The New Paper, 11 April 2009

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    20 1 the new paper 11 Apr 09 st a A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      33 1 S'PORE TEEN OFFERS HER NUDE PHOTOS FOR VIRTUAL GIFTS PAGE 2 st a WAKE UP, S’PORE HAWKERS Do more need to die before we take hygiene seriously? PAGE 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      Lock icon ‘I like the thrill... It’s just for fun’
      803 2/3  -  Some netizens stunned by move; counsellor psychiatrist wonder if she’llkeeppromise WHYDID SHE DO IT? `REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg –AdditionalreportingbyJoannaHor, newsroomintern Joanna Hor newsroom intern IT SEEMS she is willing to exchange real-life nude pictures of herself for something that exists only in
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      Lock icon Pick a pet and pamper it
      228 2/3  -  Joanna Hor Peixin –JoannaHorPeixin,newsroomintern IT is a wildly popular game on social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, that basically involves taking care of a virtual pet. At the start, you can customise your own pet by choosing its facial features and colour
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      Lock icon WAS IT IN... OR OUT?
      634 4  -  Schools’badminton meet in chaos after controversial line call Line judge thinks so, Maris Stella High starts to celebrate Umpire overrules, Anglican High breaks into cheers Han Yongming –HanYongming,newsroomintern A CONTROVERSIAL call by an umpire may have thrown the Pilot Pen National Inter-school Badminton Championships into
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      Lock icon Fairer judging thanks to...
      396 6  -  SCHOOLS’WUSHUMEET Han Yongming –HanYongming,newsroomintern SAY “martial arts”, and you’ll think of masked swordsmen fighting each other. But even the stuff of heroes is not free from controversy. In the local wushu scene, biased judging has been a common complaint. This year is an exception, though. Observers
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      Lock icon IRE OF THE DRIVERS:
      57 8 IREOFTHEDRIVERS:TigerBeeraunties?No,they’reTigerAirways promoters. And these girls are getting express bus operators hot under the collar by advertising the budget airline in areas like Queen Street and Golden Mile Complex, where many passengers board the long-range buses. A member of the Express Bus Agencies Association even wrote to
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      Lock icon Smoke absorbers for senior citizens
      260 8 MOVE TO REDUCE SMOKE INHALATION IN a move to prevent their risk of inhaling incense smoke, smoke absorbers will be installed in at least a thousand households of senior citizens. It is the first project funded by the Goh Keng Swee Foundation, a private charitable
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      Lock icon Leader of human smuggling syndicate arrested
      102 8 THE police have arrested the 62-year-old leader of a human smuggling syndicate. Police say Salam Awang is believed to be involved in smuggling illegal immigrants by sea from Jo- hor, reported Channel News Asia. Police also say he is the father of P Ramlee
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      Lock icon Fewer public entertainment, liquor licences issued by MHA
      83 8 NIGHTSPOTS got fewer liquor and public entertainment licences between December 2008 and February 2009. Both licences are required for F&B outlets to operate. The Home Affairs Ministry (MHA) declined to provide exact figures, but observers said this could signal a slowdown in
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      Lock icon Fruit machines a favourite with students
      131 8 FRUIT vending machines have proven to be a hit with children. The company behind the machines, currently sited in about 20 schools, plans to bring the total number of participating schools to 60 by the end of this year. Principals and the Health Promotion
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    • News Rojak Food Poisoning
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        Lock icon Don’t shun ABCs of hygiene
        1075 10 / 11  -  Your bad habits, Mr Hawker, can mean RIP for your customers COMMENT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg TWO have died. Forty-eight have been hospitalised. Five are still warded. More have been treated as outpatients. One stall, 154 victims. It’stheworstcaseofmasspoisoninginvolvinghawker food here. On Thursday, Health Minister Khaw Boon
        TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG; PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO; TNP PICTURES: ERVINA MOHD JAMIL, NAVEEN KANAGALINGAM; TNP GRAPHICS; SIMON ANG  -  1,075 words
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        Lock icon Fuelling his dreams
        774 12 / 13  -  School and business hiccupshaven’t stopped SMU student from planting the seed of his biofuel empire REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg WHILE his peers were dreaming of a cushy job in a bank, Mr Lim Hongzhuang was out in a field, shovelling chicken manure on a plot of land.
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        Lock icon S’porean transforms the Transformers
        464 12 / 13  -  HanSu-Ying –HanSu-Ying,newsroomintern INSTEAD of looking for a job, Ms Sabrina Ng has decided to play with toys. And why not, considering that the fresh graduate’s fascination with Transformers toys is helping her make a steady income at a time when her peers are finding it tough
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      524 14  - Touch pay card Pearly Tan Tan,newsroom intern WE’LL soon have one more card to pay for public transport, ERP and parking charges. And it will offer even more choices than the new ez-link card, as you will be able to use it to buy a greater variety of goods and
      TNP GRAPHICS: CELESTINO GULAPA  -  524 words
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      Lock icon She said she would sue if I moved car
      795 16/17  -  Other driver in trapped passenger incident speaks up: REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg THE stand-off involving two drivers in a car crash has taken another twist. Last week, a businessman claimed that another motorist refused to move his car after they collided,
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      Lock icon Alleged attacker says: ‘Victim’hit me with bottle
      622 16/17  -  Architect slashed for drinking wrong beer REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg WHO is the real victim? On 16 Mar, The New Paper published a report of a 28-year-old architect, who only wanted to be known as Mr Ho, claiming that he was the victim
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      33 18 HOTMEAL:MsAnanditaDuttaTamulygobblingupghostchillies, theworld’sspiciestchillies,inanattempttoentertheGuiness World Records, as celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay looks on. The 28-year-old Indian woman smeared its seeds on her eyes (inset) before eating 51 chillies in two minutes. PICTURES: AP
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      Lock icon Leaders to explore ways to fight global downturn
      136 18 ASIAN SUMMIT KICKS OFF AFP LEADERSfromthe10-memberAssociationofSoutheastAsianNations (Asean)andtheirdialoguepartners havestartedarrivingattheThai resortcityofPattaya,150kilometres south-eastofBangkok,forthe ASEANSummitanditsrelated meetings. AmongthemisSingaporePrime MinisterLeeHsienLoong,who toucheddownyesterdayafternoon attheUTapaoairport(right). Aseanleaders–togetherwith theirdialoguepartnersfromChina, Japan,SouthKorea–aregatheringinPattayatoexplore ways to cooperate closely and get their nations out of the global economic downturn. They will call for decisive and coordinated action to
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      Lock icon China’s HFMD outbreak toll up to 50, worst yet to come
      115 18 AFP HAND, foot and mouth disease has killed 50 people in China this year, the health ministry said yesterday as it warned the worst was yet to come. “The numbers of reported ill- nesses will continue to rise, we
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      Lock icon Greek student fires on three, kills himself
      96 18 AFP A 20-year-old Greek student yesterday opened fire in an Athens technical college before killing himself, officials said. Armed with two small-calibre weapons, he shot a fellow student in the chest inside the college, ran outside where he wounded another two people, before
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      Lock icon Pirates recapture US captain after escape bid
      102 18 Reuters THE American ship captain held hostage by pirates on a lifeboat off Somalia tried to escape by jumping into the sea, but was quickly recaptured, US media reported yesterday. Citing defence sources, CNN said US officials believe that Captain Richard Phillips was
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      Lock icon Man survives crash
      164 20 TALKaboutaluckyescape.Looking at the pictures of this car wreck, one wonders if the driver could have survived the horrificcrash. Butsurvivehedid. Thedriver,whoisinhis20s,evenmanagedtoclimb outofhisvehicleandwalkaway. ThecrashtookplaceonThursdayinPenang,reportedMalaysiannewspapers. The roads were slippery after two days of rain, and the driver is believed to have lost control of his vehicle whiletryingtoavoidanoncomingsportscar. His car swerved
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      Lock icon Thaksin’s taxi brigade cripples Bangkok traffic
      533 21 FOR the inner-city regulars of Bangkok, yesterday will go down as one of their worst nightmares in years. Victory Monument, in the northeast of central Bangkok, was cut off by a bunch of taxi drivers owing allegiance to deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra. They turned
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      Lock icon ‘I’m a student, not a terrorist’
      478 22 Pakistani recalls his arrest by police in anti-terror raids in north England SPECIAL forces with telescopes on their machine guns surrounded him and said “handsup”. Mr Muhammad Adil, a 27-year-old Pakistani student, thought that some students were pulling a prank on him. He was
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono may still lose in Indonesian presidential race
      329 22 INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s sky-high popularity may have pushed the Democratic Party into the lead, but he could still be out-manoeuvred in the months to come, analysts say. His party won the most seats in the country’s 560-seat Lower House with
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      Lock icon Sued for $20 million: UK dad who ran over son
      504 23 A MUM who watched in horror as her husband accidentally drove over their toddler son finally breathed a sigh of relief. Callum Eriksson, 9, was injured when his father, Patrick, failed to see him while reversing in the car park
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      Lock icon Can slumdogs save millionaires?
      595 24 MARUTI Bhandare, a 45-year-old cobbler from a Mumbai slum, couldn’t even dream about owning a car. Then Nano arrived and he began to dream again. The world’s cheapest car at about 130,000 rupees ($3,900) is within his grasp. Now, he’s keeping his fingers crossed that luck
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      Lock icon Taiwanese fined $11m for selling fake Hermes bags
      312 24 SHE tried to make a quick buck by selling four fake branded bags for NT2.05 million ($91,000). But now that she has been caught, former Hermes saleswoman Joyce Lee, 41, will have to pay forher crimes morethan 100 times over. Taiwan’sIntellectual Property
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      Lock icon CHIEF OF COOL STUFF
      583 25 The most powerful man in the world is someonewho’s ‘intheknow’ PRESIDENTObamatravelsnowherewithoutcon-sideringhisEntourage.And you’d be forgiven if you thought his pre- cious Entourage referred to Timothy Geithner, Rahm Emanuel and Hillary Clinton, to name a few. No,we’retalkingaboutVince,Eric,Johnny Drama, Turtle and Ari Gold. That’s right. We’re talking about HBO’s
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      13 18 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Lightrain High31˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Cloudy High31˚,Low25˚ Manila:Cloudy High32˚,Low28˚
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      192 21 snoohcs o tub D D £7 The inaugural Charity Fun Run to raise funds to provide free medical services for the needy Guest of Honour: Mr. K Shanmugam, Minister for Law and 2nd Minister for Home Affairs, MP for Sembawang GRC Special Guests: Dr. Teo Ho Pin, Mayor for North
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      45 26 FROM READER ASDA SEAT HOGGER: This woman was seen pushing past passengers, including senior citizens, on bus 197 to get a seat. And then she placed her bolster on the empty seat next to her denying others a place. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      51 26 Comments on the hawker hygiene grading system: “Revokethe hawker’s licenceif hegets aC grading more than two times. Otherwise, this gradingexeciseisabig joke.” madhouse “Unlessenforcement iscarriedout to ensure that the grade is clearly displayed upfront and in every stall, it is no deterrent to any hawkerto get apoor hygienegrade.”
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      Lock icon Stall owner has taken it like a man
      138 26 FROM READER NICKOLAS LIM ROJAKFOOD POISONING I COULD not help but shed a tear when I saw the headline “Rojak man sheds tears forlifelost”(TheNewPaper,8Apr). The owner, Mr Sheik Allaudin, said he was sorry and ready to take all the responsibility for what
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      Lock icon Sympathies to victims and stall owner
      122 26 FROM READER KAM CHOO CHOO MY heart goes out to the victims of the recent massive food poisoning, and especially to the families of the two women, Madam Aminah Samijo and Madam Norani Kassim, who died. Not forgetting too the stall owner, who must
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      Lock icon Apologies for experience at station: SMRT
      192 26 MS BERNADETTE LOW MANAGER CORPORATE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SMRT CORPORATION LTD WE refer to the letter Ms Hung Pui Leng Perrine’sletter“Stationstaffneedstobemore alert”(TheNewPaper,28Mar). WearesorrytolearnofMsHung’s experience. Following her feedback to The New Paper, we conducted a preliminary investigation but could not find any records of this
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      59 26 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
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      Lock icon Synch & sink?
      797 27  - Synch sink? A wax figure ofBritney Spears on stage may raise heckles, but would you pay to watch the real singerlip-synch?Wepoll100S’poreans REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg NOlip-synching.At live concerts, Singaporeans expect real singing,nomatterhowgrandtheshowis. That’s according to a poll of 100 people The New Paperconductedrecently. But in America, audiences seem to
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        589 29  -  This is our weekly series on the latest in interior design, amazing furniture bargains creative home accessories MY FAVEspot REPORT: KELVIN CHAN chanymk@sph.com.sg IRENE Ang’s favourite spot is her office in a four-storey conservation shophouse on Neil Road. Shespends moretime herethan she doesat home “eventhoughthehouseisverynice,lah!”. Butshedoesn’tthinkshereally“works”. Instead,
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        Lock icon Blooms in the living room
        198 29  -  TRENDbuzz Michelle Tay –MichelleTay,newsroomintern FLORALS are a quick and easy way to liven up the home. From a single, curvaceous silhouette to groups of cheerful clustered motifs, these iconic blooms add a dash of invigorating colour or eye-catching pattern. Modern day pieces like Mondi Lifestyle’sflorette
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        Lock icon Go online for your on-road tyre needs?
        391 30  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg WHATtowear,whattowear?Suchisthedilem-maduringamonthoffickleweather.But what about tyres for your bike, rain or shine? IncomesMichelin’sonlinetyreguide,whichMiche-linclaimsishassle-free. It takes just “10 secs to find the ideal solution” to yourtyreblues. This free tyre-selection service was launched last month in conjunction with Michelin’s new line of performancetyres,thePowerOne.
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        333 31  -  We round up the Internet sites or videos that people are talking about Seto Nu-Wen What’sthe noise:British actress Keira Knightley has done a public service advertisement titled Cut, for Women’s Aid, an anti-domestic violence group in the UK. In the two-minute clip, which can be viewed
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        Lock icon Kournikova in K-Swiss role
        180 31  -  Seto Nu-Wen What’sthenoise:Shemay not be tossing balls on the court any more. But former Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova is still hot property. Even though she left the sport in 2003, the 27-year-old babe has snagged a spot in sportswear firm K-Swiss’latestadcampaign. Dressed in a skimpy
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      24 27 HER FAVE SPOT Guess where actress and artiste manager Irene Ang loves to hangout? Find out in SPACE PAGE29 MY PAPER FILE BIKERBOY:Let’shavedatabaseofwhattyresaresuitableforthisregion PAGE30
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      82 32 WATCH’EM The Curse Of King Tut’s Tomb Hallmark Channel (StarHub Ch 17), 9pm In this two-part series, a free-spirited archaelogist triesto get toKing Tut’s emerald tablet before an evil secret society beats him to the punch. Starring Casper Van Dien, Jonathan Hyde, Malcolm McDowell. TheCurse ofKing Tut’s Tomb. PICTURE:HALLMARK CHANNEL
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        1325 40 GOING: GOOD (RACES 1-6), YIELDING (7-11) WINNER NO. 3: Melbourne jockey Vlad Duric steering the Michael Freedman-trained Aranda to an easy win in the last race for his third winner of the day at Kranji yesterday. He also won on Master Key and Ariem. TNP
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        334 40  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg AUSTRALIAN jockey Vlad Duric stole the limelight with a brilliant treble in only his second day at the office in Kranji. After managing two creditable seconds at his debut a week ago, the 31-year-old struck gold with Master Key, Ariem and Aranda yesterday. Duric
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        1377 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 RM QTT 1.30 -1100m(SC) Stakes:RM65,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 038 BeijingCity 55.5 (41) LouHo*c2 7 (3agJMcGillivray-Gift) 2 575 BrightSprinter 55.5 (41) SSaleec1 1 (3nzcOSidek-MdmMariamLiaw) 3 900 Yargu 55.5 (41) NAzmanc1 5 (3agBBrogan-BBrogan) 4 0-097 VictoryWillDo 55.5
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        1815 42 RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Double Fianchetto???Looked better with blinkers and should go close in what looks an ordinary affair. 2 Monday Nite??Resuming from spell and worth keeping an eye on first up after some good runs in first campaign. 3 Eternal Cheers?Morejeersthan cheers. 4
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        402 42 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 Quiero Bailar So Majestic Gold Pool Saddlers Creek Old Town Fighting Spirit Master Magic Daad’s The
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        108 42 RACE 1:5 Blue Rancho 13 Fire Bird 8 Full Power RACE 2: 13 Trump Player 8 Triple Smile 12 Fire To Win RACE 3: 2 Jun Mu 12 Winning Warrior 9 Brasil RACE 4: 7 Titikilla 4 Success Forever 1 Mandiri RACE
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        1212 43 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING RACE1 MS QTT 1.15 -1200m(LC) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 4564 DoubleFianchetto 59 (52) JMoreira 4 (4agKCYeoh-CNTan) 2 549- MondayNite 58.5 (51) AFeiruz*c4 1 (5nzgRBMarsh-TudorLodgeRacing) 3 00-00 EternalCheers 54.5 (43) MEwe*c2 3 (3agSamChua-MdmJeanTan) 4 58-236
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        90 43 THIS Don Baertschiger-trained chestnut four-year-old was a trifle unlucky last time out and should make amends. The New Zealand-bred gelding was interfered with in the straight and, when he got going, his effort came too late. He just failed to catch newcomer
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        679 44 AP EVERY time Tiger Woods opened the US Masters with a round of 70, he went on to win the tournament. The first time, a dozen years ago, it was by a mind-blowing 12 strokes. Even though he’s five strokes behind fellow American Chad
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        389 44 Reuters ONCE considered golf’s next big thing, Chad Campbell finally looked the part on Thursday. The 34-year-old American (left) opened the US Masters with a record five successive birdies to propel him to the top of the leaderboard. The Texan was also eyeing a
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        360 44 AFP THAILAND’S Prayad Marksaeng made a 12-shot improvement on his Masters debut a year ago when he fired an impressive two-under-par 70 in the first round of the Masters on Thursday. Prayad, 43, shot six birdies to overcome a horrendous tri-ple-bogey at the
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        543 45  -  OLE! GEOFFREY LIP npsports@sph.com.sg BARCELONA are a little bit like a jaunty tune that you simply cannot get out of your head until you sing it out loud. Like that tune, they’re pleasing to the senses, irresistibly catchy, and they make it look so simple that
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        285 45 FORZA! THERE will not be many in Italy thinking about football today. Yesterday was declared a day of mourning for the earthquake victims in Abruzzo, but Serie A have made the controversial move of continuing to play its fixtures tonight. Unfortunately one of the season’s most passionate
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      417 46  -  HERBLOG Sara Ann K SaraAnn K,RazorTV host andfan of Liverpool and McLaren UH-OH, we’re in trouble. Something’s come along and it’s burst our bubble. *Sara singing and dancing to the super old tune by Shampoo.* Well. Le sigh. It seems both my teams are
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        664 47  -  Bolton’sJLLOYDSAMUELlooks forward to taking on Chelsea and old team-mate John Terry JLLOYD SAMUEL You’re playing Chelsea tonight. Did you watch the Champions League match between Liverpool and Chelsea? Yes, I did. It was a very entertaining game. And a little bit scary as well? They’re
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        238 47 The Player With The Most Shots On Target Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 96 Shots Off Target Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 49 Shots Without Scoring Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) 56 Shots Per Goal David Bentley (Tottenham) 61 Assists Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd), Robin Van Persie (Arsenal), Steed Malbranque
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        151 47 For 309 matches (as at 7Apr) 1x2 H: Home D: Draw A: Away H D A Number of times GOAL -1.5/2.5 +1.5/2.5 137 81 91 TOTAL GOALS 75 234 34 57 68 76 42 25 5 1 1 Nil 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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        591 55  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg HOW EASY this fixture must have looked to Sir Alex Ferguson six weeks ago. Back then, at the end of February, Sunderland were unspectacularly picking up points and gliding to the safety of a mid-ta-ble finish. In the frentic intensity
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        Lock icon Now we’re the worst team in the history of United!
        2634 56/57 SirAlex,it’s greatto catchup with you. You’vehadsuch amemorable career.A lot of people consider you to be one of the most powerful men, if not the most powerful man, in football. How do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as a
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        925 48/49  -  JAMES EASTHAM Special Correspondent CHELSEA v BOLTON (Chelsea 2 Bolton 0) MIDWEEK European ties sometimes leave sides lead-footed, but the sort of win Chelsea pulled off at Liverpool on Wednesday will have the players all fired up for Bolton’svisit. The 3-1 mauling of Rafa Benitez’s Reds would
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        930 48/49  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg SIR ALEX Ferguson, by his posturing, does appear like he wants to define the future. How?Bywinning the“hallowedQuintuple”– or, fivetitles in aseason. Well, you can now allow your money to do the talking by either going with Ferguson or calling his
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          40 50 BRIAN i MILLER STRIKE CARD HITS 593 fGARY LIM STRIKE CARD HITS 593 ERIC f DING STRIKE CARD HITS 577 S JAMES 5 EASTHAM STRIKE CARD k HITS 570 DANIEL f FINKELSTEII\ STRIKE CARD HITS 553
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          351 50 Take Portsmouth on the 1x2 THE VALUE of this bet depends on how fast you make it to the betting shop. With Portsmouth hosting West Bromwich Albion, I don’t think I am the only one who thinks Portsmouth are worth a punt. Problem is, the odds with bookmakers
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          361 50 Chelsea to clear 1/2 Goal handicap AT STAMFORD Bridge, they’re talking about a run for the title. Indeed, what seems “difficult” just a month ago is now looking like a real possibility. Chelsea are just four points behind United who are looking rather shaky in the run to
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          315 50 Take Portsmouth on the 1x2 PORTSMOUTH are just four points off the drop zone and need a win to stay clear of trouble. They have won two of their last three home games and should be favourites to pick up three points against basement dwellers West Brom. The
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        2443 52/53  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg NEVER mind their inconsistent form at the moment. Manchester United will fend off the challenges of Liverpool and Chelsea and retain their Premiership title next month. That is the prediction from PowerTable a statistics-powered index from England which profiles and analyses
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      Lock icon A HAIRY PROSPECT
      375 54  -  We take a light-hearted look at football with this weekly column HISBLOG GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg SURELY, somebody has got to say something soon. Because if things are left unchecked, Everton may run away with the Premiership title next season. The prospect is a hairy one. But if
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      Lock icon IF CHELSEA CAN DO IT,SO CAN WE
      488 58 PA Sport CHELSEAshowedclearlyinmidweekwhereLiverpoolcanbeattacked.AndSamAllardyceisaimingtocashinonthose CHELSEAshowedclearlyinmidweekwhereLiverpoolcanbeattacked.AndSamAllardyceisaimingtocashinonthose weaknesses when Blackburn travel to Anfield tonight. The Blackburn manager was in the crowd on Wednesday to watch Liverpool beaten 3-1 by Chelsea in the Champions League. Although Allardyce believes too much blame has been laidatthedoorofRafaelBenitez’szonalmarkingsystemat corners two of
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        112 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: LIVERPOOL v BLACKBURN Ch 27, 7.40pm Striker Fernando Torres (right) scored against Chelsea in the Champions League. Will he score against Blackburn to keep Liverpool in the title race? SUNDERLAND v MAN UTD Ch 27,9.55pm CHELSEAvBOLTON Ch 22,9.55pm WIGANv ARSENAL Ch 21,9.55pm Tomorrow: STOKE v
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        12 59 ASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 Today: SEMI-FINALS Ch 22,11am Tomorrow: FINAL Ch 22,11am
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        13 59 US MASTERS Tomorrow: DAY 3 Ch 24,4am Monday: DAY 4 Ch 24,3.30am
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        313 59 WHAT'S ON BLURBS RESULTS FIXTURES LOCAL EVENTS SWIMMING What: Asean Inter-Club Age-Group Swimming Championships When: Ends tomorrow Where: Singapore Sports School A TOTAL of 522 participants from 24 swimming clubs from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore are taking part in the three-day competition. SAILING What: 6th ST Marine SAFYC
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      156 54 The cast (from left to right) Ernest, Cristiano Peacock, Pundit Singh, Mani-Kam Today, the gang wax lyrical over the stars in the news during the week Hullo uncles, who are the people in sports who captured your hearts and minds over the week? For me, it must be Guus Hiddink,
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