The New Paper, 6 January 2009

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    16 1/52 the new paper 6 Jan 09 tues Singapore Press WMM Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      106 1/52 At SO, Farah has retrofitted an orphanage in Laos and supplied it with clean water. At the Polytechnic, Farah got the kind of hands-on education that prepared her to be an environmentalist at an earlier age. She does more than recycle paper. She knows how to really make a difference.
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      146 1/52 Little to PAGE 21 Little Nyonya hunk moved to tears by fan’s gift "*****1 *****1 rv At El, Ming has written, produced and directed a short film that was screened at Cannes. At the Polytechnic, Ming got the kind of hands-on education that prepared him to be a filmmaker at
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      203 2/3 Continuedfrom page 2 Aspecialadvertising feature Continuedon page51 First,topoly.Then,theworld Polytechnicsseen asaroutetobrighterfuture WHENitcomestogearingupfortheworkplace, nothingquitebeatsthepolytechnicexperience. JustaskthetopO-levelandITEstudentswhoflockto thepolytechnicseveryyear. Lastyear,24,800studentsenrolledinthefive polytechnicshere. Someevenapplytothepolytechnicsbeforesittingfor theirO-levelexaminationsviathedirectadmissions scheme. TakeLimYuanJie,17,whoobtainedanimpressive threepoints(L1R4)forhisO-levelresults,andhadapplied tooneofthepolytechnicsin2007. TheDiplomainInformationTechnologystudentsaid:“I feltthatgoingtoapolytechnicwouldprovidemewiththe kindofhands-onexperienceIwantedandIwasverykeen topursuemypassioninInformationTechnology. “Iwasalsoimpressedbytheuniversitylinksandthe opportunitiesavailableforstudentsupongraduation.” SincestartingschoollastJanuary,YuanJiehasgained plentyofexposure. Internationalcompetitions couldnotqualifyforjuniorcollege,thepolytechnics arenowseenasaroutetobrightercareerprospects. SembcorpMarineprojectmanagerChanWaiPing, 31,graduatedfromoneofthepolytechnicsin1998witha DiplomainMechanicalEngineering. Herecalled:“Myeducationwasverypractice-oriented. Itgavemetherelevantindustryskills-settohittheground runningwhenIenteredtheworkforce.” Apolytechniceducationisdistinguishedbywork attachmentsofvaryinglengths,wherestudentsoften learnskillsnottaughtintheclassrooms. Notonlydostudentsgeton-the-jobexperience,work attachmentscansometimesleadtoapermanentjob. MrOoiCheeKong,thechiefhumanresourceofficerof JasonElectronics,amarineelectronics solutions-provider,saidthecompanyhadhiredseveral formerinternspreviously. Hesaid:“Wegettoknowthestudentsduringtheeight to12weeksoftheirinternship,andwetakesomeofthem
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      1155 3  -  Experts: Trapped in spinning sphere of domestic violence, kids suffer most REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg THEY met, fell head over heels in love and lived in a bubble of j oy. Then, persistent streaks of domestic violence burst that bubble. Three years
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      Lock icon Grandkid 1: Raped by dad Grandkid 2 & 3: Abusedby uncle?
      734 5  - Grandkid 1: Raped by dad Grandkid 2 3: Abusedby uncle? GRANNY’SPAIN REPORT:ARUL ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg AGRANNYwashitbyadoublewhammywhenshefound out that three of her granddaughters may havebeensexuallyabused. Even worse, one of the confirmed culprits was her own son, who was jailed yesterday for raping one of his daughters. Hisbrother-in-law isaccusedof sexually abusingthe othertwodaughters.
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      26 3 Granny’s double whammy She can’t believe what son did to his own daughter PAGE 5 Gaza lifeline gone Smuggling tunnels destroyed by Israeli warplanes PAGE 16
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      36 6 GREENWHEELS:FancytouringthesightsonSentosaon a Segway? This new environmentally friendly service is a joint venture between Tom Navasero, a Singapore permanent resident, and movie star Jackie Chan. It costs $10 for a 15-minute ride. PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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      Lock icon Top madrasah moves into high-tech premises
      217 6 MILESTONE FOR MALAY/MUSLIM COMMUNITY THE move by top performing madrasah Al-Irsyad into a permanent home in the newly-built Singapore Islamic Hub is a milestone for the community, said Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs, DrYaacob Ibrahim. The $16 million eight-storey building is a far cry from
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      Lock icon Former Ren Ci Hospital CEO to go on trial in April
      102 6 THE founder and former chief executive officer of Ren Ci Hospital and his former personal executive will go on trial in April. Goh Kah Heng alias Shi Ming Yi, 46, a high-profile Buddhist monk, and Raymond Yeung Chi Hang,
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      Lock icon Students can register for NRICs at schools
      99 6 MORE than 48,000 Singaporean students who turn 15 this year can now register for their National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) at their own schools, in a move to make it more convenient for them. Previously, they would have to go to the Immigration
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      Lock icon River Hongbao to debut at Marina Bay
      108 6 FOR the first time, the River Hongbao celebrations will be held at the floating platform at Marina Bay. Other highlights include nightly performances by foreign and local artists, and firecracker displays. There will also be the regular food stalls, and the God of
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      538 7  -  Hwa Chongboys create novel way of introducing our culture to others Tan Su Vien –TanSuVien,newsroomintern THESE boys had to come up with a new idea of what to do with plastic bottles, make a video about it and work with their counterparts in the US.
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      Lock icon Boy’s mum charged too
      301 7  -  REPORT:CHONG CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg TWO months ago, he was jailed for caning his stepson 100 times. Yesterday, his wife was charged in relation to the same incident. She is accused of allowing the boy, then 10, to be ill-treated by his stepfather and causing him
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      Lock icon Going nowhere
      420 8  -  Banged-up car left at Bukit Panjang carpark for more than half a year Eoin Ee –EoinEe,newsroomintern WHAT’Sasmashed-upcardoing inaloton the top deck of a multi-storey carpark in Bukit Panjang? The sight bemused a nearby resident who alerted The New Paper.When The New Paper visited the carpark at Lompang Road
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      Lock icon Office rumours? It might be right from the top
      340 8 NEXT time you hear a piece of gossip, it could well have been started by your boss. He could be testing to see if his idea goes down well, or use it as a ploy to cushion the impact of a
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      639 9  -  MM Lee gives poly student referral to top designer REPORT: TAN MAY PING mayping@sph.com.sg A NERVOUS Miss Eileen Leow waited for her turn to present her final-year project to Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yewyesterday. When he came by, the last thing she
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      Lock icon Man dies of asthma attack
      381 10  -  Petbeautician’s inhaler had run out REPORT:LEDIATI LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg HE WAS found dead by his bed with an empty asthma inhaler beside him. Now his mother is wondering whether his death could have been prevented had his inhaler not run out at the critical juncture?
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      297 10 Two types of asthma inhalers: Asthma inhalers can generally be grouped into two types: reliever inhaler and preventer inhaler. The former contains bronchodilator drugs which provide immediate relief for asthmatic symptoms by dilating the airways, but it does not stabilise the condition. The latter commonly contains
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      487 11  -  REPORT:CHONG CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg GUNMAN Tan Chor Jin, better known as the “One-eyed Dragon”, has failed in his final bidto avoid thehangman’s noose. Tan, 41, had been sentenced to hang for murder and he had appealed to the President for clemency in August. His plea
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      Lock icon China cracks down on Internet porn
      208 12 Target: Search engines and on-line portals AP CHINA launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography yesterday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google. Seven government agencies will work together on the paignto“purifytheInternet’scultural environment and protect the healthy development of minors,”
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      100 12 AFP A NEW poll has found rising support for the political party of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the lead-up to elections this year. Mr Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party, currently a minority player in his governing coalition, has strengthened its lead as the
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      97 12 US President-elect Barack Obama was due to meet Congressional leaders yesterday to discuss his plans for a multi-billion dollar stimulus package. US media reports say the pack- age could be worth more than US$800 billion ($12 billion), including US$300 billion of tax breaks.
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      Lock icon Arrested for posters of murdered Mongolian
      115 12 AFP FIVE Malaysian opposition members were arrested in Terengganu yesterday as they campaigned for a hotly contested by-election, officials said. The opposition Keadilan party said the group, including its deputy youth chief Faris Musa, were detained for putting up posters linking Deputy Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Love can last a lifetime, say scientists
      118 12 SCIENTISTS have discovered that people can have a love that lasts a lifetime. Using brain scans, researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have discovered a small number of couples respond with as much passion after 20 years together as most people
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      36 12 SELF-PROMOTION:Veteran Bangladeshi street hawker Mofidur Munsi displays his wares attached to his clothing with safety pins in Bangladesh. Mr Munsi has been selling keys, locks and key rings for more than 25 years. PICTURE: AFP
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      Lock icon Floods in and school’s out
      512 13 No school for 30,000 children because of flooding SCHOOL was due to begin yesterday but some 30,000 schoolchildren in Kelantan got a holiday instead. The floods, which began forming in several states as early as mid-December due to heavy rains this monsoon season, saw 38
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        710 14 / 15 FINDING PEACE THE MUSIC at Santika pub has long died and its party atmosphere has been replaced by sombre spirituality. The church-like building, with its soot-stained arching windows and piles of burnt items, has attracted crowds offering prayers. It has turned into a funeral parlour
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        379 14 / 15 HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AFP JUST four days after a major fire at a pub in Bangkok, another fire in the Thai capital’sshoppingandresidentialplaza has killed one person and injured 47. Firefighters rescued dozens of people from the nine-storey Sua Su plaza in the city centre
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      1058 16 / 17 Tunnels in Gaza from Egypt are not only used to smuggle arms, they also bring in much-needed food. Now many have beendestroyedinIsrael’soffensive GAZA’S Wire services WITH the smuggling tunnels under the sandy border with Egypt destroyed after five days of Israeli bombing raids, the Gaza Strip has
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      Lock icon Chopped-up remains of girl found in man’s fridge
      362 18 Migrant worker had once said human flesh was delicious A MAN who once told neighbours that “human meat was delicious” has been arrested in Guangzhou, China, after the dismembered part of a girl were found in his fridge. The migrant worker, known
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      342 18 AT a small, backstreet bookstore in Solo, Indonesia, young employees in matching green skullcaps, all with adolescent chin beards, stock books with titles like “Waitingfor the Destructionof Israel”and “PrinciplesofJihad”. Another young man, a customer, flips through a pile of DVDs that chronicle the
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      13 12 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Sunny High32˚,Low21˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High29˚,Low24˚
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      34 19 FROM READER CHRIS PENG TIE LUN DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200: You’vegottogivetheownerofthisstallin Chinatown credit for having a sense of humour about warning thieves from stealing his Chinese New Year goods.
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      392 19  -  Are public transport carriers adequately prepared for disaster? GEOFFREY LIM BERNADETTE LOW TAMMY TAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR MEDIA RELATIONS, LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY BERNADETTELOW,CORPORATE MARKETING& COMMUNICATIONS,SMRT CORPORATION LTD VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, SBS TRANSIT WE refer to the letter “Are we being too complacent?”
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      104 19 1 Most of the 226 construction workers from China who showed up at the Ministry of Manpower office last week over salary disputes with their employers have accepted a settlement and are staying on in Singapore. 2 MALAYSIAN television newscaster Farahrizan Abdul Razak, 22,
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      99 19  -  FROM READER ROBERTA CICCONE DURING a recent stroll down Orchard Road with my husband and three children to see the beautiful holiday decorations,wesawalotofunsightly and disgusting litter. From the photo you can see that evenwheretrashcansareavailable, during peak times they are not emptied often enough.
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      37 20 Are inter-ethnic mediators sufficient to help settle neighbour disputes? “Ithink itwould beeffective to help resolve small disputes. But I guess it also depends on who these mediators are, and how wellthe residentsknow them.” ZackCohen, 25,sales manager
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      84 20 On children being exposed to violence, like during the Mumbai terror attacks and the Israeli attacks in Gaza: “Welcometo thereal world. We should not block our children from news but to expose them and manage their fears and and train them to stand on the own feet.”
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      985 21  -  Fan gives The Little Nyonya’sactorgiftof ‘1000’starsinabottle REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg THEY wore black so he could recognise them immediately in the crowd at the countdown party show. One fan even gave him a gift that left him teary-eyed. Said MediaCorp actor Dai Yang Tian, who plays
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        186 23 Who’ssizzling? Who’s scorching?We single outthe up-and-cominghunks andhottieswho should beonyour radar THINK The Transporter, and Brit actor Jason Statham’sscruffy mug comestomind. The 36-year-old actor has come to personify the silent-but-deadly character of FrankMartin part-timelimodriver and delivery man, full-time martial arts exponent with a soft spot for damsels in distress
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        151 23 WHO says sexy Russian chicks feature only in James Bond movies? Giving Statham a run for his eye candy money in Transporter 3 is newcomer Natalya Rudakova. The statuesque Titian-haired beauty makes her debut in the movie as Valentina Vasilev, the kidnapped daughter of a politician who crosses
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        438 24/25  -  REPORTS: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg ONE great thing about living in a country with many cultures is that we never seem to stop celebrating. The Christmas decorations don’t even have time to gather dust and it is already time for Chinese New Year. Inbarelythreeweeks,we’llbesaying“gongxifacai” and
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        Lock icon Mahjong cupcakes make marvellous presents
        252 24/25 FOR me, there is one must-have for Chinese New Year. The Fortune Bo Lo Pineappale Tart from Crystal Jade is fabulously light but it’s filling enough for a quick snack. It’sinexpensivetoo.Thisyear,it is selling for $25 for a 32-piece set. If you’re buying it as a
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        Lock icon Go downtown for big dinner
        138 24/25 IF YOU are planning to spend the eve of Chinese New Year in town, consider having your reunion dinner at Teochew City Seafood Restaurant. The location is smack in the middle of the Orchard area, at The Centrepoint, so you can eat and stroll around
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        159 24/25 HERE is a place you can go for a quick, informal reunion with friends. My friends and I would definitely have fun reuniting at KFC. Ifyou’replanningtodothesame,order the KFC Fortune Feast. It consists of eight pieces of chicken, a KFC Golden Delights snack platter with Golden
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        754 26  -  Our columnist remembers the cultural cuisine he grew up with K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg SUDDENLY, people are digging into their roots to find Peranakan culture in their family tree. It took The Little Nyonya on Channel 8 to make them do that, though the fascinating world of
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      56 27 ’WATCHEM Reunion Dinner Channel 8,9pm In this new drama, a family faces obstacles as it attempts to put differences behind to celebrate Chinese New Year. Starring Chen Li Ping, Chen Han Wei, Patricia Mok. ReservationRoad HBO(StarHubCh60),9pm Inthisadaptationofabestselling novel,twofamilies,inthewakeofa terribleaccident,aretransformedby thelureofrevengeandthechanceof redemption.StarringMarkRuffalo, JoaquinPhoenix,JenniferConnelly. TheKillPoint FOXCRIME(StarHubCh86),10pm Inthisnewseries,agroupofmilitary veterans–whohavereturnedfrom servinginIraq–bandtogethertopull offamajorbankheist.StarringJohn Leguizamo,DonnieWahlberg. KpakBing!Bing!
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        800 36 LAST SATURDAY RACE 1: BIG KASH was withdrawn when found to be behaving abnormally. He was impounded. RACE 2: Trainer R Lines was fined RM100 ($45) for failing to produce the declared colours on PIRATE. TEQUILA SUNRISE was withdrawn when he could not be
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        524 38 Reuters FORMER Masters champion Mike Weir failed to register a single victory on the 2008 PGA Tour. But he is banking that a strong finish to the season will spur him on this year. With the putts finally beginning to drop,theCanadianpiledupsixtop-10s in his last eight events
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        451 38 THE ASIAN Tour’s Qualifying School begins today. And a strong turnout of 507 players from over 30 countries will chase their dreams when they participate in the competition organised by the Sports Authority ofThailand. At stake for the hopefuls will be 40 Tour cards for the 2009
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        222 39 EPL: Saturday (10 Jan): Arsenal v Bolton Aston Villa v West Brom Everton v Hull City Fulham v Blackburn Middlesbrough v Sunderland Newcastle v West Ham Portsmouth v Man City Stoke City v Liverpool Sunday (11 Jan): Man Utd v Chelsea Wigan v Tottenham Wednesday (14 Jan): Man Utd
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        243 39 Friday (9 Jan): Reading v Watford Saturday (10 Jan): Barnsleyv Southampton Blackpool v Birmingham Burnley v Swansea City Cardiff City v Derby Charlton vNottm Forest Doncasterv Bristol City Ipswich vSheff Wed Plymouth v C.Palace QPRv Coventry SheffUtdv Norwich Wolves v Preston NE CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A
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        1036 39 SPAIN: Saturday: Barcelona 3 Real Mallorca 1 Valencia 3 Atletico Madrid 1 Sunday: Athletic Bilbao 1 Espanyol 1 Getafe 1 Deportivo La Coruna 2 Malaga 1 Sporting Gijon 0 Real Madrid 1 Villarreal 0 Real Valladolid 0 Racing Santander 1 Recreativo Huelva 3 Numancia 1 Sevilla 1 Osasuna 1
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        567 40 Wire Services ANEW experience in one of the greatest leagues in the world. For David Beckham, that is reason enough for his three-month stint at Italian giants AC Milan. The 33-year-old joined the Rossoneri recently on a short-term loan deal while his full-time employers, Major
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        357 40 Wire Services GASPING for breath and needing his pulse checked, it was clear David Beckham was out of shape. For once his condition seemed to reveal that age was finally catching up on the 33-year-old. It was a cruel picture of a man
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        449 41 Wire Services VERYfewmanagerscanboastawinningrecordagainstSirAlexFerguson.OneofthemisHarryRedknapp. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurwillfightitoutinthefourthroundofthe FACupandinRedknapp,Spurshaveamanagermorethancapableofcausinganupsetat OldTrafford. While Tottenham were knocked out against United in the same stage last season, Redknapp has defied the odds three times to wreck the Red Devils’ hopes in the competitionwithhispreviousclubs. He won 2-0 at home against them
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        352 41 PA Sport RAFAEL Benitez has a warning for his team. The Reds manager insists Liverpool must contain their anticipation over the Merseyside Derby FA Cup tie because there are important matches to be won in the meantime for his table-toppers. Liverpool and Everton will clash
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        492 42  -  SOUTHAMPTON0 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 Welbeck (20), Nani (48 pen) Gibson (81) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg ALOWERleagueteammayhavebeat-en the richest team in Manchester attheweekend. But there was no danger of that happening at St Mary’s where Southampton wereeasilyputtothesword. With all the focus on Southampton’s
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        208 42  -  IAIN MACINTOSH MISS OF THE DAY RYANSmith lookedcertain tobring Southampton backinto the gamewhen he zippedinto the box midwaythroughthe second half. The young midfielderdid allthe hardwork,but then gothis anglesallwrong and curledthe ballhigh and wide. Howembarrassing. SAFE HANDS THIScould have beenacricket score had itnot been forveteran stopper KelvinDavies.The former Sunderlandgoalkeeper
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        507 43  -  IAIN MACINTOSH, Your English Kaki, a long-suffering Southend supporter, was at Stamford Bridge when the Shrimpers snatched a late 1-1 draw against Premiership giants Chelsea IAIN MACINTOSH IAINMACINTOSH,YourEnglishKaki,a ITwasallfornothing.I’veworkedlongandhardoverthelast18monthstobuildsomekindofcredibility with the UK press pack and on Saturday afternoon I ruined it all by going absolutely
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        814 44 Brian: Manchester City? Kaput. Stoke City? Balik kampong (gone home). Portsmouth, West Brom? Surrender. Chelsea? Shame. It was like watching the schoolyard bullies getting whacked by primary school kids.Whatthe “FA” happened? Gary: They certainly robbed me of my festive season mood and I’m
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        272 45  -  ThemajorityofourreadersbelieveMartinO’NeillisthereasonforAstonVilla’srise. But our Letter of the Weekend writer gives credit to the man who brought him to the club LETTEROFTHEWEEKEND R Govindarajan –RGovindarajan,42,civil servant, Aston Villa fan THANK Deadly Doug Ellis the former Aston Villa chairman who had doggedly leashed up Villa for 20 years for selling
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        337 45 Quality at the back THE addition of Luke Young and new goalkeeper Brad Friedel have made the difference this season and kept them in fourth place. Luke Young has been consistent at right-back. The most important contribution has come from Friedel, who has kept out many goals and
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        526 46 Wire Services WINGER Stewart Downing wants to leave Middlesbrough and he’s handed in a written transfer request. The 24-year-old, who has 21 England caps, signed a new five-year deal last February but is rumoured to have become increasingly unsettled recently. Tottenham had a reported bid
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        293 46 Wire Services ARSENE Wenger will consider signing only players of “a special class” during the transfer window. And Russian star Andrei Arshavin (right) could be the perfect man. The Arsenal manager knows the loss of skipper Cesc Fabregas is likely to have an increasing
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        222 46 JERMAIN Defoe could finally be on his way back to Spurs. The Daily Mail reported that a deal was being thrashed out by Portsmouth and Tottenham for the England striker (right) and the north London club were hopeful they would be able to play him
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        60 46 WEST Ham insist Scott Parker is not for sale after stories linking him with Manchester City. The former Chelsea midfielder is one of a number of Hammers stars being linked with a move away from Upton Park. Reports had suggested City were about to
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        104 46 Wire Services NEW Manchester City signing Wayne Bridge believes his best years are still ahead of him. The 28-year-old completed his move from Chelsea on Saturday for a fee believed to be in the region of £10m. He joins the club at a difficult time,
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        471 47 TOTTENHAM v BURNLEY (Semi-final first leg) AFP HARRY Redknapp concedes Tottenham’s threadbare squad will be fully stretched before he can look forward to a return to Wembley. Redknapp enjoyed the first taste of Wembley success in his long career when he led Portsmouth to FA
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        320 47 Wire Services BURNLEY boss Owen Coyle insists that his side won’t hold back against Tottenham Hotspur. Coyle would be forgiven for being cautious against the defending champions of the League Cup in the first of two semi-final legs, at White Hart Lane, tonight(tomorrow morning in
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      533 48 PA Sport HE’S been complaining for so long that the EPL fixtures have not been favourable to his team. But now comes some relief. Sir Alex Ferguson’s wish for Manchester United to be represented at the drafting of the 2009-10 Premier League fixture calendar has been
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        114 49 EPL DUBAIFOOTBALL CHALLENGE Tonight: HAMBURG v AC MILAN Ch 27,11pm LEAGUE CUP (Semi-final, 1st leg) Tomorrow: TOTTENHAM v BURNLEY Ch 27,4am Will Tottenham be able to take advantage of being at home and produce a good result from the first leg to avoid being knocked out by a lower-division
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        51 49 QATAR EXXON MOBIL OPEN 2009 Tonight: DAY 2 Ch 24,9pm Tomorrow: DAY 3 Ch 24, 9pm Thursday: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 24, 9pm Friday: SEMI-FINALS Ch 24, 9pm HIGHEST RANK: Andy Murray is currently the highest-ranked British player. Will he be able to do the British proud in this ATP World
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        436 49 FOOTBALL: IN COMPETITIVE action today, Tottenham will play Burnley in the League Cup semi-final first leg. The other highlight in football todayisHamburg’s friendly against AC Milan in Dubai, where David Beckham should make his debut for the Italian side. BADMINTON: THE MALAYSIA Open kicks-off at KualaLumpur’s PutraStadium today,
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      167 45 QUESTION OF THE WEEK WILL Manchester United beat Chelsea convincingly in their Premiership showdown this Sunday, or will the Blues finally show the resilience they used to be famous for? Give us your preview, including key player match-ups and sum up the importance ofthis clashto bothsides’ title challenges, plus a
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