The New Paper, 11 April 2010

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    13 1 The New Paper on sunday April 11 2010 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010
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      Lock icon I WAS TOO STUPID TO ASK QUESTIONS
      1061 2/3  -  Aspiring teen model meets bogusphotographeratbudget hotel,beforeposingnudeand havingsexwithhim REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg WHEN they saw the online advertisement for part-time models, the young wannabes felt it was their way into the glamorous world of runways and fashion shoots. Add to that the prospects of
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      Lock icon Bogus agent never paid models for nude, skimpy shots
      141 2/3 TAN Eng Hwa claimed to be a model agency owner and a professional photographer in the online ads he posted to seek models. At least four women responded to the ads. He offered them money and asked them to pose nude
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      Lock icon YOU CAN'T MAKE IT if you're inhibited
      772 4  -  S’pore‘modellingagent’tellsJCstudentbeforelingerieshoot: REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ANYONE can claim to be a professional photographer or a talent scout. And all it takes is an e-mail account and a contact number for someone to post recruitment ads on the Internet. Searches across popular advertisement websites
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      Lock icon ALL CLEAR
      556 9  -  40hourslater,a‘safer’ MustafaCentrereopenswith approval from SCDF REPORT: GENEVE YEO genyeo@sph.com.sg HE MADE a trip down to Mustafa Centre yesterday morning specially to see what new measures the store had put in place to manage the crowd. Mr Alex Lim, 46, who works in the electronics industry, was happy with
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      Lock icon 'What's there to be afraid of?'
      594 10  -  This Qing Ming, some have taken to visiting tombs at night to avoid the crowd and the heat REPORT: WOO SIAN BOON sbwoo@sph.com.sg IT’S 11.15pm on Friday night, way past 11-year-old EunicePhua’sbedtime. But she was still wide-eyed. She is the youngest of the extended
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      Lock icon Funeral business is not a dead end
      662 11  -  To this 30-year-oldgrad... REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SHE’Syoung,attractiveandvivacious.So it’s hard to picture Miss Angjolie beingassociatedwithanythingmorbid. But the 30-year-old second runner-up in the mypaper Executive Look 2010 contest makesalivingprovidingservicesforthedead. She said with a chuckle: “It is priceless to seethepeople’sexpressionswhenItellthemI amafuneraldirector.” But if you know
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      Lock icon He nearly drowned due to lack of training
      754 14  -  Triathlon mishap survivor admits under-estimating demands of event REPORT: DANSON CHEONG dansonc@sph.com.sg IF YOU are taking part in the Osim Singapore International Triathlon today, you should pay close attention to Mr Derrick Lim’sstory. The 23-year-old full-time NSman nearly drowned during the Aviva
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      Lock icon She swayed her way to a win
      391 15  -  Kids show their stuff at ST701’stalentcontest atSuntec REPORT: EMILY WONG emilywym@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S got talent. And it comes from some very young kids. Yesterday, 36 children aged between four and 12 took to the stage at the Suntec City Convention Centre inMyKid’sGotTalent!contest. The contest
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      Lock icon THE LITTLE EMPEROR
      537 16/17 Some call it an exploitative freakshow,butdwarvesat China’sDwarfEmpire attractionsayit’sa‘haven’ AFP IN AN imperial yellow coat and stylish shades, China’s dwarf emperor toddles from his tiny mushroom house to rapturous applause and a welcoming volley of ear-splitting techno music. Barely a metre tall, the mini-monarch squats proudlyonaroyalstoolashiscourtofdwarvesandmidgets– dressed as
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      Lock icon M'sian couple wed in ICU for dying mum
      389 16/17 A MALAYSIAN couple held their wedding ceremony in a hospital’s intensive care unit to fulfil the final wish of the groom’s mother. The mother, who had uterus cancer, died about 15 hours after the solemnisation. Mr Mohd Shahril, 27, married Ms Khaizura
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      Lock icon 36 US coaches video-taped, fondled teen swimmers: report
      621 18 They are said to have sexually abused dozens of young traineesovermanyyears AT LEAST 36 coaches over the past 10 years have been banned by USA Swimming for sexual misconduct with teenagers they supervised, ABC News reported. Reports aired on the US broadcaster’s
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      Lock icon Reunited at last: Haiti quake's miracle baby and her parents
      273 18 AP THE parents of a Haitian baby rescued from the rubble afterJanuary’sdevastatingearthquakesaiditwas“a miracle”thatshesurvived. The couple met reporters in the US on April 6, a day after their emotional reunion with their five-month-old girl. Mr Junior Alexis, 24, and Ms Nadine
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      Lock icon Coleen leads pack in classy black
      392 19 FootballerWayneRooney’swife(right)steals showatAintreeRacecourseLadies’Day A HOST of women flashed flesh at Liverpool’s Aintree Racecourse, home of Britain’s premier horse-racing event, the Grand National, in outrageous dresses, tiny skirts and flamboyant hats. But glamorous new mum Coleen, 24, wife of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, proved she
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  • News Bangkok Riots
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      Lock icon You have no right to fail
      743 6/7 Thai PM (right) expresses disappointmentwitharmy for not enforcing law PRIME Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva seems to be losing patience with the Thai military. He lashed out at the top brass for failing to enforce the emergency law which was passed on Thursday. In an indication
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      Lock icon I’m fine, says Thaksin on Twitter
      411 6/7 IS FORMER Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra ill? That was the news circulating in Bangkok after he skipped his almost daily phone-in to Red Shirt supporters for five days in a row. But he quickly dispelled that by tweeting to his supporters on Friday saying
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      Lock icon Situation quite bad, but we're staying
      574 8  -  S’poreantouristsinBangkok saythey’llavoidareaswhere clashes are taking place REPORT: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg THE situation has taken a turn for the worse in Bangkok, and Singaporeans who are holidaying there are making sure that they stay out of harm’sway. Three Singaporeans The New Paper on Sunday spoke
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  • News Sentosa Cove Death
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      Lock icon WAILS & FAREWELL
      712 12/13  - WAILS FAREWELL Parentsofwomanfounddeadbreak down after seeing her body at morgue REPORT:HOLIAN-YI HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg IT WAS an emotional day for Miss Li Hong Yan’s parents. Yesterday, they claimed their daughter’s remains and visited the place where she is believed to have died lastmonth–alappoolinSentosaCove. It was the reason the two village
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      35 12/13 travelling with us m tiger airways.com BUCHAREST: Do Romanians care about the Ionescu case? SPORTS NOON EDITION THURSDAY, APRIL 15 Aston Villa v Everton Wigan v Portsmouth Spurs v Arsenal NO SPORTS NOON EDITION TOMORROW
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      117 12/13 170,000 seats available from w WJ] i -kin book by 1a apr 2010 one-way just pay taxes from S25-S90 tiger airways or more information. When you’re at the movies, we want you to send us photos of yourself with your instant reviews. Stand next to the poster of the movie
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  • News Snapshot
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      Lock icon S'pore-born candidate in polls
      322 20 UK ELECTIONS WHEN UK voters go to the polls on May 6, voters in the west London constituency of Hammersmith will find Singapore-born Mrs Merlene Toh Emerson the Liberal Democrat party candidate on their ballot paper. Mrs Emerson was born in Singapore in 1960. She told
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      54 20 TRAGEDY A firefighter walks near some of the wreckage at the crash site where Polish President Lech Kaczynski (inset), his wife andsomeofthe country’s mostprominentmilitary andcivilian leaders died yesterday. The presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog near Smolensk in western Russia. (See
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      Lock icon More help for needy Muslim families
      95 20 A $2.5 MILLION fund has been set up to help needy families receiving assistance from the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore or Muis, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Dr Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday. The fund is under the empowerment programme, one of the initiatives aimed
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      Lock icon Filipinos in Singapore and Hong Kong first to vote electronically
      118 20 FILIPINOS in Singapore and Hong Kong yesterday became the first to use an electronic voting system in an upcoming election. From yesterday until May 10, nearly 510,000 registered Filipino voters around the world will be able to cast their votes
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      Lock icon PAP policy forum elects new council
      95 20 THE People’s Action Party’s Policy Forum elected its fourth council yesterday and of its 12 members, three are under 25. The council sets directions for the forum. This bodes well for the party’s aim of renewal, reported Channel NewsAsia. The PAP Policy Forum was
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      Lock icon Polish president dies in plane crash
      109 20 AP POLISH President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s leaders died yesterday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. There were no survivors on the 26-year-old plane, which was taking
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      Lock icon Public transport? I'd rather not... yet
      582 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg COE prices have hit levels not seen in 10 years, with the open category hitting $49,000, more than double the level in February. Here’s hoping that ERP rates will hit double digits so it becomes too expensive for
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      Lock icon S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
      133 21 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad. -10 The first-quarter average COE price for cars has gone up by more than 560 per cent in a year. The open category zoomed from $3,000 in February 2009 to $49,000 last week. +10 Bus operators SBSTransit and SMRT improved their services and met almost all
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      Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
      36 21 “(They) closed down my favourite massage parlour.” –amanblamingtheRed Shirt protesters for limiting his spa options in Bangkok “Shhh!Don’t call so loudly!” –awoman,whowas apparently sensitive about her age, to a little girlwhocalledher“grand auntie”
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      Lock icon My life without ‘mother’
      1230 22 / 23  -  ActressSharifahAmanicouldn’tstop crying after her mentor, director Yasmin Ahmad (below), died last year REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg EIGHT months on and actress Sharifah Amani can finally speak about Yasmin Ahmad withoutgetting “tooemotional”. It seemed at one point that the 23-year-old actress might never get over the
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      Lock icon Before Lady Gaga, there was Peaches
      496 26  -  It’shardbeingthefirst,but Peachesisgladwhatshe started is now mainstream REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg IF YOU think concocting gender-bending innuendoes, prancing around in high-cut bodysuits and fusing glamorous-weird and ugly-beautiful are the inventionsofLadyGaga,you’rewrong. You see, electronic musician Peaches has been there and done that. Even though she is
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
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        Lock icon STIR-FRIED BEEF WITH SPICY BLACK BEAN SAUCE
        195 27 INGREDIENTS 1,150g beef (use a sirloin cut) Half of a green bell pepper, cut into squares Half of a red bell pepper, cut into squares 1 tbsp spicy black bean paste 1 clove of garlic, sliced 1 purple onion, sectioned 10g ginger, julienned
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        Lock icon Nail that bull’s eye
        211 27  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg PUT a red-blooded male together with a bloody cut of red meat and what do you have? A headache. How do you turn a raw piece of beef into a bait so saucy you can reel in the beefcake? Having the right tool
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        Lock icon WHAT A TEASE
        330 28 aspire IHT IT IS no coincidence that Mrs Hillary Clinton and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi of reality show The Jersey Shore one the secretary of state, the other the stereotype of a seductress share a fondness for big hair. Voluminous locks have symbolised female power throughout history, from
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    • Enjoy Humour
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        Lock icon He'd be Scrabble champ if he were named Qiva Zhoy
        605 29  -  ProperNounsin Scrabble? There’s goingtobetrouble SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg MY FRIENDS, who are fanatical players of the word game Scrabble, are quite upset to hear that a new version of the game will soon be out which will allow the
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        Lock icon Never too old for school
        143 29 A 102-YEAR-OLD grandmother has becomethe world’soldest primary pupil after going back to school. Ma Xiuxian, from Jinan, Shandong province, China, worked at a cotton mill since she was 13, reported the Qilu Evening Post. But she always longed for a chance at a proper education.
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        Lock icon Brit women try to sneak corpse onto flight
        112 29 Two British women have been arrested for trying to smuggle a dead person onto a flight. The women boarded a flight out of Liverpool bound for Germany on Tuesday, police told Reuters. They pushed the dead body of a 91-year-oldman believedtobe their
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        Lock icon If pole dancing can keep you fit, why not stripping?
        427 29  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg REMEMBER the pole dancers at the National Day Parade (NDP) last year? Although our nation’s 45th birthday is still four months away, I’m already hoping they will return this year. I know what you’re
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    • Enjoy Column & TV
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        Lock icon Blame it on MTV
        428 30  -  HowdoyouexplainGaga-typesexualitytoasix-year-old? JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg IF YOU haven’t seen Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance video,it’skindofhardtoexplain. Imagine that the spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyssey had a bordello, and in that bordello they were filming a perfume commercial. Everything in white. Skin-tight latex. Flawless expanses of pink
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      Lock icon Enjoy Social
      128 32 This week, we're showcasing photos of how you enjoy your favourite hobbies. For two weeks from April 18, tell us how you spend time with your kids. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Nadeemah@ beach with Dad Hamid, “letmego Dad...i can swim!” Dilsath “notonlymusthestudybutalittletimeformysonJunHan enjoyinghisfavouritehobby.” from his
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      263 24 / 25 Whomadeit throughto the nextstageofthe Singapore DanceDelight Vol 1?Here aresome ofthe groups Takeheart, takepart NAME:RealChic (below) MEMBERS:Elke Wong, 21,Rachel Hoe,20, Aw BaoXin, 20 HOLLABACKCHEER: Workit, ladies DANCESPECIALTY: Waacking NAME:The BasicFives (left) MEMBERS:CheongWeiFong,22, Kenneth Kwang,21, Diane Ng,20, LimKah Sing, 19,Neo RenYi,19 NAME:Kokoba Crew(above) ThepreliminariestoSingapore Dance DelightVol1 were heldonMarch27 at NgeeAnnCity. But don’tfret
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      267 30 WATCH’EM Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (above) MAX (StarHub Ch 59), 9pm Amid the centuries-old feud between aristocratic vampires and their one-time werewolf slaves, a young Lycan leads his race to rise up against the cruel vampireking.But heends upfalling for the latter’s daughter. Starring Michael Sheen, Rhona Mitra. CHANNEL5 Noon
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      129 31 SEEING STARS BYKUAHSENG SENG Singapore’smostaccuratefakeastrologer ARIES: Ricky Martin marries you, making you the happiest woman in the world... wait, what... really? He is? You're kidding right? OK. In that case, Ryan Seacrest will marry you and make you the happiest woman in the world. Wait... what? TAURUS: You will misguidedly
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    • Sports Racing
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        Lock icon Countcool can score again in Race 8
        736 33 TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE1SunshineCoast(1,000m) Not available RACE 2 Cranbourne (1,400m) 11 THE BIG HAWK (TA Scanlon) 3g (10:0-2-4): Has been placed up to 1,300m. Hope over this trip. 8 MANOLITO (MD Moroney) 3g: First start. Not seen
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        Lock icon TODAY'S AUSTRALIA (SUNSHINE COAST/CRANBOURNE) RACE CARD
        824 33 11:55Race1 (SUNSHINECOAST) 1000M 1 GREATMAN DJBROWNE (1) 58 2 SHOVNCO MSKJAMES (8) 57 3 SHOWRULER MCAHILL (3) 57 4 TOPPUSS PHAMMERSLEY (4) 56.5 5 THEGADGETMAN KSAWYERS (9) 55.5 6 EASYROLLING PWOLFGRAM (5) 54.5 7 PURESLIP ASPINKS (2) 54.5 8 RUNNINGROYAL JBYRNE (7) 54.5 9
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        Lock icon TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
        1280 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 OB49 12.45 -1200m Stakes:RM55,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****5 D'MightyOne 57 (49) SSanic1 14 (5agJeromeTan-Caesar's) 2 --7--- RoyalFlag 57 (49) JoseDeSouza 9 (5nzgRLines-Dragon) 3 -00-5 ThunderMan 57 (49) FarickTan*c3 15 (3agBTLim-Ezaro) 4 *****8 ShadowKing 56 (47)
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        Lock icon TAN THEAN LOON'S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS
        96 34 RACE 1:4 Shadow King 11 Meticulous Mind 12 Royal Beauty RACE 2:2 Inner Sanctum 5 Road To Glory 3 Eleventh Avenue RACE 3: 4 Night Shadow 10 Well Beyond 7 Best Target RACE 4:5 Rook 9 Pegasus Royal 14 Stay The Cause RACE 5:
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RESULTS
        406 35 Going: Good (1-3); Yielding (4-10) RACE1 GRIFFINTURF 1000m 2 LONDONCHINATOWN133(8-5) DWHYTE (1) 1 6 HINYUENPALADIN117(72-16) CWWONG (4) 2 1 CHEETAHBOY133(17-11) MCHADWICK (2) 3 4 ADMIRATION117(39-9) JLLOYD (6) 4 ?Trainer:KLMan.Margins:0.5,2.25.Time:57.4sec.Forecast:$32. Place Forecast: $3 (Nos. 1-2), $19 (Nos. 1-6), $21 (Nos. 2-6). Tierce: $85. Trio: $12.
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
        571 35 Going: Yielding Race1 OB38(LC)1600m 10 JERAMRIVER51c50(23-13) JacksonLow (7) 3 2 1 (517) 5 SIMPLYSTUNNING55(29-10) NCallow (6) 4 4 2 (483) 1.25 3 LEADINGLEAGUE56c55(34-15) JackieChuah (5) 2 1 3 (471) 1.5 7 SNARINGTIGER54(24-10) ISaifudin (10) 8 6 4 (450) Ns ?Winningstable:GoldPlus.Trainer:TonyYeoh.Time:1min39.1sec.Forecast:$24.Tierce:$165.Quartet:$249. Malaysian W/P: RM19, RM11, RM7, RM15.
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        Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S S'PORE STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        313 35 LuminousDragon‘onlytravelledfairly’ RACE 1 SHIMONA'S MAGIC: Slow; never travelled well despite being pressured throughout. ROYAL THEME: Difficult to be loaded. LUCKY CITY: Restless in barrier. DOLLARS CENTS: Slow; laid out. SILVER LEGEND: Slow; bumped. PERFECT DIAMOND: Carried in. LUMINOUS DRAGON: Bumped; M Ewe said mount
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
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        Lock icon English duo make their mark
        1088 36 / 37 Poulter, Westwood take two-shot lead over Woods and company AP ENGLAND’S Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter handled a tougher Augusta National on Friday to share the Masters lead as both chase their first Major championship and attempt to hold off Tiger Woods. Poulter, who once
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        Lock icon Only 16, he makes cut
        281 36 / 37 Reuters PRECOCIOUS British amateur champion Matteo Manassero claimed another record on Friday when the 16-year-old Italian became the youngest player to make a cut at the US Masters. Manassero, already the youngest player to enter the Masters field and the youngest to win the British
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        Lock icon From the Seoul Sisters to the Kimchi Kin
        458 36 / 37  -  COMMENT GODFREY ROBERT WE HAVE often heard about the Seoul Sisters. The legendary Pak Se Ri started the winning trend for South Korean women in the late Nineties after she turned pro in 1996. She moved to the United States the following
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        Lock icon Prayad closes in on Hiratsuka
        231 36 / 37 JAPAN’STetsujiHiratsuka maintained his lead after the third round of the Air Bagan Myanmar Open yesterday, but hot on his heels is Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng. Hiratsuka posted a three-un-der 69 for a three-day total of 18-under 198 to go into the final round with a three-stroke
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      Lock icon ON FORMULA 1 AND RACING
      173 38 / 39  -  Tony Fernandes talks to CHERYL TAY about the challenges he faces when she caught up with him in Malaysia EXCLUSIVE CHERYL TAY If Proton were to sell Lotus one day, what would you do? TONY FERNANDES:It’ll beafunny situation, but we are already contributing to the
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      Lock icon SENSIBLY CRAZY
      509 38 / 39 Lotus Racing is only six months old, but soon we will be marketing ourselves to Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand. I don’t think there will be a Singaporean or an Indonesian F1 team any time soon so this would be the closest team for them to support. I’m a big
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      Lock icon ON DOING BUSINESS AND BEING YOUR OWN BOSS
      545 38 / 39 What do you have to say to people who think that you are stretching yourself too thin? Everyone has been saying I’m stretching myself too thin from dayone, haven’tthey? They thought I was mad with AirAsia, that I was growing too fast.
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      Lock icon ON FOOTBALL
      135 38 / 39 What happened to the takeover of West Ham United? I lost the bid. I wanted 100 per cent of the club but they went with someone who wanted 50 per cent of the club. I didn’t want to have a partner; I want to have full control. I
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    • Sports Football
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        748 40  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg DESPITE limited resources, Singapore football continues to strive for Information Technology (IT) excellence as part of the Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) push to break into Asia’s top 10. At Wednesday’s launch of the Strategic Plan for 2010 to 2015, FAS president Zainudin
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        629 41  -  FOOTBALL FEMME ALISON RATCLIFFE npsports@sph.com.sg I’VENEVERbeento adinner party. The kind with three courses, posh frocks and carefully selected guests arranged in just the right sequence round the table to facilitate the wittiest, most intellectual conversation possible. They’re not my bag. And no one’s ever invited me.
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        265 41 Reuters NO ONE has yet come up with a failsafe system to stop Lionel Messi, perhaps because an obsession with Barcelona’s outstanding individual is blinding many to the work of his coach and team mates. The Argentine forward’s awesome four-goal destruction of Arsenal in the Champions
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      497 42  -  JOE MORRISON npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is the presenter of StarHub’sFootballChannel. THIS is a rant on behalf of Mr Peter Beardsley MBE, Mr Carlton Palmer Awol and Mr Trevor Sinclair PHD. This is an open letter on behalf of the aforementioned because they can’t read orwrite…to befair!
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        635 46  -  OOPS! EDWIN YEO npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a former journalist IF THERE’S one thing top EPL managers fear more than anything else, it’s the elusive banana skin. Every time Manchester United lose a game, it has been the fault of them slipping on one. Now,
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        470 46 www.tottenhamhotspur.com TOTTENHAM boss Harry Redknapp admits facing his former club Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-final was the draw he was dreading. Redknapp (right) has fond memories of his time at Fratton Park which included a cup triumph at Wembley before being tempted to White Hart
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        1115 48/49 Hotspur magazine (www.tottenhamhotspur.com) interviewsSpurs’ captainMichaelDawson EXCLUSIVE MICHAEL Dawson attibutes his growing status as one of Tottenham Hotspur's most important players to hard graft, a positive mental outlook, plus some considerable outside influence. That’s because the centre-back has been lucky enough to call upon the knowledge and know-how of
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        930 48/49 DEVELOPED and sculpted from a tried and tested family mould, Daws is the youngest of three footballing brothers. “Andy, Kevin and I were all together at Nottingham Forest when we were young. Although we’ve all moved on from there now we remain very close, just as we’ve
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        473 48/49 AS FAR as the current campaign goes, there have certainly been more good than bad for the Spurs faithful to pore over. The transformation in the side’s performances has been significant and there is the growing belief that the club for the firsttimeinalongtime–havethecapability
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        504 50  -  GREGORYLOOlooksatPortsmouth’stumultuousseason ahead of their FA Cup semi-final clash with Spurs GREGORY LOO WHILE they will be cheering their team on in full voice at Wembley tonight, Portsmouth fans must surely be yearning for yesteryear. After all, Pompey are one of only five teams to have won
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        167 50  -  GREGORY LOO DESPITE the club’s numerous off-field problems, Portsmouth players have given a decent account of themselves this season and have recorded some memorable results, including a 2-0 victory over Liverpool. However, they are joint-bottom together with Wolves in the goals scored department with a mere
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        119 50  -  GREGORY LOO SULAIMANAl-Fahim’sprotractedtakeoverofPort-smouth from Alexandre Gaydamak last year left the club without funds to buy new players in the summer. He was unable to finance the club properly, resulting in wages not being paid on time in September. In October, Ali Al-Faraj bought most of Al-Fa-him’s stake in
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        1035 47  -  CHRIS HAMMER PA Sport BLACKBURN v MAN UNITED MANY pundits and punters alike will say this is a terrible time for Blackburn to be hosting an angry Manchester United. United will return to the top with a victory over Blackburn but they must do so without
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          742 43 LIVERPOOL v FULHAM (Tonight, StarHub Ch 22,10pm) PA Sport LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez wants his team to carry on where they left off in midweek as they switch focus back to domestic action today. Benitez’ssideproducedanoutstanding performance against Benfica on Thursday to overturn a first-leg
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          360 44 PA Sport BIRMINGHAM manager Alex McLeish has warned Manchester City that his team is out to derail their bid to qualify for the Champions League. Birmingham travel to Manchester today knowing they could have a key role to play in who finishes fourth as they
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        505 51  -  BY KEN MOSTON Special Correspondent PA Sport G RAHAMALEXANDER scoredtwopenaltiesas Burnleycamefrom behindtoclaimtheirfirstaway winoftheseasonandboosttheir slimhopesofBarclaysPremier Leaguesurvival. Itwasasweetvictoryfor ClaretsbossBrianLawswhohas thisweekendurednewspaper allegationsthatheisabouttobe sackedandrumoursofdressingroomunrest. Lawssaid: “Whatever headlineshavebeenwrittenit’s partandparcelofthegame,I can’tinfluenceit.” “AsI’mconcernedwecarryon aswehavebeen.Ican’tstop rumours.Idon’tlosesleepover themeither.” BELIEF Headded: “Wewerefantastic inthesecond-halfandthiswill givetheteamsomerealbelief.” OnthedayPortsmouthwere relegatedfollowingWestHam’s winoverSunderland,Burnley lookedliketheywouldsoonbe followingthemoutofthetop flightwhenKevinKilbaneheaded Hullintoathird-minutelead. ButMartinPatersonequalised after35minutes,Alexander tuckedinpenaltiesafter64and
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        235 51  -  BY DAVID COLE Special Correspondent BRAZILIAN striker Ilan is fast emergingasWestHam’sunlikely saviour after he earned the relegation-threatened Hammers a vital Barclays Premier League lifeline. The 29-year-old followed up his equaliser against Everton last weekend with the only goal against Sunderland as West Ham edged four
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        657 52/53  -  STEVE BATES npsports@sph.com.sg Thewriteris theChief FootballWriterof England’s The People. SIR Alex Ferguson last night hailed lucky charm Federco Macheda as the man to re-ignite Manchester United’s title flame because he’s born to score. The United boss picked himself up and dusted himself down with a
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        155 52/53 PA Sport WHAT A Friend won an incident-packed totesport Bowl at Aintree to give part-owner Sir Alex Ferguson some solationforManchesterUnited’selimination from the Champions League on Wednesday. The Paul Nicholls-trained What A Friend (5-2) won by three-and-a-quarter lengths. Ferguson said: “I’m very pleased, it’s fantastic and I was
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        516 52/53 PA Sport SAM Allardyce is a relieved man that Wayne Rooney will not be fit to face his Blackburn side today, but has warned his team to beware of that other prolific goalscorer for Manchester Unitedwith theinitials “OG”. United have
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      42 54 ENGLISH referee Graham Poll mistakenly showed Croatian defender Josip Simunic three yellow cards during a first-round game against Australia in 2006. Poll cautioned Simunic the first time in the 61 st minute. PICTURE: ACTION IMAGES
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      456 54 PA Sport LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez has rounded on critics who “don’t have a clue” in his continuing defence of last week’s controversial Fernando Torres substitution. Benitez made the surprising decision to take off his top scorer with 25 minutes remaining at Birmingham on Sunday
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      359 54 PA Sport ROSS County sealed the biggest win in their history and one of the great upsets in Scottish football as they shocked Celtic 2-0 in yesterday’sScottishCup semi-final atHampden. Steven Craig scored a wonder-goal and lifelong Hoops fan Martin Scott netted a late
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        103 55 EPL Today: WOLVES v STOKE CITY StarHub Ch 22,7pm BLACKBURN v MAN UTD StarHub Ch 27,8.25pm LIVERPOOL vFULHAM StarHub Ch 22,10pm MAN CITY v BIRMINGHAM StarHub Ch 27,10.55pm Wednesday: CHELSEAvBOLTON StarHub Ch 27,2.55am Thursday: ASTON VILLA vEVERTON StarHub Ch 21,2.45am TOTTENHAM v ARSENAL StarHub Ch 27,2.55am WIGAN v
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        519 55 EVENTS BLURBS FIXTURES LOCAL EVENTS SAILING What: ST Marine 7th SAFYC (Optimist) Regatta When: Ends today Where: SAF Yacht Club THIS regatta has attracted more than 300 entries for the Optimist, Laser and Byte classes. Registration is closed. SHOOTING What: Sampler Shooting Programme When: Today Where: National Shooting
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        79 55 The StarHubUrbanFreeStyleRun yesterday succesfully remixed the sports and lifestyle scenes in Singapore, attracting more than 2,000 registered runners. The 6.5km, nine obstacle course proved popular and engaging with runners, the youngest of whom was 14, the oldest 61. Thousands more came out and went from the
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