The New Paper, 24 January 2009

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    18 1 the new paper 24 Jan 09 st a mwm Singapore Press WMM Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      221 1 ‘LITTLE BATAM’ AT HAIG ROAD Children’s playground by day Make-out haunt by PAGE 6 CHINA STUDENT IN VIRGINIA TECH KILLED IN HORROR ATTACK BEHEADEDATTACKPOLICEARRIVETOSEESUSPECT,ALSOACHINASTUDENT,HOLDINGUP 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008 POLICE ARRIVE TO SEE SUSPECT, ALSO A CHINA STUDENT, HOLDING UP HEAD IN CAMPUS CAFE PAGE 18 a PL 1FJ SJP
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      Lock icon It’s hurting us... SCRAP IT
      765 2/3  -  Bus and train fares expected to go down this year, so passengers and drivers ask why taxi firms are not dropping surcharges REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg WHENthetaximeterflashedthe$40fare,adver-tising executive Miss XJ Tan, 26, could hardly believehereyes. While she normally takes the train, she took a
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      Lock icon Changes in fare over time
      86 2/3 December 2007: Taxi fares were overhauled in a move led first by ComfortDelGro, which was followed by the other companies. Changes included: A 30-centsincrease in flag-down rate to $2.80. An increased city area surcharge from $1 to $3. A 35 per cent taxi surcharge duringpeak
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      Lock icon Petrol prices down, so lower the surcharges
      252 2/3 INthesecost-conscious times, it’shardly surprising that an overwhelming majority of Singaporeans polled by The New Paper felt that taxi surcharges should be reduced. Of 90 Singaporeans polled, 84 per cent felt that taxi surcharges should be decreased. Most felt that with the Budget easing
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      Lock icon So messy, so I punctured the tyres
      732 4  -  He’scaughtinactbybicycle owner but is released as he is 70 AMK bike vandal says: REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg FOR more than a year, a serial vandal had been tormenting cyclists in Ang Mo Kio by puncturing their bicycle tyres. Then earlier this week, the
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      Lock icon Keep private acts out of public places
      691 6/7  -  Haig Road residents say they also put up with loud foreigners, drunks, violent groups in public areas PLAY AREA BY DAY, MAKE-OUT CORNER BY NIGHT REPORT AND PICTURES: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg ANopenareainanHDBestateonHaigRoadisa children’s playground by day and a lovers’ hauntbynight. Onceit’sdark,it’scommontoseecouplesgatheringatquietspotsandinthesmallpavilionsinthe area.
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      Lock icon Would you scold couples getting cosy in public?
      341 6/7 STREET TALK COMMENT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF SHOULD residents help maintain the tone of their neighbourhood by speaking out when they see undesirable behaviour? One Haig Road resident thinks so. He said the blame for public acts of indecency should fall on residents
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      33 6/7 Meet the keropok eating champion Fascinating details about the new US president from his teacher and classmate in Indonesia Chinese New Year edition The only paid English newspaper on 2nd day of CNY
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      Lock icon FLOWERING FORTUNE:
      34 8 FLOWERINGFORTUNE:Cockscombflowers,infull bloom at this nursery at Upper Bukit Timah Road, create a spectacular view for train passengers. Cockscombs usually bloom around Chinese New Year, and symbolise growth and prosperity. PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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      Lock icon MM Lee: Budget meant to save jobs
      246 8  -  BUDGET’09 business.– ByCrystal Crystal Chan NOT over-generous but not ungenerous. That’s how Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (right) described this year’s Budget yesterday. He said the Government had to help the low-income workers and Singaporeans who have been retrenched. “The Budget is meant
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      Lock icon Steep fall in private home prices
      104 8 PRIVATE home prices dropped 6.1 per cent in the October to December period last year the biggest drop in a decade. This is worse than the earlier estimate of 5.7 per cent and follows a 2.4 per cent decline in the earlier quarter from
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      Lock icon Top up ez-link cards at ATMs and AXS stations
      126 8 COMMUTERS can now top up their ez-link cards at certain POSB and DBS Bank automated teller machines (ATMs) or at AXS stations. They can use 31 ATMs at Suntec City, Jurong Point and Rivervale Pla- za, among other places, for the
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      Lock icon Indian Heritage Centre to open in 2012
      111 8 SINGAPORE’s first Indian Heritage Centre will open its doors in 2012. It will be located in Little India, at the junction of Clive Street and Campbell Lane, on a 2,000 square foot plot of land. The government will provide most of the funding
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      Lock icon Club pays up after court seizes gear
      675 10  -  The Arena denies it’sinfinancial trouble after pay rowwith UK band REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg WITH labels bearing the courts’ logo stuck on various pieces of equipment to go on sale, it would seem that The Arena at Clarke Quay may become a marketplace.
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      Lock icon Aiming for an Olympic medal
      500 11  -  Teen shooter bags gold at Youth Olympic Fest Sing Keng Loon –SingKengLoon,newsroomintern HE may well be a medal hope for Singapore in the Youth Olympics next year. That is, if his current form is anything to go by. Tan Ting Yew, 14, a West Spring
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      Lock icon Australian Youth Olympic Festival
      150 11 THE fifth Australian Youth Olympic Festival was held from 14 to 18 Jan in Sydney. There were 2,200 athletes and officials from 23 countries at the festival. The competition, for aspiring young athletes, involved 17 sports. It serves as a prelude to bigger youth sports events
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      Lock icon M’sian man puts up with abusive, adulterous wife because...
      372 11 ALTHOUGH he earned RM10,000 ($4,200) a month, this man gets only RM20 every day. The reason? His wife controls his finances and gives him that amount as his daily allowance. Andthe wifehas gonefurther than that– she had an affair with another
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      Lock icon Yes, I know I can dance
      553 12  -  Wheelchairathleteaimstocompete with able-bodied ballroom dancers REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg SHE is a multiple gold medal-winning sportswomanwho can’twalk. Madam Lim Poh Eng has won gold and silver medals in wheelchair versions of tennis and track and field. Now she’s setting her sights on the seemingly
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      Lock icon The night is long and so are the queues
      675 14/15  -  CROWDS FLOCK TO 24-HOUR SUPERMARKETS ByHan Han Su-Ying newsroom intern. FANCY stocking up on groceries or buying extra tidbits just before your early morning football match starts? Late-night shopping is becoming such a hit with Singaporeans that major supermarket chains have
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      Lock icon Some 24-hour supermarkets
      64 14/15 Cold Storage Katong Mall Holland Village Jason’s Claymore Drive NTUC FairPrice Hypermart at Jurong Point Clementi Central Compassvale Link Shop N Save Bedok Market Place Bangkit Road Block 256 Hougang Plaza Ang Mo Kio Blocks 525 and Block 340 Yishun Block 102 and Block 293 Admiralty MRT
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      Lock icon S’pore style spellbinding
      617 16  -  Local magicians make waves on international circuit REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg TWO Singapore magicians are helping put Singapore on the world map. Come 31 Jan, magic duo JC Sum and Magic Babe Ning will be performing and lecturing on their particular brand of magic at the
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      97 10 Budget 2009 reactions Help has come, now banks employers must do their part ILT SINGAPORE CALLIGRAPHY LUCKY DRAW RESULTS $500 monthly lucky draw winners: Mar 08: Happiness, Eden Eyeland (IP) April 08: Northern Optician (BP), Better Vision (VC) May 08: Eye Werks,The Point (TP) June 08: Miramar Optical, Crystal (H)
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      Lock icon DOLL DARLINGS:
      28 17 DOLLDARLINGS:Dolls“SweetSasha”and“Marvellous Malia”,namedafterPresidentBarackObama’sdaughters,sit onthecounteratLamont’sgiftshopintheRitz-Carltonhotelon Thursday in Chicago, Illinois. The dolls are from the Ty Girlz collection made by Ty Inc, the makers of Beanie Babies. PICTURE: AFP
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      Lock icon Stem cell therapy trials to begin for spinal injuries
      248 17 WITH BUSH OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE... AFP AN American biotech firm is to carry out the first human trials of a therapy using embryonic stem cells, testing it on patients paralysed by spi-nal-cord injury. Geron Corp of Menlo Park, California,
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      Lock icon WHO opens formal line of communication with Taiwan
      99 17 Reuters THE World Health Organisation (WHO) opened a formal line of communication with Taiwan this month, a health official said yesterday, one of the clearest signs yet that the island's detente with political rival China is working. The WHO sent Taiwan a
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      Lock icon India bans imports of China toys for six months
      108 17 AFP INDIA banned imports of toys from China yesterday in an apparent bid to shield domestic manufacturers from cheap imports. “This restriction will remain in force for a period of six months,” said an official from the Directorate General of Foreign
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      Lock icon India’s prime minister to undergo bypass surgery
      99 17 Reuters INDIA'S Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undergo coronary artery bypass surgery today, after medical tests showed blockages were found in his arteries. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjeecouldtakeoverprime ministerial responsibilities while Mr Singh recovers from any surgery, a foreign ministry official said. Mr Singh
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      Lock icon Gruesome reminder of 2007 campus massacre
      238 18 / 19 ON 16 Apr 2007, student Cho Seung Hui, 23, fatally shot 32 people in a dorm and a classroom at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, then killed himself. The university in Blacksburg, Virginia, became the site of the deadliest rampage in US history. After killing
      PICTURES: AP  -  238 words
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      Lock icon He‘cuts off her head’after quiet chat over coffee
      717 18 / 19 THEattackwiththekitchenknifewassosavagethatitleftherheadsevered.When the police arrived, murder suspect Zhu Haiyang was holding the decapitated head of victim Yang Xin in his hands, according a search warrant affidavit filed by thepolice. “It was a horrific crime scene,” campus police chief Wendell Flinchum said of the
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      Lock icon All aboard the TRAIN OF PAIN
      564 20 / 21 Riding on China’strains just before CNY is a nightmare AFP EXHAUSTED, he stumbled off a decrepit train after 28 hours of standing up. Yet Mr Si Yuefeng was happy as the nightmare journey had finally brought him home for the Chinese NewYear. “No food,
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      168 22 Handwriting experts analyse US president BarackObama’ssignature OVERALL This is a bold, decisive signature that shows intelligence, fluidity and fast thinking, Mr Bart Baggett, atop handwriting expert, told New York Daily News. The style Obama uses for his signature is entirely different from the rest of his handwriting, another
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      Lock icon ‘Slide down the banister’
      371 22 BUSHTWINSGIVEADVICE TOOBAMA’SGIRLS INLETTER SLIDE down the banisters, and fill the White House with laughter. That was some of the advice former presidentGeorgeBush’s twin daughters had for for Malia and Sasha Obama. Barbara and Jenna Bush, 27, wrote them down in a letter they wrote to the
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      Lock icon Many will cut back on luxuries this year
      611 23  -  Andwe’renotjusttalkingabout low-incomeS’poreans ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN tnp@sph.com.sg SOit’snowofficial:2008wasn’ttoobada year, after all that is, when we look at things from the point of view of our average monthly household income fromwork. Significantly, the income gap in Singapore last year narrowed for the first
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      Lock icon ‘Economic Pearl Harbour’
      254 23 That’swhatUSis facing, says billionaire investor Warren Buffett AP BILLIONAIRE investor Warren Buffett has compared the current economic slump in US to the country being engaged in an “economicPearlHarbor”. He said this during an interview aired on Sunday on Dateline NBC. The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
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      13 17 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Cloudy High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High30˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Cloudy High32,21˚ Manila:Showers High29˚,Low24˚
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      366 18 / 19 For the first time in Asia we have a Men's Talk on DATING just for the MEN! v.;.;/ v. 9am V' Gather from MICHAEL MARK'S be a Man of Substance and get the Right Girl for Yourself! 14 February 2009 Why does a Quality Girl want to be with you?
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      20 24 / 25 FROM READER MOHD FEROZE NICEPOSE: Thistiredmantakinga snoozeatChangiAirport’sTerminal2, looks perfectly comfortable leaning on Ronald McDonald. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      Lock icon Let’s make our zebra crossings safer
      299 24 / 25 FROM READER LIEW KAI KHIUN ROAD SAFETY IT PAINS me to read of the tragic traffic accident involving a nine-year-old boy on Monday (“Boy run over by truck at zebra crossing”,TheNewPaper,21Jan). These crossings, supposedly to give right of way to pedestrians, have become potential
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      Lock icon 3 HOT TOPICS YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
      109 24 / 25 1 THE Singapore Budget unveiled on Thursday includes unprecedented measures to tackle what is shaping up to be the worst economic crisis in thenation’s history. In addition to tax breaks, individuals will get help to remain employable and companies to retain jobs. 2 AMERICAN
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      Lock icon Modified trains need to operate during off-peak hours
      245 24 / 25 BERNADETTE LOW MANAGER CORPORATE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SMRT CORPORATION LTD We thank Mr Kwok Dao Yang Jonathan for his suggestion to deploy trains with fewer seats only during peak hours (TNP, 8 Jan). We wish to explain that deploying trains with fewer
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      40 24 / 25 DoyouthinkSingapore canbeconsidereda FirstWorldcountry? “Ithink we are,in termsofliving environment– Singapore isa peaceful,stable andcleanplace to livein. We’vealsogot a good education system to teach the young. But what is lacking isthatwe can stilldo moreto helpthe poor inour society.” Jessica Oo, 40, secretary
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      Lock icon INTERNET HOT BITES
      94 24 / 25 Comments on parents who have no choice but to turn in their wayward children to the police: “I’mjustworried that this degenerates into a trend where parents decide to use the police as a crutch to compensate forbad parenting. Britain is already having this problem asit is.” darklighter10
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      Lock icon Born in S'pore Made it in M'sia
      874 26 / 27  -  Four years after his move to Kuala Lumpur, Aaron Aziz (left) has moved from doing bit parts to playing the leading man REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg WHEN he famously declared in 2004 that he was leaving our shores for better prospects in
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        Lock icon Unflattering photos a cry for attention?
        325 28  -  We round up the Internet sites or videos that people are talking about Seto Nu-Wen What’sthenoise: Several outtakes from a new setofMadonna’spublicitypictures have been leaked onto the Internet. The photos, which are creating a lot of buzz and reaction, show the 50-year-old singer dressed
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        Lock icon Gushing like Obama groupies
        254 28 What’sthenoise: So what are celebrities blogging about the biggest event of the week? No, not the new season of American Idol, but the inauguration of new and very hip President Barack Obama. Celebrities like Mischa Barton, Kim Kardashian and Fall OutBoy’sPeteWentz have pouredout theirpraisesfor their newly-minted
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        Lock icon Sevigny plays host for $75,000
        115 29 Moneymatters– evento stars. We cashin on the highs and lows of celebrity dough ACTRESS Chloe Sevigny can be bought for a high price. The Big Love star was paid a cool US$50,000 ($75,000) to host a New Year’s Eve party at the Gansevoort Hotel in
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        Lock icon Leo goes green with Tag Heuer
        107 29 HEART-THROB Leonardo DiCaprio will wear a US$4,000 ($6,000) Carrera Day-Date watch in new print ads for German watch brand Tag Heuer later this year. The 34-year-old actor replaces fellow hunkBradPittasthe watchmaker’s celebrity“ambassador”. But more than just a pretty face, DiCaprio’scampaign has acharitable side that
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        Lock icon Foxx ditches diamonds in protest
        53 29 MIAMIViceactor Jamie Foxxhas ditchedhis trademarkdiamond earringsto protestthe use ofconflict gemsin jewellery. jewellery. Theactor-singer famouslywearsbig stones in each ofhis ears. But41-year-oldnowsays hehasdecided to ditch real diamondsafter hewas educated aboutthe history of jewelsminedin war zonesandsold tofund conflictsor profitwarlords. Foxxrevealed in Imdb.com: “Inowwearcubic zirconia.I usedto wearreal diamonds,but there’s
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        Lock icon Sharon Osbourne wins libel suit
        99 29 OZZYOsbourne’swife, Sharon,hasaccepted libel damages from a British newspaper over a story aboutthe couple’s working relationship. Osbourne launched legal action against UK newspaper The Sun following a 2007 story which made a series of negative comments about her rolein her husband’s career. The56-year-oldwonher caseat London’sHigh Court
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        Lock icon GET IT UP
        601 30  -  Raisingyourfrontwheel– there are two ways to do it ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg CAN’Tgetitup?Feeling embarrassed whenever your buddies raise theirs in your face, while you fumble with yours? Well,thereis nothingtobeashamedof,particularly ifyou'reunabletoloftthefrontwheelofyourdirtbike. Raising your front wheel is a useful skill when you wanttoavoidobstaclesorbumpyterrain. It’salsoapreludetothewheelie,whereabikerrides ononlyhisrearwheel. Yet,proppingthefrontwheelupisn’tasdifficultasit seems. It becomes
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      13 26 / 27 WHAT MADE MISCHA CRY? Celebs blog about this week's biggest event PAGE 28
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      155 31 WATCH’EM Le Grand Chef (right) Star Chinese Movies (StarHub Ch 62), 9pm A talented young chef is persuaded to enter a national competition, where the prize is a rusty blade belonging to the last royal chef of the Chosun Dynasty. Starring Yim Won Hee, Lee Ha Na, Kim Kang Woo.
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      17 31 FOOD FIGHT: Ayoung chef entersa cooking competition towin an unusualprize in LeGrand Chef. PICTURES: GOLDENVILLAGE, MEDIACORPTV SURIA
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE C) RESULTS
        1092 42 GOING: GOOD Race1 MS(SC)1600m 9 CHILLI54c54.5(21-12) JPowell (14) 1 1 1 (469) 8 MUSICSTAR55c53(22-5) MEwe* (9) 4 2 2 (487) 1.25 4 BOMBARDIER57.5(68-23) PKnuckey (2) 6 7 3 (464) 3.25 14 DANCINGQUEEN50c49(700-161) MSuhaimi (6) 8 8 4 (399) 1.25 3 HAPPYWIN58.5(199-63) EDaSilva (12) 7
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        352 42  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg TRAINER Leslie Khoo opened his winning accounts for the season in style, landing a race-to-race double at Kranji last night. But it was no plain sailing for his winners Shimona’s Magic (Race 4) and Cepat Lari Wins (Race 5) as they
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        399 43 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK LIM’SCONNECTIONworkedwithgus-to at Kranji yesterday and can return to the winners’ circle now that he’s backon the turf. Ridden by race-jockey Michael Cahill, the Steven Burridge-trained five-year-old rannicely over600min 35.6sec. Thegoing wasgood. Lim’s Connection finished out of the first three at his last three starts, all on
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        675 43 RACE1-1600m(SC) C5 1.15 1 ElegantSpirit KBSoo (13) 57 2 SwiftStrike JLLi* (14) 57 3 Winniedun MarcusAu (1) 57 4 Lim'sSwing ELegrix (5) 56.5 5 BrightKnight MGallagher (8) 56 6 FlamingArrow AlanNg (15) 56 7 Get'EmGet'Em JSaimee (3) 56 8 Remy JPowell (2) 55.5
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        216 43 BLUE CENTRE looked in excellent shape yesterday in his winding-up preparations for the Success All The Way Stakes for Restricted Maiden horses over 1,200m in Race 1 on Monday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old colt just cantered one round on the sand
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        347 44 RACE1 1st 1 Nicconi ($12-$5) 2nd 3 Cardinal Virtue ($5) 3rd 10 Mr Daff ($30) 4th 4 Braided General. EOB $11. Forecast $6. Place forecast $3 (1-3), $18 (1-10), $16 (3-10). Tierce $189. Trio $82. Quartet $392. Scratchings: Anquetil, Moonambeau, Oceans Seven. RACE 2 1st
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        582 44 Going forecast: Good 11:51Race1 WESTSPEED2YOPLATE 1200M 1 8 3 6 1 XAARAVID JWhiting (2) 57.0 2 4 3 1 GODHASSPOKEN BParnham (3) 57.0 3 3 4 4 HIGHWAYROBBERY SO'donnell (6) 55.0 4 1 2 2 FYSTIVE TIkenushi (1) 55.0 5 4 6 IRISHACTION JNoske (4)
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        783 44 WESCAMERONANDMATNOWLANDPREVIEWTODAY’SASCOTMEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 2 God Has Spoken: Won in impressive style on debut and he looks to have class. Drawn well and, with any luck, he’llberightin the finish. 1 Xaaravid: The stable is in form and his last win suggests he has plenty of ability.
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        1013 45 RACE 1 (1,200m) Amazing Flyer (No. 3) and Elite Sixty-Six (4) are both coming off promising first-up runs earlier this month when second over the straight 1,000m and should get the extra 200m. Amazing Flyer, who had come home a full
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        916 45 GOINGFORECAST:GOOD RACE1 CLASS4 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$850,000(Qtt) NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 OURLUCKYBABY CHY YTCheng(-2) 131 9 2 KINGSTONWINNER TKN KTYeung(-5) 129 5 3 AMAZINGFLYER DEF GMosse 128 7 4 ELITESIXTY-SIX JM WCMarwing 126 6 5 AMNESTY CSS ZPurton 125 14 6 BLUEMAGIC
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        427 46 AFP RYOISHIKAWA took another step towards realising his biggest dream after he received a special invitation to play in the US Masters. The Japanese teen golf sensation will be 17 years, six months and 23 days old when he tees off at Augusta National Golf Club, having
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        375 46 AFP PAT PEREZ fired a nine-under 63 on Thursday to stretch his lead and set a 36-hole PGA record at the Bob Hope Classic. Perez (right) played without a bogey for the second straight day, taking his total in the five-round tournament to 20-under 124, the
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        187 46 Reuters JOSE Maria Olazabal will agree to captain Europe’s 2010 Ryder Cup team if he is asked to take on the role. “I truly believe he will say yes if he is offered the job,” said his manager Sergio Gomez. “His health condition over the last
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        238 46 AFP ANDREW Coltart continued his resurgence at the Qatar Masters yesterday by shooting a 69 and taking a one-shot lead over Spaniard Alvaro Quiros at the Doha Golf Club. The Scot, among the early starters, was lucky to finish his second round as steady rain began
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        596 47 AFP SERB fifth seed Ana Ivanovic tumbled out of the Australian Open yesterday, losing to Russian teenager Alisa Kleybanova 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 as her form slump continued. Ivanovic, the reigning French Open champion and a losing finalist here last year, staged an epic
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        Lock icon WHY? BECAUSE THE WOMEN GOT IT
        531 48  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg SOMEONE asked me why I always wrote on the women’s matches. Well, not always, but most of the time. That’s easy. The women are so much more interesting. Unless, of course, there’s another Borg versus McEnroe match or Federer versus Nadal
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        427 49 PA Sport ASTON Villa are optimistic that a deal can be struck to sign Wigan striker Emile Heskey. Sourcescloseto theclubare “hopeful” that the England striker will be reunited withVillamanagerMartinO’Neillinadeal worth £3.5 million ($7.2m). Heskey initially indicated that he was prepared to stay with the Latics
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        510 49 Wire Services CHELSEA assistant coach Ray Wilkins insists star striker Didier Drogba will not be soldintheJanuarytransferwindow. Drogba (right), back in the Chelsea squad for tonight’s FA Cup fourth-round tie against Ipswich, has been linked with a move to Manchester City. But the Ivorian striker, left out
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        1335 50 / 51  -  The newMaradona? ThenewPele? GARYLIM presents a list of Premiership footballers who failed to live up to expectations GARY LIM GABRIELE AMBROSETTI, CHELSEA The new Ryan Giggs THEN-CHELSEA manager Gianluca Vialli thought he was Italy’s Ryan Giggs and forked out £3.5 million for the player. While he spoke
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        1121 52 / 53  -  OUR MAN attempts to find out what makes Aston Villa tick as they continue to stay in the Premiership top four GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THEKINGoftheKoptookadeepbreath,andwasthenlostinhisthoughts.Afteradecidedlylongpause,hesaid:“Whether any team can break into the Big Four, honestly, I don’tknowifitwilleverhappen.” It has been five months since Kenny Dalglish spoke tome.
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        44 52 / 53 1992/1993– 2nd 1993/1994– 10th 1994/1995– 18th 1995/1996– 4th 1996/1997– 5th 1997/1998– 7th 1998/1999– 6th 1999/2000– 6th 2000/2001– 8th 2001/2002– 8th 2002/2003– 16th 2003/2004– 6th 2004/2005– 10th 2005/2006– 16th 2006/2007– 11th 2007/2008– 6th Currentleague position 4th MARTIN LAURSEN: Captain of Aston Villa.
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        Lock icon Why Liverpool are up for sale
        386 58 Wire Services MOVES to sell Liverpool to one of Kuwait’s richest families have been prompted by the need of theclub’s Americanowners tofindabuyerbyJuly. That is when the £350 million ($723m) loans owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have, from when they bought the club two
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        110 58 AFP LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard says he is not guilty of assault charges in connection with a nightclub brawl. The 28-year-old England midfielder appeared at a hearing at Southport magistrates’ court yesterday. He told the court he intends to plead not guilty when the case goes
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        Lock icon THE KEY NEGOTIATORS
        362 58 Wire Services LIVERPOOL have opened discussions with one of Kuwait’s richest families over a potential sale of the club. But who are the key negotiators playing their part in the latest drama at Anfield? NASSER AL-KHARAFI THE WORLD’S 48th richest man, worth an estimated £9 billion ($18.6b),
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      443 54 Match: 0403 CO CO in o CO CO TOTAL GOALS EXACT SCORE PORTSMOUTH v SWANSEA +1.5 -1.5 HT/FT 1X2 1/2 GARY Port Swan 2,3 D-H 2-1 (8.00) ERIC Draw Swan 2,3 D-D 1-1 (7.00) HAN MING Draw Swan 2,3 D-D 1-1 (7.00) BRIAN Swan Swan 1,2
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        Lock icon Chelsea heading for a draw
        702 55  -  CHRIS HAMMER PA Sport CHELSEA v IPSWICH (Chelsea1 Ipswich 1) CHELSEA will be looking to avoid a repeat of their third-round performance when they host Championship outfit Ipswich tonight. The pressure was further heaped on Luiz Felipe Scolari when Peter Clarke’s last-gasp goal at Stamford
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        Lock icon United should give punters a cosy ride
        623 56  -  BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg SOMEONE once said: “You don’t win cups with kids.” I wonder who he was taking a poke at. Certainly not Sir Alex Ferguson. Because that’s exactly what the Scot is trying to do. Win the Premiership and the Champions League
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        140 56  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg MONEYCOME Go Home-Home on Man Utd on the Half-time/Full-time ANYONEwhowitnessed the TottenhamHotspur wobblein theLeague Cupgameagainst Burnley wouldknow thatSpurs areas toughasjellyatthe moment. The injuriesarealso mountingat Spurs. Sodire isthesituation that managerHarry Redknapptalked abouttaking “theweakest team I canpossibly find”to OldTrafford. Intruth, he shouldn’t havebothered. Hecanactually takethe firstteam there
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        Lock icon Don’t bank on a Tottenham shock
        494 57  -  MANCHESTER UNITED V TOTTENHAM IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg IT'S ALL EYES on Old Trafford this weekend where Harry Redknapp has hinted at a unique, but ultimately flawed strategy for beating Manchester United. The Tottenham manager has promised to playhisweakestpossibleside,thoughthere’s a very good
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        368 57 HARTLEPOOL V WEST HAM IT’S A TOUGH trip to the north-east for West Ham this weekend as they face Hartlepool, conquerors of Stoke City in the last round. The Hammers are on a decent run of form and haven’t lost since just before Christmas, but this
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        137 59 FA CUP (4 th rd) Today: HARTLEPOOL v WEST HAM Ch 24, 8.40pm KETTERING TOWN v FULHAM Ch 24,11pm DONCASTER v ASTON VILLA Ch 23,11pm Tomorrow: MAN UTD v TOTTENHAM Ch 23,1.15am CARDIFF v ARSENAL Ch 23, 9.30pm LIVERPOOL vEVERTON Ch 23, Midnight Tim Cahill (right) has scored three
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        22 59 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 3RD RD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Tomorrow: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 4THRD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Monday: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 4THRD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm
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        293 59 CRICKET: PAKISTAN take on Sri Lanka in a mouthwatering clash in their third One Day International (ODI) between the two cricket-mad nations in Lahore. MOTOR-RACING: ROUND 4 qualifying of the A1 Grand Prix starts today in Taupo, New Zealand, with Ireland leading the standings with 43 points. Portugal
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        123 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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      Lock icon Liverpool, you’ve been SOLD OUT
      516 60 Kuwaiti tycoon bids $1 billion for Liverpool; Hicks and Gillett set to make $562million profit Wire Services BARELY two years after taking over the club, Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are laughing all the way to the bank. The American pair are set
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      35 60 DOWN UNDER AND OUT: Ana Ivanovic crashes out of Australian Open. PAGE47 WHY ARE HICKS AND GILLETT RUSHING THE LIVERPOOL SALE? /PAGE 58 FA CUP: Brian Millerand Gary Lim bankon Devils tobeat Spurs. PAGE 56
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