The New Paper, 17 September 2009

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1 16 The New Paper
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    12 1 the new paper thu 17 Sep 09 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      84 1 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LATEST: IN OUR NOON SPORTS EDITION TODAY NEW FACE FINALIST JULIEFree easy on stage PAGE 25 DON’T MISS YOUR FREE MOVIE PULLOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER INSIDE thenewpaper Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia TEEN SUICIDE PACT EXCLUSIVE: Group member
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  • News Teens' Suicide Pact
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      Lock icon ‘We were all laughing at him’
      1700 2/3  -  Wanting to back out, a boy in the group stompedhisfeetandcried‘likealittlechild’ REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HE WAS in the ambulance that was rushing his dying friend to hospital. As Sia Chan Hong, 16, screamed in pain from the injuries he suffered from falling nine
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      Lock icon Dead teen’s parents move hawker stall to start anew
      520 4  -  People in food centre were asking them aboutson’sdeath REPORT: AMANDA YONG, CHONG SHIN YEN tnp@sph.com.sg TILL today, she believes that her son would not have jumped to his death if not for the influence of his good friend, Ku Witaya. “He
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      790 5  -  Mumdidn’tknowof another naked man, unconscious under the bed MAN FOUND NAKED, DEAD IN RIVER VALLEY REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg TWO men were found in the bedroom one was dead and the other semi-conscious. The dead man was found on a bed, lying face up;
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      Lock icon They are no longer a threat, says Ministry
      316 6 3 ISA detainees released THREE Singaporeans who were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for involvement with the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist network and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been released. A Ministry of Home Affairs statement yesterday said
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      Lock icon Showers likely to ease haze situation
      110 6 THE haze is back. Since Tuesday, Singapore has been experiencing hazy conditions. In a statement to the media, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said that the 24-hour Pollut- ant Standards Index (PSI) was 64 at 4pm yesterday, falling in the moderate range. On Tuesday,
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      Lock icon Dramatic rise in Govt business loans since Jan
      118 6 THE Government has approved $4.7 billion worth of loans to businesses since January to help firms cope with the economic slowdown. Up until the end of last month, 10,000 loans were given out through various Government fi- nancing schemes introduced last November
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      Lock icon Most impressed by variety of museums
      102 6 SEVEN in 10 people polled in an inaugural survey were impressed with the wide range of museums in Singapore. They were also delighted with the high curatorial standards, which they said were comparable to top museums overseas, said the Singapore Tourism Board and the
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      Lock icon ‘GEYLANG SERAI IS SIGHING’
      480 8 / 9  -  Despite discounts, business is slow compared to last year, say Ramadan bazaar stallholders Nurul Asyikin Mohd Nasir –NurulAsyikinMohdNasir,newsroomintern IT’S just a few days to the end of Ramadan and Mr Mohammad Reza still has more than 1,000 carpets left unsold at his Geylang Serai Ramadan bazaar
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      535 8 / 9  -  MAN TO WOMAN WHO ORDERED HARI RAYA DRINKS: Nurul Asyikin Mohd Nasir –NurulAsyikinMohdNasir, newsroomintern ITSOUNDED likea gooddeal toher– cheap soft drinks that would be delivered to her home for free and in time for Hari Raya Puasa. The offer was advertised on a flyer that Madam Siti
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      Lock icon No chilli, sir? No problem
      488 10 / 11  -  English classes for service staff among new moves to integrate new citizens REPORT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg THE waitress who doesn’t speak a word of English may soon be able to understand what youmeanwhenyousay “no chilli”. If she succeeds, it would be the first, most
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      436 10 / 11  -  STREET TALK COMMENT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg IF you have a cynical mind, this is for you: The official death of the kampung spirit came at 3pm yesterday on the 17th floor of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). At a press
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    Lock icon Taking lessons from abroad
    716 7 From Norway to Hong Kong, SIM Global Education students gain global exposure LIVING and studying abroad is the surest way to gain new perspectives. Just ask SIM Global Education (SIM GE) students Louis Thng and Christine Ng, both 23, who participated in SIM’s inaugural Education Abroad
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      276 10 / 11 Healthy Participants Needed in the Fight against Dengue! People are still suffering from dengue despite available preventive measures. You probably know someone who knows them. No dengue vaccine is commercially available yet. Now there is a clinical trial in Singapore investigating a potential vaccine that may help to protect against
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      31 10 / 11 THE TROUBLE WITH KATHERINE In her new film, Katherine Heigl faces The Ugly Truth. We look at the ugly controversies that follow the young actress. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER
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      138 12 HATOYAMA SWORN IN AS PM AFP JAPAN’SnewPrimeMinisterYukioHatoyamasaidyesterdayhewantsa“relationshipoftrust”andfranknesswithUS PresidentBarackObama,whomhe issettomeetintheUSnextweek. MrHatoyamawasspeakingat hisfirstpressconferenceinoffice, hoursafterhewasapprovedby parliamentfollowingthesweeping 30Augelectionvictoryofhis DemocraticPartyofJapan(DPJ). “Thefirststepistobuilda relationshipoftrustwithPresident Obama,”MrHatoyamasaid,addingthathewantsa bilateralrelationshipwithWashingtoninwhich“Japan can act more proactively and tell them our opinions frankly”. The new premier heads to a series of international meetings–includingtheUNGeneralAssembly,a climate change meeting
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      91 12 AFP MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Anifah Aman will meet his Indonesian counterpart today in a bid to cool tensions triggered by accusations of cultural theft, a report said. Mr Anifah told Bernama that he would hold talks with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, and
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      68 12 AFP POLICEinChina’sXinjiangprovince have detained six people suspected of plotting“terrorist”attacks,two months after ethnic unrest rocked the region, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its website. Thesixmembersofthe“terrorgang”weredetained on26 Aug in the city ofAksu, 675km south-west ofthe capitalUrumqi.A“largequantity”ofmaterialsand tools needed to make explosive
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      94 12 AFP THE global economic crisis put 15 million people in industrialised countries out of work in the past 20 months, and unemployment will rise next year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned yesterday. It said the rate could jump to a
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      586 13 Hewants$20m for assault and defamatory articles THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) saw another claim of abuse hurled at it after a senior lawyer filed a RM50 million ($20 million) suit against it for alleged defamation, assault and false imprisonment. Mr Rosli Dahlan named 17 parties,
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      334 13 MODEL SENTENCED TO CANING SAYS: THAT is the plea coming from Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, the part-time model waiting to be caned. And she is serious she has issued a notice through her lawyers. Since her case sparked international attention, she has become widely sought, she said.
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        558 14/15 MIC delegate offers personal apologyfor‘slipper garland’remark SORRY? FOUR days after his infamous “garland of slippers” remark, he publicly acknowledged what he said and apologised to former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) delegate Peter Sugumaran said he is seeking an appointment with Dr Mahathir to
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        423 14/15 SORRY? AP AS A barrage of criticisms was directed at his father, the son of US Representative Joe Wilson stood by him. Mr Wilson was thrown into the limelight when he called US President Barack Obama a liarduring thelatter’sspeech on healthcare reforms in Congress last Wednesday. Former US
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      538 14/15 Chicago neighbours selling home; price tag unknown IHT THERE is a “for sale” sign in the front yard, not that potential buyers would see it. The street is closed to non-resi-dents by order of the US Secret Service. The house at 5040 South Greenwood Avenue,
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      276 16 Hemadeapacttoturnupinadressforfriend’sfuneral HE turned up in a neon green dress and pink sockstohisbestfriend’sfuneral. No,MrBarryDelaineywasn’ttryingtobedisrespectful. The grief-stricken man had lost his lifelong friend to a grenade attack in Afghanistan, and he was determined to keep the pact they had made years ago. British soldier, Private Kevin Elliott,
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      237 16 SHE’S1.6mtallbutthemartialarts expert knocked out a Coldstream Guardsman and attacked another soldier’swifeatanarmyChristmas ball in a row over soldiers pretending to be gay. Ashley Wolfe, who was wearing a floor-length red satin dress, assaulted Lance Sergeant Michael Fallows at a party for officers and their wives
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      Lock icon TV host fired for exposing too much in racy dance
      448 17 IT WAS her first appearance, and her last, after a wardrobe malfunction showed off one of this blondepresenter’sbreasts. Ms Maria Jose Lopez, who wore a little black dress, had just stepped onstage in Controcampo, a football programme on Italian Prime
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      13 12 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Showers High30˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High33˚,Low26˚ Bangkok:Showers High32,Low26˚ Manila:Hazy High31˚,Low26˚
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      369 18 DSP PAUL TAY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE WE REFER to the letters on errant cyclists by Rita Moktar, “Cyclists’ recklessness threaten our safety” andChuaKimChoo,“Cyclistsusingpedestrian pathway They try to plough through crowd”(TheNewPaper,4Sep). For the first half of this year,
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      48 18 Aretheperformers’dressingat getai shows getting too risque? As long as there is no nudity, like in Taiwan.I’ve heard that Taiwansingers strip nude on stage at funerals and other festive shows. Twocentsworth123 A dressing down by the police is timely, lest it be G-strings next year. Misnomer
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      154 18 MIKE CHAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR (RENTAL HOUSING) HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BOARD WEREFERtotheletters,“Criminal charges against HDB rent cheats needed”(TheNewPaper,9Sep),and “Becompassionateinpunishing them”(TheNewPaper,11Sep). HDB’srentalflatsareheavily subsidised and meant for the poor and needy with no other housing options. Subletting of rental flats is strictly disallowed. It is an
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      34 18 Do you think single, unwed mothers should be awarded the same maternity benefits as married mothers? All mothers should be treated equally. They also need to spend time with their children. LauChangchao,26, assistantmanager
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      273 19 TV Show NEWHOME:ProjectRunway moves fromNewYork toLA. PICTURE:REUTERS WATCH’EM Reaper2 StarWorld(StarHubCh18),8pm Inthesecondseasonofthecomedyseries,Samandthe boysreturnfromaroadtriponlytofindtheyhavebeen firedfromtheirjobsandevictedfromtheirapartment. Meanwhile,theDevilreturnswithanewassignment. ProjectRunway 6 Channel5, 10pm Inthesixth season opener ofthe realityfashion designseries hostedbyHeidi Klum,16 designers arehoused inLosAngeles. They aretasked to createanoutfit suitable for a redcarpet event which willbe scoredbyguestjudge LindsayLohan. TheWedding Channel8,8pm Thistwo-partvarietyspecialcoverslocalshowbizcouple ChristopherLeeandFannWong’spreparationsfortheir upcomingweddingdinnerattheShangri-LaHotel,from buyingbetrothalgiftstocelebratinginChristopher’s Malaccahometowntobachelorparties. CHANNEL5
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      279 20 Living their passion Instead of clock-watching at a desk-bound job, some people find true career fulfilment by going the extra mile to live their dreams Turning rvedSpace teens rvedSpac around Youth worker Don Lowe is always ready to extend his hand of friendship to his students. His empathy for young
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      907 22 From Page 20 Magic of motivation By Geraldine Haruka Ling There is always hope, even in the face of darkness. This is the belief that youth worker Don Lowe hopes to instil in the lives he touches through his work. The 36-year-old is a part-time associate with Eagles Mediation and
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      358 52 ...according to a Britishpsychologist’s findings Wire Services UEFA is right. Eduardo didn’tdive. That is if you go by British psychologist Paul Morris’ description of what a dive in football is. If a player flies through the air with chest puffed out and arms
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        455 37 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK TRAINERStephen Gray’s pair of Given Vision and Daad’sTheWaycaught the eye at Kranji yesterday morning. Kept together, the duo sprinted impressively over 600m on the Polytrack in 36.8sec. The going was good for the Polytrack and yielding for the turf. Given Vision was
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        525 37 NST LAST-START winner Best Wrestler has made further headway going by his workout in Ipoh yesterday and can make it back-to-back wins in the Class 4 event over 1,200m on Sunday. Taken out by jockey Wan Teck Moon, the six-year-old Australian-bred gelding
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        120 37 RACE 1: High Key? ?(A Fiezan) 37.9. Slow work: Golden Scalpel, Real Player, Xavier, Star Dazzle. RACE 2: Slow work: Street Ruffian, Eternal Champ (KB Soo), Morning Star (Tai), Radasca. RACE 3: Sahoro (B Vorster) 42.5.PriorViscount? ?39.5. Slow work: Lucky Nine-ty-Nine. RACE 4: Weight In
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        545 38 RACE1-1800m(LC) MS 6.30 1 CoolCadillac JLLi* (11) 59 2 KingdomEightyone VDuric (1) 58 3 GoldenScalpel SRuzaini* (6) 57.5 4 SolarEnergy MGallagher (4) 56 5 ImperialArrow TRBarnabas* (2) 55.5 6 HighKey KBSoo (5) 54.5 7 RealPlayer MKellady (7) 53.5 8 TouchOfClass JMoreira (8) 53.5 9
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        380 39 FOCUS ONIPOH NEWCOMERS NST IRISHMAN Barry Brogan will be introducing a promising stayer in Class 1 newcomer Fianchetto at the Perak Turf Club September meeting starting in Ipoh on Saturday. The six-year- old bay New Zea-land-bred gelding by Montjeu out of Madame Faubourg failed to show
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        316 39 Going: Good RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1650m 11 AIPODERIMAGE116(18-6) YTCHENG (10) 1 8 MASTERMASTER121(66-19) BDOYLE (9) 2 6 DRAGONBOY125(14-7) DWHYTE (6) 3 3 TRAVELLEADER132(265-53) CWWONG (2) 4 ?Trainer: L Ho. Margins: Nk, 1.5. Time: 1min 40.77sec. Forecast: $37. Place Forecast: $16 (Nos. 6-8), $6 (Nos. 6-11), $15
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        420 39 Going: Good Race1 MaidenPlate(3yearolds) 1200m 9 ORBISON58(28-8) RaymondDanielson (11) 1 5 LIBERTYEAGLE58(55-19) DonavanMansour (2) 2 1 COSTADEORO58(21-11) MuziYeni (8) 3 7 MARKETDOMINANCE58(77-21) RobbieHill (5) 4 ?Trainer: Herman Brown. Margins: Shd, 0.5, 1.5. Time: 1min 10.5sec. Forecast: $112. Place Forecast: $21 (Nos. 1 -5), $11 (Nos. 1
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        494 40  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg AS A means to relax, Unho Park was playing jigsaw-puzzles with his three year-old son Skye last night at his home. Carrying a three-shot cushion into the final day of the $45,000 SPGA President’s Cup at Warren Golf and Country Club today,
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        146 40 NEWCOMER Jiramate Chantharothai of Thailand upstaged multiple winner Prayad Marksaeng and a strong field with a sizzling six-under-par 66 to take a commanding lead after the first round of the US$50,000 ($70,000) B-ing Championship in Pattaya yesterday. The 22-year-old Jiramate shot seven birdies and a
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        111 40 SINGAPORE’Stopamateur Choo Tze Huang jumped 12 places on the second day of the Nomura Cup in Seoul yesterday. University of Washington student Choo (right) shot an even-par 72 yesterday at the Nam Seoul Country Club to move up joint-23rd to joint-11th after the good round. Singapore
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        372 40 AFP ASIAN golfers have always had to make the jump to Europe or the United States to gain respect but now the world game is coming to them. In November the biggest and most prestigious tournament ever held in the region will tee off
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        649 41 Widely regarded as the greatest Formula One driver never to have won the championship, STIRLING MOSS celebrates his 80th birthday today and talks about the current Formula One racers,MichaelSchumacher’scomebackand female drivers Reuters What was your greatest race? MOSS: IF ONE’Stalking ofFormula One, I think Monaco in
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        437 42 Teamwon’tcontest ‘Crash-gate’charges Wire Services FLAVIO Briatore and Pat Symonds have left Renault. Whether they were booted out of the team or quit on their own remains to be seen, but their departure was announced by Renault in a statement that also said the team would not contest
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        Lock icon DIARY OF A SCANDAL
        365 42 14 SEP 2008, ITALIAN GP: Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing becomes the youngest driver to win in F1. Fernando Alonso of Renault just misses out on the podium, finishing fourth. The team is tied for fourth in the constructors championship with Toyota at the end
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        306 42  -  IVAN LIM npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT IT IS A DARK day for Formula One in the light of another horrid scandal, one in which a driver’s life and possibly those of spectators and marshals was putatriskforanother’svictory. Particularly, as a Singaporean, anticipating next week’sSingtelSingaporeGrandPrix,Ihavetowonder why the scandal, “crash-gate”, as it
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          220 44/45  -  David Lee NERVES,what nerves? Cristiano Ronaldo put to bed doubts over whether he can live up to his £80 million ($187.5m) price tag with a scintillating free-kick double too hot to handle for FC Zurich’s goalkeeper Johnny Leoni. “I knew that the goals were going to
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          241 44/45  -  David Lee YOU CAN’T teach this old horse new tricks not on positioning, and especially not how to score goals. Another well-taken double by Filippo Inzaghi helped AC Milan win 2-1 away at Marseille and vaulted the veteran striker to the pinnacle of top
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          214 44/45  -  Shea John Driscoll newsroom intern GERMAN football fans are already familiar with his name. Grafite fired in 28 goals in 25 games last season to help propel Wolfsburg to the Bundesliga title, winning the German Footballer of the Year title in the process.
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          231 44/45  -  Four stars set the Champions League alight yesterday morning with clinical finishing. We look at their virtuoso performances and their best goal of the match Shea John Driscoll Driscoll,newsroom intern HEISBayern Munich’s latesthome-grown star. Thomas Muller may have only just turned 20, but the
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        305 46  -  Group D CHELSEA 1 (Anelka 48) FCPORTO0 IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE THEY were never going to be, I’m afraid. The weather in London was so horrendous that I heard Roman Abramovich was looking into spending the superfluous January transfer fund on
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        228 46  -  –IAINMACINTOSH HORROR TACKLE NOTSO muchahorror tackleas ahorror elbow. JohnTerry tookonein thehead fromBrunoAlves inthe firsthalf and was knocked unconscious.On camethe doctor,the first-aidteam, the stretcher-bearersand physiobut, asI’vesaid many timesbefore, Terry isinvincible.Hejustlifted hishead fromtheturf, growled,stood upand carried on. Are youwatching, Didier? LION HEART PORTO’Stravelling supportwerein tremendous voice. Theysang allthe waythrough thegameand
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        Lock icon Were Porto worth at least a draw?
        162 46  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YES, I think they were. They fought tooth and nail for a share of the spoils and were unfortunate not to be rewarded, but it wasn’t until the stoppage time dismissal of Fernando that they finally accepted defeat. Hulk (right) lived
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        79 46  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YES, PRESS conferences are not all they are cracked up to be. I can’t decide which was worse. Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira’s epic 10-minute Portuguese soliloquies, painstakingly re-assembled and regurgitated by the world’s most patient translator, or Carlo Ancelotti’s (right) “clichesfor beginners”. In
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        309 47  -  LIMSAYHENGtalkstoTheNewPaper’s football analyst TOHARIPAIJAN, who gives his take on the first European foray for Galacticos Mark II LIM SAY HENG IT WAS a good performance from the Galacticos, considering that it was their first outing in Europe after the transfer frenzy in pre-season. The
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        Lock icon What is Real’s ideal strike-force?
        156 47  -  LIM SAY HENG THAT would be Raul and Karim Benzema. Raul (above left) is great coming in from deep and creating chances for Benzema (above right), who acts as the targetman. The Frenchman is a good substitute for the ageing Ruud van Nistelrooy, a lethal
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        Lock icon What is wrong with Real’s defence?
        161 47  -  LIM SAY HENG THE CURRENT Galacticos are facing the same problem Zinedine Zidane and company used to face– imbalance. The strength of players such as Ronaldo, Kaka and Raul lie in their attacking play. So while they may still track back occasionally to defend,
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        209 48  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE LEGS no longer carry him as fast as they used to. The endurance has waned, and the match appearances are dwindling. But Paul Scholes is still a key player for Man United, no doubt about that. His
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        173 48  -  GARY LIM FERGIE opted for a prudent lone-strik-er formation, deploying Wayne Rooney up front. Chances were few and far between. It was only after Man United switched from a 4-5-1 formation to a 4-4-2 that they finally broke the deadlock. Close to the hour
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        187 48  -  GARY LIM IT WAS not vintage Manchester United. But it was a good performance by the Red Devils nevertheless. Sure, they were not playing their best football. But given the circumstances, you have to say they did a fairly decent job. Some fans had
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        207 48 THE TIMES: ITHADto bePaul Scholes,didn’tit? Harshly sent off against Tottenham at the weekend for two bookable offences that will rule him out of Sunday’s Derby against Manchester City, this was a perfect riposte from the 34-year-old. It was a decisive intervention that supported Sir Alex Ferguson’sdecision to
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        208 49  -  IN THE KNOW DAVID LEE SOME may say Besiktas are an easy team after Liverpool gave them an 8-0 thrashing. But don’t forget also that Besiktas beat Liverpool 2-1 in Turkey, so it’s not an easy place to go to and get a
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        273 49  -  GARYLIM HEARTBREAK SPARE a thought for the Besiktas fans, who never stoppedcheeringfor their team. While Besiktas were never much of a threat going forward, they did a good job of containing ManUnitedatthe otherend. Just when Besiktas seemed to be gaining the upper hand in the final quarter of
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        301 49  -  IAIN MACINTOSH DID HE jump or was he pushed? The Chelsea media machine will have their own spin on things, but it is impossible to interpretPeterKenyon’s(left)departure from Chelsea as anything other than a reaction to the Fifa transfer embargo. As chief executive, Kenyon had ultimate responsibility for
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        146 49 PA Sport On Wayne Rooney: “It was always part of our thoughts to bring Wayne off. “He had been playing as the lone striker for an hour, which is why he was always going to come off. “He is never pleased to come off. He has so
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        564 50  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT THERE has always been no doubt that Wayne Rooney is a special talent. But an incident during Manchester United’s 1-0 away win over Besiktas in a Champions League group game on Tuesday illustrated precisely how special he is to Sir Alex Ferguson. So
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      699 43  -  JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg NOT ANOTHER photo of Tao Li taken in the pool, please. Our national swimmer finds that boring. How about a glamour shot? “Yes! That’s how I like it!” Tao, 19, exclaimed. “And take it from an artistic angle,” she added. The bubbly
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        799 2 / 3  -  IsMawireadytobeMalaysia’snextbigscreencomedian? JULIANA RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg He’salreadyasinging superstar across the Causeway. Now, Mawi is set for a new career as a movie star. In the KRU Studios-produced comedy Jin Notti, the 28-year-old, whose real name is Asmawi Ani, stars as
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        780 4 / 5 When we asked Shun, the most prolific actor in the pack, to give us one good reason to watch Crows ZeroII, he didn’tmention theplot, the sets or the acting skills. Hereplied:“The movie features abig group of passionate guys who really believe in what they do.” Headdedwith alaugh: “Thistime
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        235 4 / 5 In Suzuran High School, violent gangs rule, and authority and education no longerexist.Thewaywardstudents,called“crows”,aresplitintofactions.Their ultimate goal: To control Suzuran. However the Army of Killers, a group of white-uniformed students from another delinquent institution, Hosen High School, attacks the school. Cantheblack-uniformedSuzuranbadboysstaveofftheHosenthreat? SUZURANHIGHSCHOOL (GPS) Genji’sambition istosucceedand even outdo his
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        660 6  -  RoystonTan’sfatherallowshimtopursuehismoviepassion despitehisconcernsaboutfilms’controversialthemes Gan Ling Kai A SINGLE mum tells her young son who is being bulliedinschool: “Youdo have a father, because he livesin yourheart.” That’sthe linein RoystonTan’s latest short film, Little Note, that tugged the heartstrings of his father, Mr Tan Chin Cheng. After all, the Tans have
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        151 7 The late Patrick Swayze was one of Hollywood’s most loveable stars. Here, we count down the 10 things we’llremembermostaboutthis talented performer. 10. He could have been the ultimate playboy, yet he stayed married to the same woman, dancer Lisa Niemi, for 34 years. 9. The Swayze also
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        98 7 Get ready for some movie geek joy. ThebreakoutstarofQuentinTarantino’sInglourious Basterds, Christoph Waltz, is apparently set to play the villain in the upcoming Green Hornet movie. The 53-year old Austrian actor who impressed audiences with his portrayal of the weaselly Colonal Hans Landa will co-star alongside Seth Rogan, Cameron Diaz
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        686 10 / 11 Barely two years ago, Katherine Heigl was touted to be the new American sweetheart. But has she worn out her welcome by getting too big for her shoes? JOANNE SOH digs up the dirt onHollywood’slatest diva. Theyear2007wasHeigl’sreignasAmerica’s darling. Fresh from winning a best
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        503 12  -  JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg The Shining (1980) Cabin fever gets the better of Jack Nicholson in this scary cult classicbasedon Stephen King’snovel. Director Stanley Kubrick skilfully depicts a sense of isolation in the snowed-in Overlook Hotel where a writer (Nicholson) and his family are the only occupants. Being
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        145 13 WRITE IN WIN DVDS DVDSYou’ve read our reviews and commentaries. Now we want yours. This week, we want your reviews on Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. How does it compare with his previous work like Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill Vol 1 2? You can also send in your reviews of
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        145 13  -  NEO CHIN MING Gerard Butler is red hot nowadays, with two movies–GamerandTheUglyTruth–outthis month. But hot is not the word to describe Gamer. The movie seems to be targeted at computer-gamesavvyteenagers. Yet,somehow,theplotandthe“fire power”arenotuptomark. The plot about humans being trapped in a computer-simulated world where they are
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        128 13 TAN BEE TIN Gerard Butler comes up with a great performance. The action is good, and it never hurts to see his muscles. Butthemovie’sendingisflawed.Itisabrupt,andI’m baffled. Also, the plot could have been better paced and the characters, better developed. JEDD JONG YUE 9 is visionary, inventive and creative.
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        435 14  -  A Mars vs Venus look JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg Why is it that romance has become inextricably linkedwithcomedyinHollywood’svast catalogue of genres? Every once in a while it would be nice to have, say, a romantic crime drama, or a romantic mystery thriller,
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        57 14 Because hotness is a virtue, and virtue is its own reward. GAMER IsGerard Butler’slatest action flick a sleazefest or a smart social satire? You be the judge. Or not. BLOODTIES ThisSingaporeproduction is severalcuts abovethetypical slasherflick. Great story,good productionvalues and strong performances. 9 A CGI fairytale abouta “stichpunk”doll ina
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          20 14  -  JJ TokyoSonata,whichtellsofaTokyofamilythat unravelsindramaticfashionafteritsself-styled patriarchloseshisjob,isadeeplyweirdmovie aboutdecidedlyordinarypeople. TeruyukiKagawaplaysRyuhei,whogoes intocompletedenialafterhisredundancy. Keepinghisfiringasecretfromhiswife,he walksthestreetsofTokyoinadaze,eventually takingajobasajanitor. Hiswife,sensingsomethingwrong,ends uprunningoffwithaburglar.Hiseldestson joinsthemilitaryandissenttoIraq.Thefamily’s youngest,Kenji(InowakiKai),seemstooffer theironlyhopeforredemption. Anunderstatedmasterpiece,TokyoSonata boastsoneofthegreatdenouementsinfilm history.Don’tmissit!–JJ
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          90 14  -  JJ Watching the trailer, I was under the impression that it would be two-and-a-half hours of non-stop Nazi scalping. I was not looking forward to the film. At all. As it turns out, however, this is one of the most interesting, complex and challenging filmsoftheyear.It’sfilledtothebrimwith unforgettable characters, crackling
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          21 14  -  Charlene Chua ThissequeltoCrowsZeroisacontinuationof gangleaderGenjiTakiya’s(ShunOguri) adventures,ashefightsforpowerandhonour inananarchy-riddenschool. Admittedly,thethreewarringgangsare madeupofsomecuteeyecandy,ifthebadboy lookticklesyourfancy. Thereareunderlyingmessages,likethe overallthemeofhonourbeforepower;thegang bossesfrownuponknives,advocatingthatreal menfightwithfists. Butthea-brawl-a-minuteviolencecan sometimesbeslightlyoverthetop. Unfortunately,non-fansofthemangathat thisfilmisbasedonmaynotwarmuptothe multitudeofunfamiliarcharacters.
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        191 15  -  Get set for some giggles as the undead take on the humans Joanne Soh There are zombie movies and then there are zombie movies. RubenFleischer’sZombielandtakestheundeadtoa whole new level, injecting equal amounts of humour, attitude andfunintowhathecallsa“zom-com”. Like all zombie flicks, there is the killer virus that turns everyone into a
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        274 16  -  Lots of action, butX-Men Origins: Wolverine ultimately fails to deliver Joanne Soh MOVIE: EXTRAS: This prequel came with much fanfare but unfortunately, it did not live up to its hype. Perhaps it is because Gavin Hood is in deep water orchestrating this explosive action movie. The South African
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        150 16  -  Kane Cunico MOVIE: EXTRAS: It’s GoodWill Hunting meets The Dreamers, but possessing neither ofthese films’dreamy qualities. You’llbe hard-pressedto figure out the point of the Education Of Charlie Banks. Charlie Banks is an awkward teen growing up in a sheltered Ivy League world. Life changes for
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        143 16  -  KC MOVIE: EXTRAS: NONE Cute but creepy Japanese schoolgirls? A pretty and remote mountain village with an eerie history? Yes, please. The movie has the makings of a crazy thriller with a wickedly suspenseful build-up. High-school student Keiichi moves from Tokyo with his family to a
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        155 16  -  KC MOVIE: EXTRAS: None In2006, Japan’s student suicide rate wasthe country’s worst in almost two decades. Sowhether 2007’sstylistic Suicide Song appears apt or plain inappropriate in its take on the absurdityofsuicide,that’s for you to decide. In Suicide Song, a high-school girl, Kana, suddenly kills herself in an empty
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        90 16  -  Kelvin Chan This sleek guide to the movie contains loads of intelon theentire GIJoe team, including their enemies. The chapters cover amazing locations, cutting-edge technology and the vehicles as featured in the film. Full of coloured pictures, concept art, schematics and
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        153 16  -  Seto Nu-Wen Soundtracks for teen movies arealwaysa surprise you never know if the producers are goingto gofor a particular genre, or era, or theme. In this case, the fellas behind this teen movie decided to go for a split down the middle of good old stuff and not-so-good
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        103 16 Keep your videos portable, but have the option to watch them on the big screen as well. This is what the Zen X-Fi2 promises to movie fans who are always on the move. If you get tired of watching flicks on its 3-inch LCD display, you
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        122 16 Movies are best watched on the big screen. But chances are, your desktopcomputer monitorisn’t going to help turn your room into a home theatre. One way to enjoy the digital mediasitting in your desktop’s external hard drive in full HD glory is through the eGear
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