The New Paper, 31 October 2010

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  • News
    • 949 2/3  - She says: It was very SILLY DANGEROUS REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg IMAGINE life as a slim person. For years, that was allCarolLian(left)coulddo. With her weight varying between 60kg and 67kg, shewasnotoverlyobese,butshewasn’tslim. And she desperately wanted to be ever since she was 14 years old. Over the years, she repeatedly
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    • 195 2/3 MORE Singaporeans are becoming overweight. The trend of those who are overweight and obese rose from 26 per cent of the adult population here aged 18 to 69 in 1992 to 30 per cent in 1998, according to Health Promotion Board figures. Anyone with a body
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    • 357 2/3 DYINGtolose weight? Sure,but don’tdie doingit. There are no short cuts. A study of medical records in Hong Kong revealed 66 cases where people were suspected to have been poisonedby a“natural” slimming therapy. Eight of them became severely ill and one died. The study was
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    • 562 4  -  Secretary signs up for 13 beauty, spa packages that cost several thousands REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg SHErefusestopay“anythingmorethan$50”foradress.But$150fora90-minutemassagesession?NobigdealforMissCrystalLiao. It’s not excessive indulgence, insisted Miss Liao, a secretary in a shipping firm, who has signed up for severalwellnessandbeautypackages. Well, 13 to be exact the most recent
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    • 315 4  -  REPORT: AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg NEVER again, say women who were burned by the True Spa/Subtle Senses saga. Ms Lilian Lee, 40, director of a digital printing company, had bought a $2,900 body massage package from True Spa in 2008. Her package was
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    • 671 6  - S'pore is safe my friends know REPORT:VIVIEN VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg ABANDONED by his divorced parents, he was once so poor that he had to sleep next to a drain. But through the hard times, he harboured a dream of striking it rich one day. Though money was tight, he would
      PICTURES: LIANHE WANBAO  -  671 words
    • 656 7  -  7 REPORT:VIVIEN VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg ABOUT 20 angry parents marched into Shichida Kindergarten yesterday, demanding answers about its impending closure. One parent said she found out about the closure in the “most impersonal” way through a letter stuffed into her three-year-olddaughter’sbag. No one had
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    • 815 8 / 9  -  Blogthat‘exposes’menwhogotoGeylangforvice outrages food lovers who dine in red-light district REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg IF you go to Geylang often, is it for the yummy food or–wink,wink–somethingelse? No matter, your face could suddenly be featured on ablogthat’sseemingly setup toshame menwhohead to the
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    • Article, Illustration
      801 10 / 11  -  Karung guni man Undertaker arranges free funerals for those without relatives to claim them REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg IT WAS an odd group of people at this funeral. Myself, my colleague Benjamin Seetor, a boatman, a monk and an undertaker. What’s even odder none of us
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    • 478 10 / 11  -  REPORT:CHONG CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg THE two packets of food were left hanging at her gate for two days. But neighbours thought that Madam Goh Ai Sim, 75, had left them there as she did not want them. It was only when neighbours detected
      TNP PICTURE: YAP NING  -  478 words
    • 984 12 / 13  -  Poly students react to criticism about howyoungpeopledressandbehave REPORTS: SYAHIRAH ANWAR, AMANDA PHUA tnp@sph.com.sg SHE loves partying and drinking into the wee hours of the morning. And when she goes out, she opts for shorts and mid-thigh length dresses. Woven in her hair is a dreadlock.
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    • 196 12 / 13 WHAT do parents who have children in polytechnics say? Do they treat them as adults? For some parents, when these youngsters hit 18, it is a good time to ease up a little. Mr Gan Zhen Ning, 44, a businessman who has a
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    • 765 14 / 15  -  Amid a bevy of overseascelebs,a cross-dressing Dennis Chew provides the laughsatthe16th SingaporeHitAwards REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg IT WAS deemed by many in showbiz as the premier local music event of the year. In the end, however, a bespectacled, curly-haired heartland “aunty” with a penchant
      PICTURES: MEDIACORP  -  765 words
    • 464 14 / 15 BLONDE, blue-eyed American teenager Alexandria Mills won the Miss World crown for 2010, defeating more than 100 other hopefuls at a glittering ceremony in southern China. Mills, an 18-year-old from the southern US state of Kentucky, wept as outgoing Miss World Kaiane Aldorino of
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    • 1189 16 / 17  -  MurderedcosmeticsmillionairessSosilawatiLawiya REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg SHE had everything. Money, mansions and all the trappings associated with a successful multi-millionaire businesswoman. On the outside, life for the 47-year-old Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya could not have been more perfect. On the inside, she was desperate for
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    • 617 18 Perlis twister uproots signboards,overturnsvan MR NG Hock Hoo was driving home to Arau in Perlis, when he saw a mini twister sweeping through Mata Air and Jejawi in Malaysia. He whipped out his camera and took a few photos. Mr Ng, an assistant maintenance manager
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    • 323 18 IT WAS just his second solo flight. And what a flight it turned out to be. The trainee pilot, 59, had problems during take-off from Tampa North Aero Park in Florida, US, on Thursday. Thenhe triedtoland, buthe couldn’tbring it down
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    • 735 19 Family of football legend GeorgeBestfightsover sale of his memorabilia WAYNE Rooney’s latest contract will help him fetch £160,000 (S$332,000) a week, making him one of the highest-paid footballers in the planet. Last week, trophies and memorabilia belonging to the legendary footballer George Best went
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    • 401 8 / 9 w THE FREE MSi m y v> \Vv »K\ V \?<\ MUNCHING SEASON BEGINS! 2 CULINARY SHOWDOWN Join guest judges Chef Tony Khoo, Chef Leons Tan, Chef Eric Neo and Chef Eric Low in the Safari Champion Culinary Competition and Cake-a-Decor as we crown the next Top Culinary Pastry Masters!
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    • 18 10 / 11 THE NEW PAPER Project Helping Hands tnp.sg/helpinghands For exclusive videos and photos on Project Helping Hands, visit tnp.sg/helpinghands
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    • 343 10 / 11 Help us reach out to them TO help the elderly who are living alone, The New Paper has partnered the Lions Befrienders Service Association and Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Project Helping Hands. THE PROJECT DESIGN It involves installing wireless motion sensors in the apartments of senior citizens living alone. The
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  • Page 16 / 17 Miscellaneous
    • 30 16 / 17 NOW SHOWING JackassMovie.com 1 on opening weekend's results Crude Humour Graphic Content CATCH IT NOW AT THE CATHAY, CATHAY ORCHARD CINELEISURE, ENG WAH SUNTEC, GV PLAZA SINGAPURA GV VIVO CITY
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  • News Snapshot
    • 253 20 GENERAL ELECTION BUZZ THE Electoral Boundaries Review Committee has been convened. Speaking to the Singapore media on the sidelines of the Asean Summit in Hanoi yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he has issued the instruction to convene the committee. It will be chaired by
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    • 123 20 AP. Yemeni authorities are checking dozens more packages in a search for the terrorists who tried to mail bombs to Chica-go-area synagogues in a brazen plot that heightened fears of a new Al-Qaeda terror attack. Authorities on three continents thwarted the
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    • 111 20 A TOUR bus skidded and overturned while descending from Genting Highlands, killing seven passengers and injuring 39 others on Friday evening. Bernama news agency quoted Gombak deputy police chief Superintendent Rosly as saying that the injured included the driver
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    • 114 20 AFP. MORE than 130 people listed as missing have been found alive on raised ground on remote Indonesian islands of North and South Pagai islands which was devastated by a tsunami five days ago. Disaster management official Agus
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    • 228 20 GENERAL ELECTION BUZZ EXPECT a younger ministerial team to emerge from the next polls. And the General Election (GE), due by February 2012, will be a watershed event for Singaporeans and especially the young, even if they are not yet old enough to vote,
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    • Article, Illustration
      40 20 OUTGOING: Mr Wong Kan Seng waves as he leaves the parade for the outgoing and incoming Home Affairs ministers. Also present at the parade is Mr K Shanmugam (left), the new Minister for Home Affairs. PICTURE: STRAITS TIMES
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  • News Exchange
    • 575 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: SANTOKH SINGH santokh@sph.com.sg YOUNG people have been making headlines in The New Paper over the past 10 days, mainly for the wrong reasons. Here is a summary of some of their stories. I Some polytechnic students got a dressing down from
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    • 121 21 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 ERP rates will go up by $1 at 23 gantries tomorrow. -10 The consumer price index last month was 3.7 per cent higher than in September 2009, the highest rate of inflation in nearly 2 years. +10 Singapore joined Denmark and New Zealand as theworld’sleast
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    • 36 21 “Youknowyou’vebeen flying too much when issues of KrisWorld start to look familiar.” –Amantoafriendabouthisfrequentwork trips. “Myfriendvisitingfrom overseas thought something waswrongwiththePAsystem.” –AmancommentingonSMRT’s graciousness campaign, which features comedy group Dim Sum Dollies singing a jingle.
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      1250 22 / 23  -  Bellydancer Serkan Tutar teaches belly haver JasonJohnsonhowtocutanOrientalrug REPORT: JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg MALE nurse. Male model. Male flight attendant. Any time you have to add the word “male” to a job description, you’re obviously dealing with a female-dominated field. We may have grown accustomed to the concept of men
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      959 24 / 25 WALKINGWITHDINOSAURS–THEARENASPECTACULAR Imaginebeingtransported65millionyearsback intime.Picturelife-sizeddinosaursstomping androaringrightbeforeyourveryeyes. InfographicsjournalistCHNGCHOONHIONG wasinMelbournetoexperience... YOU may soon experience the same thrill when the theatrical extravaganza Walking With Dinosaurs The Arena Spectacular arrives for the Singapore leg of its Asian tour at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from Dec 1 to Dec 12. The live performance showcases blinking,
      TNP INFOGRAPHICS: CHNG CHOON HIONG & LEE HUP KHENG  -  959 words
    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 575 26  -  Atsix,hewasthe youngest participant atClimbOn!S’pore REPORT: JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg HE WANTS to climb like his hero Spider-Man. So Cameron Sean D’Cruz began climbing trees, clambered on monkey bars and whatever he could get his hands on. And when the 10-year-old ran out of things
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      • 485 27  -  Whenyoucan’taffordevenfastfood, your problems are very real indeed JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg JUST this week, my colleague Syahirah Anwar did a story about a family living on the streets that chilled me to the bone. An 11-year-old boy arrested for sniffing glue.
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 626 28  -  FusionrestaurantaddslocalflavourtoWesterndishes CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg THE label “fusion food” sometimes suffers from a bad reputation. Many restaurants here serve Asian or West-ern-influenced food, and simply give their dishes fancy descriptions. But tastes clash rather than compliment. Not so for Tiffin Club in Chinatown, which describes its cuisine
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 408 29  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg CLOTHES can make a woman. Sometimes, less is more. Ask any man. Not when it comes to a sandwich though. If the curvy ridged ciabatta bread can barely hold the contents of a grilled panini, you know you are on the
        TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG, HEDY KHOO  -  408 words
    • Enjoy Fly On The Wall
      • 358 30  -  REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg FROM the outside, lifestyle store Hide Seek appears discreet. Tucked along a quiet stretch of Telok Ayer Street, the biggest hum comes from the nearby temple. But last Thursday, the store was abuzz with activity. Hide Seek threw
        PICTURES COURTESY OF JIN-HA KIM  -  358 words
    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 619 31  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF BIKER BOY zaihan@sph.com.sg THEY say that riding a dirt bike is like rowing a boat. For like rowing, riding a bike requires you to constantly move your body forwards and backwards to control your machine. But unlike rowing, dirtbiking isn’t
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 682 32  -  HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS lianyi@sph.com.sg REPUBLIC Polytechnic recently sent out an e-mail instructing its students to “be decently attired in a manner that conformsto socialandmoral norms”. The offending articles of clothing include, among other things, shorts. Shorts! I am going to tell you what
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      • REALLY?
        • 97 32 Reuters. MOSCOW will open its first cemetery for the elite in almost 250 years. The cemetery is to ensure the city’smost famous residentsof afinal resting place befitting their status. Russia’smortality rates are more than 60 per cent higher than those in the European Union. The glitzy, exclusivity-loving
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        • 107 32 AFP. ITALIAN prosecutors have launched a realinquiry into avirtualcrime a burglary of items including a jacuzzi and a designer sofa from the popular Facebook game Pet Society. Theinquiry isfor “illegal and aggravatedentry” into someone’s e-mailaccount– acharge that carries a potential prison sentence of between one and five years
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      • 268 32  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg YOU know, I like to be ahead of my time because it makes me feel superior to other people. That’swhyIwearaT-shirtthatsays“Ilistento bandsthatdon’tevenexistyet”. That’swhyIwasonFacebooklongbeforeanyone heard of the movie The Social Network. That’swhyIgethungrybeforeit’stimetoeat. That’swhyIdon’tthinkprematureejaculationisall that bad. Andthat’swhyIreadmonthlymagazinesasthey too
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    • 94 26 Red alert! 300 pairs of tickets to be won OLDisgold again.And we’renot talkingaboutThe Expendables. Althoughthe new action-comedy Reddoes star BruceWillis aswell. Whenhisidylliclifeisthreatened by ahigh-tech assassin,FrankMoses (Willis)reassembleshis oldteam of CIA’s topagents (Morgan Freeman, JohnMalkovich and HelenMirren) to uncoveragovernment conspiracyin a last-ditchefforttosurvive. Ironically,Red whichstandsfor Retiredand Extremely Dangerous is basedona graphic novel,yet seemsto
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 24 27 GENERATION NEXT Haha, very funny Daddy. I know it’s Halloween but you can’t scare us that easily Sorry, what was that? TNP ILLUSTRATION:KELVIN CHAN
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 276 33 WATCH’EM CHANNEL5 10.30am Cruise 11.00 Survivor:Nicaragua Noon TheAmazing Race 1.00pm Movie:ReturnTo Halloweentown 2.45 WhenWomenRule TheWorld 3.45 Don'tForget The Lyrics 4.45 Ripley’sBelieve ItOrNot 5.15 TheAdventures Of Merlin:Excalibur 6.15 Movie:HarryPotter AndTheGoblet OfFire 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 RenovAID 10.30 HairMatters101 11.00 ThePupil Midnight 30Rock 2012 HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm A globalcataclysm revolving aroundthe year2012 bringsabout the
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  • sports
    • Racing
      • 1660 35 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE1 (1,400m) 1 Reel Schmick)))Form looks strong for a race like thisand, if he can get a soft run in front, he should go close again. 2 Zac Nirvana))Coming back to his winning trip and has drawn to advantage. 3 Meteor Mike)))Has
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      • 1191 36/37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD (POLYTRACK); YIELDING (TURF) RACE1 C4D2 12.50 -1400m(Turf) Stakes:$55,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 132 ReelSchmick 57 (60) MKelladyc1 9 (4nzgSBurridge-SBurridge) 2 -***** ZacNirvana 57 (60) DBeasley 2 (4nzgMFreedman-Zac) 3 742- MeteorMike 55.5 (57) SCormack 12 (4safgBMarcus-NewburyRacing)
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      • 28 36/37 THESE horses have won or have been placed in soft or heavy tracks: RACE 3: Lucky Domino. RACE 7: Maraeti. RACE 8: Breech. RACE 9: Big Valour.
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      • 468 36/37  -  BEST BETS: SULMONA (Race 2 No. 12) andSTRATASTAR(Race5No.11) TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg TRAINERMichaels Clements (right) has four runners at Kranji today and two of them stand out in their respectiveevents. SULMONA (Race 2) and STRATA STAR (Race 5) have shown potential and have been working
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        559 36/37 Tan Thean Loon Andrew Frost Danny Khoo Marc Tan 1 RACE Meteor Mike 3 5 4 3 Meteor Mike Perfect Match Eternal Win 2 4 1 3 Meteor Mike Perfect Match 3 Zac Nirvana Reel Schmick 5 10 1 Meteor Mike Reel Schmick Steadfast Warrior Eternal Win 5
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      • 651 38 Race1 C5(SC)1400m 6 BLUESTORM55c52(52-11) KYazid* (6) 8 4 1 (470) 4 COOLOFFIRE56(16-6) ISaifudin (1) 7 5 2 (535) 3 5 BESTTARGET55.5(28-14) NCallow (11) 5 2 3 (447) 1.5 14 SEXYBABY52.5(287-79) EGCruz (7) 9 7 4 (467) 0.75 XWinning stable: Blue Grass. Trainer: S Cook. Time: 1min
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      • 858 38 YESTERDAY'S AUSTRALIA (FLEMINGTON ROSEHILL TOOWOOMBA ASCOT) RESULTS RACE 1 (Flemington) 1st 6 So You Think ($6-$6) 2nd 7 Descarado ($11) 3rd 4 Ginga Dude ($19) 4th 8 Shoot Out. Forecast $20. Place forecast $13 (4-6), $27 (4-7), $9 (6-7). Tierce $116. Trio $46. Quartet $918. RACE2 (Rosehill) 1st 7 Turnstiles
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      • 238 38  -  MARC TAN, DANNY KHOO APPREN-TICE Koh Teck Huat (left) became an instant celebrity on his very first ride at the Wuhan Jockey Club in China yesterday. The 27-year-old won the Sin- gapore Turf Club (STC) Goodwill Cup, a 1,200m race contested by 13 lo-cal-breds. His
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      • 1394 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING RACE1 C5 1.10 -1400m(SC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****2 Stryker 57 (43) BWoodworth 1 (6nzgTonyYeoh-Conqueror) 2 -***** Dirham 56.5 (42) NCallow 7 (4agRLines-Currency) 3 *****2 BoomerPrince 56 (41) SHLee 8 (6nzgLNDanis-Florida) 4 19--09 RollingHigh
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      • 79 39 RACE 1:2 Dirham 1 Stryker 11 Sunshine Express 3 Boomer Prince RACE2:10You’reMySunshine6KiwiMaestro4FantasticFortune2Mavros RACE3:5GoldenTimes10Let’sDance3ForKeeps1LuckySky RACE 4:10 Shingen 12 Earnestly 16 Aliseo 2 Buena Vista RACE5:4HUSONIC)6SpeedHonour10AsianClassic12FieryGambade RACE6:1SunSupreme7WillPower10KimWinner5XinDongKnight RACE 7:4 Hot Butterfly 8 Amazing Grace 2 Ishbiliya 9 Excelebrate RACE 8:4 Captain Obvious 12 Generous Tycoon 10
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 555 40  -  LIM HAN MING hanming@sph.com.sg ONE SHOT at a time. The cliche but useful mantra served Mardan Mamat well at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic yesterday as he surged into contention going into the final round today. The veteran Singaporean golfer fired a brilliant six-under-par 65 in
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      • 269 40 AFP. FORMER world No. 1 Greg Norman is all for having a new leader at the top of the golf rankings. Either Lee Westwood or Martin Kaymer will end Tiger Woods’ 281-week run as No. 1 this weekend, unseating the American for
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      • 87 40 SINGAPORE were poised to move up the leaderboard of the 2010 World Amateur Team Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, until heavy rain halted their momentum. The trio of Joshua Shou, Gregory Foo and Choo Tze Huang were lying in joint-17th in a field of 69 nations
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    • Sports Tennis
      • 446 41 Reuters. ELENA Dementieva, who won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games, called time on her 12-year tennis career on Friday and said it feltlikethe“endoftheworld”. The 29-year-old Russian stunned the crowd at the WTA Championships by announcing her retirement from the middle of the court
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      • 329 41 ShakenedClijsters survivescaraccident to reach final AFP US OPEN champion Kim Clijsters reached the final of the WTA Championships despite being involved in a “scary” car crash on the way to the Khalifa Stadium in Doha yesterday. Clijsters scored an impressive 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 win over Australia’s
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    • Sports Basketball
      • 368 42 MIAMI HEAT 96 ORLANDO MAGIC 70 Reuters. THE MIAMI Heat easily won their NBA home-opener as Dwyane Wade led the charge with 26 points in a 96-70 thrashing of the Orlando Magic on Friday. The Heat flashed their offence and showed a dominating defence that
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      • 85 42 Seven women runners will celebrate their birthdays today during the Great Eastern 10k Run. They are (wearing red sleeveless sports attire, second from left in back row): Angie Ng, 31, Dawn Lim, 26, Vidya Ravikumar, 40, Angelin Wong, 40, Florence Tan, 36, Ellen Woo, 50+,
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      • 397 42  -  ASEAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg THE SINGAPORE Slingers will go into the Asean Basketball League (ABL) game against the Chang Thailand Slammers at 4pm today in a confident mood. Despite lying in third place after four rounds, behind the Philippines Patriots and the Thais in the
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    • Sports Swimming
      • 163 43  -  LIM SAY HENG THE COMMONWEALTH Games swimming fiasco will not happen again. That was what Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) president Jeffrey Leow told The New Paper yesterday, when asked about the matter. Singapore’s 4x200m freestyle relay team was disqualified from the final as coach
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      • 831 43  -  Swimming association aims for personal bests rather than medals LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg AFTER making a splash at the last Asian Games with one gold and one bronze medal, the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) is setting modest targets for the 18 swimmers heading for the
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    • Sports Football
      • 399 44  -  SCC Firsts beat Casuals FC to claim inaugural League of Champions title DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg AN EXPATRIATE team stole Etoile FC’s thunder when it was crowned the land’sbestamateurteamyesterday. With Etoile poised to win the S-League in the finale on Nov 10, SCC Firsts hogged the limelight
        PICTURE: FOOTBALL OPOD.COM/SAMUEL LIM  -  399 words
      • 345 44 METTLE GAMES MORE than 500 action sports competitors and demonstrators have confirmed their participation in the inaugural Singapore Mettle Games which opened to great fanfare yesterday. Watched by Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the Games were opened by its project
        PICTURE COURTESY OF OCTOPOD ASIA  -  345 words
      • Article, Illustration
        798 46 / 47 Multi-millionoffersfromEuropecomeearlyforBrazil’s footballprodigiesbutnotmanybecomesuccessstories AP. AT AN age where his peers navigate first dates and master the latest video games, Andrigo is already orchestrating his multi-millionaire future. Never mind that Andrigo is just a pimply-faced 15-year-old. Hat tipped cockily backward, thick silver chain dangling around his neck, Andrigo talks breezily
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      • 475 46 / 47 AP. PSYCHOLOGISTS and other experts say many kids will not cope with the pressure of having to succeed so early in life. Off-field problems will affect their performances before they can deliver on their athletic potential. “These kids sign huge deals, but most of the
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      • 533 48 / 49 Maradonacelebratedhis50thbirthdayyesterdaybydeclaring: Reuters. DIEGO Maradona turned 50 yesterday. But it was an anniversary some feared he might never reach, and after defying death he will not let the small matter of a sacking stand in the way of his next big goal. Argentina’sgreatestplayerspent his birthday far
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      • 437 48 / 49 Uefa.comlooksbackatthecareerofArgentina’sGoldenBoy NICKNAMED “El Pibe de Oro” (Golden Boy), Maradona was born in Lanus on the outskirts of the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, in 1960. Growing up in difficult conditions in Villa Fiorito, the youngster quickly developed a love for the game and joined the youth
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      • 396 48 / 49 Reuters. ITATTOOS DiegoMaradona’s rightupper-armtattoo of Argentine-bornrevolutionaryErnesto “Che” Guevara was widely copied by fans. Maradona also has a tattoo of Cuban leader Fidel Castro on his left leg and said he wanted to add an image of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, another Latin American leftist.
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      • 449 48 / 49  -  SEMI-FINAL 2ND LEG YOUNGLIONS0 TAMPINES ROVERS 1 (Aleksandar Duric 30) I Tampineswin3-0 on aggregate RHB SINGAPORE CUP DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg IT TAKES the oldest Lion to tame the Young Lions. That’s exactly what Tampines Rovers’ 40-year-old Singapore international striker Aleksandar Duric did as he led his
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      • 1241 58 / 59  -  EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg A FEW years down the road, Singapore football will have something distinctly similar to football powerhouses such as Spain, Holland and Germany. A national football philosophy, a specific playing structure. This can be found in the 4-2-3-1 formation which the
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        • 120 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: IASTONVILLA vBIRMINGHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 103,8pm INEWCASTLEvSUNDERLAND SingTel mio TV Ch 102,9.30pm Tomorrow: IBOLTONv LIVERPOOL SingTel mio TV Ch 102,12am Tuesday: IBLACKPOOLvWEST BROM SingTel mio TV Ch 102,3.30am BUNDESLIGA Tonight: IMAINZ vB DORTMUND StarHub TV Ch 201,10.30pm Tomorrow: IHOFFENHEIMv HANNOVER StarHub TV Ch 201,12.30am
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        • 18 58 / 59 CIMB ASIA PACIFIC CLASSIC Today: IDAY 4 StarHubTVCh 213, 2pm ANDALUCIA MASTERS Tonight: IDAY 4 StarHubTVCh 213,8.15pm
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        • 8 58 / 59 WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS DOHA Tonight: IFINAL StarHubTVCh 205,10pm
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      • 390 45 Watch out for Styfany, Kelly in wakeboard competition ONE IS motivated by the adrenalin rush, the other is driven by the challenges of performing difficult stunts. Styfany Foo and Kelly Lim are two wakeboard buffs who will be competing in the action sports carnival
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        567 50 Genoagoalkeeper handsvictorytoInter GENOA0 INTER MILAN 1 (Sulley Muntari 45+3) AFP. AN EMBARRASSING mistake from Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo handed champions Inter Milan a 1-0 victory away to Genoa at the Marrassi stadium yesterday morning (Singapore time). Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scored the winner three minutes into first-half stoppage time
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      • 225 50 Wire Services. ANTONIO Cassano just can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Sampdoria have decided to terminate their contract with the Italian striker following his argument with club president Riccardo Garrone, reported news agency ANSA yesterday. The argument between the pair began on Tuesday after Cassano
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      • 573 51 ASTON VILLA v BIRMINGHAM (Tonight, 8pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 103) PA Sport. GERARD Houllier admits he needs to strengthen his Aston Villa squad during the January transfer window. Houllier heads into his first Derby against Birmingham tonight without several key players through injury and
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      • 238 51 PA Sport. ROBERTO Mancini has warned his players they are risking their ability to play a full part in Manchester City’s busy programme if they ignore repeated warnings over their drinking. Reports accompanied by grainy footage have emerged suggesting that the City quartet
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      • 774 52 NewcastlebossHughton eyesbraggingrightswith winoverSunderlandin Tyne-Wear Derby NEWCASTLE v SUNDERLAND (Tonight, 9.30pm, SingTel mioTV Ch 102) PA Sport. NEWCASTLE boss Chris Hughton will attempt to bring an “interesting” week to a rousing conclusion by masterminding a Derby triumph tonight. The 51-year-old former Republic of Ireland international
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      • 199 52 PA Sport. THE TYNE-WEAR Derby will be particularly poignant for former Newcastle defender Titus Bramble, who has shed his er-ror-prone tag in the years since he left the club. “When I spoke to (the late) Sir Bobby Robson about Titus and I
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      • 860 53 BOLTON v LIVERPOOL (Tomorrow, 12am, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) PA Sport. LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson has been taken aback by the intense media scrutiny of his actions this season. Hodgson is under pressure after a poor start to the season and has
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      • 304 53 PA Sport. BOLTON boss Owen Coyle is backing un-der-pressure Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson to make the club a force to be reckoned with once again. Hodgson has endured a turbulent start to his career at Liverpool since taking up the reins from Rafael Benitez over
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      • 461 54 Everton ....................1 Stoke ......................0 Everton: Yakubu 67 AYEGBENI YAKUBU struck his first goal since April to maintainEverton’sPremier League revival at the expense of Stoke. The Nigeria international, linked with West Ham in the summer and criticised for lacking match fitness, hit the only goal
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      • 466 54  -  Arsenal ......................1 West Ham ..................0 Arsenal: Song 88 BY JIM VAN WIJK Special Correspondent ALEXSONG’Slateheadergave English Premier League title chasers Arsenal victory over West Ham to deny the bottom club a deserved point at Emirates Stadium. Robert Green, in front of watching England manager Fabio
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      • 496 55  -  Wolves ......................2 Man City ....................1 Wolves: Milijas 30, Edwards 57 Man City: Adebayor23 (pen) BY ALAN JONES Special Correspondent DAVIDEDWARDSscoredhisfirstgoalfor14monthstoearnWolvesa shockwinoverManchesterCity. RobertoMancini’ssidewent aheadthroughEmmanuel Adebayor’spenaltyand dominatedtheearlystages.But WolvesequalisedthroughNenad MilijasandthenEdwardsearned MickMcCarthy’ssidetheirfirst winsincetheopeningday. Citylookedfullofenergyinthe earlystagesandMarioBalotelli hadthechancetobreakthe deadlockwhenhegotontheend ofalowcrossfromJamesMilner butcouldonlystabwide. After23minutes,Adebayor scoredhisfirstPremierLeague goaloftheseasonfromthe penaltyspottoputCityahead. JeromeBoatengplayedtheball throughtoDavidSilva,andhe was brought down close to
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      • 231 55  -  Fulham ......................2 Wigan ........................0 Fulham: Dempsey 30,44 BY JEFF CANTWELL Special Correspondent CLINT DEMPSEY struck twice in the first half to give Fulham a comfortable win over Wigan. Dempsey nodded home CarlosSalcido’scrossonthehalfhour mark for the opener before stabbinghomeZoltanGera’s pass for the second. The Latics had started
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        314 56 / 57  -  LIM SAY HENG FOR 88 minutes last night, Arsenal fan Leikanthan Ramalingam and his friends experienced Halloween in a different way. In that time, Arsenal huffed and puffed, but they simply could not get past their bogeyman–WestHamgoalkeeperRobertGreen. But Gunner Alexandre Song made Christmas come early for Kanthan, 22,
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      • 702 56 / 57  -  BLACKBURN1 (Benjani Mwaruwari 21) CHELSEA 2 (Nicolas Anelka 39, Branislav Ivanovic 84) GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg FOR a while, the Chelsea motor threatened to sputter into life. But for all the promise, the typical swashbuckling Chelsea display that the fans have come to expect did not materialise.
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      • 154 56 / 57  -  –GARYLIM IMAGICMOMENT:It was alwaysgoing totakea moment of brilliance from Chelsea to breach the stubborn Blackburn defence. And it came in the 39th minute.FlorentMalouda’s laser-guidedcross, Didier Drogba’scushioned header,and NicolasAnelka’s sharp finish. What class. IDANGER:Didier Drogba musthavethought thathis fierce shot midway through the second half would end up in the
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      • 233 56 / 57 ILASTNIGHT: WOLVES 2 (Nenad Milijas 30, David Edwards 57) MAN CITY 1 (Emmanuel Adebayor 23-pen) FULHAM 2 (Clint Dempsey 30,44) WIGAN 0 EVERTON1 (Aiyegbeni Yakubu 67) STOKE0 ARSENAL1 (Alexandre Song 88) WESTHAM 0 BLACKBURN1 (Benjani Mwaruwari 21) CHELSEA 2 (Nicolas Anelka 39, Branislav Ivanovic 84) ILATE MATCH:
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    • 465 60  -  DILEN JIT SINGH, DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg BRYAN Neubronner might have suffered the blow of missing out on the Asian Schools Under-15 football tournament in Yogyakarta next month, but as that door closed, another has creaked open. The midfielder will not be going to Indonesia
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