The New Paper, 25 June 2009

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1 16 The New Paper
  • 19 1 the new paper 25 Jun 09 thu __Ji_ A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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    • 79 1 ORIGINAL the new paper TNP DOLLARS $100 the new paper ONLY ORIGINAL TNP DOLLARS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW PAPER ARE VALID Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia Flesh-eating bug kills her after piles op S’pore housewife dies 13 days after routine operation. Docs suspect
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  • News
    • 786 2/3  -  Housewife goes for piles removal but contracts rare infection and dies fortnight later REPORTS: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg SHE had suffered with piles for years and required a routine procedure to remove it. It seemed to go well and Madam Goh Beng Guat,
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      118 2/3 24 APR Madam Goh goes to the NationalUniversityHospital (NUH) for a health checkup. 22 MAY Shereturns tocollect herreport and decides to have piles removed since she is at the hospital. A rubber band ligation and a colonoscopy are performed on her. 26 MAY Her husband, Mr Teo, takes herback
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    • 23 2/3 TheEmperor’s Bling Bling (TNP 24 Jun). The photo credit for the snuff bottle should read: Picture courtesy of the Denis Low Collection.
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    • 207 2/3 THEY had made many plans for the year, including a stayinafamilychalet,aFather’sDaydinneranda year- end holiday. Now all they can do is mourn. Thecouple’sfourdaughtershavemajor examinationsthisyear–PSLE,Secondary2 streaming, O levels and Alevels. DaughterTeoLiYin,16,said:“LastDecember,we went to South Korea for a holiday and had a lot of fun. WewereplanningtovisitTaiwanthisyear.” MadamGoh’seldersister,MadamGohBengLay, 50,said:“Wewereallsupposedtotakeafamilychalet, sinceit’stheJuneholidays.Wegoeveryyear.”
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    • 241 2/3 THE infection that could have killed Madam Goh is extremely rare, say experienced colorectal surgeons. One of them, DrTeoh TiongAnn, reckoned that he has seen at most only one such case in his 15 years of specialising in colorectal surgery. He has yet
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    • News NTU Student's Death
      • 710 4  -  Brother of dead NTU student says family didn’tblamelatterafter he lost scholarship REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HE chatted with his brother over the Internet regularly, during which they would update each other on their lives. Their mother would also send SMSes to David Hartanto
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    • News Flu Watch
      • 894 6/7  - She coughs coughs, so he fears he will get infected Two days after flight via H1N1 hot spots, S’porean(right)testspositiveforthevirus REPORTS:NGWAN NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg AFTERfiveyearsstudyingandworkingin Montreal, when he left on 11 Jun, Mr Lee Guo Ming (above) thought thatthere was achance he might get infectedwiththeInfluenza A(H1N1)virus. That thought grew stronger
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      • 122 6/7 220 CONFIRMED CASES SINGAPORE has confirmed another 26 new cases (195th to 220th cases) of H1N1, comprising 11 local cases and 15 cases with travel history. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 220. The 11 new local cases comprise of two Butter Factory patrons,
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      • 574 6/7  -  REPORT:BENSON BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has introduced enhanced measures to combat the spread of the virus. Nine cases of the H1N1 virus have been reported in the SAF this week, with seven cases detected from a cluster in Maju camp, among full-time
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  • Local News watch
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      49 8 BARGAINBLUES:About100peoplequeuedyesterday outside an electrical shop in Central Square for some irresistible offers. As part of a promotion, five TV sets, five laptops, 10 digital cameras and 20 MP3 players were selling at 1 each for those who made a minimum purchase of $80. PICTURE: SHINMIN DAILY NEWS
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    • 212 8 Motor industry acts to stem complaints THE motor industry, which accounts for the second highest number of consumer complaints here, has launched a scheme to lead car buyers to trustworthy dealers and away fromthe “blacksheep”. From July, buyers can zoom in on 39 firms
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    • 117 8 ONLY one in four companies here is prepared to deal with a H1N1 flu pandemic, according to a survey of more than 350 companies by the Singapore Business Federation, reported Channel NewsAsia. A check with businesses showed that added measures such
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    • 107 8 THE mini boom that started in the sale of new flats has now spread to the resale homes market, with transactions rocketing 71 per cent in the second quarter. Sellers have quickly become attuned to the unexpected resurgence in demand and are jacking up
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    • 90 8 THISyear’sNationalDayParadewill feature a 15-minute, four-part Total Defence Display segment that promises to wow the action movie buffsinthecrowd–andshowhow the Singapore Armed Forces and Home Team would respond to attacks. The show will simulate terrorist attacks involving chemical and bomb threats, mined waterways, and terrorists trying to
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    • 315 9  -  REPORT: JONATHAN CHOO,VEENA BHARWANI tnp@sph.com.sg WHAT can 10 cents get you these days? Well, at Jurong West Street 52, it can get you a nice, juicy durian. Which explains the long queues at the Swee Heng Fruit and Trading Stall at
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    • 1106 10/11  -  China study mama conned by travel agent with fake air tickets REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg SHE bought a pair of air tickets from a travel agency for $824. But when Madam Chen, 41, went to the airport with her 7-year-old son and suitcases in
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  • Global News watch
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      49 12 GOINGBANANAS:ACatholicdevoteedonningdriedBananaleaves attends a mass in celebration of Saint John The Baptist in Nueva Ecija province, 150km north of Manila, Philippines, yesterday. Hundreds of devotees in this remote township cover themselves with mud and don mostly Banana leaves for good blessings and to celebrate abundant harvest. PICTURE: XINHUA
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    • 319 12 TO BEAT ECONOMIC BLUES Reuters TIMES are tough these days and money is a worry, but many Asians believe the best way to weather the global economic crisis is to indulge in little luxuries, according to a new regional survey. The economic downturn started
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    • 96 12 Reuters INDONESIA’S health minister confirmed yesterday the country’s first cases of Influenza A(H1N1) virus after an Indonesian pilot in Jakarta and a British woman in Bali tested positive for the virus. The British woman, 22, had been living in Australia, while the pilot, 37,
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    • 97 12 AP LONG-simmering economic tensions between the US and China boiled over on Tuesday as the Obama administration filed its first unfair-trade case against Beijing, accusing it of restricting exports of materials needed to produce steel, aluminium and other products. The administration vowed to protect
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    • 96 12 AFP THE US military has set up a new cyberspace command designed to bolster the country’s defences against cyber threats and to wage digital warfare, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Defence Secretary Robert Gates formally established the command the country’s first that would
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    • 268 13 A STORM is brewing over the appointment of former Ferrari Formula One (F1) boss Jean Todt asoneofMalaysia’sTourismAmbassadors. At the centre of the issue? A million-ringgit ($411,000) deal. Pakatan Rakyat’s vice-president and MP for Gombak, Mr Azmin Ali, demanded to know why the government
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    • 281 14 RUDE AWAKENING IN HK ALOUD bang jolted Mr Tang from his sleep. Then, one of his window frames landed next to his feet and its debris cut his left eye. When restaurant chef Tang, 42, ran to his window which overlooks Kowloon Bay
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    • 429 15 AFP SHE had a prosthetic arm and wore a cardigan to cover it while working in a trendy clothing store. But she was then told that her look did not comply with the policy of the store, and was sent to the
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    • 304 16 China’stennisstar: CHINA’S tennis star Li Na has a tattoo but said if she had her way, she would get rid of it. The number 19 seed (right) has a design etchedonherchest–andithasnotbeenwell received in her homeland where tattoos have long been considered taboo. Li
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    • 225 17 SHE isnowcalled Iran’s“AngelofFreedom”. And Iranian protest fatality Neda Agha Soltan’sdeathhassuch a profoundeffectthat security officials have begun pulling down posters of her. These were put up in defiance of orders from the authorities. Miss Soltan, 27, was shot dead on Saturday, apparentlythe targetof Iran’ssecret police. Her
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    • 706 17 Washington Post columnist Ann Applebaum says women, not the Internet, are the power behind the Iranian protests. Her column has been edited for length Twitter revolution? Obama-inspired revolution?No,inreality,it’sIran’s... WOMEN in sunglasses and headscarves, speaking through megaphones, brandishing cameras, carrying signs: When they first appeared, the photographs of the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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    • 148 18 FROM READER GERALD LAM Shorten waiting time for bus No 96 IAMwritingtocommentaboutbusserv-ice 96 which runs from Clementi interchangetowardstheNationalUniversity ofSingapore(NUS). Asadailycommuterofthisbusservice,I would like to suggest the implementation of a double-decker bus for this service as the bus is always packed in the evenings between5.30pmand6.30pm. I often
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      41 18 According to the National Population Secretariat, more older men are seeking younger foreign brides. What do you make of this trend? “Personally,I find itworrying;but everyone has a right to find a wife. It doesn’tmatter where they arefrom.” MrRiznJafir, 27, engineer
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    • 31 37 Wednesday,24 Jun 2009 First Second Third 2290 1584 2051 Starters 3012 1178 8144 1102 4407 9775 4006 3342 6390 1811 Consolation 4849 7835 8166 5740 0702 7352 6296 0876 1282 7814
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      • 224 37 PENANG TRACKWORK NST AUSTRALIAN-BRED filly Bryoni geared up for a claim in the Good Andrew Stakes for Restricted Maiden two and three-year-olds over 1,100m on Saturday with a sparkling workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by jockey Jai Shankar, the three-year-old by Fasliyev stretched out well
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      • 240 37 YESTERDAY’SHONGKONG(HAPPYVALLEY)RESULTS Going:Good RACE1 CLASS5 1650m 5 KINGOFFISH130(51-19) ZPURTON (8) 1 11 AIPODERIMAGE116(19-11) YTCHENG (12) 2 7 OSCARPRINCE127(43-14) WMLAI (6) 3 4 HONESTTREASURE131(153-37) KCLEUNG (9) 4 ?Trainer:KLMan.Margins:Nk,1.25.Time:1min40.7sec.EOB:$13.Forecast:$44. PlaceForecast:$32(Nos.5-7),$17(Nos.5-11),$14(Nos.7-11). Tierce:$902.Trio:$113.Quartet:$7537. RACE2 CLASS4 1650m 5 STRIKINGMASCOT127(16-10) WCMARWING (3) 1 12 BOBOWIN116(257-60) MWLEUNG (10) 2 3 HIGHINTELLIGENT128(39-10) BDOYLE (1)
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      • 518 37 YESTERDAY’SSOUTHAFRICA(CLAIRWOOD)RESULTSGoing:Good Race1 MaidenJuvenilePlate(Fillies) 1200M 4 LAVERNA57(30-8) ADelpech (15) 1 12 SUPERSUNDAY57(111-26) FCoetzee (2) 2 8 POINTINGEAST57(21-12) KTeetan (10) 3 16 TOUCHTHEMOON57(14-5) BLerena (8) 4 ?Trainer: M De Kock. Margins: 0.5, 0.25, shd. Time: 1min 12.2sec. EOB: $13. Forecast: $155. Place Forecast: $13 (Nos. 4-8), $44 (Nos.
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      • 290 37 NST KING RUFUS (late Champagne Charlie), trained by Lim Hoon Seng, is the only Class 3 newcomer entered for the Penang Turf Club's June/July meeting starting in Penang on Saturday. The five-year-old New Zea-land-bred by Howbaddouwantit out of Champagne Waltz had one unplaced outing at two
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      • 270 38  -  WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK WILLIAM LOW ANCHOR ICE, topweight in a six-horse affair in Race 4 tomorrow, sizzled on Track 6 at Kranji yesterday morning. The Patrick Shaw-trained South African-bred four-year-old reeled off 600m in 34.3sec and pulled up without raising a sweat. The going good. Anchor Ice
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      • 634 38 RACE1-1400m(LC) MS 6.30 1 Touessrock BVorster (2) 59 2 RiffsOfJoy BWoodworth (11) 58 3 Equience DBeasley (5) 57 4 SilverLining VDuric (12) 57 5 Unbeatable JMoreira (8) 57 6 Shinkansen ELegrix (13) 56.5 7 SuperbIncredible JPowell (6) 56.5 8 BigMinako JSaimee (4) 56
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      • 154 38 Application of trainer licences by John Brink, David Kok Teik Wai, Basil Marcus (former multiple Hong Kong champion jockey), John O’Hara, Selvakumaran Ponnampalam and Jerome Tan Eng Tee have been registered with the MRA. They have been given six months, until 15 Dec, to secure stabling
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    • Sports Mad About Golf
      • 875 39 In a special episode of Peschardt’sPeopleonBBC World News (StarHub Cable TV Channel 13) to be telecast tomorrow at 10.30pm, host Michael Peschardt finds out what life is like on the professional circuit with Singapore’sNo.1golferLam Chih Bing (right). Peschardt is a former senior foreign correspondent
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      • 196 39 LAM Zhiqun held off the late charge by Koh Dengshan to win the Boys’ Under-21 title at the Faldo Series Asia Singapore event yesterday. At Singapore Island Country Club’s Old course, Lam shot a three-under 69 to edge out Koh by a stroke. Koh birdied
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      • 99 39 SINGAPORE’S No. 1 golfer Lam Chih Bing had a sweet-sour outing at the St Omer Open in northern France last week. Lam made the cut in the European Tour’s satellite event, but he was unhappy that he did not finish higher up than 64th in the event.
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      • 50 39 ENZO Tan leads the field of 16 golfers in the Millennium Masters event at the Singapore Island Country Club yesterday. The 14-handicapper shot a gross 58 at the par-three course, two shots ahead of Edeline Loh. LEADERBOARD: 58: Enzo Tan 60: Edeline Loh 62: Justin Soong, Ted Bang.
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    • Sports Va-Va-Vroom
      • 317 40/41  -  Race queens are not just the pretty sideshow of a race. They are dedicated professionals too JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE MALAYSIAN leg of the Super GT was indeed the hottest race in the series. It wasn’t just the weather that was hot. But the
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      • 435 40/41  -  JOYCE LIM WE HAVE seen how Melvin Choo races to podium on many occasions. The Singaporean race driver also made headlines when he was the first Singaporean and only South-east Asian to compete and score points in the FIA World Touring Car Championships
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      • 209 40/41 AP FIA PRESIDENT Max Mosley reached a deal last night to stop eight rebel Formula One teams forming a breakaway series. He also agreed not to stand for re-election. Mosley ceded to the Formula One Teams Association’s (FOTA) insistence that a voluntary £40 million
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    • Sports Wimbledon
      • 675 42  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg GOING into this tournament, the talk was Rafael Nadal versus Roger Federer. Then came that shocker of an announcement. There was not going to be a Wimbledon double for Nadal. The Spaniard was injured and would play no part in the contest.
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    • Sports Asian Youth Games
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        612 43  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg THE NEW Paper has been sort of an unofficial Asian Youth Games (AYG) “inspector”sofar. Since our first report on Saturday, we have highlighted a number of glaring oversights by the organisers in communicating the latest news to the media and the public. After the lack
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        283 43  -  Shea John Driscoll Driscoll,newsroom intern THERE is one more problem still plaguing Asian Youth Games (AYG) organisers: How to quench the thirsts of the fans? The New Paper reported on Tuesday that, as a safety measure to prevent missile launching, all water bottles were being confiscated at the
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    • Sports Confederations Cup Betting
      • 560 44 Semi-final: Brazil vSouth Africa AFP FORMER coach Carlos Alberto Parreira promised to introduce South Africa to “samba football”, a mission pursued by his successor, Joel Santana. At Ellis Park tomorrow morning (Singapore time), the willing pupils will have the chance to test precisely how much they’ve
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      • 374 44  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg IS THIS Brazilian team the best in South Africa? Today in pubs and coffee shops, that’s like asking if Manchester United are better than Liverpool. You get a flood of response. Emotions boil over. You have those who swear on their
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    • Sports Transfer Trail
      • 488 45  -  GEOFFREY LIP npsports@sph.com.sg ■GLENJOHNSON From Portsmouth to Liverpool for £17 million ($40m) THERE’Sno questionthatGlenJohnson is overpriced. Rafa Benitez could have done much more with £17m, bearing in mind these credit-crunching times. At least that is what most fans (and those who have never seen £17m before,
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      • 229 45 PA Sport EMMANUEL Adebayor’s agentclaimsa“veryimportant team” has made contact about the Arsenal striker, but says there has been no interest yet from Chelsea or Manchester United. There is speculation that the Gunners have of- fered Adebayor (above) to both AC and Inter-Milan in an attempt to
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      • 307 45 PA Sport ROBINHO believes Manchester City would be “almost unbeatable” if they signed Samuel Eto’o from Barcelona. Eto’o is reportedly a target for City as the Premier League side looks to add even more firepower toMark Hughes’attack. A deal has already been completed for Roque Santa
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        528 46 PA Sport ITMAYhavelookedgloomyforLiverpoolrecently.But two significant developments recently have putthesmilebackonmanagerRafaelBenitez’sface. Andnowhecanmoveforwardmoreconfidentlyinhis questforsummersignings. 1 THE first piece of good news came when midfielder Javier Mascherano, whom Benitez put a £50 million ($119m) price-tag on to ward off interest from Barcelona and Real Madrid, spoke in glowing terms about the
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      • 176 46 PA Sport LIVERPOOL have stressed they remain committed to the club’s television channel despite the collapse of Setanta, the platform on which it was broadcast. The Irish company went off the air just before 6pm on Tuesday having gone into administration. Liverpool will continue to
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        61 47 LIVETELECASTS EUROUNDER-21 Tomorrow: SEMI-FINALS ENGLANDv SWEDEN Ch27, 11.55pm Sweden’srising star Marcus Berg (right)isthe tournament’stop scorer sofar withfivegoals. Saturday: SEMI-FINALS ITALYv GERMANY Ch27, 2.40am COPA LIBERTADORES Today: SEMI-FINALS CRUZEIRO (BRA) v GREMIO (BRA) Ch 27, 8.45am Tomorrow: SEMI-FINALS ESTUDIANTES (ARG) v NACIONAL (URU) Ch 27,6.45am *Alltelecastliveunlessstatedotherwise. For latest, please check
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      • 19 47 BMWINT’LOPEN Tonight: DAY 1 Ch26, 9.45pm Tomorrow: DAY 2 Ch26, 9.45pm TRAVELERSC’SHIP Tomorrow: DAY 1 Ch 26, 3.15am
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      • 12 47 WIMBLEDONLAWNTENNISC’SHIP Tonight: 2ND ROUND Ch 24,7pm Tomorrow: 3RD ROUND Ch 24,7pm
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      • 538 47 WHAT'S ON RESULTS FIXTURES LOCAL EVENTS ASIAN YOUTH GAMES FOOTBALL SECOND ROUND SINGAPORE meet Iran at 5pm while Thailand meet China at 7.30pm. Both matches at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. Entry fee: $2. AYG TORCH RELAY (Sunday and Monday) The AYG Torch Relay will kick off with a Flame-Lighting
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    • 366 48 Wire Services HE CAME all the way to Vietnam, played half a game, scored one goal, and he has packed off for home. But not before pocketing US$12,000 ($17,460) for the match, and a US$5,000 ($7,270) bonus for the goal.
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    • 122 47 AYG ON TV STARHUB is offering extensive coverage of the AYG, from Monday till 7 Jul, across its TV and mobile platforms. AllStarHub TV customers cancatch “live’’coverage of theAYG events with access to four dedicated AYG channels (Channel 118 to 121) at no additionalcost,while non-subscribersofStarHub TV can catch“live” coverage of
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    • 55 1 WE KNOW MOVIES 09 JUNE 25 TRANSFORMERS TOO We reveal Hollywood celebs and their mechanical alter-egos p2 p8 OPTIMUS PRIME AND MEGATRON TOYS TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN Well-oiled machine or spanner in the works? Our verdict INDIE DOG HOUSE DIRECTORS WHO STUCK TO THE INDIE SPIRIT AND THOSE WHO
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        306 4  -  THEPROPOSALSandraBullock’sbackintherom-comformulathatshedoessowell Joanne Soh THE last time we saw Sandra Bullock in a romantic comedy was Miss Congeniality 2: Armed Fabulous. Yes, it was that long ago. Four years to be exact. Soit’snicetoseeBullockbackinhercomfort zone. After all, she was once the reigning queen of rom-coms. In The Proposal, Bullock plays
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      • 181 4 TEEN horror films are making a killing–forgivethepun–atthebox offices worldwide. The Final Destination franchise is one great example. Since its first outing back in 2000, there has been a Final Destination film every three years–andallofthemwere box-office hits. Naturally, film-makers are cashing in on this series that revolves around
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      • 73 6 / 7 It’sbeenawhilesincewelastsawJackieChan inaperiodfilm–no,TheForbiddenKingdom ain’tcounted. The big brother of Hong Kong cinema is producing a huge period flick called Little Big Soldier, which will also star singer Wang Lee Hom. SetinChina’sWarringStatesera,LittleBig Soldier tells the tale of how a foot general (Chan) and a general (Wang) of rival
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      • 136 6 / 7 Tim Burton has never failed us, especially when he works with Johnny Depp. Their seventh collaboration is AliceInWonderland,andit’s definitely one of our must-watch movies of 2010. Just look at the details, colours and the quirkiness of these early pictures. Everything just screams trippy. “IthasbeenBurton-ised”ishow producer Richard
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      • 80 6 / 7 What do Kermitthe Frog, The Beatles, The Simpsons and Cameron Diaz, 36, have in common? Nothingmuch,exceptastaronHollywood’s Walk of Fame. Diaz is the latest celebrity to be honoured by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for her contributions to the entertainment industry. “Itwillbecooltobeunderpeople’sfeet,”said DiaztoHollywoodReporter.“Itreallyistheplace where people can understand exactly
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      • 145 6 / 7 For those who are old enough to recognise the name Cher, this is a piece of news for you. The singer-turned-Oscar-winning-actress is making a comeback to the big screen after beingawayformorethanadecade.Cher’s last movie was Tea With Mussolini in 1999. She will join fellow Grammy winner ChristinaAguilerainSeanAntin’sfeaturefilm
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      • 106 6 / 7 Looks like British actor Michael Sheen is hot property now. The versatile actor, who has played a myriad of characters, is rumoured to be the villain in the next James Bond movie. If the rumours prove to be true, Sheen is to resurrect legendary Bond
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      • 102 6 / 7 Jessica Alba and Robert Rodriguez are said to be reuniting for The Insiders. They last worked together in Sin City back in 2005. Alba has reportedly acquired the rights to the best-selling French comic book series in tandemwithRodriguez. If everything works out well,
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    • MOVIE DATE
      • 478 10  -  A Mars vs Venus lookattheweek’s hottestmovie JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg The keytoa successfulsequel isn’tmaking a filmthat’s biggerand louderthan the original, but intriguingly different from the original. WillBay –flushwith success on thefirst Transformersmovie givefans whatthey deserve, or try to beat them into submission
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      • 65 10  -  JJ Threads OfDestiny isaJapanese coming-of-agefilmwhich makesgrowing upseem likethe worstpossible thingto do. Whilethat mightbe true,theway the filmjerks its charactersaround, withone plot twistafteranother, isjusttoo much. The maincouple,Mei(Nao Minamisawa) and Atsushi(JunpeiMizobata),have a ton ofproblems. Atsushi’s mumisan alcoholic. His dad isn’taround.He’s missing school. Hehas run-inswith gangsters. Mei?She getsdumped by Atsushi.She getsphysically
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      • 62 10  -  JJ The BrothersBloom, astoryof twoconmen whoset out todupea wealthyNew Jersey heiress,isa lark. Bloom(Adrien Brody)isasad-eyed romanticwho wantstoget outof thecon gameand startliving an“unscripted life”. Hisbrother Stephen(Mark Ruffalo) wantstopulloff theperfectcon. Target? Lonelyheiress Penelope(RachelWeisz). The conissoconvoluted thatitwould be impossibletosummarise here. Sufficeitto say,it involveslove, money, glamour and murder– the usualstuff. Whilethe milieumightbe
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        66 10  -  Tan Kee Yun It’s hardtobe neutraltowards gory, sadisticallyviolentmovies likeAutopsy. Youeither love it, or hate itsomuchthat youmarchout ofthetheatre. Ifyouhave astrongstomach for bloody horror,it’s an entertaining 90-minuteride. The storylineispredictable– five youths crashtheir carafter awild nightofpartying. Whentheyarrive atthe hospital, the staffmembers reveal their bizarre,hideous selvestothe youths,oneby one. First-timedirectorAdam Gierasch pushesthe extremegore, withchopped-off
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      • 90 10 Movies come and go, and while some remain hot, others do not. But let us not dwell upon the negative. Let us instead celebrate hotness, and allthingshot. I LOVE YOU, MAN When Paul Rudd goes looking for a best man for his wedding, he stumbles across the loveable
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      • 907 12/13  -  Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron...these are just some notable mainstream directors who had their humble beginnings in the independent film circuit. Joanne Soh Whilesomeretainedtheir“indie”flavour, others had sold their souls to major production studios for obscene amounts of money. ThinkJames“Kingoftheworld”Cameronand George Lucas. Recent
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      • 253 12/13 Thankstothe paparazzi and ardent fans, many on-the-set type pictures are often leaked on the Internet, causing much dismay to film-makers who like to keep their projects a secret. On the other hand, there are some directors who utilise the worldwide web to either publicise their upcoming films
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      • 492 14  -  Small talk about big flicks JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Bromance is in the air. For the past two weeks, it seems as if talk around the office has been centred entirely around the subject of bromance. It probably has something to do with the release of the new
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      • 344 15 Gianna Jun passing off as a 16-year-old in that darn navy blue Japanese schoolgirl uniform is boring the heck out of me. Stars glam up the red carpet... or not That’sthe costumethe Korean model-turned-actress dons for her debut Hollywood movie, Blood: The Last Vampire, where she
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      • 140 16  - Nick Norah’s Infinite Playlist JS MOVIE DVDEXTRAS This is a quirky teen romance between two misfits: Nick (Michael Cera) is a straight member of a gay band, and Norah (Kat Dennings), an insecure daughter of a well-known music executive. Theymeetduringtheband’s performance one night and embark on an adventure to track
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      • 146 16  -  JS MOVIE DVDEXTRAS Japan is a country often plagued by naturaldisastersandmonsterattacks– in the movies, of course. That’sprobablywhyfolksthereare good at churning out disaster-rescue dramas. This calls to mind the Umizaru series, where we are first introduced to Hideaki Ito, the lead in this film. Hideaki plays a
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      • 148 16  -  JS MOVIE DVDEXTRAS A note to all aspiring writers: A sentence you coin may be turned into a movie. That was how this chick flick came about.It’sbasedonaself-helpbookof the same title, which is based on a line used in a Sex And The City TV
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      • 71 16 DannyElfman’snameisn’t the first that would normally come to mind for a movie like this. Bestknown asTim Burton’s long-timecollaborator he has done practically every Burton movie Elfman’squirky musical stylings may seem out of place in the Terminator universe. Indeed, some tracks sound like they belong in a Burton
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      • 81 16 Just because you prefer to watch your movies while on the move doesn’tmeanthatyoucan’t enjoy its soundtrack and rumbling sound effects. All you need is a high-end set of earphones like the Aurvana Air. This award-winning set of earphonesisergonomically designed, so watching a three-hourepicwon’tleaveyou with sore ears.
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      • 73 16 Ifyou’reonthemoveallthetime, the Samsung C10 is a great camcorder to take along, thanks to its many mobile-friendly features. Forexample,Samsung’s play-edit sharing program Intelli studio lets users hook up the C10 to any computer via a USB port without having to install any software when editing content.
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