The New Paper, 22 March 2009

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    17 1 The New Paper on sunday 22 Mar 09 Singapore Press WV Holdings MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS
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      47 1 EPL TITLE CHASE: ROONEY, SCHOLES SEE RED AS MAN U LOSE AGAIN 58 They call him S’PORE’S EDISON CHEN He claims to have bedded many women and posts their videos online In exclusive interview, he tells why he posted videos Psychiatrists say... MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS
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      Lock icon I secretly film women in bed when they don’t give consent
      1188 2/3  -  Singapore’sEdisonChenpostssexvideoswithbeer aunty,studentsandexecsonNet.Hisreason?Toget back at women after girlfriends cheated on him REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg HE HAS an ordinary day job as a surveyor in a bunkering firm, but he also leads a secret life as an amateur pornographer. And
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      Lock icon Psychiatrist: Sex videos reveal his inferiority complex
      344 2/3  -  Pearly Tan –PearlyTan,newsroomintern SINCE Mr Gary Ng started posting his videos online, responses from netizens have been mixed. Some havecalled MrNg “disgusting”and “shameless”for openlyposting his videos. Oneforum member wrote:“Ithink it isreally disturbing and disgusting that you (Gary) are so open(aboutit).” Anotheradded: “What ananimal.
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      Lock icon No way to ensure footage will be secure
      219 4 JUST about anybody can be an amateur porn star these days. Never before have video cameras been so readily available, what with the ever-increasing number of camera-equipped handphones on the market these days. But before you begin filming yourself making out, remember
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      195 4  -  REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg SHE was upset because she claimed nobody had told her that the train service had been disrupted yesterday morning. Ms Pat Lee, 55, boarded a train on the North East line at Outram Park hoping to meet a
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      595 5  -  Ang Mo Kio residents hope to get lucky with 4D REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg WHILE Ms Lisa Cunico was on the phone with her brother around 4pm yesterday, she heard a loud bang. She thought her housemate had dropped something. Later,
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      459 6/7 CAN’TFINDAJOB,SO... WITH the recession making it hard to find his dream job, Mr Nirav Nandish Shah, 26, decided to create his own. The final-year business management student plans to set up his own business, a Bollywood dance company, after he graduates from the Singapore Management University
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      811 6/7  -  Felicia Chng (left) is one ofagrowingnumberof job-seekersvolunteering in tough times CAN’TFINDAJOB,SO... REPORTS: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg WHEN her search for a full-time job stretched to three months, Miss Felicia Chng, 25, decided to make better use of her free time by volunteering with the Society
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      Lock icon ‘We will not be silent’
      585 8  -  Molest victim launches campaignagainstsexual harassment on public transport REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg WHENshewas14,shewassexuallyharassedbyamalestudentwhiletakingthebus.WhenMissNicoleOhtoldherteacheraboutit then,thereplywas:“Whatdoyouwantmetodoabout it?” Miss Oh, now 20 and a first-year law student at the Singapore Management University (SMU), said her teacher’sresponseleftadeepimpressiononher. She said: “It’s bad enough that school girls don’t knowwhattodo.It’sworsethatadultsalsodon’tknow whattodoinsuchsituations.” Sowhen
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      538 9 Undergrad’sable to juggle work and studies at UniSIM HE used to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week as a financial adviser in his first year of university. At that time, SIM University (UniSIM) student Royston Png, 25, had to
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      606 10/11  -  Strongmencompete in‘Herculean’ competition at ToaPayohHub REPORT AND PICTURES: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg IT was like a convention of superheroes at the HDB Hub in Toa Payoh yesterday. Among those present were The Hulk, The Bull, The Man and The King. And they were super heroes in a sense, as
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      759 13  -  S’poreansareflockingbackto thelibraryduringthedownturn REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg BEFORE the recession, Mr Robert Cerbas did not have much time to go to the library. If he was there, it was usually because he needed a place to wait out the rain. Now, thrice a week, you can find
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      424 14  -  Don’twanttoget overcharged for prawns at Newton? Han Su-Ying –HanSu-Ying,newsroomintern WHYspend$239oneightprawns–assome tourists did recently when youcanenjoyhookingandbarbecuingthemyourself,allforalotless? Afterthefurore overoverpriced prawns at the Newton Food Centre, fishing facilities suchastheHaiBinUEnterpriseinBishanare hopingmorepeoplewillvisitthemforataste ofbigprawns. For $15 an hour, their customers have a chancetoreelinfreshprawns,someofwhich canbeaslongasasoftdrinkbottle. Thecompanyprovidesyouwitharodand bait,andyoucansitbyapondwaitingforthe prawnstobite. Mr Edward Ng, 35, who does
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      672 15 ManrunningforUmno’sdeputypresidency says that he knows his place in the party A GOOD, supportive No 2 who knows his place in the hierarchy. That’swhatMrMuhyiddinYassinbelieveshe will be if he is elected as Umno deputy president. In an interview with Bernama on Friday,
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      Lock icon Dr M on the day he cleaned walls
      271 15 RETURNING to school after the Japanese Occupation was a memorable occasion in Dr Mahathir Mohamad’smind. And it was particularly memorable as he ended up getting hauled up by a teacher. The former Malaysian premier was talking to the New Straits Times about
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      Lock icon Teen kidnappers kill boy, 16, then demand money from his mum
      640 16 Former schoolmate and accomplices later arrested HE was a teenager from a typical Hong Kong family studying in the city of Huizhou in Guangdong province, China. But one of his former schoolmates thought he was from a rich family
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      Lock icon She said‘no’to $12 helmet that might have saved her
      235 16 ACTRESSNATASHA RICHARDSON’SDEATH COULD a 12 rented helmet have saved Natasha Richardson? Probably. Turning down the helmet was perhaps the 45-year-oldactress’sfatalmistake. Richardson,thewifeofSchindler’sListactorLiam Neeson, fell and suffered fatal bleeding in the brain during a lesson at a Canadian ski resort on Monday. A
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      824 17 WARNING DANGEROUS and illegal, “sexting” among teens is becoming a serious problem in the US and Britain. Sexting refers to teens sending racy pictures of themselves to their friends using handphones. Sadly, they don’t realise the consequences can be deadly until it is too late. Like 18-year-old
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      Lock icon A time to take stock?
      623 18  -  Somesayinvest–butonlyifit’sforlongterm ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN tnp@sph.com.sg Zhen Ming, a Harvard-trained economist based in Singapore, is a freelance contributor. WHY are stocks on Shenton Way going up when Singapore is supposedly facing its worst economic crisis since World War II? On Friday, the Straits Times Index
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      416 19 Dating website in India claims to pair users with celebrity lookalikes FANCY dating someone who looks like Aishwarya Rai? Or Shah Rukh Khan or Amitabh Bachchan? Or perhaps you prefer the roguish looks of Sanjay Dutt? OneofIndia’sbiggestdatingsitesnowallowsyouto do just that. Bharat Matrimony
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        511 20/21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg THEY say bad things happen in threes. And with the third, I’m starting to get worried for our tourism industry. First, the Singapore Flyer stalled, trapping 173 people for more than six hours in December. Then,
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        Lock icon 5 THINGS BRITISH TOURISTS COMPLAIN ABOUT WHILE ON HOLIDAY
        129 20/21 1 A touriststayingat anAfrican gamelodge whosaw avisibly arousedelephantcomplained thatthe sightof thebeast ruinedhishoneymoon by making himfeel “inadequate”. 2 A womanthreatened tocall policeaftercomplainingthat she’dbeen lockedin by staff. Shemistook the“do not disturb”signon the backof thedoor asawarningto remainin theroom. 3 Onetouristwas unhappythat thesand he sawon
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
        57 20/21 “Isn’tit cheaperto just buy smaller prawns? Buy so big, still have to take small bites, so what’sthepoint?” aman onthe 30cm-long tiger prawns,which can cost about $30, sold at the Newton Food Centre “Youthink they’ll besold at abig discount?” awomaneyeing the 200-plusluxury watches that were returned to
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        95 20/21 OnSingapore’s dependency on the global economy to ride out the recession: “OurGovernmenthasplaced too much emphasis on trade and an export-oriented economy, driven predominantly by the Western markets. In hindsight, we should have downplayed our ego and been better neighbours with ourAseanfriends.Nowwe’re like a sitting duck waiting for
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        186 20/21 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad -20 Unemployment hit 3.7 per cent in December, with the number of degree-holders without a job more than doubling from a year ago. And the 66,000 employees of the civil service will see their annual earnings drop this year. +10 The new
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        312 22 SM GOH TELLS VWOs TO PLAN FOR SUCCESSION YOUTH leaders with an interest in community service should be identified and developed as future leaders of grassroots and voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs). And the net should be cast beyond the top schools to include neighbourhood schools,
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        41 22 COLLISION A sports car collided with an excavator near the Singapore Expo early yesterday morning. The driver was trapped in his seat and had to be freed by the Singapore Civil Defence Force. He suffered multiple fractures. PICTURE: SCDF
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        97 22 FIVE drug traffickers and two abusers were arrested in an operation by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Friday. An assortment of drugs worth $277,000 and $44,800 in cash were also seized from various locations, including a hotel along Bencoolen Street. Officers
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        Lock icon Thai PM, ministers survive no-confidence vote
        92 22 THE Thai opposition has failed in its move to censure Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and five ministers. Mr Abhisit survived the vote of no confidence, with 246 MPs voting for him and 176 against. The censure motion accused Mr Abhisit of certifying false
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        Lock icon M’sia to lift ban on Causeway pedestrians
        98 22 THE old Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex in Johor Baru will soon be re-opened to pedestrians, who will be able to cross the Causeway into Malaysia on foot once again. Malaysia imposed a ban on pedestrian traffic when it opened a new
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        Lock icon Penang Deputy Chief Minister quits to take up further studies
        85 22 PENANG’S Deputy Chief Minister Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin has resigned. He is also stepping down from his position as a state executive councillor from 8 Apr, reported The Star. Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said that Mr Mohammad
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      141 4 Teen ‘sexting’ can kill /PAGE 17 A Sizzling International Buffet Popular dishes include Chilled Seafood on Ice, Steamed Dory Fillet with Mussels, Chilli Black Pepper Crab, Crispy Butter Prawns, Sumo Style Braised Pork Belly, Baked Salmon Fillet with Cajun Sauce, Roast Beef Striploin with Red Wine and Salmon Fish Head
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      Lock icon No mini skirts for them
      715 23  -  All-girlclassicalgroupI-SisTrio(above) saythey’renotlikeVanessaMaeorBond REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg LOOKatthem.Thisall-femalebandisaboutasphotogenicastheycome.But they are also far from being another manufacturedall-girlpopgroup. I-Sis Trio, as they call themselves, are more intoclassicalmusic. And they have been heating up the classical scene in Singapore with their brand of music, whichalsohasjazz,tangoandflamencoinfluences. The1-year-old bandhasbeen steadilygener-
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        391 25  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg LIFEasasinglegirlhasitsperks.You can do whatever you want, whenever you want. Youmayindulgeinanythingyouplease. Youneednotputup withconstantgripesaboutthe lack of wardrobe space thanks to your compulsive addictiontobuyingclothes,shoesandbags. You don’t have to justify why you require three different types of shampoos and matching conditionersforeach. Men,ingeneral,aresimplynotbuiltforunderstanding
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        Lock icon All aboard for charity
        576 26/27  -  REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg PARDON me, boy, is that the chattanooga choo-choo, track 29...? No,madam,it’stheJimmyChoo-Choos,size39... And they were off! The golden era of travel chugged off with 400 “passengers”dressedtotheninestoboardtheircarriagesin the Eastern Oriental Express. But in the Ritz-Carlton hotel ballroom nonetheless, which had undergone a
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          754 28  -  ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg Years ago when I was working in magazines, a young intern came to work in what I deemed an inappropriate outfit. Now, I’m no stern school mistress. I once turned down a corporate job at a prestigious audit firm because the idea
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        Lock icon Be ladylike, let the man open your door
        457 33  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg IN a previous article, you learned about how to look like a 10 through exercise, diet, and upgrading your fashion, hair, and make-up. Now we’re going to move into body language, which has been shown through extensive studies to
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        Lock icon Stop the fighting or suffer the consequences
        422 33  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg WHY ARE kids so mean to each other? Is it in our nature to be like that? Any parent with more than one kid will know what I’mtalkingabout. The fights, the bullying, the constant bickering... No age gap
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        Lock icon Dear Dr Date,
        208 33 I try to follow your advice whenI’moutinClarke Quay with my friends. Amazingly, the things you teach really work. Even my friends have noticed how much more social I am now. But some of my friends, who are all guys, tellmeIshouldn’tbeseen talking to lots of girls. What can
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        662 34  -  Europeansloveour climate whilewe wantit colder SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg “IS THERE something wrong with your English house guest?” my neighbour wants to know. My neighbour can’t understand why this strange pinko-grey man puts on a sarong and singlet every morning, pulls
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          113 34 Odd news that’sfor real AP ALTHOUGH dogs generally prefer eating thechildren’s homework, one NorthCarolinafamily’sdog had differenttastes itate mum’s money. Ms Kelley Davis told the News Observer of Raleigh that she had to planned to deposit US$400 ($600) in cashbutit wasn’tin her pocket.
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          119 34 AP HERE’Sajob fair with adifference, especiallyif youdon’t planon buying a new wardrobe to go with the job. Hoping to take advantage of RhodeIsland’s flounderingeconomy, owners of the Foxy Lady strip club in Providence held a job fair yesterday. Theysaid they’re looking tofill
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        Lock icon How bad is my Mandarin? Ask the taxi driver
        411 34  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg IDREADtakingtaxis.Andit’snotjustbecauseI’mafraid of being taken for a ride. It’salsobecauseIhaveahardtimedecidingwhether I should speak to the driver in English or Mandarin. If I speak to the cabby in English, sometimes he may not be comfortable with the language
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  • Today is World Water Day
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      234 29 New PUB programme aims to train volunteers to spread water message UNSURE of the science behind NEWater? Just talk to water volunteer Justin Ng (left), 23. As part of a new Volunteers Programme initiated by the national water agency, PUB, Mr Ng visited the NEWater Visitor Centre
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      103 29 TODAY, every year, people all over the world celebrate World Water Day. Thisyear’stheme–Transboundarywaters: Sharedwaters,sharedopportunities–isa reminder that water is a shared resource. In Singapore, our water bodies are open for activities and community bonding. We can help by using water prudently and keeping it clean. The annual Singapore
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      Lock icon Recognising their efforts
      129 29 THERE are people out there who have gone out of their way over to promote water issues. And now the efforts of these people are recognised with the Watermark Award. Started in 2007 by PUB, the award is given to individuals and organisations for outstanding contributions and
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    • Shared Waters, Shared opportunities
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        Lock icon Save water, here's how
        181 30/31 Take shorter showers. An average shower uses about 9 litres a minute, so turn off the shower while soaping yourself. Check for leaks. Turn off the taps and see if your water meter keeps running. A leak wastes more than 20 litres of water a day.
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        213 30/31 SAVING water means cost savings. The 10 per cent Challenge launched by PUB last November aims to help businesses reduce 10 per cent of their monthly water consumption through sustainable and efficient design and the use of water conservation devices. The programme started with hotels,
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        Lock icon Take the 10-litre challenge
        211 30/31 WE ARE fortunate to have clean water on tap, but this encourages waste. So while you might think nothing of leaving the shower running while you soap yourself, as much as nine litres of water are going to waste each minute. To counter this mindset, PUB
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        Lock icon WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
        79 30/31 300 Litres of water needed to produce 1 kg of paper 1,000 Litres of water needed to grow 1 kg of potatoes 1,300 Litres of water needed to produce 1 kg of wheat 3,300 Litres of water needed to produce 1 kg of eggs 15,000 Litres of
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        Lock icon Chill out at our reservoirs
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        268 30/31 HOW do we keep our waterways pristine?Don’tlitter.Littertravels from drain to canal to river to reservoir. Using a paper boat to represent litter, GAVIN FOO follows its journey down our waterways. From outside my office in Toa Payoh North, my paper boat sailed from a knee-deep drain
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      161 32 Nominate a water hero for the Watermark Award '09 PUB AC <\ !§wfc j The Watermark Award recognises individuals and organisations for their outstanding contributions and unwavering commitment to protect and preserve Singapore's precious water resources. This can be achieved by promoting water conservation, taking ownership of our waters or
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      33 33 Ask Dr Date Have problems finding love? Make a date withDrDate.He’ll go over the finer points 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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      272 35 BRAIN WORKOUT TAN KIN LIAN Thereare four houseswith different colours in arow.Each owner plays adifferent sport anddrinksadifferent beverage. Howtoplay 1.Findthecluesthatindicatea fixedHouse(eg.Georgelives infirsthouse)andother relatedclues(eg.bluehouse nexttoGeorge’s).Fillthetable withtheclues. 2.Findothercluesthatcanbe placedintable.Youmayhave tofigureoutafewrelatedclues together. 3.Onceyou’veworkedoutall thecluesandputtheminthe table,you’llbeabletoanswer thequestion. Answers/PAGE36 5. The whiskeydrinker lives inthe firsthouse. 6. The martinidrinker livesin the whitehouse. 7. The engineerlivestothe right
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      262 36 WATCH’EM PICTURE:20TH CENTURYFOX AliensVs Predator: Requiem (above) StarMovies (StarHubCh 58),9pm TheAlienversusPredator war descendson a small town,where unsuspectingresidents must band togetherfor anychance ofsurvival. StarringSteven Pasquale,JohnOrtiz, Reiko Aylesworth. CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow 2009 12.30pm FootballersLives 1.00 Air Bud 3.00 ForbesTV 200: Famous,Fabulous& FilthyRich 4.00 AmericanIdol VIII/LifeIs Wild 6.00 America’sFunniest Home Videos 6.30 ServesYou
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      30 38/39 Saturday,21Mar 2009 First Second Third 8660 9670 1801 Starters 5339 8101 0633 9558 9979 9662 1375 5859 5713 6818 Consolation 8194 9977 8507 6510 8926 3758 3596 1896 3717 1355
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        Lock icon It’s all Tuxedo Moon
        364 38/39  -  Makes it 6 wins in succession Cracks another course record DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg SIX straight wins and a second track record on the Polytrack in as many weeks. That is the proud achievement of the exciting Tuxedo Moon. Backing up from his record-breaking run over the
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        1153 38/39 GOING: GOOD Race1 MS1800m 2 EASTCAMP58(43-18) KBSoo (1) 4 3 1 (474) 7 MISSIONPERFECTUS52(83-23) ISaifudin (10) 8 4 2 (463) 2.75 5 KINKESEKI57(14-5) MGallagher (9) 1 1 3 (518) 2 6 SEACREST56(27-9) JSaimee (4) 2 2 4 (499) Shd 3 JOYLUCK58c54(52-19) AFeiruz* (5) 6 7 5
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        227 38/39 TRAINER Charles Leck was in supreme form, saddling a brilliant hat-trick with Ninetyfive Sword, Smart General and Lucky Domino. Nine-year-old Ninetyfive Sword, with apprentice Michael Yap up, started the ball rolling in Race 4 when he came home with a flourish to beat
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        445 38/39 GOING: HEAVY Race1 C*****m 6 TRIPLEHEE53.5(208-54) MWTeh (4) 4 4 1 (560) 2 UNIVERSALHERO56.5(11-5) BWoodworth (3) 1 1 2 (521) 0.5 8 SPEEDLEOPARD52(26-5) TMWan (5) 2 3 3 (445) 1.25 5 ONLYONE54c52(285-66) LouHo* (1) 5 5 4 (512) 1.5 ?Winningstable:PrimeTreasure.Trainer:YNLiew.Time:1min9.2sec.Forecast:$108.Tierce:$1261.Malaysian W/P:RM122,RM35,RM5,RM7.PForecast:$21(6-2),$7(2-8),$20(6-8).Trio:$136.EOB:$16. Race2 RM1400m 1 BIGDAWN55c53(8-5) KEirwan* (3)
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        275 38/39 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 3 Reno One Step Ahead 2 Sinma Champion 5 One Step Ahead 5 2 Reno 3 Sinma Champion Sinma Champion 5 5 3 Reno 2 Road Runner Colourland Fighter 2 Shaking Heaven 1
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        Lock icon LAST FRIDAY AND YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPES’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        1883 40 RACE 1 AGGRESSIVE and EMPEROR ROSSINI were slow. LIGHTNING ONE and SAMURAI SOUL bumped on jumping. Shortly after the start, TOA HORSERADISH and ASTRA TORRES were crowded between AGGRESSIVE, who laid in, and KIWIJAZZ,who shiftedout. Near the 900m, EMPEROR ROSSINI
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        110 41 THIS four-year-old New Zea-land-bred gelding by Slew The World gets the unanimous vote of The New Paper for his impressive last-start effort on 21 Feb. He ran his best race in three starts only to find one better in Universal Hero over the
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        1079 41 GOING FORECAST: HEAVY RACE1 C4 1.15 -1100m Stakes:RM37,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 --0--9 GoldenMight 57 (60) IAzhar 7 (5agKCoetzee-GoldenKnight) 2 2-3214 OneStepAhead 57 (60) RBurnettc2 6 (4nzmFNathan-DoubleStar) 3 *****2 Reno 56 (58) SAnandanc2 3 (6nzgKFWong-Hydrocarbon) 4 0-9087 CelestialMusic 55 (56) MWTehc2
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        911 42 RACE 1 (1,200m) Malayan Bright (4) tackles an extra 200m, but has produced solid runs back-to-back, erasing his maiden status with an all-the-way win 15 days ago over the 1,000m and can repeat. Penglai Xianzi (9) is likely to come on for a rallying
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        982 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASSGRIFFIN 1200m TIME:12:25 Stakes:HK$750,000(Qtt) NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 BEGRATEFUL CWCHANG ZPURTON 127 2 2 STILLYOUTURNMEON TKNG WMLAI 127 5 3 WINWIN ASCRUZ SCRATCHED 4 MALAYANBRIGHT DCRUZ WCMARWING 125 7 5 BRIGHTTOUCH CSSHUM YTCHENG 118 6 6
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        690 43  -  STEVE NEWELL npsports@sph.com.sg Steve Newell is an experienced golf writer who has worked with many of the world's leading players and teachers, and has written several books on golf. He now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els. BEST player never to have won a Major. It’s a
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        283 43 LORENA Ochoa fired a seven-under-par 65 on Friday to equal the course record and take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the USLPGA Mastercard Classic in Mexico City. “Igotalotofbadlieshere,”shesaid. “Also some mud on my ball. But I managedtomakebirdiesanyway.” Ochoa has usually struggled on this
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        277 44  -  GODFREY ROBERT TEO HOCK Seng handed out a birthday present on Friday night. The managing director of Komoco Motors, who celebrated his 63rd birthday on Friday, handed over an extra slot for Singapore qualifiers for the final of the Hyundai World Golf Championship on Jeju Island,
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        604 44 ...that’sChapchai’sunbelievablerecordwinningtotal THAILAND’S Chapchai Nirat left his closest rivals in awe when he stormed home to victory with a record-breaking five-under-par 67 at the US$300,000 ($450,000) SAIL Open in New Delhi yesterday. The three-time Asian Tour winner, who had earlier set a 54-hole record of 27-under went on to
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        374 45  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg AN AVID traveller, Quah Ting Wen has many good memories of her holiday trips with her family and overseas swimming competitions. One of them is a prized photo she took with South Africa’s sprint star Roland Schoeman at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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        359 45 What’satypical day for you like? MY DAY starts at 5am every morning. I have to be at the pool by 5.30am and training lasts about two hours. Then I have to be in school at about 8am. Evening training starts about 4.30pm. I train 10
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        919 46 / 47  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg IT WAS 5.45am. Closed for the one-week March break, there was dead silence at the Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) on Wednesday morning. But down at the swimming pool, Quah Ting Wen was all ready to start her day. Training was pushed back an hour
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        861 48 / 49  -  Thisweek,inourseriesonwomenwhoarepushingthefrontiers of sport, we feature one ironwoman who keeps up with the men in her adventure racing team JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg SHE IS THE rose among the thorns. But adventure racer Chang Ee Pin (left), 39, is as tough as the men in her team–
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        371 48 / 49  -  Motor Sport ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg FORMULA One’s world ruling body FIA will postpone the introduction of a new “win-ner-takes-all”points systemto next year. The new system, which would have seen the driver with the most wins (rather than points at the end of the season) crowned champion,
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      639 50  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE npsports@sph.com.sg I HAVE a dream. Wayne Rooney is wearing flowers in his hair and holding hands with Fernando Torres. They’re skipping througha sunlit cornfield, Torres’ golden locks and filmy white dress are streaming out behind. Liverpool and United players are scattered around
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      196 50 SENGKANG Secondary School have emerged as the champions in the Manchester United Premiership Cup (MUPC) Singapore. Sengkang Secondary beat Jurongville Secondary School 3-1 on penalties at the Marina Bay Floating Platform on Friday to earn the right to represent Singapore in the MUPC
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        266 51 Rafa riding high, needs to set the seal on his challenge At home they have been 68% effective Away they have been 65% effective Away to Tier 1 they achieve 33% effectiveness At home to Tier 1 they are 53% effective Ranked 4th for goal scoring at home (1.57 goals
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        803 52 AFP LIVERPOOL head into their match with Aston Villa tonight desperate to avoid another feeling of anti-climax atAnfield. The Reds know that they will have to win almost all of their remaining nine games in the Premier League to stand a chance of overhauling
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        242 52 PA Sport SIR ALEX Ferguson has re-opened hostilities with Rafa Benitez by disputing the Liverpool manager’s claim that he has spent more on transfers than the Spaniard. Benitez (below, shaking hands with Ferguson) suggested last week that Ferguson had spent £100 million ($218m) more than
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        715 53 Black Cats in for a scalding at City 6 Game Home Awav Performance 2 Manchester City Sunderland Sunderiand\h.^Tier 2 Tier 3 J 8 5 4 3 2 Ranked 3rd for home form nearly two points per game Only Man Utd have scored more at home Home defence ranked 6th Won
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        399 54  -  BY SpecialCorrespondent ANDY HAMPSON Special Correspondent YANSHAWCROSS’84thminute header earned Stoke victory and provided a huge boost to their EPL relegation battle. The defender escaped his markertodeflectRoryDelap’s long throw into the far corner of the net. StokewonathrowinsideBoro’s half in the third minute. But Delap rejected the chance to
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        261 54 PA Sport SUBSTITUTE Keith Andrews struck to rescue a point for relegation-threatened Blackburn. Andrews had only been on the pitch for six minutes when he lashed home a right-foot shot to cancel out Mark Noble’s35th-minuteopener. Rovers looked in the mood to put more daylight
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        613 56  -  BY SEAN COLLINS Special Correspondent PA Sport ORTSMOUTHboosted their hopes of Premier League survival as they came from behind to defeat Everton, with Peter Crouch scoring both goals. Leighton Baines had fired the Toffees into a fourth-minute lead, but Crouch levelled in the 22nd minute and
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        285 56  -  BY MARK HILL Special Correspondent WEST BROM slipped nearer the relegation trapdoor despite an own goal from Danny Shittu denying their former boss Gary Megson a triumphant first return to the Hawthorns. MattTaylor’ssecond-halfgoal looked to have earned Bolton a first away win in
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        616 57  -  COMMENT TOTTENHAM 1 (Luka Modric, 50) CHELSEA0 ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg THE KOPITIAM uncle came up to me just before the original start of last night’s Tottenham Hotspur-Chelsea game at 11pm. When it was announced then that the game would be delayed by half an hour due to
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        503 58  -  COMMENT FULHAM 2 (Murphy 18pen, Gera 87) MANUNITED 0 GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg AT CRAVEN Cottage, it didn’t just rain. Man, it poured. This analogy could be best used to describe what Manchester United have gone through over the past week. Just when they thought things couldn’t
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        145 58  -  –GARYLIM TURNING POINT ONECOULDalways rely onMan Unitedtocome backfroma deficit. Suchistheir prowess. ButwhenPaul Scholeswas red-cardedfor using hishands toblocka goal-boundheaderin the17thminute, and in theprocess concededa penalty,itproved toomuch even forthe Red Devils. Fromthen on, itbecamean uphilltask forMan United. GAPS IN DEFENCE WITHNemanja Vidic suspended,youngster JonathanEvanscame into the sideto partnerRio Ferdinandin centraldefence.
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        151 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: WIGANvHULL Ch 27,9.30pm MAN CITY v SUNDERLAND Ch 22,11pm LIVERPOOL v ASTON VILLA Ch 27, midnight Gareth Barry (right) was linked with a move to Liverpool last season. Will he put up a performance that will re-ignite Rafa Benitez’s interest in him? SERIEA Tonight: INTER-MILAN
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        8 59 TRANSITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 26,3am
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        8 59 INDIAN WELLS MASTERS Tomorrow: FINAL Ch 22,5am
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        342 59 LOCAL EVENTS RUNNING What: Singapore Athletic Association 3rd League Walk 2009 When: Today Time: 7.30am Where: Bishan Park THERE are junior, open and senior categoriesfor boththe men’s and women’sevents. Registrationat thebooth near the fish pond closes at 7.20am. TRIATHLON What: Aviva Ironman 70.3 When: Today Time: 7am Where: Playground@Big
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      278 60 GerrardwantsPremierLeague crownonlywithLiverpool STEVEN Gerrard only wants to win the English Premier League title if he can win it with Liverpool. Gerrard has already turned down the opportunity to leave Anfield for Chelsea in his career, and insists he would make the same decision again in his quest for
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