The New Paper, 4 January 2009

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    17 1 The New Paper on sunday 4 Jan 09 Singapore Press WMM Holdings MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS
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      40 1 2 Have wheelchair, can party? FA CUP: EPL clubs crash 57 30 Snip FROM LITTLE NYONYA TO BIG SISTER We ask Jeanette Aw if she’s the new Ah Jie after Zoe and Fann 23 TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG *****1 *****9
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      Lock icon Barred from 2 clubs for ‘SAFETY REASONS’
      854 2 / 3  -  Nightspots at Mohamed Sultan and Clarke Quay deny entry to wheelchair-bound Paralympian sailor REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HE was refused entry to two nightclubs on the same night. The reason? He is in a wheelchair. This is a problem that Mr Jovin Tan,
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      Lock icon Staff trained to serve disabled patrons
      279 2 / 3 THOSE in wheelchairs are not only welcomed at The Arena, its staff are specially trained to meet their needs. Its marketing and promotions manager, Miss Valerie Uy, 26, said the club welcomes everyone who meets the age requirements and is not drunk, disorderly or
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      24 2 / 3 Why hit us with such a big bill? (TNP 1 Jan): Pan Pacific Orchard’s marketing and communications manager is Mr Lee Kin Seng.
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      Lock icon ‘Hero? I’d rather he be alive & with me’
      730 4 / 5  - ‘Hero? I’d rather he be alive with me’ REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg HEgavehislifeforyou,yetthereisnotawordofthanksfromyou.The family of security guard Saran Saunthara Pandian,whodiedsavingayoungwomanattheSingaporeRiver,wanthertocomeforward. No one knows who this woman is as she left the scenebeforethepolicearrived. Mr Saran, 19, had dived into the river to save the unidentified woman on 19 Dec. He
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      Lock icon Malaysian teen: I was tortured by three men
      386 4 / 5 FOR four hours, a Penang teenager had to endure torture at the hands of three men, who forced him to drink a liquid that caused his mouth to swell and left him unable to speak. Even after he was warded in hospital,
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      Lock icon HERO or HOOLIGAN?
      950 6 / 7  -  In online video, man accuses another of taking pictures of girls in mall. Netizens argue over whether he used too muchforcewhenhegrabbedsuspect REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg WAS this the behaviour of a “brave vigilante” or a brash bully? That is the question raised after a video, titled “Brave
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      Lock icon Fortress on wheels
      756 8 / 9  -  WilltheincomingUSpresident’scarlook likethis?Speculationabout“Cadillac One”hasbeengrowingontheInternet REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg SOURCE: POPULAR MECHANICS, THE NEW YORK TIMES THE US president-elect has made it clear that the environment and energy conservation are among his priorities. But when he takes office on 20 Jan, Mr Barack Obama may find it hard to
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      Lock icon COOL FACTS ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL RIDES
      198 8 / 9 The first American president to acquire a car in office was Mr William Howard Taft (in office 1909 to 1913) after Congress granted him three cars. He cleared the federal stables to make a garage. In 1933, while president Franklin Roosevelt (1933 to 1945) was
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      Lock icon Temple’s painstaking restoration will bowl you over
      459 10  -  20,000ceramicbowls are being cut up to give old rooftop figurines new shine Sing Keng Loon –SingKengLoon,newsroomintern ON Singapore’s trendiest clubbing street, a 173-year-old temple is undergoing restoration. It is the Singapore Hong San See Temple’sfirstinoveracentury. The project for the Taoist temple at Mohamed
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      Lock icon Polys pumping up fitness programmes
      610 11  -  Move caters forstudents enlistingforNS REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg LIFE in polytechnics is about to get tougher, physically speaking. The New Paper has learnt some polytechnics are enhancing their physical training activities to better prepare students for their Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT)duringNationalService. The move follows
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      Lock icon Netizens mourn blogger’s death
      529 12  -  Despite suffering from cancer,herblog entrieswerepositive and humorous REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg THEYdidnotknowher.Yet, dozens of netizens found they could empathise with Miss Shandy Sim, a 30-year-old bank managerwhobloggedabout hersix-monthbattlewith cancer. Sadly,herstoryendedlastweekwiththepost:“Shandy passed away this morning. We were all beside her whensheleftuspeacefully.” Her brother, Mr Edmund Sim, 28,
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      Lock icon M’sian roads will have ‘star ratings’like hotels
      396 13 To reduce number of accidents like one below... ALLroadsinMalaysiawillsoonberatedaccordingto their safety level, a move the authorities say willcutroadaccidentsbyasmuchas30percent. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat said that the project to rate Malaysian roads is being undertaken by the Road Safety DepartmentandMalaysianInstituteforRoadSafetyResearch
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      Lock icon Bank staff helping syndicates to hijack accounts?
      359 13 INTERNATIONAL crime syndicates may be getting help from rogue bank employees in Malaysia to hijack the accounts of customers. The New Straits Times (NST) reported that funds from 60 to 70 bank accounts are being siphoned off every month. The Public Complaints Bureau
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    • Nothing to eat... ...plenty to fear
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        Lock icon DOCS CAN’T COPE WITH STREAM OF VICTIMS
        229 14 WALK into the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, and you may have trouble telling the patients from the medical staff. The non-stop arrival of wounded and dead to the city’smainhospitalhave left doctors, many who have been stuck in the hospital for over a
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        Lock icon SEWAGE LEAK MAY SPREAD DISEASE
        173 14 Faced with Israeliairraids, power failures, food shortages and full hospitals, theGazaStrip is in crisis EVEN if you escape the bombs and starvation, there is disease to worry about. In the town of Beit Hanoun, the streets are awash with human waste after the main sewage
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        Lock icon LONG QUEUES, BUT NO FOOD IN SHOPS
        158 14 NO flour to bake. No gas to cook. No food to buy. So if residents in the Gaza Strip manage to survive the bombing raids by Israeli warplanes, they might very well die of starvation. The World Food Programme estimates that 80 per
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      Lock icon Shaking from fear, but he keeps snapping gunman
      612 15 IHT THISisthemanwhocapturedthefaceofterror.Mr Sebastian D’souza’s photo of Muhammad AjmalKasab(above,mainpicture)confidently stridingthroughChhatrapatiShivajiTerminuscarrying an assault rifle with one hand, finger extended towardthetrigger,hasbeenprintedandreprintedin newspapers worldwide and flashed daily on televisionscreens. Just like many of the iconic photos of our time, pureinstincttookoverwhenpureterrorshouldhave onthatblood-soaked26Novnight. When the gunfire started at
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      Lock icon Did son injure head after seizure?
      590 16 Travolta’sson,16,diesduringfamilyholiday AP JOHN Travolta’s teenage son, Jett, died in the Bahamas after apparently suffering a seizure and hitting his head at his family’s vacation home, authorities said on Friday. A house caretaker found Jett, 16, unconscious in a bathroom late Friday morning. He was
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      Lock icon Designer Lagerfeld riles animal lovers
      289 16 IFWE don’t killthem, then theywill kill us. Andthat’swhy itisall rightfor fashiondesigners to use fur from animals to create their pieces, believes Karl Lagerfeld, supremo of fashion house Chanel. In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Lagerfeld defended thefur industrysaying that“beasts” wouldkill humans ifwedidn’tkill them first.
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      Lock icon Horror museum set to open in Iraq
      569 17 Man-shaped cages, bloodied nooses on display to remind IraqisofSaddam’satrocities Reuters IT WAS a life spent presiding over mass executions and sick torture sessions. And at the two-year anniversary of war criminal Saddam Hussein’s death by hanging, Iraq is preparing to open a new
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      Lock icon Rare find in UK surgeon’s garage
      329 18 IT was the equivalent of finding an old Picasso or an unknown Beatles tape hidden away in your uncle’sattic. Relatives of Dr Harold Carr, an orthopaedic surgeon, found an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante (left) a Holy Grail for car collectors as
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      Lock icon Till good times do we part
      379 18 DivorcedcouplesinUS opttolivetogetheramid fallinghomeprices COUPLESintheUSarestayingtogetherfor“debt-ororforworse”.MsLisaDecker,acertifieddivorcefinancialana-lyst,said shewasseeing coupleswho weredetermined to stay together even after divorce because they could not sell their home, reported the International Herald Tribune.Accordingtothelatestdata,UShousingprices arestillsliding. “We’refindingthehusbandononefloor,thewifeon theother,”MsDeckersaid.“Now,oneiscominghome with a new boyfriend or girlfriend, and it’s creating a layertorelationshipsthatwehaven’tseenbefore. “Unfortunately, we’re seeing The War
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      Lock icon 9 prices to track in 2009 These 9 items have cost more in the last year
      324 19  -  ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN tnp@sph.com.sg WHAT you see above is my personal list of nine grocery items whose prices have shot through the roof as of October last year. There are of course some
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      29 11 Tony A A i 0FT T-\. x *> W rc _,y. >« _■_■> r The Real fight is Back!!! NG SNEAKS TODAY is J|, IN THAI WITH ENGLISH CHINESE SUBTITLES NCI6 VIOLENCE
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      107 12 Have You Wasted The Year 2008 Wondering About Your Diploma Degree Options? AGAPE Roadshow at TAMPINES MRT STATION SAT 3th Jan SUN 4th Jan I. A.M. Diploma in Administrative Management I.A.M Advanced Diploma in Administrative Management Bachelor of Aits [Hons] Degree in Business Management University of Wales Diploma in Service
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      Lock icon Camera phones–the good, the bad & the ugly
      530 20/21  - Camera phones–the good, the bad the ugly THE BUZZ COMMENT: LOW CHING LING lowcl@sph.com.sg ONCEuponatime,Ihadnoqualmsaboutlettingflyatpeoplewhobehavedbadlyinpublic.Itoldamanoffforlightingupinanon-smoking busqueue.Ichidedanauntyforcuttingintomyqueue atasupermarket andpretending notto hear my initial gentle reminders. And I rebuked a young woman for plonking herself on the bus seat I had just given up for anoldlady. That was before camera phones were
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      Lock icon 5 PREDICTIONS IN 2008 THAT WERE TOTALLY WRONG
      121 20/21 No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble.” JimCramer, CNBC commentator and hostof“Mad Money”,11 Mar. Five days later, investment bank Bear Stearns was sold to JPMorgan Chase in a fire sale. 12 12 “Idon’tanticipate anyserious problemsof that sortamong the largeinternationally activebanksthat
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      Lock icon S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
      161 20/21 Wetrack whatmadeyou happy– orunhappy overthe past week. +10 More than 780,000 HDB households can look forward to utility rebates totalling $125 million this year. And the South West Community Development Council has extended its aid for those affected by the recession to middle-class families also. +10 The
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      27 20/21 QUICK ON THE DRAW Bet you didn’t see this summons coming from behind your beautiful dark windscreen. More drivers in trouble over dark tints... TNP ILLUSTRATION:TEOH YICHIE
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      34 22 HAPPY NEW EAR: The firecrackers may be just a little too loud during the Chinese New Year Celebrations 2009 street light-up and opening ceremony in Chinatown yesterday evening. TNP PICTURE: GAVIN FOO
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      Lock icon CJ: Respect courts’ authority
      378 22 NEW LEGAL YEAR AT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE can be rendered only according to the law. All Singaporeans should respect the courts’authority. This was the message to Singaporeans from Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong. He was opening the new legal year at the Supreme Court yesterday.
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      Lock icon PM, SM urge parents not to compromise on kids’education
      109 22 DO NOT compromise on children’s education when the going gets tough, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong have urged parents. They were giving out bursaries and Edusave scholarships yesterday. PM Lee said: “While we encourage companies
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      Lock icon Obama unveils broad proposal to create three million jobs
      102 22 AFP US President-elect Barack Obama unveiled a broad proposal to boost job growth and the troubled economy, a top priority for him. He said “the No 1 goal” of his plan was to create three million jobs 80 per cent them
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      Lock icon Second home programme: Sarawak to woo S’poreans
      101 22 SARAWAK will organise a roadshow here this year to promote Malaysia’ssecond homeprogramme. State Housing Minister Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said the state had built houses worth over RM300,000 ($125,600) each for foreigners. “We will encourage Singaporeans to own houses here. This will
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      Lock icon The new Ah Jie (big sister)
      956 23  -  REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg WithadditionalreportingbyMaureen Koh MEETJeanetteAw,thenewQueenOfCaldecottHill.The29-year-old was one of the so-called SevenPrincessesofMediaCorp,butforawhilesheseemed tobeonherwaydown. Lastyear, she didn’teven manage to win aTop Ten MostPopularFemaleArtisteawardattheStarAwards. Then came The Little Nyonya the most watched Channel8dramainthelast15years. “Finally,” said Mr Paul Chan, 40, vice-president, branding and promotions for Channel
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      Lock icon How Zoe and Fann made it
      203 24/25 JeanetteAw’sbreakthrough role was in The LittleNyonya. Welook at whereMediaCorp’s two other Ah Jies got their big break. ZOE TAY Who doesn’tknowBobo? Itwas the role that tookZoe Tayto the top– whereshe has stayed. Thecharacterwas the leadin 1991’s Pretty Faces. But unlike Ju Xiang or Yue
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        214 26  -  Keepitreal&you’ll keep your resolutions ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg I LOVE listening to people make New Year resolutions. They speak with so much conviction, faces flushed, pupils dilated with childlike optimism. More often than not, you’ll soon realise it’s just the bubbly talking. Give it a couple of weeks, most would
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      • NO SURGERY NEEDED TO LOOK BETTER
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          Lock icon Sleep more for a younger, fresher face
          46 26 Gettingenough shut-eye doesn’t just quell fatigue. It gives skin cells the necessary downtime to do their own repair and regenerative work. That’swhen more collagenand elastinare producedand replenished– these will helpto plump up your skin, keeping it firm and smooth.
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          Lock icon Wear sunscreen to delay ageing
          140 26 Always use a sun-protection product, whether it is a sunscreen or sunblock (the difference being chemical and physical filters essentially). This not only cuts the risk of skin cancer, it can help you look younger for longer by preventing hyper-pigmentation. These brown liver spots muddy
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          Lock icon Banish bad hair days for good
          202 26 This checklist is something every woman can follow to make herself look 10 times better than she did last year, no cosmetic surgery needed. Effective, yet so basic –aseasyasgettingagoodnight’srest–thisisonelistyou’llwanttostickto. It starts with not fighting your natural hair texture. Trying to get curly tresses to
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          Lock icon Master the art of skinny dressing
          169 26 Look five kilos lighter just by dressing it. It’s theDavidCopperfield approachto dressing:Illusion. Andyoudon’t have tobe decked out in black to do so. Just manage proportions and balance. Do be strict in throwing out trends that you maylove, butreally don’t suityour body type. The right
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        Lock icon When being in the RED is a good thing
        194 27  -  YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg A COUPLE of nights ago, the dinner conversation turned into a discussion about pre-Chinese New Year customs and superstitions. One stuck to my head because it sounded slightly loopy. The suggestion was to wear anything red (underwear,
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        460 27 RED-DY TO WEAR There are no lack of red T-shirts around, and these are another way to introduce red into your colour scheme. Personally, I shudder at the thought of spending more than $60 for a T-shirt, especially whenI’m tryingto tightenmy belt. So with that budget, a visit to
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        Lock icon Visions in BLACK & WHITE
        598 28 / 29  - Visions in BLACK WHITE REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg MANHATTAN Black White New Year’s Eve Ball was a monochrome farewell to 2008’s bleeding red year. The John Jacob ballroom at the exclusive St Regis hotel harked back to the 1900s and bade good riddance to the year of money
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      Lock icon KIDS RULE!
      422 30 / 31 IT is back to school for the little ones and, as always, it takes more than a little coaxing to get them out of their holiday mood. Why not try a few sweeteners? Help junior look forward to heading to class tomorrow with a new school bag. And
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        Lock icon Salad with a Chinese New Year twist
        337 32  -  MANDARIN ORANGE DUCK SALAD Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph .com. sg THE new year brings both good and bad news. The bad news is, the word “DIET” is staring at you in the face from the mirror when you look at that bulging waistline from
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    • Enjoy Dr Date
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        Lock icon Got a big date? Go find something better to do
        209 33  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg WHEN I was in Toronto recently, mysister’sfriend wasreally excited about her date the next day. Shecouldn’t talkaboutanything else. It was cute and endearing, but also very sad. I predicted that her date would be a bit of
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        Lock icon Dear Dr Date,
        447 33 I’vebeendatingmyboyfriendforamonth,andwe see each other almost every day. My girlfriends complain that I see him too often too early in the relationship. Do you think they could be right? Yours, Wondering Winnie. Dear Winnie, Without more information about your relationship, it is hard to say. It really depends
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    • Enjoy Humour
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        Lock icon Mr MP, please keep the fields of Farrer Park green
        737 34  -  Here, let me give you a lift SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg DEAR Ser Luck, You are far too young buy me the kopi later, alas, not from Minah Stall to have known Farrer Park forECA. (If,
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      • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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          Lock icon Woman, 88, hits attacker where it really hurts
          101 34 DON’Tmess with the elderly. A man in Portland, Oregon, in the US, found this out the hard way. The 46-year-old man, who was naked, broke into the home of an 88-year-old woman on Tuesday. He backed the woman into her living room
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          Lock icon Robber escapes, victim jailed
          74 34 ALSOin Portland, Oregon,arobbery on 13 Dec tookastrange twist when therobber got away andthe victim endedup in jail. Theunnamedgunman barged into acarwashanddemanded money fromemployeeChris Truax. ButTruaxrealised the gun was a fake whenit fell apartafter the robberdropped it. Hethen got ahold of apressurised watergunandshot it at the faceofthe
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        Lock icon Death of VHS: Whither Diana Ser’s comic genius?
        446 34  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg VHS is dead. Long live DVD! No, wait, isn’t DVD also dying? Long live Blu-ray! No, wait. isn’t Blu-ray going to be obsolete in a few years? Long live digital distribution! No wonder the salesman at
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    • Enjoy Columns
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        Lock icon Will there ever be enough time?
        693 36  -  SANTOKH SINGH FATHER FIGURES santokh@sph.com.sg IT SEEMS there is never enough quality time that fathers can spend with their kids. I learnt this in a painful exercise with the kids last week. I thought it would be interesting to get my children to make
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        Lock icon No thanks, baby
        438 36  -  HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS lianyi@sph.com.sg BACK in August, just after the National Day Speech, I was with my wife doing that thing married people often do on their beds, which is sitting around saying nothing. Then she said: “Hey, did you know that the Government just implemented
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    • Enjoy Social
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        Lock icon Alkansas THE NATURAL STATE
        195 38 FORthesetwoweeks,we’re showcasing your best family vacation snaps. But for two weeks starting on 18 Jan, we want to show off pictures of you and your schoolmates at work and play. So start sending snaps of your class gatherings, school trips and functions to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Dar dar,
        From: Shu; Su, Sarah & Hannah, Yosemite, San Francisco; Roslena Mohamad Hussein; Nur Rashidah Abdullah  -  195 words
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      51 33 Ask Dr Date Haveproblemsfinding love?Make adate withDr Date.He’ll go over thefiner points ofcourtship in his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnp@sph.com.sg thenewpaper NEW PHONE FOR HOT NEWS Call The New Paper HOTLINE 1800 733 44 55 and this Samsung J-700 Slider could be
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      247 37 WATCH’EM StarWars: EpisodeIII RevengeOf TheSith (above) Channel5, 6.30pm Afterthe CloneWars, Anakin Skywalkerturns towardsthe Dark Side ofthe Force,putting his friendshipwith ObiWan Kenobiand hismarriage at risk.StarringEwan McGregor,Natalie Portman. CampusSuperstarSchool ReopeningConcert ChannelU,9pm InCampusSuperstar,seniorsfromthefirstseasonjoin freshmenfromtheupcomingcompetitioninthis one-hourconcert,withspecialguestsYogaLin, Olivia OngandMiLuBing. PICTURE:GOLDEN VILLAGE PICTURE:20TH CENTURYFOX CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow 2008 12.30pm WhackedOutSports 1.00 Movie– A CinderellaStory 3.00 40CelebrityWeddings
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        Lock icon Start day with Double Fantasy
        1015 39 Race 1 (1,200m) Double Fantasy (No. 9) put the writing on the wall with placings over this surface and trip at his past two runs; one to beat. Hot Sun (3) is backing up quickly but has hit top form, with a win and a
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        Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
        907 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5 1200M TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$485,000(Qtt) NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 BAYVIEWGREYSLEW TKN DWhyte 133 11 2 SUPERFAMILY LH HWLai(-2) 133 2 3 HOTSUN MeT PHLo(-7) 131 9 4 ROCKALOT PFY CKTong(-5) 131 1 5 PERFECTATHLETE CHY CWWong 122
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        Lock icon Monkey Man up to his tricks yet again
        621 40/41  -  Meagher’srisingstarsnares third straight win in record time,headingforbetterthings DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg MONKEY MAN showed the best is yet to come when he completed a brilliant hat-trick at Kranji yesterday. Up against stronger company after two smart wins in Class 3, the five-year-old gelding
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK) RESULTS
        1193 40/41 GOING: GOOD Race1 C*****m 8 POSTMANTALES55.5c53.5(13-5) MEwe* (3) 2 1 1 (471) 11 SUNDUVAN55c53(69-22) MZaki (2) 3 5 2 (497) Shd 12 LIM'SGLORY51(89-20) PKnuckey (11) 1 2 3 (490) 0.75 5 CHEVY56(23-15) OChavez (6) 6 3 4 (476) Hd 3 FORWARD56.5c52.5(82-22) AFeiruz* (8) 10 7 5
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
        165 40/41 GOING: HEAVY Race1 C5(STRAIGHT)1000m 8 HE'SACHARMER52.5c50.5(47-15) JacksonLow* (1) 2 2 1 (425) 9 SOVEREIGNCOMMAND52.5c50.5(59-13) MYusri* (9) 7 8 2 (519) 6.75 10 AMAKA50(20-5) BWoodworth (3) 1 1 3 (443) 1.75 1 BLUEFLAG57c53(108-26) YSLim* (7) 6 4 4 (441) Ns ?Winningstable:KS.Trainer:PPereira.Time:1min3sec. Forecast:$118.Tierce:$2389.MalaysianW/P:RM51,RM14,RM15,RM5. PForecast:$46(8-9),$27(9-10),$30(8-10).Trio:$543.EOB:$12. Coursescratchings:3:Zaydah 11:BigKash(withdrawn) Race2 RM(STRAIGHT)1000m 5
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        1632 42 YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORESTIPES’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS RACE 1 VALIANT MASTER began awkwardly and was bumped by shortly after by SUNDUVAN who, in turn, was carried in by POSTMAN TALES. Shortly after the start, FORWARD steadied when crowded between ENJOY THE RIDE and MISSION PERFECTUS, who were carried in by CULLENATOR.
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        1155 43 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY RACE1 C5 1.15 -1600m(LC) Stakes:RM30,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 00-0-0 MyPet 57 (35) ANawawi*c4 8 (4nzgFMaynard-DOC) 2 0393-0 SummerSurprise 56.5 (34) SCLiew*c4 3 (4agBBrogan-LKLiow) 3 -***** JeramFire 56 (33) RBurnettc2 7 (8nzgFMaynard-GoldPlus) 4 6-00-- Kiko'sZest 55.5
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        Lock icon BEST BET KRISTHUNDER (Race 2 No. 1)
        108 43 BEING the most experienced of the lot, this Tony Yeoh-trained Danasinga gelding should prove too good for his fellow three-year-olds. Unless there are some hidden aces among the many unraced newbies in the capacity 20-horse affair, Kristhunder should exert his superiority following four
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
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        903 44 / 45 A WORLD champion golfer lives with his family in a posh golf course community in Henderson, Nevada, where a treasure of trophies and medals adorns his bedroom. Framed photographs on a nightstand capture him in midswing. An electronic putting green covers
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        734 44 / 45  -  STEVE NEWELL npsports@sph.com.sg Steve Newell is an experienced golf writer who has worked with many of the world’s leading players and teachers, and has written several books on golf. He now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els. THEY say you are getting old when all
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        754 46 / 47 This week, LIM HAN MING talks to Adam Djokovic who finds time to box for charity HE HAS more reasons than other sporty bosses to maintain a healthy and sporty lifestyle. Adam Djokovic is the managing director of Unilever Foodsolutions Singapore, a company which supplies food ingredients
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        232 46 / 47  -  LIM HAN MING Do you think Singapore offers a conducive environment for sports-loving enthusiasts? DJOKOVIC: I think Singapore is a sports-friendly country, but the variety of sports is not there. Football is the main sport in Singapore, and I get the feeling that not many other
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    • Tennis
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        610 48 AFP SPORT can often defy all monetary logic. Football is often singled out as an example of this, but this time the spotlight is on tennis. While businesses collapse and banks wobble, thousands lose their jobs and many thousands more are consigned to poverty, the
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        Lock icon Money, money, money in tennis
        117 48 $12m The amount that Rafael Nadal receives from the Majorcan tourist authority over three years, while the Spaniard earned US$6,773,776 in winnings last year. $51 m Or US$35m, which is what Roger Federer earned in 2007, when he captured three of the four Grand Slams.
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    • Sports Formula One
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        Lock icon He started networking –at 10
        338 49  -  TIMOTHY COLLINGS BELIEVE it or not, Lewis Hamilton actually went con-tact-building when he was a mere 10-year-old. Even with three jobs, Lewis Hamilton’s father Anthony could not afford to fund his rise to the top. But the McLaren boss Ron Dennis could. They first met
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        372 49  -  TIMOTHY COLLINGS NICOLE Scherzinger, the lead singer with the Pussycat Dolls, met Lewis Hamilton after a show in Europe in November 2007. Soon, they became close and as their relationship developed last year, they became very important to each other. At 30, Scherzinger is seven years
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        Lock icon From poor black boy to Formula One world champion
        768 50 / 51  -  TIMOTHYCOLLINGS,whoco-wroteLewisHamilton’s autobiography,MyStory,chartstheriseandriseof F1’syoungestworldchampion EXCLUSIVE TIMOTHY COLLINGS HE IS a world champion in one of the world’s most glamorous and expensive sports, he has a beautiful and successful pop singer girlfriend. And he is such a high earner that he has chosen
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        Lock icon Father’s braking tests, stepmum’s chicken noodle soup
        269 50 / 51 LEWIS Hamilton was always impressed by the feats of Ayrton Senna and thankful for his father’s huge sacrifices to make his life successful. Anthony, who worked for British Rail, took on extra part-time jobs to pay the bills, rebuilt Hamilton’s karts himself at
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        129 50 / 51 LEWIS Hamilton did not love school. He was bullied and found it tough. There was prejudice and injustice. His childhood was hard, demanding and often stressful as he combined tough schooldays with a belief in his talent and his dream. “Putting it all simply, I don’t like
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        115 50 / 51 LEWIS Hamilton is a Roman Catholic. His life was already divided but through his faith in God and mankind, and then his racing in karts, he found his talent and a success story. He told this sportswriter: “My granddad in Grenada is very religious and goes to
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        436 52 / 53 Wire Services IT APPEARS Mark Hughes is intent on a defensive overhaul at Manchester City. Having already secured Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge’s services, the Sky Blues have reportedly set their sights on signing unsettled Arsenal defender Kolo Toure as they look to continue their January
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        348 52 / 53 Wire Services FOR EVERTON, they have a wealth of options upfront, but none are available. While they have quality forwards like Louis Saha, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe, all are unavailable due to injuries. For this reason, Everton boss David Moyes is intent on
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        Lock icon Wenger prefers youth to splashing cash
        191 52 / 53 Reuters ARSENAL fans can forget about the big-money signings. Instead, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said they will carry on developing young talent rather than pay huge transfer fees for big-name signings. “Whatwe needtofocusoniscontinually developing and not live in dreamland where we are linked with
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        Lock icon Pompey want $42m for Defoe
        404 52 / 53 Wire Services PORTSMOUTH manager Tony Adams has warned Jermain Defoe that he will only be allowed to leave for the right price. Defoe, 26, revealed his desire to quit the FA Cup holders at a meeting with Adams and executive chairman Peter Storrie and Adams
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          176 52 / 53 MIDDLESBROUGH boss Gareth Southgate has spoken out over the manner of Tottenham’sinterest in StewartDowning. He has also held talks with the England winger (above) to persuade him to stay at the Riverside Stadium. Southgate does not want to sell the 24-year-old to Spurs, with manager
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          Lock icon ROUTLEDGE LEAVES VILLA FOR QPR
          86 52 / 53 AMBITIOUS Championship side Queens Park Rangers signed Aston Villa winger Wayne Routledge for an undisclosed fee on Friday. The 23-year-old former Tottenham player has penned a three-and-a-half year deal. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be here,” RoutledgetoldtheofficialQPRwebsite.“Iam delighted to have sealed the move. “QPR are a
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          Lock icon PARK POISED FOR NEW UNITED DEAL
          65 52 / 53 MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told South Korean midfielder Park Ji Sung that he has a golden future at Old Trafford. Ferguson is optimistic that the popular Park (above) will sign a new contract to take him beyond his current deal which
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          Lock icon BRIDGE IS CITY’S FIRST JANUARY SIGNING
          194 52 / 53 Wire Services MANCHESTER City confirmed the signing of England left-back Wayne Bridge from Chelsea yesterday. Bridge completed his medical and agreed personal terms on a move which is believed to have cost City around £10 million ($21.2m). The 28-year-old signed a four-and-a-half-year contract and
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    • Sports Flava of the Week
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        Lock icon STEVEN GERRARD
        475 54  -  AISHAHHAMZA’SPICK: STEVEN GERRARD STEVENGerrardcementedLiverpool’splaceatthe top of the Premier League table with two goals against Newcastle United last week. The 5-1 win put Liverpool three points ahead of their nearest contenders, Chelsea. But celebrating the victory on Merseyside proved to be a mistake for Gerrard. The Liverpool skipper, hailed
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    • Sports FA Cup
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        Lock icon ‘Berbatov did more running than Rooney’
        729 55  -  EXCLUSIVE STEVE BATES Special Correspondent DIMITAR Berbatov has been under the spotlight since his summer move from Tottenham. But Sir Alex Ferguson has rocked the football world by saying the words you thought you’d never hear when he declared: “Berbatov did more running than
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        Lock icon Fergie fed-up with fixtures
        329 55 Wire Services SIR ALEX Ferguson has threatened to send a Manchester United representative to the Premier League headquarters this summer to monitor the do- mestic fixture calendar being drafted. Ferguson (right) has repeatedly claimed the league hasbeen“handicapped”this season in a bid to stop them sauntering to
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        Lock icon Pavlyuchenko double seals it for Spurs
        666 56 TOTTENHAM 3 Pavlyuchenko (52pen, 90), Modric (76) WIGAN 1 Camara (88) ROMAN Pavlyuchenko scored twice as Tottenham’s revival under Harry Redknapp continued with a 3-1 victory over Wigan to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup yesterday morning. Russian striker Pavlyuchenko scored from
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        Lock icon Managerless Hartlepool knock Stoke out
        465 57 HARTLEPOOL 2 (Nelson 49, Foley 76) STOKECITY0 AFP STOKE City crashed out of the FA Cup with an embarrassing 2-0 third-round defeat against League One Hartlepool yesterrday. City boss Tony Pulis rested seven first-team regulars and paid the price as managerless Hartlepool claimed a Premier
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        Lock icon Forest fire roast City
        560 57 MANCHESTERCITY0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 3 (Tyson 38, Earnshaw 42, Garner 75) PA Sport THE FUTURE of Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is once again under the microscope after his side suffered FA Cup humiliation at the hands of Championship strugglers Nottingham Forest. City’s Abu Dhabi-based backers have
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        Lock icon Shrimpers stun Scolari
        590 58  -  REPORTING FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE CHELSEA 1 Kalou (31) SOUTHEND1 Clarke (90) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg IF THERE is a football fairy, and this morning I’ll argue to the death that there is, then God bless her for taking the time to wave her wand at
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        211 58 SURPRISE SURPRISE?Surprise? Surprisedoesn’t even come closetosumming thisgameup. Chelseamust have had morechancesin the firsthalf than mostteams havein three fixtures,but theycouldn’tkill thegame off.Southend stoodfirm,kept their headsheld high and thenstunned everyonewith alateequaliser. SHOCKER EVERYTHINGthat DidierDrogba hit wenteither straightatthe goalkeeperor highinto the stands.Luiz FelipeScolari saidthat the Ivorianfrontman needs games and hecertainly wasn’twrong.This
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        82 59 FA CUP Tonight: GILLINGHAM v ASTON VILLA Ch 24, 9pm SOUTHAMPTON v MAN UTD Ch 24, midnight Tuesday: BLYTH SPARTANS v BLACKBURN Ch 24,4am LEAGUE CUP Wednesday: TOTTENHAM v BURNLEY Ch 27,4am Thursday: DERBY v MAN UTD Ch 27,3.45am LALIGA Tomorrow: SEVILLA v OSASUNA Ch 22, 2am Will Frederic
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        Lock icon WHAT’S ON
        90 59 TENNIS From 19 Jan THEYEAR’SfirsttennisGrandSlamevent begins in Melbourne with the Australian Open. Can Spanish powerhouse Rafael Nadal defend his world No. 1 crown against Swiss maestro Roger Federerand defending championNovak“TheJoker”Djokovic?In thewomen’sdraw,MariaSharapovawilllook to defend her title against the Williams sisters and world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic. GOLF From 13
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        128 59 FA CUP RESULTS Hartlepool Utd 2 Stoke City 0 Arsenal 3 Plymouth 1 Birmingham v Wolves (postponed) Cardiff 2 Reading 0 Charlton 1 Norwich 1 Chelsea 1 Southend 1 Cheltenham v Doncaster (postponed) Coventry 2 Kidderminster 0 Forest Green Rovers 3 Derby 4 Histon v Swansea (postponed) Hull 0
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      Lock icon GO FOR GOALS
      549 60 That’sFergie’smessage tohisplayerswhohave been misfiring MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has challenged his misfiring players to use tonight’s FA Cup third-round trip to Southampton as an opportunity to rediscover their scoring touch. United have not scored more than one goal in a Premier League game since beating
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