The New Paper, 5 March 2009

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1 64 The New Paper
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    17 1 the new paper 5 Mar 09 thu Singapore A Press VBP Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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  • News Messy life of Jurong death-fall woman
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      1081 2/3  -  Friend misses call from woman less than hour before body is found REPORT: ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg SHE came from Chiang Mai about 10 years ago to build a better life in Singapore. The Thai teenager later met and married a Singaporean. She
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      19 2/3 Hotline: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: tnp.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Fax: 6319 8266 Operations desk: 6319 5544 Circulation: 6388 3838
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      Lock icon Freed because key witness knew victim
      853 4  -  APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FOR RIOTING SUCCEEDS REPORT: ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg THE three men were convicted based largelyononeman’sword. But it was later revealed that the man knew the victim, and was not a reliable witness. This new evidence helped acquit the three men on Monday.
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      10 6 WATCHOUT:AtreefellalongbusyPatersonroad WATCHOUT:AtreefellalongbusyPatersonroad yesterdayafternoon.Fortunately,noonewashurtinthe incident. TNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO
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      244 6 GDP MAY CONTRACT BY 8% BUT... MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (right) said that Singapore's GDP could contract by 8 per cent during this global downturn, but he is confident that the country will recover faster than other nations. Singapore has projected
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      Lock icon S’pore banks among world’s top 50 safest
      107 6 SINGAPORE banks are among the top 50 safest worldwide, according to Global Finance magazine. DBS Bank kept Singapore’s flag flying high by snagging the No. 28 spot, up from 41st position in the previous year. United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank both of
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      Lock icon S’pore blogs getting better but readership still low
      98 6 SINGAPORE’S blogosphere made a “qualitative leap” in the last two years, with its sociopolitical blogs having grown in the level of citizenship journalism, two Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) researchers said in a presentation yesterday. However, their readership was small and most
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      Lock icon COE ended higher for all except Open categories
      104 6 CERTIFICATES of entitlement (COE) ended higher in all categories yesterday, except for the Open Category. Premiums for small cars (1,600cc and below) hit $4,890, up from $4,460 last month. COEs for large cars (above 1,600cc) as well as goods vehicles went above
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      Lock icon The most guarded rubbish bin in S’pore?
      652 8 / 9  -  Men sell cigarettes stashed in bin to school kids REPORT: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg NOT many people pay so much attention toarubbishbinlikethesetwomendo. Seldom leaving its side, they usually stay just a few feet away from what could be the most guarded bin in Singapore.
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      Lock icon Peddlers & buyers arrested
      297 8 / 9 Peddlers buyers arrested TWO illegal peddlers and four buyers were arrested at Block 138 Marsiling Road by Singapore Customs on Tuesday and yesterday. A Singapore Customs spokesman said the peddlers will be charged in court while the buyers were fined. He told The New Paper they were aware of illegal
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      Lock icon I buried those cats, woman tells SPCA
      682 10 / 11  -  DEAD CATS DUG UP ALONG SELETAR ROAD REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg SHE was simply dressed and brought two injured kittens to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). But what she had to say that afternoon, on 16 Feb,
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      Lock icon Back to school to be in the know
      545 12 Switchingtoaspecialisedindustrymeantit’stoo tough for Mr Melvin Kang to just learn on the job HE was used to learning on the job. Whether as a police officer or a machinery technician, acquiring a new set of skills was always par for the course for
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      Lock icon Illegal to bury animals in public places
      110 10 / 11 DEAD pets should be put in a strong opaque plastic bag and tied up securely. They should be taken to and put into the bins at a nearby bin centre. Alternatively, pet owners can look up the Yellow Pages and approach private animal
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      657 14  -  Man’sfirstS’porerace ishislast.Hediestwo days after bike meet REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg ECSTATICthatherboyfriendhadjustwonthebikerace,MissSitiNor,24,wasbusysnappingphoto-graphsofhiswinningmoment. Butthateuphoriawasshortlived. That victory one of many the avid biker had achieved in his one year of racing turned out to be Mr MohammadFerozAbdulAbbas’last. Seconds after he crossed the finish line, the 28-year-old
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      Lock icon Pay not the only key factor, says survey
      535 15  -  ATTRACTING, RETAINING TALENT IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES REPORT:TAN TAN MAY PING mayping@sph.com.sg HALF of Singapore workers are willing to forgo salary and position for more meaningful work. This, despite the current economic conditions and job uncertainties. It is roughly the same as
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      Lock icon IR to open end of 2009
      394 16  -  Marina Sands IR gives global media a preview of things to come REPORT: GENEVIEVE JIANG geneviev@sph.com.sg CONSTRUCTION of the Marina Bay Sands gratedResorts’hoteltowershasreacheditshalfwaymark–anditissettoopenbytheendofthis year. TheIR’smanagementtoldmorethan40foreignand local journalists during a tour of its work site yesterday morning that construction of two out of the three
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      217 13 SMartegise Your Career www.sma.edu.sg An Overseas Degree. A Global Profession. SMartegise Your with bMa Despite a gloomy outlook in economies worldwide, there will still be a wealth of opportunities forthe smart and wellprepared. Make sure you equipyourself with a relevant degree to thrive in the next upturn. Make a smarter
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      32 17 BALANCINGACT:Girlsshowcasingstamina,dexterityandstrength during a yoga competition at an international yoga festival in Denpasar, Bali. Yoga teachers from around the world are at the week-long event to promote the exercise. PICTURE: AP
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      232 17 AUSTRALIA ECONOMY SHRINKS 0.5% AUSTRALIA’Seconomypost-ed its first period of negative growth in eight years in the December quarter, contracting 0.5 per cent, official data releasedyesterdayshowed. The figures, well below market expectations of 0.1 per cent growth, came despite government attempts
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      85 17 AFP A GROUP of academics launched a campaign yesterday to reform tough lawsprotectingThailand’swidely revered monarchy, amid a crackdown on alleged violators. More than 50 foreign and local experts,includingfamedlinguistNoamChomsky,have signed a letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. It says the law is being
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      66 17 Reuters US President Barack Obama yesterday urged coordinated action to fight the economic crisis, joining British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’scallforaglobalresponse. MrObamasaidhewas“absolutely confident”hisadministration’splanstoshoreupthe banking system would yield results. Healsoaffirmedhisbeliefinthe“special relationship”betweenBritainandtheUS. “Thisnotionthatsomehowthereisanylesseningof thatspecialrelationshipismisguided.” Mr Obama also expressed confidence that the joint action on new global
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      96 17 SARAWAK will join two other Malaysian states in holding a by-election. The election commission yesterday announced 7 Apr as the date for by-election to be held in BatangAi constituency in Sarawak. The by-election, triggered by the death of Sarawak assemblyman Mr Dublin Unting,
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      676 18 PM’sson-in-law sayshe’stiredof defending himself HE IS seen as one of Malaysia’s most arrogant young politicians, but Mr Khairy Jamaluddin denies being that. Yet, instead of defending himself, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s son-in-law said he is resigned to letting time reveal his true character. He
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      349 18 HEWASscaldedonthearmwithahotclothesiron–all because he refused to buy a packet of cigarettes for an older student. Recalling the attack, Form 3 student Muhammad Azwan Md Ribi (left), 15, told Harian Metro that he was looking for his friend when he entered the laundry room
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      Lock icon Documents show US had secret prison in Thailand
      435 19 Damaging details about‘waronterror’ under Bush emerge THE US had a secret prison in Thailand that suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists were sent to and torturedby“waterboarding”. In “waterboarding”, a detainee is strapped to a board, dunked under water and made to believe he might be
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      Lock icon Lahore ignored Jan warning on attacks
      463 20 Punjab police also duped into changing route after phone call ASSAULT ON SRI LANKAN CRICKET TEAM THEPakistaniauthoritiesknewtherewouldbeanattackon theSri Lankan cricket team as far back asJanuary. Theyevenknewthelocationbutdidnothing,reportedtheTelegraph. To make matters worse, the local Punjab police fell forafaketip-offtellingthemthattheplannedroutefor theSriLankancricketteamwasunsafe. Thatwasthereasontheychangedroutesandheadedstraightintoatrap,theTimesofIndiareported. Seven Pakistanis, mostly policemen, were killed
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      581 22/23 BROTHER KILLER 1 AP LIKE most boys, Mykel Mendes, 13, looked up to his big brother, Jordan. The two rode bikes together, did yard work together and hung out together. But whenitcametothefamilybusiness–amajor drug ring Mykel did not want to share, police say. Mykel, a
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      Lock icon Shot in the face for best seat in the house
      250 22/23 BROTHER KILLER2 AP ANOTHER 13-year-old boy was charged with killing his brother thistime over who got to sit on the bed to watch a movie. Gayloyd Roberts, 10, was shot with a rifle at close range in the US state
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      13 17 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Sunny High32˚,Low26˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low26˚
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      327 22/23 1* CAREER 2009 '§> EDUCATION 2009 Your Future Starts Here The Largest Career and Education Exhibition in Singapore and The Region 5 8 March Singapore, I evel 6, Halls 601-603 TITmm llam to 8pm Daily Meeting Singapore's 1 I Education Employment Needs Halls 601-603. Level 6 Suntec Singapore Motivation Career
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      36 25 FROM READER GABRIEL NG TRUCKLOAD OF DANGER: Our reader sent us a snapshot of passengers who were transported among metal poles and railings in the bed of the pick-up truck. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      134 25 1 MORE than 10,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs in the first three months of this year anincrease from 7,000 in the previous quarter. Labour chief Lim Swee Say gave this advance estimate, ahead of official figures expected late next month. 2
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      Lock icon Disappointing attitudes of cabby, customer service staff
      441 25 FROM READER CHITRA KUMAR CABBY DRIVES OFFWITHBAG I HIRED a Trans-Cab taxi on 28 Feb in the evening from McNair Road, near Balestier, to Far East Plaza. Upon arriving at my destination, I realised I had only $8 with me and the fare
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      200 25 FROM READER NOORJEHAN IBRAHIM IFULLYagreewithMrSantokhSingh’sarticle “Helpkidswithtoughsubjectsinsteadofdropping it”(TheNewPaperonSunday,1Mar). My 11 -year-old daughter is taking her higher mother tongue. Before that, I called her teacher and asked her whether my child would be able to handle the subject. My daughter had scored 87 per cent
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      92 25 FROM READER MARTIN LOH MUN LOONG IREFERtothearticle“Retiree...tooskimpy(The New Paper, 2 Mar). This incident is proof of the sizeable number of repressed women in Singapore society. To safeguard the wholesome family image, these women seek to purge HDB estates of massage parlours, censor any manner of nudity
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      28 26 What do you think ofbanks cold-calling to solicit clients? “Ifthey’rereally desperate... other approaches such as e-mailing or snail mail...are better alternatives and less irritating.” –MrMervynHoe,25, financial consultant
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      35 26 On stabbing of NTU professor by student: “Both partieswill have a part to play inthetragedy.” justastudent “Itis astand-alone incidentand it’s really nonsensical to just make quick remarks on the nation’seducation system.” ruudparklimy
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      58 25 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 andcontact number(preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to archive,
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      691 27  -  Chow Yun Fat is resigned to being typecast in Hollywood REPORTING FROM BANGKOK: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg HE’S had cosmetic surgery to correct his droppy eyelids in 1989. Now Chow Yun Fat is contemplating changing his skin colour. “NowI’mlookingforagoodplasticsurgeon.Maybe that will do the job,” a jovial Yun Fat
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      254 28  -  REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg WHO is Park Joon Hyung and why is he so big? More than 1,000 fans reportedly turned up at a Seoul event where the Korean actor was promoting his first Hollywood film, Dragonball: Evolution, last month. In the movie,
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        647 29  -  Our film critics take a Mars vs Venus look at the week's most talked-about title at the local cineplexes HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg LIKE:Watchmen,MooreandGibbon’s graphic novel, is strange, complex and sprawling–andamasterpiecebyanystandard. There’shardly a line or panel that’s not rich with irony, dark humour, double entendre
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        240 30/31 Want to know what to watch at a glance? We'll do the work for you. Our rating round-up tells you which new movies this week are worth paying for and which are not Departures Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki Story: A
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        56 30/31 PUSH STARRING: Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou, Camilla Belle DIRECTOR: PaulMcGuigan IN A NUTSHELL: A group of people gifted with supernatural abilities band together in this sci-fi thriller to bring down the government-funded Division which wants to boost these powers with a lethal drug. GIFTED: Dakota Fanning
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        171 30/31 1 Watch a grown-up Fanning play a streetwise, hippy 13-year-old clairvoyant (she actually looks like one of the Olsen twins with her boho oufits and straggly hair) which is a departure from her more dramatic movies like Man On Fire (2004). 2 It is the
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      36 27 WATCHMEN Will your date enjoy it? PAGE 29 1 k" fa 'A ml W TNP DESIGN: PRADIP KUMAR SIKDAR PICTURES: 20TH CENTURY FOX, UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES MOVIES: Learn which movie is worth your time, PAGE 30
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      216 32 Nearly a year has passed since Ryu Hayabusa returned as kick-ass ninja in Ninja Gaiden II. Now meet Ken Ogawa from the latest Xbox 360 game Ninja Blade. Who's the ninja master? Infographics Journalist Simon Ang pairs the two for a.... HEY COPYCAT.' NINJA GAIDENP NEVEP HEAPD OF THAT &UY.
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        406 47  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg MR HAPPY’s return to Class 5 proved shortlived much to the delight of his backers. Dropped to humble company after four poor efforts in Class 4, the four-year-old gelding by Secret Savings bounced back to form with a last-stride win over the
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        669 47 GOING: GOOD Race1 MS1000m 4 MOORING57(10-7) RFradd (1) 2 1 1 (531) 2 MAGICKEY58(32-6) SJohn (2) 3 3 2 (535) 1 6 TOUGHQUESTION54c52(51-11) EAslam (5) 4 4 3 (479) 4.5 5 BIGMOMOKO55(23-5) JSaimee (4) 1 2 4 (472) Hd 8 SUNDAYWISH50.5(122-21) PKnuckey (7) 6 5 5
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        152 48 FORMER Brisbane champion apprentice Ric McMahon (above) will be joining the riding ranks at Kranji soon. The 20-year-old Australian, who is currently licensed by Queensland Racing, was granted a six-month visiting jockey’s licence (from 1 Apr to 30 Sep) by the Singapore Turf Club. McMahon’s five-year
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        1184 48 RACE 1 Shortly after the start, SHEN HIN steadied when crowded between BIG MOMOKO and MAGIC KEY, who shifted out slightly. BIG MOMOKO over-raced and laid in in the early and middle stages. Approaching the 400m, BORDER checked across the heels of TERMINATOR ATTACK,
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        237 48 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK TRAINER Patrick Shaw’s pair of aces in tomorrow’s Race 8 drew attention at Kranji yesterday morning. Win In, a winner of four of his last five starts, finished with plenty in hand after running 600m on Track 7 in 40.8sec with
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        502 49 NST TOPWEIGHTGoldenAcelookedfight-ing fit in a round of canter on a heavytrack atIpoh yesterday. Watch the John McGillivray-trained eight-year-old in the Table 1 Race for horses rated 62 points and above over 1,400m onSaturday. Golden Ace has eight wins, five seconds and five thirds to
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        316 49 Going: Good RACE1 CLASS5 1200m 7 PERFECTATHLETE124(29-9) CWWONG (3) 1 2 ABLESTANDARD129(19-5) DBEADMAN (2) 2 8 TELECOMEMPEROR124(105-25) KLCHUI (1) 3 6 DIAGHILEV126(110-29) JWINKS (11) 4 ?Trainer:CHYip.Margins:Ns,shd.Time:1min10.45sec.EOB:$33.Forecast:$39. Place Forecast: $9 (Nos. 2-7), $30 (Nos. 2-8), $18 (Nos. 7-8).Tierce: $775. Trio: $172. Quartet:$3335. RACE2 CLASS3 1200m
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        512 49 RACE1-1700m MS 6.30 1 Gentlemen'sHonour BWoodworth (5) 59 2 HighKey RFradd (3) 59 3 Joyluck JSaimee (2) 58.5 4 PocketSentosa DChee (4) 58.5 5 ToBeOrNot BVorster (8) 57 6 FantasticTorch MEwe* (9) 54.5 7 Nefertiti MGallagher (7) 54 8 MissionPerfectus ISaifudin (11) 52 9 StoneCrab
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        411 50/51  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg IT IS perfectly safe for athletes to engage in sports during their pregnancy. That is the view of Dr Ben Tan, a senior consultant sports physician at Changi General Hospital and head of Changi Sports Medicine Centre. “It’s an old
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        112 50/51 “Ithink it’sgreat. I don’t know why, but they seem to do well whenthey’re pregnant. I really don’tknow why. I’venever been pregnant myself. Carin Koch has two kids now, she did well too, playing while she was pregnant.There’salso Karen Stupples.” ChristinaKim “Well,ithasn’t done her any harmanyway,has it?It’s
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        385 50/51  -  DAVID LEE CATRIONA Matthew is not the only golfer who competes week in, week out while being pregnant. American golfer Laura Diaz played into her seventh month of pregnancy when she was carrying her first child in 2005 and even
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        691 52  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg WILL it be another no-contest this year? That’s the question on everyone’s lips as Lorena Ochoa opens the defence of the HSBC Women’s Champions title she won in convincing fashion last year. The world No. 1 obliterated the star-studded
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        438 53  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOL last played in Singapore in July 2001 during their pre-season training tour. Now, they plan to play here again, sometime in July (the exact date for the booking of the National Stadium is not known yet), during their pre-season tour. The last
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        210 53  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg SPURS could come here, too. On a day of frenzied speculation that Premier League giants Liverpool may be on their way to Singapore, The New Paper has discovered that Tottenham Hotspur are also pondering a pre-season tour of the Republic. “We’re considering a
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        751 54 FERGIEWARNS:LET’SNOTENDUPLIKEBARCELONA Wire Services MANCHESTER UNITED have been given a timely Premier League title warning from Spain. Barcelona were unstoppable in La Liga up to last month. The Catalan giants had built up a 22-match unbeaten run in the league. The formidable sequence had seen Pep Guardiola’s
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        661 55 WEST BROM 1 (Brunt 7) ARSENAL 3 (Bendtner4,44, Toure 38) PA Sport IS ARSENAL a club in crisis? Judging from Tuesday’s emphatic 3-0 win over West Brom, the answer is absolutely no. The win over West Brom extended their unbeaten run to 14 league games and reduced
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        83 55 Wire Services KOLO Toure suffered a calf injury during the victory against West Brom. The Ivory Coast defender enjoyed a productive first half at the Hawthorns, heading home his first goal of the season torestore Arsenal’slead afterChris Brunt had equalisedNicklas Bendtner’sopener. Toure then set up the Danish striker
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        751 56  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg SHE HAD to report to Tanah Merah Country Club at 6.30am yesterday morning for the HSBC Women’s Champions Pro-Am tournament. But that did not stop British golfer Laura Davies from staying up to watch her favourite team Liverpool take
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        690 57  -  LIMSAY HENG speaks to football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN, who feels that Liverpool’s shaky defence could cost them in the crucial matches ahead TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg WHAT do you make of Liverpool’swinyesterday morning, after their 2-0 loss to Middlesbrough last weekend? THEY
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        556 58  -  COMMENT LIVERPOOL 2 (Ngog 52, Benayoun 65) SUNDERLAND0 IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg IT’S NOT over yet. With time running out on another frustrating season, Liverpool have finally found their ruthless streak. The Reds have struggled all campaign toundosomeoftheleague’smostmediocre opponents at Anfield
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        235 58  -  –IAINMACINTOSH MISS OF THE DAY KENWYNEJoneswill neverget abetter opportunityto scorein frontofthe Kop than this.He’ddone allthe hardworkby skippingpast Liverpool’scentre-backs, and allthathe neededwas adecent finish. The near-postwouldhave beenperfect,the far-post wouldhavebeen fine. Tappingstraight atPepeReina though?That was just stupid. SAFE HANDS IT’STHE curseofthe goalkeeperthat onebad mistake will outweigh10 great saves, butit wouldbea
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      • REJUVENATION
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          446 60/61 Wire Services PETER Cech is having a new lease of life under Guus Hiddink. The Czech goalkeeper, who had his fair share of admirers since he joined Chelsea in 2004, faded away under Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea. Uncharacteristically, he was guilty of making a number of high-profile
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          252 60/61  -  TheNewPaper’s football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN agrees that Didier Drogba looked back to his best against Portsmouth yesterday Total goals in all competitions: Five Premiership goals: Two 26 Dec: Chelsea 2 West Brom 0 (one goal) Yesterday: Portsmouth 0 Chelsea 1 (one goal) TOHARI PAIJAN DIDIERDrogba’sseasonatChelseahasbeenhamperedbyinjury,suspension and a personality
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          268 60/61 Total goals in all competition: Four Premiership goals: Three 6 Dec: Blackburn 1 Liverpool 3 (one goal) 28 Jan: Newcastle 1 Liverpool 5 (one goal) Yesterday: Liverpool 2 Sunderland 0 (one goal) YOSSI Benayoun’s upturn in fortunes has not gone unnoticed behind the scenes at Anfield. Rafael Benitez’s
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          222 60/61 Total goals in all competitions: 11 Premiership goals: Five 20 Sep: Bolton 1 Arsenal 3 (one goal) 10 Jan: Arsenal 1 Bolton 0 (one goal) 17 Jan: Hull 1 Arsenal 3 (one goal) Yesterday: West Brom 1 Arsenal 3 (two goals) Wire Services NICKLAS Bendtner has been the
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      515 62  -  PORTSMOUTH0 CHELSEA1 (Didier Drogba, 79) ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg CHASING a league title is like going to the frontline in a war. Of all the strikers in the English Premier League, my first choice as my buddy in the trenches, would be Chelsea’sIvoryCoastinternationalDidier Drogba. That’s the kind of
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        71 63 EPL Saturday: SUNDERLAND v TOTTENHAM Ch 27,10.55pm Sunderland’sKenwyne Jones (right) scored seven goals so far thisseason.Will he beable to increase his tally against Tottenham on Saturday? BUNDESLIGA Saturday: SCHALKEv COLOGNE Ch 27,3.30am BAYERN MUNICH v HANNOVER Ch 22,10.30pm FA CUP Saturday: COVENTRY v CHELSEA Ch 24,8.30pm FULHAM v MAN
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        33 63 HSBCWOMEN’SCHAMPIONS2009 Today: DAY 1 Ch 26, noon Can Paula Creamer, nicknamed “ThePinkPanther”,recoverfrom her disappointment in Thailand last week to win the HSBC Women's Champions starting today? Tomorrow: DAY 2 Ch 26, noon
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        319 63 LOCAL EVENTS WAKEBOARDING What: Maxout West Side Jam 2009 When: Sat-Sun Where: Raffles Marina, Tuas West Drive THE SECOND annual West Side Jam (WSJ) promises to be the biggest triple wake party in Singapore this year. It will feature a premier wakeboard, wakeskate and wakesurf tournament that is
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