The New Paper, 7 June 2009

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      Lock icon No women... NO BUSINESS
      801 2 / 3  -  Business dives in Geylang restaurants, hotels and shops asstrongpolicepresencedriveprostitutesoffthestreets REPORT: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg WALKalongthelorongsofGeylangatnight nowadays and you may be amazedathowquiettheyare. Where these narrow streets once bustled with streetwalkers and their prospective clients,theyarenowoftendevoidofprostitutes plyingtheirtrade. So what has made Singapore’s main red-light district a pale shadow of its
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      Lock icon Is Aids scare the cause?
      386 2 / 3  -  Han Yongming –HanYongming,newsroomintern ARE the streetwalkers shying away because of an Aids scare? Last month, Shin Min Daily News and Lianhe Wanbao reported that a property agent had contracted the disease from his former China girlfriend, a hostess turned prostitute. And he wanted to take
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      Lock icon Sex workers ‘haunt’ former cemetery
      707 4 / 5  -  Guardsnearbyspookedby lightsandnoisesinthenight REPORT: ELYSA CHEN,ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF tnp@sph.com.sg FOR weeks, the security guards at a factory off Woodlands Road saw lights and heard strange noises at the Kwong Hou Sua cemetery across the road. They could not make out who or what was responsible for
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      Lock icon Look bullies in the eye
      832 6  -  Mumsaysteachingkids tohandlebulliesismore effectivethanintervening Geraldine Yeo GeraldineYeo,newsroom intern MOST parents would pray that their kids do not get picked on in school. Not Madam Janice Tay, a mother of three. Let our children experience bullying, the 44-year-old housewife said. This way, they will learn how to
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      Lock icon Secret poker games at empty condo units
      859 8/9 Undergrads,professionals gamblethousandsofdollars atinvite-onlygames DURING the day, it looks like an unoccupied condo apartment. But at night, it is transformed into a private poker room, with a casino poker table and a hired card dealer. Inside, thousands of dollars can change hands as players
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      Lock icon Home poker games could be illegal if...
      306 8/9  -  Joanna Hor Peixin –JoannaHorPeixin,newsroomintern THE host of poker games held at unoccupied condo apartments may be breaking the law. Lawyer Luke Lee told The New Paper on Sunday that while gambling itself is not an offence, it would become illegal if it was
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      Lock icon Getting used to rejection for their final-year project
      303 8/9  -  Joanna Hor Peixin –JoannaHorPeixin,newsroomintern FOR many students, nightlife is all about getting away from their school work. But this group of final year students from Nanyang Technological University decided to study it. For their final year project, titled After Dark, they chose
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      Lock icon Obama, Pitt and Dali in central Singapore
      647 10  -  Ifyoutryhardenough,you canfindfamousnamesright in your own backyard REPORT PICTURES: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg Many Singaporeans have BTDT. If you haven’t Been There, Done That, it only means you are not one of the majority, and how cool is that! Don’t fret, if once
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      Lock icon The search is on
      609 12/13  -  New Face finalists scour SuntecCityMallforpotential New Face contestants David Ho –DavidHo,newsroomintern ELEVEN gorgeous young women were the centre of attention as they strutted around Suntec City Mall yesterday afternoon. Theywereonamission–tolookforother young women who have the looks and poise to emulate them this year. After all, who
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      Lock icon Bidding for Apple products ends today
      139 12/13 HURRY Today is your last chance to bid for the Apple products sponsored by Epicentre. Up for grabs are a MacBook, MacBook Pro, and 10 iPod Nanos (4GB). To bid, simply cut and collect TNP$ from the cover page of The New Paper, note
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      Lock icon Using scents to earn more dollars
      638 14  -  He believes smells sounds can be used in branding REPORT PICTURE: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg WILL smelling something nice put you in the mood to spend? Brand consultant Simon Faure-Field, 38, of Equal Strategy is a firm believer that smells and other sensory experiences can
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      Lock icon FIRE RAGES AS CHILDREN NAP
      360 16 Atleast31children deadinblazeatdaycare centreinMexico WHENsomemotherslefttheirbabiesat the ABC Center Friday morning, they wouldn’t have thought about neverseeingthemagain. A fire at a daycare centre in Hermosillo in northern Mexico has killed at least 31 young children,policesaid.Manyofthevictimsdied from asphyxiation, wire services quoted offi- cialsassaying. At least 30 children with
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      Lock icon ‘Women ministers are just window dressing to you’
      685 17 Minister, known for her glamorous image, tellsUKPMthatasshequitsindisgust LAST year, she pulled off the impressive feat of stealing the Budget Day headlines from the Chancellor by strolling up Downing Street in a skirt split to the thigh. Just weeks ago, she sent male
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      Lock icon UK PM:‘I will not walk away’
      171 17 BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to fight on, hoping that a hasty Cabinet reshuffle would prove enough in the battle to salvage his premiership. A defiant Mr Brown promised to tough it out after Cabinet members quit in bitter circumstances and his governing
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      Lock icon Reports describe parties, topless girls, fake volcano
      600 18 OutrageoverItalianPM’sprivatevilla THEY call it a place of wonder, a magical place. Not many knew about about the world that lies beyond the gates of Villa Certosa, the villa of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Until now. The Spanish newspaper El Pais let the
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      Lock icon Man stabs 4 models at China fashion show
      356 18 THE air was filled with the scent of powder and perfume. It was a glitzy fashion show held at a Guangzhou shopping mall in China on Thursday night to launch an international brand of cosmetics. But the event soon took a bloody
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      Lock icon Melbourne:‘Swine flu capital of world’
      548 19 Over 1,000 people infected but state premierfuriousover quarantine proposals COMMUNITYtransmission–wordswein Singapore are hoping not to hear when it comes to the Influenza A (H1N1)virus. But in the Australian city of Melbourne, thatisalreadyareality. Yesterday the number of people infected therecrossedthe1,000mark. The disease has spread more than
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      Lock icon Jury cries after seeing her starved body
      587 20 Mum,partnerontrialafter7-year-old’sdeath THE seven-year-old was deprived of food as part of a “punishment regime”. Khyra Ishaq had a body mass index too low to be measured by charts and most of her internal organs had shrunk. She and five other kids had to eat
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        Lock icon Be prepared for spread of flu
        320 21 HealthMinister warnsS’poreansto be mentally ready SINGAPOREANS must be mentally prepared for a community spread of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. It’s been six weeks since the World Health Organisation (WHO) sounded the alert on the H1N1 outbreak
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        50 21 MASK-ERADE: These models present creations by Dominican designer Iris Guaba during the Republica Dominicana Fashion Week, many of which include matching face masks. A pregnant teen died of Influenza A (H1N1) on Saturday, becoming the first such case in the country, as well as the Carribean. PICTURE: REUTERS
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        Lock icon M’sia opposition party elects moderates to key positions
        102 21 MALAYSIA’S main Islamic opposition party elected moderates to key positions in a move aimed at winning the support of non-Muslims. But the vote for the post of deputy president was won by conserva- tive incumbent Nasharudin Mat Isa at the Pan-Ma-laysianIslamic Party’s
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        Lock icon S’pore companies show interest in Ningbo city, China
        99 21 SINGAPORE companies are showing great interest in Ningbo, a sec-ond-tier city in China. On his first visit there, PM Lee Hsien Loong expressed confidence that the economic relationship between the two cities will grow. To facilitate the growth of Ningbo’s free trade
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        Lock icon 74 people still missing in China landslide
        104 21 HUNDREDS of rescue workers and volunteers searched yesterday for dozens of people feared buried alive when part of a mountain collapsed in a massive landslide in south-west China, officials said. Some 74 people were still missing after the disaster struck on Friday afternoon
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        Lock icon Insurance regulator eyes Citigroup management shake-up
        93 21 Reuters CITIGROUP Inc’s relationship with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) is frayed, and the regulator wants to replace Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, the Wall Street Journal reported. US officials have spoken to former US Bancorp Chief Executive Jerry Grundhofer, who recently joinedCitigroup’sboard, to
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        Lock icon What if‘ green shoots’ turn out to be weeds?
        502 22/23  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: TAN MAE LYNN maelynn@sph.com.sg TALK of “green shoots” have sent Singaporeans into overdrive. Big ticket items are being snapped up. COE prices continue to rise, reaching an eight-month high of close to $12,000 earlier this week. This, despite
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        Lock icon QUICK ON THE DRAW
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        Lock icon S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        161 22/23 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad. +10 Singapore was ranked 14th, well above its nearest Asian competitor, 22nd placed Japan, in a global ranking of ‘socialcapital’ measuring quality of life, economic activity and strength of institutions. +10 More emergency ambulances are available as the private sector has joined
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        Lock icon 5 things about the world’s worst air disasters
        165 22/23 11 Sep11, 2001: The infamous attacks by terrorists caused the deaths of 265 air passengers and 2,583 people on the ground in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. If you include ground fatalities, it is considered the worst air disaster in history. 1
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
        41 22/23 “Takeoneweek holiday, get oneweek free.I don’tmind.” –Amanonthepossibilityofhomequarantineorderaftera trip to US, where the Influenza A (H1N1) virus is wide spread. “Yougo ahead.I’mtired of buyingthings Idon’t need.” Awoman decliningan invitationtogo shopping at Orchard Road during the Great Singapore Sale.
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      212 11 For 17 years, The New Paper New Face has discovered fresh faces who went on to successful careers in modelling and showbusiness. They include Phyllis Quek, Colleen Francisca and Dawn Yeoh. If you are between 15 and 23 years old, sign up and you could be the next big star.
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      Lock icon MODEL BLOGGERS?
      1013 22/24  -  Thesebloggersreveal themselves(almost)for the public, yet put up withtheflakandflames REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg ONE WOMAN, dressed in leopard-print lingerie, straddles a chair. Another, clad in a red thong and bra, is perched on a toilet bowl. Both are among some 50 aspiring models and bloggers vying for the Best
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      Lock icon If you need to go to toilet, you should...
      634 26  -  AsianIdolwinnerHady’sadvicetoS’poreIdolhopefulsatauditions: REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg ABOUT 4,000 “singers” turned up at the Cathay yesterday, hoping to be the next Singapore Idol. Unlike the two previous contests, this time there was a mentor, a “big brother” to help the new Idol hopefuls.
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          Lock icon Fake it, but keep it real
          388 27  -  Think supernatural, not drag queen, whenyougetyourbeautyfixed ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg IRECENTLYwatchedaTVcommercialforfakegrass.The stuff’s called Supernatural Grass and is made from “unique materials and pigments, it’s softtotouch,looksasrealisticasnaturalgrassand issuitable formostbackyards and outdoor entertainingareas”. The ad’s tagline? “Artificial grass that’s so real, it’sscary.” Now methinks “spot on” would have
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      Lock icon Why so quiet, Van Ness?
      451 28  -  Openingofnewshopfeatureshotmodelsin sexyoutfits.Butonemanseemsunmoved... REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg THERE were leggy, chiselled European models strutting around in provocative lingerie to thumping house beats. There was a crowd of gawking guests and a frenzy of cameras snapping away. And there was one nonchalant gent in the middle
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        Lock icon Mindee pushes the Envelope
        403 29  -  REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg MOST of us put off opening envelopes with windows in them because they can only be bills, bills, bills, rarely a Robert or a Thomas, therelah. little joke there lah. And that’s why you’re no Mindee Ong once a calefare,
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        Lock icon Break the rules, crack some crabs
        514 30  -  REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THERE are certain rules that govern a first dinner date. First of all, no garlic. That is a sure-fire method of eliminating all chances of a lingering goodnight kiss at the end of the evening. Also, while a saucy red
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        Lock icon The whole reality TV circus has come to a Boyle
        660 31  -  Give the Brit galabreak– she’sjust plain tired SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg A THOUSAND apologies, but the subject is still Susan Boyle, who’s already been headlined a thousand times. We put her there you know, some have
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        Lock icon Why doesn’t this recession feel like a recession?
        317 31  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com. sg IT was the first weekend of the Great Singapore Sale and Orchard Road was deserted. There was no queue outside the Louis Vuitton outlet at Ngee Ann City. You could get a parking spot anywhere
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        Lock icon Why a ‘staycation’ is better than a vacation
        459 32  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg MY son is finding it hard to understand why I still have to go to work during the holidays. “ButI don’t wantyouto goto work,” pleads the 4-year-old every morning, vexed that my “school”hasnot shutdown for amonth,like his.
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        Lock icon Build a bridge to your world
        427 32  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg INthepastweeks,we’velookedatwhattodo for your first date and how to set up thefirstdateovertextandphone. But now comes one of the most common questions:“WhatshouldItalkabout?” People love to talk about themselves, so it’salwaysasafebettoaskheraboutherself. But the standard questions questions like“Whereareyoufrom?”and“Whatdoyou do?”–areboringanddon’tengageemotions. Ask instead about her family, what
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        Lock icon Dear Dr Date,
        164 32 Idon’thaveanyproblems talking to my male buddies about sports, beer and guy topics. But wheneverI’mwiththe girls, they just want to talk about shopping, desserts and girly stuff. How can I relate to this? Yours, Lost Leonard Dear Leonard, If you find yourself in unfamiliar and uncomfortable conversational terrain,
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      33 32 Ask Dr Date Have problems finding love? Make a date with DrDate.He’ll go over thefiner points of courtship in his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnp@sph.com.sg
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      262 33 BRAIN WORKOUT TAN KIN LIAN How to play 1. Find the clues that indicate a fixed House (eg George lives in first house) and other related clues (eg blue house next toGeorge’s).Fillthetable with the clues. 2. Find other clues that can be placed in table. You may have to figure
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      317 34 PICTURE:MIO TOOMANY:Serial bridesmaid KatherineHeigl modellingoneof her27 dresses. WATCH’EM 27Dresses(above) StarMovies (StarHubCh 58),9pm Afterservingas a bridesmaid 27times, a young womanwrestles with the idea ofstanding byher sister’sside asher siblingmarries the manshe’s secretlyinlove with.Starring KatherineHeigl, JamesMarsden. TrueHeartsShow Channel8,7pm InthislivecharityshowhostedbyQuanYifengandCavin Soh,watchbeneficiariesovercometheirlimitationsto bringyouperformancessuchasmartialarts,drumsand ballettogetherwithcelebritieslikeShowLo,TangLan Hua,ZhangQingFangandYeZhenTang. SydneyWhite HBOFamily(StarHubCh68),6pm Inthismodern-daytwistonSnowWhite,agorgeous tomboyditchesherconnivingsororitysistersandfindsa newhomewithagroupofdorkyoutcasts.Starring AmandaBynes,SaraPaxton. GenerationKill(above) MAX(StarHubCh59),9pm Inthisnewmini-series,aRollingStonereporterwho’s embeddedwithFirstReconMarineschronicleshis
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE C) RESULTS
        1412 36 GOING: GOOD Race1 IP(SC)1600m 5 YARICOZZENE58(27-14) JMoreira (6) 6 5 1 (494) 11 LYCRAA56.5(35-14) JPowell (7) 3 2 2 (535) 1.25 6 RAVAGES56.5(12-5) KBSoo (13) 8 7 3 (508) 0.5 7 RENIXUS56.5(26-13) BVorster (4) 5 4 4 (495) Hd 8 MEGAAWARD56.5(31-10) JSaimee (5) 9
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        Lock icon Mooring just too strong in first leg of 3YO series
        209 36  -  MARC TAN npracing@sph.com.sg AUSTRALIAN trainer MichaelFreedman’sSingapore sojourn is getting more eventful, especially after he dropped anchor in the first leg of the Three-Year-Old Challenge at Kranj i yesterday. His charge Mooring lived up to expectations in the Group 3 1,200m
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        Lock icon Sunday Tips
        220 37 Danny Khoo Marc Tan RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 Fire Bird Pony Express Raja’s Success Bright Prince Testa Key Jug Full New Target Inter Police 2 1 13 Cizen Istana 5
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        Lock icon MUDLARKS
        115 37 RACE 2: Dashing Spirit, Dancing Supremo, Just Steel, Our Webster, Inter Police, Power Of Nature, Fast Tune, Cizen Supreme, Double Bonanza, Jeram Frankie. RACE 3: Purple Rain, He’s Born, Super Lad, Bless Year, Dane Hero. RACE 4: Triple Happy, Jug Full, Jaywin, Speed Ranger, Summer Fiesta, Mahau, Royal Smile,
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
        531 37 GOING: GOOD PUNTERS’PAL:Popular Australian jockey Noel Callow gets punters off to a good start with Saya Boleh in Race 1. Race1 RM(SC)1200m 3 SAYABOLEH56.5(12-10) NCallow (2) 1 1 1 (499) 2 REGALRAINBOW56.5(45-9) BNShahrul (12) 3 3 2 (436) 4.25 1 TRIPLESMILE56.5c53.5(15-5) CKTan* (3) 2 2 3
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        Lock icon BEST BET BRIGHT PRINCE (Race 9 No. 1)
        90 37 THIS Van Nistelrooy gelding gets our vote for his near impeccable record of five wins and a third from as many starts. Besides boosting the best form among the 13 contenders in this 1,200m feature, Bright Prince can also count on home
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        1372 38 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 RM 1.00 -1200m(SC) Stakes:RM65,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 3-24 AStory 55 (43) DavidChongc2 2 (3agKCoetzee-MdmSPTan) 2 -4-274 BestRecruit 55 (41) MWTehc2 7 (3agKHNg-TopSecret) 3 ---8-- DancingGrey 55 (41) ISaifudin 16 (3nzgSHTan-DOC) 4 -***** IWish 55 (41)
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        1003 39 RACE 1 (1,000m) Wasabisabi (3) has trouble around a bend but does enjoy the straight 1,000m, exiting a shorthead second 21 days ago. Successful Era (10) has a sprinter’s pedigree and can produce a bold first-up effort off some nice lead-up work. The
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        930 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1000m TIME:12:45 Stakes:HK$625,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 FLYINGCOLOURS DCRUZ WCMARWING 133 11 2 CLASSAFOREVER LHO THSO 131 4 3 WASABISABI DJHALL MCHADWICK 129 5 4 CHEERFULCITY CSSHUM YTCHENG 128 6 5 FANTASTISCH DEFERRARIS DBEADMAN 128 12
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        775 40 AP ASIDE from the early-morning chill, the Memorial Tournament took on a decidedly US Open feel on Friday. The Muirfield Village greens conjured images of the coming Open site, the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in New York, drying out, firming up
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        302 40 AP EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie will push golf’s bid for inclusion in the 2016 Olympics. Montgomerie (left) said on Friday he has been asked by Royal and Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson and United States PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem to help
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        435 41 AP SVETLANA Kuznetsova conquered her nerves and beat a shaky Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 yesterday to win the French Open. Showing uncharacteristic calm, Kuznetsova earned her second Grand Slam title after her 2004 US Open win. Jitters have often betrayed Kuznetsova down the stretch
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        1002 42 / 43  -  This week, in our series on women who push the frontiers of sports, read abouthowSingapore’s Esther Tan competes with men in world-class adventure races JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg ESTHER Tan is Singapore’s most wanted female adventure racer. In 2007, she was the top Singaporean female in
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      654 44 / 45  -  The New South Wales Institute of Sport sprint squad were in Singapore recently and The New Paper caught up with them to chat on issues ranging from Michael Phelps to whether Singapore can produce its own world-class swimmers JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg HEHADFINISHEDthirdbehindMichael Phelps in the 100m butterfly attheBeijing
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      402 44 / 45  -  JOYCE LIM FORMER world record holder Eamon Sullivan has been struggling with different kinds of sickness since he was young. At 11, he started swimming to ease his asthma problems. During his swimming career, Sullivan has had four hip operations and seven years of shoulder problems, requiring a
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      270 44 / 45  -  JOYCE LIM IT SHOCKED Fina officials when more than 100 world records were set in the past 18 months. The swimming governing body then decided that it was time to reassess the standards of swimsuits. In all, 348 swimsuits were reviewed and only 202 were approved. The list
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      340 44 / 45  -  JOYCE LIM AUSTRALIA is not a big country like the United States or China, but it has produced world-class swimmers over the years. So can a small country like Singapore produce world-class swimmers like Australia? Grant Stoelwinder definitely thinks so. The Australian, who has coached
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        776 46 / 47  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg IT WAS supposed to be an international open, but in the end, the women’s open turned out to be a battle of supremacy between Singaporean and Malaysian bowlers. Of the six bowlers who qualified for the step-ladder finals of the
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        750 46 / 47  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg HER SCORES may not be as outstanding as the top women bowlers, but Hanadi Al Mezaiel clearly stands out among the crowd at Superbowl Safra Mount Faber. You see, the 33-year-old Kuwaiti (right) was the only bowler wearing her traditional
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        368 48 / 49  -  Button has been quicker off the line than Vettel this year. He has the inside line off the start and will be keen to get ahead. Does that whet your appetite for today’srace? LUKE NETTO npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer. YESTERDAY’Squalifying wassurprisinglydominated by Red Bull
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        540 48 / 49 AP RED BULL’S Sebastian Vettel edged Formula One championship leader Jenson Button to take pole position yesterday for the Turkish Grand Prix today. Vettel was just over one-tenth of a second faster than Button to earn his third career starting-line spotin today’s race. The 21-year-old
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        1206 50 / 51  -  Barcelona were undoubtedly thebestteaminEuropelast season. LIM HAN MING pays homagetothefree-scoring Catalanswhogavetheworld alessononwhatthe Beautiful Game is all about LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg THERE is no better person to sum up Barcelona’s season than the man behind their incredible success. “We have played the best season in history,”
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        584 52 NORTHKOREA 0 IRAN0 Wire Services NORTH Korea inched closer to their first World Cup Finals since 1966 with a gritty 0-0 draw against Iran yesterday afternoon. But it was not the result newly-appoint-ed Iran coach Afshin Ghotbi was looking for, with their World Cup fate now hanging
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        349 52 UZBEKISTAN0 JAPAN1 (Shinji Okazaki 9) AP JAPAN became the first team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup by winning 1-0 away at Uzbekistan yesterday. A ninth-minute goal by Shinji Okazaki (above) proved enough for Japan to book a fourth successive appearance at football’s
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        432 53 KARIMBenzemascoredforFranceina1-0 win over Turkey late on Friday nightinafriendlyinLyon. Andnow, his club chairman maybe willingtolethimgo. Benzema,playingonwhatmaynotbehis homegroundformuchlonger,dispatcheda penalty into the right-hand corner of the goal. Then, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas last night, opened the door for Manchester United to make a £30million
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        370 53 PA Sport FABIO Capello believes England have “got the balance right” to prove a match for the best teams in the world after previously flattering to deceive. Capello (left) was expected to adopt a cautious approach when he was appointed as SteveMcClaren’ssuccessor18monthsago. Instead, England have been free-scoring in
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      545 54 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER GROUP 6 KAZAKHSTAN0 ENGLAND 4 (Barry 40, Heskey 45, Rooney 73, Lampard 78-pen) AFP A STUTTERING start turned into a stroll as England took another significant step towards next year’s World Cup with a 4-0 win over Kazakhstan last night. First-half goals from Gareth Barry
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        133 55 LIVE TELECASTS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES Tuesday: ENGLAND U-21 v AZERBAIJAN U-21 Ch 24, 2.30am This will be the final friendly for Stuart Pearce (right)andhisteam, before departing for Swedenfor Uefa’sUnder-21 Championships (from 15-29 Jun) where they face Finland, Spain and Germany in Group B. Thursday: ITALY v NEW ZEALAND Ch 22,
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        26 55 CELTIC MANOR WALES OPEN Tonight: DAY 4 Ch 26,8.15pm THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 26, 2.45am STJUDE CLASSIC Friday: DAY 1 Ch 26,3.15am
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        14 55 FRENCH OPEN Tonight: MEN’SSINGLES FINAL Ch 22,9pm BIRMINGHAM TOUR Friday: ■QUARTER-FINALS Ch 113,6pm
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        17 55 TURKISH GRAND PRIX Tonight: RACE PREVIEW Ch 24,7pm RACE START Ch 24,8pm CHEQUERED FLAG Ch 24,9.45pm
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        506 55 LOCAL EVENTS HOCKEY What: Holland v Singapore (Standard CharteredFIH Men’s JuniorWorld Cup 2009) When: Today, 5.30pm Where: Pitch 1, Sengkang Hockey Stadium SINGAPORE and Malaysia co-host this Under-21 tournament. Singapore are grouped with Holland, India, Poland and New Zealand, and will play their first match against Holland today
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