The New Paper, 7 February 2010

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1 56 The New Paper
  • 13 1 The New Paper on sunday 7 Feb 2010 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010
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    • 44 1 England’s captaincy quandary Oh no, not Rio? 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010 But then who else, writes your English Kaki 40 The New Paper on 7 Feb 2010 NG TENG FONG 1928-2010 Peaceful, positive fengshui at... PLOT 1056 MR PROPERTY’S 2 PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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  • News Ng Teng Fong 1928-2010
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      892 2 / 3  -  S’pore’srichestmanlaid to rest in CCK Cemetery What went into preparing the grave? REPORTS: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg PLOT 1056 is plain, like hundreds of other concrete-lined burial plots at Chua Chu Kang Christian Cemetery. It is covered with soft, light brown dirt. It shares the tranquility of the cemetery
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  • News
    • 1002 4 / 5  - CHEATER BEATER S-Leagueplayer’swife reportshimtopolice,claims team-matealsohither Womanclaimsfootballhubby’sa REPORTS:ARUL ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg HE WAS brought to Singapore to score goals as one of the legion of foreign footballers now playing in the S-League. But his indiscretions off the field have now landed him in trouble. His wife has accused him of assault
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    • 177 4 / 5 MAXdeclinedtocomment on the woman’s allegations. Hetold The NewPaper: “This isadomestic matter. If she wants to tell one side of the story, let her say anything she wants to say. “Letitbe. Ihave no comment.” The footballclub’sgeneral manager confirmed that Madam Jane told him about the
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    • 253 6 HE HAD just arrived at his shop when he was shot twice by a gunman. According to media reports, the victim, Mr Huang Yibao, 25, the owner of a bak kut teh shop in Johor Baru, is now in critical
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    • 509 6  -  TampinesTownCouncil sayswatercamefrom dislodged rainwater pipe REPORT and PICTURES: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THIS was one hole in the wall which drew much curiosity and left several residents puzzled and concerned. Someone had broken the softboard concealing a void space under the
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    • 696 8  -  All a thief needs is acablecutter,say bike shop staff ORCHARD ROAD BIKE THEFT REPORT:VINNA REPORT:VINNA YIP, TAYSHI’AN tnp@sph.com.sg GONEin60seconds.That’s how fast a practised bicycle thief can steal a poorly locked bike and with a tool that can easily fit in the palm ofyourhand.
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    • 1125 10/11  -  Fewer prostitutes seen prowlingGeylangbutsources saytradestillalive,withmore action taking place online REPORT:SPECIAL SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg THE once familiar scene of sex workers prowling the streets of Geylang, accosting or haggling with customers under the cover of darkness, is fast fading. Geylang is now a ghost of what it was just
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    • 607 12  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg AS an engineer with watchmaker Casio, his role was to develop a super-slim watch. Because back then in the 70s, slim-case models were the rage. But Mr Kikuo Ibe was set on something else. He was determined to “develop a
      PICTURES: CASIO SINGAPORE  -  607 words
    • 430 13 SHE dreams of setting up a patisserie one day. One with glass panel displays lined with delectable home-made cakes and pastries. Miss Ding Yon Lee is one step closer to fulfilling her dream while learning the steps to supply chain management at the EASB
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    • 212 16 HIDDEN CAMERA IN IPOH TOILET AWORKER cleaning the women’s toilet at a petrol kiosk in Ipoh on 22 Jan found a pinhole camera hidden in a plastic socket. It was pointed right at the squat toilet. According to Sin Chew Daily, the camera, which had
      PICTURES: GUANG MING DAILY  -  212 words
    • 305 16 IT MUST have been the longest four hours of their lives. At about 5am yesterday, a 42-year-old man and his wife had just finished their breakfast at a restaurant in Lembah Maju, near Ampang, when three men surrounded them, reported Harian Metro. The couple
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    • 216 17 SEVERAL youths hanging out on the Pulau Gadong Bridge, near Malacca town, had a shock when they spotted a salt-water crocodile emerge from a stream nearoneof thebridge’s pillars,reported Harian Metro. At about midnight yesterday, the crocodile, which is about a metre long, was
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    • 473 17 FormeraideofM’sian oppositionleadertellscourt: ON THE third day of the sodomy trial of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leader Anwar Ibrahim, his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur how he had idolised Anwar since his younger days. He said that he was
      PICTURE: SIN CHEW DAILY  -  473 words
    • 977 18 Long-drawnfightfor familyfortunebegan with storybook romance AFTER the former lover of Hong Kong businesswoman Nina Wang lost his case to lay claim to her estate, the future of her multi-bil-lion dollar fortune is uncertain. Fengshui master Tony Chan has said he will
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    • 495 19 THEYsubjectedwomentohorrifyingor-deals to frighten them into doing their bidding. This included pushing women and girls into coffins and forcing them to see chickens beingslaughtered. On Thursday, Cardiff Crown Court heard how Irishman Thomas Carroll, 48, and his South African wife
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    • 461 19 FIRST, they let loose vicious dogs on him. Then the gang stabbed him six times. That was how teenager Christopher Ogunyemi, 16, also known as Seyi, met with his horrific death, the Central Criminal Court in London was told. Christopherdidn’t
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    • 530 20 Howteenburglarsbrokeintosocialite’sLAhome THEY wanted to rob her because theythoughtshewas“dumb”. And perhaps, the teenage burglars’ low opinion of socialite Paris Hilton were on the mark. Part of the so-called “Bling Ring gang” that robbed the homes of Hollywood celebrities, the burglars managed to break into Hilton’s
      PICTURES: AFP  -  530 words
    • 358 20 ENGLISHfootball’sroyal couple,Wayne and Coleen Rooney, who reportedly make more than £8 million ($18m) a year, are accused of holding back £4.3m from their former management company. In the past week, a Manchester court heard how the couple spend their millions: JEWELLERY Rooney gave Coleen a £25,000
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  • News Seven Days to Chinese New Year
    • 295 14/15  -  With the Year of the Tiger just round the corner, reporter TEH JEN LEE shares some tips on how to get your homegleaming– the eco-friendly way TEH JEN LEE 1. Clean mirrors with old newspapers Some rubbing with old newspapers and a bit of
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    • 242 14/15 IT’S still a week to go to the Year of the Tiger, but Carlsberg Singapore is already off to a roaring start with a $5 million campaign. Comprising islandwide roadshows, telemovie specials, a Chinese New Year special programme and other events, the campaign will
      TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG; PICTURE: SPHERE EXHIBITS  -  242 words


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    • 27 17 Win movie True Legend, Little Big Soldier, 72 Tenants Of Prosperity, Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief and Valentine’s Day ONLY IN YOUR MOVIE MAGAZINE NEXT WEEK
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  • News Snapshot
    • 115 21 THE Group of Seven (G-7) finance ministers pledged to maintain the flow of stimulus into their economies even as investors focus on mounting budget deficits. “The position for most countries is to support the economies now and get the budget deficitdownastheeconomyrecovers,”UK
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    • 110 21 CAMBODIA has accused Internet giantGoogleof being“professionally irresponsible” over its map of an ancient temple at the centre of a border dispute with Thailand. The Google map “places almost half of the Khmer (Preah Vihear) temple in Thailand and is not an internationally
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    • 108 21 TWO missing US-made fighter jet engines worth US$29 million ($41 million), which were stolen from a Malaysian military airbase, have been traced to Uruguay. Attorney general Abdul Gani Pa- tail said Kuala Lumpur was informed about the discovery by Montevideo and had
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    • 103 21 IN THE latest twist in the long-run-ning saga over sexuality education, the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) said it will not offer its programme to schools for now. Called Comprehensive Sexuality Education, the programme was the subject of controversy last
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    • 240 21 Casinolicensingbody givesgreenlight forS’pore’s firstcasino RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) has been awarded its casino licence. In a brief statement posted on its website, the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Singapore said the licence was granted yesterday. This is earlier than expected. Previously, RWS had said
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    • Article, Illustration
      50 21 ROCKY ROAD: A trainee crawls through the Taiwan Marines frogmen test in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, yesterday. The test, which is the final stage of a nine-week intensive amphibious training programme, requires trainees to leopard crawl along a 50m path of jagged corals and rocks, among other exercises. PICTURE: REUTERS
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous

  • News Exchange
    • 524 22  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg THE plan raise foreign worker levies slowly to force employers to cut their reliance on foreign labour and make their staff more productive. The payoff the flow of foreign workers here is stemmed, and local workers become relatively more
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    • 139 22 Last week’s index: 110 This week’s index: 120 +10 Mobile phone subscribers can now pay bills and even issue virtual cheques via handphones through iNets, the first integrated payment channel of its kind launched by Nets. -10 Heroin abuse continues to rise for the fourth year running.
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    • 31 22 “Ithinktheypakat (conspired in Malay) with the drink stall owners.” –Amanonwhythecurryhehadatanasi padang stall was extra spicy. “Kopivsbread:which is noisier? Bread. Cos bread talk and kopi tiam!” –Amanrelatingajokehecameacrosson Twitter.
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      368 23  -  But are they tameable or garang*?Husbandsof celebrityTigresses revealwhatit’slike livingwithawildcat Ferocious in Malay REPORT:GERMAINE GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg NEVERstokeasleepingtiger.They’re said to be short-tempered andstubborn.Butthey’realsosensuousbeingswhowillneverboretheirpartners. Tradition also has it that Tigresses aren’t thebestmates. ThisbeingtheyearoftheTigerandValentine’s Day falling on the first day of Chinese New Year, The New Paper on Sunday spoke to
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    • 244 24 IN thewild, cats and dogsaren’t exactly the best of friends. But it turns out, a Tiger and Dog complement each other in a relationship. Lina, who now freelances, admits she has been quick-tempered and domineering. But the Dog, it seems, can easily tame the
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    • 383 24 ANaffectionate Darren callsher “mymu laohu (Mandarinfor tigress)”,but thisTigress does not seem to possess many Tigress traits. The couple have three children between 6 months old and 5 years old. Evelyn is mild-tempered, predictable and not the nocturnal animal that tigers usually are.
      PICTURE: COURTESY OF EVELYN TAN; PICTURE: REUTERS  -  383 words
    • 509 25  -  Dream factory members jugglebaby,jobsand studies to release album REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg OUR task: Take his picture within the next 15 minutes, or he’d ignore us and go to bed at 9pm sharp. But this wasn’t a photoshoot with some grumpy superstar. The elusive
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    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
      • 348 26  -  AtSwatch’slatestparty,thefood,drinks and games are as colourful as the watches SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg LO HEI with a difference. No fish as such, just fishing in a pool of coloured balls (no, not fishballs) for col-our-coded Swatches. Twice a year, Swatch the watch company which practically saved
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    • Enjoy Shopping
      • 304 27  -  YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg A FEW days ago, I visited the hairdresser needing a pre-Chinese New Year trim, and I left with hair so red I’m now afraid to stand next to any Chinese New Year decorations. I went red for a purpose, though.
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      • 352 27 afford,d 1 One of the best ways to wear red is on your finger. This Goldheart Mode cocktail ring ($2,932) is made with coloured gems such as red garnet, pink tourmaline, yellow citrine and, of course, diamonds. While all that red may be auspicious, a sparkly
        PICTURES: MARCH JEWELS, GOLDHEART, GUCCI, SAMSUNG, BEAM PHOTO  -  352 words
    • Enjoy Columns
      • 602 28  -  SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg IN the last few weeks, my neighbours may have overheard the sound from my living room TV and wondered if I was watching X-rated movies. (I did consider reassuring them that the moans, grunts and occasional screams they
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      • 279 28  -  JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg I’MTIRED. Chances are ifyou’re adad, you’re tired too. Last week, I was dead on my feet, having spent a month grinding away at a bunch of stories on movies and movie stars. It seemed that every day I had a new assignment.
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      • 381 28  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg IS death really the great leveller? When Singapore’s richest man Ng Teng Fong died on Tuesday, it was front page news. When I die, no one besides my immediate family will know because I
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 159 29  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SWEET young things might dazzle with the suppleness of youth, but age has its benefits. A spanking new Teflon-coated pan is not necessarily the ideal weapon of choice when it comes to conquer- ing a man through his stomach. Think mummy, think apron
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      • 257 29 INGREDIENTS 2 chicken thighs 100gchinesesausage(3pieces) 20g salted fish (ikan kering) 5 cloves garlic, peeled 40g ginger, peeled and halved 3 stalks scallion, sliced 5 dried shitake mushrooms 2 cups rice 3 cups chicken stock or water 4 tbsp peanut oil Pinch of salt Medium-sized claypot
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      85 32 Thisweek,we’reshowcasingpicturesofyour favourite sports snapshots. For two weeks from 21 Feb, we want to feature your favourite Chinese New Year snapshots. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg At least I tried my handatBasketball... Thank you Coach for your patience! Thinkin’of you. Darren Sean Soh Swimminggoodtimeswithmyfriends.CHONG Ninjawarrior doing his
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    • 28 23 SHOPPING Paint the town red for Chinese New Year without going in the red PAGE27 HUMOUR ME They’retoo manly fortheir skirts,says Siva Choy of women tennis players PAGE28
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 104 30 SEEING STARS BYKUAH SENGSENG Singapore’smostaccuratefakeastrologer ARIES: After working so hard to become the new Godfather of Soul, you realise the furthestyou’regoingtogetis Brother-in-law of the Cousin (twice removed) of Soul. TAURUS: Be warned. Your birthing experience will be less like the movie “KnockedUp”andmorelike“Aliens”. GEMINI: You will attempt to drown your sorrows
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 344 31 My Street Think you know Singapore like the back of your hand? Try answering these questions relating to our country in our My Street series. Check the answers in this space next Sunday. 1. Which block in the Tiong Bahru area has three different street names? 2. Which famous local
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  • sports
    • Sports Racing
      • 1482 33 RACE1 SHIMONA'SMAGICwas slowto begin. DARMITA, who was slightly slow to begin, lost ground when crowded shortly after between ON MY MARQUE and IMA RED MAN, who was carried in by SPECIAL ACCOUNT. HONEST, FLASH GORDON and THAT'SMONEYbumped heavily onjumping. Approachingthe1,300m,THAT'SMONEY steadied
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      • 1236 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 1.00 -1000m(Polytrack) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 --4-07 BlueberryPower 58.5 (43) SHLow*c3 8 (6amDBaertschiger-Harbour) 2 0--474 SteelCut 58 (42) THKoh*c4 4 (6nzgLLaxon-SilverFernRacing) 3 089-78 ImperialKnight 57.5 (41) EAslamc2 11 (3agBDean-KnightRacing) 4 ***** LuckyKnight 57.5
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      • 127 34 BEST BET THREE in the bag and a fourth win in his crosshairs. That, surely, must be High Noon’s target when he tackles the 1,400m this evening. The four-year-old by Scenic has not put a hoof wrong since October and his last-start win was
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      • 2255 35 LARRYFOLEY’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE 1 (1,000m) 1 Blueberry Power???Significant drop in Class has him right in this. Has to be a winning chance. 2 Steel Cut???Did it tough from wide gate at his last start but did enough to suggest he wins very soon in this company.
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      • 336 35 Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE 12 RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 Seacucumber Steel Cut High Noon Rocket Man Phantom Knight East Star Dream Key Look At Me
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      • 1282 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 OB38 1.15 -1200m(SC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 4864-3 FlyingSwallow 57 (38) IAzhar 3 (4amKCoetzee-Eastern) 2 2481-4 RoyalBeauty 56.5 (37) KTChengc1 1 (8amHSLim-LuckyKing) 3 --245- EleventhAvenue 56 (36) RBurnettc1 2 (5nzgJBrink-Avenue) 4 041-40 ShenHin 55.5 (35)
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      • 106 36 RACE 1:13 World Superman 1 Flying Swallow 12 Inspiration RACE 2: 3 Yargu 6 Stone Crab 5 Bring In Fortunes RACE 3: 14 Cizen World 5 Flying Cat 7 Good Two Way RACE 4: 2 Blue Tosca 10 Speed Baby 13 White Lightning RACE
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      • 654 37 GOING: YIELDING OSCAR CHAVEZ: Rode raging favourite Be An Angel to an easy come-from-behind victory in Race 5 in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Race1 OB38(SC)1200m 14 THAT'SME50c51(20-11) SJohn (9) 2 2 1 (466) 11 ROYALGAMBADE51.5c50.5(15-8) JackieChuah (1) 5 5 2 (476) 2 15 FUTUREDELIGHT50c51(241-43) MZaidi (4) 3
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      • 846 37 RACE 1 (Caulfield) 1st 5 Beneteau ($14-$5) 2nd 1 General Truce ($5) 3rd 9 Thegreatandthegood ($68) 4th 3 Secession. Forecast $17. Place forecast $8 (1-5), $35 (1-9), $32 (5-9). Tierce $504. Trio $181. Quartet No winner ($1600 jackpot carried forward to next race). Scratching: Gigstar. RACE
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 643 38 Wire Services IT IS the comeback that the golfing world has been waiting for. Tiger Woods is reportedly considering a return to professional golf later this month at the WGC Accenture Match Play in Arizona, US. Reports also claim that the 34-year-old has left his sex
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      • 169 38 South Korean Hwang Inn Choon carded the day’s best of 67 to move to second place. The 34-year-old, winner of the 2008 GS Caltex Maekyung Open on the Asian Tour, wielded a hot putter as he charged into contention with six birdies. He rolled in long
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      • 139 38  -  LIM HAN MING THE ANNUAL match between the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) and the Malaysian Golf Association will take place at Raffles Country Club’s Palm course on Wednesday and Thursday. The SGA will be defending the trophy it won in 2008 when the Republic’s amateur golfers
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    • 574 39  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE SPORTS FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg I’M TRYING very hard to have an opinion about John Terry’s forays into his ex-team-mate’s ex-girlfriend’sknickers. Unfortunately I’m finding it like trying to produce a bowel movement after a month of bran-only diet washed back with anti-diarrhoeal medicine.
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    • 301 39 Championship PA Sport NEWCASTLE boss Chris Hughton hailed a potential successor to Alan Shearer after watching Andy Carroll (above) lay the foundation for a thumping 5 -1 victory over Cardiff. The 21-year-old helped himself on Friday to two goals as the Magpies extended their unbeaten league run
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    • 245 39 THE FOOTBALL Association of Singapore (FAS) announced that assistant referee Jeffrey Goh has been selected among four trios of Asian referees for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. The Fifa Referees Committee announced the appointments on Friday with a total of
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    • Sports EPL The John Terry Scandal
      • 552 40 / 41  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg SO FAREWELL, John Terry. Stripped of the captaincy for stripping his mate’s girlfriend, and several other people’s girlfriends by the sounds of it, we shall not see his like again. It’s all so thoroughly grubby and pointless and it’s a massive blow for
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      • 223 40 / 41 Wire Services DISGRACED England captain John Terry stands to lose up to £20 million ($44.4m) in commercial deals over the next four years after being axed following revelation of his affair with an ex-girlfriend of left-back Wayne Bridge. Sponsorship experts believe the fall-out
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      • 544 40 / 41  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg JOHN Terry will be welcomed back to Stamford Bridge with open arms by loyalist Chelsea fans today, despite being stripped of the England captaincy on Friday. The rumour mill has been in overdrive all week with reports of further indiscretions, both feral
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      • 384 40 / 41 Wire Services JOHN Terry’s off-the-pitch indiscretions appear to have divided two nations after he was stripped of the England captaincy by Fabio Capello. The England manager relieved Terry of his duties following a week of furore over the defender’s affair with former Chelsea team-mate Wayne
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    • Sports EPL
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        850 42 / 43  -  Chelsea v Arsenal ARUNRAJandTheNewPaper’sfootballanalystTOHARIPAIJAN highlightthekeybattlesoftonight’sbigclashatStamfordBridge ARUN RAJ,TOHARI PAIJAN ARUN RAJ: Expect the Frenchman to come out tops in this duel. Experience and a very stable midfield would give Anelka the edge in terms of chances, and his finishing in front of goal is simply a cut about the Russian
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      • 294 44 / 45  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg I HATE making calls like this so early in the season, but I’m verymuch afraid that the evidence is overwhelming. If Chelsea win this one then I will have to concede that the £10
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      • 107 44 / 45  -  IAIN MACINTOSH THEY need urgent improvement in all departments. Manuel Almunia had an absolute stinker against Manchester United and, unless he shows more composure in the big games, Wenger will be moving for a bigger name in the summer. He’splayingforhisfuture. The
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      • 111 44 / 45  -  IF ARSENE Wenger has any sense, it will be Nicklas Bendtner (right). Only the not-so-great Dane has the power and stature to win the ball in the air. You can have all the possession in the world but, if every cross and corner is comfortably
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      • 538 44 / 45 Wire Services ARSENE Wenger has challenged his young Arsenal players not to make the same mistakes as they did in a crushing defeat to Manchester United by failing to “turn up” at Stamford Bridge on tonight. Arsenal could blow the title race wide open with
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      • 374 47  -  BY PAUL LEWIS Special Correspondent OZYALTIDORE’SfirstPremier League goal and George Boateng’sstunningvolleygave Hull a vital win against top-four hopefuls Manchester City. Emmanuel Adebayor pulled a goal back for City, but the Tigers clung on for deserved victory. Hull boss Phil Brown was delighted with the victory, saying:
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      • 275 47 PA Sport KEVIN DAVIES had a late winner disallowed as struggling Bolton missed the chance to beat out-of-form Fulham. The Trotters captain saw his last-minute header ruled out for a push in a dramatic end to a dreary clash. Moments early the muchmaligned Johan Elmander
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      • 548 48  -  BY KEN GAUNT Special Correspondent PA Sport IRSTHALFstrikesfrom Danny Higginbotham and Mamady Sidebe set Stoke on their way to a comfortable home win over midtable rivals Blackburn. Left-winger Matthew Etherington added a third midway through the second periodtocompoundRovers’ misery, who were made to count the
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      • 255 48 ROUND-UP DAVIDNUGENT’Sfirsthalfstrike helped ease struggling Burnley out of the English Premier League drop-zone with their first win in 13 attempts. Danny Fox added a second early on in the second period, and despiteAraujoIlan’slate consolation effort for West Ham, itwastheon-loanstriker’slob after just 14 minutes which
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      • 628 49  -  MANCHESTER UNITED 5 (Rooney 40, Vanden Borre 45-og, Hughes 59-og, Berbatov 62, Wilson 69-og) PORTSMOUTH0 COMMENT LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg ON THE day when seven of their glorious predecessors perished on a snowy Munich airfield 52 years ago, Manchester United swept to the top of
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      • 145 49  -  LIM SAY HENG WHILE Rooney and Nani would no doubt grab the headlines, Darren Fletcher is the Fergie Fledgling who impressed most. A product of the United youth system, the 26-year-old put in a performance that did justice to the perished Busby Babes. The fiery
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    • Sports EPL Betting
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      • 421 50  -  POOL OF EXPERIENCE TheNewPaper’sfootballanalyst TOHARIPAIJAN describes toARUNRAJ why Liverpool deserved the Derby triumph IN THE KNOW TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg THE EXPERIENCE in Liverpool’s ranks showed as they edged the win for Merseyside pride against their neighbours. Everton came with a plan to ruffle the feathers
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      • 192 50 TheNewPaper’s refereeinganalyst FrancisLee: “Thegame waslittered withfouls and thereferee’s foul-ups. “Fromthefirst 10 minutes,the tackles were already flying in and Martin Atkinson thought he could control the game without giving too many cards. “Suddenly,he tries tostamphis authority onthe game and by that time the game was already lost with the
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      • 595 51  -  Life-longEvertonfanEdwinLimtellsARUNRAJ that Liverpool were lucky to win yesterday IN THE GRANDSTAND ARUN RAJ The writer is a freelancer. In a sea of red and blue, you back a team rich in history but poor in terms of fan support in Singapore. Where did the love affair begin
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      • 129 51 THE result leaves Everton without a win at Anfield since 1999, and means theyhaveit alltodo ifthey are to continue their push for a top-six finish and European football. However, Liverpool's recent renaissance continues and Benitez's promise of a top-four finish and Champions League qualification looks ever more
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      • 324 52/53  -  LIVERPOOL 1 (Dirk Kuyt 55) EVERTON0 IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg WELL,thatwasn’tverypret-ty,wasit?Butdoyouthink there’s a single Liverpool fan out therewhocares? This wasa massiveresult for the Rafa Benitez’sside and the regulars on the Kop won’t give two hoots thatitcame attheendofatempestuous 90 minutes when silk and style was absent and
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      • 135 52/53  -  IAIN MACINTOSH DIRK Kuyt may not be the most glamorous player ever to pull on a red shirt, but he epitomises this Liverpool side. The Dutchman works and runs and sweats and bleeds for his club and it was fitting that he
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      • 99 52/53  -  IAIN MACINTOSH NO, HE’LL be furious that his team wasn’t able to capitalise on its numerical advantage. For Everton to enjoy almost an hour with more players on the pitch and still not score is inexcusable. Tim Cahill missed a first-half sitter, but real
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      • 424 52/53 IN THE DUGOUT PA Sport LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard paid tribute to his side’s commitment after they beat Everton 1-0 in the Merseyside Derby at Anfield, despite playing for 56 minutes with 10 men. The Reds had Greece defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos sent off for a badly-timed challenge
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      • 228 52/53  -  –IAINMACINTOSH DIVER JUSTbecausesomeone isfoolish enough toleavea leghangingout, doesn’t meanthatyou haveto go tumblingover it.It's not clever, it's notwily,it’s cheatingand ifSteven Gerrard doesn’t getpulledup onit soon,I’m going starttolose my patience. He’swonderful player,fully deserving oflast season'sFootball Writers' Playerofthe Year award, buthe goes downfar too easily. STRONG JAMIECarragher quickly served notice ofhis
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    • 549 54 RIO Ferdinand has stepped up to the job of England captain after Fabio Capello stripped John Terry of the honour on Friday following damaging allegations about his private life. Terry met Capello and his assistant Franco Baldini at Wembley on Friday following allegations
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        170 55 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: BIRMINGHAM v WOLVES StarHub TV Ch 27,9.25pm CHELSEA v ARSENAL StarHub TV Ch 27,11.55pm Chelsea’sNicolasAnelka (right) hasbuilt up an impressive partnership up front with Didier Drogba this season. Can they strike again tonight? EURO2012 Tonight: QUALIFYING DRAW StarHub TV Ch 27,7pm SCOTTISH LEAGUE Tonight: RANGERS
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      • 20 55 OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 26,5.15pm NORTHERN TRUST OPEN Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHubTVCh 26,3.30am
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      • 6 55 SAOPEN Tonight: FINAL StarHubTVCh 21,8.30pm
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      • 683 55 LOCAL EVENTS HOCKEY What:SHFU21 Championships 2010 When: Weekends till 13 Mar Where: Sengkang Sports and Recreation Centre THE SINGAPORE Hockey Federation (SHF) Under-21 Championships started last month with the boys tournament. A total of 500 young players from 24 teams (14 boys and 10 girls) will pit their
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