The New Paper, 1 August 2009

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    • 76 1 K"t Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia CREDIT CARD CHECKS TOO LAX? Shops don’t check if signatures match or if man’s card is used by women, our experiment shows PAGE 2 ‘Please give us money to take sick son to hospital’ The couple boarding
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    • 766 2  -  In a TNP test, 2 Chinese womenuseIndianman’s credit card at 3 shops, 2 restaurants and a taxi ride. Hardly anyone asked questions, despite odd signatures First of 2-part series Hoe Pei Shan -HoePeiShan,newsroomintern DO salesmen and waiters look at key details on a credit card
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    • 355 4 CASE: Consumer, bank share blame ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IN SINGAPORE: Consumer, bank share blame SINGAPORE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION: Not our problem MAS: Consumer, bank share blame The executive director of the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), Mr SeahSeng Choon:“Weare ofthe viewthateach party owesaduty to preventtransactions using
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    • 698 6  -  AngMo Kio residents say pair jeers at those who refuse them money Couple using toddler as donation bait? REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg THE boy, barely 2 years old, looks thin and sickly. His parents approach passers-by with a desperateplea:“Canyougiveussomemoney?Weneed totakeourchildtothehospital.” But residents in Ang Mo
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    • 593 8/9  -  SingaporeNavy’s anti-piracy crew returned yesterday from the Gulf Of Aden, with exciting tales of keeping the seas safe REPORT:ANDRE ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg BEING on the prowl for pirates can be exhausting –andexciting. Exhausting because you have to endure 50-de-gree Celsius heat. Exciting because of
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    • 229 8/9 KILLING pirates was not the objective. Scaring them off was. Colonel Tan Kai Cheong (left), 41, commanding officer of the 191 LST Squadron, said they were not there to be trigger-happy but to deter and disrupt the pirates’activities in thearea. When a ship called
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    • 257 8/9 SCANNING shark-infested waters for boats with armed pirates was a memorable first-mission experience for Super Puma pilot Captain Shaun Mathew, 27. One of around 18 pilots on the Gulf of Aden mission, Cpt Mathew (above) said they did not know what to expect. Hesaid:
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  • Local News watch
    • 225 10 Manufacturing hardest hit SOME 12,400 jobs in Singapore were lost in the second quarter, double the losses in the first three months when employment contracted by 6,200, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday. This is the first time that employment has contracted for
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    • 99 10 RETRENCHED graduates from the National University of Singapore (NUS) can now look to their alma mater for help with their job search. Under an initiative launched by the NUS Business School Alumni Association yesterday, NUS alumni will be matched and deployed to Small and Medium
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    • 113 10 THE Government plans to set up two funds expected to be ready within a year to help improve Singapore’s food supply resilience, announced National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. The Food Diversification Fund will secure diverse sources of
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    • 99 10 SINGAPORE is the world’s most preferred city for business meetings for the second year running, edging out cities like Paris, London and Tokyo. Itisnamedthe“TopInternation- al Meeting City” in the Union of International Associations 2008 Global Rankings. This makes Singapore the top Asian country
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    • 95 10 A SINGAPOREAN naval officer will take charge of an international an-ti-piracy patrol coalition to curb the escalating violence off the waters of Somalia. The officer, who has not yet been selected, will be commanding more than seven navy vessels that come from countries including
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    • 44 10 The practice of reserving seats at crowded food centres with packets of tissue paper gets a literal spin with these‘GetLost’packs.Thetissue packs are specially made by cable TV channel AXN Beyond to promote the drama series Lost. PICTURE: AXN BEYOND
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    • 650 12  -  FirstS’poreantoachievetoptaekwondograde REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg HISmotherdidnotwanthimtotakeuptaekwon-do,buthefollowedhisheart.More than 40 years later, Mr Lim Teong Chin, 61, has become the first Singaporean to achieve the highest possible level of ninth dan for non-Korean black-beltholders. Mr Lim is the first and only ninth dan in
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    • 1002 14/15  -  Our reporter finds out why being tall is an advantage for croupiers REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg WHAT? I can’t be a croupier because I’m too short? You may not know it, but there is a height requirement– 1.58m. AndI’m 5cm shorterthan that. Iwasindignant
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    • 249 14/15 WANTED: Dealers. After employing 1,500 Singaporeans to work as dealers and dealer inspectors in its Table Games division, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) wants another 1,000-plus employees for its table games. And MBS hopes to fill these positions at its recruitment
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    • 480 16  -  He loses appeal against penalty for behaving rudely to passenger, failing to ensure safety REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg AS THE morning’s appeals were being heard one after another, a smartly dressed man sat quietly on the bench in the courtroom. He looked calm
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    • 348 16  - Just 4 mins commuter learns his wallet is safe Nurul Asyikin Mohd Nasir –NurulAsyikinMohdNasir,newsroomintern HE RECEIVED a call from his cab company informing him that a customer had left his wallet in his taxi. There was almost $9,000 in it. But Mr Wee Woon Kuan, 55, a ComfortDelgro relief driver,
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  • Global News watch
    • 234 18 RECESSION WINDING DOWN Reuters THE US economy contracted at a slower-than-expect-ed pace in the second quarter, indicating that the recession is winding down. The slump in business and residential investment moderated sharply, according to US government data released yesterday. Gross domestic product, which measures
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    • 108 18 AP THOUSANDS of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in a field in the heart of Bangkok yesterday to collect signatures for a petition seeking a royal pardon for him. The “red shirts”, as they are known, planned to
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    • 96 18 AFP AN ITALIAN drugs safety watchdog approved late on Thursday the sale of the abortion-inducing drug RU486, the Ansa news agency reported. The Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency gave its decision on the drug, which is marketed under the name Mifegyne, after two years of deliberation. Their decision
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    • 97 18 Reuters TOO many donated organs in Britain are being given to foreign patients in exchange for cash, an independent review has found. It recommended stopping all private operations involving organs from dead donors. This has been broadly accepted by the Department of
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    • 112 18 AFP A BABY crocodile triggered panic among passengers on an EgyptAir flight from Abu Dhabi to Cairo yesterday when it took a stroll on board the aircraft. Crew members managed to cor- ner and capture the 30-centimetre reptile and handed it over to
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    • Article, Illustration
      27 18 BUSTED:Selangorpolice arrested four people suspected of making fake 50 sen coins on Thursday. They recovered fake coins worth RM17,600 ($7,200) in value. PICTURES: GUANG MING DAILY
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    • 720 20 Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote this tongue-in-cheek piece about US President Barack Obama meeting the people involved in a US race scandal over beer.Thearticle hasbeen edited for length ITWAStohavebeenacureforwhatalesus.Henry Louis Gates Jr, the black Harvard professor, and James Crowley, the white cop who arrested
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    • 378 21 THElittlebulliesnotonlymadeherdaughtercry,they put the mother in jail after lying that she hadassaultedthem. Itbeganwhendaughter,Taylor,11,returnedhome upset, claiming to have been bullied outside the gates ofLambtonPrimaryinBritain. Mrs Anisa Borsberry then went to the school and confronted a girl she thought was involved, reported theTelegraph. She
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    • 331 22 WOMAN ALLEGEDLY SETS FIRE TO OWN HOUSE OVER the years, her gambling obsession turned her into someone her family barely knew. It got so bad that the family didn’t even want to have anything to do with the woman, known only as
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    • 450 23 ChrisBrown’ssong is hot again after YouTubepost of wedding dance Wire services IN the same week that Chris Brown went on YouTube to apologise for assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna, a viral videoclip of a wedding party dancing down the aisle to Brown’s song Forever was posted
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    • 429 24 Plan to help car sales in the US runs on empty in only a week AP CASH for clunkers what a great name for a programme to scrap cars in the United States. But a great name does not mean a great plan. The programme
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 13 18 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Fair High34˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low26˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low26˚
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    • 134 23 Also hot: 3-year-old video of newly-weds dancing to MJ’sThriller/PAGE30 ORCHARD Lobby Level J 0. 'A U il B J' m w vj Orchard Cafe celebrates the Nation's birthday with a 'Go Local' spread featuring the best local delights in town till end August! Buffet Lunch: 12:00pm 02:30pm Mondays to Fridays
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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    • 93 25 EDDIE RAJ PRESIDENT SINGAPORE INDIAN ASSOCIATION IREFERtothearticle,“Heranti-Indianexpatremarksrilenetizens”,byTehJenLee(TheNewPaper,28Jul). WhileMissShobnaSukumar’s sentimentshavedismayedmany,they reflectasourceofconcernintheIndian communityinSingapore:theneedfor greatercommunication,mixingand empathybetweenIndianSingaporeans andexpatriateIndians. GiventhenumberofexpatriateIndians makingSingaporetheirhome,thereisan urgentneedtomakethemfeelwelcome and,atthesametime,makethemaware oftheculturalself-confidenceofIndians whohavebeensettledinSingaporefor generations. Thatagapexistsbetweenthetwo groupsisundeniable.Thepointiswhyit hasappeared,andwhattodoaboutit. Oneimportantreasonforits appearancewastheabsenceofasuitable platformonwhichthetwogroupscould mix. ItisherethattheSingaporeIndian Associationisplayinganactiverole. Oursportsactivities,particularly cricketandhockey,andourcultural programmes, which reflect the artistic excellence of both North India and South India
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      32 25 READER ELAINE SOH HAND UP FOR SINGAPORE: The flags may drawtheviewer’s attention, butthe hand stickingoutofthe taxi-driver’swindow makes onedo adouble-take. Itisn’treal. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 285 25  -  The New Paper also received a number of responses from readers, all of them agreeing with the comments made by Shobna Sukumar. Here is a selection ShobnaSukumar.Here READER JAYA MOHAN RAJAGOPAL IAGREE very much with Miss Shobna’s views on Indian expats. Their behaviour leaves much
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    • 195 25 READER THANGAMMAL SELVAM ICANNOThelpbutagreewithMs Shobna’s views about Indian expatriates. She is a well-known TV personality, and has exercised her fundamental right to freedom of expression. The problem she highlighted exists, and Singaporeans, being tolerant and accommodating, have kept mum about it. I remember an expat asking
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    • 73 25 READER MUHAMAD FAIZ BIN JAKARIA AS a sub-contract delivery rider for Pizza Hut and KFC and as a caterer/driver, I have had to serve Indians from India almost every day. And my experience in dealing with them has been mostly bad. Tobehonest,Ifeeltheyare often arrogant, rude and difficult
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    • 59 25 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to
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      677 26/27  -  With foam pellets and a colourful gun, Nerf enthusiasts battle it out in carparks, churches and anywhere men can be boys again REPORT:CHARLENE CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg IMAGINEahordeofmenfiringcolourfulfoamblast-ersateachotherinachurch.No,it’snotascenefromsome thrillermoviespoof. It’sasportthatiscatchingonhereinSingapore. Nerf is played with brightly coloured plastic guns that shoot foam darts and enthusiasts gather every week in the
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    • 151 26/27 THE first Hasbro Nerf Tournament 2009 will be held at DowntownEastD’Marquee on29 and 30 Aug. Players will compete to win the grand prize of $1,000. Said Miss Joy Koh, marketing manager of Hasbro Singapore:“Weorganised thistournament becausethe fan base for Nerf has grown and sales in Singapore have
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    • 486 28  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg EVENwithoutwings,thisscooterisableto“fly”.Whereothersgetboggeddownincitytraffic,thePiaggioFly150seemstosoar. The small and sleek scooter, powered by a 150cc engine, is adept at weaving in and out of traffic, never havingtoworryaboutknockingintocarsidemirrors. Its automatic transmission and simple controls ensure that your focus is strictly on getting out of city
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      • 593 29  -  buzz TREND Jovita Chua newsroom intern SHE was having coffee with her father in the mall when two women approached her and asked: “Are you interested in being a model?” That’s how Andrea Savage, former Deal Or No Deal model, got into
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      • 207 29  -  MY FAVEspot Kay Tan KayTan,newsroom intern GO WILD with animal prints for a safari home that’srightout ofAfrica. Deck your floors with carpets and your sofa with throws, coverlets and cushions patterned with zebra, giraffe, tiger, gazelle and leopard prints to achieve an exotic flair (Haier Boutique,
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      • 219 30  -  We round up the Internet sites or videos that people are talking about REPORT: SETO NU-WEN seto@sph.com.sg What’sthenoise Cameron Diaz (right) wants to prove she can get into the groove, just like Madonna. The 36-year-old actress, better known for her fresh, girl-next-door image, has done
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      • 139 30 What’sthenoise Call Michael Jackson the man with the Midas touch. A 3-year-old video clip of a wedding, featuring the bride and groom and their entourage dancing along to Jackson’s Thriller, has become a sensation again since the pop star’s sudden death in June. The zombie line
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    • 181 28 THIS SCOOTER COULD BE YOURS Look out for the other half of this picture on 8 Aug. Don’t let this opportunity fly away. We’ve had our fun testing the Piaggio Fly 150, now here’s your chance to own it. Here’s what you need to do: 1. Collect the two halves
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  • Sports
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      • 1017 40 GOING: GOOD Race1 RM1000m 6 DRUNKENSPEED57c55(235-52) KKNg (8) 9 7 1 (522) 4 GOODGOODLUCK57(44-12) OChavez (10) 3 3 2 (485) 1 1 COMEFLYWITHME57(17-10) RFradd (3) 2 2 3 (458) 3 11 CHASETHEDREAM50c50.5(16-5) SHLow* (1) 4 4 4 (453) 1.25 9 SUPERRICH57c56(169-36) MKellady (2) 1 1
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      • 308 40  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg PROMISING Renixus won the Kranji Stakes C event over 1,600m in Race 7 as expected but was made to work hard for it. After beating off D’Original about 200m from home, the $7 favourite had to stave off the determined challenge of
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      • 79 40 WILLIAMLOW’Sguidetoyesterday’s gallops by horses engaged at Kranji tomorrow: RACE 1: Lucky Banker 39.1. RACE4:Nikolay? ?sprinted in the straight, clocking 13.3sec for the final 200m. Iwantitall and Dontellthewife sprinted in the straight together, clocking 12.2 for 200m. RACE 6: Rena Cross (TR Barnabas) sprinted in the straight, clocking 13.1
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      • 1128 41 TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. COMMENTS FORTOOWOOMBARACESNOTAVAILABLE. RACE 1 (1,500m) 1 HADAAF (Joseph Pride) 7g (62:14-7-6): Won the Civic Stakes in a bunched finish, then vetted after 53/4-len 8th(59.5kg) Strat’s Flyer 1500m R’hill Winter Stakes heavy track 18 Jul. Randwick hoodoo
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      • 489 41 11:40Race1 ROSEHILL 1500M 1 HADAAF TANGLAND (2) 58.5 2 STRAT'SFLYER CWBROWN (4) 58.5 3 WITHACHANCE GBUCKLEY (5) 56.5 4 COCORURU JPARR (1) 53.5 5 BAYWINDOW CMUNCE (3) 53 6 SYNONYM JFORD (6) 53 7 CENTREARENA PROBL (7) 53 12:15Race2 ROSEHILL 1200M 1 RAREFIED JPARR (8)
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      • 1960 42/43 TIPS AND COMMENTS BY AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS AND MATNOWLAND RACE 1 (1,600m) 8 BONINDI (DI Dodson) 5g (28:5-10-3): Knocking on the door with nk 2nd (51kg) Davcon 1500m M Valley Open Hcp heavy track 20 Jun and 33/4-len 2nd (51) Pacino 1800m F’ton Open Hcp
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      • 804 42/43 11:55Race1 CAULFIELD 1600M 1 ALLCHEVAL JMASKIELL (8) 59 2 CAPED'AMORE BMELHAM (11) 58.5 3 PHILDA BRENTEVANS (2) 58.5 4 TOLKAROCK BRAWILLER (4) 58 5 LADYAVACAN CAROBERTSON (5) 57.5 6 MASHANG NICHOLASHALL (7) 57.5 7 BEARCOUNTRY GBOSS (12) 57 8 BONINDI BAVDULLA (10) 57 9 SAVQUAW
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    • Sports Mad About Golf
      • 483 44 GAVINFlintisstillinthehuntforhismaidenwinontheAsianTour.The Singapore-based Australian took a share of the second-round lead with Thailand’s Wisut Artjanawat at the BruneiOpenyesterday. Flint posted a three-under-par 68 for a two-daytotalof 10-under-par132tohead into today’s third round, reported asiantour.com. Fellow compatriot Scott Barr carded a 67tostay oneshotbehind theduo on 133 while overnight joint-leader
        PICTURES:AFP  -  483 words
      • 302 44 AFP TIGER Woods struggled through a disappointing first round on Thursday at the Buick Open. The world No. 1 finished eight strokes behind 48-year-old pace-setter Steve Lowery at the US$5 million ($7.2m) event. Woods, in his first event since missing the cut at the British Open
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    • 738 45  -  SARA ANN K HER BLOG npsports@sph.com.sg NOOOOOOO... It seems like just yesterday, Iwas interviewing Rafa Benitez just as he walked off the pitch, and he seemed absolutely keen to keep Xabi Alonso signedon. He and many others like myself, I’m sure,saidmorethanafewprayershoping that
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    • Sports Formula One
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        407 46 Schumacher to bag$7marace inF1return Wire Services IT MAY be Michael Schumacher’s biggest gamble of his career. But his shock Formula One return will also make him a very rich man. As the oldest man on the grid at 40, he will be earning a staggering £3 million ($7m)
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      • 246 46 Wire Services FEARS are now surrounding Renault’s future in Formula One. This comes after Wednesday’s announcement by BMW that the German car manufacturer will be pulling out of the sport at the end of the season. Renault are facing a major shortfall in their budget
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      • 149 46 AP RENAULT’S appeal against its suspension from the next Formula One Grand Prix will not be heard until days before the European event. The FIA, motorsport’s governing body, suspended the French team from the Valencia race on 23 Aug for allowing Fern- ando Alonso (right)
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    • Sports EPL
      • 640 47  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg AS ANYONE who recalls my contributions to “The Bet Shop Boys” will know, I’m not much of a gambler. Instead of always betting on the likeliest outcome, I have a reckless and self-destructive habit of only making predictions
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        666 48 Wire Services FORGET about the money. Kolo Toure moved to Manchester City for love. Starved of love and attention at Arsenal, he jumped the moment another club flirted with him. Mark Hughes gave the Ivorian a come-hither glance, flashed £14 million ($33m) to his “masters” at Arsenal,
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      • 472 48  -  Are City attempting to take down the Big Four with their clever purchases? The New Paper speaks to football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN to find out more. Shannon Rezel newsroom intern. AROUND the city of Manchester, there are now two colours that matter.
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      • 681 49 Wire Services IT IS the scenario all Liverpool fans and Rafa Benitez feared. The dismantling of the Reds’ much-vaunted midfield, a midfield that helped Liverpool to second in the league last season. And it effectively started when Xabi Alonso returned to training from a three-day
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      • 449 49  -  The New Paper speaks to football analyst TOHARIPAIJAN to find out if the recent transfer targets of Real Madrid and Barcelona are a strategic move designed to weaken their English rivals Shannon Rezel newsroom intern. MUCH like the Spanish Armada that attempted to
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      • 1689 52/53  -  FRANK MALLEY Chief Writer, PA Sport WHEN Sir Bobby Robson spoke, invariably there was passion in his voice, a twinkle in his eye and laughter rarely far away. He was known to refer to former Newcastle midfielder Lauren Robert as “LaurenBacall”. When asked once what
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    • Sports Football
      • 469 50  -  The Football Association of Singapore clarifies that the national anthem will continue to not be played when the national team takes on club teams, even high-profile visiting squads from overseas Shea John Driscoll –SheaJohnDriscoll, newsroomintern THE NATIONAL anthem Majulah Singapura will only be played
        TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG  -  469 words
    • 508 51  -  Shea John Driscoll Driscoll, newsroomintern WHEN he made his appeal to fellow Liverpool fans to return his lost club jacket, all he wanted was his jacket back. Never did Kua Khuan Tiong expect to get a Liverpool jersey autographed by the entire team, including manager
      TNP PICTURE: SHEA JOHN DRISCOLL  -  508 words
    • 595 51  -  The New Paper catches up with four readers who were lucky enough to be adidas ball boys and girls at the Singapore v Liverpool game last Sunday Shannon Rezel newsroom intern IF YOU took a close look at the Singa-pore-Liverpool game
      PICTURE COURTESY GABRIEL RAO  -  595 words
    • 631 54  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg SEVERAL years ago, upon the release of his autobiography, Sir Bobby Robson held a signing session in his home town of Newcastle. Thousands of Geordies turned up, all clutching their books and waiting patiently for an audience with the great man. One of them,
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        84 55 LIVE TELECASTS J-LEAGUE Tonight: YOKOHAMA F-MARINOSv KYOTO SANGA FC Ch 27, 6pm COPA SUDAMERICANA 2009 Wednesday: UNIVERSIDADDE CHILE(CHI) v DEPORTIVO CALI (COL) Ch 27,8.10am EMIRATES CUP 2009 Tonight: RANGERS vPSG Ch 27, 8.55pm ARSENAL v ATLETICO MADRID Ch 27,11.10pm Tomorrow: ATLETICO MADRID vPSG Ch 27, 8.55pm Diego Forlan (right)
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        33 55 MORAVIA SILESIA OPEN Tonight: DAY 3 Ch 26, 7.45pm Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 26, 7.45pm THE US SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 3 Ch 24,1am BUICK OPEN Tomorrow: DAY 3 Ch 26,3.15am
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      • 546 55 LOCAL EVENTS TRIATHLON What: OSIM Singapore International Triathlon When: Today and tomorrow Where: East Coast Park, Car Park E2 SINGAPORE’Sbiggesttriathlon event is back again with close to 4,000 participants this year. Come witness the participants do what people think is the most gruelling endurance sport consisting of a
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