The New Paper, 29 March 2009

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    17 1 The New Paper on sunday 29 Mar 09 Singapore Press ViW Holdings MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS
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      Lock icon TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
      744 2 / 3 REPORTS: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg CLUB’SSALESPITCH ■Pay$12,000for a point-based membershippackage Points can be used for leisure,onlinegambling or redeemed for cash Recruit enough membersandyoucan become millionaire JUST for awhile, I was transported to a reces-sion-proof world. It could be all mine, with just a stroke of the
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      Lock icon WHAT OTHERS SAY
      308 2 / 3 GAMBLING IS ILLEGAL CRIMINAL lawyer Adrian Wee, from Characterist LLC, said that gambling is illegal in Singapore, even if it is done online. “Evenifthe gamblingsite isnotin Singapore,it isnot legal to access such sites here. As long as it occurs within Singapore borders, doing it online makes no
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      Lock icon Earn $15 million a year? He didn’t buy their line
      307 2 / 3 A NATIONAL serviceman, who wanted to be known only as Mr Phua, was recently approached by this club. Mr Phua, who had lost $1,200 after attending a sales pitch for a different scheme last year, immediately thought this one sounded
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    • News Exclusive interview with Nepal prince
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        Lock icon Killer trigger: Foiled $23m gun deal
        958 4 / 5  -  S'pore-based royal reveals what weighed on cousin’smindbeforeheshotfamilymembers REPORTS: S MURALI,CLEMENT MESENAS tnp@sph.com.sg Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas is now a public relations adviser with Bang PR. S MuraliisTheNewPaper’sassociateeditor. FORBIDDENloveistheoft-heardreasonbehind Nepal’s palace massacre when Dipendra Bikram Shah, then crown prince,ranamok. But there’s more to this Shakespearean
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      Lock icon Bloodline of Himalayan royal family almost wiped out in one night
      286 6 THE king was killed. His brother survived to succeed him. King Birendra was shot by his son, Crown Prince Dipendra. His younger brother, King Gyanendra, 61, was not at the palace during the massacre. His son, Prince Paras, 37,
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      Lock icon He takes degree to help others in need
      537 7 Buddhist monk returns to school for counselling degree HELPING those in need has taken him on a lifelong journey of learning. At 26, he earned a law degree to provide free legal advice. At 40, he completed a three-year Mandarin training course
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      Lock icon Oh, crab! Yio Chu Kang is‘the new East Coast’
      485 8/9  -  Suddencrabcrazehits area with 3 seafood jointsvyingfordiners REPORT PICTURES: HEDY KHOO ONEcouldcallthisSingapore’scrabbieststreet.Three restaurants which specialise in crabs havesprunginYioChuKangRoad,about400m ofeachother,aworldawayfromtheonesatEastCoast. Bigsignboardsfightforattention. At one end is the House of Seafood, followed by Kim’s Place, which is the latest addition. Both opened onlylastyear. They pose
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      Lock icon PORRIDGE PARADISE
      596 8/9  -  4 porridge places side by side at Upper Serangoon Hedy Khoo JUSTa short distance awayfromthe “crab zone”isthe “porridge zone”. Along the stretch of Upper Serangoon Road near Serangoon Junior College, four eateries serving porridge compete with each other. Ironically, the smallest and latest to move into the area
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      Lock icon Don’t lash out, look for solutions
      387 10  -  PM LEE ON TOUGH TIMES REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg THElongertherecessiondragson,themorelikelythatordinarypeoplemightfeelhelplessandfrus-trated. When things are beyond their control, individuals are inclined to get angry because they feel that they didn’tdoanythingwrong. Andthisangercanleadthemtoblamesomeonefor the difficulties they are in, as psychotherapists point out. Thenpeoplemightlashoutemotionally,assomein Europehaverecentlydone. Prime Minister Lee
      PICTURES: LIANHE ZAOBAO  -  387 words
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      Lock icon From computer specialists to ministers
      179 10 Brothers and sisters, our Guest-of-Honour this evening is no stranger to the concept of serving others. He is an old friend of SMMWU who stepped up together with Brother Lim Swee Say and Brother Teo Chee Hean to serve our members when they were army
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      Lock icon NTU research fellow killed in accident
      545 11 3rd person from School of ElectricalandElectronic Engineeringtodieinamonth DR Hu Kunlun, 29, was killed in a traffic accident around 9am on Friday. A research fellow with Nanyang Technological University’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering’s (EEE) Division of Control and Instrumentation, Dr Hu was on
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      Lock icon Three hurt by falling concrete slab at Marina IR site
      354 11  -  REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg THEY had only one piece of metal scaffolding left to move. So Mr Wong Zhou Guo, 38, and two other workers got on the 40-footer lorry to head to another part of the Marina Bay Sands
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        395 12 / 13 Thousands of S’poreansdid their bit for the planet last night HOPE shines brightest in the darkest hour. Many parts of Singapore were plunged into darkness for 60 minutes yesterday as thousands of people and hundreds of companies across Singapore observed Earth Hour. Several hotels across the Marina Bay
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        Lock icon ...and the rest of the world
        233 12 / 13 THE usually floodlit shells of the Sydney Opera House plunged into darkness yesterday as Sydney becametheworld’s firstmajorcityto participate in Earth Hour. From the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, the London Eye to the Las Vegas Strip, nearly 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries
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      Lock icon Pretty singer gets hooked onDIY plastic surgery
      866 14 / 15  -  REPORT: TAY SHI’ AN shian@sph.com.sg HER face may still be far from “normal”. But Ms Han Mi Ok, 47, is finally at peace with it. The Korean woman was once so addicted to plastic surgery that she took to injecting her face with
      PICTURES: CHANG MAYCHOON, SINOPIX  -  866 words
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      Lock icon A new face after a shotgun blast
      371 14 / 15 A MAN in France has received a new nose, mouth and chin. The extensive surgery on his face makes him the world’sfifthfacetransplant and thethird inFrance, reported AFP. French surgeons completed the 15-hour operation on Friday morning at Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, a
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      Lock icon Wooing expats the Bollywood way
      397 16  -  Popularsingershelp integrate them into local community REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg IT was the good old song and dance routine, just like in the Bollywood movies. He sang, and he got this woman in the audience to join him. And it was like they all
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      Lock icon Biker gangs stockpile weapons, explosives
      422 17 Aussie rival gangs gear up for all-out turfwaraspoliceremainalert THEdroneofbikeengines,thelineofchrome-plated two-wheelers on the cemetarypathwayandthepallbearersinleatherandjeans. Thiswasnoordinaryfuneral. OnFriday,themembersofAussiebiker gangHellsAngelsburiedoneoftheirown. Mr Anthony Zervas was bludgeoned to death in a brawl that broke out between thegangandrival ComancherosmotorcyclegangsatSydneyAirportlastSunday. MrZervaswas29andhaddiedfighting besidehis brother, Peter, akey member of theHellsAngels. Since then, there have been
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      Lock icon Biker chicks drawn to gangster glamour
      278 17 EVEN as bikie gang members have evolved, so too have their girlfriends. Gone are the leather and lace get-ups. In their place are spray tans, capri pants and oversized sunglasses. But what makes a biker chick tick? That is explored in an upcoming book,
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      Lock icon One in four MPs accept free tours
      455 18/19 GREEDY CHINA is the top destination, followed by Israel, Taiwan and the US. These are the free holiday trips that Australian’s federal members of Parliament are getting. An investigative report by the Sydney Morning Herald has shown that almost one in every four
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      Lock icon Burst dam splits road
      176 18/19 A SMALL reservoir collapsed at about 10pm on Friday in Wanning city, Hainan province in south China. Xinhua reported that the ensuing floods burst a sideline roadtowardthe province’s eastern expressway. About 121,400 sqm of farmland, about twicethe sizeof Singapore’sNationalStadium, was also flooded. The flood waters also
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      Lock icon Art gallery owner steals from celebs
      271 18/19 GREEDY THE owner of a now-closed Manhattan art gallery has been charged with stealing from a slew of well-known people, including tennis great John McEnroe. Lawrence Salander allegedly pilfered about US$88 million ($133 million) from his star-studded clientele. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau told
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      Lock icon Drug firms splurge on doctors’seminars
      182 18/19 GREEDY DRUG companies in Australia have come under fire splurging on educational events attended by doctors. A study by the industry’s main body, Medicines Australia, shows that these events run into six-figure sums. In some cases, the cost worked out to over A$4,000 ($4,200) per
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      Lock icon ‘Italian Fritzl’ grooms son to be sex fiend
      533 20 Together,theyallegedlyrapeandabuse otherfamilymembersforyears FOR 25 years, he kept his daughter as a sex slave, raping her repeatedly. The man, from Turin, Italy, even got his son to abuse his sister and his own children. The Italian media are calling Michele Mongelli the “Italian
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      Lock icon Austrian horror dad wants to write book
      207 20 HEtriedto make hisdaughter’slifein captivity as“pleasantaspossible”. And theirincestuous relationshipwas“apartnership”. That is what Austrian Josef Fritzl, 73, had to say about the horrifying time he kept his daughter in a cellar prison and fathered her seven children. Lawyer Rudolf Mayer, who defended Fritzl, told the
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      Lock icon US teen faces child porn charges for posting own nude photos online
      247 20 PLANNING to put a naked picture of yourself on the Internet? Watch out, you could be arrested and classified as a sex offender. A 14-year-old girl from New Jersey has been accused of child pornography for posting nearly
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      Lock icon Crazy? He wants to live near haunted caves
      233 21 CELEBRITY HOME SEEKER: MICHAEL JACKSON FROM Neverland to the Middle East to haunted caves? Michael Jackson (right) has always had a taste for setting up home in strange locales. Now, the King of Pop has taken it one step further. For his
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      Lock icon Crazy? She wants to sell this for $227m
      375 21 Largest home in LA now on sale CELEBRITYHOMESELLER:AARONSPELLING’SWIDOW CALLitmadnessorsheerconfidence.Eveninthiseconomicdownturn,thesellerofthis house has slapped a hefty US$150 million ($227million)pricetagonthemostexpensivehomein theUS. ThehomebelongstoCandySpelling,thewifeoflate HollywoodTVmogulAaronSpelling. The sale price, which The Times says is almost enoughtobailoutasmallUScarmaker,wasdecidedby MrsSpellingandherestateagent. Located in the Holmby Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, the neighbourhood
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        Lock icon Smile, if you are a creature of comfort
        632 22/23  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: TAN MAE LYNN maelynn@sph.com.sg HI, my name is Mae Lynn. I’m Singaporean and I’m one of those who shun service jobs. And I say so unabashedly. Wait a minute. Before you start chiding me (you’re probably one of the
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        Lock icon S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        197 22/23 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad Last week’s index: 30 This week’s index: 40 -10 The rate of infection of tuberculosis has gone up for the first time in more than a decade. And the number of dementia cases is expected to double over the next 10 years.
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        Lock icon 5 THINGS ABOUT THE AIG BONUSES
        92 22/23 1 2 3 4 5 The bonusestotal US$165 million($249million). New YorkAttorney-General AndrewCuomosaid in aNew YorkTimes report:“AIG made morethan 73 millionairesin theunit whichlost somuch moneythat itbroughtthe firm toits knees.” The highestbonus awardedto the73 millionaireswas US$6.4million. Six other employeeseach received bonusesofUS$4 millionor more. Retentionbonuses wentto 11
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        Lock icon HEARD IN THE STREETS
        52 22/23 “Inmy time, whenwe don’t like our classmates, we just tellthem ‘Don’tfriendyou.’ Nowkidsdon’t like their classmates, they bring choppers to scare them. Kids really garang (fierce in Malay)nowadays.” Awoman, onThe New Paper storyaboutstudents bringing knives, penknives and choppers to school to get back at classmates who have
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        Lock icon Third medical school soon?
        389 24 SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED DOCTORS THE public health-scare sector had to recruit about 1,000 foreign-trained doctors in the past three years to ease shortage. This is one of the reason why Singapore should have a third medical school, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. He was
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        60 24 BACK IN UMNO: Malaysia's former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad (centre) flanked by future PM Najib Razak (left) and current PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at theUnited Malays National Organisation (Umno) general assembly in Kuala Lumpur. Dr Mahathir said yesterday he will rejoin Umno. He quit last year after
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        Lock icon 32-year-old charged for selling fake carpark coupons
        84 24 POLICE have arrested a 32-year-old man for selling counterfeit carpark coupons at an open-air carpark beside Kallang Walk. Officers spotted the man selling the coupons. Upon further checks, they found 28 booklets of URA/HDB $1.00 car park coupons, which are believed to be
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        100 24 BANK of America plans to increase some investment bankers’ salaries by as much as 70 per cent following the takeover of Merrill Lynch, Bloomberg reported, quoting people familiar with the proposal. Bank of America may raise the annual base pay
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        Lock icon Abdullah to resign on Thursday
        94 24 AP ABDULLAH Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he will resign as Malaysia’s prime minister on Thursday. Earlier this week, he gave up the presidency of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) party, the party that leads the ruling Barisan National coalition, to Deputy Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Thousands of activists protest in London before G20 summit
        98 24 AFP TENS of thousands of trade unionists, environmental campaigners and anti-globalisation activists took to the streets of London yesterday to start five days of protests before the G20 summit. World leaders including US President Barack Obama will gather on Thursday for
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      Lock icon Huh? THE STAR AWARDS
      1011 25  -  MediaCorp’sannualprizeshowisdrawingall REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg LOVEorloatheit,it’shereonceagain.On 26 Apr, the annual Star Awards show, which celebrates the best in local Chinese entertainmentoverthepastyear,willbetelecast liveonChannel8. This year’s show, unlike previous editions, standsoutforthenumerouscontroversiesit has been embroiled in ever since the nominees list wasreleasedlatelastmonth. And don’t forget the fuss kicked
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        Lock icon Skewer him if need be
        422 27  -  Hedy Khoo hedy khoo@sph .com .sg GIRLS may be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But sometimes, it is necessary to be tough and show the boys the sterner stuff you are made of. Have a man who consisten tly comes home
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          Lock icon Don’t label yourself
          520 28/29  -  Modernglamour iseffortlessstyle, but it still requires some thought ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg THEotherdayIsawtheClashoftheTitans.Notthemovie,mindyou.InsteadIspottedawomanwhowasdripping,head-to-toe,indesignerlabels. Far from being fashionable, it was as gauche as wearingeverysingletrendfortheseason–together. Or committing the faux pas of wearing lastseason’s Yves Saint Laurent ensemble (straight off the catwalk), toaPradashowthisseason. Doingdesignercanbesotricky. Betooconsciousandyouruntheriskofbeingcalled alabelqueen,whichisascrassas“nouveauriche”. On the other hand there
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          Lock icon Setting the Bar for sexiness
          222 28/29  -  REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg THErealityTVshowBeauty&TheGeekiscurrent-lyshowingonStarWorld.Arecentmakeoverepisodecaughtmyattention. The lesson culled from this episode was that the best waytode-geekageekwastosexhimup. SoIdecidedtosexupandwentunderwearhunting. Tome, niceunderwear should beas sexy asthe law allows. Now,I’vealwaysjokedthatifIdeployedmysexasa weapon, I would be sleeping my way to the middle. But never dismiss sex appeal as a way
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          Lock icon Get into these under-things to feel sexy
          240 28/29 FROM the French lingerie label Chantelle Group is Passionata. Its Spring Summer 2009 collection has pieces with understated glamour and sensuality. The Passio Bra in the photo is $90, while the Passio G-string is $40. You’ll findthe collection at Takashimaya, Tangs Orchard, Metro
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        476 30/31  -  It’shardto put a price on REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com THEREareballs,andthereareballs.Ones in aid of charities, and others of prestige, those annual affairs held or thrown by luxury lifestylepublicationssuchasPrestigeandTatler. Last week was the iconic event belonging to the high-end Icon magazine who pioneered the succinct phrase“mostinvited”. Youknowwhoyouare,dearies. No die-die-must-attend
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        Lock icon Be confident, even if you have to fake it
        339 32  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg Learn more about dating expert Dr Date at his website: www. powerofbeingasian. com CONFIDENCE. This is one of the first words you hear when people talk about what they find attractive in other people. But confidence is common.
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        249 32 How do I get a girl's number? Yours, Justin Dear Justin, If a girl is attracted to you, it is quite easy to get her contact information. She may even ask you for yours first. If you are getting along well, the number exchange should be an
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        Lock icon Let’s cook up some tall tales about food–S’pore style
        656 33  -  SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg THERE is a row of new coffeeshop makan joints operated by China nationals in New Bridge Road, offering grub like pigs’ ears fried with cucumbers. The choice is easy for people like me,
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          Lock icon Dying murderer confessed too soon
          134 33 BED-RIDDEN and in what he thought were his final moments, stroke patient James Brewer decided to confess. The 58-year-old admitted to a murder he had committed more than three decades ago. But in a bizarre twist of fate, Mr Brewer survived the illness and is
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          Lock icon TV producer has photographic memory
          109 33 THEY say an elephant never forgets. Neither does Bob Petrella. Mr Petrella, a 58-year-old TV producer from Los Angeles, remembers up to half the days of his whole life in shockingly vivid detail, reported ABC News. He has been diagnosed with hyperthymestia, meaning overdeveloped memory,
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        Lock icon S’pore’s most exciting new mall is... in Yew Tee?
        392 33  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DESPITE of the recession, several exciting new shopping malls are opening in Singapore this year: Orchard Central, 313@Somerset, Ion Orchard, YewTee Point... “Whoa,Nellie.YewwhatPoint?,”youask. Yew Tee Point only the most exciting new mall of them all!
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      32 32 Ask Dr Date Have problems finding love? Make a date with Dr Date.He’ll goover the finer points ofcourtshipin his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnp@sph.com.sg
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      262 34 Comics Enjoy BRAIN WORKOUT TAN KIN LIAN Thereare four houseswith different colours in arow.Each owner plays adifferent instrumentanddrivesadifferent car. Howtoplay 4. The Hondaownerlives inthe yellow house. 5. The doctorlivesin the redhouse. 6. The tromboneplayer livesin the redhouse. 7. The green houseisthesecond house. 8. The salesmandrives aRover. 9. The drumplayer livesright
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      280 35 TV Enjoy WATCH’EM PICTURE:TWENTIETH CENTURYFOX Eragon(above) Channel5, 7.30pm A farmboy chancesupon a dragon’s egg– a discoverythatleads himon a predestinedjourney wherehe realiseshe’s the only personwho can defendhishome against anevilking. StarringEd Speelers,Jeremy IronsandJohn Malkovich. CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow 2009 12.30pm FootballersLives 1.00 WelcomeTo Mooseport 3.00 Forbes20 Billionaire Heiresses: Young,Fabulous &Incredibly Rich 4.00 AmericanIdol
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      31 37 Saturday,28 Mar 2009 First Second Third 8387 1420 3422 Starters 7753 0926 7905 9791 8453 1358 7516 5970 3342 8186 Consolation 3756 2890 4186 6627 8407 6504 3100 5474 4335 5923
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        448 37 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE1 RACE 2 R i ACE 3 RACE 4 Ri ACE 5 Ri ACE 6 Ri ACE 7 Ri ACE 8 Ri ACE 9 RI ACE 10 RJ ACE 11 RJ ACE 12 Salvagente 7 Mission Impossible 1 Look
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        Lock icon BEST BET DRAGON WORLD (Race 4 No. 1)
        87 37 THIS highly-talented four-year-old gelding by O’Reilly will take some beating. He has done nearly everything asked of him, chalking up three impressive wins from just four starts. Today, he goes over the 1,400m, a trip which he has won twice already, and
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S WATC (ASCOT) RESULTS
        294 37 GOING: GOOD RACE1 1st 10 Ten Aces ($41-$18) 2nd 5 Dvoryan ($9) 3rd 1 Archie Junior ($31). EOB $18. Forecast $37. Place forecast $42 (1-5), $80 (1-10), $12 (5-10). Tierce $1643. Trio $204. RACE 2 1st 6 Great Destiny ($22-$12) 2nd 1 Wicklow Hills ($5) 3rd
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        540 37 GOING: GOOD RACE1 CLASS4 1200m 6 MYMEMORY126 (73-18) Y TCHENG (2) 1 4 HUSSLER126 (15-8) DWHYTE (3) 2 14 HAPPYELITE 118 (63-17) MW LEUNG (4) 3 10 BLESSUS ALL 124 (31-10) B DOYLE (9) 4 ?Trainer:CH Yip. Margins: Hd,0.75. Time:1min 11.08sec. EOB:$21. Forecast:$65. PlaceForecast: $19(Nos.4-6),
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        1342 38 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 IP 12.45 -1600m(LC) Stakes:$65,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 0654 HappyWin 58 (49) RFradd 11 (4nzgDDragon-JW) 2 *****6 Salvagente 58 (48) JPowell 5 (4nzgRBMarsh-KTK) 3 *****0 Imperio 58 (47) ELegrix 8 (4agJMeagher-Imperio) 4 0-0090 SpaceInvader
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        2129 39  -  LARRYFOLEY’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SKRANJIRACES LARRY FOLEY’S RACE 1 (1,600m) 1 Happy Win???Excellent effort in Class 4 with excuses last start suggests he can knock in a win here. 2 Salvagente???Didn’t kick when needed to at his last start on the Polytrack but a huge hope on previous good
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        683 41  -  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. IN MY time as one of the writers on Golf
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        360 41  -  LIM HAN MING SINGAPORE’S top-ranked golfer Lam Chih Bing will be bidding for a hat-trick of British Open appearances when he tees off in the International Final Qualifying Asia at Sentosa Golf Club on Tuesday. The 32-year-old is one of three Singaporeans among the
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        240 42 SWEDEN’S Johan Edfors birdied his closing two holes for a two-shot lead after the third round at the Black Mountain Masters yesterday. The 33-year-old (right) overcame a mid-round wobble at Black Mountain Golf Club before bouncing back with a one-under 71 to hold on to the
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        175 42 AFP KIM IN Kyung fired a second consecutive four-under-par 68 to double her lead at the Phoenix LPGA International. The South Korean had an eight-under total of 136 to hold a two-shot lead at the halfway point on Friday. She notched two birdies and two bogeys
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        338 42 1 Soccer World Cup qualifying matches Various venues 2-4 Horseracing Grand National meeting Aintree, Liverpool, England 2-5 Golf LPGA Kraft Nabisco Ch'ship Rancho Mirage, California 2-5 Motorsport WRC Rally de Portugal Vilamoura, Portugal 3-5 Motorsport F1 Malaysian Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3-7 Cricket New Zealand v
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        666 43 FORMULA One has re-writ-ten the rule book this season with the cars looking very different to last year. Red Bull technical supremo Adrian Newey, who designed ti-tle-winners for McLaren and Williams, has said the technical changes are the most significant since flat-bottomed cars were first introduced
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        720 44 / 45 BRITON Jenson Button snared pole position just ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello as newcomers Brawn GP seized initial control of the sea-son-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne yesterday. Button, backed by just three days’ testing with the Brawn team, hastily put together
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        172 48 / 49  -  LIM HAN MING IT IS known as the home of amateur football in China. That was what Rowan Simons had in mind when he set up China Club Football FC Limited in August 2001. Club Football is a partnership between Amateur Football Holdings Limited
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        648 50 AP ATTEMPTS to impose restrictions on foreign players at clubs are “xenophobic”, says English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore. Scudamore did not mention Fifa’s 6-plus-5 proposal by name, but the world football’s governing body has been pushing to restrict clubs to a maximum of five
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        231 50 PA Sport ENGLAND Under-21s produced a ruthless performance to destroy their Norwegian counterparts 5-0 in a snowy friendly. Stuart Pearce’s side dominated proceedings at Sandefjord from the start as Fraizer Campbell and Adam Johnson scored in the first half. England refused to let up after the break,
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        672 51  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE npsports@sph.com.sg AARON Lennon is the best footballer in the world and I can prove it. The Premiership is the best league in the world, Tottenham are the best team in the Premiership (according to the last-six-matches form table on the television) and right
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        317 51 PA Sport CHELSEA’S interim coach Guus Hiddink is considering a consultant’s role with the club when his current deal expires at the end of the season. And a potential barrier to the Dutchman remaining at Stamford Bridge in some capacity has been removed after a
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        494 52/53 JAPAN1 (Shunsuke Nakamura 47) BAHRAIN0 Wire Services JAPAN took a big step towards the 2010 World Cup when they defeated Bahrain 1-0 in an Asian qualifying round Group A match yesterday. After a goalless first half, Japan got off to a flying start when Celtic star
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        351 52/53 NORTH KOREA 2 (Pak 51, Mun 90+3) UAE0 Reuters NORTH Korea moved to the top of Group Two after beating United Arab Emirates 2-0 in Pyongyang in 2010 World Cup Qualifying yesterday. Second-halfgoalsfromPakNamCholand Mun In Guk sparked euphoric scenes at a packed Kim Il
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        426 52/53 UZBEKISTAN 4 (Tadjiev 34,45,53, Soliev 62) QATAR0 Wire Services UZBEKISTAN revived hopes of reaching their first World Cup Finals with a 4-0 thrashing of 10-man Qatar in an ill-tempered Group A Qualifier yesterday. Uzbek striker Farhod Tadjiev was the hero of the match scoring
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        376 54 RUSSIA 2 (Pavlyuchenko 32, Zyryanov 71) AZERBAIJAN0 PA Sport TOTTENHAM striker Roman Pavlyuchenko scored one and created another as Guus Hiddink’s Russia recorded a straightforward 2-0 win over Azerbaijan in Moscow. The matchwas Hiddink’s first in charge of Russia since combining the role with that of
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        343 54 PA Sport ANDREI Arshavin believes it would be a “disaster” if Guus Hiddink left his role as Russia manager. Hiddink currently has a temporary position at Chelsea until the end of the season, while also overseeing Russia. The Dutch coach has made an
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        73 55 LIVETELECASTS WORLDCUP QUALIFIERS Tomorrow: ECUADORv BRAZIL Ch27, 5am BrazilcoachDunga says Ronaldinho (right)will be akey playeragainst Ecuadorin the likelyabsenceof Kaka whoisnursing an injury. Thursday: TURKEYvSPAIN Ch27, 2am ITALYv IRELAND Ch22, 2.50am ENGLANDv UKRAINE Ch24, 2.55am BOLIVIAv ARGENTINA Ch21, 3.30am BRAZIL vPERU Ch27, 9.10am INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Wednesday: ENGLANDU-21 v FRANCEU-21 Ch24,
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        435 55 LOCAL EVENTS TENNIS What: STA Open Singles and Doubles When: Ends today Where: Kallang Tennis Centre LOOKout for themen’s and women’s singles finals today. ATHLETICS What: SPH Schools Relay Championships 2009 When: Ends today Where: Bukit Gombak Stadium THE TWO-DAY meet ends today with the 4x100m and 4x800m
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      407 56 ConfirmationofAussie, MalaysianGP winners– if fromteamsunder appeal– only after 4Aprhearing FORMULA One’s Australian Grand Prix diffuser row will be decided at an international court of appeal hearing in Paris on 14 April, the sport’s governing body said yesterday. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that
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