The New Paper, 21 December 2008

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    27 1 The New Paper The New Paper on T 21 oecos sunday 21 Dec 08 111 nil 1 8"*****1"*****9"> JPI Singapore Press Holdings MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS
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      Lock icon S'pore investors in UK land buying scheme may LOSE ALL
      1184 2  -  Housewife (right) with cancer and brain wants her money back after firm shuts down REPORT: TAY SHI'AN shian@sph.com.sg SHE said she was promised returns of more than 500 per cent if she invested $31,000 in a plot of land in
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      Lock icon Unhappy with govt policy, Air India staff bash him up
      807 3 SCUFFLE AT MUMBAI AIRPORT Sats COO (left) was in Mumbai for meeting on gmund-handling joint venture at airport A MEETING between aviation officers from Singapore and India at the Mumbai airport on Thursday turned ugly. Caught in the middle was
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    Lock icon Merry Chinese New Year?
    839 5  -  Four days to Christmas, but some shops already have Chinese New Year decorations, promotions News REPORT: HO LIAN-YI fcmyi@sph.com.sg EVEN before the choir boys have cleared their throats for Jingle Bells, the chorus ringing out Chinese New Year promotions and fun activities has already begun. Yes,
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      Lock icon 'I was afraid she would run away again'
      737 7  -  But psychologist tells parents: Don't ignore early warning signs Mum sees teen daughter's racy shots onblog, but dare not confront her REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenkQsph.com.sg WHEN the hawker first saw her teenage daughter's semi-nude photos on the Internet, she chose to ignore
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      Lock icon 'It's attention-seeking behaviour'
      338 7  -  REPORT: ARUL JOHN aurihiOaph.conisQ COUNSELLORS who spoke to The New Paper cm Sunday said such acts usually came from troubled people. Mr David Kan, executive director of the Family Life Centre, said such people may do so to get attention and recognition. He sakL They may have
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      Lock icon Mother of 'miracle chile' tells story in book
      601 8  -  lk REPORT: ELAINE YEO yeiaineOsph.com.sg SHE resigned from her job to set up a foundation to honour her daughter. The Maria Monique Lastwish Foundation, set up in Indonesia, fulfils the last wishes of terminally ill children. It is something Ms Natalia Tjahja,
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      115 7 I Two for I I Xmas I I this year I I On2nddayofXmas(26Dec), I when many papers are not I I published, get... 1 l\ <2sj €e I I m .3 shopping I offers I I Awice I 1 the party I 1 fun I I special 1 news I
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      187 9 &ngopore's Largest Night Entertainment Group Sp. HP 9 £W2*^J[ JMjliii s^^jl IgfiMV i UGHs! P j EWr -J /JHki .Jlr JCTiIJ JSb fiiL Bf Jfa^i* &k Bn v., igl£» ■-.»..;Lif IMMP •j3 jfe HBk -Mr** tB f az] Hrellg Hrooorify f^9r, ;^f 12 REASONS TO CELEBRATE WITH US You just
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      Lock icon Out come the camera phones
      1013 10  -  Friends at funeral snap photos of deceased, witnesses of crash take pictures of victims So sad, so tragicJhedP REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhooQsph.com.sg IMAGINE this scene at a funeral. Friends of the deceased are invited to walk up to the open casket to pay their last
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      Lock icon 1,080 applicants for Home Team's recruitment drive – and it's just Day 1
      395 11  - 1,080 applicants for Home Team's recruitment drive and it's just Day 1 Minisbyhas I,osojobs available REPORT AND PICTURE: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SHOPPERS were not the only ones packing into Vivo City yesterday afternoon. Job seekers, too, were gathered at the Home Team Recruitment Fair organised by the Ministry of Home
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      Lock icon Will couples take the bait?
      948 12  -  FISH FARM AS WEDDING VENUE? REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyf@sph.com.sg FISH farm wedding- these words are not usually uttered in the same breath. After all, a fish farm is not exactly a place that comes to mind when the average couple is deciding where to hold
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      Lock icon They fight off pirates with Molotov cocktails, hose
      850 14 CHINESE SAILORS BATTLE SOMALI RAIDERS THE pirates were armed with rocket launchers and machine guns. But Captain Peng Weiyuan and his determined crew refused to back down. The captain of Chinese ship Zhenhua 4 told the BBC on Friday how he and
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      Lock icon Iranian warship joins anti-pirate patrol in area
      293 15 AN Iranian warship arrived in the Gulf of Aden yesterday to join the three NATO and Russian vessels and up to 15 other warships from a multi-national force patrolling the area. The warship is there to protect Iranian interests in die gulf, the
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      Lock icon 'Compulsive liar' mum charged with killing girl
      505 16 3-year-old's skeleton found Jq forest after 5 months] FOR months, her cherubic picture has been a fixture on TV screens in the US. Florida residents were captivated by the mysterious five-month disappearance of 3-year-old Caylee Anthony. But a DNA test on pieces of
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      Lock icon UK docs: 10 hospitalised for Wii injuries weekly
      246 16 IF you're planning to indulge in playing some Wii games during the long festive break, don't forget to warm up. Studies have shown that an average of 10 people a week in the UK are hospitalised from playing Wii games, reported The
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      Lock icon Don't worry about gurus of gloom
      738 17  -  ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN d WITH just 10 days left before New Year's Eve, die countdown to 2009 will soon begin. It's time now for me to look ahead and make some predictions for the New Year. And as I gently wipe the dust
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      Lock icon NOT ALL DOOM
      64 17 "I expect all these banks to be back in the market looking for more capital. We '11 also have a wholesale restructuring of our banking system, probably toward the end 0f2009." Meredith Whitney (right), the Oppenheimer Co analyst who was among the first to warn that the
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      250 13 80 PAIRS OF PREVIEW TICKETS PLUS MOVIE PREMIUMS MUST BE WON! v H Cj I ll\l \1\S 11 \K> 8 SNEAK PREVIEW RATING TO BE ADVISED Starring and directed by Tony Jaa, Ong Bak 2 sees Tien (Tony Jaa) prophesised to bring catastrophe to his people when he grows up.
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    Lock icon Oh, rekindle my romance with malls with things quirky and unique
    517 18  -  THE BUZZ News Exchange REPORT: REGGIE J tnpesph.com.sg THIS is an ode to shopping malls. And a wish for the good old days when shopping was a life-changing experience. I used to really love malls in my younger days.
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      408 18 Two for X'mas this year 2 wice PS^i On 2nd day of X'mas (26 Dec), When many papers are not published, get... jpr ft ff orc °PP special QUICK ON THE DRAW S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX past wttk. OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS The Government is to There were 70 per cent
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      Lock icon Thai police brace for fresh protests
      104 19 THAI police are bracing for possible protests by thousands of supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra later this month. Protesters are expected to try to prevent new prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's first parliamentary address on 29 Dec. A protest group has vowed to
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      Lock icon Obama: Auto firms must reform bad management practices
      107 19 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Obama yesterday said the automobile industry bailout by the White House was "necessary to avoid devastating consequences to the economy. He said auto firms "must not squander this chance to reform bad management practices" and begin long-term restructuring to save
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      Lock icon Rules eased to get more companies to train workers
      119 19 COMPANIES in Singapore with their own training programmes can now apply for funding under a state-sponsored training scheme. Labour chief Lim Swee Say said this yesterday. Previously, firms would have to enrol their workers to certified training centres before they could
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      Lock icon Q'town dorm set to operate first
      251 19 FOREIGN WORKERS' DORMITORY SITES THE authorities have begun looking to step up security measures in the Queenstown area, because it is expected to be the first of 10 dedicated sites to house foreign workers. Mr Baey Yam Keng, Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar
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      57 19 SHOP AND SEEK: Miss Cherlyn Loke, 20, and Mr Richmond Ang, 21, participants of the Sweet Fun-a-thon, counting the number of "mannequins in bauble-like gowns" outside Paragon. Participants had to look for answers to 10 questions, taking them to participating malls along Orchard Rd. The winner won $10,000
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      Lock icon ALL WANT for Xmas is...
      148 20 What do you get someone who already < M has everything? There are loads of uniqu™ gifts out there, but you '11 need really, really deep pockets. EUGENE WEE checks out 10 exotic stocking stuffers for those with recession-proof wallets. B is for bling WHAT:
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      Lock icon ALL WANT for Xmas is..
      942 21 Does my bum look big in this balloon? WHAT: Balloon gown by Rie Hosokai i PRICE: About 200,000 yen ($3,200) V WHERE: www.daisyballoon.com I Each gown lasts about three days, but the impression you make wearing them to the office Christmas party will last for
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      Lock icon Bring on the 100kmh winds
      592 22  -  Reporter braves National Geographic weather simulator for two minutes and gets blown away REPORT: BELLE CHARLENE KWAN betkwan@sph.com.sg MY idea of braving the storms is getting drenched while waiting in line to enter Gucci's boutique during the Great Singapore Sale. So when I was assigned
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      Lock icon 17,000 flock to opening day
      296 22 THE newly opened National Geographic store drew a 17,000 strong crowd on opening day last Sunday. located en the ground floor of Vivo City, this is the first National Geographic store to open in Asia, and second in the world. London's Regent Street outlet was
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    Lock icon Pumplkin rice for Xmas
    502 23  -  Enjoy Hed Chef Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.Bg SHOW of hands, who wants a fairytale Christmas? Come on, wipe the recession gloom off your face and throw on a happy smile. No time for wallowing in the winter of our discontent This is the time to indulge in
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        779 24 Make a statement with right make-up, DECEMBER is one of those months where work gets in the way of play. My organiser I'm still an old-school girl who pencils everything in tends to look like a 5-year-old's sketchbook. Every appointment space is almost filled up with scrawls;
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        Lock icon Great buys, great styles
        346 25 LADES, fcii<m§tDg>myMitoi*Cfwi*n—. It is a few days to Christmas, and it is not too late to dash out to buy yourself a new outfit Youl find many great boubques at the various zones within Suntec City Mai. Devote this afternoon to yourself. To prevent you the
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    Lock icon Do talk to strangers
    332 26  -  Enjoy Dr Date TUmim M iiw/il! Mm WHS# AJWfc >- v TIAN f I'VE been told that Singaporeans don't like it when strangers start conversations with them. I've also heard that Singaporeans are uncomfortable with frequent stranger-to-stranger interaction. But this has not been my experience. Recently,
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      37 26 Ask Dr Date Have problems finding love? Make a date with Dr Date. He'll go over the finer points of courtship in his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnpOsph.com.sg d
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      Lock icon Obama makes a journalist's life tough
      773 27  -  LANY WUE In US President-elect Barack Obama announced his No 1 economic priority: Create 2.5 million jobs. That's good. But if s typical of his correct and predictable style. He lades those "oops" moments that we need from a leader to make life fun
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      Lock icon Let's hear it for the single parents
      620 27  -  SANTOKH SINGH FATHER FIGURES sar MY utmost respect goes out to single parents. Not only for the fact that they single-handedly bring in the bread, but also for the manner in which they take care of the kids. Just how do they do
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      686 28  -  Our columnist wonders about the'o'in Oprah overdose SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO www. W..WW HOW tall is Oprah? That is one of the tabloid headlines of great import in America this week. Am I one of the rare breed who
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      Lock icon Running out of places to smoke? Go out to sea
      421 28  -  SMONG ACT BLUR smongQsph.com .sg THANKS to the National Environment Agency (NEA), smokers will have more incentive to keep their New Year's resolution to kick the unhealthy habit next year. This is because from 1 Jan onwards, the NEA will
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      180 28 I Really? Log onto www.zzz.com IJS doctor, have diooo/ererJ the f I r*>t c J' r .<'iOf 'iomeone surfing th,'Jctj 11 hlle aoleep In an act dubbed zzz-rnailing a sleeping //orrian is said to ha/e switched on her computer logged onto her account and composed Hnrj sent three e.-mails one
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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      516 29 ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILLBURN SCCIfIQ St3TS M mm sagittarius Your Christmas gift B I plan is ruined when the SPCA finds out about the partridge, turtle doves, hens. S H i calling birds, geese and swans you I stuffed in gift boxes. H M CAPRICORN Inspired by the move VI
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      566 30  -  Sometimes, being negative is a good thing JEANMARIE TAN i BE a "yes man" like Jim Carrey? No thanks. Those two little words ("no thanks", that is) are probably the most overused in my vocabulary. Without them, I may have signed up for more credit cards than I
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      73 30 some baddie butt, OngBak 2 is tl* follow-up to the hit 2003 action fWc And this time, Tony is not just testa [l. if »I IQm': t martial arts choreographer. He stare as a courageous warrior who obsessed with avenging his murdered parents, and becomes the ultimate fighter after being
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      817 31 UNIVERSAL H J W r i wMWk PICTURE: DREAMWORKS HH H I WATCH'EM CEEMHELS H |m m fIHH AFFSuzuki Cup-Vietnam vsSingapore H| WM TttSflOKHMff (above) ffi&i Movie: Holiday Wishes HhM| HQ HBO(StarHubChOO),9pm Wlp K» w am^"^® R !i h !f An ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between World wh!T Vldeos/
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    Lock icon Enjoy Social
    214 32 Thanks for sharing your pictures of babies and children with us the past weeks. Next month, we want to show off your best holiday pictures. So start sending your best vacation snaps and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Dearest Thiru Murugan, Happy Anniversaries!! Thanks for bringing joy and happiness to
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  • Sports Racing
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      Lock icon TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD
      1513 33 Going forecast: Good No. Last 6 runt HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Banter (Age/origin/sex, kainer-owner) 1 Big Dawn 55 AHazand 7 (3agKCTiang-R»ghtSptnt) 2 Blue Centre 55 ACavaAo 2 (3acS Cook-David How) 3 FtyingHoree 55 lAzhar 4 (Sag K Coetzee-Golden Kntgrrt) 4 78 GotdCruohar 55 MWopner 3 tin/gR
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      Lock icon SUNDAY'S TIPS
      220 33 DANNY KHOO RACE 1:2 Blue Centre 1 Big Dawn 10 Inter Police RACE 2:2 Cut The Queue 6 Island Star 9 Onyx Beau RACE 3:2 Royal Parade 7 Dance With Honour 10 Main Power RACE 4:4 Dark General 8 Rort The System 3 Toll The Bell RACE 5:3
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S AUSTRALIA
      317 34 RACEI Ist 3 Quick Blush ($23-$7) 2nd 1 Baby Corn ($7) 3rd 2 Be That As It May ($9) 4th 6 Diamond Sarah. EOB $18. Forecast $8. Tierce $45. Trio $15. Quartet $54. RACE 2 Ist 3 Foreign News ($6O-$11) 2nd 1 Shellscrape ($8) 3rd 5 Hasta Pronto
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S PENANG RESULTS
      753 34 3 SASSY BEE BS 54(12-6) BWoodworth 1 1 1 (467) 4 HDALGO 50 C 50.5 (13-5) YAiy (1) 5 4 2 (493) 0.5 7 NATURAL GOOO 50 C 50 5 (59-24) David Chong (2) 3 3 3 (509) 1 2 GOLDEN SURPR6E 55c 53 (33-10). J1H? (5)
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RESULTS Going: Good
      617 34 8 HAPPYZBW124(31-9) DBeadman (1) 1 1 BELONG TO CASA130 (20-7) FCoetae (3) 2 2 WASABISAB1128(24-10) ESaint-Martin (4) 3 12 GUANDA0122(61-16) MLYeung (2) 4 Trainer J Moore. Margins: 4,0.75. Time: 56.65ec. EOB: $13. Forecast $33. Place Forecast $8 (Nos. 1-2), $19 (Nos. 1
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      Lock icon Zankel pips Sagar's Great in Anniversary Cup
      341 35  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg FORMER Kranji-based Zankel finally got his Cup act right in Penang yesterday. The horse who landed in Singapore three years ago with a big price tag to bid for the major races but failed scored a thrilling head win
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      784 35 RACE 1 A Fiezan was fined $500 for failing to submit his request to ride NINETYFIVE LIGHT without claiming his full allowance. MAJESTIC GLORY raced keenly in the early stages. JOYLUCK pulled hard in the early and middle stages. Near the 900
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE E/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD Going forecast: Good
      1723 36 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Banter (Aga/origki/su, takier-owner) 1 0 ChynaJade 57 ISaNudto 5 (3efD Hi-Season) 2 8234-7 Dartog Knight 55 (49) MGalatfwr 4 (3*)LTreloerKright Racing) 3 -48-5 BGnif 55 (46) DBaaaisy 3 JagCBrown-MrtnCHHsu) 4 2595 Hasten 55 (44)
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      Lock icon Sunday's Tips
      240 37 RAGE 1 RACE2 RACE3 RACE4 RACE5 RACER RACE7 RACE8 RACE9 RACE 10 RACE 11 RACE 12 iss «r »»er «a »ssr as. ST ST SST s**"* S? »i ST t ST" 5-MBW U Hao* i 1 Un'1 A* h OfMffl BM Xaafi «wr 4 Roy* "«w 7. MatEfi
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      Lock icon BEST BET
      66 37 COUNT ZERPOUR (Race 11 No. 2) NOW that he has come right again, this impressive first-up winner is worth waiting for. Despite over-racing a little at his last start, he did well to finish second to the promising I Tawt I Taw. With die winner out of the
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      1772 37 RACE 1 (1,200 m) 1 Chyna Jade Resuming and hard to have. 2 Daring Knight Could mn a bold race. 3 El Grey Improving and worth following. 4 HestOll+* Been fnistrating tor followers after promising debut and hard to seriously consider 5 Wonder General Look for improvement. 6 Eternal
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  • Sports Mad about Golf
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      Lock icon BAD TIMES
      1362 38  -  Steve Newell selects his under-performers of2ooB LIM HAN MING npsportsOsph.com.sg STEVE NEWELL npqxnl»Osiih.iom.*g k For these golfers, 2008 will probably be a year to mostly forget... TIGER WOODS OKAY, he won the US Open in hindsight something of a monumental achievement given what we now know about his
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      Lock icon Seve begins chemo sessions
      174 38 AP. SPANISH golf great Seve Ballesteros has returned to his home in northern Spain to begin chemotherapy treatment following recent surgery on a brain tumour. The five-time Major winner, who was released from a Madrid hospital on 9 Dec, travelled on Thursday to Predena. "Today is
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      Lock icon Call to players to give sponsors money's worth
      246 39 AP. UNITED States PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem wants his players to help during a tough economy to give sponsors their money's worth, and Justin Leonard believes they will. Finchem has sent a video to players and their agents asking them to
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      26 39 League Home Team Away Team Watch Kick Off 1 (Singapore date, time) LIVE TELECAST AT SPORTSBUZZ@PARADIZ UVt TELECAST AT SPORTSBUZZ »PARADIZ K^ANJI SINGAPORE m h POOLS
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  • Sports Sporty Bosses
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      Lock icon MAKING THE CONNECTION
      638 40  -  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 JOYCE LIM sgf PLAYING in a sport is a good way to connect with people. And team-building sports such as dragonboating not only
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      344 40 As the Lions prepare to battle Vietnam in the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final tonight, how do you think we can get more Singaporeans to level bigger support to local football? TAN: WE HAVE a young league. Other than their performances on the pitch, our players heed
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      223 43 TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST PICK WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: ARSENAL: Nasri, Tours (doubtful); Walcott, Roslcky (Injured). LIVERPOOL: Aureflo (doubtful); Torres, Oegen, State! (injured). HEAD^TO-HEAD: Arsenal wins 78; Peel tl; draws 51 LASTMEETING: 8 Apr, 2008 POOL 4 ARSENAL 2 (CL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: ARSENAL:
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      472 44 UM SAY HENG speaks to football analyst TOHARIPAUAN, who believes Liverpool will overrun Arsenal's weak midfield ■ARSENAL'S LIGHTWEIGHT MIDFIELD WHILE Arsenal have been known to raise their game against big teams this season, I doubt they will be able to do so against Liverpool. With Theo
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      731 48  -  With John Wilkinson's left midfield slot likely to be up for grabs in the semi-final against Vietnam tonight, GARYUM looks at the options at Singapore coach RaddyAvramovic's disposal GARY LIM dafd SHAHRILISHAK: SHAHRIL was expected by some to start in the first 11 in the
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      333 49  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg FIRST things first Punters need to put things into perspective when making their choices in tonight's Singapore-Viet-nam match. The 0-0 draw in Hanoi, where Singapore were shoved to the edge of the cliff, is over. Of course, on that night,
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    255 52  -  sports GARY LIM npsportsQsph.com.sg TRAINING had just ended. A sweat-drenched Mustafic Fahrudin was sitting on the bench, removing his boots as beads of perspiration hit the ground like a dripping tap. "What they gave us, we are going to give it back to them," said
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