The New Paper, 19 March 2009

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1 60 The New Paper
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    • 53 1 Why I call my play The Ah Kua S’pore sex-change activist says she hates the term, but... PAGE 23 NTU PROF STABBED BY STUDENT FROM VICTIM ‘VILLAIN’ TO In exclusive interview, Prof Chan responds to vicious online chatter that: He wanted to give student poor grade They had a homosexual
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  • News Exclusive Interview
    • 613 2/3  -  NTU prof says there’snotruthto online accusations REPORTS:CRYSTALCHAN CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg HEISthevictim.Yet, in a cruel twist, he has become victimised byvicioustalkontheInternet. Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk has had to endure not
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      222 2/3 ON 2 Mar at 9.30am, Mr David Hartanto Widjaja, 21, met Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk to discuss his final-year project. The first draft of the project was due on 10 Mar. But less than an hour into the meeting, Mr Widjaja, 21, an Indonesian student from Jakarta,
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    • 123 2/3 JUST four days after Mr David Hartanto Widjaja died, an NTU project officer, Mr Zhou Zheng, 24, was found hanging in his apartment on campus. Coincidentally, Mr Zhou was an alumnus of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk said
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  • News Let Fly
    • 635 4  -  Parent says this defeats the purpose of bigger government subsidy REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg WHEN the Government announced last August that it was increasing childcare subsidies as part of the Enhanced Marriage and Parenthood Package, Mr C Lee was overjoyed. The subsidies would come
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    • 665 5  -  S’porePoly’stopengineering students were home-schooled REPORT: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg WITHOUT the benefit of a formal education, they have become the top engineering students in Singapore Polytechnic (SP). Meet Mr Tan Jing Yuan and his cousin, Mr Lee Xun Yong, probably Singapore’s first
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  • Local News watch
    • 52 6 A secret gambling den has been in operation in a forested area in Punggol for three weeks. There are usually at least 10 people and there is even a makeshift toilet nearby. The den operates from 9am to 5pm daily, reported Shin Min Daily News. PICTURE: SHIN MIN
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    • 236 6 Virus may lead to more severe, deadly outbreak DENGUE numbers are down but officers are on high alert. The reason: The emergence of a particular type of dengue virus that has the potential to become a more severe and deadly outbreak if
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    • 84 6 CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) premiums ended generally higher yesterday the last tender before the new and smaller quota kicks in next month. COE for cars up to 1,600cc closed at $5,116, from $4,890 previously. The premium for cars above 1,600cc dipped to $5,001, from $5,101 in
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    • 99 6 WANT to switch careers and become a lawyer? Graduates can now do an Ameri-can-style law degree course at the Singapore Management University. The ground-breaking alternative route to practising law here, known as the Juris Doctor (J.D.) programme, can be done in 24 to
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    • 103 6 THE Land Transport Authority is aiming to increase the composition of recycledmaterials in Singapore’s roads to 70 per cent, up from 25 per cent. This will make Singapore green- er and save the authorities millions of dollars, thus reducingthecountry’s relianceonimportedmaterials and
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    • News Health-care costs
      • 973 8/9  -  M’sianhospitalsincludingnew facilityinJBbyS’pore-basedgroup hopestoattractmoreS’poreans REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg BUSINESSMAN Patrick Chng is an example of a global patient. He gets his health check-ups in Malaysia, China and Thailand, and will consider going to Australia if he needs an operation. Why? It’s cheaper. And he
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    • 630 10  -  MRT EMERGENCIES ByJoannaHorPeixin, Joanna Hor Peixin newsroom intern. A TEENAGE boy lay writhing in pain on the train floor as a man rained punches on him. An alleged con man managed to board a train just in time to escape his pursuers, who work
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    • 601 11  -  London Olympics organisers say security should not be at expense of spectators’fun SECURITY AT INTERNATIONAL GAMES REPORT: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg HERE’S something the organisers of next year’s Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore may want to consider. An all-in-one security and transport card for spectators to
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    • 772 12  -  HAWKERS ON OVERCHARGING AT NEWTON: REPORT:VIVIEN VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg DON’T want a shock when you get the bill for your seafood meal? Then ask for the seafood to be weighed when ordering, two stallholders at Newton Food Centre suggested yesterday. One of them said that customers
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    • 128 11 NEWTON SEAFOOD STALL PAYS A HEAVY PRICE Escape Theme Park and Wild Wild Wet will be closed for Corporate Family Day on Sat, 21 Mar 09. Both theme parks will re-open to the public and members on the following operating day. Escape Theme Park Sat, Sun, Gazetted School Public Holidays:
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  • Global News watch
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      26 13 DISGRACED:FormerTaiwanesepresidentChen Shui-bian leaves for the Taipei high court from Tucheng Detention Centre in handcuffs for his trial on graft and money laundering charges. PICTURE: REUTERS
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    • 263 13 DANGERS OF WEIGHT GAIN AP BEING obese can take years off your life and in some cases may be as dangerous as smoking, says a new study published yesterday. British researchers at the University of Oxford analysed 57 studies mostly in Europe and
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    • 101 13 The World Bank has cut its prediction for China’s economic growth in 2009 from 7.5 per cent to 6.5 per cent, saying it could not “escape the impact of global weakness”, reported BBC. Falling demand for Chinese goods abroad is seen as the
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    • 98 13 AFP WEALTHY nations should give a small part of their stimulus packages to poorer nations to help them recover from the world financial turmoil, a senior UN official said in Manila yesterday. UN Development Programme (UNDP) assistant secretary general Ajay Chhibber, who
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    • 108 13 Reuters BUSINESSatAtlantic City’s11 casinos is falling at a record pace. Aggregate revenue plunged 19.2 per cent in February from a year earlier, the sharpest decline in the 30 years since gambling was legalised in the city, according to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
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    • 523 14 WITHlessthanaweektogototheUmno’s63rdgeneral assembly, the race for the post of the party’s deputy president seems like a shoo-in forMrMuhyiddinYassin. This, after surprise frontrunner Mohd Ali Rustam was barred from the party elections after an internal probefoundhimguiltyofviolatingpartyethics. The third person vying for the seat, party information chief Muhammad
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    • 328 14 M’SIA’S$25BILLIONBOOST DEPUTY Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said the lessons Malaysia learnt and policies it implemented post-1997 financial crisis gave it an edge in coping with the global slump. In a column he penned in the Editorials Opinion section of the Wall Street Journal day,hesaidthecountry’sgoodnationalinfrastructure,
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    • 379 16 FASTER than a speeding rumour and able to leap scandals in a single bound move over Superman, here come Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. Both the US Secretary of State and the Alaskan governor are being featured in comic books which went on sale this week
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    • 284 17 DID this bat make it into space? No one knows for sure. It was seen clinging to space shuttle Discovery’sexternalfueltankjustbefore launch, reported CNN. Discovery’sseven-membercrew,which lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, is on a 14-day mission to deliver supplies
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    • 489 17 US‘recessionangels’givecash,timetocommunity JUSTwhenyouthinkthevillainsoftherecessionlikethe Bernard Madoffs and the greedy bankers have worsened the economic situation, “recession angels” want you to know that not all big-earners are out toripoffthehard-hitgeneralpublic. These are generous people who have taken their own money and given it to employees and their communitiesjustaseverybodyelsehasbeencuttingback. Perhapsthebest-knownrecessionangelisMrLeon-ardAbess
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    • 548 18  -  UK and US printing money ‘outofthinair’tofightcreditcrunch ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN tnp@sph.com.sg –ZhenMing,aHarvard-trainedeconomistbasedinSingapore,isafreelancecontributor. BACK in 1991, when a group of us launched Money Mind (a TV programme still telecast on Channel NewsAsia) I was allowed to film De La Rue Currency’s ultra-secretive banknote manufacturing facilities in Singapore.
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    • 694 19 AIGscandalcomes after so many others that the anger has been numbed, writes LA Times columnist David Lazarus LAT-WP ASTRANGEthinghappenedtheotherday.A radio producer called seeking some outrage over this AIG thing, those millions of dollars in bonuses handed out even as billions in taxpayer cash floodedintokeeptheinsurancegiantafloat. “I imagine you’re pretty
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    • 485 20 ACTRESS NATASHA RICHARDSON IN CRITICAL CONDITION ASSHElayinahospitalbed,possiblybraindeadafter a skiing accident, British actress Natasha Richardson’sconditionseemstoaddtoafamily“curse”. Hers is a family filled with divorces, scandals and life-threateningdiseases,reportedTheDailyMail. The daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and TonyRichardsonismarriedtoactorLiamNeeson. Themotheroftwoboysdevelopedlife-threatening injuries after apparently hitting her head during a ski lessonwhileonholidayinCanada. She has been put
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    • 227 20 Wire services BRITNEY Spears is threatening to cancel her tour after receiving a string of death threats. The singer, whose eagerly anticipated “Circus”tourkickedoffearlierthismonth,has become increasingly concerned the lives of her sons Sean Preston, 3, and Jayden James, 2, could be in danger following
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 13 13 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Hazy High31˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High35˚,Low25˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚
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  • You
    • 92 21 1 A new TV ad for the Speak Mandarin campaign shows a Caucasian baby sitting onhermother’s lap and picking up the language from her 5-year-old sister. 2 From next year, those aiming to get into Cambridge University will need at least one A* and
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      39 21 FROM READER LIONNEL LIM COME RAIN OR SHINE: This diligent worker was spotted sweeping the pavement during a heavy downpour even as commuters took shelter at a nearby bus stop along Aljunied Road. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 298 21 PUNCHCARD FOR TEACHERS FROM READER CHIN KEE THOU IREFER to the article, “It is efficient, say principals” (The New Paper, 11 Mar). Teachers should not get upset by the punchcard system or feel that their status has been downgraded to that of factory workers. Monitoring staff
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    • 126 21 DAVID S NG I DISAGREE that the punchcard system is only for bosses to calculate daily-rated workers’salaries. The punchcard or any time-recording method has many other uses for all kinds of employees. Recording the time the staff is working can be useful, say,
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      54 22 What do you think of local companies using Twitter to keep partners and clients up to date? “It’squiteunnecessaryand redundant, because people tend to not bother about mass messages and at most give them a quick glance but forget what they say soon after. I think e-mail remains a betterchannel
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    • 36 22 Comments on NTUCFairPrice’s new 24-hour hypermarket at Jurong Point mall “Nopoint.Just awaste ofmanpower, utilities and electrical power. Not economically viable during the ungodlyandmidnighthours.” stompKING “Don’tseewhyit’s awaste.I wasthere atmidnightand it’sstillsuper crowded.Ithelps to createjobsalso.” IEA385
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    • 1021 23  -  Transsexual Leona Lo hates stereotypes, but her first play is all that to get people thinking REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg DON’TcallmeAhKua.For years, known Singaporean transsexual and author Leona Lo has decried the use of terms like “bapok” and “ladyboy”. So why is her new one-womanplaytitledtheAhKuaShow? The
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    • 345 25  -  REPORT:KWOK KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg WHO gets to go to the Coldplay concert for free? Last Friday, The New Paper reported on a good Samaritan who is giving awayfourticketstotheBritishband’sconcert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Monday. The mystery man, a 39-year-old lawyer, had bought the extra
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      • 572 26  -  Our film critics take a Mars vs Venuslook atthe week's most talked-about title at the local cineplex HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg LIKE:EdmundChenhasthebestfight scene in the movie. It happens in the first 15 minutes, when he get this sets his fist on fire and starts
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        133 27 FIVEREASONSIT’SWORTHWATCHING: 1 2 3 4 5 Blart’soverweight and hasthe makingsof aloser.Who cares? Everyoneloves toseethe underdogtriumph and become theunlikelyhero. Watchingeveryday man Blart pullhisweightto savetheday proves thatwedon’t need superheroes. The smugway Blartrideshis Segwayaroundthe mallmakes himlook socool and privileged, you’dwant togetone for yourself. The jokesaresocheesy, they arehilarious. Lookforward to laugh-out-loudmoments. Blartisn’texactly
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      • 186 27 Wantto know whatto watchata glance? We’ll do theworkfor you. Our rating round-up tells you which new movies this week are worth paying for and which are not Hotel For Dogs (right) Stars: Emma Roberts, Jake T Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Don Cheadle Story: A pair of siblings
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      • 271 28  -  REPORT: BILLY TEO tnp@sph.com.sg IT’Scertainlyadreamcometrue.SingTel’srecentlaunchof theHTC Dreamenabled Google’s open Android platform to make its debut inSingapore. This is good news for users because any company can adopt the Android system to power new smart phonesandevennetbooks. Forexample,theHTCDreamoffersmorethanjusta nifty and speedy touchscreen interface. It also
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  • Sports
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      • 390 44 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK LAST-START winner Cherry Power is maintaining form. He should follow up his 6 Mar success in Race 3 at Kranji on Saturday. Ridden by winning apprentice Jacky Low yesterday, the Don Baertschigertrained six-year-old easily disposed of 600m on the Polytrack in 39.3sec. The
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      • 168 44 RACE1: SamuraiSoul? ?44.1. Pace work: Aggressive (M Razali) and Astra Torres. Slow work: Maha Veeran, Gate Crasher (KB Soo), Lightning One, Toa Horseradish (D Chee). RACE 2: Lucky Ocean canter/38.1. UltramanGaia? ?44.9. Slow work: My Way (A Feiruz), Battle Lord. RACE 3: Slow work: Eleventh
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      • 607 45 RACE1-1100m C5D1 6.30 1 AllItTakes JSaimee (9) 59 2 EmperorRossini MEwe* (2) 59 3 CasinoRoyale OChavez (12) 58.5 4 Aggressive SJohn (6) 58 5 AstraTorres ELegrix (5) 57.5 6 Kiwijazz MAzrull* (3) 57 7 Grecian MRazali* (1) 55.5 8 MahaVeeran ISaifudin (8) 55.5 9 GateCrasher
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      • 680 45 RACE1-1800m(Polytrack) MS 1.15 1 HighKey TAffandi* (3) 59 2 EastCamp KBSoo (1) 58 3 Joyluck AFeiruz* (5) 58 4 Transformers RFradd (2) 58 5 KinKeseki MGallagher (9) 57 6 Seacrest JSaimee (4) 56 7 MissionPerfectus ISaifudin (10) 52 8 FifthAvenue MYap* (7) 50 9 KingArrive
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      • 411 46 PENANGTRACKWORK ZHEN DAO drew attention to his chances in the Tia Juana Handicap for Class 5 stayers over 2,000m on Saturday with a one-round workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the five-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Nothin' Leica Dane cantered one round on
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      • 100 46 BRAZILIAN jockey Joao Moreira (left) will be making his Kranji debut tomorrow. The 25-year-old has been booked on four rides tomorrow: True Life (Race 2), Noble Spirit (Race 4), Sparkle (Race 5) and Mr Scribble (Race 7). He has been nominated on
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      • 283 46 GOING: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5 1650m 11 BAUHINIA117(55-16) MWLEUNG (1) 1 4 FISHKINGEXCELLENT131(46-14) BPREBBLE (3) 2 1 BOBOWIN133(15-5) WCMARWING (4) 3 10 ARISTOCRACY117(208-46) KLCHUI (8) 4 ?Trainer: S Woods. Margins: 0.75, hd. Time: 1min 41.3sec. EOB: $18. Forecast: $73.PlaceForecast:$12(Nos.1-4),$16(Nos.1-11),$26(Nos.4-11). Tierce:$501.Trio:$59.Quartet:Nowinner($*****jackpotcarriedforwardtoRace2). RACE2 CLASS4 1000m 4 INVESTAR130(17-11) DWHYTE
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      • 385 46 GOING: GOOD RACE1 MaidenJuvenilePlate 1000m 6 NEVERFOREVER57(12-5) SCormack (4) 1 3 FESTIVALSPIRIT57(15-12) ISturgeon (2) 2 7 NICETONIBBLE57(190-45) BLerena (3) 3 ?Trainer:DDrier.Margins:Shd,2.75,shd.Time:1min0.4sec.EOB:$27.Forecast: $9. Place Forecast: $5 (Nos. 3-6), $17 (Nos. 3-7), $34 (Nos. 6-7). Tierce: $298. Trio: $145. RACE2 MaidenPlate 1200m 11 LAUGHINGANGEL58(22-5) BLerena (1) 1
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    • Sports Mad About Golf
      • 358 47 AP THE ONLY way Phil Mickelson could advance his ball from beneath a bush on the 12th hole at Doral Resort was to swing from the other side. As is often the case, there was a risk involved. “I certainly didn’t want to have
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      • 261 47 AP “Ithinkit’stimeforusto makeachange.” THIS is player-caddie code for “You’refired.” “I’llkeeptheyardage booktoday.” THIS does not mean the player is taking some of the workload off the caddie. This is a bad sign that usually precedes,“Ithink it’s time forus to makeachange.” It
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      • 410 47 THONGCHAI Jaidee is in confident mood ahead of the Black Mountain Masters next week. The Thai star (right) has home advantage when the newest Asian Tour event makes its debut at Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand from 26 to 29 Mar, reported asiantour.com. Thongchai
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    • Sports Tennis
      • 515 48 CHINA has decided to free its top tennis players from the state system. And that could provide a blueprint for other sports working in a rapidly-changing society, according to a senior tennis official. The Chinese system enjoyed its greatest triumph when China topped the medals
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      • 579 48 New ATP president AdamHelfant spoke on the state of tennis recently. Here are excerpts of the interview AFP WorldTour.com AS A kid, which tennis players did you follow? HELFANT: I grewup in the mid-to-late 1970s when tennis was on a huge upswing
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    • Sports Formula One
      • 596 49 Wire Services FERRARI’S Kimi Raikkonen spent a large part of last season denying that he lacked motivation while looking for all the world like a man going through the motions. This year, with Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa grown in stature after a title battle down
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      • 406 49 Wire Services FOR a few euphoric seconds last November,Ferrari’sFelipe Massa hadtheFormula One championship tantalisingly within his grasp before it was cruelly snatched away. The Brazilian won plenty of respect and sympathy for the heartbreak and the way he handled it, but this season he wants
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    • Sports Cycling
      • 145 50/51  -  THE PROPOSED 120KM ROUTE JOYCE LIM AFTER taking into consideration the routes of the past Tour of Singapore and Victor Yew, president of Singapore AmateurCycling Association’s suggestions,JOYCELIMcomes up with this route which is approximately 120km. Start: F1 Pit Building Nicoll Highway Mounbatten Road East Coast Road Upper
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      • 532 50/51  -  JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg LAST YEAR we saw how the Formula One cars raced under perfect lighting against Singapore’s beautiful cityscape at night. And just last month, we had 65 international riders battling it out at the OCBC Cycle Singapore on their two-wheelers on part of the
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      • 311 50/51  -  Tour of Singapore JOYCE LIM BEFORE OCBC Cycle Singapore, there was the now defunct Pesta Sukan Tour of Singapore in the 1980s and 1990s. The massive cycling event attracted riders from Malaysia and Thailand and it was usually held in July and August every year. “It was
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      • 341 50/51  -  Morethan100corporateleadersattendedlastnight’sfourthSingaporeSportsCouncilCEO NetworkingSessionattheF1PitBuilding.Herearesomeofthethingstheysaid JOYCE LIM Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports: “Despitetheeconomicclouds,weremain optimistic about the development of sports in Singapore. We can find examples of new deals that confirm the long-term strength of the global sports market. “Thevalueofoursportsindustry passed the 1
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    • Sports Weekend Warriors
      • 541 52/53  -  LENNY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg To arrange a game with Prestige Marine football team, please contact Rezal at 9833 8863. The writer is a freelancer. SOMETIMES the most difficult task about a football team is not scoring or winning games, but getting enough members to play. More often than
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      • 217 52/53 “LIVERPOOLhaveproventhat the giants can be defeated. They have been to Stamford Bridge and won, they got a draw at Emirates and now they have won at Old Trafford. I still believe that Liverpool are in with a chance for thetitle.” StarStriker Muhamad Herduan(Liverpool fan) “ALTHOUGHwehavejustlostto
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    • Sports Football
      • 593 54/55  -  SAFFC lost 2-0 to Suwon Bluewings in the AFC Champions League yesterday. GARYLIM attempts to find out just how far awayS-League clubs are from making a serious charge at Asianclubfootball’s premier tournament GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg MAKINGhistoryisonething.Last month, Singapore Armed ForcesFCbecamethefirstS-League club to qualify for the
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      • 507 54/55  -  But the right ingredients must be there forS-League clubs to competewithAsia’sbest GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg WHILE it will be a tall order, past results have shown that S-League clubs can yet make an impression in the AFC Champions League in the near future. Never write off
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      • 270 54/55  -  GARY LIM AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP G SAFFC0 SUWON BLUEWINGS 2 (Edu 65-pen, 71) SIXTY five minutes. That was how long it took for Singapore Armed Forces FC to finally crack at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. For a long while, it looked like
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    • Sports FA Cup Sports FA Cup
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        547 56  -  REPORTING FROM THE EMIRATES FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL ARSENAL2 (Van Persie 74, Gallas 84) HULL1 (Barm by 13) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg PHIL Brown’s phone will be red hot by now. In one exhilarating 10-minute press conference, the furious Hull City manager unleashed a string of
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      • 280 56 EXPLOSIVE YES, THERE was actually a football match somewhere underneath all the controversy, and it was a corker. Hull started superbly but, if anything, they scored too early and retreated too soon. Arsenal, whatever Phil Brown says, were worthy winners and spent much of the second half camped
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      • 306 57 Wire Services HULL assistant manager Brian Horton plans to speak to the League Managers’ Association following accusations he was spat at by Arsenal’sCescFabregas. Tigers boss Phil Brown claimed the incident took place in the tunnel after Monday’s2-1FACupdefeatatArsenal. Midfielder Fabregas, who did not play in the
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      • 456 57 Oneoffootball'sunsavoury elements is again attracting headlinesafterArsenal’s CescFabregas was accused ofspittingatHull’sassistant manager Brian Horton. We look at five spitting incidents which have shamed the sport PA Sport FRANK RIJKAARD: THE most famous spitting incident in football occurred during a 1990 World Cup second-round match between Holland and Germany.
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    • 391 58 The draw for the quarter-final stage of the Champions League takes place tomorrow. TheeightteamsinvolvedareLiverpool,ManUnited, Chelsea, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Porto and Villarreal. Wire Services BARCELONA do not want to draw Liverpool in the Champions League. So says Nou Camp legend Johan Cruyff, who played for and
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        165 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Saturday: PORTSMOUTH v EVERTON Ch 27, 8.45pm TOTTENHAMvCHELSEA Ch 27,11pm FULHAM v MAN UTD Ch 22,11pm BLACKBURN v WEST HAM Ch21,11pm Sunday: NEWCASTLE v ARSENAL Ch 27,1.30am WIGANvHULL Ch 27,9.30pm MAN CITY v SUNDERLAND Ch 22,11pm LIVERPOOL v ASTON VILLA Ch 27, midnight BUNDESLIGA Saturday: MONCHENGLADBACH
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      • 17 59 TRANSITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY1 Ch 26,3am Saturday: DAY 2 Ch 26,3am Sunday: DAY 3 Ch 26,3am
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      • 15 59 INDIAN WELLS MASTERS Today: LAST 16 Ch 22, noon Tomorrow: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 22,4am 10.30am
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      • 334 59 LOCAL EVENTS STRONGMAN CHALLENGE What: HomeTeamNS Strongman Challenge 2009 When: Saturday Time: 1.30pm Where: Toa Payoh HDB Hub TEN FINALISTS will fight to be Singapore’sstrongest man.They will be lifting 100kg logs, pulling a four-tonne Red Rhino, walking with 200kg of weights on their shoulders and more. TRIATHLON What: Aviva
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