The New Paper, 31 May 2009

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      Lock icon Pay $167 a month for CREDIT CARD BRIDES
      739 2/3  -  Matchmaking agency ties up with credit card for monthly instalment plan for Vietnamese brides REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg WANT a Vietnamese bride? It will cost you just $167 a month. And all you need is a Diners Club credit card. If that
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      Lock icon Don’t treat Vietnamese brides like consumer goods
      402 2/3 PRIVATE equity investor Alvin Lim, 44, has a Diners Club credit card but he will never consider a monthly repayment scheme for a bride. OnValentine’s Day lastyear,MrLimmarried Ms Mary Nguyen, 21, whom he met through Vietnam Brides International. He told The New Paper
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      Lock icon First China, then Vietnam... now Myanmar brides?
      433 4  -  REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg MOVE over, Vietnam brides. Here come the Myanmar maidens. Aged between 20 and 35, they are ethnic Chinese who can speak Mandarin and cook Chinese meals. So they would find it easier to adapt to life in Singapore, said
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      Lock icon How would you talk to your kids about sex?
      782 6/7  -  The Aware saga put the spotlight on sex education. We ask three parents 10 tricky questions REPORTS: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg SHALL we talk about sex, baby? That’s something parents in Singapore have had to ponder seriously since sex education in
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      Lock icon Sex Ed: What parents want schools to teach
      398 6/7 WHENMadam Haslinda PutriHarun’s younger daughter, 6, usedthe word“lesbian”,it caughther by surprise. The housewife, 38, recalled a recent incident when another classmate kissed her child on the cheek. Shesaid: “My girltold her ‘stopit,I’m not alesbian.’” Madam Haslinda had to then explain to her
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      Lock icon I was thrown into drain by resident
      804 9  -  Renovationnoisecausesdispute. Constructionforemanclaims: REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg WHATstartedasaminordisputebetweenneigh-bours ended violently, with a man injured, andthepolicebeingcalledin. A contractor renovating a semi-detached house in Katong claimed he was thrown into a drain by a resident, after an argument about the noise caused by the renovationworksturnedugly. The
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      Lock icon Even non-fans love Terminator poster
      296 10  -  Kerri Teo HE wanted the Terminator Salvation poster so badly that he sent his mother to redeem it on his behalf. Said 50-year-old Linda Tan: “My son is a fan of the movie, but because he’s working, I came to collect the posterforhiminstead.” The canteen
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      Lock icon He gets good deal granting wishes
      282 10  -  Naveen Kanagalingam –NaveenKanagalingam,newsroomintern HIS daughters are fans of a reader-friendly, newsy yet entertaining paper. So Mr Ngai Fook Chin, a 51 -year-old customer service officer, turned up at the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) carnival at Suntec City Hall 401 yesterday. Andhe fulfilledthe girls’wishes hesigned
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      Lock icon He can’t write but his blog has 500,000 hits
      649 11  -  DavidGangetshelpof‘ghosts’toposthisviews REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg HE has publicly admitted to being illiterate. But that has not stopped celebrity hair stylist David Gan from having a blog called Xing Guang Mu Hou (literally translatedas“behindthescenes”). Andonethat’swell-writtenatthat. His “secret”: He pays five friends to
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      Lock icon Troubled teen joins 10km run –her‘biggest challenge’
      690 14/15  -  Previously,shedidn’tevenwanttogetoutofbed to go to school, but now... REPORT PICTURES: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg SHE cannot remember the last time she challenged herself to do anything meaningful. Before she moved into the Andrew and Grace (AG) Home last month, 16-year-old Candice (not her real name)
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      Lock icon Our report prompts CEO to sponsor new shoes
      317 14/15 A REPORT in The New Paper on Sunday last month spurred Mr Steven Goh (right) to invite the girls from the AG Home to participate in the upcoming Mizuno Mount FaberRun. The report,“Sportscan heal”(TheNew Paperon Sunday, 26 Apr), highlighted how sports helped
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      Lock icon Worker flees‘ hell estate’
      503 17 M’siansays hewashit,slapped and kicked by boss A RUBBER tapper walked for 48 hours from Mersing to Gemas to escape his slave- master contractor. Mr M Nadarajah, 47, claims that he and wife had been held as “bonded slaves” in one of the estates in Mersing. When
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      Lock icon Welfare worker for truant kids arrested for playing truant
      258 17 SHE was entrusted to check on truant kids. But child welfare worker Stephanie Sabouni played truant herself. To cover up, the 27-year-old, who was to get married on 27 Jun, even forged documents, reported New York Post. Sabouni, from Brooklyn, New
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      Lock icon UK student ambushed, beaten and burnt to death
      852 18 He and two of his murderers wereinvolvedwithsame womaninmessylovetangle ALL three men had been sleeping with the same married woman and she played them against each other. Things came to such a head during the nine-month love tangle that two of the rivals
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      Lock icon Bronx girl makes good
      967 20 Appeals judge is first Latina and fourthwomantobenominatedto US Supreme Court Barack Obama had described her PRESIDENT Barack Obama had described her as having an “understanding of how ordinary people live”, and for this, she would make a better judge. In his remarks, Mr Obama chronicled Judge
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      Lock icon Sex video doc splashed with water at hearing
      698 21 Headmitstotakingdrugs andfilminghisaffairs with various women THE Philippine Senate’s initial investigation into the controversial sex video between Dr Hayden Kho and Ms Katrina Halili unearthed secrets and exposed lies, including information on drugs, sex trysts and romance of the celebrity doctor with other
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  • News Flu Watch
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      Lock icon Ship hit by flu outbreak finally allowed to dock
      389 8 Passengers on Aussie vessel not allowed to make stops along Queensland coast AP AN OCEAN liner docked in an Australian city on Saturday despite objections raised by port officials over an Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak on board that cut short a Great
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      Lock icon H1N1 is here. So, how?
      604 8 FourpeoplefoundtohavetheInfluenzaA(H1N1)viruswere quarantined earlier this week, though no new case has been reported since. NG WAN CHING tackles 10 questions to help you better understand the H1N1 flu. 1.What’sthedifferencebetween seasonal flu and H1N1? They are both influenza A, but seasonal flu and H1N1 are different strains.
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      68 10 –KerriTeo,newsroomintern REDEEM THIS COLLECTIBLE POSTER LAST DAY To get your exclusive full-size glossy print of our Terminator Salvation poster, just take both parts of the published poster you’ve collected over the past two weeks, together with Thursday’s cover, to the following Buzz Pods today. While stocks last •TAMPINES MALL •BOON
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      Lock icon They raid, then cruise to victory
      519 12  -  WinnersofStarCruisesroundofTNPAuction buy hundreds of copies at last minute Han Yongming newsroom intern IF YOU had popped by the Buzz Kiosk at Marsiling MRT on Monday afternoon, you may have noticed that copies of The New Paper had sold out faster than usual. Most of
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      179 12 The New Paper AUCTION SERIES 3 (From 25 May -7 June) Cut collect TNP$ from page 1 of The New Paper, and bid for what you want shown here. Min. Bid: TNP$6,000 Min. Bid: TNP$4,000 MacBook 2.0 GHz Visit www.tnp.sg for more information MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz SMS Code: C2
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      212 13 1 1' IN SEARCH OF THE NEXT NEW FACE Fresh-faced beauties vie for the coveted title. GERALDINE M 2nd Runner-up TNP New Face 2008 t -1 > Fabulous Cash Prizes s NEW FACE 2009 T Organised by: Presented by: For 17 years, The New Paper New Face has discovered fresh
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      229 14/15 The Sunway Lagoon Theme Park Sunway Pyramid Mall are just 15 minutes away. This award-winning Hotel is nestled in the heart of Selangor with a privileged view of the spectacular Blue Mosque. 3 Days 2 Nights FAMILY GETAWAY at SGD138 NETT Package price quoted is based on per person for
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  • News Penanti By-election
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      Lock icon One by-election too many?
      591 16  -  REPORT: TAN MAY PING mayping@sph.com.sg THERE have been seven by-elections in Malaysia since the March 2008 general election in which the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) won a close battle against Mr AnwarIbrahim’sPakatanRakyat(PR)coalition, comprising PKR, PAS and DAP. Some Malaysians are already calling 2009 “a year of
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      Lock icon The money’s on PR to win
      373 16 LIKE many others, Malaysian political scientist OngKianMingexpecttoday’spollstobeashoo-in for Pakatan Rakyat candidate Mansor Othman. He told liberal news portal Malaysiakini that Mr Mansor will comfortably expand the 2,219 majority votes garnered by Mr Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin over his Umno contender in the March 2008 general
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      Lock icon Why flame Patient Zero? What else could she do?
      517 22/23  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:TANMAE TAN MAE LYNN maelynn@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANSthinkwiththeirhearts.And in times of crisis, Singaporeans do what we dobest–complainandblame. Aninstinctivereactionifyoutendtoberuledbythe heart. That explains why Patient Zero has been flamed by netizens. The Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduate returned from a school trip to
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      Lock icon S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
      186 22/23 +10 The Education Ministry will pump in $67.5 million to help students and their families cope with the recession. Most of the funds will go towards topping up the Edusave accounts of all Primary and Secondary students by $80 each. +10 Industrial production declined just 0.5 percent
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      Lock icon 5 MYTHS ABOUT H1N1
      111 22/23 Yourseasonalflu vaccination protects you fromthe H1N1 flu. False. there is no vaccine to prevent H1N1. 1 2 3 4 5 Consumingpork products makesyou vulnerableto the H1N1 flu.False.As long as thepork productsarehandled and cookedproperly, then you will killoffmost bacteriaand virusesincluding theH1N1 virus. You haveH1N1 if youhave anyflu
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      12 22/23 THEY CALL HIM GOD What’s the appeal of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar?
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      30 22/23 “Luckily Iwasn’t workingon that flight,or Imight have to be quarantined.” ASingapore Airlines stewardessrelieved atnot being on SQ25, the flightthat Singapore’sfirstH1N1patient tookbackfrom NewYork OVERHEARDIN THESTREETS “Itfinally came!” Awoman commentingonthe first H1N1caseinSingapore
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    46 24 MUD WRESTLING: Newly recruited female officers of the local police force in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh take part in a training session. A total of 271 recruits with 81 females and 190 males took part in the exercise on Saturday. PICTURE: REUTERS
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      Lock icon Monetary aid disbursed quickly
      309 24 NTUC U CARE FUND TO HELP 194,000 MEMBERS THE labour movement will help some 194,000 members affected by the recession this year with $23.2 million worth of cash, vouchers and bursaries. Mindful that many families need help urgently, some programmes were rolled out immediately on Saturday
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      Lock icon World leaders frown on North Korea’s nuclear threat
      91 24  -  ELYSA CHEN NORTHKorea’srecentactionstostep up nuclear activity are being frowned upon by international leaders who have gathered in Singapore for the 8th Shangri-La Dialogue. Speaking to reporters after hosting a private lunch for visiting ministers and deputy ministers, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee
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      Lock icon PM Lee to visit South Korea and China
      100 24 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit South Korea from today to 4 June. He will be attending the Asean-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit which will be held tomorrow. Mr Lee will subsequently make a three-day visit to China from 4 to
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      Lock icon More teenagers smoking illegal cigarettes
      82 24 MORE than 650 youths were caught with illegal cigarettes last year. Illegal cigarettes where no taxes are paid and which are smuggled in could be half the price of du- price ty-paidsmokes. That could explain why more people below age 18arepuffing oncontraband cigarettes. There has
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      Lock icon MacRitchie’s phase one makeover finished
      118 24 PHASE One of MacRitchie Reservoir Park’s $5 million spruce-up is done, complete with a new two-sto-rey carpark with almost twice the number of parking spots. Work at the 12-hectare park came to a halt in January last year when the then contractor, Wacon Construction Trading,
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      Lock icon Celebrity SEX ED
      630 25  -  WhatdolocalcelebslikeAdrianPang REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg ACTOR Adrian Pang isn’t one of those parents who shies away from talking about sex with his children. Whether it’s how to use a condom, sexually-trans-mitted diseases (STDs) or homosexuality, the 43-year-old father of two does not believe in beating about
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      Lock icon It’s daughter’s decision if she wants to have sex
      288 26 / 27 MEDIACORP artistes Hong Huifang and Zheng Geping believe in not just talking to their children about sex, but showing them documentaries. The couple started sex education with their daughter Tay Ying, now 13, when she was 11. It was long and
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      Lock icon He wanted to take son into Japanese sex shop, but...
      324 26 / 27 ACTOR Edmund Chen agrees with Adrian that the children would be less likely to make mistakes if they are exposed to accurate information about sex. Edmund and his actress wife, Xiang Yun, however, take a more traditional stance. Theyhope theirchildren–
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        Lock icon Denim if you do, denim if you don’t
        557 28 / 29  -  afford REPORT: DOLORES TAY doltay@sph.com.sg LOVE them or loathe them, denim is here to stay. Thanks to the late ’50s icon James Dean, who rebelled with a cause in his cool denim jeans and leather jacket get-up, a whole generation of youths
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        157 28 / 29 41 Guess Selected Guess jeans goingat30–50 percent off the retail price. Buy 2 Guess items to get additional 10 per cent off total receipt; 3 items to get 15 per cent off. At all Guess stores. 2 41 Gap Storewide discounts up to 50
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        Lock icon Fortune smiles on Shanghai Tang
        393 30  -  REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg NO MOUNTAIN behind, no water in front, but it was still a fengshui-ed event. First we were sent north, east, south east, south west, north west (the five elements of a fengshui map) tofindMimolette,locationforShanghaiTang’sKaleidoscope showing. Shanghai Tang is the
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        Lock icon Round up the boys with squid rings
        459 31  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg BOYSwillbeboys.Their boys’ night out is just as important as the girls gathering to discuss great matters of importance like switching to mineralmake-up. However, the imaginative female mind has the tendency to conjure up scenarios of her man chatting up random
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        Lock icon The pork calling the cattle fat
        461 32  -  Whatgivestheuglyatheartthe righttocall others ugly? DENISE CHONG LEFT-FIELD denise@sph.com.sg YOU virus super spreader. sian-passport-married-to-me-who-al-so-holds-a-Malaysian-passport. You’ve got to get creative nowadays if you want tohurt people’sfeelings. The first insult will earn you the virulent hatred of people protective of flu victims. The second may earn you
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          Lock icon I'll stop at 21 kids
          76 32 Oddnews that’sfor real A 29-YEAR-OLD Tennessee man has fathered 21 children with 11 different women. DesmondHatchett’s extended offspring came to light after Tennessee authorities took him to court for non-payment of child support, reported The Telegraph. He has apparently set a US record but said:“It
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          Lock icon I'll take five
          105 32 AP What do you call a high-five that misses? Many would just call it awkward, but an El Paso school principal in Texas calls it assault. The misfire came last week when schools superintendent, Mr Lorenzo Garcia, was giving principals high-fives while celebrating state test scores. When
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        Lock icon I slept in the ‘haunted’ Tekong bunk and survived
        429 32  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg IDON’Tbelieveinghosts. Or Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, the new movie starring Matthew McConaughey, because, well, it stars Matthew McConaughey, but I digress. Two weeks ago, an army recruit reportedly became “delirious” on the ferry leaving Pulau
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        Lock icon Use the power of text messages
        483 33  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg FORthepastfewweeks,we’vebeenlook-ingat effective firstdate strategies– the shopping date, the “come along” date, the adventure date as well as at issues like whether the man should pay for everything onthefirstdate. Buthow doyou setup the firstdatein the firstplace? Let’ssaythingswentwellthefirsttimeyou met your love interest. You
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        Lock icon Dear Dr Date,
        125 33 Youradvicehasbeen quiteeffectivein conversationswith women.I’vebeenable tocollectphone numbers,butitfizzles outfromthere.What’s goingwrong? Yours,Xavier DearXavier, Alot ofpeople think thatthe good emotionsyouhadin your initial interactionswith awoman willstill be therewhen shepicks up your phone callfour days later. However,emotionsandmoods changeallthe time. Trysending anSMS first. Then, whenyou get heron the phone,you shouldendeavorto belight andfun andcreate againthe
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        Lock icon Sex education: Teach the science, leave the morals to me
        595 33  -  SANTOKH SINGH FATHER FIGURES santokh@sph.com.sg DEAR teachers (and the Ministry of Education), shall we agree to draw a line for sexuality education? You teach the science of sex (which you have been doing so well for decades now) to my
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      270 26 / 27 c c .r<nT a comprehensive Don't miss your copy Ot Fi K» jews artic e s FROM SAM RAIMI THE DIRECTOR OF SPIDER-MAN Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future. But in three days, she's going to hell. _a X i J mmM u
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      299 34 BRAIN WORKOUT TAN KIN LIAN Thereare fivehouses with differentcolours in a row.Each occupantplays adifferent sport,keeps adifferentpet andspeaks adifferentlanguage. Howtoplay 1.Findthecluesthat indicateafixedHouse (egGeorgelivesinfirst house)andotherrelated clues(egbluehousenext toGeorge’s).Fillthetable withtheclues. 2.Findothercluesthat canbeplacedintable. Youmayhavetofigure outafewrelatedclues together. 3.Onceyou’veworked outallthecluesandput theminthetable,you’ll beabletoanswerthe question. Answers/PAGE35 4. The yellow houseisleftof thegreen house. 5. The volleyballplayer livesleft ofthe collieowner. 6.
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      286 35 WATCH’EM TheOther BoleynGirl(above) HBO(StarHubCh60), 9pm Twobeautiful sisters,driven by theirfamily’s blind ambition,compete forthe love ofthe handsome KingHenryVIII with tragicconsequences.Starring NataliePortman, Scarlett Johansson. PICTURE:SHAW FlashGordon Channel5,5pm Inthisnewseriesbasedonthefamedcomicstrip character,distancerunnerFlashGordonlearnsofa secretscientificexperimentinvolvinghisfatherwhowas thoughttohavediedyearsago.StarringEricJohnson, GinaHolden. HatchingPete DisneyChannel(StarHubCh33),7.30pm Whenhisbestfriendneedsabreakastheschoolmascot duetoanallergicreactiontothechickensuithewears,a shyhighschoolstudentstandsinforhimatbasketball games.StarringJasonDolley,MitchelMusso. CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow 12.30pm Footballer’sLives 1.00 Movie:Johnson Family Vacation 3.00 Beautyand theGeek IV 4.00 TheShowdown
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    • Sports Racing
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        Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
        1007 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASSRTURF 1200m TIME:12:25 Stakes:HK$1,600,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 DEVONJOY KWLUI MDUPLESSIS 129 3 2 DASHINGVICTORY BKNG BPREBBLE 124 12 3 FLYINGSUPREME TWLEUNG BDOYLE 124 11 4 FUNRIDER DCRUZ WCMARWING 120 7 5 HEALTHYBLUEBERRY LHO YTCHENG 120
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        Lock icon Cool Cat, cool bet
        932 37 COMMENTS AND TIPS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200m) Flying Supreme (No. 3) is drawn awkwardly but remains spot-on off a first-up win earlier thismonthovertoday’s trip. Mark Up (9) is drawn off the course but will strip a lot
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        Lock icon Sunday’s Tips
        340 38 Danny Khoo Marc Tan Larry Foley Sunday’s Tips RACE 12 RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 Flying Langfuhr Big Maverick Imperial Green Dark Energy Demhillsofgold Mission Supremo Viva Panata Jumbo Strike Harrison
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        Lock icon BEST BET VIVA PANATA (Race 2 No. 1)
        71 38 THIS three-year-old gelding by Estambul has been terribly unlucky not to break through. He was shouted the winner at his last three starts, only to be overhauled late by some smart ones going down second twice and finishing a close third as
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        385 38 GOING: GOOD Race1 ITALIANFESTIVALH'CAP 2200M 2 STARENCOUNTER59(6-5) AKENNEDY (1) 1 6 MYEMPIRE53(50-19) SALTIERI (2) 2 3 BETAHEAD53(41-18) TIKENUSHI (3) 3 4 CEZANNE53(20-15) JHILL (4) 4 ?Trainer: A Durrant. Margins: Nk, 2.75, ns. Time: 2min 16.45sec. EOB: $11. Forecast: $9. Tierce:$38.Trio:$19.Quartet:$44.Coursescratching:ReverendLovejoy. Race2 ELITEBEEFH'CAP 1200M 6 CARLTONSTREET55(95-18) PKING
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        674 38 RACE 1 1st 9 Very Grand ($42-$15) 2nd 3 Imtops ($20) 3rd 1 Sequinella ($40) 4th 5 Limani. EOB $27. Forecast $71. Place forecast $31 (1 -3), $42 (1 -9), $21 (3-9). Tierce $3649. Trio $308. Quartet No winner ($6652 jackpot carried forward to next
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        1332 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5D2 12.45 -1400m(SC) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****8 Dustin 59 (43) MAiry*c3 10 (4nzgLLaxon-OscarRacing) 2 0-828- JumboStrike 59 (43) TAffandi*c3 2 (3agSBurridge-SupremePower) 3 962-66 Hadrian 58.5 (42) AKSabrina*c4 5 (7iregJMeagher-UnionJack) 4 -0--00 CosmicPrince
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        2355 40 LARRYFOLEY’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Dustin???Disappointing at his last start but did pull up sore, so worth giving another chance here. 2 Jumbo Strike???His second two starts back was very good and a repeat of that will have him right in this.
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        456 41 ...that’sStricker’srecordtotalaftertwodays AP STEVE Stricker did not mention whether his alarm went off at exactly the same time on Friday as it had the day before, or whether everyone he saw on his way to his second round at Colonial Country Club at Fort Worth said the same thing to
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        386 41 UNHERALDED Michael Lorenzo-Vera grabbed a share of the lead as three French musketeers stole the show in the European Open second round. Lorenzo-Vera (left) and Indian Jeev Milkha Singh hit matching 69s on Friday to set the pace on eight-under-par 136, one ahead of birthday
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        133 41 INDONESIA’S precocious golfer Tatiana is much expected to win Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Tournament, an organising committee official said in Jakarta yesterday. “Based on her last international achievement at the Australian Women’s Amateur Tournament, the 11-year-old girl has a great chance of becoming the champion in
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        638 42/43  -  JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IT WAS HIS first overseas race. And Lexxus Tan had planned to arrive in Beijing a day before the event. Unfortunately, Tan boarded a fateful flight which did not take him to his destination. Due to a technical fault, his flight was diverted to
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        297 42/43  -  JOYCE LIM LEXXUS Tan runs six days a week. On Saturdays, he would be engaged in other sports activities like horse-rid-ing, rock-climbing or kayaking with his four-year-old son, Yong Qi. Tan said: “I started horseriding last year and I have been enjoying it. One of my
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        903 44 AT AGE 16 in her first Grand Slam tournament, Michelle Larcher de Brito walked on to the world’s most important clay court full of eagerness to play her third-round match against Aravane Rezai. Two hours later, Michelle, tennis’ latest precocious teenager, walked off the Philippe
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        608 45  -  Inhiscolumn,ArsenalgoalkeeperMANUELALMUNIAagrees theGunnersneedtobuymoreexperiencewhilereflectingon theeventsofthelastseason,includingthatUnitedgame MANUEL ALMUNIA What do Arsenal need to improve to win some trophies next season? MANY people say we need more experience and maybe at this time, which is a difficult time for us, that is true. The Arsenal team is
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        592 47  -  JOE MORRISON npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is the presenter of Football Channel, StarHub Ch 27. THE PREMIERSHIP season is over which means everyoneelseisdishingoutawards,sowhycan’tI? Sohereyougo–mystartingXIoftheseason. First, however, let me lay down a few ground rules: Only one player can be picked from any team. Players may have been selected on
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        525 50 / 51 InManchesterrecently,ERNESTLUISmeets thedesignersbehindNike’slatestfootball bootsandasksthemabouttherisksoffaster but lighter boots THERE I was wearing Nike’s latest line of Mercurial Vapor boots at Manchester United’s training ground in Carrington. As 100-plus members of the world’s media were split up into different groups for different training exercises, I got to play a kickabout
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        224 50 / 51 THERE is no solid evidence linking boot design to players who have famously injured themselves in recent years. Below though, are the players and their famous foot injuries suffered. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, wears Nike boots) Euro 2004: He first cracked the fifth metatarsal on his right
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        283 50 / 51 FASTER take-off and stopping are key to the design of Nike’s latest line of Mercurial Vapor boots. Endorsed by football’s top players like Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba, the boot’s designer said that acceleration and deceleration was the biggest demand from players
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        569 46 Daniel Finkelstein names his Manager of the Year THEYalwaysaskthewrongquestion.When I tell people that I am about to unveil the Manager of the Year,I am usually asked “Who?” or sometimes“Why?”ormostoften“Whatareyou servingfordinnerandcanIcome?” Buttherightquestionis“How?” Before too long I am going to tell you the identity of our Manager of
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        603 46  -  DANIEL FINKELSTEIN GOALKEEPERS. That is my one word answer to those people who believe that it is impossible for free markets to value something incorrectly for any length of time. Many of the transfer and wage figures that make it to the
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        714 48 / 49  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg HE IS one of the most natural finishers in the English game, and it is not wrong to say that the best part of Robbie Fowler’s footballing career was spent at Liverpool. After scoring 120 league goals in 236 appearances
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        456 48 / 49 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT HE HAS had many fond memories of his Liverpool career, including the hat-trick he scored against Arsenal in four minutes and 33 seconds during the 1994/1995 season. But ask Robbie Fowler about his most memorable moment in his Liverpool career and only one
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        305 48 / 49 PA Sport FIFA are expected to approve the deal which would allow England to represent Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics but hopes that Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott or even David Beckham could figure in the line-up are set to be dashed. Theworldgoverningbody’sexecutive committee will
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        25 48 / 49 Reuters INTER-MILAN midfielder Luis Figo has announcedthattheSerieAchampions’ season-ending home game against Atalanta tonight will be his last as a professional. “31May,2009willbemylastSunday asafootballer,”saidthePortuguese player.–Reuters.
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        604 52  -  CHELSEA 2 (Drogba 21, Lampard 72) EVERTON1 (Saha1) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM WEMBLEY AN FA Cup Final that began with the quickest goal of its history was secured with one of its best and could have been long remembered forone that wasn’tevengiven.
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        218 52  -  IAIN MACINTOSH LION HEART THEEVERTONfansmade themostof theirbig day, singingand dancing down WembleyWayhours before thekick-off.They comfortably outsangand outcheeredtheir rivalsin theopening stages,buttheir supportwasn’tenough tomake thedifference. The rightteam won,but the fansshouldbe proud of themselves. CLUELESS THEFA’Spolicy ofgiving almost half oftheCup final ticketstocorporate sponsorsand theirmysterious “footballfamily” isalicence fortouting. Thousands of ticketsend upon
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        420 53 The New Paper football analystTOHARIPAIJANtells SHANNON REZEL that FlorentMaloudawasthe realstarforChelsea,while EvertonbossDavidMoyes didthebesthecouldwith his limited resources CHELSEA’S DOMINANCEON THE LEFT IT WAS down to individual quality. There was nothing much David Moyes could do. Florent Malouda was just playing too well for Everton to handle. It was clear
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      494 54  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT POINTING towards the sky, he looked up in the distance, a flurry of thoughts racing through his mind. It is how Frank Lampard celebrates a goal these days, as a tribute to his late mother who died in April last year. In
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        78 55 LIVE TELECASTS SERIEA Tonight: INTER-MILAN v ATLANTA Ch 61 mioTV, 9pm BUNDESLIGA Tonight: NURNBERG v ENERGIE COTTBUS Ch 27,9.25pm CanEnergie Cottbus’ErvinSkela (right) score against Nurnberg tonight to save his team from relegation? LALIGA Tomorrow: OSASUNAvREAL MADRID Ch 27,12.55am 2009 LEAGUE CUP Tomorrow: GOMBAK v BALESTIER Ch 27,7.45pm (Jalan Besar
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        16 55 CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 26,3am EUROPEAN OPEN Today: DAY 4 Ch 26,9.15pm
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        15 55 FRENCH OPEN Today: DAY 8 Ch 22, 5pm Tomorrow: DAY 9 Ch 22, 5pm
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        450 55 WHAT'S ON BLURB /RESULTS LOCAL EVENTS BOWLING What: 42nd Singapore International Open Bowling Championships When: Till 6 Jun Where: Superbowl Safra Mount Faber JAIME LIEW is currently in top spot in theMen’s Open eventwith atotal pinfallof1,309. Jazreel Tan remains in the top positionin the Women’sOpen competitionwitha total pinfallof 1,279. Meanwhile,SingaporeBowling’s
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      32 38 Saturday, 30 May 2009 First Second Third 9853 1377 7400 Starters 0095 0243 4700 5599 1125 7434 4681 6858 6329 6660 Consolation 7994 5709 8564 8734 3952 4002 8670 3916 9199 4724
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