The New Paper, 21 January 2009

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    16 1 the new paper 21 Jan 09 we Singapore Press ■V Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      215 1 He’s just one of her 19 ‘boyfriends’ HK actor Adam Cheng says of daughter’s sexy poses: What’s the big deal? PAGE SECOND RI STUDENT IN SUDDEN DEATH So fit he climbed mountains, then found to have deadly illness a week ago PAGE 10 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008 •77T3 vWJZ]
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      Lock icon ‘I promise a new America’
      464 2 OBAMA TAKES OFFICE THE“yeswecan”manweavedhismag-ic as America and the world, weary after wars, calamities and economic melt-down,listenedintently. “TodayIsaytoyouthat thechallengeswe face are real. They are serious and they are many.Theywillnotbemeteasilyorinashort spanoftime.” “But know this, America they will be met,” President Barack Obama said to huge applausefromthemassivecrowdthatspread out
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      Lock icon Palmy days ahead for Obama
      655 3 PALMISTS,ASTROLOGERSONNEWUSPRESIDENT’SFUTURE: THE stars (in the sky) and stripes (on his palm) augur well for President Barack Obama, say astrologers. But some warned that an assassination attempt will be made. “I have the palm prints of Barack Obama and they show he is destined to enjoy
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      Lock icon Everyday man international impact
      488 4 / 5 Many countries hope new US president will foster better ties with rest of the world ThenewUSpresident(left):EatschickenwingsPlaysgolf Enjoysaromponthebeach Hasnoqualmskissinghiswifeinpublic. That is a far cry from previous ones (kissing an interndoesnotcount). Asthesepicturesshow,USpresidentBarackObama can behave at times like Joe Sixpack (never mind that unlike Joe, Mr Obama’s sixpack refers
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      Lock icon She signs off simply as ‘Michelle’
      581 6 US FIRST LADY WANTS FAMILY-FRIENDLY WHITE HOUSE TODAY, Michelle Obama will become the first African-American to assume the role of First Lady, a woman with the power to influence the nation’ssenseofidentity,itsfashiontrends,itscharitable causes and its perceptions of black women and their families. Already, the outlines
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      191 2 SPECIAL NOON EDITION While you slept, President Obama delivered his inaugural speech to America. As you read this paper over breakfast, President Obama will be in the swirl of party celebrations. Over the lunch period, we will deliver the latest reports of how America is dancing to a new beat.
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      19 2 Hotline: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: tnp.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Fax: 6319 8266 Operations desk: 6319 5544 Circulation: 6388 3838
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      Lock icon Dad throws baby into dustbin after fight with wife
      374 7 Girl, 6, eventually rescued by security guard who saw couple DURING a heated argument with his wife, a man was seen throwing an object into a rubbish bin. That“object”turnedouttobea6-month-oldgirl. The incident took place at about 5am on Monday at the Light
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      Lock icon PAS: Oppose Rihanna to show support for Gaza
      146 7 RIHANNA (above) is the latest artiste to face calls for boycottofherconcertinMalaysia–andnotjustbecause of her sexy image. PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia) Youth said yesterday that the Barbados-born singer, due to perform in Kuala Lumpur on 13 Feb, was linked to the suffering of the
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      Lock icon Where’s the button?
      499 9  -  Safetymeasuressteppedupat zoo, but visitors unaware Geraldine Yeo GeraldineYeo,newsroom intern VISITORS to the Singapore Zoo can now sound the emergency alarm at the White Tiger viewing gallery should there be another incident. The zoo recently installed two emergency bright-red alarm buttons with sirens at the viewing gallery to
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      Lock icon M’sian minister to propose new measures
      179 8 WOES AT NEW JB CIQ COMPLEX The Star REOPENINGtheoldCustomsandImmigrationcomplextopedestriantrafficisone measurebeingproposedtocutthe longwalkpublictransportusers nowendureatthenewCIQatJohor Baru. Anotherwillbeforpublicbuses todropoffpassengersatthemain entrancetotheCIQ,whichisatthe westsideofthebuilding. DomesticTradeandConsumer AffairsMinisterDatukShahrir AbdulSamadsaidonMondayhe would propose these and other measures to the Cabinet as soon as possible. Mr Shahrir, who is also the Johor Baru MP, was speakingto
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      Lock icon Thai political analyst charged with insulting king
      101 8 Reuters POLICE filed formal charges against Thailand's leading leftist political commentator yesterday, accusing him of insulting the king in a 2007 book criticising the previous year's military coup. Giles Ungpakorn of Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University denied all charges, and said the army and Democrat
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      Lock icon China urges US to halt arms sales to Taiwan
      74 8 Reuters A DEFENCE policy paper released by China on Tuesday said that relations withTaiwanhad“takena significantlypositiveturn”. The 95-page white paper denounced US arms sales to the islandas“causingseriousharmtoSino-USrelationsas wellaspeaceandstabilityacrosstheTaiwanStrait”. Defence Ministry chief spokesman Hu Changming said at a news conference to launch the
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      Lock icon Indonesian suspects reject terror charges
      108 8 AFP THREE alleged members of a terrorist cell on trial for attacks on Christians and plotting to blow up a tourist cafe in Indonesia said yesterday they should not be tried under anti-terrorism laws. A lawyer for the Islamists told the court they had not
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      Lock icon 550,000 Chinese laid off in last 3 months of 2008
      113 8 AFP MORE than half a million Chinese people lost their jobs in the last three months of2008 as the impact of the global financial crisis deepened, the Chinese government said yesterday. Asof31Dec,8.86 million urban residents were registered as jobless, up
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      Lock icon CHOCO HEAD:
      28 8 CHOCOHEAD:Ayoungmodel sporting a collection depicting hot chocolate poured into a cup during a fashion show, part of a chocolate festival in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. PICTURE: AP
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      Lock icon Dad: But my son hardly ever fell sick
      862 10 / 11  -  SECOND RI STUDENT TO DIE IN A WEEK REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg THE story reads the same mind-numb-ing, saddening way: Student from a premier school healthy, active and bright–diessuddenly. For more than a week, Mr Cao Sheng Fa, 42, watched helplessly as
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      Lock icon Counsellors give emotional support to RI students
      162 10 / 11 CAO Yuanchi is the second student to die within a week at Raffles Institution. A week before he died, Tee Yan Chyuan, a Secondary 1 boy, died after playing badminton with his sister. A spokesman for Raffles Institution said its studentswereinformed of Yuanchi’s
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      Lock icon Doctor: Disease strikes suddenly and likely to be detected soon
      228 10 / 11  -  Ng Wan Ching ACUTE myeloid leukaemia, the disease that caused CaoYuanchi’sdeath,canaffectchildrenofanyage. But it is not a condition that is likely to go undetected for long, said Dr Chan Mei Yoke, senior consultant, Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Department of Paediatric Subspecialties at the
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      Lock icon Boy run over by truck at zebra crossing
      703 12 / 13  -  REPORT: CHON GSHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HEwasimpatientabouthavingtowait20minutesforhisyoungerbrothertofinishhisclasses. So Li Yun, 9, told his grandmother that he wantedtogohomefirstsothathecouldread hisbooks. She agreed, but less than a minute later, the Primary 4 schoolboy was run over by a tippertruckrightbeforehereyesonMonday. Hediedinhospitalanhourlater. The boy’s father, Mr Li Changrun,
      PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO; PICTURES: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS  -  703 words
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      Lock icon NOW: He gets three years’ jail for drug offences
      875 14 / 15  -  His fiancee and eight others in flat also test positive for drugs REPORT: CELINE LIM, ARUL JOHN tnp@sph.com.sg THEY stood by his claims of innocence during his 17-year long tangle with the law over an alleged drug trafficking offence. YunaniAbdulHamid’sfamilyfeltvindicated when
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      155 14 / 15 A BIG THANK YOU to all our shoppers The winners of our WINX Club Mania Draw now have something to celebrate! Our warmest congratulations go out to the following: $2,000 cash 5 Nights stay in Family Room for 4 Paradise Resort Gold Coast, Australia (Air tickets excluded) Ng Yong Guan
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      155 14 / 15 HOT STORY Call us. If story is published you get this HOT PHONE HOTLINE 1800 733 44 55 thenewpaper Samsung J-700 Slider LUNAR NEW YEAR EVE OPERATING HOURS The Singapore Turf Club Betting Centres, Winning Point@Holland Drive, Telebet Service Centre and the Racecourse will be closed on Sunday, 25 January
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      16 14 / 15 HISTORIC DAY FOR AMERICA The mood, the colour, and the promise IN THE STRAITS TIMES TODAY
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  • Local News watch
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      Lock icon FLOWER POWER:
      33 16 FLOWERPOWER:Thecoloursofspringformthetheme for this year’s Sentosa Flowers floral extravaganza, which will be held from 24 Jan to 1 Feb at Mount Imbiah and, for the first time, Palawan Beach. PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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      Lock icon Income gap narrowed last year
      310 16  -  HOUSEHOLD INCOME STATS ties.– ByGenevieve Genevieve Jiang THE Singapore family took home an average of $7,750 a month last year, up from $6,890 in 2007. Average income for Singapore households with at least one working adult has been on an upward trend, from $5,100 in
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      Lock icon SMA worried about change in rule on patients’complaints
      84 16 SHOULD patients with complaints be allowed to turn to the High Court? Yes, say the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Medical Council (SMC) in a proposal. aproposal. But the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) has expressed concern, saying in a statement to
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      Lock icon S’poreans will still spend but only on property, renovation
      106 16 MOST Singaporeans will continue to spend despite the recession but only on property and home renovation. They are reducing their spending on most everything else. And they are far from being the biggest spenders in the region, according to a new
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      Lock icon Number of scrapped vehicles falls
      113 16 THE number of vehicles taken off the road last year fell to a nine-year low, according to the Land Transport Authority (LTA). LTA said 77,920 vehicles were deregistered in 2008 the fewest since 1999. Those vehicles, mainly passenger cars, were either exported or sent to
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      889 17  -  That’swhatGovt should do to help ailing property market, say some analysts. But is that wise for rental market? REPORT: DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg HERE’S a novel idea for the Government to tackle the bearish property market: Do nothing. It may border on lunacy to ask for nothing, absolutely nothing, when
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      Lock icon Chinatown, redux
      678 18/19  -  Could Waterloo Street be the next hub for all things Chinese? REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg ON the tiled streets outside Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple in Waterloo Street, religion and commerce mix freely. Old women wearing straw hats sit behind stalls full of flowers for devotees to
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      Lock icon ‘My duty was to care for the horse’
      602 20  -  Trainer being sued for 1.35m says: REPORT: ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg HE noticed the racehorse was sore in the leg and limping. As a trainer, he said it was his duty to care for it. Horse trainer Steven Harold Burridge said this was
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      Lock icon Witness: Treatment apt but best to check with vet
      199 20 DEFENCE witness Dr Russell Glenn Robertson-Smith told the court earlier that the use of anabolic steroids to treat King And King was appropriate. But the Australian veterinary surgeon added that the best person to verify this would be the vet who
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      Lock icon Training for grassroots leaders will be reviewed
      144 21 FROM JOAN PEREIRA ACTING DIRECTOR (FAMILY LIFE ACTIVE AGEING) FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PEOPLE”SASSOCIATION Detecting mental health problems I WOULD like to thank Miss Porsche Poh and Dr Ang Yong Guan for their views on training grassroots volunteers so that potential mental health
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      23 21 FROM READER KISHURE KUMAR RAINBOW RIDE: This colourful bicycle was spotted at Little India along Campbell Lane. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      157 21 1 TRADE and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang told Parliament that more than 30,000 jobs will be created this year. This will be enough to give jobs to fresh graduates and new job-seekers. However, Mr Lim said it would be tough to give an
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      58 21 E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number(preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to archive,
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      Lock icon How to enforce no-smoking law island-wide?
      142 21 FROM READER RICHARD TAY IREFERtothearticle“Stubbornsmokers refusetostop”(TheNewPaper,15Jan). Smoking is prevalent not only in hospitals, but everywhere in lifts, toilets, stairways and even offices. Such inconsiderate behaviour surely causes a lot of irritation to non-smokers, not to mention potential health or fire risks. While the law
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      30 22 How can we make the BringYourOwnBagday campaign more successful in Singapore? “Insteadofjust somesupermarkets,more outletsshouldbe encouraged to participate in this. That way, Singaporeans willbe moreexposed to it.” ChristinaAnthony, 33, accountant.
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      74 22 CantheS’poreeducationsystemmanagewithoutprivatetuition? “Whyforcestudents into packed classrooms where they end up learning nothing when their parents can afford private tutors who can ensure that they learn?” jiatian1979 “Noamount oftuition will makeyou a top student if you do not desire to become one. And if a child desires to be
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      34 22 Got a seasonal greeting or special message for someone close? Want to reach out to former colleagues, classmates? Send us your picture message: tnpforum@sph.com.sg thenewpaper 2nd-most read English paper daily (Nielsen Media Index ’08)
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      Lock icon Sexy poses with 19 men
      664 24  -  REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg ISsheanout-of-controlwildchild?That’s the question being asked of Winnie Cheng the daughter of veteran Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng. The19-year-oldrecentlypostedphotosofherposing with19differentmenon herpageonsocialnetworking siteFacebook. Winnie is Adam’s daughter from his current marriagetoretiredTaiwaneseactress,EveGoon. He was previously married to the late Hong Kong comedianLydiaSum. The Facebook
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      Lock icon She turns kopitiam kaypoh for aunty role
      510 25  -  Heartland housewives help Yeo YannYann prepare for role REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg HOW do you play a character who’s mid-dle-aged, married and a mother of a teenager? When you happen to be none of the above in reallife,thewisestthingtodo,asYeoYannYannfound out, is to people-watch.
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      Lock icon The scene-setters
      751 26/27  -  THEY may be showbiz newbies but they are bent on making an impression. HO LIAN-YI and CHARLENE CHUA suss out the nominees for Newcomer of the Year. HO LIAN-YI, CHARLENE CHUA 1. Chen Meixin, singer/actress, 22 Claim to F(l)ame: Two years ago, she was working as a personal
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      Lock icon The scene-stealers
      707 26/27  -  IT’Snotaboutjustbeingintheleadrole– it’saboutarolethatmakespeoplesitup. You don’t have to be Mr Nice-Guy, look dashing or pretty, as nominees for Breakthrough Performance of the Year prove to MAUREEN KOH and CHARLENE CHUA. MAUREEN KOH, CHARLENE CHUA 1. Chen Hanwei, actor, 39 Claim to F(l)ame: In By My Side, he plays Chen Bufan,
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        Lock icon Not all women want to be picked up
        474 28  -  MINDY TAN tnp@sph.com.sg SOME people take partying too seriously. I say, don’t. Don’tassumeallwomenarewaitingtobepicked upanddon’tlabelallmenasplayers.Withsuchmyopic views, the world will never move along. A friend related his brother’s disapproving stance whenhisgirlfriend insistedon goingoutclubbing: “He assumes all women who go to such places are sluts
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        125 28 IFYOU’RE into cyclingand food, here’s a chance to attend a personal cycling training clinic and a sumptuous dinner date with two of the biggest names in the sport. Just spend $2,000 on your OCBC credit cards from 20 Jan to 16 Feb and you
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      508 38 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK SPARINGLY-RACED Dragon World showed up earnestly at Kranji yesterday morning. Ridden by jockey Danny Beasley, the John Meagher-trained four-year-old New Zealand-bred stretched out keenly over 600m on the Polytrack in 36.3sec. The going was good. Dragon World scored by a big margin in a
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      219 38 CLASS 2 1,600m: El Marroqui 39.6. Holtmail? (Fradd) 34.9. Lim’s Connection (Cahill) canter/44.8. El Sordo? canter/40.6. CLASS2 1,200m:WorldExcellence? (Cahill) canter/38.1. Amadeus Mozart? 34.9. Husonic? (Saimee) canter/44.8. BeauBrummel(Saifudin)36.1.Jolie’sShinju? ?(Gallagher)canter/36.2. Monday:BladeLiger? ?andZizou? 38.9 together. CLASS 3 1,400m: Sky Raja 37.1. Tuxedo Moon? (Powell) 37.4. Golden
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      504 38 BRIGHT PRINCE geared up for a comeback win in the Lucky Star Stakes for Class 3 sprinters over 1,200m on Monday with a brilliant trial yesterday. With a track rider up, the three-year-old gelding by Val Nistelrooy beat his stablemate City Vision
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      570 39  -  TIPSANDCOMMENTSBYGERMAINEMAHARAJ TIPSANDCOMMENTSBYGERMAINEMAHARAJ GERMAINE MAHARAJ RACE 1 (1,000m) Speed Warp (No. 4) should hold Alpharhythm (8), Cheers Captain (1) and Where’s Shebeen (5) on her penultimate effort. But Cheers Captain, who was only less than half-a-length behind her, looked to have needed that run and should go
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      587 39  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg TRAINER John Meagher will be introducing a former Australian Group One campaigner at the Chinese New Year meeting in Kranji on Tuesday. Called Formula One Racer, the four-year-old gelding by Anabaa out of Primrose Sands ran 10th of 20 runners in
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      518 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD 6.45Race1 MaidenPlate(F&M)-1000M 1 CHEERSCAPTAIN SCormack (16) 58 2 CHICKEN ADelpech (11) 58 3 FLASHALONG MByleveld (12) 58 4 SPEEDWARP MPillay(-4) (9) 58 5 WHERE'SSHEBEEN RDanielson (8) 58 6 LAKEVICTORIA JSoll(-4) (15) 58 7 NOBLEPARK SRandolph (2) 58 8 ALPHARHYTHM AMgudlwa(-4) (3)
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      1064 40 RACE 1 (1,650m) Veteran Dashing Champion (No. 8) has yet to run a bad race in seven runs this term and acts best nowadays over the 1,650m. He’s drawn well on a tight course and deserves to win. In-form Evergreen (5) has to negotiate an
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      688 40  -  GOING FORECAST: GOOD Tips and comments by Phillip Phillip Woo courtesy of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. RACE1 CLASS4 1650M TIME:7:15 Stakes:HK$625,000(Qtt) NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 BOLDCHAMPION PFY ODoleuze 133 10 2 AMAZINGFORTUNE KWL BPrebble 131 9 3 FRIENDSHIP CSS
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      Lock icon Million-dollar driver for sensational Ryo
      200 41 JAPANESEschoolboysensationRyoIshikawawillbeaidedinhisbidtobreakthroughontheworldstagebyanewmillion-dollardriver. The 17-year-old will test the club, which cost Japanese sports maker Yonex 100 million yen ($1.7m) to develop,andcouldboosthisdistance off theteeto350 yards,duringthe2009season. “Theballfeelslightersomehow,”saidIshikawa. “It’s a strange feeling. I’ve never hit it so far. I can havearealgoatdriving350yardsnow.” Ishikawa,whohelpedAsiabeatEuropetoclaimthe Royal Trophy earlier this month, became the youngest
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      479 41 WORLD No. 2 Sergio Garcia leads an array of stars at the Qatar Masters beginning in Doha tomorrow but the focus will be on Australian Adam Scott who is hoping to win the title for the third time in as many appearances. Former
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      Lock icon Williams sisters look dominant
      672 42 / 43 SERENA and Venus Williams looked in ominous form as they powered through the first round of the Australian Open yesterday. Serena overpowered China’s Meng Yuan 6-3, 6-2 while older sister Venus downed Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-3,6-3. However Russia’s Elena Dementieva struggled against an unheralded opponent. Dementieva,
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      794 42 / 43  -  BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg EVEN as we prepare to welcome in the Year of The Ox, a bull put on a show at the Australian Open. Welcome Rafael Nadal, the Spanish steer. Yes he, with the rippling biceps, legs like oak saplings and a neck that would
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      315 42 / 43 FORMER great Lleyton Hewitt refused to consider retiring and vowed to battle back into the top 10. This is despite crashing out of the Australian Open winless for the first time since 2002 yesterday. The two-time Grand Slam champion, 27, who is returning from hip surgery,
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      566 44 / 45  -  The New Paper kicks off our build-up to the newFormula One season starting 29 Mar in Australia ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT THEPICTURESabovesayitall.Doesn’t Ferrari’s newly-launched F60 car for this year’s Formula One championship challenge look like some kind of ridiculously-expensive carbon-fibre road sweeper? Especiallyifyoulookatitlow,andstraight intheface? All
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      354 44 / 45  -  TheNewPaper’sFormulaOneanalystLukeNetto breaksdownFormulaOne’snewrulesbylooking atFerrari’snewly-launchedF60 LUKE NETTO npsports@sph.com.sg A RAFT of new rules for next season is intended to make F1 more exciting. Theserulesaresupposedtoencourageovertakingbyreducingtheeffectofaerodynamicsonperformance– suchaswhenfollowinganothercar–andstoringbrakingenergytosupplyaboostofacceleration. LUKENETTOSAYS:Overthelastdecadeorso,FormulaOne’sworldrulingbodyFIA’sefforttocut costs and make cars as even as possible has resulted in overtaking becoming extremely tough. The changes this year see the return
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      169 44 / 45 THE KINETIC Energy Recovery System (KERS) gives drivers the ability to enjoy an extra 80 horsepower for 6.6 seconds every lap. This is supposed to help them overtake rivals and make F1 more exciting. How does it work? BMW Sauber’s test and reserve driver Christian
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      167 44 / 45 Wire Services WHILE all their rules have stolen the headlines so far, Formula One seems to have dropped one new rule silently. That is the requirement for engines to last three successive races this season. Article 28.4 of the 2009 sporting regulations, posted on the FIA
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      1137 46 / 47  -  Following Liverpool’s1-1 draw with Everton, footballanalyst TOHARIPAIJAN tellsARUNRAJ whyRafaBenitez wastoblamefor thedroppedpoints LIVERPOOL 1 Gerrard (68) EVERTON1 Cahill (87) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg THOSE Rafa-spots are back again. The tell-tale red blotches that mark the Liverpool manager’s face when he loses his temper have gatherered their reinforcements and
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      192 46 / 47 INVISIBLE MAN HOWdid Tim Cahill sneakthroughthe Liverpool defenceundetected?He’s theirbest playerand he alwaysscoreswith headers! There’sonly one explanation.David Moyeshas had himfitted with a cloakingdevice. UNLUCKY RAFABenitezattempted tocrowbar RobbieKeane and FernandoTorres into a4-4-2but itjust didn’t work.Keanescurried aroundchasing everything, but whena substitutionwas madeafter 67 minutes,who wasit had tocome off?Of course, itwas Keane.Poor
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      Lock icon Victory For Football? No way
      626 49  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg FINALLY, someone listened to Kaka. Throughout this entire silly episode, the Brazilian midfielder has begged and pleaded with the AC Milan management not to sell him to Manchester City. He has told them that he wants to stay and
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      371 49 LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL Wire Services ONE WOULD think that at 4-1, Tottenham Hotspur can all but consider themselves in the League Cup final. Try telling that to the two teams contesting tonight’s semi-final second-leg tie. In the first leg, the Championship outfit led
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  • Sports EPL Betting
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      Lock icon Losses covered as United, Chelsea grind out wins
      670 48  -  Bottom clubs West Brom and Blackburn also bring joy to punters BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg LIKE that bunny running on batteries, you plug on and you plug on. No let-up. No coming up for air. Rat-a-tat-a-tat you drum a rhythm. If you can
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      Lock icon Kaka: I listened to my heart
      585 50 PA Sport KAKA says he has “listened to his heart” in deciding to stay at AC Milan, rather than accept a record-breaking move to Manchester City. The Premier League club’s audacious bid to sign the Brazilian star in a £107 million ($235m) deal collapsed
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      Lock icon Robinho vows to return
      229 50 PA Sport ROBINHO insists he is happy at Manchester City and that he left the club’s training camp in Tenerife to return to Brazil for family reasons. The former Real Madrid forward left the Canary Islands on Monday amid speculation he stormed out following the club’s
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      Lock icon Bellamy for Man City
      109 50 PA Sport WEST Ham striker Craig Bellamy completed his reported £14-million ($29.5m) move to Manchester City on a four-and-a-half year contract after passing a medical on Monday. The much-travelled Wales forward (right) had demanded a transfer to Tottenham on Friday after rejecting the offer of a
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      91 51 LEAGUE CUP (Semi-finals, 2nd leg) Tomorrow: BURNLEY v TOTTENHAM Can Luka Modric score for Spurs in the League Cup tomorrow morning? Ch 27,3.45am FA CUP (4th rd) Saturday: HARTLEPOOL v WEST HAM Ch 24,8pm Sunday: MAN UTD v TOTTENHAM Ch 24,1am KETTERING TOWN v FULHAM Ch 24,10.55pm *Programmetimessubjecttochange COPA
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      39 51 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 2nd RD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo (left), seeded No. 20, beat Belarussian Olga Govortsova in her first match. Tomorrow: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 2nd RD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Friday: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 3RD RD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm
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      338 51 TENNIS: DEFENDING champion Novak Djokovic and Swiss second seed Roger Federer play their second-round matches in the Rod Laver Arena in the Australian Open men’scompetitiontoday. Djokovic will take on Frenchman Jeremy Chardy while Federer plays Russian Evgeny Korolev. Seventh-seeded American Andy Roddick is also in action, taking
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      134 51 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers SINGAPOREvJORDAN When: 28 Jan Time: 7.30pm Venue: Singapore National Stadium Ticketing details: Grandstand $10, Gallery $6 (adult), $2 (student/senior citizen)* Only applicable for secondary school, ITE& Junior College students with proof of valid concession passes; Senior Citizens must be 60 years and above as
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    270 52 Kaka rejects move to Man City, Robinholeavestrainingcamp Wire Services ENGLISHPremiershipclubManches-ter City suffered a double blow yesterday. First Brazilian star Kaka, who watched AC Milan fans chanting outside his home begging him to stay at their club, decided not to move to Manchester City despite a recordbid. Then
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