The New Paper, 25 January 2009

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    17 1 The New Paper on sunday 25 Jan 09 Singapore Press W Holdings MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS
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      60 1 BUS COLLISION: BRITISH SPORTS: Pamper yourself at Suntec Fergie is number one Seats, passengers fly 6 58 30 FOR ‘ART’S SAKE’ H E ASKS DAUGHTER TO POSE NUDE What local artists 6 2 WE WISH OUR CHINESE READERS A HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLICATION TOMORROW, BUT
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      Lock icon It’s a‘holy and pure’thing to do, says his daughter
      845 2 / 3  -  CHINA ARTIST PAINTS DAUGHTER IN THE NUDE REPORT:LEDIATI LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg WOULD you get your own children to model in the buff so that you could paint them? An artist in China did. He asked his 23-year-old daughter to pose nude
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      Lock icon PMLEE: In hard times, families must draw closer
      717 4 / 5 Chinese New Year is a time for family togetherness. And it is especially significantthisyear, with Singapore facingunprecedented economic challenges.As PrimeMinister LeeHsien Loongputit, “the familyis ourmost importantlife-raft intimes ofcrisis”. SOURCE: OCBC BANK THEfamily.It’s the most important life raft in times ofcrisis. When fears
      SOURCE: OCBC BANK; TNP INFO GRAPHICS: LEE HUP KHENG  -  717 words
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      Lock icon ‘Seats came apart, people went flying’
      779 6 / 7  -  16 hurt in bus collisionoff YioChuKang REPORT:TAYSHI’AN TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg HE was born in the Year of the Ox, so Mr Aw Pin Hee, 72, a retiree, was hoping the coming Chinese New Year would bring him luck. But yesterday, while he was on
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      Lock icon They serve up vice right on doorstep of workers’dorms
      978 8 / 9 Prostitutes call on Yishun foreign workers REPORT:SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS tnp@sph.com.sg CALLitsexondelivery.The foreign workers living in their quarters at Yishun Avenue 6 do not needtotravelfarforsex. The women, also foreign nationals, go to theirdoorstepincabsandthenboldlysolicit businessjustoutsidethequarters. Scantilycladand cakedinmake-up,they wait in groups for workers to approach
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      Lock icon Another dorm asks for frequent police patrols
      376 8 / 9  -  REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg MR ALI Akbar, 46, the dormitory manager of Simpang Lodge 1, at 2B Yishun Avenue 7, has a security team, but he still prowls the grounds personally. He also patrols the area about 10m to 20m outside, too. “WhereverI
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      Lock icon NEW YEAR, NEW HOME
      767 10 / 11  -  ResidentsrushtomoveintoS’pore’s firstcondo-likeflatsbeforeCNY REPORT: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg LIGHTNING-quickrenovations.A dozen relatives flocking in day and nighttohelpclean,moveandpack. About 60 families have been rushing to beat the clock to spend Chinese New Year in their new homes at the 616-unit Premiere at Tampines, Singapore’s first HDB flats by a privatedeveloper.
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      787 12 / 13  -  NewseditorofmagazineaccusedofentrappingM’sianeducationistsays: REPORT:CRYSTAL CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg HE KEPT changing the subject and flirted with the journalists who were at his home to interview him. ThiswashowFemininemagazine’snewseditor,Mr Joseph Seow, described what happened when two of his female reporters met Malaysian educationist Loot TingYee. TheincidentwasfeaturedinFeminine’s20Janissue
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      Lock icon Where are our road manners?
      734 14 / 15  -  REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg FOREIGNERSmayseeSingaporemotoristsasdis-courteousroadusers.Buthowdoweseeourselves? When The New Paper polled 100 Singaporeans on whetherwehavegoodroadmanners,69saidno. “Everybody is too busy, so they lack graciousness,” saidMsAmyTan,49,amanager. MrHanChiawJuan,52,acompanydirector,agreed. “Theydon’tnormallygiveway,”hesaid. “Overseas,theytendtobemorecourteousandgive waywhenyousignal.” One driver, Miss Veronica Ong, who wrote to the forum pages recently, said some drivers here would rather
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      383 14 / 15  -  STREET TALK COMMENT: HEDY KHOO ITisa rarityto finddrivers who wave“thank you” afteryougive way tothem thesedays. Much more common is the rude driver who zooms past me even though I have the right of way. Speaking to other drivers who share similar sentiments only serves
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      Lock icon Police called us only after he died
      622 16 M’siandiesin policecustody. Dad says: FOR six days after Mr A Kugan disappeared, his family searched high and low in vain for him. On the sixth day, a police car pulled up in front of a relative’s home in Puchong, Selangor and officers told
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      Lock icon Jumping on the Obama brand-wagon
      693 17 WEall know he’s the most powerfulman in the world when it comes to policy making and foreign relations. But new US President Barack Obama may soon be the most powerful brand name in the world too. Don’t believe it? Even established brands like Pepsi and
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      Lock icon Miss America or Miss Six-pack?
      568 18/19 Curvesaredeadwhilebulging musclesruleintopUSbeautypageant MISSJackieGeististheCalifornianrepresent-ativeinthisyear’sMissAmerica’spageant.The22-year-oldlovesgoingtoDisneyland, listeningtoKeithUrban’smusicandlistscheesecake asamongherfavouritefood. Cheesecake?Really? You’llforgivethescepticismonceyou’vechecked out Miss Geist’s impeccably toned physique com-pletewithsix-pack. Wheredidallthecheesecakego? The business student with a talent for ballet has clearly been spending every waking moment since shedecidedtoenterthecompetitionworkingonher body. Andlookingattheequally sculptedfiguresof her rivals,she’snotalone. Miss Delaware,Miss NewYork, Miss Mississippi, MissNorthCarolina,MissMichigan,MissMinnesota, Miss Oregon
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      Lock icon Senator arrested for extorting Travolta with photos of late son
      393 20 BAHAMAS authorities are investigating a suspected extortion attempt on actor John Travolta, whose son died there this month, and a senator was under arrest, although no charges had been filed, police said on Friday. Police Commissioner Reginald Ferguson said his
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      Lock icon Man loo-ses job for not using toilet paper
      317 20 HE USES water instead of toilet paper when he visits the little boys’room. But that toilet habit got Filipino Amador Bernabe fired from his machine-operator job in Australia. His employer, Townsville Engineering Industries in Queensland, sacked the 43-year-old for what they saw
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      Lock icon He dissolved 300 bodies in acid stew
      362 21 Mexicanpaid$900 a week to dispose of druglord’svictims AP HE’Sknownas“TheStewMaker”.But if you find out what kind of ingredients go into Mexican Santiago Meza’s stew,youwouldloseyourappetite. In over a decade, Meza helped a Mexican drug kingpin dispose of at least 300 victims by dissolvingtheirbodiesinacid. Andhisreward?US$600($900)aweek. HewasarrestedintheMexicanbordercityof
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        704 22/23  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE THE online flaming brigade was certainly busy over the last two weeks. The target was senior civil servant Tan Yong Soon who wrote about his family holiday in Paris. Then Pasir Ris-Punggol MP Charles Chong became a target
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        16 22/23 “Huatah!(Hokkienforprosper)” –amancelebratingthe$200COEhegotforhisnew2-litrecar. “Wah.Everythingfreeisit?” –awomancommentingatthesnakingqueuesatthesupermarket. “Dependsonhowbigisthe hongbaoGovernmentgivesme,” –aman'sreplywhenaskedhowmuchmoneyhewillbegiving out this Chinese New Year.
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        8 22/23 TNP ILLUSTRATION: PATRICK CHIA
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        Lock icon S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        161 22/23 Wetrack whatmadeyou happy– or unhappy overthe past week. -10 More than 130 Singapore companies closed down last year, up by nearly 25 per cent from 2007, in the first annual increase of the figure in seven years. -10 Price hikes and restrictions on smoking failed to stop
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        Lock icon 5 THINGS ABOUT US PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS
        94 22/23 George Washington had to borrow money to pay for the trip to his own inauguration in New York in 1789. 12 12 Theparade route forRichard Nixon’s 1973inauguration waslitteredwith deadpigeons that hadeaten a toxic chemicalapplied ontree branches to keepthem away. 3 UlyssesS. Grant’s1869 inaugurationwas socoldthat
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        Lock icon M’sia offers to take back duo
        343 24 CLOSURE OF GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON AP MALAYSIA offered yesterday to take back two citizens who are prominent terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison after President Barack Obama ordered the closure of the facility. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the Malaysian government is
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        55 24 HAPPY START TO NEW YEAR: MP for Jalan Besar GRC Dr Lily Neo (centre) led the first toss of yusheng at a mass reunion dinner for about 1,200 Singaporeans on the F1 race track at the Singapore Flyer yesterday. They included the less fortunate as well as new
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        Lock icon Boy, 13, drowns in condo pool
        105 24 MUHAMMAD Khairul, 13, had gone to play soccer at his best friend’scondominium. But Khairul drowned in the swimming pool of Kensington Park Drive condo, near Serangoon Gar- dens. Khairul’s friend Rafiq Mohd Wapa, also 13, said Khairul wanted to cool off after playing soccer.
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        Lock icon Indonesian clerics mull smoking ban for Muslims
        106 24 AP INDONESIAN clerics debated yesterday whether Muslims should be banned from smoking. If the Ulema Council issues a ruling, it could shape government policy in one of the world’s largest tobacco markets. Gusrizal Gazahar, an Ulema Council member, said more than 700 clerics
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        Lock icon China warns of economic distress and long-term ills
        92 24 Reuters CHINA must do more to ease public distress as it battles a slowing economy and rising unemployment, a leadership meeting said. It warned officials that the global slowdown was colliding with thenation’s reckless modeof growth. The meeting of the Communist Party’s
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        Lock icon Questions about political future as Indian PM has bypass surgery
        108 24 AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent successful heart bypass surgery yesterday, only months before he is due to lead the ruling Congress into national elections. The surgery has raised questions about the political future of the 76-year-old leader. He
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      61 4 / 5 NO PAPER TOMORROW, BUT WE’LL BE BACK ON TUESDAY CHINESE NEW YEAR EDITION Meet the keropok eating champion Fascinating details about the new US president from his teacher and classmate in Indonesia The worse it gets, the harder I fight Look out for our stories on resilient S’porean families in
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      1024 25  -  Moreattractivewomenare turningtomatchmakers REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg LOOKING at entertainer Foyce Le Xuan, you wouldn’tthinkshe’dneedanyhelpfindingaguy. Indeed, the actress/singer/host in her 20s has no problem finding someone to go out with, and has dated fellow celebrities in the past. But when it comes to looking for a
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        427 27  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg JUST as jewels and the right accessories can add sparkle and shine to an otherwise plain outfit, luxury ingredients can give a touch of decadence to a common dish like carrot cake. The best part is that you can easily whip
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        481 28 / 29  -  Her utilitarian yet trendy stylemakesMichelle ObamatheFirstLadyof Fashion. Even after THATlemongrassoutfit aspire ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg WHILE the world is watching newly-elected US president Barack Obama remake America, his wife Michelle is creating her own ripples. Stylish without being ostentatious, classy yet not stuffy, she has enough fashion savvy
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        Lock icon Ahem, Michelle’s outfit is a hit
        530 28 / 29  -  afford YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg ALONG with many other netizens, I was glued to my computer last Wednesday night. It was a live relay of US President Barack Obama’s swearing-in ceremony, so thanks to modern technology, I was witness to this historic moment, while
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        Lock icon Don't wait to shed weight
        773 30 / 31 Exercise, cleanse detox your way to a new you in the new year TOMORROW, the feasting continues. ChineseNewYearisaperiodwhenyou’llbe very prone to over-eating. Stuffing your face doesn’thelpyourweightandyourskin. After all exciting merry-making has died down, it’stimetogiveyourhairandbodysometimeoff as well. Exercise is the quickest way to shed weight, thoughspendinghoursonthetreadmillisn’ttoo
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        Lock icon All hail Queen Georgia’s PURPLE REIGN
        449 32 / 33  -  REPORT:SYLVIA SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg INaword,camp.Caesar’scamptobesure.WhenIsaid“MaxwellRoad”tothecabby,heasked, “Churchah?” The tip of the tongue was tempted to say “No, Romanorgy”butIreineditin. The Red Dot Museum conjured up Culture in Ancient Rome, thanks to those very clever people at Fide Living whose combined creativity have yet to
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      Lock icon CHAMPION OF CHINESE CHIC
      541 34 / 35 The Rising Personalities Award is a key initiative in the Martell VSOP Rise Above campaign, recognising individuals who continually push beyond the boundaries of success. In its inaugural award last year, 10 Singaporeans who demonstrated the passion, commitment and drive to scale greater heights were picked
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      Lock icon FIRED UP OVER LOCAL FILM-MAKING
      565 34 / 35 MICHAELWANG AT just 25 years old, Michael Wang has had his movie“TheCarrotCakeConversations”shown at the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival. Despite having ample opportunities in New York, this Florida State Film Conservatory scholar left the US and returned home to use his talent in the local
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        Lock icon Speaking seductively
        348 36  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg Continuing with the series on vocal tonality, let's look at another common and crippling problem with speech. Many people tend to speak too fast in social situations, mainly because they are nervous and care too much about what other people think of them. This fast
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        Lock icon Keep an open mind when finding love
        172 36  -  –ByAdaWong,Co-founderofTheDatingLoft –ByAdaWong,Co-founderofTheDatingLoft –ByAdaWong,Co-founderofTheDatingLoft What is important when it comes to matchmaking? Looks or character? Both looks and personality compatibility are important, plus a host of other factors that we cannot control. For instance, the elusive chemistry and connection that cause sparks to fly!
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        340 36 MyboyfriendandIareconsideringmovingintogether.We’ve beendatingforoverayear,andwe’rebothinourlatetwenties. Myparentssaynottodoit.ButI’dliketosavemoney,andwe already spend so much time together. What should I do? Yours, Grateful Geraldine Dear Geraldine, Even though societies all over the world have become more liberal and accepting of non-traditional living arrangements, it is still in the best interest of the girl to exercise
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        Lock icon Red-faced over red packets
        410 37  -  BUT SERIOUSLY THEY WANT HONGBAO SOLOMON LIM limhps@sph.com.sg THERE’S no escaping it for me this year I’ve got to give out hongbao during the Chinese New Year. So far, I’ve been dodging the red packet bullet for the past couple of years by dredging out all
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        Lock icon Should I give my 8-year-old daughter a mobile?
        490 37  -  FATHER FIGURES SHE WANTS HANDPHONE S MURALI muralis@sph.com.sg SO WHEN is the right time to buy your child a mobile phone? My wife and I have been debating this over the past few months, and we have yet to come to a
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        644 38  -  HUMOUR ME SIVA CHOY tnp@sph.com.sg UNTIL I reached Primary Six, I didn’t know what a hobby was. Then in Primary Six, some relief teacher who took over English for one day made us write a compositionon “MyHobby”. Nobody in my class knew
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          114 38 AP A 72-year-old American man with eyebrows so long he brushed them each morning raised US$1,600 ($2,300) for charity from people who paid to take turns trimming his out-of-control brows. Some of the wiry hairs shorn from MrSi Burgher’s shaggy eyebrows measured more than three
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          122 38 EAGER to make his first arrest, a UK police officer chased down and caught a thief even though he had a 15cm twig embedded in his eye. The Sun reported that police constable John Nash, 25, had fallen head-first into a bush during
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        Lock icon Chinese New Year dilemma: Shorts or long pants?
        401 38  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg AN important decision lies ahead of me on the first day of Chinese New Year that is, tomorrow: I have to decide whether to wear shorts or long pants. In previous years, I have always donned
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      180 34 / 35 COGNAC RISING PERSONALITIES AWARD Celebrating a new generation of Rising Personalities Unveiled in 2007, the Martell VSOP Rising Personalities Award honours passionate and driven individuals who constantly push beyond the boundaries of success. In 2009, Martell VSOP will be recognising another 10 highly talented individuals who are on the path
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      4 36 STREETOinioTALKOpinionated commentary on trends
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      43 36 Learn more about dating expert Dr Date at his website: www.powerofbeingasian.com Ask Dr Date Have problems finding love? Make a date withDrDate.He’ll go over the finerpoints of courtship in his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnp@sph.com.sg
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      6 39 ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILLBURN DILBERTSCOTTADAMS CALVINANDHOBBESBILLWATTERSON
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      288 39 Seeing stars BY KUAH SENG SENG AQUARIUS The God of Fortune will come knocking on your door, after which you sadly tell him you have no odd jobs available for a retrenched deity. PISCES Because of the downturn, things will get awkward during your budget lo hei dinner when the
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      235 40 WATCH’EM AlvinAndTheChipmunks(above) StarMovies(StarHubCh58),9pm Mixingliveactionwithstate-of-the-artCGIanimation, thefilmfollowsasongwriterwhofindssuccesswhen he comesacrossatrioofsingingchipmunks. StarringJasonLee,DavidCross. LunarNew Year’sEve Special 2009 Channel8, 10.30pm JoinMediaCorpstarsQuan Yifeng,BryanWong, KymNg andmore tousherinthe Year ofthe Ox. PICTURE:20TH CENTURYFOX Nenekku Superspy Suria, 9pm In this new drama, a young boy becomes suspicious of the grandmother who comes to look after him. She fiercely guards her
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      29 42 Saturday,24Jan2009 First Second Third 5706 6446 4836 Starters 0560 6746 5690 4763 9021 7116 3216 9626 1884 9423 Consolation 0969 0079 3506 7741 7674 4849 7611 7905 1508 0373
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        294 42 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 Irish Eyes True Paradise Gold Blade Blue Shark Bright Prince Street Legal Tatik 7 2 4 10 1 Brasil 11 2
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        Lock icon Ara Kara disqualified in registration boo-boo
        1164 42 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORETURFCLUBSTIPES’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS ARA KARA has been disqualified from his third placing in Race3atlastSunday’sKranji races. Last Thursday, the stewards inquired into the registration of the Len Treloar-trained galloper. Evidence was taken from Treloar, the vice president of racing and the senior manager from the Malayan Racing
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        1271 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 RM 1.30 -1200m(SC) SuccessAllTheWayStakes Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 570 MythOfRacing 55 (41) YSLim*c4 7 (3nzgKNoordin-SLSoon) 2 *****8 CheyenneShine 55 (35) VSivan 12 (3nzgFMaynard-DOC) 3 2- BlueCentre 55 WHokai 1 (3acSCook-DavidHow) 4 Copenhagen 55 PVellaikannuc2 9
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        62 43 THIS former Kranji-based galloper can be confidently followed again now that he has come right. He goes up a class but we expect him to hold his own, going on his slashing last-start victory over the 1,200m at Penang last month. That was only his
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        312 44 Going: Good RACE 1: 1st 1 Xaaravid ($18-$6) 2nd 4 Fystive ($14) 3rd 6 Enraptures (no dividend) 4th 2 God Has Spoken. EOB $24. Forecast $12. Place forecast Abandoned. Tierce $68. Trio $24. RACE 2: 1st 2 Hay List ($14-$5) 2nd 1 Danebeela ($6) 3rd 3
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        462 44 Going: Good Race1 Class4 1200m 4 ELITESIXTY-SIX126(22-8) WCMarwing (6) 1 3 AMAZINGFLYER128(10-5) GMosse (7) 2 12 GUANDAO118(69-19) MLYeung** (3) 3 2 KINGSTONWINNER129(65-18) KTYeung (5) 4 ?Trainer: J Moore. Margins: Nk, 1.25. Time: 1min 10.61sec. EOB: $13. Forecast: $11. Place Forecast: $5 (Nos. 3-4), $16
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        582 44 FRIDAY OP (SC)1200m 2-1212 Chevron 59 (114) (6iregCharlesLeck-Redcap) *****3 Grant'sSuccess 53 (102) (6agMClements-Success) *****7 SuperbLegend 50.5 (97) (6agDesmondKoh-Effect) 11-1-3 BritishNavy 50* (95) (4arggPShaw-British) *****7 Lim'sClassic 50* (93) (9agJMeagher-Lim's) *****5 Zizou 50* (83) (5arggPShaw-Tmen) -5-994 SilverProfesor 50* (82) (5arggPShaw-ALACrabbia) KS-B (SC)1400m *****0 Stedman 59.5
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        430 45 RACE 1 (1,600m) 5 AMBASSADOR (Ms G Waterhouse) (6:2-0-3): Hard to beat. 3 KINGS PRIDE (JB Cummings) (20:1-6-2): Strong claims. 1 SO THE CAT SAID (RN Godbolt) (44:10-13-4): In top order. RACE 2 (1,000m) 1 RAREFIED (Peter Snowden) (2:2-0-0): Hard to fault
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        965 45 10:02Race1 Quartet RANDWICK 1600M 1 SOTHECATSAID CBrown (1) 58 2 BOPALULA GSchofield (7) 57 3 KINGSPRIDE DGanderton (4) 56 4 CENTOVER DMcLellan (3) 55 5 AMBASSADOR BShinn (5) 54.5 6 WALLYHATTER TAngland (2) 53.5 7 ANOTHERNIP DNikolic (6) 53.5 10:20Race2 Quartet CAULFIELD 1000M 1 RAREFIED
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        610 46  -  STEVE NEWELL npsports@sph.com.sg Steve Newell is an experienced golf writer who has workedwithmanyoftheworld’sleadingplayersand teachers, and has written several books on golf. He now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els. YOUCOULDbeforgivenforthinkingthat professional golf can in many ways be a little, how shall we say, sterile.
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        277 46 AFP SPANIARD Alvaro Quiros blazed a birdie trail in the third round of the US$2.5 million ($3.8m) Qatar Masters to take a one-shot lead over South African Louis Oosthuizen yesterday. Quiros (right), aiming for a third European Tour title after victories at the 2007
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        148 46 AFP PAT Perez, in search of his first US PGA Tour title, maintained a two-shot lead after three rounds of the US$5.1 million ($7m) Bob Hope Classic. Teeing off at the 10th hole at La Quinta, Perez made consistent but relatively low-key start with one birdie in
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      451 47 TENNIS Reuters SERENA Williams led a charge of seeds into the fourth-round of the Australian Open yesterday. Among the seeds was world No. 4 Elena Dementieva, who led five other Russian women into the fourth round. Three-time former champion Williams coasted through with a 6-1,
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      405 47  -  HER BLOG Jasmine Yeong-Nathan Marketing intern and national bowler, 20 WHEN fame gets to the heads of some of the most successful athletes in the world, they risk losing the important values in life. Simple values such as loyalty and integrity tend
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        667 48 Wire Services THERE was no mercy from the Spaniard in the Rod Laver Arena. World No.1 Rafael Nadal produced one of his best performances at the Australian Open when he pummelled Germany’s Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 yesterday to reach the fourth round. The Spaniard outgunned
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        53 48 Selectedmen’s singlesfourthround matches (no. denotes seed) 20-Tomas Berdych v 2-Roger Federer MarcosBaghdatisv 3-NovakDjokovic 8-Juan Martin del Potro v 19-Marin Cilic 7-Andy Roddick v 21 -Tommy Robredo Selectedwomen’s singlesfourth round matches 1 -Jelena Jankovic v 16-Marion Bartoli 3-Dinara Safina v 15-Alize Cornet Jelena Dokic v 29-Alisa Kleybanova 10-Nadia Petrova
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        124 48 Selectedmen’s singlesthird roundmatches 12-Gael Monfils bt 17-Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3,7-5 6-Gilles Simon bt Mario Ancic 7-6 (7/2), 6-4,6-2 14-Fernando Verdasco bt 22-Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-0,6-0 5-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bt Dudi Sela 6-4,6-2,1 -6,6-1 9-JamesBlake bt18-Igor Andreev6-3,6-2, 3-6,6-1 4-Andy Murray bt 31 -Jurgen Melzer 7-5,6-0,6-3 1 -Rafael Nadal bt Tommy
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        395 48 Reuters JO-WILFRIED Tsonga led a new generation of Frenchman into the fourth-round of the Australian Open yesterday It has been 81 years since Jean Borotra, one of the Four Musketeers, provided France with their onlyAustralianOpenmen’ssingles champion However, with three Frenchmen through to the next round, there
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        365 49  -  LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT LET ME start off by saying that I have a healthy respect for women. I have no issues with women drivers, only incompetent ones. I have no qualms working for female bosses, just inept ones. And I absolutely have no
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        346 49  -  AISHAH HAMZA npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT DUDE, you play like a girl. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that being said as an insult. And for some reason, nothing seems to be more insulting to a man’s ego than being compared to a woman. But after
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        765 50/51  -  The New Paper’sLIM SAYHENGand AISHAH HAMZA explorethe questions raised by one woman beating thenation’s top men in a recentpool competition LIM SAY HENG, AISHAH HAMZA WOMEN can beat men, in some sports at least. Charlene Chai proved that last week when she became the
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        190 50/51  -  LIM SAY HENG IT IS a lose-lose situation for men when they face women in sports, said Toh Lian Han. “If we win, it would not be as satisfying because we are expected to beat them,” said the 36-year-old (right), who lost to Charlene Chai in
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        264 50/51  -  AISHAH HAMZA GERTRUDE EDERLE (1926): Long-distance swimming GERTRUDE Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926. Only five men succeeded in swimming the English Channel before her. She beat the men’sbesttime bytwohours. BILLIE JEAN KING (1973): Tennis IN 1973, Billie
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        140 50/51 “IT ISawonderful piece of news, this makes sports more exciting. Last December I was racing in Dubai and there was a woman driver in the same race as well. Although I didn’tcompete directly against her, I would imagine that those who did would have been feeling extra
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        474 52  -  AISHAHHAMZA’SPICK: CHARLENE CHAI AISHAH HAMZA LAST week, Charlene Chai created history when she became the first female in Singapore to win an Open pool championship. The 28-year-old marketing executive fought back from 0-3 down to beat male opponent Toh Lian Han 11-9 in the Martell VSOP National 9-ball Championships.
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        570 53  -  SPORTS FEMME ALISON RATCLIFFE npsports@sph.com.sg KAKA. Great footballer, religious, clean-living, all-round bloody nice fella.Surnamemeans“poo”inItalian. Craig Bellamy. Alright footballer, prone to getting into arguments with pretty much everyone. Surname comes from the French for “finefriend”. What’sinaname,eh? “Ifwedon’tgetKakaitisnottheendofthe world, we got Craig Bellamy,” Manchester City chief executive Gary
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        587 53 Cardiff’sJayBothroyd (left) is relishing the prospect of playing against his former club Icons Cardiff City are unbeaten in 10 games, are you feeling confident about extending the run against Arsenal in the FA Cup? BOTHROYD: It definitely stands us in good steadfortonight’sgame.We’refeelingconfident. Arsenal are a great
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        434 54/55 AFP FOCUSisthekeyforLiverpool.Reds manager Rafael Benitez expects his side to shrug off the dual distractions of takeover talk and Steven Gerrard’scourtappearancebybeatingEvertonin theFACuptonight. After plotting a serene course through the firsthalfoftheseason,Benitezhasendureda turbulent period that threatens to blow his plans for domestic and European glory to pieces. Benitez’s
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        378 54/55 PA Sport EVERTON manager David Moyes is optimistic his side can end a near 10-year drought at Liverpool when they return to Anfield for the second time in a week. The Toffees last won at the home of their near neighbours in September 1999,
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        704 54/55 Wire Services ARSENE Wenger is not taking tonight’s FA Cup clash with Cardiff City lightly. His Arsenal team currently lies in fifth spot in the Premier League and the FA Cup is the club’s best hope of ending a four-year wait for silverware. Wenger knows
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        633 56  -  REPORTING FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE CHELSEA 3 Ballack (16,59), Lampard (85) IPSWICH 1 Bruce(34) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg YOU certainly can’t accuse Chelsea of being boring. Every time there’s a chance to steamroller a weaker adversary, they always make a special effort to give their
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        180 56 SAFE HANDS IT’SBEENa whilesinceRichard Wright enjoyedthe limelight,but theformerArsenal goalkeeperis enjoyinghissecond spellatIpswich and thwarted Chelseaon anumberof occasionshere, hisfinest stopcomingmidway throughthesecond half when heslid out todeny SalomonKalou. MISS OF THE DAY DANNY Haynesalmost tookthefloodlights outwith his35th-minute “effort”.The Ipswich frontman was giftedwitha goldenchanceinside thepenalty area afterafine runby Jon Walters,but hegot right
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        Lock icon Ref‘helps’ Hammers
        603 57 HARTLEPOOL0 WEST HAM 2 Behrami (44), Noble (45pen) PA Sport WEST Ham eased into the FA Cup fifth round as League One Hartlepool paid the price for a dreadful blunder by referee Lee Mason. In a dramatic conclusion to the first half, Switzerland international Valon Behrami fired the
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        227 57 PORTSMOUTH0 SWANSEA 2 (Dyer 26, Scotland 45pen) PA Sport FA CUP holders Portsmouth suffered the ultimate humiliation as Swansea’s on-loan Southampton winger Nathan Dyer sent them crashing out of the FA Cup. Dyer kept his promise to thrive on the animosity at Fratton Park by playing
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        198 57 Reuters EAST Midlands neighbours Derby County and Nottingham Forest fought out a lively 1-1 draw in an all-Championship (second division) fourth-round FA Cup tie at Pride Park on Friday. It was a special occasion for new Derby boss Nigel Clough, a former Forest player, whose
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      Lock icon HE’S THE MAN
      427 58 Ferguson is most powerful man in British sport, says paper Reuters MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson was named as the most powerful person in British sport ahead of London Olympic Games chairman Sebastian Coe and Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour. The Times newspaper listed Ferguson (above) at
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        141 59 FA CUP (4th rd) Today: CARDIFF v ARSENAL Ch 23,9.30pm Since transferring from Cardiff, Aaron Ramsey (right) has improved tremendously. Will he be able to show the Cardiff fans how much he has improved since? LIVERPOOL vEVERTON Ch 23, Midnight SERIEA Today: LAZIO v CAGLIARI Ch 61 mioTV, 10pm
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        87 59 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 4THRD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Tomorrow: MEN’S/WOMEN’S 4THRD Ch 24,8am 4.30pm Tuesday: MEN’S/WOMEN’S QUARTER-FINALS Ch 24,8am 4.30pm FA CUP RESULTS Derby 1 Forest 1 Hartlepool 0 West Ham 2 Chelsea 3 Ipswich 1 Doncaster 0 Aston Villa 0 Hull 2 Millwall 0 Kettering 2
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        315 59 FOOTBALL: THERE ARE eight games being played in La Liga, with the highlight being Real Madrid’sgameagainstDeportivo La Coruna at the Santiago Bernabeu. Eight games are also being played in Serie A, and while champions Inter-Milan hostSampdoria,thepick oftonight’s fixtures will be Napoli hosting a resurgent Roma. MOTOR RACING: A1
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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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