The New Paper, 28 March 2009

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    19 1 the new paper 28 Mar 09 28 Mar 09 sat Singapore Press VflP Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      Lock icon They ask:‘Why do only some shops have to move?’
      943 2  -  Some Chinatown stallholders unhappy at having to relocate REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg BY 30 Apr, Mr Danny Ow may wish that he can be in two places at the same time. He has two stalls on Pagoda Street, both selling clothes
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      45 4 FIRE:A53-year-oldwomanwasrushedtoSingaporeGeneral Hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a Jurong chemical factory yesterday at about 12.30pm. The fire, which occurred at Joo Koon Crescent, engulfed the first and second storey of the factory. The cause is being investigated. PICTURE: TNP READER
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      Lock icon ‘Small businesses to lead world out of recession’
      282 4 THEY FACE BIG CHALLENGES BUT... MANY giant conglomerates are struggling to survive in the global economic downturn. And one expert feels it will be the small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) that will lead economies out of the current recession. Professor Robin Jarvis,
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      Lock icon 200 Muslim families hit by recession to get help
      97 4 THE Association of Muslim Professionals has put together a $500,000 Temporary Assistance Package to help families whose sole breadwinners have lost their jobs in the recession. Some 200 families are expect- ed to benefit. The aim is to help those who
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      Lock icon Upgraded StarHub network allows faster mobile surfing
      110 4 NET users on the move can now surf the Internet at speeds of up to 21Mbps on their notebook computers, three times faster than previously possible. StarHub said yesterday that it had completed an upgrade to its mobile broadband network to support download
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      Lock icon PSA International’s net profit fell in 2008
      94 4 AFP SINGAPORE port operator PSA International said yesterday its 2008 net profit sank an annual 46 per cent as the worldwide economic slump sent trade volumes falling rapidly in the last five months of the year. Net profit came in at $1.04 billion,
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    • PUNCHED BY WIFE’S LOVER HIT BY WIFE’S ALLEGED LOVER
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        Lock icon HUBBY’S ORDEAL
        76 6/7 2006: Discovers wife of 8 years having an affair when she gets hit by lover. He forgives her 1 Mar 2007: Finds wife and lover in carpark.Scuffle ensues and Mr Tjan lodges first police report Feb 2008: Mr Tjan beginsdivorce proceedings.Wife sleepsin separateroom Jun 2008: Mr Tjangets attacked
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        878 6/7  -  Technician (left) confronts wife’sloverincarparkafter mistaking him for rapist REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg NOTonlywasheemotionallytrau-matisedbyhiswife’sadultery,hebecame physically terrorised by herlover. MrTjan,aself-employedaircontech-nician,hadhisfirstnastyencounterwith hiswife’sloverinunusualcircumstances abouttwoyearsago. Hehadreturnedfromworkearlythat day and got a shock at the multi-storey carparknearhisblock. “I saw a man on top of my wife in a car
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        Lock icon Jealous hubby gets hit and chased in public
        466 6/7 Security guard confronts man at cafe with wife AN encounter with his son’s former primary school teacher resulted in a double blow for a part-time security guard. Mr Remy, who also freelances as a surveyor, suspected his wife was having an affair
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      Lock icon Would you pay to be buried overseas?
      412 8  -  Aussiecemeteryruns adtoattractS’poreans to bury dead there REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg INLIFE,youmaythinkofrelocatingtoAustralia.Now,itseemsyoucanconsidertheoptionindeathaswell. Necropolis,aproviderofcremationandburialservicesinAustralia’sVictoriastate,offeredthisserviceina newspaperadvertisementlastSaturday. It said: “The recently announced Phase 2 of the Kwong Hou Sua Teochew Cemetery Exhumation Programmewillpromptfamiliestoconsideralternatives.It is possible to bury or place cremated remains within theSongHeYuaninSpringvaleBotanicalCemetery.” The cemetery sits
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      Lock icon S’pore businessmen check out cemeteries
      331 8  -  REPORT: LINCOLN TAN tnp@sph.com.sg Writing for The New Paperfrom Auckland. The writer is a freelance correspondent. THEY may never have been to New Zealand in their lifetime, but a new wave of“immigrants” could bespending eternity there. A group of Singapore businessmen was in New Zealand
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      Lock icon Biker grabs woman’s bag, drags her along road for 10m
      622 10/11  -  CRIME IN JB: I REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE woman was dragged for about 10m on the road when her handbag was snatched by a motorcycle-rid-ing robber in Johor Baru. In her shock and confusion, Mrs Chua Huey, 39,
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      Lock icon Car window smashed, camera, cash stolen
      399 10/11  -  CRIME IN JB: II REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg LAST Sunday, operations executive Sam Chong, his wife and their son, 6, drove to JohorBarutovisitMrChong’sparents. Along the way to the house, they stopped forbreakfastat8.30amatMcDonald’s,nextto Carrefour Hypermarket, along the Tebrau Highway, which leads to the city centre.
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      Lock icon He breaks his piggy bank for stray cats
      829 12  -  Jobless Ang Mo Kio man now running out of money REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg HE ADOPTED a stray puppy 25 years ago and gave it all his love. After his beloved dog, Bikee, was killed on a road in 1996, Mr
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      Lock icon This first-timer’s got big ambitions
      255 14  -  Crystal Chan FOR the first time, a Hummer will be takingpartin The New Paper’s SUVival Challenge. Last year, a Porsche Cayenne was among the fleet of SUVs. On 25 Apr, Mr Keith Tan and his team of four will be lining up at the starting
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      Lock icon SUVival of the fastest
      304 14  -  All slots for the SUVival challenge filled in a week REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg THERE are more adventure seekers keen on a “dirty”weekend thanthere areplaces. Less than a week after registration opened for The New Paper SUVival Challenge, all 120 slots have been snapped up. About
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      781 16/17  -  Students set out for Nepal basecamptomeetS’pore’s first all-women Everest team REPORT: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg INSPIRED by Singapore’s first women’s Everest team, a group of six secondary schoolgirls have set off on an adventure of their own to the Everest Base Camp. The girls from Christ Church Secondary
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      Lock icon Kids’learning trip to China village filmed for documentary
      444 16/17  -  Kerri Teo –KerriTeo,newsroomintern IMAGINE not being able to bathe for eight days. Or havingtopeein an openfield.That’s hardly what you’dexpectfroman overseastrip. But the rough conditions ended up being an eye-opener for a group of 10 students from Nanyang Primary School (NYPS). In August
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      31 12 KRISTIN KREUK as CHUN-LI EDMUND CHEN as XIANG NEAL MCDONOUGH as BISON THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI SOME FIGHT FOR POWER. SOME FIGHT FOR US. NOW SHOWING CATHAY RBLNNOKORM/Hecfc* 0 PG VIOLENCE
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      42 18 BLASTED:Tribesmengatheringatamosque,thesiteofa suicide attack, in the town of Jamrud in north-west Pakistan yesterday. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the mosque during Friday prayers, killing 48 people and wounding dozens in one of the deadliest attacks in the country. PICTURE: AFP
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      Lock icon Muhyiddin picked to head BN campaign
      162 18 MALAYSIAN BY-ELECTIONS The Star UMNOdeputypresidentTanSriMuhyiddinYassin(right)hasbeenpickedto headtheBarisanNasional(BN) electionmachineryforthethree upcomingby-elections. Theby-electionsareforthe BukitGantangparliamentaryseat andtheBatangAiandBukit Selambaustateseats. MrMuhyiddinsaidthereisalot thatneedstobedoneandthe votershavetobetoldthatthenew teamiscommittedtochange. Hesaid:“Wearepreparedtoengage,sitdown,talk and listen. We are willing to make the necessary amendments to change the way we do things, manage thepartyandcountry.” On the chances of a BN win, he
      The Star; PICTURE: REUTERS  -  162 words
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      Lock icon Japan: Shoot down North Korean rocket if necessary
      93 18 AFP JAPAN authorised the shooting down of a North Korean rocket or its debris if it threatens to hit the country, defence minister Yasukazu Hamada said. The ministry was expected to deploy two Aegis-equipped destroyers in the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
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      Lock icon Obama sends 4,000 extra troops to Afghanistan
      94 18 AFP US PRESIDENT Barack Obama unveiled a new offensive against militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He will dispatch 4,000 extra troops to train the Afghan army, on top of 17,000 deployments already authorised. Mr Obama will also send hundreds more civilian officials into
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing: Time to buy stocks, real estate
      103 18 HONG KONG’S self-made billionaire Li Ka-shing has said that now is the time to consider buying stocks and real estate. The third-richest Asian billionaire holds enormous sway among investors throughout Asia. “If you have money in your pocket,” Mr Li said, consider
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      Lock icon FATHER
      469 19 An angry Dr M says man who defeated son (left) for Umno Youth Chief is corrupt SMARTING from his son’s defeat, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad let fly a slew of angry allegations against the man who won and the youth organisation that spurned his son. Dr Mahathir,
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      Lock icon versus FATHER-IN-LAW
      252 19 PM Abdullah defends son-in-law (right), says Khairy is hardworking MY SON-IN-LAW worked very hard to win and I am happy for him. That is what Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said yesterday. Son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin was elected Umno Youth chief on Wednesday. “He(Khairy) worked veryhard, he really worked
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      Lock icon Najib will reform govt once in office
      351 19 MALAYSIA’Sincomingprime minister willradicallyrestructure thecountry’s economy. Mr Najib Razak will also tweak state companies to make them more efficient and wean them off dependence on the government, a source told Reuters yesterday. Mr Najib, currently deputy prime minister, is expected to take over the
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      Lock icon 'I saw my family swept away'
      597 20/21 JAKARTA DAM BURSTS A rolling thunder in the distance. Then, water crashes into homes... THE white plastic sheets on stretchers kept coming. And with each arrival, the heart-break-ing cries of family members grew louder. The scene by mid-afternoon at Universitas Muhammadiyah in Jakarta, which
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      Lock icon Thailand's 'red shirts' stage protest–again
      448 22 IT is the last thing Thailand needs another protest. Yesterday, thousands of anti-govern-ment protesters stopped Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva from entering his office and vowed to continue their siege until he stepped down. The protest comes at the worst possible time for Thailand. The
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      Lock icon Jury acquits him after only 45 minutes
      353 22 UK man accused of raping drunk lawyer THE man accused of raping a woman because she was too drunk to refuse sex can breathe a sigh of relief. The British jury of four men and seven women took only 45 minutes to decide
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      Lock icon Girl sells virginity online to highest bidder
      331 23 But her teacher says she’snovirginand questions her motive NO,YOUaren’t.Yes,Iam.Asaddebateovervirginityistakingplaceonthe Net. On one side is a Romanian teen who says she is auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder in ordertopayforhercollegefees. Ontheothersideisherteacher. Hehascomeforwardtosaysheisnotavirginandis justdoingittobecomefamous. Alina Percea, 18, wants £50,000 ($108,000) to lose her
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      Lock icon *****, Twitter is sooo last millennium
      785 24  -  Indian villages have been doing it for years COMMENT: ANAND GIRIDHARADAS tnp@sph.com.sg IHT TWITTERandFacebookare,*****,solastmillen-nium.Or so it seems as I look out through my window in the forested Indian village where I am living, one of thoseplacesthatthefuturehasyettoinvade. A row of modest houses faces me. All
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      13 18 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Lightrain High31˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Cloudy High33˚,Low26˚ Manila:Hazy High31˚,Low27˚
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      26 25 FROM READER SL WOO 100 OR $1.00?: Our reader spotted this coupon parking board in a Yishun carpark, and,accordingtoher,“givesaWHOLEnew meaningto‘heavy’vehicleparking”. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      Lock icon Station staff need to be more alert
      279 25 FROM READER HUNG PUI LENG PERRINE I REFER to the article about the elderly woman who was run over by a train when she fell on to the MRT track in Clementi Station, “Husband: I don’t know whathappened”(TheNewPaper,25Mar). It was really an unfortunate
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      Lock icon 3 HOT TOPICS YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
      112 25 1 TEO Chee Hean has been named Deputy Prime Minister, and for the first time, a woman has been appointed full minister. MrTeo will continue as Defence Minister. Mrs LimHweeHua, 50, will be Minister in the PrimeMinister’sOffice. 2 MALAYSIA’SMinister of International Trade and
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      Lock icon Legislation needed to prevent further dragon boat accidents
      246 25 RAIZAL ABDOL JALIL IAMwritingaboutthereport“Henearlydrownsin knee-highwater”(TNP,26Mar). It was fortunate that the boy was discovered before it was too late. If the instructors had adhered closely to the General Safety Procedures of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF), this incident could have been prevented.
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      31 26 What do you think of express buffets? “Ithink they areaverygood idea, especially during the short lunch hour we have. Not only is it cheaper, the varietyisalso there.” SabrinaSeah, 27,financial consultant
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      85 26 Comments on hawkers who are not licensed to sell on Orchard Road having to move elsewhere for business: Ilike the ice-cream uncles. They are a welcome relief in sunny Singapore. They give Orchard Road character. Kick them out and Orchard Road might just become a dull, boring,
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      63 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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      38 26 TNP POST WOMAN .COM We’ve got a new Postwoman blog! Log on to tnppostwoman.com to find behind-the-scenes videos, photos and news about your favourite Asian and Hollywood celebs. thenewpaper 2nd-most read English paper daily (Nielsen Media Index ’08)
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      880 27  -  Manhunt Singapore finalists are not just training up physically REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg HEALMOSTdidnotmakeitintothecontest,andnowhehasemergedasoneofitsfrontrunners.Teo Yu Hao was a replacement finalist in this year’s Manhunt Singapore due to a last-minute withdrawal. It was a stroke of luck for the 21-year-old Nanyang TechnologicalUniversityundergraduate. And he’s trying
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        Lock icon Top Chef host shows her love for burger
        313 29  -  We round up the Internet sites or videos that people are talking about Seto Nu-Wen What’sthe noise: Top Chef host and Indian American stunner Padma Lakshmi is the next celebrity to front burger chain Carl’sJr’sads. The 38-year-old once described in her 2007
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        219 29  -  Seto Nu-Wen What’sthe noise: Beingatsomeoneelse’swedding seems to have got Ashton Kutcher reflecting on his own. Kutcher, 31, is married to actress Demi Moore, who is 15 years older than he is. The pair attended the nuptials of Moore’sex, BruceWillis, lastweekend. Kutcher seems to have come out
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        Lock icon Meet Jackie Chan and Daniel Wu
        88 29 WITH a whopping production budget of US$25 million ($38 million), Shinjuku Incident looks set to be another box-office draw for action star Jackie Chan. Jackie plays Steelhead, an honest, hardworking tractor repairman, who makes a perilous journey in search of his girlfriend. It also
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        595 30  -  Cage’slatestmovie explores our fears during troubled times Germaine Lim KNOWING STARS: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn DIRECTOR: AlexProyas RELEASE DATE: 9 Apr THE SKINNY: Fifty -year-old cryptic messages that contain accurate predictions of the future have been
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        Lock icon Getting down on your knees
        600 31  -  New street-legal racing tyres give added stability on turns REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg I CONFESS that I do not like dragging my knee sliders in corners. Perhaps the main reason for not “going down on bendedknees”isduetothelackofconfidenceinsome tyres I had used on my sportsbike. When
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        233 42  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg THE sensational Rocket Man showed he was the real deal when he cruised to another easy victory in the $200,000 Group 3 Kranji Sprint yesterday. His time of 1min 08.6sec for the 1,200m trip, staged over the Kranji A course, erased 0.2sec
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        1177 42 GOING: GOOD Race1 C5(SC)1200m 9 GERONIMO53.5c50.5(183-45) MAiry* (2) 1 1 1 (504) 8 RISINGSHADOW55.5c52.5(20-7) SHLow* (4) 2 2 2 (515) 1.5 6 SAMURAIPOWER56c53(156-31) HKCheng* (8) 3 4 3 (467) Ns 13 GIRO51.5(63-17) SJohn (14) 9 10 4 (488) Hd 14 EXPRESSARDO51(122-28) BWoodworth (1) 4
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        356 42 RACE 1:1st 13 Rovigo ($21 -$7) 2nd 1 Dancescape ($13) 3rd 12 Excelebrate ($5) 4th 6 Hoones. EOB $11. Forecast $8. Place forecast $5 (1-12), $3 (1-13), $8 (12-13). Tierce $71. Trio $8. Quartet $858. Scratchings: I’s A Smarty Pants, Alezzie, Esprit Lane, Meddler, My Girl
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        734 43 TIPS AND COMMENTS BY WES CAMERON RACE 1 (2,100m) Split The Scene (2) Got back in the run and hampered in the straight but motored late stages when beating Loyalty over 1,800m 14 Mar. Jangala (3) Won four races in a row before stepping up
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        845 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD 12:02Race1 EATMOREVEG 2100M 1 0 6 9 ARCHIEJUNIOR5G CHarvey (1) 58.0 2 9 6 5 1 SPLITTHESCENE5M SParnham (9) 56.0 3 1 1 1 5 JANGALA6M PFarrell (3) 55.0 4 3 2 0 2 CICINHO4G SGruddy (2) 53.0 5 5 6 8
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        258 43 Race 9: Dubai Kahayla Classic (2,000m) Time:9.00 Prizemoney: US$250,000($380,000) 1 Nirwan FJara 57 2 NilBlanc ADe Vries 57 3 Palapal RFfrench 57 4 Paris Gagner RHills 57 5 NashwanAl Khalidiah CLemaire 57 6 AlJalfane Scratched 57 7 ViteRoyale WSmith 57 8 Shadiyda GAvranche 57 9 AlMoutawakel
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        903 44 RACE 1 (1,200m) BlessUsAll (No.10)isn’treliable, but is the only starter to have a place under his belt, when running on late for third over 1,000m at his penultimate start. Hussler (4) raced greenly but is likely to come on for a first-up seventh 13 days
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        938 44  -  GOING FORECAST: GOOD TipsandcommentsbyPHILLIPWOO,courtesyofTheHongKongJockeyClub PHILLIP WOO TipsandcommentsbyPHILLIPWOO,courtesyofTheHongKongJockeyClub RACE1 CLASS4 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$625,000(Qtt) NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 BERNINI TKNG PHLO 131 11 2 GRANDFIELD YOWONG CKTONG 126 7 3 HEAVENLYPOWERS DEFERRARIS ZPURTON 126 8 4 HUSSLER JSIZE DWHYTE 126 3 5 MATSUKAZE PFYIU
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        506 45 AP THEfirstroundoftheArnoldPalm-er Invitational had a little something for everyone who likes their golf splashed with a dollop of ex-tra-spicyhot sauce. Asthe windsblewacrossthe Bay Hill Club and Lodge on Thursday, there were blowups, blowouts, a spectator knocked out and a sizzling round by a
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        177 45 AFP JOHAN Edfors of Sweden extended his lead at the inaugural Black Mountain Masters after yesterday’s second round, with Filipino legend Frankie Minoza hot on his heels. The big-hitting Edfors carded 68 for a two-day total of 132, 12 under par, at Black Mountain Golf Club, widening
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        944 4647  -  TheNewPaper’sFormulaOneanalystLUKENETTOlooksathowF1’sBigFour drivers will start the new season from tomorrow LUKE NETTO Born: January 7, 1985 Stevenage, England 1.75m Height: Weight: 66kg McLaren Debut: March 2007, McLaren 35 9 22 13 Races wins: Podiums: Pole positions: 25.7% 62.9% 37.1% 2008: 1st, 98pts 1 Retirements: LEWIS
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        602 4647  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg THIS year, pigs could really fly in Formula One. But you won’t know that for sure till 2pm today, when qualifyingfortomorrow’sAustralian Grand Prix in Melbourne starts. Because the new Formula One rules seem to be shaking up the field. And already, yesterday’s practice sessions
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        723 48  -  In his weekly column, former F1 driver ALEX YOONG shares his thoughts before the Australian Grand Prix ALEX YOONG THE F1 season is finally here and the Australian Grand Prix is one of the most high-ly-anticipated races of the year. It’ll be interesting because with all
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      529 49 Match: 0704 (1.10) (6.50) (15.00) (1.95) (1.70) TOTAL GOALS EXACT SCORE RUSSIA v AZERBAIJAN GARY ERIC HAN MING -2.5 +2.5 BRIAN Match: 0707 1X2 1 2 Russia Russia A’baijan N. IRELAND v POLAND A’baijan A’baijan Russia Russia 2,3 2,3 Russia (2.90) (3.15) (2.15) (1.16) (4.20)
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          137 50  -  GARYLIM Spain to go Home-Home against Turkey SPAIN coach Vicente Del Bosque’s squad had been hit by a string of injuries. But now it seems David Villa, David Silva, Sergio Ramos andXavi are all available. But just look at the strength in depth of the squad. If any
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          145 50  -  BRIAN MILLER Wales to beat Finland on the 1X2 WE’VE heard of Irish jokes, but have you heard any Welsh jokes? No. Well there’s a reason. The Welsh are serious people just like their young team that takes on Finland tonight. Now, don’t be put off by the
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          111 50  -  ERIC DING Holland to beat Scotland on the 1X2 THERE is no way Scotland will escape defeat when they take on Holland. The previous meeting in 2003 saw the Dutch thrash them 6-0 in a one-sid-ed game. That being the case, there is little to prevent the Dutch
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          92 50 Portugal to draw with Sweden on the 1X2 PORTUGAL are looking to put a poor start behind them with a win over Sweden. WithSweden’sZlatanIbrahimovicsuspended, this will be a good chance. But then again, Sweden have an able deputy in Henrik Larsson. I see this as quite an even
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          136 50 Russia to overcome 2.5-goal handicap and beat Azerbaijan on the 1 /2 Goal THE RUSSIANS are coming and they’re led by bang-in-form striker Andrei Arshavin. Second in Group Four, behind the unbeaten Germans, the Russians know that they must win this or risk being pushed backtothirdinthetable–whichisahuge possibility since
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          97 50 Avoid Russia on the 1/2 Goal MANY punters tell me that there is no easy meat in world football these days. But I am still puzzled by fellow punters going ga-ga over Russia. Azerbaijan have been given a two-and-a-half goal handicap by Singapore Pools for this game, which
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          123 50 England to clear the 1/2 Goal handicap HERE’S a warning for those of you who think England are a certainty on the 1/2 Goal ticket when they take on Slovakia. Manager Fabio Capello has promised tousesixsubstitutesagainstSlovakia–the maximum allowed in order to keep his players fresh for their World
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          109 50 Portugal to beat Sweden on the 1X2 PORTUGAL have all the stars in football’s galaxy. You name it, and chances are he’s Portuguese. Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Nani, Simao, Ricardo Carvalho, Hugo Almeida. But still they trail Denmark, Hungary andAlbania–yes,Albania–inGroupOne and risk missing the boat to South Africa next
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          102 50 Avoid Italy on the 1/2 Goal I ALWAYS try to stay away from games involving Italy. The Italians are talented and have the ability to defeat any team. However, they are inconsistent and have the habit of winning by a slim margin. “Italy are undergoing a revamp,” said
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        446 51  -  JONATHAN TURNER PA Sport PICKING out bets for England international friendlies is pretty much regarded as a thankless task in this office, but we think we might just have found some value for tonight’s clash with Slovakia. Wary of the “patriotic” effect, bookies are usually running
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        184 51 ENGLAND will hope to build on Fabio Capello’s impressive start to the World Cup qualifying campaign when they play Slovakia in a friendly at Wembley tonight. Here, PA Sport looks at the key battles. EMILE HESKEY v MARTIN SKRTEL Emile Heskey was kept under close watch by
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        173 51 PA Sport 12 OCT, 2002 SLOVAKIA 1 ENGLAND 2 IN A match marred by crowd disturbances involving England supporters and baton-wielding local police, Michael Owen grabbed two second-half goals in soggy Slovakia to rescue England from embarrassment. England looked to be heading for a dismal defeat when Middlesbrough
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        555 52 Reuters BRAZIL will attempt to score their first World Cup qualifying goal in Ecuador when the teams meet at high altitude in Quito tomorrow. The five-time world champions, second in the 10-team South American group, have a dismal record in the Andean country, having failed
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        Lock icon Maradona coy about team plans
        406 52 AP ARGENTINA coach Diego Maradona refused to reveal the line-up for their World Cup Qualifier against Venezuela today. “I still have to decide some things,” Maradona said. Local sports media have been speculating that Maradona will unveil a three-man attack, includingBarcelona’sLionelMessi, Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero
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          637 53  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg FABIO Capello has much to ponder. Though certain sections of the UK press appear to have an unhealthy obsession with an ageing bit-part midfielder and his quest for caps, the real question mark hangs over the structure of the England team.
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          Lock icon DAVID BECKHAM ON...
          174 53 Wire Services England future: I’ve always said that, even if I’m not picked in the England squad, I always want to be availablewhileI’mstillplaying.That’s the way I see it. I’m an honest plewonderingwhyI’mstillplaying. But then only if that happenswhenI’m45. AC Milan stint: I think it’s improved my fitness
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          162 53 THE Premier League takes a break until next weekend because of the internationals. And several of the Premier League grounds will be virtually deserted, reported The Daily Mail. With players on international duty in all corners of the globe, the top-flight managers have 10 days of
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        581 54  -  HERBLOG Sara Ann K RazorTV host and Liverpool fan ATTRACTIONisnotachoice.Com-mitmentis.Loyalty to a football club is pretty much like a relationship. You are attracted to whatever team, for whatever reasons. Whether it be a particular player. The colour of the jersey. Where the team is from. Sometimes because
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        628 54 Jlloyd Samuel talks about Bolton players in the frame for England and the match ahead against Middlesbrough Were you surprised your team-mate Kevin Davies didn’tmake the England squad to face Scotland and the Ukraine after Fabio Capello named him in the provisional 28-man squad?
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        Lock icon Which footballer are you like?
        396 55  -  We take a light-hearted look at football in this weekly column HIS BLOG GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE OTHER day, due to peer pressure, I took a quiz. It was the first I had taken since my teacher asked me why a wasp sting, not a
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          377 56/57 Saturday, 4 Apr MATCH: Fulham v Liverpool RESULT: Win POINTS: 67 PROVIDED Liverpool’s key players return from international duties unscathed, they should be able to take down even a Fulham side which specialises in picking up points at home. After getting a second shot at
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          461 56/57  -  Liverpool are unlikely to sustain their winning run to overtake Manchester United GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg Sunday, 5 Apr MATCH: Man United v Aston Villa RESULT: Win POINTS: 68 THE defending champions take on the Premiership's second-best away side as they try to halt a
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          Lock icon HOW MAN UNITED’S SEASON MAY UNFOLD
          440 56/57  -  ManchesterUnited’sexperiencewillsee them through, but Liverpool will push them TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg Sunday, 5 Apr MATCH: Man United v Aston Villa RESULT: Win POINTS: 68 ASTON Villa look particularly lightweight in the right-back position, with Nigel Reo-Coker roped in as a makeshift right-back
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          403 56/57 Saturday, 4 Apr MATCH: Fulham v Liverpool RESULT: Win POINTS: 67 LIVERPOOL dropped crucial points against them previously. Hopefully, they can keep Danny Murphy and Andy Johnson quiet. If they manage to do that, they have three points in the bag. Saturday, 11 Apr MATCH:
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      Lock icon The face of Argentine peso
      474 58 peso IF YOU visit Argentina in the near future, you are suretosee lotsof DiegoArmando Maradona. Notinperson, but certainlyhisimages. That’s because the Argentina coach could soon have hisfaceon hiscountry’s currency– the peso. The Central Bank in Argentina is launching a new project which could see famous
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        100 59 LIVE TELECASTS WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Tonight: RUSSIA v AZERBAIJAN Ch 27,10pm Tomorrow: ROMANIA v SERBIA Ch 22,2.15am GERMANY v LIECHTENSTEIN Ch 27,2.55am PORTUGAL v SWEDEN Ch 21,4.45am SPAIN vTURKEY Ch 22,5am David Villa (right) has scored in six straight international matches for Spain. ARGENTINA v VENEZUELA Ch 27,6.10am ASIAN
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        27 59 BLACK MOUNTAIN MASTERS Today: DAY 3 Ch 23,4.30pm Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 23,3pm OPEN DE ANDALUCIA Tonight: DAY 3 Ch 26,9pm Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 26,8pm
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        15 59 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Qualifying Round: TODAY Ch 24,1.50pm Race Day: TOMORROW Ch 24,1 pm
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        487 59 LOCAL EVENTS TENNIS What: STA Open Singles and Doubles When: Until tomorrow Where: Kallang Tennis Centre LOOKout for themen’s and women’s doubles finals today. ATHLETICS What: SPH Schools Relay Championships 2009 When: Today and tomorrow Where: Bukit Gombak Stadium THE4 x400m and 4 x200mboys’ and girls’finalsfor alldivisionswill be
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