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Title Section13 2009-09-27 1/56 The New Paper on sunday 27 Sep 09 80 CENTS MICA (P) 194/11/200813 words
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Advertisement119 2009-09-27 1/56 KELONG SOCCER: Uefa investigates 40 cases of suspected match-fixing in Europe with links to Asian syndicates. Page 49 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GP: Fuel-hose man in Massa mishap last year tells our reporter Joyce Lim what actually happened. Page 47 WIGAN 3 CHELSEA 1 Cech sent off as Blues lose for first119 words
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Article, Illustration628 2009-09-27 1/56 BEN LYTTLETON - EXCLUSIVE BEN LYTTLETON Special Correspondent The writer is based in Britain and writes for The Sunday Telegraph and guardian.co.uk. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has money to spend on transfers but chooses not to because of his background in economics, according to Ivan Gazidis,the club’snewchief executive. Gazidis alsoPICTURE: AFP - 628 words
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Sports Racing
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Article1284 2009-09-27 35 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 RM 1.15 -1100m(STRAIGHT) Stakes:RM65,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****2 SmoothOperator 55.5 (40) JacksonLow*c1 13 (3amgMThwaites-MThwaites) 2 -90 FireToPost 55.5 CalvinGoonc2 12 (3amgMThwaites-FireStorm) 3 -632 HardToSay 51 (47) SSanic1 15 (3nzgKCTiang-HardToSay) 4 95 VillageBoy 51 (36) AKumarc1 91,284 words
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Article, Illustration1075 2009-09-27 36/37 RACE 1 (CAULFIELD) 1 ALKHAFIF (DA Hayes) 3g (4:1-0-1): Respect on exposed form. Led last start and can improve over this shorter trip. 4 SET TO POUNCE (DT O’Brien) 3c (3:2-0-0): Looking to complete a hat-trick. Respect on exposed form. Looks promising.1,075 words
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1144 2009-09-27 36/37 11:55Race1 CAULFIELD 1440M 1 ALKHAFIF WEGAN (10) 57 2 NICASTRO DDUNN (13) 57 3 CHIEFOFSTAFF DEANHOLLAND (3) 56.5 4 SETTOPOUNCE BRENTEVANS (8) 56.5 5 BELIEVEINMORE DNIKOLIC (4) 55 6 RUSSIANHEART CNEWITT (7) 54.5 7 NOBLEROMEO NICHOLASHALL (9) 54.5 8 EAUDEDALI CHRISSYMONS (2) 54.5 91,144 words
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1023 2009-09-27 36/37 RACE 1 Prior to this race, jockey Din Azis was selected for random testing. After being notified that he had been selected, Azis advised that he had taken some cold and flu medication. He was unable to give details of the actual medication1,023 words
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Article392 2009-09-27 38 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK THE promising Just A Man impressed at Kranji yesterday morning in preparation for Wednesday’s Class 4 (1) race over 1,200m. The Don Baertschiger-trained Testa Rossa three-year-old stretched out smartly over 600m in 37.7sec, accompanied by stablemate El Patron (apprentice SH Low). The going was392 words
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Article416 2009-09-27 38 Going: Good (Turf); Fast (All Weather Track) RACE1 CLASS5 1200m 4 PLOTRATIO131(140-39) THSO (2) 1 9 KING'SCHOICE126(45-13) HWLAI (12) 2 1 ALMIGHTY133(15-6) KCLEUNG (6) 3 12 ALLPROFIT116(211-50) YTCHENG (7) 4 ?Trainer: TW Leung. Margins: 1.25, 2.25. Time: 1min 9.3sec. EOB: $18. Forecast: $300. Place Forecast:416 words
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Article669 2009-09-27 38 Going:Good Race1 C5(LC)1400m 9 MIGHTYACE54(88-25) SSalee (12) 6 6 1 (463) 8 CENTURYFORTUNE54c51(54-16) GMatthias* (13) 4 3 2 (476) 0.5 1 CHAMPIONSHIP57(10-5) DinAzis (10) 3 2 3 (518) 0.75 2 BESTRECRUIT56c55(42-12) KTCheng (7) 9 9 4 (492) Hd ?Winningowner:YFLye.Trainer:CecilRobert.Time:1min25.8sec.Forecast:$97.Tierce:$606.MalaysianW/P: RM51, RM14, RM18, RM5. P Forecast: $28 (9-8),669 words
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Article172 2009-09-27 39 GOLF Reuters TIGER Woods wasted a chance to take a commanding lead in the Tour Championship with an untidyfinish to Friday’ssecond round. The world No. 1 golfer ended a sun-splashed day just one stroke ahead of the chasing pack when he could have run away with the title.Reuters - 172 words
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Article137 2009-09-27 39 AFP JAPAN’S Daisuke Maruyama opened up a four-shot lead at the Panasonic Open yesterday. Maruyama, 38, fired a four-under-par 67 at the Joyo Country Club in Kyoto, Japan, where his three-day total of 11-under-par 202 is well clear of South Korea’s Kim Kyung Tae, who finished theAFP - 137 words
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Article, Illustration552 2009-09-27 39 ERNEST LUIS - FORMULA BMW ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg SURIYA Bala Kerisnan may have started second last on the grid yesterday. Despite lacking in physique and experience, the 16-year-old student from St. Francis Methodist School moved up from 18th at the start, to finish 15th for Asia Racing TeamPICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO - 552 words
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Article245 2009-09-27 39 CHERYL TAY - CHERYL TAY ASTON MARTIN ASIA CUP SINGAPORE’S Ringo Chong was second fastest in practice on Friday after SriLanka’s Dilantha Malagamuwa. Yesterday, Chong came back faster and beat Dilantha by 0.786 second to qualify for pole position in 2 minute 33.378 seconds. Two other Singaporeans Greg Teo245 words
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Sports Formula One
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Article, Illustration868 2009-09-27 40/41 Superstardomhasitsprice. THE RED BULLETIN tracks SebastianVettelwhoisachoice morsel for an entertainment-hungryworld HE’SINtheresomewhere.Behind a phalanx of journalists, photographers and TV crew, SebastianVettelisholdingcourt,fieldingquestions about tyres, fuel levels, track temperatures, the drivers’ world championship, this, that, theother. It’s the kind of media moment so familiar in the 21st-century, but still,868 words
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Article, Illustration719 2009-09-27 40/41 AT THE HUNGARORING circuit 40km from town, the neighbouring waterslide aquapark sits in cool, blue view of the track, taunting all those who toil under the furious sun. For most of the past three hours, Vettel has been getting maximum “brain time” with his engineersPICTURES: COURTESY OF RED BULL RACING - 719 words
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Article, Illustration584 2009-09-27 40/41 THERE just isn’t enough time for Sebastien Vettel. Here’s what the Thursday of his race weekend at the Hungarian Grand Prix looks like. 5am: Wake up. 7.09am: Meet Red Bulletin for 45-min filming at Zurich airport before departure for Hungary for Hungarian Grand584 words
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Article, Illustration1032 2009-09-27 42 ERNESTLUISand - ERNEST LUIS and TheNewPaper’s Formula One analyst LUKENETTO analyse lastnight’squalifying andpreviewtonight’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix ERNESTLUISand HAMILTON’SSTRATEGY SPOT-ON YESTERDAY afternoon, The New Paper had an exclusive interview with McLaren engineering director Paddy Lowe who told us that the Kers power boost system popularly associatedTNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO - 1,032 words
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Article, Illustration600 2009-09-27 43 ROUND 14 TODAY SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX Marina Bay TURN 7 This is probably the best corner of the circuit to overtake. Last year, huge bumps in the braking zone of Turn 7 hindered overtaking opportunities. The road surface looks better this year but is still slightly bumpy. McLaren and Ferrari600 words
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Article, Illustration923 2009-09-27 44/45 ERNEST LUIS - McLaren’sengineeringdirectorPADDYLOWE revealshisteam’sracestrategiesfortonight’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix EXCLUSIVE ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg PADDY Lowe’s Lenovo ThinkPad X301 laptop cannot write this story for me in five minutes. Unfortunately. But it can tell him every little mistake a perfectionist of a Formula One world champion likeTNP PICTURES: JONATHAN CHOO - 923 words
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Article, Illustration563 2009-09-27 44/45 ERNEST LUIS - ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT THE YEAR was 1986. In the final race of the season at Australia, Nigel Mansell was the odds-on favourite to become a British Formula One champion for the first time in his career. But when his tyres blew spectacularly towards563 words
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Article, Illustration535 2009-09-27 46 JOYCE LIM - JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg AN HOUR of tennis, 30 minutes of shopping and dinner at Samy’s Curry were some of the things that Nick Heidfeld did before the big race day. “I would like to see and live (in Singapore) in a normalTNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO - 535 words
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Article, Illustration526 2009-09-27 47 JOYCE LIM - Remember the serious Ferrari fuel hose incident from last year’sSingTelSingaporeGrandPrixthatcostFelipeMassa his title chase? The fuel hose man, ALEX MAGISANO, tells The New Paper what actually happened FUEL-HOSE MAN IN MASSA MISHAP LAST YEAR SA YS... JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg HE IS PROBABLY the media’s most soughtTNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO - 526 words
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Article, Illustration158 2009-09-27 47 WHEN the pitlane reopened during the safety-car period, Ferrari sent bothits drivers Felipe Massa andKimiRaikkonen– into the pit-lane. The Italian team was alone on the grid in using an automated traffic light system suspended from a gantry and linked to the operation of the fuel hose,PICTURES: ACTION IMAGES, INTERNET - 158 words
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Article, Illustration568 2009-09-27 48 ALISON RATCLIFFE - ALISON RATCLIFFE FOOTBALL FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg SHOULD we treat footballers as grown-ups rather than giant diamond-encrusted five-year-olds, I wonder? I realise that’s how many of them behave, but could this be because their clubs have raised them since the age of 14 in giant, fluffy,PICTURE: AFP - 568 words
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Article, Illustration545 2009-09-27 48 SARA ANN K - HERBLOG SARA ANN K npsports@sph.com.sg GOING to the races? Well, while many of the lower end tickets are sold out, I know I would be a little uncomfortable at spending upwards of a thousand singasmackeroos on a ticket that would get me premium seats this weekend forPICTURE: RAZORTV - 545 words
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Sports Football
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Article, Illustration506 2009-09-27 49 AP UEFA is investigating 40 cases of suspected match-fixing in the Champions League and Uefa Cup, a senior official at European football’s governing body revealed. The number of matches being scrutinised for suspicious betting patterns has soared from 25 in a year, and mostly involved eastern EuropeanAP; PICTURE: AFP - 506 words
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Article, Illustration347 2009-09-27 49 PA Sport HE IS the Flying Dutchman, alright. Arsenal striker Robin van Persie stumbled into the diving controversy by admitting he has exaggerated a penalty area fall if he felt the challenge warranted a spot-kick. The Arsenal striker insists he is against divingPA Sport; PICTURE: ACTION IMAGES - 347 words
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Sports EPL Betting
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Article, Illustration409 2009-09-27 50 SUNDERLAND v WOLVES Tonight, 11pm, Ch 27 PA Sport WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy insists he will have no feelings of regret when he returns to his former club Sunderland tonight. McCarthy won promotion to the Premier League as Sunderland manager in 2005 but did notPA Sport; PICTURES: ACTION IMAGES - 409 words
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113 2009-09-27 50 PA Sport DESPITE the fact he lost his job at the Stadium of Light, Mick McCarthy still has fond memories of his time at the club and hopes for a good reception but not from the fans if Wolves are winning. The former Republic ofPA Sport - 113 words
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Article, Illustration222 2009-09-27 50 STARTOWATCH PA Sport SUNDERLAND boss Steve Bruce is hoping teenage starlet Jordan Henderson can blaze a trail which will save owner Ellis Short millions. The 19-year-old midfielder (right) scored his first sen- ior goal for the club in last Wednesday’s League Cup third-round victory overPA Sport - 222 words
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Article, Illustration111 2009-09-27 50 PA Sport WITHOUT a doubt, Wolves must be wary of Sunderland’s in-formstriker DarrenBent. Bent (right) has made a sparkling start to his career in the North East following his £15m move from Tottenham. Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is aware of the danger the former England striker poses.PA Sport - 111 words
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Sports EPL
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Article, Illustration460 2009-09-27 51 DUNCAN BECH - BY DUNCAN BECH Special Correspondent AVIDMOYESbacked Paul Hart to steer Portsmouth out of trouble after Everton condemned theEPL’sbottomclubtoa seventh successive defeat. French striker Louis Saha struck in the 42nd minute to stretchEverton’swinningrunto four matches, but the visitors rode their luck, especially in the second-half. Pompey missed460 words
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Article, Illustration224 2009-09-27 51 SIMON STONE - BY SIMON STONE Special Correspondent PA Sport ROBBIE KEANE scored four times as Tottenham thrashed Burnley at White Hart Lane to offer another reminder why Harry Redknapp refuses to drop him for Peter Crouch. Keane has started every EPL game this season and, despitePA Sport - 224 words
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Article, Illustration389 2009-09-27 52 PAUL BURBRIDGE - BY PAUL BURBRIDGE Special Correspondent ARLOANCELOTTIsuffered his first defeat as Chelsea manager with Wigan chalking up a shock Premier League victory. After eight straight wins in all competitions the Italian boss saw his 10-man team come unstuck and have goalkeeper Petr Cech sent off. Titus Bramble put389 words
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Article, Illustration245 2009-09-27 52 ROUND-UP PA Sport DAVID DUNN kept his nerve to fire home an 89th-minute penalty and wrap up a 2-1 victory for 10-man Blackburn. Aston Villa took the lead withGabrielAgbonlahor’s third-minute strike and after Chris Samba equalised Rovers had midfielder Vince Grella sent off inPA Sport - 245 words
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Article279 2009-09-27 53 DAVID LEE - DAVID LEE THERE certainly is a good case that despite playing for Manchester United, Nani does not actually possess a footballing brain. The Football Channel pundits highlighted an incident in the 17th minute whereby Nani could have put Dimitar Berbatov in the clear or cut the ball279 words
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Article, Illustration615 2009-09-27 53 DAVID LEE - STOKE0 MAN UNITED 2 (Berbatov62, O’Shea 77) DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT THE WELSH Wizard has never commanded a transfer fee because he has neverbeeninvolved inasenior transferdeal. But if you were to ask Sir Alex Ferguson how much Ryan Giggs is worth, the Manchester United manager will rightlyPICTURE: ACTION IMAGES - 615 words
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Article, Illustration230 2009-09-27 54 GARY LIM - LIVERPOOL 6 (Torres 12, 28,47, Gerrard 61, Babel 88, 90) HULL1 (Geovanni 15) GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT AFTER a jittery start to their Premiership campaign, Liverpool are now back to their best. In fact, they are looking as good as they did last season. Last night’sPICTURE: GETTY IMAGES - 230 words
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Article189 2009-09-27 54 GARY LIM - GARY LIM ON CURRENT form, there isn’t any striker in the Premiership who can match Fernando Torres. When he came off the field in the 68th minute to make way for Ryan Babel, the standing ovation he received from the home crowd was just what189 words
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Article116 2009-09-27 54 GARY LIM - GARY LIM BOOKMAKERS have installed Hull City as one of the favourites to be relegated at the end of the season. It’snot hardto see why. Not only are they poor in attack, they can’t seem to get things right in defence, too. With 19 goals116 words
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SPORTS ON TV
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Article62 2009-09-27 55 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: SUNDERLAND v WOLVES Ch 27,11pm Tomorrow: MAN CITY v WEST HAM Ch 27,3am CHAMPIONSHIP Tonight: PLYMOUTH v NOTTM FOREST Ch 115 (TV 1), 8.10pm DUTCH LEAGUE Tonight: NAC BREDA vFEYENOORD Ch 116 (TV 2), 8.30pm SPANISH LA LIGA Tomorrow: DEPORTIVO v VILLARREAL Ch 27,2.55am *Alltelecastliveunlessstatedotherwise.62 words
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Article, Illustration23 2009-09-27 55 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX Tonight: PREVIEW Ch5 &Ch 24, 7.30pm RACE STARTS Ch 5 Ch 24,7.45pm CHEQUERED FLAG Ch 24,9.45pm PICTURE: AFPPICTURE: AFP - 23 words
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Article464 2009-09-27 55 WHAT'S ON /BLURBS/FIXTURES LOCAL EVENTS MOTOR RACING What: SingTel Singapore Grand Prix (Formula One) When: Raceday (Today) Where: Marina Bay street circuit WORLD champion Lewis Hamilton (right) ofMcLarenwill starttoday’s Singapore Grand Prix in pole position after title contender Rubens Barrichello crashed out lateinyesterday’s qualifyingsession. The Briton clocked 1 minute 47.891464 words
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Article, Illustration1162 2009-09-27 2/3 ANDRE YEO - Despitepaying$5,000for ‘premiumpackage’,illegal immigrantsgetpushed overboard by panicky boatmenandlefttodrown REPORT: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg BOBBING in his sampan, the boatman keeps his eyes peeled for the familiar shape of Police Coast Guard (PCG) vessels. His passengers huddle in the dark, nervous, shivering. They have paid good money to himST FILE PICTURE; PICTURES: PHYLLICIA WANG, PCG - 1,162 words
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Article, Illustration215 2009-09-27 2/3 WITH about 140,000 ships plying Singapore waters annually, the PCG is kept on its toes every day. From its four bases at Loyang, Gul, Brani and Lim Chu Kang, its officers have to respond to any suspicious-looking craft in local waters. Butthat’snot easy.A policespokesman said the215 words
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Article, Illustration544 2009-09-27 4 CRYSTAL CHAN - Man keels over dies at Turf Club Other punters thought he had dozed off REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg AMAN’Ssuddendeathhaslefthisfamilybaffled.What was he doing at the Singapore Turf Club where he was found slumped in a seatonFridaynight? AsfarasMrAbdulRahmanSumadi’sfamilyknew,hedoesn’tgamble. Whenreporters visited MrAbdul’s Woodlands flat yesterday, his widow, who declined to be named, said:TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG - 544 words
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Article, Illustration1019 2009-09-27 6 / 7 CRYSTAL CHAN - As the Ris Low saga shows, beauty queens can get the wrong kind of attention, says one pageant veteran REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg AS MISS Singapore World 2009 has learnt, it’s not easy being a beauty queen in Singapore. First, peoplePICTURE: PROTOCOL ACADEMY - 1,019 words
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Article, Illustration425 2009-09-27 6 / 7 Liew Hanqing - Liew Hanqing Faraliza Tan, 23, Miss Singapore World 2008 I feel that if you are going to represent Singapore at an international pageant, it is important to maintain a professional image. It seems unfair to Ris Low (to have her conviction made public) but shePICTURES: TNP FILE, ERM WORLD, ST FILE - 425 words
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Article, Illustration1385 2009-09-27 8 / 9 TAY SHI’AN,TEH JEN LEE - Between THE DIVER THE DEEP BLUE SEA Some say enforcement of safety rules is an issue REPORT: TAY SHI’AN ,TEH JEN LEE tnp@sph.com.sg THEY work in murky, polluted waters with minimal visibility, and endure the nauseating taste and smell of exhaust in the water. They face dangers like electrocution, explosionsTNP PICTURES: JONATHAN CHOO - 1,385 words
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Article, Illustration309 2009-09-27 8 / 9 THERE were five incidents with injuries last year, and one fatality related to commercial diving, said theWSHC. In 2007, there was one incident with injuries. The fatality happened in September last year, when commercial diver Mohammed Borhan Jamal, 26, went309 words
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Article, Illustration711 2009-09-27 10 / 11 BENSON ANG - Female-borntranssexuals speakupatfirst-everforum that addresses their plight REPORT:BENSON BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg THEY live on the fringes, shunning attention, like this Singaporean transsexual. Jack (not his real name) was born more of a Jill. Only last month did he and threeTNP ILLUSTRATION: CHNG CHOON HIONG - 711 words
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249 2009-09-27 10 / 11 WOMEN who have a persistent wish to be male are less common here than men wanting to be women. Mr Daniel Kaw, 37, the founder of SgButterfly, saidwhen peopletalk about transsexuals, “they immediately think about Changi Village and about Thailand’stranssexual cabaretshows”. Mr Kaw249 words
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News S’pore GP
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Article, Illustration460 2009-09-27 12 / 13 SHREE ANN MATHAVAN - SingTelGridGirl:Myrole’smorethanjustlookingpretty REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg FOR most F1 fans, meeting their favourite drivers is a dream come true. So prepare to hate Miss Low Shu Min. Meeting F1 drivers like Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), Mark Webber (Red Bull) and former driver David Coulthard is partTNP PICTURE: MOHD ISHAK - 460 words
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Article, Illustration290 2009-09-27 12 / 13 REPORT:CRYSTAL CHAN - Outside Raffles City yesterday REPORT:CRYSTAL REPORT:CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg OUTSIDEtheMcDonald’soutletatRafflesCity yesterday,threeCaucasianmenscreamed:“FItickets! Buyandsell!” They were buying the tickets from passers-by and trying to resell them at a higher price to people without tickets. TheNewPaperon Sunday went there after receiving a tip off from a reader who290 words
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Article, Illustration409 2009-09-27 12 / 13 SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO - REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg. IF it goes down to the wire, it’s gonna be Getai Singers 0 Racing Drivers 1. Just when you thought it safe to venture into the city after a heartland of getai shows, you run smack intoTNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO - 409 words
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Article, Illustration461 2009-09-27 14 GERMAINE LIM - REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg THE name Beyonce may not have rung a bell for little Mohamed Saleh. But a kiss and a hug from the American R&B singer were all it tooktomakethe4-year-old’sday. Yesterday afternoon, he met Beyonce, 28, at the Viva-University Children’sCancerCentreoftheNational University HospitalPICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG, MDM KAMSINAH BAHARI - 461 words
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Article, Illustration132 2009-09-27 14 Nicole Lewis are they or aren’t they together? SHE’Shere andtheyare together. If anyone still had any doubts about whether champion F1 driver Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls remain an item, here’sproof theyare. The couple gave singer Beyonce a tour of the McLaren Mercedes garage at the132 words
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Article, Illustration513 2009-09-27 15 But tired companion lets go of floating ropewhiledriftingandisstillmissing FOR32hours,hefloatedonthesea,with nothing other than a plank andarope. Mr Zheng Tianyi’s boat had capsized while out on a fishing trip with other fishermen off Malacca at about 2am on Wednesday. Exhausted and severely dehydrated after driftingPICTURE: CHINA PRESS - 513 words
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Article, Illustration321 2009-09-27 15 Kidnapvictim’s newdrama ASIFher life couldn’t getmore complicated enough, it has. Ms Jaycee Dugard (above, as a young girl), the woman who had been allegedly held hostage for 18 years by her captor and bore him two kids, now has another shock to dealPICTURE: REUTERS - 321 words
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Article, Illustration517 2009-09-27 16 MissWorldM’sia’s2009 campaign riles public and rights groups BEAUTY pageants and controversy appear to go hand in hand. While Singaporeans are up in arms over Miss Singapore World Ris Low’s poor command of English and her criminal record, Miss World Malaysia organisers are getting flak for their promotional517 words
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Article, Illustration422 2009-09-27 17 6women(below)beatupsingerforbeing‘annoying’ WARNING TALK about a hit song. These women did what many karaoke patrons wish they coulddo– beatup abadsinger. Six Connecticut women are facing assault charges for attacking a New York woman for her amateurish karaoke performance at a bar, police said. ThePICTURE: INTERNET - 422 words
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Article, Illustration352 2009-09-27 18 / 19 Tokyoamusement parkletskidstryout 50 different jobs CHILD labour is legal here. KidZania, an amusement park which allows children aged 2 to 14 try out 50 professions, has been packing in the crowds in Tokyo, Japan, since it opened there in Oct 2006. ThePICTURES: GETTY IMAGES - 352 words
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Article, Illustration656 2009-09-27 20 / 21 IVAN LIM - THE BUZZ COMMENT: IVAN LIM pjlim@sph.com.sg SO THE “Crashgate” scandal has threatened to take the shine off Singapore’s gloriously-floodlit Grand Prix. There are those who argue that last year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix result should be cancelled. Which would make Brazilian Felipe Massa thePICTURE: REUTERS - 656 words
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Article86 2009-09-27 20 / 21 1 2 3 4 5 Itis based on the orderof theJedi, a group of knight-likecharacters fromthe Star Wars movies. AnInternet campaign in 2001urged fansof the movieto declaretheir religionas “Jedi” intheir country’scensus.An estimated500,000 peoplearound the world didso. OneUK-basedJedi “church”offers services whichincludesermons on“the Force”,light sabretraining and meditationtechniques.86 words
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Article, Illustration17 2009-09-27 20 / 21 S’PORE F1 NIGHT RACE More lights used this year TNP ILLUSTHATION: SIMON ANGTNP ILLUSTHATION: SIMON ANG - 17 words
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Article23 2009-09-27 20 / 21 “I’mgoingslapthenext personwhosays‘Boomz’.” –Awomanonhowtiredsheisofhearingtheword made famous by Miss Singapore World 2009 Ris Low “Sheshouldbethe new ambassador for the YellowRibbonProject.” –AmanonRisLow’scriminalrecord23 words
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Article, Illustration112 2009-09-27 20 / 21 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad. +10 Piracy in the South China Sea has hit a five-year high, with 10 attacks so far this year. -10 The number of children seeking treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at the Institute of Mental Health has almost quadrupled since 2000.112 words
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Article313 2009-09-27 22 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR AFP THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) foresees a stronger than anticipated recovery from the economic crisis, with global growth approaching 3 per cent next year, world leaders said. The IMF had estimated in July a global contraction of 1.4AFP - 313 words
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Article, Illustration59 2009-09-27 22 TIME FOR A CHANGE: Mr Arumugum, 80, smiles as employees of CATS Classifieds help paint his one-room flat in Toa Payoh. He has been living in the house for over 30 years.Over 200 employees of CATS Classifieds equipped with paints, brushes, rags, and other cleaning gear spruced upTNP PICTURE: GAVIN FOO - 59 words
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Article, Illustration95 2009-09-27 22 SINGAPORE’S economy is in a stable position as it has passed the most difficult part of the economic downturn, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said. He was speaking at a lantern festival celebration in Ang Mo Kio yesterday. He95 words
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Article, Illustration99 2009-09-27 22 AFP DETAINED Myanmar pro-democ-racy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has written to the ruling junta with suggestions about how to get sanctions lifted, her lawyer said. The move represents a change of heart for the Nobel Peace Laureate, whoAFP - 99 words
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Article, Illustration109 2009-09-27 22 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong said that the Singapore Grand Prix helps in the branding of the country and also brings in more tourists. He hosted about 200 guests at the Temasek Suite at the Pit Build- ing yesterday. SM109 words
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Article, Illustration94 2009-09-27 22 AFP A GIANT dust storm swept eastern Australia yesterday, turning Sydney’sairyellow andcausingbreathing problems. It happened just days after the worst such incident in decades caused apocalyptic scenes in the city. Howling winds pushed the 200kmh wide cloud of desert dust through SydneyAFP - 94 words
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Article, Illustration995 2009-09-27 23 KWOK KAR PENG - Enoughalready,sayviewerswho aretiredoftheconstantbuild-upto REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg THE wedding of the year is approaching, and thanks to blatant marketing, it is almost impossible not to know it. Celebrity couple Christopher Lee and Fann Wong will hold their traditional Chinese wedding rites and dinner on Tuesday. They registered theirPICTURE: MEDIACORP - 995 words
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297 2009-09-27 24 KWOK KAR PENG - COMMENT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg THE way I see it, Christopher and Fann have become juicy cash cows draped in Ermenegildo Zegna and Vera Wang in this whole wedding shenanigans. Call me naive but, after spending years interviewing them, I prefer to remember297 words
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Article, Illustration597 2009-09-27 25 David Ho - David Ho newsroom intern ON stage, they appear cool and confident. But when The New Paper New Face 2009 finalists went behind a microphone, their nerves showed. They were recording radio trailers to promote The New Paper New Face’s Miss Popularity contest.TNP PICTURES: DAVID HO - 597 words
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Article, Illustration333 2009-09-27 26 / 27 SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO - FLY ON THE WALL REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg INSIDEtheropes,itwasShowDown!Shangri-La’s Island ballroom was the site ofthefight,theveryfirstwhite-collarbox-ingandmuaythaieventinAsia. More than 700 guests in suits and gowns sat down to fine dining only to jump up and down in their seats to cheer (or jeer) the boxers. Ringsidetableswere$3,600,forwhichyou couldTNP PICTURES: GAVIN FOO - 333 words
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Article, Illustration238 2009-09-27 26 / 27 SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO - REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg OUTSIDE the red velvet ropes, some lust, more caution. Singaporeans are so-o mindful. That if they misbehave and push and shove againstthe barriers roundDior’s first duplex boutique, then bang go their chances of getting a glimpse of238 words
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Article, Illustration452 2009-09-27 26 / 27 SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO - S’pore’sso buzzing it can tireoutsocial butterflies HUMOUR SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg TOMORROW Singapore returns to me, moi, myself. For a city state of about 700 sq km and a less-than-five-million population, we have the busiest calendar in the world,PICTURE: REUTERS - 452 words
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Article, Illustration450 2009-09-27 26 / 27 S M ONG - S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg SINCE Mas Selamat was captured, Singapore has been in need of a new villain. Hello, Ris Low! Thanks to her quotable misspoken English and her recently revealed rap sheet, she couldn’t be any more infamous now450 words
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Article, Illustration604 2009-09-27 30 ANGELINE NEO - You risk literally stepping on toes by going to a gig in killer heels aspire ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg YOU gotta give it to our controversial Miss SingaporeWorld2009,RisLow. She’sgotafansiteonFacebook,andyou can even Wikipedia this young miss (in every sense of the word). At the tender age ofPICTURES: AP, AFP, REUTERS - 604 words
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Article, Illustration477 2009-09-27 32 HEDY KHOO - HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SO you wait for Prince Charming to come and sweep you off your feet. In truth, you are more likely to meet trolls you may eventually wish to zap out of your life. When a date or relationship doesTNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG, HEDY KHOO - 477 words
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Article, Illustration455 2009-09-27 32 S MURALI - S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg ISAWLewisHamilton’sdadtheotherday.Heisaproudman,isn’the?Andwhyshouldn’thebe? His son is the defending Formula One world champion and races for one of the biggest teams in Vodafone McLaren-Mer-cedes. In many ways, Hamilton Sr aka Anthony HamiltonremindsmeofthelateEarlWoods, thefatherofWorldNo1golferTigerWoods. Both dads played455 words
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Advertisement242 2009-09-27 28 / 29 s NEW FACE 2009 HI 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 more about each finalist's profile, log on242 words
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