1 IVMEOMMmi PCTSU11AW OttWTE 33 12 2 GOLDSUmRTlMTY KLMAN ZnjRTON 31 5 3 SUREGAM 4 DttEWTFaiO* CM YIP 31 8 BKNG DBEAMMN 30 11 5 FIRST KftlGMT SVYOOGS 0 DOUBLE 29 13 6 NEWSMRETOO ALEE FCOETZH 29 2 7 CLASSK HORSE TWLEUNG eooni
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        140 37 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan RACE 1 RACE 2 RACES RACE 4 RACES RACER RACE 7 RACER RACER |»a; Ir Isr r isr 1ST ass. iif ?*fg »ss? «ss '2k H Good Dtanond W&5 ft aun r. ft O'MoMy H Cl*a 'Step GokJ B Performance 'W,
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      • 68 37 D'MIGHTY KOP (Race 8 No. 8) THIS impressive last-start winner looks hard to beat. The way he whacked his rivals seven days ago he won by a slashing A 3 l* lengths suggests he is headed for much better things. He goes over his winning 1,400 m trip
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      • 1219 37 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY RACE 1 Na Last 6 run HQRSE m RaOng Jorfcsy Barrier (AQMyinta,Mrar-oMW) 1 -3-2 RytagStop 57 C55» TMNM 11 (5ag KC Haft-M»n MY Au) 2 iSa 56 H M Yu*Tc2 B '|4rvg KF Wong-KW Maty 3 04 IIMah. !*■■■< 545 (50*
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      • 165 38 RACE 1 Ist 8 Moatize ($l5-$9) 2nd 1 Light Vision ($11) 3rd 5 Capecover ($6). EOB $18. Forecast $27. Place forecast $9 (1 -5), $9 (1 -8), $9 (5-8). Tierce $135. Trio $23. Scratching: Newport. RACE 2 Ist 2 Snow Alert ($lO-$6) 2nd 4 Sta Volando ($7) 3rd 1
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      • 670 38 PRECISION RIDING: Azhar Ismail gets top marks for steering seasoned campaigner Panther Aritoa last-stride win in Race 5. TNP PICTURE: NSTP 5 JERAM PEARL 50 c 49 (9-5) Ml Urn* 2 3 1 (437) 6 WORKWm<MiSOc51 (43-11) SSandma* (2) 4 2 2 (554) 1.75 4 ONYX
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      • 454 38 GOING: GOOD 2 NAVAL SEAL 59.5 (24-10) TSafcfi (5) 1 5 LEGEND EXPRESS 55 (25-6) CCMMd (4) 2 6 COLOUR CORRECT 53(8-6) WPi» (7) 3 Trainer Nevie Pamham. Margins: Nk, 0.5,0.5. Time: 1 min 9.ssec. BOB: $11. Forecast $33. Throe: $134. Trio: $6. 6 NOWMTtRAG54(49-15) PCartwry
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    • Mad about Golf
      • 159 39 ERNIE Els is looking forward to getting back to Sentosa Golf Club for the Barclays Singapore Open. "I have played quite afew tournaments in Asia," comments Els. "And believe me, this is by far the best. The sponsorship by Barclays, the quality and the way everything is
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      • 922 39  -  STEVE NEWELL npsportsOspft.com.so WHO has occupied a spot in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 750 consecutive weeks? Ernie Els. That's an impressive landmark unrivalled by any other golfer of his generation. It is a tribute to the big man's consistency
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      • 413 40 IT WAS a grandstand finish from NiclasFasth. The Swede produced three closing birdies to snatch a one-shot lead from Thailand's Thawom Wiratchant after the third round of the Lskandar Johor Open yesterday. The former Ryder Cup star carded a two-under-par 70 on a tough day at
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      • 235 40 KIM IN Kyung thrilled locals fans by taking the lead on die second day of the US$l.6 million ($2.4 m) LPGA Kolon Championship. After a poor first day, the pre-tour-nament favourites recovered somewhat, but it was the Korean rising star who went one shot clear at the
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      • 302 40 SINGAPORE'S Mardan Mamat is hoping that homeground advantage will propel him to victory at the inaugural Mercedes-Benz Masters Singapore this week. The Republic's No. 1 golfer will line up alongside a strong field of golfers from the South-east Asia region for the US$5O,OOO ($74,200) tournament which
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    • Article, Illustration
      574 41 LIM HAN MING'S PICK: SERGIO GARCIA Flava of the Week HIS BACKGROUND: BORN on 9 Jan, 1980, Garcia took his first golf swing at the age of three. He was introduced to the sport by his father, Vitor, who is still the club pro at the Club de
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    • Formula One
      • 485 42  -  LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg FELIPE Massa will win the Brazil Grand Prix, but Lewis Hamilton will become the youngest ever driver to win the drivers' championship today. That is the prediction of Melvin Choo, a Singaporean racecar driver who recently became the
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      • 288 42  -  JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IMAGINE this scenario Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen sticking to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton throughout the race, making it difficult for him to win. And by adopting this tactic, his team-mate Felipe Massa can focus on winning the race with'the knowledge his closest competitor is occupied.
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      • 411 43  - Hamilton or Massa who will win the title? LUKE NETTO npsports ITS THE last race of the season and it all comes down to this, the Brazilian Grand Prix. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is currently seven points ahead of rival Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Hamilton needs to come in a minimum
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      • 177 43 THIS race is not just a big one for Hamilton and Massa but also for their manafacturers who are also fighting for this year's contructors' title. Ferrari are currently 11 points ahead of McLaren and are looking quite comfortable to bag this year's contructors' tide. Ferrari are
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      • 126 43 Could Renault's Fernando Alonso play a part in handing Massa victory? Alonso has declared his hatred for McLaren and said he has nothing against Hamilton but,would be extremely happy if McLaren doesn't win. Could Alonso play a part in preventing Hamilton from winning this year? It's possible
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      • 94 43 THE Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in Interlagos has be held in Inteiiagos since 1978, and has been the last race of the season since 2005. The circuit has some of the most interesting comers in F1 including the Senna S at Turn
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      • 153 44 HAMILTON** MASSfI ■fWjrfHTT¥7|*TJT!¥HjT7!M 11 iß® >■■ IBS^!SW|ptpTß^ HAMILTON will become Formula One's youngest champion at Wj the age of 23 if: Fl Massa fails to finish in the top I two. I He finishes sixth or seventh and Massa does not win. He finishes fifth or higher,
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      • 1467 45 JOYCEUM meets a group of women who love Formula One racing JOYCE: Who do you think will win the Brazilian Grand Prix? CLAIRE: Lewis Hamilton! DEBORAH An underdog. A surprise winner like David Coulthard, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel... anyone but Felipe Massa or Hamilton. DENYSE:
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    • US Major League
      • 79 46 1 Cartas Alberto's goal in the memorable World Cup 70 final between BrazMand Italy. 2 Diego Maradona's spectacular 60-metre weave through six England players to score his second goal in Argentina's Wbrtd Cup 86 quarter-final match. 3 Dennis Bergkamp's goal against Argentina in Holland's World Cup
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      • 820 46  - Beckham, Maradona, Cepero who? GEORGE VECSEY Special Correspondent AP. NEVER thought I'd see the day when those two drama kings of the hemispheres, David Beckham and Diego Maradona, would be overshadowed by a sec-ond-string goalkeeper from Major League Soccer. But that is exactly what happened recently, as one soaring free-kick
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    • 673 47  -  ALJSON BATCLIFFE npshpart THEY say free will distinguishes us from beasts. I'm not sure God should have given it to footballing folk though. David Beckham, Shaun Wright-Phil-lips, the Argentinean FA, Scott Parker, Steve Sidwell... You. all make me grab handfuls of my own hair, and
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      • 690 48 PA Sport. BOLTON manager Gary Megson has backed Johan Elmander to [Move he is a worthy successor to Nicolas Anelka. The 27-year-old was brought in from Toulouse over the summer for a fee in the region of £8 million (sl9m) and was seen as the replacement
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      • 409 48 Wire Services. MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has called for the Premier League to install a winter break and insists he has the perfect plan. "I've thought long and hard about this and I have a plan," confessed the Scot. 4 "You could keep the
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        • 336 49 TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST PICK WHO'S HOT; WHO'S NOT: BRIAN MILLER Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1800 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6RECOVER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: BOLTON WANDERERS: Nil. iHANCHESTER CITY: Vasseil, Mwaruwari (doubtful); Petrov, Johnson, Bojinov (injured). HEAD-TO-HEAD:
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        • 372 49  -  DAVE TINDALL PA Sport Anyone worked out Manchester City yet? Brilliant one minute but ordinary the next, and the same number of points away from bottom spot as they are from a top-four Champions League place. This is probably what City fans will have
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      • 477 50  -  By Scott Baeley Special Correspondent E MILE HESKEY ended Wigan's miserable run of four defeats and left them singing in the rain with a late, late winner at drenched Fratton Park For new manager Tony Adams and his Pompey braves it was just plain wet
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      • 188 50 Wad Ham: Green, Nefl, Coins. Upson, lunga. Faubert, CoSson, Muins, Boa Morle (Bowyer 84), Betemy, Seers (Ethemgton 73). Subs not usecf Vfefcer, Lopez, Trislan, Tomtons, Di Mchele Booted: Belamy. Boa Morle, Cofcon Nei Kkfc-ofl 3pm (UK Mnel Mm of
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      • 274 50  -  BY Ro Peacock Special Correspondent PA Sport KEITH ANDREWS scored his first goal for 10-man Blackburn to salvage a point against Tony Mowbray's side at The Hawthorns. Andrews, signed from MK Dons in August for £1.3 million, drilled a low 20-yard cross-shot
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      • 794 51  -  B*. Rory Pollard Special Correspondent PA Sport Long-throw specialist Rory Delap continued his domination of EPL defences, setting up both goals as Arsenal's season took another turn towards crisis with a poor defeat at Stoke. Delap, whose deadly delivery from the touch line
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      • 605 52 EVERTON 1 (Saha 87) FULHAM O PA Sport. LEON Osman is hoping Everton have put their poor form behind them after moving into the top half of the Premier League with victory over Fulham. Louis Saha's 87th-minute header settled a poor match
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      • 530 53  -  MANCHESTER UNITED 4 Ronaldo (3,44), Carrick (29), Vidic (57) HULL CITY 3 Cousin (23), Mendy (69), Geovanni (82-pen) GARY LIM the IT WAS an exercise which separated the wheat from the chaff. With a 4-3 victory over Hull City at Old Trafford last night, Manchester
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        259 53 HOW else would one describe the start Manchester United made, going in front after just three minutes. Hull City, starting the game ahead of the Red Devils in the league standings, would have believed they were capable of getting a result somehow. A good start was what they
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      • 619 54  -  CHELSEA 5 Alex (27), Anelka (30,45,53), Lampard (51) SUNDERLAND O LIM HAN MING maports@sph.com-sg HOW CHELSEA missed the services of Joe Cole. The England midfielder missed two Premiership games through injury last month, including that 1-0 defeat to Liverpool which ended Chelsea's 86-match unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge.
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        383 54 HOW SUNDERLAND missed their first-choice goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who was out of last night's match with an ankle injury. His deputy Martin Flop (sorry, Fulop) was to blame for Chelsea's opening goal when he let Joe Cole's weak shot slip under his arms only for Alex to Mast
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