The New Paper, 20 September 2009

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    20 1 The New Paper on sunday 20 Sep 09 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SaJj I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 194/11/2008
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      71 1 MURDER OF S’POREBORN ACTRESS The porn star, her preacherboyfriend his Life of sin 6 S’PORE COURIER ABDUCTED, BEATEN, THREATENED IN JB We’ll put you in a SACK throw you into the 4 Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award '09 Society of Publishers in Asia EXCLUSIVE Human rights official comes FACE
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      916 2 / 3  -  Mas Selamat makes wild claims about ill treatmentinS’poretohumanrightsofficial REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg HE HAD no idea the clean-shaven man standing in front of him at the detention centre in Malaysia was Singaporean terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari. The same Mas Selamat who had escaped
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      Lock icon MHA: Mas Selamat had ample opportunity to report ill-treatment
      348 2 / 3  -  A MINISTRY Of Home Affairs spokesman said in response to media queries that thepassports of MasSelamat’s family members had been officially seized in 2005 because of immigration offences committed by them while they and Mas Selamat were on the run from
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      Lock icon S’pore detainees treated better than prisoners
      374 2 / 3 DETAINEES at the Whitley Detention Centre would be treated better than criminals at normal prisons, Dr Rohan Gunaratna, head of Singapore’sInternationalCentre forPolitical Violence and Terrorism Research told The Straits Times last year. Hesaid: “If youtreat them badly,their resentmentwill grow.” Unlike in Changi Prison where
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      978 4 / 5  -  S’porePRabducted,robbed,beateninJB.Robbersays: REPORT: LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg A ROUTINE courier delivery from Johor Baru to Singapore turned into a harrowing 2 1 /2-hour nightmare for a Singapore permanent resident (PR) early Friday morning. Mr Shankar (not his real name) was abducted,
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      452 4 / 5  -  Lim Say Heng HE was bound, beaten and bleeding, but he was determined to get home alive. When Mr Shankar was thrown into a room and locked up by his captors, he waited for about five minutes after they left before trying to escape. “Thecable tie theyused
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      127 4 / 5  -  Lim Say Heng INSIST on seeing the authority cards of those claiming to be policemen. That’stheadviceJohorpolicechiefMohdMokhtar Mohd Shariff has for motorists who are stopped. But Mr Shankar disagrees. After what happened to him, he feels it is better to drive to the nearest police
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      705 6 / 7 S’pore-bornpornactress(below)murderedinUS,preacherboyfriendarrested OPPOSITESattract.One was a reality TV star and a self-styled preacher. The other was a porn star who also hadbitrolesinHollywoodblockbusters. Brian Lee Randone, 45, is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Singapore-born porn star Felicia Lee, 31, on FridaynightintheapartmenttheysharedinMonrovia, California. MissLeehadbeenbeatenandsuffocated,detectives
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      310 6 / 7 Japanese porn actress (above) not welcome in Jakarta ITSEEMS that when you’reaporn star, it’s hardtoavoid controversyevenif you keep your clothes on. Japanese porn actress Maria Ozawa has caused outrage among Muslim clerics in Indonesia after media reports emerged that she plans
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      1062 10 / 11  -  REPORTS: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg ONE puzzle emerges from the teenage suicide pact case: How could the boys have believed in something so unreal? For some insight, The New Paper on Sunday speaks with a teenager who was involved in gangs and supernatural activity.
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      957 12 / 13  -  Morethan1,000HDB flatsareusedashome templeshere.TheNew PaperonSundayvisits one such flat at the invitationoftheowner, whoconductsrituals there as a medium REPORTS: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg WHEN they were growing up, all the undergrad and her three younger siblings wanted was a living room with a TV. But the coveted space had
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      59 12 / 13 SOMESTATUESOF DEITIES THATYOUMIGHT FIND ATA TAOIST SHRINE KUANYIN:The Goddess ofMercy isoften depictedasa female deity(sometimes withmultiple arms) and reveredfor her compassionand mercy.She is oftenworshipped asapatron of womenand children. GUANGONG:Heisthe deitificationof theChinese hero GuanYu fromtheThree Kingdomsperiod. Now,Guan Gongisvenerated by Taoistsas theembodiment ofloyalty, righteousness,braveryand benevolence. TUAPEK KONG:Literally “great-granduncle”, heis
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      582 14  -  Buskers turn Albert Street into a mini-getai every weekend REPORT:HOLIAN-YI HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg THE elderly hips swivelled to a popular Hokkien tune while wrinkly hands made patterns in the air. The speakers were small and crackly, and the microphone’s reverb was too
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      604 15 Ex-science student pursues English degree HE TOOK the road less travelled after completing his A levels and national service. For more than a year, he attended religious courses at a Catholic seminary. He then taught English as a substitute teacher for two years
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      489 16 AP THEsword-maker inserts a THEsword-maker a 45cm shaft of metal into his red-hot kiln. Then he adds his special ingredient:ahumanthighbone. Thebone,saidMr KuoChang-hsi,is supposedtopurifythemetalandgiveit aspecialaura. For the past 30 years, the crag-gy-faced blacksmith has been replicating ancient Chinese and Japanese swords. At 65, he is
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      594 17 USwomanimpaledbytreelimbsays: Ajoyride through the pristine wilderness of Northern Idaho turned into a nightmare for 22-year-old Michelle Childers and her husband. A tree branch came crashing through a window of their car impaling her in the neck. The landscape of Idaho, a state in
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      392 17 HE WAS retrenched in 1983 when the steel plant he was working for shut down. Mr John Evans never realised it would be such hard work finding a new job, but his persistence has finally paid off. It took him a staggering
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      699 8 / 9 CherryBlossoms @Kranji SINCE itsrecent inception, SakuraDayhas been a favouriteofSingapore horse-racingenthusiasts. Bothseasoned and first-timeracegoersmarvel atthe mystiqueofthe orientwith Japanese foodand culture on showduringwhathas inevitably become a greatday of localracing. Thedaywasalready a must-see forbothtourists, expatriatesand, ofcourse, Singaporeans. Butwhen combinedsuccessfullywith the runningof the PanasonicKranji Mile lastyear, ittookoniconic status. Likea perfect storm,the eventevolved intosomething specialwhen
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      478 18/19  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg “HAINANESEchickenriceisMalaysian.”My Hainanese-Singaporean mind boggles at the stunning self-contradiction in this reported statement by Malaysian Tourism Minister Ng YenYen. Isn’t Hainanese chicken rice Hainanese? It’s right thereinthename! Would it make sense if I said, “Penang
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      190 18/19 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad. Last week’s index: 130 This week’s index: 120 -20 The animal population in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is falling and some native species may be wiped out by acid rain, a National University of Singapore study has found. And the haze
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      125 18/19 1 2 3 4 5 “If I don’t win Album of the Year,I’m gonna really havea problem with that,” on his Grammy nomination for The College Dropout in 2005. He lost it to Ray Charles’ Genius LovesCompany. “(Myvideo)costa million dollars.PamAndersonwas init,Iwas jumpingacross canyons...IfIdon’twin, the awardsshowloses
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      29 18/19 “HopeKanyedoesn’tcrash(Patrick)Swayze’s funeralandsay,‘I’msorry,butMJhadoneofthe bestdeathsofalltime’”. –AmanonKanyeWest,whotrash-talkedteensingerTaylorSwiftas she accepted an award at the MTV Video Music Awards last week. “IfItoldyou,thenitwouldn’t becalledprivatehousing.” –Awoman’sresponsetoamanwhowas pestering her about where she lives.
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      295 20 INDONESIA HIT BY TREMORS AFP A STRONG 6.4-magnitude quake rattled Indonesia’s Bali island yesterday, hours after a quake struck Sulawesi island, injuring nine people and sending tourists and residents fleeing from homes and hotels. But there were no immediate reports of major damage or serious casualties
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      49 20 FLASH DANCE: A flash mob of 60 dancers surprised shoppers at Raffles City Shopping Centre with a five-minute performance yesterday. The flash mob was the first in a series topromote the Da:nsFestival, whichwill beheld at the Esplanade from 23 Oct to 1 Nov. TNP PICTURE: PHYLLICIA WANG
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      98 20 AFP PROTESTERS from rival political groups rallied in Thailand yesterday on the third anniversary of a coup against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Police said 17,000 Red Shirts gathered outside the main government offices in Bangkok to demand new elections and
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      108 20 A NEW networking group targeting professionals in the business and corporate sectors was launched by the youth wing of the People’s Action Party yesterday. Chairman Teo Ser Luck said one challenge for the youth wing was to retain the interest of
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      97 20 The Star THE Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) central committee suspended former deputy president Chua Soi Lek for four years with immediate effect, revising the Presidential Council’sdecisionon26Augtosack him. The decision was read out by MCA president Ong Tee Keat after chairing a seven-hour meeting
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      108 20  -  Elysa Chen A DIVER carrying out underwater works at an oil rig went missing on Friday at the West Jurong Anchorage, in the sea off Tuas. The 21-year-old was underwater with another diver for about 30 min- utes when the
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      907 21  -  Model-actress Christy Yow claims she’sillateaseplayingsexy REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg MODELChristyYowisahardonetofigureout.She preened and pouted her full lips for The New Paper’s camera crew and threw us come-hitherlooks. Shesaidshewaswillingtostripnakedforaleadrole inEricKhoo’supcomingmovieChineseRose. Yet, in the same interview, the 23-year-old recalled howuncomfortableshewasmodellingforFHMSingapore. Christy, known for her ample 34C
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      367 23  -  David Ho –DavidHo,newsroomintern THE fashion spreads for the 20 The New Paper New Face 2009 finalists may have ended,buttheimpactisstillbeingfelt. For Gabriela Lorenz, the ripples have reached Brazil. The 21-year-old Raffles Merchandising School student sent her New Face centrespread to her 69-year-old maternal grandmother,
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        387 24  -  Butpleasedon’tletthe driverssingonF1stage SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg REMEMBER when US$8 million was a lot of money? Itstillis,andthat’sthefigure–actually US$8.5million($12m)–it’scostingtheorganisers of the inaugural F1 Rocks event. Mr Paul Morrison, CEO of All The Worlds, pioneering live music broadcast company (venture with Universal
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        362 25  -  afford Too late to buy new clothes? YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg IF YOU don’t have your Hari Raya outfit ready by now, yes, it is too late. Don’t bother hitting all the usual places, such as Joo Chiat Plaza or Geylang Serai, either becauseeveryone’s outto celebrate.
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        306 26  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THE marrieds have their sev-en-year itch. Well, the singles have to suffer on occasion, the seven-minute itch. It’s that tingly feeling you get seven minutes into a date so dull you feel the urge to make a 100m dash for the nearest exit. Author
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        446 30  -  That’struly uniquelyS’pore HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS lianyi@sph.com.sg RECENTLY, I got a book in the post. It was titled The Singapore Dating Guide Book: For the Sg New Independent Princess. On the back: “More essential than your PDA, the Singapore Dating Guide Book (SDGB)
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        342 30  -  SANTOKH SINGH FATHER FIGURES santokh@sph.com.sg HONESTY does not always pay. Especially in a creative writing test. It was a lesson my son learnt the hard way in his end-of-the-year examination for Mother Tongue. For his Paper 1, which involves writing a composition, he thought
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        437 30  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg WHEN people learn that I used to work on the series Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, I am sometimes asked whether I’mfriendswithGurmitSingh. I don’t want to say no because people may think we’re
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      40 23 Voteandwin WHO’Syourfavourite NewFace2009 finalist?Helpher wintheMiss Popularity titleand you couldwinsome prizes.Turnto page28for details. Also,catchthem inperson todayat SingaporeExpo Hall4. They’llbe makingan appearanceat Super ImportNights atthe Subaru boothfrom noon till1pm. Toknowmore about our finalists,logon to www.tnp.sg/newface09for more photosand videos. Orcheckout www.razortv.com.sgfor some behind-the-scenesvideos.
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      36 24 BRAD CHRISTOPH PITT WALTZ "DAZZLING... TARANTINO BACK ON EXHILARATING FORM" EMPIRE WHANG TEE LING 8 DATS ANDMELANIB KRUGER LAURENT "AWESOME ALL-GUNS 3 BLAZING ENTERTAINMENT" MARK ADAMS SUNDAY MIRROR "EXHILARATING" >' ■C- V LiiiJ THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY Violence
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      284 27 BRAIN WORKOUT TAN KIN LIAN How to play 1. Find the clues that indicate a fixed House (eg George lives in first house) and other related clues (eg blue house next toGeorge’s).Fillthetable with the clues. 2. Find other clues that can be placed in table. You may have to figure
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      265 28/29 s §D er i NEW FACE 2009 AYA VOUCHERS UP FOR GRABS You decide with your vote, the winner of Miss Popularity at The New Paper New Face 2009 Grand Final. You could win $1,000 worth of Takashimaya vouchers while Ms Popularity wins the $2,000 cash prize! To find out
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      284 31 WATCH’EM PICTURE:SONY PICTURES Hancock(above) HBO(StarHubCh60), 9pm A hard-livingsuperhero who hasfallen out offavour withthe publicentersinto a questionable relationshipwith the wife ofthe publicrelations professionalwho’stryingtorepairhis image. StarringWillSmith, CharlizeTheron. CHANNEL5 Noon HolidaySpecial: The2008 WorldMusic Awards(Variety) 1.45pm HolidaySpecial: TakeThat LiveAt The O2 3.00 Movie:Me,Myself &Irene 5.15 HolidaySpecial: LewisHamilton: Unauthorized&Complete Story 5.00 FlashGordon 6.15 Movie:Robots 8.00
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      30 33 Saturday,19 Sep2009 First Second Third 7971 9939 4539 Starters 3667 5024 1740 4535 7372 4204 6257 3044 7705 1260 Consolation 0740 4182 6222 4942 5146 6353 4411 4818 6643 0204
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      339 41 FACES OF STEEL STORIES OF STRENGTH the training to good W > ■r "All the training, practice runs and drills come together in the instant that you're faced with a real casualty." Ji r The sounds of war rumbled just over the horizon, but First Sergeant (1SG) Aifatah stuck to
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      60 48/49 Sports men expert EPL Match of the Week the season, and still maintain a 100 per cent winArsenal, will not play tonight as he is starting a three-match ban for stampto boot, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men look too powerful to earn anythingless thanthreepoints. Nigelde Jongand GarethBarry. Shaun Wright-Phillipsis much better
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      122 48/49 It's the day battle lines are drawn all across Manchester. It's Red versus Blue, the Aristocrats versus the Nouveau Riche. With the flames stoked further by the comments of a certain stocky Argentine, expect sparks to fly at Old Trafford! Guess who'll claim bragging rights in Manchester, and stand to
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      31 55 SUBSCRIBE TOTNP Here’syour chance toget TNP everyday. Call 6388-3838 to subscribe or go to www.sphsubscription.com.sg NOON EDITION There will be no Noon Edition tomorrow. Our next Noon Edition is on Thursday.
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      87 55 Life after reading The New Paper continues online at... The Postman www.tnppostman.com Sign up as a member with your own email, name and password to share your views on sports and create your own forums and blog discussions for the EPL, La Liga and Serie A games and other sports.
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      388 56 MAN UNITED v MAN CITY Tonight, 8.30pm, Ch 27 PA Sport BE AFRAID, be real afraid. Manchester City are coming to get you. Man City defender Kolo Toure has hit back at Sir Alex Ferguson’s criticism of his club, claiming the Manchester United manager is “worried”bythe
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S IPOH RESULTS
        677 33 Going: Races 1 -7 (Soft), Races 8-11 (Heavy) ‘GOLD’ROOKIE:Fresh from his victory on Gold Help at Kranji last Friday, apprentice Ruzaini Supien scored again at Ipoh yesterday on Prince Gold in Race 7. Race1 RM(LC)1200m 1 GUANGZHOUSTAR55c54(6-5) WKYan (7) 1 1 1 (439) 7 RUSSIANROULETTE55c54(67-19) JackieChuah (1)
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (ROSEHILL/BELMONT/TOOWOOMBA)RESULTS
        907 33 RACE1 (Rosehill) 1st 1 Lucky Secret ($30-$13) 2nd 5 Fist Of Fury ($10) 3rd 3 Gold Trail ($6) 4th 7 Let Me Adam. EOB $13. Forecast $14. Place forecast $10 (1-3), $5 (1-5), $6 (3-5). Tierce $82. Trio $18. Quartet $2017. RACE 2 (Belmont) 1st 6 Power
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        1423 34 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY RACE1 MS 12.30 -1600m(LC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 0-0 ChineseKungFu 57 (51) SMarzuki 6 (5nzgKCoetzee-GoldenKnight) 2 0 SpeedBatman 57 (51) TMWan 7 (4nzgMCLam-FirstHorse) 3 -3 BlackSupreme 56.5 (50) HKLimc1 4 (4agCecilRobert-J&J) 4 *****7 Onawingandaprayer 56
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        Lock icon LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPES’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        1048 35 RACE 1 COOL CADILLAC jumped awkwardly in at the start, bumping FAIRY KING DANE in onto STAR DAZZLE. FAIRY KING DANE was difficult to settle in the early and middle stages. Near the 1,400m, SOLAR ENERGY, who was pulling hard, shifted out
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        463 35 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY RACE10 C4 5.10 -1200m(SC) Stakes:RM55,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 --1--5 SpeedyClouds 57 (61) JackyLim*c2 12 (5amKCoetzee-GoldenKnight) 2 5532-8 CizenIstana 56 (59) VSivan 3 (7agCecilRobert-HanEmperor) 3 247- KimDelight 55.5 (58) RBurnettc2 7 (6amMSukri-Kimmui's) 4 0300-1 BestWrestler 55
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        1203 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 1.15 -1200m(SC) PanasonicIPRONetworkCamerasStakes Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 17-706 SundayExpress 59 (43) RFradd 5 (4nzgLLaxon-Lim's) 2 70-418 Sunduvan 59 (43) MarcusAu 3 (5nzgHKTan-JikulinNointin) 3 7-9-06 StarRay 58.5 (42) KKNgc2 7 (4agLeslieKhoo-StarRay) 4 390-4-
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        411 37 (Singapore) Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 Mr Merciful Daad’s The Way Perfect Match Sunday Express Given Vision Bumble Bee AnyHumour Lira 4
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