The New Paper, 19 May 2009

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1 48 The New Paper
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    • 1005 2/3  -  FourkilledatTuasaslorry carryingforeignworkers crashes into trailer Pearly Tan –PearlyTan,newsroomintern. IN THE worst accident this year, four foreign workers were killed after the lorry they were in crashed into the back of a stationary trailer in Tuas early yesterday. It was not the
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    • 221 2/3  -  REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA YONG tnp@sph.com.sg FOUR of his friends are dead. But lorry driver Ramaiah Raja,31,stillhasnoideathey’regone. His employer, Mr Baskar, operations manager of Hi-tech NDT Inspection Services, has kept the sad news fromMrRamaiahbecause“he’sveryscared”. He had planned to tell Mr Ramaiah yesterday evening but changed his
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    • 649 4  -  Hundreds of names and schools listed oncentre’swebsite REPORT: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg SOME schools are upset with a tuition agency for putting up the results of students on its website and claiming credit for their successes. The schools feel that by naming the students’ schools,
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    • 705 5  -  200people will ride in silence to honour dead hurt cyclists REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg A DAY after surviving a horrific cycling accident, Mr Mohan Singh, 47, chanced upon a brochure publicising a commemorative event to honour cyclists who have been injured or killed on
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    • 245 5  -  Han Yongming –HanYongming,newsroomintern Cyclists who have lost their lives on the road in recent years: 2009 Mr Govindarasu Amudharaj, 28, an Indian national, died on the spot on 19 Apr in a collision with a private bus, at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Race
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    • 889 8 / 9  -  NParks‘tree doctors’focuson trees’health,safety REPORT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg HE’S a “doctor” who wears hiking boots instead of white coats, and uses drills instead of stethoscopes. His patients? Singapore’s other “greying” population the rain trees and yellow flamesalong Singapore’sroads. MrAbdul Hamid, 49,an arboristor ‘tree doctor’ with
      TNP PICTURES: NG XI JIE, KUA CHEE SIONG  -  889 words
    • 285 8 / 9  -  STREET TALK COMMENT: NG TZE YONG ONE of the things you often hear about Singapore’stouristattractionsis thatthey’re fake. That’swhythis stretch of UpperThomson Road between Yio Chu Kang Road and the Seletar Expressway deserves a closer look. It is real, it is alive, and it lies at the
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    • News Opening of Parliament
      • 525 6 / 7 Last night, President S R Nathan laid out theGovernment’s plans for the rest of its term, as he opened a new session of Parliament. Here are the flight paths he described: keepupthe effortto up-skill andre-skill ourworkersto become more employable and productive in a changing economy. alsoconsider
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  • Local News watch
    • 326 10 S’POREECONOMY Reuters AP SINGAPORE’S non-oil exports in April fell 1.3 per cent from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis, following two months of growth. On a yearly basis, April non-oil exports fell 19.2 per cent to $11.3 billion, after a 17 per
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    • 113 10 THE Singapore private property market could pick up this year, according to brokerage DBS Vickers. The prices of mass market private homes are likely to rise by the second half of this year if demand continues to hold, the firm said
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    • 104 10 A CONSORTIUM of British universities study, led by the University of Cambridge and supported by the United Kingdom Design Council, put Singapore at the top of the international design scoreboard. The inaugural study measures a country’s design capability relative to its size and economy.
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    • 109 10 NOMINATED MP Siew Kum Hong revealed in his blog that he has made a police report against netizens posting defamatory comments about him, and has requested forums which hosted such re- marks to take them down. Mr Siew refused further comment when contacted,
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    • 120 10 A $70-MILLION storage facility will be opening near Changi Airport in January next year, giving art collectors here and in the region a place to park their pieces. It is being built by Singapore FreePort, a company which operates a round-the-clock free
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    • Article, Illustration
      34 10 DOWN,BOY:Sixthousand spectatorswatchedbasketball’s entertainers from the US, the Harlem Globetrotters, clown their way to a 70-58 exhibition match win against the Washington Generals at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday. PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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    • 380 11 ASTHEpoliticalimpasseinPerakshowsnosignofabating, some wonder what Barisan Nasional (BN)willdowiththethreeoppositionpoliticians whodefectedtotheircampinFebruary. According to liberal news portal Malaysian Insider, some top BN officials think the three Mr Hee Yit Foong (Jelapang), Mr Osman Jailu (Changkat Jering) and Mr Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang) should vacate their seats
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

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  • Global News watch
    • 345 12/13 It was a scene reminiscent of the Szechuan earthquake but this time it is a man-made disaster Wire services A VIADUCT that was due to be demolished collapsed on Sunday in southern China, killing nine people and injuring 16, rescue headquarters reported at a
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    • 719 14 CanAungSanSuuKyisurvivethe‘darkesthell-holeinMyanmar’? SHE remains a lady, unfazed by the prospect of going from 17 years of house arrest to the aptly named Insein prison. For someone facing a five-year sentence in the notorious jail in Yangon, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi remained outwardly calm, according to witnesses.
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    • 450 15 Chinese authorities tear down sex park over its‘evilinfluence’ Wire services THISinvestmentturnedouttobeasriskyasitwasrisque.Asexthemeparkthatfeaturedexplicitexhibitsof giant genitalia and sexual culture is being torn down beforeitevenopens. The park, christened “Love Land” by its owners, went under the wrecking ball over the weekend in Chongqing, a government spokesman told Associated
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    • 39 16 GETTINGACHARGEOUTOFYOURRIDE:SouthKorea’stop technology university, KAIST, has developed a plan to power electric cars through recharging strips embedded in roadways that use a technology to transfer energy found in some electric toothbrushes. PICTURE: REUTERS
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    • 248 16 FOILED ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE Wires SRI Lankan troops won the final battle in a separatist conflict seen as one of the world’s most intractable wars, and put the island nation under government control for the first time since 1983, the military said. In the climactic
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    • 87 16 AFP THE global spread of Influenza A (H1N1) could have “notable effects”onthe worldeconomy,asenior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said yesterday, warning that the economic crisis was far from over. Mr John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the IMF, said the risks from the
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    • 109 16 PRESIDENT Barack Obama was briefly heckled as he addressed students at one of the largest Catholic universities in the US amid a row over abortion rights. Anti-abortion activists have pro- tested against the president’s visit to Notre Dame in Indiana, reported the BBC. Protests
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    • 106 16 AP WORKING a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new British study published yesterday. ExpertsfromKing’sCollege London found that each extra year of work was associated with about a six-week delay in the onset of dementia. Other experts
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 13 16 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low25˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low27˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low27˚
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    • 68 17 OnSingapore’selectoralsystem,whichcame under scrutiny at a youth dialogue on Sunday. “Ifthereis tobe fairnessin representation ofMPsin a multi-member constituency, the number of MPs elected should be based on the percentage of votes. Otherwise, the present system is not fair to the other partiesaswell asto theelectorate.” singaporeboleh1508 “Toomany GRCs(grouprepresentation constituencies),
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    • 360 17 FROM READER VICTOR HO SOO YIT STUDY ON PAY-TV COMPETITION I AM heartened to read in the media recently that the Media Development Authority (MDA) had commissioned a study last year to look at pay-TV in Singapore as the bidding war looms for the English
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    • 103 17 FROM READER SHAH PAKRI IREFERtothereport“Hisshirtwas soaked in blood and he needed 10 stitches”(TheNewPaper,16May). I believe the elderly driver was also partly to be blamed. To be told off by a stranger that “thisisnotyourprivatecarpark” could have set off anger easily. What happened to gracious and
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      43 17 What do you think of the nine new NMP candidates? “Withtheirexperience inthe arts and business sector, I think they will be able to handle major issues. But I wish there were someone from the sports sector tolook intothe sportsscene...” HugoCarlton,25, financial consultant
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      • 717 21  -  MARTHA ME K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg “Would you like to be on Martha Stewart’s show?”, the folks at International Enterprise(IE)asked. “Would I like a 300gm grade-12 wagyu steak with white truffles to go with a fine Chateau wine?”, I thought to myself. The
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      • 383 22/23  -  David Ho –DavidHo,newsroomintern IFYOUarearegularattherestaurant,TheShip,youmaybefamiliarwiththeownersofSailGrillandBar. The couple who run the Sail executive chefMichaelWangandhiswifeJackie–used to work at the Ship, which belongs to Chef Wang’sfamily. The Sail Grill and Bar serves mainly Western cuisine, with a few Oriental dishes on the menu. But for me, it was the Asian
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      • 235 33  -  DANNY KHOO npracing@sph.com.sg OH so, so close. You can’t help but feel for the connections of Rocket Man, who did everything right but win the $1 million KrisFlyer International Sprint at Kranji last Sunday. Tobetter hisrecordof 1min 08.6secbya near full second the winner Sacred Kingdom
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      • 680 33 FRIDAY KS-C (Turf)1200m 8060-3 MusicMaster 58 (73) (6nzgSamChua-MusicMaster) --6271 BigChoice 58 (71) (4agLLaxon-Champagne) *****4 SuperGold 56.5 (67) (3agSamChua-Rich) *****7 HappyEverybody 56.5 (66) (4agSBurridge-EightEightOne) *****3 ITawtITaw 56.5 (65) (3agMFreedman-NorthwestRacing) *****8 PerfectMatch 55 (64) (3nzgBDean-NoLimit) *****2 PromiseMeGold 55 (63) (5agSBurridge-SBurridge) -1404- LoveAcademy 55 (62)
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      • 413 33 SATURDAY HEAT *****m 2009DaMaCaiMalaysia3YOChampionship 2-1755 VictoryMyCommand 56 (52) (3nzgKPHoy-MdmSEChew) ***** MyDiamond 56 (46) (3agJMcGillivray-RiseAgain) 644-32 TripleDash 55 (46) (3agYNLiew-PrimeTreasure) 000 EssentiallyCool 55 (41) (3agKLChong-Milton) ***** BeijingCity 55 (39) (3agJMcGillivray-Gift) 7--06- BlueCentre 55 (37) (3acKCoetzee-DavidHow) 95- RichMan'sWorld 55 (3agKLChong-LuckyNine) 70-56- TripleJin 53.5 (40) (3afYNLiew-MdmSLKong) -5-- FlyingSwallow 53.5
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      • 880 34 SUNDAY HEAT*****m 2009DaMaCaiMalaysia3YOChampionship --1 CaptainObvious 56 (54) (3agKLChong-Milton) 4103-- TripleSin 56 (54) (3agYNLiew-PrimeTreasure) ***** BeijingHero 55 (43) (3agJMcGillivray-Gift) ***** RegalRainbow 55 (42) (3nzgPKLeong-GameAgain) 00-79 AHaObama 55 (39) (3agKLChong-LuckyNine) 9-000 GoodWinner 55 (39) (3agKCoetzee-MdmSPTan) BlueTosca 55 (3agKCoetzee-DavidHow) 07 GoldenOrchid 55 (3nzgARahim-GoldenRainbow) 0- GrandPeak 55 (3agEBreukelen-EBreukelen) 374 MySpecial
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    • Sports Tennis
      • 223 35 AFP GRAND Slam golden couple Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf gave Wimbledon Centre Court’s new retractable roof the superstar seal of approval on Sunday. The roof will cheer players and fans across the globe who have long had to endure London’s famously
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      • 764 35 Wire Services IT WAS just a slip. A mere blip in an illustrious career that saw him win an astonishing 33 matches straight on clay. Rafael Nadal shrugged off his Madrid Masters final defeat to arch-rival Roger Federer and insisted that it will not have a
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    • Sports Track and Field
      • 567 36  -  National sprints and relay coach MUHAMAD HOSNI tells LIM SAY HENG why Usain Bolt can go even faster LIM SAY HENG A SOLID background in longer sprints, height and a strong physique. These are the attributes that make Usain Bolt such a great sprinter,
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      • 172 36 BIOMECHANICALLY, Usain Bolt’s body positioning was not ideal for sprinting. His head was pushed back, his shoulders were behind his centre of gravity, resulting in him spending too much time in the air and over-strid-ing. When an athlete increases his stride length it results in
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    • Sports Euro Kick-off
      • 288 37 EPL: Saturday: Bolton 1 Hull 1 Everton 3 West Ham 1 Man Utd 0 Arsenal 0 M’brough1 AstonVilla 1 Newcastle 0 Fulham 1 Stoke 2 Wigan 0 Tottenham 2 Man City 1 Sunday: West Brom 0 Liverpool 2 Chelsea 2 Blackburn 0 Sunday (24 May) Arsenal v Stoke Aston
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      • Article, Illustration
        59 37 SERIEA: PA Sport JUVENTUS sacked coach Claudio Ranieri (left) yesterday. The former Chelsea boss took over at the Turin giants in 2007 but has failed to end Inter Milan’sdominanceof SerieA. Sunday’s 2-2 home draw with Atalanta, which left Juve three points behind sec- ond-placed AC Milan with two
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        1190 37 Maurice Edu of Rangers (right) in action against Aberdeen. PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES LALIGA P W D L F A Pts 1Barcelona 36 27 5 4 104 33 86 2RMadrid 36 25 3 8 81 47 78 3Sevilla 36 19 7 10 51 39 64 4AMadrid 36
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    • Sports The Postman
      • 282 38  -  The majority of our readers agree with the FootballWriters’Association’sselectionof Steven Gerrard as their Player of the Year. Our Letter of the Weekend winner explains why the midfielder is so integral to Liverpool’scause. LETTER OF THE WEEKEND Ashvin Selvaretnam Man United fan. STEVEN Gerrard joins an elite
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        • 79 38 THERE are some who think that Nemanja Vidic should have wontheFWA’sPlayeroftheYearAward. IfyourecallLiverpool’s4-1thrashingofManUnitedatOld Trafford, Vidic was simply outclassed by Steven Gerrard. That is the difference between good players and great players. Great players like Gerrard tend to rise to the occasion during big games. When the chips
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        • 69 38 ZINEDINE Zidane singled out Steven Gerrard as the most completefootballeranditisnotdifficulttoseewhy. The Liverpool captain leads by example on the pitch with his consistent performances week in, week out. He is also loyal to his club and is very humble despite his status. It is understandable
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        • 94 38 I FEEL that Frank Lampard should have won the award. I was very surprised that he was left out of the PFA Player of the Year shortlist, and even more surprised that he did not even make it to the Premier League Team of the
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    • Sports EPL Betting
      • 617 39  -  Goalless draw at Old Trafford didn’tdoanyoneanyfavours BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg IT certainly didn’t go according to the script. And here I’m talking about the script penned by the punters. You see, the betting man wasn’t too concerned or bothered with Manchester United winning the Premiership
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    • Sports EPL
      • 2847 40/41  -  Local fans of the EPL Big Four share their thoughts on this season with SHANNON REZEL SHANNON REZEL Fantastic, ecstatic, inspiring, and record-breaking is how four Man United fans sum up the season Louis Chia, Manchester United fan club president (Singapore) Priscilla Vargis, 59, homemaker Brian
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      • 930 42  -  Vijay Visvalingam is a Liverpool fan who has dedicated his back to the worship of his team. IVANLIM traces the pain IVAN LIM HIS BACK is a testimony to his great love for Liverpool, a personal tribute to the football club, a celebration of
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      • 523 43  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg A SMILE and a firm handshake later, the potential Liverpool chief executive began rattling off about how tough it was to see Manchester United win the Premier League title on Saturday. Liverpoolruns in IanAyre’sblood. Not only is he a lifelong fan, Liverpool is also
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      • 575 4445 Wire Services LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez, for reasons best known to him, has refused to congratulate his Manchester United counterpart, Sir Alex Ferguson, on the title triumph. The pair have been swapping insults for most of the season. Invited twice on Sunday to
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      • 280 4445 Wire Services MANCHESTER United chief executive David Gill has rubbished Rafa Benitez’s claims that they have bought their way to the league title. The Red Devils equalled Liverpool’s record of 18 championships with a point inSaturday’s clash with Arsenal. Benitez’s reaction has been to suggest
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      • 415 4445  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE GAME had just finished. Chelsea, stung by an injury-time equaliser, had just been dumped out of the Champions League semi-finals by Barcelona. The silence of the home crowd at Stamford Bridge reflected the disappointment of the players. John Terry,
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    • 683 46  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg HARRY Redknapp has always had a slightly jaundiced take on modern football. Hedoesn’tcaremuchforvitaminsupplements andsportspsychology,he’drathertalkoldfashionedmotivation than “visualisation” and he doesn’t feel bad about swearing at his players. Earlier this season I saw him laugh off suggestions that he’dbe changing the
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        116 47 LIVE TELECASTS AFC CUP Tonight: HOME UTDv PEA (THA) Ch 27,7.30pm AFC CHAMPS LEAGUE Tonight: SUWON (KOR) v SAFFC Ch 24,6.25pm Tomorrow: ULSAN HYUNDAI v NEWCASTLE JETS Ch 24,6.25pm J-LEAGUE Saturday: JEF UNITED CHIBAv YOKOHAMA F-MARINOS Ch 27,6pm UEFACUP FINAL Thursday: SHAKHTAR DONETSK v WERDER BREMEN Ch 27,2.40am Shakhtar
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      • 14 47 BMWPGAC’SHIP Thursday: DAY 1 Ch 26,10.15pm HPBYRONNELSONC’SHIP Friday: DAY 1 Ch 26, 3am
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      • 21 47 WARSAWTOUR Tonight: 2ND DAY Ch 113,7pm Tomorrow: 3RD DAY Ch 113,7pm AUSTRIAN OPEN Thursday: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 21,6pm Friday: SEMI-FINALS Ch21,6pm
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      • 398 47 WHAT'S ON BLURB /RESULTS LOCAL EVENTS FOOTBALL What: Singapore Under-23 v Malaysia Under-23 When: Thursday, 7.30pm Where: Jalan Besar Stadium IN PREPARATION for the 2009 South-east Asian Games in Laos in December, the Singapore Under-23 team will take on the Malaysian Under-23 team in an international friendly. OVERSEAS EVENTS TABLE
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 47 35 Ip A. Y(i) Always play with care. [responsibiyj Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize Visit our website at www.singaporepools.com.sg Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m RCBReg No: *****0202G
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