The New Paper, 24 January 2010
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Title Section19 2010-01-24 1 The New Paper on sunday 24 Jan 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 118/01/2010 (P) MICA CENTS 8019 words
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Advertisement131 2010-01-24 1 Canadian star is ‘World’s Most Desirable Woman’ Find out why 18 PICTURE: GETTY Tutor to O-level students:NO ‘A’, DON’T PAY 6 ‘S’POREAN’ OFFERS SEX TOURS TO VIETNAM ON WEBSITE VIRGINS FOR $1,000Whentoldit'sillegal,hesays...When told it's illegal, he says... 118/01/2010 (P) MICA CENTS 80 2 POSB Loan Assist Plus I Cash in131 words
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Article, Illustration828 2010-01-24 2 / 3 REPORT:SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - ■‘S’poreman’offersillegalsextourstoVietnam, and1in5ofhisclientsisSingaporean ■Theypay$1,000forvirginswho can go for medical check-ups REPORT:SPECIAL REPORT:SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg A“SINGAPOREAN”hasbeenbrazenlyadvertisingsextoursinVietnamthroughtheInternet.On his website, the man, who claims to be a Singaporean and calls himself Ah Sam, offered to arrangesextourstoHoChiMinhCity. He has even claimed he could provide virgin girls forsex,includingthoseunder18. Ah Sam, 37, who is basedPHOTO ILLUSTRATION - 828 words
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Article174 2010-01-24 2 / 3 UNDER the Vietnamese Penal Code, anyone convicted of organising or encouraging prostitution can be jailed for between six months and five years. Harbouring and procuring prostitutes as well as having commercial sex with anyone aged between 16 and 18 years are also criminal174 words
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300 2010-01-24 4 / 5 REPORT: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg PSSSSST....wantavirgin?OnlyUS$800($1,100).The voice over the phone was warm and friendly. Buthow dowe know forsure thegirl is avirgin, weasked. “Youcantakehertoanyhospitalorclinicinthat areatocheck.Idon’tcheatmycustomers,”saidAh Sam. The“guaranteedvirgins”are17and18-year-old girls,headded. The New Paper on Sunday had posed as a customer to call Ah Sam on his300 words
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Article, Illustration207 2010-01-24 4 / 5 In 2005, The New Paper reported on a Singapore man who offered sex holidays to Vietnam. His “SexplorerTour” was provided byadating agency based in his Hougang HDB flat. Customers could opt to go on a four-day, three-night tour to find mistresses or simply for a207 words
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338 2010-01-24 4 / 5 SEX tours have been a problem in Vietnam since the country adopted a more free market-based economy in the late 1980s, said Ms Magali Giaminardi. She is the in-country director of the Catalyst Foundation, a non-government organisation (NGO) helping orphaned, abandoned and338 words
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Article, Illustration591 2010-01-24 6 / 7 NG WAN CHING - Tutor tells O-level students: No‘A’,don’tpay REPORTS: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg SOMEelectronicsretailersofferit.Sodosomecomputersoftwarecompanies.And now, education centres here are jumping in tooffermoney-backguaranteesontheirservices. At least two centres here are promising to give back their fees to students if they don’t do well in their exams. DrDarrenChua,thechiefexecutiveandprincipalofTNP PICTURE: KENNETH KOH - 591 words
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533 2010-01-24 6 / 7 Tuitionwoes HIRING a tutor can go very wrong, as Mrs Serene Kuoh, 45, recently found out. Not only did the tutor she hired turn out to be unsatisfactory, she claimed the tutor had lied about being a teacher at a secondary school.533 words
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Article, Illustration705 2010-01-24 8 MAUREEN KOH, VEENA BHARWANI - That’sonereasonforeignstudentsare doing better, say parents and principals REPORT: MAUREEN KOH, VEENA BHARWANI tnp@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN students, it seems, try too much to be jacks-of-all trades, juggling enrichment courses in ballet, martial arts, music and art, to name a few. And this is among the reasonsST POSED PICTURE - 705 words
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Article, Illustration819 2010-01-24 10 HEDY KHOO - FourstraysfounddeadinLimChuKang mayhavebeenpoisoned,sayvolunteers REPORTS:HEDYKHOO HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg FOUR dogs have been found dead in the same area in two weeks. All were part of a pack of 12 strays which lived in a forested area at Sungei Tengah, near Lim Chu Kang. ThePICTURES: COURTESY OF MADAM MAY TAN - 819 words
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210 2010-01-24 10 THE Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) receive an average of 350 complaints of alleged animal abuse yearly. There were 12 cases of alleged abuse of stray animals reported to AVA in the past three years. Ten of these involved stray cats. But as210 words
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Article, Illustration531 2010-01-24 12/13 TAY SHI’AN - To meet red-packet orders,hisstaffwork onXmasandNewYear REPORTS: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg HOWmuchtimedoyouneedtoprint60millionhongbaos?The answer, if you’re as big a player as SingaporeredpacketmakerCaston,issevenmonths. Thecompany’sprintingpressesandmachineshave been chugging non-stop since July last year, to make sure the company delivers its hongbaos on time to its clients. These include big names like DBSTNP PICTURES: CHOO CHWEE HUA - 531 words
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Article, Illustration259 2010-01-24 12/13 Caston co-founders MrAlvin Tan and Ms Louise Loh took The New Paper on Sunday on a tour of their hongbao factory. The hongbaos have to be manually carried from one machine to the next. 1. Pre-printing: Once a design is confirmed, moulds are ordered from a259 words
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Article365 2010-01-24 12/13 Teh Jen Lee,Tay Shi’an - Teh Jen Lee,Tay Shi’an EACH year, hundreds of tonnes of paper go into printing hongbaos for Singaporeans. That’salotoftrees.Sohowcanweeach play a part to make red packets be more “green”orenvironmentallyfriendly? The hongbao makers Of the 150 to 200 tonnes of paper Caston is using this year, about 10365 words
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Article, Illustration464 2010-01-24 14 Samuel Wee - HTC holds SMS contest tolaunchhandphone forNSmenbut... Samuel Wee –SamuelWee,newsroomintern IT IS a smartphone designed with our military personnel in mind. So it was ironic that in a speed-texting contest organised by HTC to promote its Snap handphone, the girls were out-thumbing the guys.TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG - 464 words
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Article, Illustration736 2010-01-24 16 TheAllahissuehasnotonlypolarisedordinaryM’sians.Itsaftershocks arealsobeingfeltinpoliticalcircles,writestheStar’sJOCELINETAN DRDZULKIFLYAhmad,thePartiIslamSe-Malay-sia(PAS)MPforKualaSelangor,oftenperformshisdawnprayersatthemosqueinShahAlam. In the last couple of weeks, he has noticed a long banner at the main gate to the mosque proclaiming: “Penggunaan nama Allah hanya untuk orang-orang Islam”(theuseofthetermAllahisonlyforMuslims). Thebanner,headmitted,doesnotsitwellwithhim. Dr Dzulkifly, as those in PAS would know by now, wasoneofthechiefadvocatesbehindtheparty’sstand that it is not wrong forPICTURE: AP; PICTURE: REUTERS - 736 words
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Article, Illustration545 2010-01-24 17 Taiwan man in debt duetobadinvestments THEY say desperate times call for desperate measures. So when a Taiwanese man found himself almost down and out and heavily in debt, he began offering himself as a human punching bag for a price. Every week fromPICTURE: APPLE DAILY - 545 words
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402 2010-01-24 17 THOUSANDS have been killed, thousands more are missing, many more have been rendered homeless. Haiti is in the midst of unimaginable suffering after the earthquake which flattened most of the country. So, is it the right time for a luxury cruise to drop402 words
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Article, Illustration567 2010-01-24 18/19 Emmanuelle who?Marisa from where? Stayingoutoftabloidheadlineshelped them top desirable women list MOREisless.Just look at Canadian actress EmmanuelleChriqui, who hastopped anannualpolloftheworld’s99mostdesirablewomen. edbythefactthatshedoesnotfeatureheavilyincelebritymagazines. The 32-year-old actress, best known for the TV series Entourage, was named by men’s website AskMen.com as the woman withthequalitiesmostmenwouldwantina girlfriendorwife. She took thePICTURE: AP, AFP, REUTERS - 567 words
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Article, Illustration35 2010-01-24 18/19 Watchingthesetabloidfixtures’ lives unfold can be like watching a train wreck in slow motion. No wonder they are missing from the most desirable list. (From top) Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.35 words
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Article, Illustration751 2010-01-24 20 MAUREEN KOH - REPORTS: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg HE is one of Hong Kong’s best-known celebrity“tutorgods”.Hewassopopular that at one time, his salary went ashighasHK$1.7million ($309,000) amonth. But Karson Oten Fan Karno (above), 34, is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Hong Kong tuition chain Modern Education hasPICTURE: APPLE DAILY; THE NEW PAPER, 15 FEB 2008 - 751 words
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Article, Illustration590 2010-01-24 21 Actor reveals this and moreincandidinterview with a US magazine HE IS 65 and she is 40. The 25-year age gap between former Hollywood heart-throb Michael Douglas and Welsh stunner Catherine Zeta-Jones would have made their fans wonder about how they are keepingPICTURE: AFP - 590 words
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Article, Illustration361 2010-01-24 21 ERIC Cantona is taking on a new role, and it has nothing to do with football. The one-time“king” ofManchesterUnited will be making his stage debut tomorrow in front of a 400-strong audience. He will be appearing in Face au361 words
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Article, Illustration442 2010-01-24 11 Studentsappreciatehavingdedicated& understandingteachers THEY applied to the school for different reasons,buthaveonecommonpassion– studying business and management. Singaporean Jasmine Lee, 19, had read an article on Dr Andrew Chua, principal and chairman of the East Asia Institute of Management, and was impressed by his drive andvision.Shesaid:“IdecidedthenthatI442 words
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Article, Illustration788 2010-01-24 15 CRYSTAL CHAN - Foreignersarewilling todowhatlocalswon’t evenwithmorepay, saysomeemployers REPORT:CRYSTAL CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg WHEN entrepreneur Adam Khoo wroteablogentrytitled“TheExpats Will Rule Singapore”, hedid notexpect the flurry of hate mail that followed. Mr Khoo, 35, co-founder and executive chairman of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group, had described how, when heST FILE PICTURES - 788 words
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Article298 2010-01-24 22 MALAYSIANRULER’SDEATH TUNKU Ibrahim Ismail Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar was proclaimed the new Sultan of Johor yesterday. The proclamation was made by Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman at the Istana Besar Johor Baru at 10.21am, reported Bernama. Soon after the proclamation, Tunku Ibrahim Ismail, 51,298 words
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53 2010-01-24 22 BIG PICTUREPICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO - 53 words
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Article, Illustration118 2010-01-24 22 THE Government is seeking public feedback on how the country should use its land over the next 40 to 50 years under Concept Plan 2011. The exercise will focus on four key issues: maintaining and enhancing the quality of life,118 words
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Article, Illustration93 2010-01-24 22 LORRIES ferrying workers have been under close scrutiny following new safety rules that kicked in last September. In the four months up to December, officers on patrol handed out more than 3,800 tickets more 3,800 than30aday to errantlorrydrivers and owners. This haul is higher93 words
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Article, Illustration108 2010-01-24 22 TWO men died after an industrial accident in J urong Island yesterday. It took place at Chemical Specialties, a Singapore-based chemical processing contractor. The two workers, believed to be Malaysians, were in their 30s. They suffered cuts and bruises and were bleeding in the108 words
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Article, Illustration104 2010-01-24 22 LET women use Medisave to pay for screening of breast cancer, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, urged the Health Minister yesterday. Prevention can reduce the inci- dence of this cancer the most common cancer among women104 words
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Miscellaneous5 2010-01-24 22 Low24˚ 31˚ High Fair SINGAPOREWEATHER5 words
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Article, Illustration494 2010-01-24 23 YEOH WEE TECK - Remember the sick needy THE BUZZ COMMENT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg IT takes a big man to forgive but I’m afraid I’m still feeling rather small. But I will try because it is the Buddhist thing to do. Here’stheirony:AroundthetimeIrediscoveredmy inner Buddhist, the Ren Ci Charity Show was born. And the494 words
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Article, Illustration136 2010-01-24 23 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad Last week’s index: 100 This week’s index: 130 +10 Passenger traffic through Changi Airport hit 3.83 million in December, the highest ever for a month. Non-oil domestic exports also shot up by 26.1 per cent from December 2008. -10 Complaints about high-rise littering went up by136 words
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Article13 2010-01-24 23 “Theysoundlike they’reallgiving birth.” –Amanataweddingdinnerwhenan all-girlstabletoastedthecouplewith“Yam Seng”. “Luckilymypantsare stretchy.” –Amanonhisdressingatabuffet.13 words
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Miscellaneous7 2010-01-24 23 QUICK ON THE DRAW TNP ILLUSTRATION:PATRICK CHIA7 words
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Article, Illustration323 2010-01-24 24/25 ELYSA CHEN - HADY MIRZA Singer Passionate about: Children These big personalities haveafierypassionfor somethingmorethan their jobs. ELYSA CHEN speakstosomeofthese hottiestofindoutmore aboutthecauses they champion. ELYSA CHEN HIS grandfather showered him with love when he was a child, so now, he wants to do the same forPICTURE COURTESY OF HYPE RECORDS - 323 words
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Article, Illustration367 2010-01-24 24/25 PAMELYN CHEE Actress, Fly Entertainment artiste Passionate about: The visually handicapped A CHANCE meeting with blind sculptor Victor Tan at the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) affected Pamelyn Chee so deeply that she has become a publicist of sorts for the association.TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG - 367 words
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Article, Illustration457 2010-01-24 24/25 AMY KHOR Politician Passionate about: The environment FOR the past eight years, this petite, stately politician has been getting her hands dirty to promote the green cause. Just last week, Dr Amy Khor, Mayor of the South-West District, participated in a charitable recycling programme wherePICTURE COURTESY OF SOUTHWEST CDC - 457 words
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Article, Illustration421 2010-01-24 26 GERMAINE LIM - SMILE SHINE WinnersofTeens ModelSearchoozed confidence,sayjudges REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg YOU could say she smiled her way to a win. Nurse Deborah Yeo, who is 169cm tall, didn’t stop flashing her pearly whites every time she went on stage for Teens Model Search. And for that, the 19-year-old was judge PaulFoster’spicktowin.TNP PICTURES: JONATHAN CHOO - 421 words
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Article182 2010-01-24 26 With Facebook, Twitter, Tagged and a whole host of new social networking sites, this is definitely the dawn of the decade of oversharing. JULIANA JUNERASULand LIMSAY HENGsharethe Web’s best overshare compilation sites. OVERSHARERS.COM www. oversharers. com The site’staglineis,“Really, reallymore than you wanttoknow.” Boy, does it live up to182 words
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Article, Illustration350 2010-01-24 27 DOLORES TAY - aspirei DOLORES TAY doltay@sph.com.sg BIGcatsnevergooutofstyle.Justaskthe Hollywoodcelebritycougars who have been hogging the media limelight with their young cubs. Ditto Courteney Cox and her hit series, Cougartown. Closer to home, leopard “preens” have been enjoying a mini revival since a certain newly-minted condom spokeswoman “boomz” her350 words
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Article, Illustration351 2010-01-24 28 SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO - LaunchofckCalvinKleinSpring2010collection REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg There is no escape. From all the cracks begging to be made about launching a fashion collection in a prison. Captive audience. Bar none. Prisoner of fashion. Jailhouse Rock. ck Calvin Klein released its Spring 2010 collection in Queenstown Remand Prison,TNP PICTURES: JONATHAN CHOO - 351 words
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Article, Illustration427 2010-01-24 29 HEDY KHOO - FRIED OLIVE RICE HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Often, even if you’ve found someone you like, some things about him may still bug you. It’s like fried rice you never know what the cook is going to throw in there. You may not find everythingTNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG, HEDY KHOO - 427 words
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Article, Illustration526 2010-01-24 30 JASON JOHNSON - JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg YOU hear all the time how damaging it can be for parents to play favourites with their children. A lot of people grow up with self-es-teem issues related to their perception that mummy and daddy loved one of526 words
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Article, Illustration410 2010-01-24 30 SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO - SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg DEAR Mr Orang Kaya/ Daddy Big Bucks, Don’tbelikethat,canbuyWorldCup2010for Singapore or not? The headline on everyone’s lips even if your sportispingpongortiddly-winks–isthatwemay not get to watch the matches at all. As usual it’s all got to do410 words
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Article, Illustration119 2010-01-24 33 This week, we’re showcasing pictures of your favourite December holiday snapshots. For two weeks from 7 Feb, we want to feature your favourite sports snapshots. Send your pictures to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Our kids, Nekysha and Nikhil, having fun at Disneysea, Tokyo, last Dec. FromJalil and Suat Eng Ismail, Atiqa,119 words
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Miscellaneous96 2010-01-24 31 SEEING STARS BYKUAH SENGSENG Singapore’smostaccuratefakeastrologer ARIES: Be wary of the doctor who is doing your liposuction, especially when the degree mounted in his office says “DoctorateinLiposucking”. TAURUS: Your maturity will be in doubt because you are unable to stop giggling everytimeyouseetheheadline“Meryl StreepshowsoffherGoldenGlobes”. GEMINI:Here’sthereasonwhygirls won’tgooutwithyou–youinsistthatStar Trek was a documentary. LEO:Yourignoranceofcurrentaffairswill promptfriendstoaskwhichrockyou’ve96 words
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Advertisement98 2010-01-24 32 My Street Think you know Singapore like the back of your hand? Try answering these questions related to our country in our My Street series. Check the answers in this space next Sunday. 1. Where is the location of Singapore’sfirstsuspension bridge? 2. What was HarbourFront Centre formerly known as? 3.98 words
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Miscellaneous250 2010-01-24 32 WATCH’EM CHANNEL5 11.00 What’sGoodFor You? Noon FootballAsiaShow 2009 12.30pm Sports@SG 1.00 Movie:Paparazzi 2.45 JustFor Laughs 3.00 SoYou Think YouCanDance 4.00 Tinman 5.00 AmericanIdol IX 6.00 MyDadis Better Than YourDad 7.00 America’sFunniest Home Videos 7.30 TheShaggyDog 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 TheLostRoom 11.00 BurnNotice Midnight MyName IsEarl CHANNEL8 11.00am ProjectA 1.00pm BioskinDreams ComeTrue250 words
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Miscellaneous30 2010-01-24 34/35 Saturday,23 Jan2010 First Second Third 9565 0094 8941 Starters 7431 2112 1369 0038 0067 6852 6315 1701 6947 4484 Consolations 3889 3015 8243 5777 4292 0750 6169 7206 1331 568030 words
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Article, Illustration62 2010-01-24 34/35 TRAINERMichael Freedman’s Feline Groovy (No. 8, left) brought his unbeaten streak in Kranji to three with a gutsy head win in Race 7 yesterday. The winner, ridden by Danny Beasley, and Dishdasha(Mark Gallagher) swept to the lead together 200m out and battled all the way to the62 words
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1385 2010-01-24 34/35 GOING: GOOD Race1 C5D*****m 4 DRUNKENHERO58(10-5) JMoreira (6) 2 2 1 (517) 3 STAIRWAYTOHEAVEN58.5(28-10) VDuric (5) 7 5 2 (498) 1.5 5 RIDDLER58c54(96-33) MFirdaus* (4) 4 3 3 (525) 0.75 2 LUCKYSUN58.5c57.5(28-6) AlanNg (10) 12 11 4 (496) 0.75 13 THAT'SMONEY53.5(68-22) SJohn (7) 51,385 words
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Article, Illustration441 2010-01-24 34/35 DANNY KHOO - DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg GOLDSCHATZ reeled off his fourth straight victory with another impressive display in the $150,000 Woodlands Classic Stakes in Kranji yesterday. The New Zealand-bred stayer from the yard of trainer Stephen Gray scored a resounding 33/4-length win in the 2,000m event after beingTNP PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG - 441 words
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Article491 2010-01-24 34/35 Going: Good (Races 1 -6), Yielding (7), Soft (8-9) Race1 C*****m 4 GOLDLION56(20-6) BWoodworth (7) 4 4 1 (517) 3 CLASSICSPARKLE56c53(150-28) SThaiYang* (8) 3 3 2 (467) 3.5 11 BABYRUNNER51.5c50.5(435-69) SAnandan (9) 7 8 3 (512) Nk 9 POSHEXPRESS54c51(76-15) IFadzlei* (10) 5 2 4 (517) Nk ?Winning491 words
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Article, Illustration168 2010-01-24 34/35 WE ALL knew it would happen sooner or later. So it came as no surprise yesterday when jockey Joao Moreira rode his first treble of the season and joined Vlad Duric at the top ofthe jockeys’ log. The talented Brazilian’s success on the168 words
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1693 2010-01-24 36 FRIDAY RACE 1 PATRICIAN was slow. Shortly after the start, PEACE MAKER steadied when crowded between ZAC RAIDER, who shifted out, and LUCKY OCEAN, who shifted in, after beginning awkwardly. SUPER RETURN got his head up several times whilst over-racing in the early1,693 words
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Article1217 2010-01-24 37 GOING FORECAST: SOFT RACE1 C5 1.15 -1200m LycosHandicap Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 2233-4 D'MightyVictory 57 (38) LSofhan 6 (6agJeromeTan-AlphaOne) 2 *****0 AceAguero 56.5 (37) NCallow 4 (6iregJeromeTan-ACE) 3 3-5090 BestQuality 56.5 (37) SHLee 2 (3agCecilRobert-First) 4 000-90 GoldenPartner 56.5 (37)1,217 words
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Article85 2010-01-24 37 RACE1:2 AceAguero1 D’MightyVictory 11 She’sA Darling RACE 2:4 Mighty Ace 1 Strategy 7 E-Motion RACE 3:11 Mighty Greg 8 Diamong Melang 6 Natural Performer RACE 4:10 Blue Shark 6 Conundrum 4 Duke Greg RACE 5:6 Palmston 1 Dressed To Impress 10 Smiles All Round RACE 6:85 words
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Article81 2010-01-24 37 RACE 2: Mighty Ace, Duty Free Spirit. RACE 3: Havana Cigar, Natural Performer, Diamond Melang, Mavros, Mighty Greg. RACE 4: Lapidado, Sinar Suria, Duke Greg, Colourland Way, Octopus. RACE 5: Zhen Dao. RACE 6: Swift Arrow, Al Khobar, Son Of Summer, Bullet Proof. RACE 7: Royal Adviser, Speedy Wind,81 words
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Article, Illustration939 2010-01-24 38 RACE 1 (1,600m) American Glory (5) has come to hand with straight placings over the 1,400m since a move to blinkers and should get this trip. Cheerful Happiness (8) has been racing well over the 1,400m and opened up a new avenue when staying on939 words
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938 2010-01-24 38 PHILLIP WOO - GOING FORECAST: GOOD TIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIPWOO,COURTESYOFTHEHONGKONGJOCKEYCLUB PHILLIP WOO TIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIPWOO,COURTESYOFTHEHONGKONGJOCKEYCLUB RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1600m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$485,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 SPEEDRACER CWChang CKTong 133 3 2 PERPETUALDELIGHT ASchutz ODoleuze 132 9 3 LUCKYMONEYSTAR CHYip YTCheng 131 8 4 MASTERTOWER LHo HWLai 131 14 5 AMERICANGLORY CSShum938 words
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Sports Mad about Golf
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Article, Illustration342 2010-01-24 39 AFP WET WEATHER was no impediment to Bubba Watson on Friday as he fired a 10-under par 62 to take a two-shot lead after the rain-delayed second round of the Bob Hope Classic. After rain storms washed out play on Thursday, the second round of the 90-holeAFP; PICTURE: AP - 342 words
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Article, Illustration648 2010-01-24 40 / 41 BRIAN MILLER - BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg ON THE first Saturday of the first Grand Slam event of the new decade, the big guys came out to play. And boy, did they act tough muscling the kids right out of Melbourne Park like so many schoolPICTURES: AFP, AP, REUTERS - 648 words
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Article, Illustration437 2010-01-24 40 / 41 AFP SERENA and Venus are on track for an all-Williams semi-final while a pair of in-form Eastern Europeans set up a fourth-round showdown at the Australian Open. Serena thrashed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-3 yesterday and will now face local favourite Samantha Stosur, while VenusAFP; PICTURE: REUTERS - 437 words
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Article28 2010-01-24 40 / 41 “I definitely expect the crowd to root for Sam. Hopefully, my mom will cheer for me. I should befine.” SerenaWilliams on hernextgame against Samantha Stosur28 words
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Article90 2010-01-24 40 / 41 (Selected) MEN’SSINGLES Fourth round Roger Federer v Lleyton Hewitt Fernando Verdasco v Nikolay Davydenko Novak Djokovic v Lukasz Kubot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v Nicolas Almagro Andy Roddick v Fernando Gonzalez Marin Cilic v Juan Martin Del Potro Andy Murray v John Isner Ivo Karlovic v Rafael Nadal WOMEN’SSINGLES Serena90 words
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Article96 2010-01-24 40 / 41 (Selected) MEN’SSINGLES Third round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bt Tommy Haas 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 Lleyton Hewitt bt Marcos Baghdatis 6-0, 4-2 (Baghdatis retired) Nicolas Almagro bt Alejandro Falla6-4, 6-3, 6-4 Fernando Verdasco bt Stefan Koubek 6-1 (Koubek retired) Lukasz Kubot bt Mikhail Youzhny (walkover wrist injury) WOMEN’SSINGLES Third round96 words
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Article, Illustration601 2010-01-24 42 / 43 AP CALLING all people with sporting talent. Males must be over six-foot-three (1.9m), females over five-foot-11 (1.8m). Apply now for a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”to become an Olympic athlete. That’s the pitch launched by British officials to locate and train potential basketball players and rowersAP; PICTURE: AP - 601 words
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Article, Illustration414 2010-01-24 42 / 43 Tsang Wing Han - Tsang Wing Han Newsroomintern THE UNITED States is one of the sporting powerhouses in the world but its success has nothing much to do with picking “tall andtalented”athletes. Rather, the Americans excel in sports mainly due to a highly-productive sports system at the college andPICTURE: REUTERS - 414 words
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800 2010-01-24 42 / 43 LIM HAN MING,TSANG WING HAN - LIMHANMINGandTSANGWINGHANasksomeofthelocalNationalSportAssociations LIM HAN MING,TSANG WING HAN THERE is no one-size-fits-all talent identification system in the world. Every sport and every country is unique in its own way so it depends on what works. That is the view of Low Teo Ping, president of SingaporeSailing and800 words
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Sports Football
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Article, Illustration752 2010-01-24 44 BEN LYTTLETON - ThierryHenrytalksabouthisphilosophiesoffthepitch BEN LYTTLETON Special Correspondent The writer is based in Britain and writes for The Sunday Telegraphandguardian.co.uk A GAME of cards, a movie, dominoes, and a basketball game: Thierry Henry has given an insight into how he copes with life away from football. ThePICTURE: AFP - 752 words
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Article, Illustration321 2010-01-24 45 ASHIKIN HASHIM - In her weekly Futbolita column, ASHIKINHASHIMlooksatMilan’sfood crazeandPepGuardiola’sbirthdaygift ASHIKIN HASHIM ITALY’Smosthighly-anticipatedMilanDerbytakesplacetomor-row (Singapore time), but players from both Inter-Milan and AC Milan are abuzz over culinary mattersinstead. Of course, there’s no cause for alarm it’s only part of the “tradizionedelcalcio”. Just ask Milan midfielder GennaroPICTURES: INTERNAZIONALE, OEDA REPORTAJES - 321 words
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Article, Illustration181 2010-01-24 45 OLE! IN BARCELONA, Pep Guardiola’s decision to extend his contract with Los Cules may have been the result of him attending a concert on Monday. Aspartofthecoach’s39thbirthday celebrations, his family took him out to watch Manel in concert. There he was, minding his own business with 2,100 other181 words
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Article, Illustration669 2010-01-24 46 ASHIKIN HASHIM - EXCLUSIVE INTER-MILAN v AC MILAN (Tomorrow, mioTVCh 61,3.45am) ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer THERE cannot be a greater contrast between the two Milan coaches. In the blue half is Inter-Milan coach Jose Mourinho, better known as The Special One forPICTURES: REUTERS, GETTY IMAGES - 669 words
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Article, Illustration800 2010-01-24 47 DAVID LEE - From being a lost soul, Ronaldinhohasbecometheman towatchasthetwoMilansides clashinaSerieAshowdown tomorrow.DAVIDLEEputsthe spotlightonthebuck-toothed Brazilianmakingwaves once again DAVID LEE WIGGLING his hips to gain an extra metre on his defender, the hat-trick hero shimmied and slammed an unstoppable shot past the bewildered Siena goalkeeper for his third goal. Ronaldinho, rebornPICTURE: ROBERTO MORANDI - 800 words
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Article, Illustration590 2010-01-24 48 ALISON RATCLIFFE - ALISON RATCLIFFE SPORTS FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg ONE OF the best things about having so many foreign players in the Premier League is that they go back to their home countries and say such fabulously indiscreet things. Though it’s quite possible Carlos Tevez’s tongue is so loose he wouldPICTURES: ACTION IMAGES, REUTERS - 590 words
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Article, Illustration318 2010-01-24 48 PA Sport SHUT up or else... Gary Neville and Carlos Tevez have been left in no doubt any repeat of this week’s caustic arguments ahead of the Carling Cup semi-final, second leg at Old Trafford on Wednesday will not be tolerated. Neither Neville nor TevezPA Sport - 318 words
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Article, Illustration734 2010-01-24 53 PA Sport MANCHESTER United won the Premiership title with 83 points in 2003. Sir Alex Ferguson feels that the winning tally could be even lower this season. And the United manager has come up with a magical number ofPA Sport; PICTURES: REUTERS - 734 words
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Article, Illustration195 2010-01-24 53 PA Sport MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini is looking forward to welcoming Emmanuel Adebayor (right) back to the club this week. The former Arsenal striker is due to return to the club today when City play Scunthorpe in the FA Cup. Adebayor hasPA Sport - 195 words
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Article, Illustration437 2010-01-24 54 DAVID LEE - MAN UNITED 4 (Wayne Rooney 8,82,86,90+4) HULLCITY0 DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT HE IS reportedly asking for a £50,000 ($113,000) pay raise to take him to £140,000a week for the next five years. BasedonWayneRooney’sincrediblefour-goal haul against Hull City last night, why not? Almost single-handedly, the Manchester UnitedPICTURE: REUTERS - 437 words
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Article, Illustration252 2010-01-24 54 DAVID LEE - DAVID LEE AS MUCH as I’d love to, there really isn’t many negative aspects to pick on from LuisNani’sperformancelast night. There was just the one debatable incident in the first half where the Portuguese Pretender, after a delightful dribble into the Hull City penalty area, seemedPICTURE: AFP - 252 words
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Sports African Nations Cup
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Article, Illustration396 2010-01-24 49 QUARTER-FINAL IVORY COAST v ALGERIA AP AFRICAN football will improve only when countries get rid of political interference and improve discipline on the pitch. That is the frank assessment of Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic, a strong disciplinarian who has coached a number of teams includingAP; PICTURE: AP - 396 words
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Article, Illustration401 2010-01-24 50 FACUP4TH RD STOKE v ARSENAL (Tonight, StarHub Ch 23, 9pm) PA Sport IT’S AN interesting conundrum facing Arsene Wenger how to balance rotating his perpetually injury-hit squad while retaining the momentum which has propelled them to the EPL summit. The Gunners visit Stoke at the Britannia Stadium inPA Sport; PICTURE: AFP - 401 words
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Article186 2010-01-24 50 PA Sport REJUVENTAED Sol Campbell has declared that he is in better shape now than during his first stint with Arsenal. “Personally I feel in better shape now physically than when I left Arsenal, because I am fresher,” said the former Gunners captain. I playedPA Sport - 186 words
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380 2010-01-24 50 FACUP4TH RD SCUNTHORPE v MAN CITY (Tonight, StarHub Ch 23, 11.30pm) PA Sport MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini has told his players to be on their guard against Scunthorpe in their FA Cup fourth-round tie tonight. Manchester United and Liverpool have lost to lowerPA Sport - 380 words
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Article, Illustration540 2010-01-24 51 EVERTON1 (Leon Osman 56) BIRMINGHAM 2 (Benitez 7, Ferguson 40) PA Sport MIKEL Arteta made his long-awaited Everton comeback at Goodison Park last night as a late substitute, but it was a solitary bright spot for the Toffees. Birmingham extended their unbeaten record to 15 games withPA Sport; PICTURE: AP - 540 words
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449 2010-01-24 51 PORTSMOUTH 2 (Utaka 42,57) SUNDERLAND 1 (Darren Bent 15) PA Sport JOHN Utaka bagged a brace as Portsmouth came from behind to beat Sunderland and book a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The long journey south looked to have been worthwhilePA Sport - 449 words
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Article, Illustration620 2010-01-24 52 Preston0 Chelsea 2 (Anelka 37, Sturridge 46) PA Sport DANIEL Sturridge enhanced his growing reputation by helping Chelsea secure a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Deepdale. The former Manchester City striker scored in the 47th minute his third goal for thePA Sport; PICTURE: AFP - 620 words
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Article253 2010-01-24 52 PA Sport CHELSEA captain John Terry admitted his side was given a good test by Preston last night albeit eventually running out 2-0 winners in the FA Cup clash. The Blues found themselves up against a stubborn Preston side at Deepdale, but goals on either side ofPA Sport - 253 words
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Article, Illustration276 2010-01-24 52 READING 1 (Gylfi Sigurdsson 87) BURNLEY0 Wire Services READING’S caretaker boss Brian McDermott hailed Gylfi Sigurdsson after the Icelandic striker’s late goal dumped Premier League side Burnley out of the FA Cup at the Madejski Stadium. The Royals had won a replay at Liverpool in the thirdWire Services - 276 words
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SPORTS ON TV
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Article, Illustration194 2010-01-24 55 LIVE TELECASTS FA CUP Tonight: STOKE v ARSENAL StarHub TV Ch 23,9pm Former Arsenal captain Sol Campbell (right) is ready to make his re-debut against Stoke City tonight. SCUNTHORPE v MAN CITY StarHub TV Ch 23,11.30pm SCOTTISH LEAGUE Tonight: ST JOHNSTONE v CELTIC StarHub TV Ch 115,11.25pm BUNDESLIGA Tomorrow:PICTURE: AFP - 194 words
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Article22 2010-01-24 55 BOB HOPE CLASSIC Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 26,5.15am ABU DHABI GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 26,5.15pm22 words
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Article11 2010-01-24 55 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: MEN’S& WOMEN’S4THROUND StarHub TV Ch 24,8am 4pm11 words
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Article584 2010-01-24 55 LOCAL EVENTS ADVENTURE SPORTS What: Safra AVventura 2010 When: Today Where: Safra Yishun Country Club THE SAFRA AVventura is an adventure race consisting of multiple disciplines ranging from trail biking, running, kayaking, rope ascending, abseiling, navigation and mystery tests all rolled into one exhilarating race to fully challenge584 words
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Article, Illustration445 2010-01-24 56 Wire Services THIS will not go down well with Liverpool fans. Former Tottenham Hotspur and England manager Terry Venables has suggested that the best way forward for Liverpool would be to part with their talisman Steven Gerrard (above). While the former Barcelona coach acknowledged that the Liverpool captainWire Services; PICTURES: AP, ACTION IMAGES - 445 words
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