The New Paper, 23 January 2009

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      Lock icon SCDF to get new medical chief
      704 2  -  News comes amid exchange between neuroscience chief, MOH and SCDFon heartpatients’care REPORT: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg IS THE chief of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) being replaced? The question arose after Dr Lee Wei Ling referredtoherdiscussionwiththe“incoming SCDF chief” in a Straits Times report yesterday.
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      Lock icon Tissue paper peddlers still make money
      583 3  -  Despite lean times, they say generous S’poreansstill buy donate Joanna Hor Peixin –JoannaHorPeixin,newsroomintern TIMES may be hard, but Singaporeans have not stopped giving. We’re talking about our “uniquely Singapore” tissue paper aunties and uncles, of course. To a certain extent, they have become a
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      Lock icon $5,000 fine for peddlers
      106 3 UNDER the Environmental Public Health Act, individuals caught peddling tissue paper can be fined up to $5,000. Repeat offenders can be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to three months, or both. Under the Destitute Persons Act, offenders can be charged for begging. If convicted, they
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      34 2 Economic growth The wors< it the harde: I figh Look out for our stories on resilient S'porean families in our Chinese New Year edition The only paid English newspaper on 2nd day of CNY
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      Lock icon White-collar workers prefer handphones
      233 4 DESK PHONES ON THE WAY OUT BY 2013, 40 per cent of white-collar knowledge workers will no longer have desk phones (right). Instead, they will use their mobile phones either personal or company issued to make and receive phone calls, said research firm Gartner. Because they
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      Lock icon DBS to help borrowers tide over financial crisis
      91 4 HELPING borrowers to tide over the financialcrisiswillbeDBSBank’stop priority, said its chairman Koh Boon Hwee yesterday. What a borrower should do is to approach the bank early before problems crop up. Otherwise, there is a limit to what the bank can do to
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      Lock icon Flyer’s reopening by Chinese New Year up to police
      105 4 TESTIN G of new back-up systems at the Singapore Flyer is expected to be completed today, but whether it will reopen by Chinese New Year will depend on the authorities, said its management yesterday. Reporters were shown the set-up of a
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      Lock icon Ex-Citibank manager fined for taking clients’info to UBS
      94 4 THE first of seven ex-Citibank employeeswhotookclients’ information before joining rival UBS was fined $173,000 yesterday. Low Siok Liang, 34, now unemployed, pleaded guilty to 20 charges of abetting her assistant, Valarie Lim Ming, HueytotakecustomerdatafromCitibank’scomputer database. She also admitted to abetting another colleague,
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      Lock icon Woman bus driver jailed & fined $2,000 for road rage
      129 4 Woman bus driver jailed fined $2,000 for road rage A WOMAN who retaliated when she was spat at was jailed for a week and fined $2,000 yesterday for causing hurt to a man. Li Ah Lan, 47, a self-employed school bus driver, admitted to hurting Mr Mohamed Faisal Hanif, 34,
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      Lock icon SLOW & STEADY:
      24 4 SLOW STEADY: SLOW&STEADY:Workers helped guide a new back-up generator as it being lowered onto the roof of the Singapore Flyer Building yesterday. PICTURE: REUTERS
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      Lock icon I’m old, sick, but I can still give
      539 5  -  Cultural medallion recipient is determined to help underprivileged despite her ill health REPORTS:BENSONANG BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg SHE stopped dancing when her husband, theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun, died from liver and kidney cancer in 2002, at the age of 63. But former
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      Lock icon Reaching youths with Indian dance
      267 5 MRSSanthaBhaskar knowswhat’s itliketo havelittle direction in life. That’swhy shehas asoft spotfor the girlsatthe Andrew and Grace Home. The home houses girls between the ages of 12 and 19 who are pregnant, abused, young offenders, or from troubled homes. Mrs Bhaskar, 69, will be conducting free
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      Lock icon Under $20.5b brolly
      726 6 / 7 As you cower under the worst economic stormsinceSingapore’sindependence, here’ssomeshelterfromtheGovernment “Theweather is so bad andwe’ve always said the reserves are for a rainy day. If this is not a rainy day,Idon’t knowwhat isa rainy day.” SeniorMinister GohChok Tong, Sunday 18Jan CASE STUDY Low-income households and those with elderly
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      Lock icon Brolly to save jobs
      521 8 / 9 Your company is your shelter, but what can be done to protect your company–andthus your job? As Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam puts it, the help package is targeted at helping the man in the street maintain his rice bowl. Here’showyoucan preserve your job: “Whentheenvironmentwas favourable,we upgraded
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      Lock icon Turn brolly upside down to get...
      392 10 / 11  -  Recession clouds will be seeded with money to help businesses here. Lookandyou’llfindmoneyfallingallover the town. So be sure that your umbrella is upside down, as the pop song goes. Here are highlights of the help package: REPORTS:NG NC TZE YONG, LOW CHING LING, LEDIATI TAN
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      Lock icon Let’s share brollies, folks
      394 10 / 11  -  STREET TALK COMMENT:SMURALI S MURALI muralis@sph.com.sg THE nation’s brolly has been unfurled. And it’s a large one all $20.5b of it. Enough to span the island and offer cover for citizens and businesses here. Buthere’s whythisisstill not enough. The Government can create rain shelters with taxpayers’money
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      Lock icon S’pore’s own world heritage site?
      1037 12 / 13  -  TiongBahru among the nominees by newFacebook groupforS’pore’sfirstUnescoWorldHeritageSite REPORT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg THE buzz to find a new national icon, one to match the Angkor Wats and Taj Mahals of the world, is growing. A little over a year ago, Singapore rejoined Unesco, the United
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      Lock icon It’s like going from Xbox to Atari
      601 14 / 15 US President Obama has busy first day at office (see pictures), but his aides have even busier time dealing with low-tech White House NEWUSPresidentBarackObamastartedhisfirstdayintheOvalOfficeat8.35amonWednesdaywithmilitary-likeprecision. 8.45am: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel briefedhim. 9.10am:First Lady Michelle Obama joined the president in the Oval
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      Lock icon Cabby rapes woman, then demands payment
      526 16 A MALAYSIAN taxi driver raped his woman fare, then had the temerity to ask her to pay up for sending her home. A 28-year-old salesgirl had boarded the taxi after leaving work at a Bandar Utama shopping plaza in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, at about
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      Lock icon Pitt gets Oscar nod
      330 17 Actor nominated for role in film about reverse ageing AP ROMANTIC fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led Academy Awards contenders yesterday with 13 nominations, among them best picture and acting honours for Brad Pitt and Taraji P Henson, and a directing slot for David
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      Lock icon CHANGE IS ON THE CARDS:
      43 18 CHANGEISONTHECARDS:Cheergroup“TheHeard” wearing US President Barack Obama masks as they watch a match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. The 300-strong group were wearing green and gold face paint, T-shirts and Chinese wicker hats. PICTURE: REUTERS
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      Lock icon AIG seeks buyers for Asian life assurance unit
      304 18 INSURER HOPES TO RAISE $29 BILLION Reuters AMERICAN International Group Inc (AIG) has kicked off the sale of its Asian life assurance unit in the hope of raising up to US$20 billion ($29 billion) to help repay a US government loan, the
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      Lock icon Chinese milk scam duo face death, Sanlu’s ex-boss gets life
      93 18 CHINA sentenced two men to death andimposedlifeinprisononSanlu’s former head for their involvement in the tainted-milk scandal that claimed the lives of at least six babies, Xinhua news agency said. Sanlu’sformerchairwomanTianWenhuawas sentenced to life. Zhang Yujun, who made and sold melamine-laced
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      Lock icon Intel to shut two plants in Penang, no lay-offs
      98 18 US CHIPMAKER Intel Corporation is planning to close two of its assembly test facilities in Bayan Lepas, Penang, but said the 1,000-plus affected employees would not be laid off. Whencontacted,Intel’scorporate affairs manager in Penang, Ms Loo Cheng Cheng, said thetwoaffectedfacilitieswerethecompany’solderand smaller
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      Lock icon China’s economic growth falls sharply in last quarter
      108 18 Reuters CHINA’S economic growth slumped to 6.8 per cent last quarter. It dragged down the pace of expansion for all of last year to a seven-year low of 9 per cent. Fourth-quarter growth in gross domestic product, measured from a year earlier,
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      28 19 FROM READER AZMAN BIN MOHD YATIM WHO TOOK MY EGG YOLK? Our reader was surprised to see an egg without a yolk. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      Lock icon 3 HOT TOPICS YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
      151 19 1 THE Singapore economy is tipped to contract by between -5 and -2 per cent this year, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. A 5 per cent slump this year would be the Republic’sworst, beating the record of-3.8 per cent seen in
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      Lock icon Civil servants should be more sensitive
      110 19 PETER HO HEAD, CIVIL SERVICE REACTIONS TO PERMANENT SECRETARY’SHOLIDAY I THANK everyone who has given views on PermanentSecretaryTanYongSoon’sarticle. The Civil Service agrees with the sentiments expressed by several of the writers that while what Mr Tan does on holiday is his personal decision, civil
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      150 19 BOKPITZEE GROUP CONSTITUENCY MANAGER PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION for BEDOK CONSTITUENCY OFFICE WEREFERtoMrTooEngKiat’sletter“Stranger left $150 voucher in letter box” (The New Paper, 16 Jan). We empathise with Mr Too on the difficult period he is going through, being unemployed for several months and having to take care
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      Lock icon Try to find homes for unwanted animals
      268 19 DEIRDRE MOSS (MS) EXECUTIVE OFFICER SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IREFERtotheletter,“Catsarefine,butspare thoughtforotheranimalstoo”(TheNewPaper, 14 Jan) in which the writer Mr Mohd Amiruddin Bin Reduan urged the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to revise the current system of
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      41 20 Is it fair for shops to impose Chinese New Year surcharges “Definitelynot.I don’t think it’s necessary to charge that extra bit just because of a festive period. It is still the same product or service that isbeingoffered.” MrVijayKumar, 36,managing director
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      53 20 On how to stop commuters eating and drinking on public transport: “Thepublic transport operators are already giving talks in schools about safety in using the transport system and they can easily include the topicon‘no eatingand drinking’whileusing publictransport.” bartholomew1 “Peopledon’t careand eat while using public transport because nobody
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      60 19 YOUR VIEWS 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 and contact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right
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      93 20 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) Comfortable, air-conditioned spacious rooms. ESPN StarWorld cable vision. In-house movie channel. Complimentary beverage-making facilities. In-room IDD
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      Lock icon Ayumi bumps it up
      846 21  -  Singer’sdeepcleavage REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg IFYOU’VEgot it, flauntit. That seems to be the message from Japanese pop superstar Ayumi Hamasaki. The 31-year-old singer is fronting a new ad campaign for lingerie brand Wacoal. And her fans are buzzing about her generous cleavage being splashed all over
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        Lock icon Mariah sings her heart out...
        144 23 Whowas where,anddoing what? Here’sa round-upof the latest celebrity sightings in the region and Hollywood WHO:SingerMariahCarey(left),38 WHAT: NeighbourhoodInauguralBall, Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC WHERE: Careymayhavededicated her hit song Hero to US President Barack Obama at the Neighbourhood Ball on Tuesday night. Butinherhusbanddeejay NickCannon’s eyes, she will always
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        Lock icon ... while Angelina shows off new hairdo
        118 23 while Angelina shows off new hairdo WHO Actress Angelina Jolie (right), 33 WHERE: Berlin, Germany WHAT: All that adopting and charity work must be going to her head. Jolie showed off her bouffant new do at the premiereofboyfriend Brad Pitt’s newmovie The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button in Germany. The
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        Lock icon All dressed up for reunion dinner
        99 23 WHO: Kate Tsui, 29 WHERE: Hong Kong WHAT: Kate and her TVB colleagues had an early Chinese New Year reunion dinner on Tuesday at the Hong Kong TVstation’s annualartistes’ dinner. Kate, in particular, wowed her peers with a sexy black satin bustier gown. Also
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      621 24 / 25 THE Chinese New Year crush is hell for some, but it is the best experience for others. Nothing signals that the festive season is ahead than loud, happy music and being in the midst of a crowd. It willbeamadjamatthemallsfromtoday,soyou’llneed motivation to head to the
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        535 26 / 27 CANyouvisitDownUnderwithoutthecostgoingupandover?In Sydney, Australia’s largest city and one of its majordrawcards,someofthebestthingstodoandsee arefree,ornearlyso. HARBOR:FromthelandmarkSydneyOpera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge to towering skyscrapers, parks and multimillion-dollar mansions, SydneyhugstheglitteringazurewatersofPortJackson. Thebestwaytoseeitallisbyboat,thoughacharter cruise can cost thousands. Why not take one of the ferriesthatshuffleworkerstoandfromdowntown? From Circular
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      592 32 Why do we drink? Written by Wong Wei Chen Last week, we dealt with the issue of how to get over a hangover. I thought it might be interesting this week to explore the part before the hangover, that is, the night before you take the alcohol. No, I'm not
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      540 33 Let s gather r©f|cf< 'and ceiebv a t^te^ L J |/J||A J Because it symbolises great happiness and prosperity, yusheng is a popular dish during the Chinese New Year. Besides, how often can we "play with our food" by boisterously messing up a perfectly good looking dish? Since one can
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        861 43 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK IN-FORM Hi Jack looks set for his second win when he tackles the Class 4 Div 1 race over 1,400m next Tuesday. The Laurie Laxon-trained four-year-old New Zealand-bred looked fit as a fiddle at Kranji yesterday morning. No out to clock
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        301 43 Tatik can stay unbeaten in four starts NST UNBEATEN Tatik wrapped up preparations for a fourth straight success in Race 7 on Monday with a smart trial in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by jockey Vellaikannu Palanisamy, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred easily beat stablemate See Me (Race
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        149 44 YET to finish out of first three in seven starts, this consistent three-year-old is ready for win No. 4 tonight. The Michael Clements-trained French Deputy gelding is running fit and fresh from his domestic Group 3 success in the Stewards’ Cup over 1,400m on 21
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        1019 44 Going forecast: Good RACE1 MS 6.30 -1600m(SC) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 75-69 Horace 59 (53) TAffandi*c4 9 (6nzgDDragon-HoraceRacing) 2 0 NaughtyPrincess 59 (53) BWoodworth 12 (4nzmDesmondKoh-StCharles) 3 06 HappyWin 58.5 (52) EDaSilva 14 (4nzgDDragon-JW) 4 *****- Bombardier
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        172 44 JOCKEYS Matthew Kellady and Brethem Tai have been suspended on a chargeofcarelessridingatlastSunday’sKranjiraces. At the conclusion of an inquiry last Wednesday, Kellady pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding in that whilst riding Apache Junction in Race 8, passing the 200m, he made
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        331 45 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larty Foley RACE1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACER RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 8 Music Star 10 Grand Army 1 Big Moment Waipapa 9 Moonlight 1 Keep Away 1 Dragon World 5 Revolte 1 Star Sprinter
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        1481 45 RACE 1 (1,600m) 1 Horace???Debut run on turf over the mile in January last year was his best and not without a chance here. 2 Naughty Princess?Prefer the novel of the same name. 3 Happy Win??Showed some improvement at his last start but
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        1171 46 Associated Press RACE 1 (1,000m) 1 NICCONI (DA Hayes) 3c (2:1-0-1): Resuming. Impressive when scoring 3-len win (57.5kg) Gold In Dubai, Al’s Best Mate 1000m Sandown-Hillside 2yo Hcp 26 Apr on debut. Got back before running on hard for first-up nose, 21/2-len 3rd (55)
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        468 46 3:45Race1 Quartet VALLEYEVENTS.NET.AUHandicap 1000M 1 NICCONI BRawiller (1) 58 2 PENNYBANGER MRodd (7) 57 3 CARDINALVIRTUE KMcEvoy (3) 56.5 4 BRAIDEDGENERAL DDunn (4) 56 5 TWOHILLS AMallyon (10) 55.5 6 ANQUETIL DHolland (9) 55 7 EMMAPRINCESS CSymons (5) 55 8 MOONAMBEAU NHall (8) 55
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        462 47 Reuters A RED-HOT start gave American Pat Perez the perfect boost to winning his maiden PGA Tour title. The 32-year-old birdied six of the first seven holes on his way to an early one-shot lead after the first round of the Bob Hope Classic on Wednesday.
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        289 47 AFP SWEDEN’S Henrik Stenson fired a sizzling six under par-66 to take the early clubhouse lead in the US$2.5 million ($3.75m) Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club yesterday. The UAE resident, who missed the cut last week at the Abu Dhabi Championship, lived up
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        600 48/49 Reuters VENUS Williams suffered a shock defeat at the hands of a fluid and free-hitting Carla Suarez Navarro last night, falling 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the second round of the Australian Open. The seven-time Grand Slam champion, shimmering under the lights in a canary-yel-low dress,
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        117 48/49 Reuters EVEN though his bulging biceps have temporarily disappeared from view, Rafael Nadal is still flexing his muscles at the Australian Open. The Spaniard provided another powerful statement of his intentions when he crushed Croatia’sRokoKaranusic 6-2, 6-3,6-2 in the second round on Thursday. “Thatwas agood result,I won
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        845 48/49  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg SERENA Williams gave herself a D minus for performance, after she struggled to put away Argentina’s Gisela Dulko in the second round of the Australian Open yesterday. And, if there was a report card on Elena Dementieva, I would give her an A plus
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        Lock icon Bring back the old Nadal
        101 57 Reactions over the Internet to Rafa Nadal’snewlookhavebeenmainly negative. Here are some of them “SorryNadalfans,butmyimageofa‘fightingbull’oncourt hasbeendestroyedwiththese‘SesameStreet’clothes.Next thingyouknow,they’llreplacethebullonhisshoeswitha pinkunicorn.Idon’tlikeit,anddemandthe‘oldNadal’ comebackimmediately.” –Drakulie “IfIwereaconspiracytheorist,IwouldsaythatFed[Roger Federer] and Nike are changing the bull and raw image of Nadal to a more easy and tender one so the first one does not
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        Lock icon In Singapore,the women are more curious about the reason behind the change of outfit than the outfit itself
        349 57 “I’mnotbothered aboutthe outfit, I’mmore curiousastowhy he had to ditch the previous look. “Ican’tquiteunderstand whyhe needstochangesomething that’s going for him. Maybe he has a bad tattoo he wants to hide. Or maybe he
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        447 50 PeteJensononwhat’shappeninginLaLiga, oneofEurope’smostexcitingleagues TOP OF THE WORLD SAMUEL ETO’O, Leo Messi and Thierry Henry have now scored 41 goals between them for Barcelona this season that is more than every other team in any of the major European leagues apart from Chelsea in the Premier, Hoffenheim in Germany, and
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        144 50 TheonesthatusedtoplayforRealMadrid,theonewhocurrentlyplaysforRealMadrid... and the one who might be playing for them next season 1 ROBINHOwentonstrikeatSantossothat he could get a move to Real Madrid. Then he went on strike at Real Madrid to win a move to England. Is he about to do it again? This weekheleftManchesterCity’straining ground
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        Lock icon Robinho enjoying City life
        331 51 Wire Services THEREisnorift.Robinhoinsistshedoesnothaveany problems with Mark Hughes and fully respects the Manchester City manager’sdecisions. The Brazilian striker is currently back in his homeland after leaving City’s trainingcampinTenerifeonMondaynight. RobinhohasreturnedtoBrazilforpersonal reasons, but reports have claimed he stormed out of the camp after the club’s failure to sign compatriot
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        Lock icon Chelsea’s Ivanovic in demand
        317 51 Wire Services CHELSEA’S£9million($18.6m)flopBranislav Ivanovic is a target for Manchester City and Inter-Milan. The Serbia international has been at Chelsea for a year but has started only six Premier League games for the Blues as fourth-choice centre-back behind John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho and Alex. His agent Vlado
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        351 51 Wire Services KAKA might not have been too interested in Manchester City’s vision of the future but Nigel de Jong cannotwaittobeginhis“newadventure”. When executive chairman Garry Cook attempted to outline just what the Sky Blues’ owners had planned for Eastlands, he was met with blank
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        225 52/53 LETTER OF THE WEEK The majority of our readers expect Andy Murray to challenge Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as well as Jelena Jankovic to keep her No. 1 ranking. Our Letter of the Week winner summarises these sentiments poetically BEHOLD!2009willbeayearoftwistsandturns,Forgiantswillseeandtheywilllearn,A budding talent is
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          66 52/53 THE RISING young female stars will come forth as gold this year and Caroline Wozniacki has the best prospects. This week in Sydney, she held match points against Serena Williams before losing. That experience would have heightened her confidence. She possesses a killer backhand and
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          Lock icon Jankovic to get better, beware Murray
          79 52/53 JELENA Jankovic has lungs, legs and a great coun-ter-puncher. She has absorbed and learnt a lot last year and she will surely get better results this year. Andy Murray showed he means business in the Middle East tournaments. He has a great support team
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          80 52/53 THE CURRENT world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic will make the biggest impact as she tries to break her Grand Slam duck this year. With Justine Henin’s retirement, the ageing Williams sisters, the slide of fellow compatriot Ana Ivanovic and the Russian contingent yet to hit
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          Lock icon Nadal to reign supreme
          70 52/53 RAFAEL Nadal will carry on his dominance on the circuit from last year on to this year. Victorious at Wimbledon last year, the “King of Clay” is likely to capture another hardcourt Grand Slam title this year. With all Grand Slam matches played over the best
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          Lock icon Look out for Safina
          76 52/53 I RECKON 22 year-old Dinara Safina will be the one to watch this year. Born into a tennis family, the Russian has displayed a high level of tennis and shown constant improvement. She is not only a powerful opponent in the singles but also a force
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          Lock icon Men to share Slams
          83 52/53 LIKE the Big Four in the Premier League, we have the Big Four in men’s tennis with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, although Murray has yet to impress at the Grand Slams. Federerwill rule the grass at Wimbeldon. Nadal will conquer all
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          Lock icon Venus to power to No. 1
          70 52/53 IT LOOKS unlikely that any single player will dominate this year. Although it appears that we will have more parity in women’s tennis, my prediction is for Venus Williams to shine. With her maiden triumph at Doha and her powerful all-court game, the Australian
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          Lock icon Murray too soon, Djokovictoo inconsistent
          68 52/53 ANDY Murray is the talk of the town, but he has yet to prove his prowess and worth on the big stage. He is for the future. Novak Djokovic started last year with a bang at Melbourne Park and faded off after that. He reappeared
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    • League Cup
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        Lock icon What a mish-mash of a win
        491 54  -  Semi-final, 2nd leg BURNLEY 3 Blake 34, McCann 73, Rodriguez 88 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 Pavlyuchenko 118, Defoe 120 (Spurs win 6-4 on aggregate) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg MICHAEL Dawson summed it up best in the post-match interview. Most players, having secured a
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        218 54 ELECTRIC WITHa numberofPremier LeaguemanagersatTurf Moor,the performanceofChris Eagles will nothave goneunnoticed. LikeArsenal reject SteveSidwell he seemsdeterminedtoclaw hisway back tothebig time.He maygetthere before Burnleyat thisrate. LION HEART OWENCoyle had calledfor the fansto liftthe roof and theymostcertainly did. The clubisgoing tohave togetsome structural engineers into checkthe load-bearingsupportsthismorning. Burnley’s supportersneverstoppedsinging, even when
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        Lock icon Are all their hearts with the club?
        630 55  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg TOO many big-name footballers are delivering small-time performances, especially at home where Spurs have only scored eight goals all season. There’snot enoughheart, not enough desire and not enough fight. You can’t blame Heurelho Gomes for the club’s under-achievement. He’s been
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        Lock icon 3 mins left...and Spurs survive
        559 56  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg FOR117minutes,theylivedthedream.TheromanceoftheLeagueCupwaswell and truly in the air as Burnley staged one of the greatest comebacks in Cup footballtotakeTottenhamHotspurintoextra time in their semi-final, second-leg tie on Wednesday. Before the game, Burnley manager Owen Coyle said that his side would need to “scale Everestandbeyond”toprogresstothefinal.
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      Lock icon New-look Nadal
      222 58 THE MUSCLES have taken cover. Rafa Nadal has ditched his trademark sleeveless tops and capri pants for T-shirts and above-the-knee shorts at this year’s Australian Open. And not everyone likes it. Sports bloggers and fan forums have been puzzled by his new attire, with at least one female
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        136 59 FA CUP (4 th rd) Tomorrow: DERBY v NOTTINGHAM FOREST Ch 24, 3.55am HARTLEPOOL v WEST HAM Ch 24, 8pm KETTERING TOWN v FULHAM Ch 24,10.55pm DONCASTER v ASTON VILLA Ch 23,10.55pm Sunday: MAN UTD v TOTTENHAM Ch 23,1am Can Man United’s Dimitar Berbatov (far right) find the net
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        Lock icon TENNIS/BLURB
        23 59 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 3RD RD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Tomorrow: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 3RD RD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Sunday: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 4THRD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm
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        134 59 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers SINGAPOREvJORDAN When: Wednesday 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 of2009
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        338 59 CRICKET: AUSTRALIA will take on South Africa in Sydneyfor theseries’third OneDay International (ODI) between the two sides. At the same time, Bangledesh will play Zimbabwe in Mipur. MOTOR-RACING: ROUND 4 of the A1 Grand Prix revs off today in Taupo, New Zealand, with Ireland leading the standings with
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      125 52/53 QUESTION OF THE WEEKEND WillLiverpoolcrackfurtherunderthetitle racepressure(whentheyvisitWiganonWednesday),orwilltheystoptherot,withManUnitedsufferingahiccupinstead(awayagainstWestBromonTuesday)? Theword limit is200wordsand the deadlineis10pmon Sunday. Postyourrepliesonline at tnppostman.comor e-mail to tnppostman@gmail.com,underthe title “DearPostman”. Forthosewhoe-mail, please include yourfullname, age, occupation,contact numberand favouriteteam,to be consideredfor prizes andpublication of views. Bloggers,goonline for separate instructions. LETTEROF THEWEEKEND PRIZE TheLetterof the Weekend willbe publishedon Tuesdays. Thewinner will receivea
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