The New Paper, 16 August 2009

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      Lock icon SIMPLY THE BASS
      293 1/56  -  Tottenham’snewsigningSEBASTIENBASSONG iseagertogiveofhisbestforSpurs TONIGHT: TOTTENHAM v LIVERPOOL SEBASTIEN BASSONG 1 Onleaving Newcastle? Whenwewentdown itwasverydifficult for meto stay atNewcastle. There was interest from other clubs but when I heard about Tottenham, my choice was made. Tottenham have a good squad, manager and reputation and when we played Spurslastseason theymadeagood
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    • Sports Racing
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        Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
        1421 32 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TO SOFT RACE1 C5 12.35 -1600m(LC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****0 LighteningStorm 57 (43) AlexLee*c3 10 (6nzgEBreukelen-MdmYWLam) 2 *****0 ZabaiZabai 57 (43) KTChengc1 19 (6nzgTonyYeoh-Gladwin) 3 702-24 JokerDelight 56.5 (42) JSaimee 9 (4nzgBTLim-Joker) 4 *****1 Kismet 56.5
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        Lock icon Bonny Bonny hard to beat
        607 33 TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 (1,400m) 2 TINKLER’S LANE 6 CITY LIMITS 8 IGNITION MISS 4 PROPERTY BOOM. RACE 2 (1,200m) 5 BONNY BONNY: Massive run last start when got home strongly to just miss Red Fish Blue Fish. Should
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        Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (SUNSHINE COAST/KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD
        1003 33 11:45Race1 SUNSHINECOAST 1400M 1 PABLO MHELLYER (1) 57.5 2 TINKLER'SLANE MSSKENNEDY (11) 56 3 LORDLINLITHGOW SGALLOWAY (16) 55.5 4 PROPERTYBOOM ASPINKS (12) 55.5 5 TINBEERWAH DSPARKS (8) 55.5 6 CITYLIMITS SKATSIDIS (4) 55 7 BARLAYS OTURPIN (3) 54.5 8 IGNITIONMISS MCAHILL (18) 54.5 9
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        Lock icon LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        895 34 RACE1 POSTMAN TALES was slow to begin. Passing the 800m, SUPER RACER and YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE bumped for a short distance. GIRO raced wide without cover throughout. EXPRESSARDO was held up and unable to improve between the 600m and 300m. STRATEGY
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
        590 35 GOING: SOFT Race1 C5(LC)1600m 1 FOURTHAVENUE57c55.5(139-38) MWTeh (6) 1 1 1 (497) 7 COURAGEOUSGENERAL55c53(50-19) MYusri* (1) 2 2 2 (515) 2.25 4 COFFEENTEA55.5(30-13) SHLee (11) 8 8 3 (459) Shd 8 PAPAKURA55(25-12) YFLeong (3) 9 7 4 (510) Hd ?Winningstable:Avenue.Trainer:YNLiew.Time:1min39.9sec.Forecast:$167.Tierce:$3411.MalaysianW/P: RM129, RM39, RM8, RM13. P Forecast: $46
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (CAULFIELD/BELMONT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
        935 35 RACE 1 1st 6 Corsaire ($141-$29) 2nd 1 Headway ($5) 3rd 3 Come Hither ($33) 4th 9 My Girl Helen. EOB $16. Forecast $72. Place forecast $21 (1-3), $16 (1-6), $58 (3-6). Tierce $6889. Trio $183. Quartet No winner ($2336 jackpot carried forward to next race).
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
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        Lock icon ONE-MAN SHOW
        610 36 AFP TIGER Woods had plenty of company at the top of the leaderboard but they all eventually fell by wayside as he turned the 91st PGA Championship into a one-man show. The world No. 1 showed why he is the ultimate grinder, posting a two-under 70 on Friday
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        Lock icon Federer, Nadal out
        93 36 TENNIS AP AS Roger Federer sat before a roomful of reporters Friday in Montreal, he wore a rare expression, by his standards that of pain and disappointment. World No. 1 Federer was ahead, 5-1, in the third set of his Rogers Cup quarter-finals. Then his game collapsed
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        Lock icon TSUKADA SOARS ON EAGLE’S WINGS
        369 36 A 15-FOOT eagle on the last hole gave Japan’s Yoshinobu Tsukada a one-shot lead over Thailand’s Chinnarat Phadungsil in the third round of the Queen’s Cup yesterday. The 39-year-old journeyman from Chiba overcame a three-shot deficit at the start of the day with a solid
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    • Sports EPL Betting
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        Lock icon CURSE! IT’S NO.
        833 37  -  LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg CALL it the curse of the No. 7. While the number is usually associated with perfection and good luck, seven seems to be an unlucky number at Manchester United, as far as player departures are concerned. More specifically, the Red Devils have not
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    • Sports The Complete EPL
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        Lock icon Spurs, show me what you’re made of
        1119 38/39  -  Inthisregularseries,weput someofthebiggestsportsstars under the spotlight. This week, Tottenham manager HARRYREDKNAPPshareshis thoughtsaheadofSpurs’ season-opener against Liverpool HARRY REDKNAP On the new season It’s the same as ever. I’m looking forward to it. It’s exciting as it’s my first start to a season with Tottenham. Last
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        Lock icon WILL POOL MISS XABI?
        269 40  -  IAIN MACINTOSH will be giving his analysis fortonight’smatch betweenTottenham and Liverpool from White Hart Lane. Here, hegiveshisthoughts before the game IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg RAFA Benitez has always had high hopes for his Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva. He defends him in press conferences and
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        Lock icon Will Gerrard play for the Reds?
        144 40 STEVEN Gerrard’s withdrawal from the England squad in midweek came as no surprise to anybody who has been watching the national team in recent years. Gerrard’s (right) attendence rate for his country is patchy at best, so it was entirely predictable that he’d pick
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        Lock icon How will Spurs’ defence cope with ‘El Nino’?
        196 40 NO WONDER Harry Redknapp always looks so stressed out. Tottenham’s injury list is savage and the season hasn’t even started yet. Ledley King, Michael Dawson and Jonathan Woodgate are all out of action, a plight that has necessitated the recruitment of Sebastien
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        Lock icon Will Man United fall first and laugh last?
        224 41  -  MAN UNITED v BIRMINGHAM The defending champions get their season underwayagainstnewly-promoted BirminghamCity.DAVIDLEEwondersiffate will have a say in whether Manchester United canproduceafour-peatandwhethertheir opponents will be relegated. DAVID LEE WHAT similarity did Manchester United’s season-opening opponents over the past two campaigns share? No idea?
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        Lock icon Who will shine?
        189 41 A LOT has been said about Manchester United’s new winger Antonio Valencia, and debate has been raging about how the 24-year-old could fill the void left behind by the prolific Portuguese that is Ronaldo. But Birmingham also have their very own Ecuadorean enigma in 23-year-old Christian Benitez
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        Lock icon Who should start in goal?
        157 41 SIR ALEX Ferguson was convinced that Ben Foster will be England’s goalkeeper in the near future. But it seems Foster still has plenty to live up to. His showings in pre-season have been hardly convincing. Another terrible display in the Community Shield, which Man United
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        Lock icon Can they cope without Ronaldo?
        676 43  -  Spotlight on Manchester United GARYLIM npsports@sh.com.sg IT WAS just inevitable. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson reckoned that it was already a feat to convince Cristiano Ronaldo to stay until the end of last season. And so, off to Real Madrid he goes, and life
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        Lock icon Can the Reds finally deliver?
        731 44  -  SpotlightonLiverpool GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THEYcouldalmostsniffitatonepoint.But at the end of last season, the wait for a leaguetitlecontinued. All Liverpool could do was reflect on a season in whichtheydidwell,butwerenotgoodenough. Their failings were well documented. Too many draws at home, a tendency for players to go missing against
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        Lock icon Upson gives Wolves a rude awakening
        477 46/47  -  Wolves ........................0 West Ham....................2 Kick-off 3pm (UK time) West Ham: Noble 22, Upson 69 Wolves: Hennessey, Foley (Vokes 75), Mancienne (Stearman 66), Craddock, Ward, Halford, Henry, Milijas (Edwards 80), Jarvis, Keogh, Ebanks-Blake. Subs not used: Hahnemann, Elokobi, Surman, Jones. West Ham: Green, Faubert, Collins,
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        Lock icon Bent's early strike enough for Black Cats
        273 46/47  -  Bolton ........................0 Sunderland..................1 Sunderland: Bent 5 Kick-off3pm(UKtime) BY TOM TOM FARRELL Special Correspondent DARREN BENT finally did his talking on the pitch with a superb debut goal to hand Sunderland victory over Bolton. The £10million signing from Tottenham dispatched Steed Malbranque’scrosswitha brilliant far-post
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        Lock icon Rodallega fires Wigan
        363 46/47  -  BY BILLY CLARKE Special Correspondent UGORODALLEGAand Jason Koumas struck either side of half-time as Wigan made a stunning start to the new season under Roberto Martinez. Rodallega’sfantasticstrike handed Wigan a deserved halftime lead and the Latics never looked back. The Colombian had already hit a post and
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        Lock icon Lucky Zamora sinks poor Pompey
        256 46/47 ROUND-UP BOBBYZAMORA’Sflukegoal gave Fulham a 1-0 win at Portsmouth. With sightings of Sulaiman al-Fahim–themanfrontinga potentialtakeoveratPompey– inthestands,PaulHart’smen fell behind after 13 minutes. Zamora could not buy a goal last season despite his workrate and he was fortunate when he deflected a longrange effort past David James.
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        Lock icon Did Man City deserve to win?
        735 48  -  BLACKBURN0 MAN CITY 2 (Adebayor 3, Ireland 90+1) LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT THE ABU Dhabi owners of Manchester City must have been grinning from ear to ear when Emmanuel Adebayor scored in the third minute. The millions invested on new players in the
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        Lock icon HE’S NOT IMPRESSED BY CHELSEA
        571 49  -  Postman reader LIM JUN AN was at The New Paper’snewsroomtowatchChelseaplayHull City in the opening league game of the season. DAVID LEE finds out the Newcastle fan’s first impression about Chelsea and more IN THE GRANDSTAND DAVID LEE What are your first impressions of Chelsea, based
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        WAS DROGBA GOING FOR GOAL?
        150 50 “Drogbalookedlike he just wanted to lob the ball into the box. But it turned out to a magicalwinner.” –TheNewPaperfootballanalyst Tohari Paijan “Idon’tknowifhe meant it. But it looked like Drogba was trying to chip Myhill. It’sagreatgoalinmy opinion.” –FormerManCitygoalkeeper JohnBurridge “Itwasacrossbuttheintention was always good. It was difficult,
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        Shoot Hull’s goalkeeper
        513 51  -  IN THE KNOW FormerManCitycustodianJohnBurridgesays JOHN BURRIDGE npsports@sph.com.sg TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg CHELSEAwereveryluckytogetawaywithallthreepoints.Hullcouldhave won if not for their very suspect goalkeeper Boaz Myhill. He shouldhavebeenshot! Thefirstgoalwasafree-kick35metresout.Iwasthinking“nochance”. Ifyouputupawalltooneside,youhavetomakesureyou’vegottheother sidecovered.Myhillstoodinthemiddle! For Didier Drogba’s winner, there is absolutely no way any goalkeeper shouldbecaughtoutfromthatkindofangle.Itwasanabsolutedisgrace. Hull could have snatched three points with
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        Why no big win for Chelsea?
        460 52/53  -  CHELSEA 2 (Drogba 37,90+2) HULL CITY 1 (Hunt 28) GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT THERE were a few reasons why Chelsea failed to rack up the big win which many expected. Firstly, Hull City were defending well in numbers. That is probably something Chelsea have
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        Was the Blues’midfield diamond effective?
        285 52/53  -  GARY LIM THERE has been plenty of attention on Ancelotti’ssystemin midfield. From what we saw last night, it still needs some polishing before they function at maximum efficiency. The Italian manager began with Frank Lampard operating at the tip of the diamond, providing support for
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        What can we expect from Hull this season?
        441 52/53  -  GARY LIM THE TIGERS sure took the fight to Chelsea. While they defended in numbers, they also showed pace and speed of thought in their coun-ter-attacks. There were a few occasions when Hull City almost scored their second goal in the game.
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        Ancelotti cool despite Blues being wasteful
        495 54 INTHEDUGOUT CARLO Ancelotti knows there is still room for improvement after his baptism in the Premier League was made all the more enjoyable by a fluke winner from Didier Drogba. Chelsea had trailed to Stephen Hunt’s 27th-minute opener before Drogba levelled 10 minutes later
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        FOOTBALL
        105 55 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: MAN UNITED v BIRMINGHAM Ch 27 Preview Ch 01, 8.25pm TOTTENHAM v LIVERPOOL Ch 27 Preview Ch 01, 10.55pm Spurs striker Jermain Defoe (right),England’stwo-goal hero against Holland in midweek, looks razor sharp at the moment and will be a big threattoLiverpool’s defence. PORTSMOUTH Wednesday: SUNDERLAND
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        GOLF
        8 55 PGAC’SHIP2009 Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 26, 2.45am
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        BADMINTON
        9 55 YONEX SUNRISE BWF WORLDC’HIPS2009 Today: FINALS Ch 22,4.30pm
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        TENNIS
        11 55 ROGERS MASTERS Today: SEMI-FINALS Ch22, 7am Tomorrow: FINAL Ch22, 1.30am
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        WHAT'S ON/FIXTURES/BLURBS
        439 55 WHAT'S ON/FIXTURE S/BLURBS LOCAL EVENTS TABLE TENNIS What: National Table Tennis Championships When: Till 23 Aug Where: Toa Payoh Training Hall SINGAPOREAN players will spar against oneanotherin themen’s singlesand doubles,women’s singlesand doubles and mixed doubles. RUNNING What: Safra Singapore Bay Run and Amry Half Marathon 2009 When: Today Where: Esplanade
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        SORRY
        116 55 Are Man City ready for the big time? (TNP, 14 Aug): The pictures of Manchester City strikers Felipe Caicedo (fourth from the left) and Valerie Bojinov (sixth from the left) on Page 56 should not have been used as Caicedo and Bojinov are on loan to Sporting Lisbon and
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      Lock icon BUY A DRINK, GET A KISS
      1000 2/3  -  BoomingThaiclubs draw young execs withcheapboozeand pretty hostesses REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THEY are the dark horses who are set to give the major players in the clubbing scene a run for their money. From humble beginnings at Golden Mile’s “Little Thailand”, there are now
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      Lock icon She disappears with loo excuse after $50 drink
      622 2/3 PULSATING music, flashing lights and an atmosphere energised by a live band belting out English pop songs. But what stood out at the two Thai clubs in Shenton Way visited by The New Paper on Sunday team was the number of young
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      Lock icon Approval needed to hire hostesses
      126 2/3 THE police said they have been conducting regular checks on the Thai clubs. “Strict enforcementaction has been and will continue to be taken against any errant operators and personsassociatedwith vice,”a police spokesman said in response to a query from The New Paper on Sunday. According
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      Lock icon Wave of controversy
      946 4  -  ASingaporeandiedinBaliwaterslastSunday.Morepeople drowneachyear.Butwho’stoblame–swimmerswhoignore warnings or lack of equipment and lifeguards? REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg EVERY year, Singaporeans flock to Bali for its sunnybeaches. But the enticing waters have a darker side as seen by the number of drownings that occur every year. Last year, 15 people died in
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      Lock icon Train drivers tell of dilemma:
      785 6 / 7  -  GO Personoranimalon trackmaybekilled STOP Trainmayderailand hurtpassengers Besidespeople,cats,dogs, chickensandbuffaloeshave alsostrayedontorailtracks REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Zulkarnain Mohd heard that a fellow train driver had knocked down and killed two Republic Polytechnic students in Upper Bukit Timah last week, he knew exactly how his colleague
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      Lock icon Deadly games
      210 6 / 7 WHILE the danger of walking on the railway tracks is all too real, there are those who intentionally flirt with death. Here are some reported cases from around the world. RUSSIA Two boys, said to be from Russia, lay on the tracks and allowed the approaching train to
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      Lock icon HEART CONNECTIONS
      939 8 / 9  -  Her heart connected to tubes,M’sianpatient wantstoreconnect witholdS’porefriends REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com. sg TUBES connect her to a mechanical heart, which is now keeping her alive. But 41-year-old Malaysian heart patient Emily Tan Geek Koon yearns to make heart connections of a different kind. The former Singapore permanent resident,
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      Lock icon When the heart is too weak to pump blood
      159 8 / 9 IN Singapore, there is only one patient who has a PVAD implant, said Dr Sivathasan, co-director of theSingaporeNational Heart Centre’sheart and lung transplant programme He added that the PVAD system is designed for mid-term use to buy time for the patient
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      Lock icon I feel like I’m living with a ticking bomb
      362 8 / 9  -  WAITING FOR A HEART Hedy Khoo EVERY waking moment, heart patient Winnie Chen is constantly reminded of how little time she has left. “Thesound of themechanicalheartbeat from the pump makes me feel as if I am livingwitha bomb,” the24-year-old said. “It
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      Lock icon NO MONEY,NO FROCK
      897 10 / 11  -  There’sglobalexposureand nationalpride,butfamous localdesignerswon’tcreatea MissUniversecostume becausetheywon’tgetpaid REPORT:HOLIAN-YI HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg THEwholeworldiswatching.It is the Miss Universe pageant, the most prestigious beauty contest in the world. But why are we not sending our Miss Singapore Universe Rachel Kum, a 24-year-old brand manager, to the finals in the Bahamas clothed in
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      Lock icon COMIC RELIEF
      428 12 / 13 comic fans and toy collectors are heading for suntection&conventioncentrethisweekention(stgc international exhibition convention centre this weekendygames&comicconvention(stgcc)aseman, for the singapore toy games comic convention (stgcc)brianbolland,garybaseman, with renowned artists brian bolland, gary baseman,ginforsome... tan eng huat dropping in for some... brian bolland, 58, is best known for his work on judge
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      Lock icon One size doesn’t fit all
      799 14  -  Singaporeans and visitors alike can’tagreeonwhatIonOrchard, Singapore’slatesticonicbuilding, issupposedtolooklike REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg LOOK, if you’re going to live in a concrete jungle, you might as well as have some iconic buildings, right? There’s Suntec City, which resembles five fingers pointing to the sky with the fountain
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      Lock icon Cowardly dad flees cops, leaves wife, kids in car
      413 15 M’sianmandrivesthrough roadblockandramstwo cars,includingapolicecar THE man tried to evade capture by the police. But when he was cornered, he just fled the scene and left his wife and children behind. The story of this cowardly crook began early Friday morning near the
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      Lock icon Pain is the name of the game for durian-kicking M’sian mediums
      399 15 TALKabout “Nopain, noglory”. A group of temple mediums from Klang, Selangor, debuted a wince-inducing form of football three years ago, reported Guang Ming Daily News. Theykicked, dribbled and headedadurian– and bled duringacelebrationto marktheir deity’sbirthday, leaving their audience gaping. On
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      Lock icon Thai temple is addicts’last chance saloon
      950 16/17 Patients from all over the world fly in to try 40-year-oldcourse AS Wanchai Nuantasiri, 15, kneels in a row and vomits, Buddhist monks in dark brown robes stand behind him and rub his back encouragingly. They do the same to 11 other young men
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      Lock icon NO REMORSE
      878 18 Jailedforbaby’sdeath,UKmum(left)writes: ‘Ineedsexlikeaheroinaddictneedsafix’ HER indifference caused her son’s death. For turning a blind eye to the atrocities her boyfriend committed on her son Peter, Tracey Connelly was sentenced to a minimum of five years’ jail in May for causing or allowing the boy’s death in 2007. Yet she has
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        Lock icon Did Noordin send online threat?
        319 19 E-MAIL SENT TO INDONESIAN WEBSITE WARNS OF MORE ATTACKS Reuters INDONESIAN police are investigating an e-mail sent to a local website claiming to be from fugitive Islamic militant Noordin Mohammad Top and threatening to carry out more attacks. Noordin is the suspected mastermind behind last
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        69 19 HANDS DOWN THE WINNER: The Shin Min Daily News Arm Wrestling Challenge on Friday night attracted a huge crowd to the Toa Payoh Lorong 8 foodcourt. The winner of the lightweight category was student Hong Jia Hao, 22, while Mr Lee Tian Shou, 44, a machine parts distributor,
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        Lock icon Couple found dead in hotel room
        110 19 A COUPLE were found dead at Fragrance Hotel Kovan in Upper Serangoon around noon yesterday. The man was in his early 40s while the woman was in her late 30s. Both were Chinese, said the police. It was not known when they had checked
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        Lock icon Taiwan president apologises for slow response to Typhoon Morakot
        99 19 AFP TAIWAN’S President Ma Ying-jeou bowed to public anger yesterday, apologising for his government’s slow response to Typhoon Morakot, which devastated central and southern parts of the island. southernparts “We could have done better and we could have been faster. But
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        Lock icon US Senator meets Myanmar’s junta leader
        111 19 AFP US Senator Jim Webb met Myanmar’s military ruler Than Shwe and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday in an unprecedented visit that could mark a shift in Washington’sstance againstthe junta. Mr Webb, a Democrat who is close to US President Barack Obama,
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        Lock icon Construction of Punggol Promenade begins
        106 19 WORK has begun on the construction of Punggol Promenade to develop the waterfront area in Punggol East. It is part of bigger plans by the Urban Redevelopment Authority to promote local tourism at less- er-known coastal areas in Singapore. Plans include turning the jetty and
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    • News Exchange
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        Lock icon How to make sense of the property craze
        514 20 / 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg LIKE a turbo-charged Porsche 911, the property market certainly exhibits amazing oomph. Its run-up in recent months is phenomenal, and has left even seasoned property veterans here shocked. The last time I checked, we were still
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        Lock icon S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        283 20 / 21 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad. +10 FIGURES released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry show that after shrinking for four consecutive quarters, the economy surged 20.7 per cent between April and June as compared to the first quarter. Singapore’s total trade also rose by 3.8 per
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        Lock icon 5 things that warranted death penalty in Victorian England
        77 20 / 21 1 Destroying a tollroad. 2 Begging withouta licenceif you area soldier orsailor. 3 Beinginthe companyof gypsiesfor a month. 4 Stealingfrom arabbit warren. 5 Appearingin publicatnight witha blackened face(which suggestedthat youwere a burglar). These were among the 222 crimes that were punishable
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
        46 20 / 21 “It’stheonly time you can wear a red shirt and white pants and noonestares.” –amanattheNDPcelebrationslast week. “Ew.They dare to catch itah?” awomanatthe Nine Inch Nails concert earlier this week after seeing fans trying to catch a sweat-drenched T-shirt thrown by singer Trent Reznor.
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        166 22 / 23 HISwife’sinstructiontohimwas,makethecocktail spicy. That was exactly what Mr Khng, the bar captain at dbl O, did. It won him first prize in the the National Cocktail Competition’sPeranakancocktailcategory. Chilli is, of course, the main ingredient. Mr Khng also finished third in the overall competitionwithadifferentcocktail,“TheRock”. MrKhng’swife,Lydia,isPeranakan. In the days
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