The New Paper, 3 April 2011

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    • 68 1 INDIA WINS CRICKET WORLD CUP Dhoni the Dream Super skipper strikes down Sri Lanka WEST HAM 2 MAN UTD 4 Rooneythe Rampant Hat-trick hero sparks dramatic comeback 54 S’PORE MAN’S TRIPLE HIV BLOW Now jobless, he finds out he and toddler son are also HIV positive First, his Vietnamese wife
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  • News
    • 912 2 / 3  -  IS’poremanfindsoutheandtoddlersonhaveHIV afterVietnamesewife’sdeath INow,heisjoblessashissonisstuckinVietnam REPORT:JOYCE JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg TWO years ago, Johnny (not his real name) felt like the happiest man on earth when he marriedthewomanheloved–aVietnamesegirlhe had met while she was working at a restaurant here. ButJohnny’shappinesswasshort-lived. A year after their wedding, his wife was diagnosed
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    • 654 4 / 5  -  ButHealthMinisterKhawBoonWansaysit’shardasthey’ve beenaroundfortoolonganditwill‘upset’700,000smokers EXCLUSIVE REPORT:NG REPORT:NG WANCHING wanching@sph.com.sg BANcigarettes.Somesaythat’sonedefinitivewaytostampoutthe“dirtyhabit”. As a Health Minister who has already prohibited alternative tobacco and nicotine products, banning cigarettesshouldbeeasytodoforMrKhawBoonWan. Butitissomethinghewon’tdo. Notthathedoesnotagreewithitinprinciple. “I have no problem with banning cigarettes,” he said.But heexplained thatit would be veryhard todo becausecigaretteshave“beenaroundforsolong”. “About 14 per
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    • 556 4 / 5 MR KHAW believes that if healthy food were more readily available, people would eat more healthily. That’swhyhe ishoping to makeit easier for Singaporeans to find healthier food, to help them make the switch. He already has one idea
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    • 999 6 / 7  -  Acidattackgirlacesexams,butlearnsofdad’sconvictionandgrandma’sdeath–allin24hours REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg IN JUST under 24 hours, she went through a roller-coaster of emotions that took her from elation to sadness. Last Wednesday morning, Tan Hui Linn, 19, found out that she had aced her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination (the
      PICTURE: NANYANG SIANG PAU; PICTURES: FEMININE MAGAZINE, CHINA PRESS  -  999 words
    • 577 8 / 9  -  Retirement gave him the chance to indulge in his hobby: mountain biking REPORT:NG NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg WHEN he retired, Mr Chris de Souza, 59, chose to not take things easy. Instead he took his mountain biking hobby up several notches by actively discovering and conquering
      PICTURES COURTESY OF MR CHRIS DE SOUZA  -  577 words
    • 464 8 / 9  -  REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ONE is never too old to develop a new interest. Take Madam Betty Wee. It was only after she retired as a primary school teacher that she discovered a new passion for the arts and cultural heritage. Madam
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    • News The Great CEO Charity Cookout
      • 808 10 / 11  -  REPORT:YEOH YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg WHILE finalising the details of Irene Ang’s appearance at The Great CEO Cookout, her assistant Harry Yew assured The New Paper on Sunday: “When it comes to charity, Irene will make sure everything is ‘swee swee’ (Hokkien forperfect).” His CEO kept
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    • 615 12 / 13  -  PlaydatesforbabiesgettingpopularwithS’poremums REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg HERsonisonly10monthsoldbuthehasalreadybeenonanumberofdates.Madam Karen Yeo, who is in her mid 30s, tagsalongontheseoutings,butshekeepsadistanceas hebusieshimselfwithmakingnewfriends. It’s known as playdates, where mothers bring their tinytotstointeractwithotherchildren. Saidthestay-at-homemother:“I’mhomeeveryday so I like to go out and talk to other adults. Sometimes goingoutmakesmeappreciatemyhomebetter.” Madam Yeo,
      PICTURE COURTESY OF JULIE ONG  -  615 words
    • 497 12 / 13  -  COMMENT PICTURE: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg SO THERE I was, seated among a United Nationsof mums– fivewomenand their babies who were strangers just minutes before. The host: Beverley, a bubbly woman from Canada, in her condo home in Ang Mo Kio. The other mums: A
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    • 509 14  -  REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg SHE is already a granny but that didn’t stop her from having the best-looking legs. Mrs Noreen Ku, 39, a secretary, beat the other contestants including her daughter half her age hands down. The mother of five and
      TNP PICTURES: BENJAMIN SEETOR  -  509 words
    • 481 15 Japanese reject offer to work at damaged power plant in Fukushima IT’Sadeathmission,buteventhathasaprice.WorkersatthetroubledFukushimaDaiichinuclearplant have reported they are being offered sums of moneytodashintotheradiation-drenchedheartofthe plant. They say the plant authorities are dangling cash carrots of up to US$5,000 (S$6,300) a day to act as
      PICTURE: REUTERS  -  481 words
    • 318 15 THE phone call came in the early hours of April 1. Butthatdidn’ttipoffMalaysian assemblyman for Ayer Keroh, Mr Khoo Poay Tiong,thatitwasanAprilFool’sjoke. After all, he was promised a donation for charity and a meeting with members of the Singapore press. The 41 -year- old told Malaysian
      PICTURE: THE STAR  -  318 words
    • 465 16 Finalists claim it was, but organisers deny any impropriety DID reigning Miss Dominican Republic Dalia Fernandez pay for her glittery crown? That is what some pageant finalists are claiming. Ms Evi Siskos, who is from New York, is demanding that Miss Universe Organization officials look
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    • 271 16 EVEN the dead are not immune to skyrocketing prices. AstheQingMingFestival– also known as the Tomb SweepingDay–nears,manyare complaining about the cost of tombs in China. In Changchun, the provincial capital of Jilin, tomb prices have jumped almost 20 per cent in the pastyear,reportedChangchun’s
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    • 616 17 Prince William, who hates jewellery, will go ring-free in one of many breaks with royal wedding tradition NOweddingring.Notraditionalchariotride.Nostuffyweddingdinner. When it comes to the wedding of the year, British royal Prince William and his fiance Kate Middletonarecallingtheirownshots. For a start, British palace officials have
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    • 629 18/19 Beijing hopes to bid goodbye to its overcrowded roads with this vehicle, which straddles traffic lanes and allows cars to drive underneath. The New Paper on Sunday takes a closer look at this innovative design that could potentially change how people travel A BIG problem needs a
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    • 293 20 WILL we one day run out of letters for bra cup sizes? Two years ago, bra makers introduced the KK. Then in January, the L arrived. Now, an N cup size has been introduced, to keep up with how quickly
      PICTURES: REUTERS  -  293 words
    • 437 20 Students upset over reality TV star getting $40,000toappearatuniversityevent SHE’S not even an A-lister, but Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi pocketed a cool US$32,000 (S$40,000) to appear at a university event on Thursday. And now, students at Rutgers University in New Jersey are
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    • 60 4 / 5 Advertising feature Two astronauts showed up at the bustling Amoy Street Food Centre just in time for lunch on Friday. Their mission remains unclear. All we could gather, from a placard they carried, was that lift-off would be on April 7, 2011. The astronauts were unwilling to disclose where their
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    • 7 4 / 5 TOMORROW MinisterKhawon S’poreyouth: They’re passionate,justnot about politics
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    • 42 8 / 9 Football Kaki Visit Go online to play pick-the-score and stand a chance to win a trip to watch your favourite BPL team www.tnp.sg/footballkaki thenewpaper ROBO-RAY OTHER STRANGE INVENTIONS) They were invented in Singapore but never saw the light of day. What happened?
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    • 411 10 / 11 THE NEW PAPER Project Helping Hands tnp.sg/helpinghands Help us reach out to them THE Great CEO Charity Cookout aims to raise money for Project Helping Hands, a community project to help senior citizens who are living alone. The New Paper has partnered the Lions Befrienders Service Association and Ngee Ann
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  • News Snapshot
    • 110 21 MINISTER in Charge of Ageing Issues Lim Boon Heng said at the launch of the 50plus Expo that Singapore has prepared itself to take on the challenges, and to capitalise on the opportunities of an ageing population. Organised by the Council for
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    • 102 21 Reuters. SYRIAN rights groups yesterday say security forces in Syria have arrested dozens of people after thousands marched in pro-democracy protests. The Syrian Observatory for Hu- man Rights named 21 people who it said had been rounded up by Syrian security in
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    • 119 21 Reuters. A GROUP of 10 gunmen have kidnapped 16 people, including two children, from a school graduation ceremony in the troubled southern part of the Philippines. They claim to be seeking the release of fellow tribesmen jailed for a mass hos-tage-taking
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    • 107 21 DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday that as time goes by, more of the personalities of the new PAP candidates and their views on national policy will emerge. He added that the 12 new candidates introduced by PAP have been
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    • 313 21 MAKING WAY FOR YOUNGER CANDIDATE WEST Coast GRC Member of Parliament Ho Geok Choo will make way for “a deserving younger candidate” as part of the People’s Action Party’s leadership renewal plan, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. Confirming that Madam Ho,
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 21 LAST TREE STANDING: A pine tree stands amid the tsunami-devastated area in Rikuzentakata of the Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is the only survivor out of the 70,000pine treesthatmadeupthe “Takata Matsubara” or Takata seaside pine forest, which had protected the city from ocean winds for more than three centuries.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous

  • News Exchange
    • 446 22  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: SANTOKH SINGH santokh@sph.com.sg HEREaresomethingsourdomestichelperYuni,(and before her, Suhenti, Anis and Kartini) has done for our four kids two boys who turn 17 and 18 this year, and two girls who will be 15 and 13 withourblessings. Shewashestheirclothes,hangsthemouttodryand irons them. She helps make their
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    • 135 22 Lastweek’sindex:230.Thisweek’sindex:240 -10 HDB households can look forward to their first rebates under the Grow and Share Package, but electricity tariffs have gone up by an average of 6.1 percent for this quarter. -10 Last year, nearly 30 million bags morethan 12 per 1,000 passengers worldwide– did not
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    • 26 22 “Nodogpoointhe estate or illegal parking outside. Must be because of MP housevisit.” –Oneresidenttoanother “Singaporeisnota place for people afraidofcrowds.” –Touristcommentingtofriendabouta busy downtown mall
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    • 8 22 TNP ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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    • 481 23  -  With fairy lights, superhero capes and writhing female models, is anyone still paying attention to the briefs on the runway? REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg All week long, those crowding the halls at Marina Bay Sands Convention Hall to attend the inaugural Men’s Fashion Week were buzzing about
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    • 235 24  -  REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg FEMME fatale meets Greek goddess. Eve meets burlesque dancer. It was girl power at its peak at the Triumph Inspiration Award Singapore National Final 2011 held last Thursday. The 15 finalists stopped at nothing to create the perfect lingerie and shapewearto
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    • 395 25  -  Don’tbelieve everything you see in the movies, says cave diver REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg CAVEdiving–death-defying?Probably so, judging from Hollywood’s depiction of thisextremesport. Both The Cave (2005) and Sanctum which opened in theatres here last Thursday left viewers breathlessinfear withscenes of actorsbeingtrappedanddrowningin
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    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
      • 306 26 / 27  -  The men turned up in their bestatMen’sFashionWeek SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg KUDOS to the inaugural Men’s Fashion Week 2011. In under 100 days, the organising committee made it happen no small feat (indeed, many of the male models are shoe-sized 12). Twenty shows of 30 world-class
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      • 234 26 / 27  -  Sylvia Toll Paik Choo AW-YI-AW, Tarzan lives! The awesome David Gan, who can, with a snip, flick, clip, bring out the best-tressed in you, brings out the stars wherever he is. Gan’sgalaxyturnedoutinfullentourage athisPassionhairshowatMen’sFashion Week 2011 at Marina Bay Sands convention centre. Fortymalemodels–playyourfingersup and down the
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      • 279 26 / 27  -  Sylvia Toh Palk Choo UNLIKE society soirees where the couturistas are only too happy to pose and prattle on about their party frocks, the SLK-Class class and the CLS-Class class at the Mercedes-Benz 125! Anniversary would rather not be quoted, thank you. Of course
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 723 28 / 29  -  ...is still possible even as realities of age catch up ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF BIKER BOY zaihan@sph.com.sg I’MONamission.To prove that older riders can stay fit and give youngeronesarunfortheirmoney. It all started last September when I lamented that youngerbikersseemtolastlongeronthedirttrack. At 40, I accept the reality that
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 685 30 / 31  -  Malls draw families with better-equipped nursing rooms and other baby-friendly facilities REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg YOU’VE got a diaper emergency with a screaming toddler? These days, that situation has become less of a nightmare for parents, thanks to malls with cheery diaper-changing rooms and
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      • 448 30 / 31  -  My 10-year-old girl already wants to watch Bieber with her friends S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg CONGRATULATEmefolks,it’smyweddinganni-versarytoday.That’sright,Igotmarriedonthisveryday,some 12yearsago. I know what you are thinking. How can he be married for 12 years when he looks so young in his byline photo(ahem)? Is it
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 648 33  -  REPORT: ASHLEY CHIA amchia@sph.com.sg TUCKED away at the end of a street on the first level of boutique hotel, Wanderlust, in the middle of Little India, sits Cocotte, a humble country-style French restaurant that serves comfort food. The restaurant, which opened in August last year, may not
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 417 34  -  So how do we get the youngtobeinterested inpolitics? SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg ALLthesingingMPs,AllthesingingMPs,Nowputyourhandsup, Ohohoh,ohohoh. Andthedancingones,andthosewhocanbalancea refrigeratoronthetipofthenose. If Singapore is a reality show, the young will come outandvotewholesale. That is what it is to be young you
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      • REALLY?
        • 105 34 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters. A POLL of 1,924 adults for UK online bank First Direct showed that 58 per cent of British women expect to split the bill on a first date, even if the men want to pay. Additionally, 14 per cent of women
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        • 135 34 AP. Mr Jason Kresse, 29, of Texas, US, and two crew members had been fishing for red snapper about 80km into the Gulf of Mexico at about 3.45am on Monday and were dumping fish guts into the water when they heard two big splashes in the
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      • 281 34  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DEAR would-be Singapore citizen, Thankyou for applying to be a Singapore citizen despiteSethRogendescribingSingaporeasa“very frightening”place.Youareindeedthebravestofsouls. Yourtimingcouldn’tbebetterbecausetheRadioand TV licence fee has just been abolished and people have stoppedsaying“boomz”asajoke. Butbeforeyougetyourpinkidentitycard,you’renow required to complete an orientation programme called
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 35 Today and next Sunday, we feature pictures of a fun day out at the zoo. On April 17 and 24, we will be publishing pictures of you and your pet. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg “Sharingalongcold drink with Ah-Meng onahotsunnyday.” From Diana “Pleasedaddy,canIkeeptheseadorablekangaroosaspets?” From, Niny Yashmin
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  • Page 30 / 31 Miscellaneous

  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 85 32 Enjoy TV& Comics WATCH’EM PICTURE: WARNER BROS DCCupcakes StarWorld(StarHubCh501),8.55pm Thisnewrealityseriesfollowstwosisterswhoditchwell-paid corporatejobstofulfilltheirdreamofusingtheirgrandmother’s recipestostartacupcakecompanyinWashington,DC. CurseOfTheDeserted CelestialMovies(StarHub868),9pm Agroupofcollegefriendsvisitamysteriousvillageinsearchofa hauntedmansiondescribedinaromanticghoststory.StarringShawn Yue,KittyZhang. Grey’sAnatomy7:AMusicEventSpecial SeasonPass(SingTelmioTVCh526),anytimeondemand Inthisspecialmusicalepisodeofthemedicaldrama,Callieisonthe vergeofanenormouslife-changingmomentwithArizonaandhasa visionofherhospitalandfriendsinawayshehasneverseenbefore. Invictus(above) HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm Thisbiographicalsports film shows NelsonMandela, duringhis firstterm as president ofSouthAfrica, attempttounite the apartheid-torn countrybyexhorting the national rugbyteamtowin the1995 Rugby WorldCup. StarringMatt Damon,MorganFreeman. TheGhostWriter Star Movies (StarHub
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    • 175 32 CHANNEL 5 Noon MakingItBig 1.00pm Movie:TheRinger 3.00 LostInAusten 4.00 AmericanIdol 5.00 PrincesWilliam Harry-Prisoners OfCelebrity 6.00 LegendOf TheSeeker 7.00 TheSimpsons 7.30 Movie:RockyBalboa 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 RoyalWedding OfA Lifetime 11.00 PrincesWilliam Harry-Into TheFuture Midnight MyName IsEarl CHANNEL8 Noon TheActivist’s Journey 12.30pm TRReport 1.00 ModernTCM 1.30 3-Plus-1 2.30 Movie:Lifeline 4.35 TheCrime Hunters 6.30
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  • Racing
    • 908 36 RACE 1 (Gold Coast) 1st 5 Go The Blaze ($14-$6) 2nd 10Djebel’sImpact($37)3rd11Fantastic Four ($7) 4th 15 Palladium. Forecast $70. Place forecast $19 (5-10), $9 (5-11), $17 (10-11). Tierce No winner ($937 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $93. Quartet No winner ($68 jackpot carried
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    • 598 36 Race1 C5(LC)1400m 8 THEFIREBIRD53c52(251-55) SRosmizan* (13) 13 13 1 (512) 3 FISHING55.5(17-10) BWoodworth (5) 3 3 2 (482) Ns 9 ANG'SWANG52.5(20-10) IAzhar (7) 2 2 3 (475) Shd 10 CHINESESTREET52.5c50.5(153-31) JackyLim* (6) 11 11 4 (446) Shd XWinning stable: OneWorld. Trainer:O Sidek.Time: 1min 24.3sec(Going: good). Forecast:
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    • 1013 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 1.45 -1400m(SC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 4233-1 CityHero 57 (37) MWepner 1 (5frgFNathan-BrightStar) 2 442-60 Yargu 55 (33) KTChengc1 9 (5agBBrogan-BBrogan) 3 *****0 DressedToImpress 54.5 (32) SSalee 4 (5nzmCecilRobert-MichaelKhor) 4 449--5 Neveraninch 54.5 (32)
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    • 73 37 RACE 1:1 City Hero 7 Marvellous Present 5 Ad i k 4 Neveraninch RACE 2:9 Hot Hot Hot 10 Black Magic Woman 8 Cizen Princess 1 New Dawn RACE 3:6 Honest Beng 4 Good Meaning 8 Humble Harvest 11 Black Opal RACE4:5BLUETOSCA)9SpeedEagle6Conflience1Sakima RACE5:3SecretariatPrince4Sonic2Destiny’sDay1TwiceRegal RACE6:5WorthTheWait13Bank’sGift14Stealth6Eagle RACE 7:7
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    • 105 37 THESE horses have won or were placed on soft or heavy tracks: RACE 1: Dressed To Impress, Neveraninch, Sunny Paradise, Marvellous Present, Sir Ed, Winning Smile, Courageous General. RACE 2: New Dawn. RACE 4: Sakima, Viva Volksraad, Ishbiliya, Blue Tosca, Conflience, Jal Treasure, Tatik, Ninetyfive Seal. RACE 5: Twice
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    • 2065 39/39 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Ballarat (2,000m) 11 VARELLA (Dan O'Sullivan) 4m By Rock OfGibraltar -HolbrookLass (7:0-1-1):Ran 11/2 len 2nd (56.0) Via Savoia 2,000m Stawell Mdn Mar 11 then finished lghd, nk3rd (56.0) Taxi Joe, Sly Ruby 1,980m Tatura Mdn Plate dead trk
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    • 824 39/39 12:30Race1 BALLARAT 2000M 1 ARABIANAMOUR NCALLOW (1) 58 2 GROUNDCONTROL MFLAHERTY (4) 58 3 OSCAR JBENBOW (3) 58 4 TONI'SCONNECTION CAROBERTSON (8) 58 5 BIGDESERT BRAWILLER (9) 57.5 6 BRIEFERNEST MSLKCROPP (7) 57.5 7 FREDDLES CNEWITT (13) 57.5 8 MOKAUMA JMASKIELL (10)
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    • 526 39/39 RACE 1 (Rosehill) 1 st 9 Cedarberg ($243-$38) 2nd 5 Mourayan ($26) 3rd 7 Linton ($8) 4th 2 Hawk Island. Forecast $124. Place forecast $41 (5-7), $173 (5-9), $28 (7-9). Tierce No winner ($3198 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $412. Quartet No winner
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    • 1103 40  -  ITIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIP PHILLIP WOO WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,400m) Star Of Chiu Ton (1) Did go to the line well after fading back from a similar gate 12 for a course-and-distance second two runs back. Big
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    • 962 40 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1400m TIME:12:30 Stakes:HK$500,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 STAROFCHIUTON ASCRUZ GMOSSE 133 12 2 SUPERPEPPER CHYIP WCMARWING 133 5 3 TRAVELPRINCE DCRUZ DWHYTE 133 10 4 CONQUEROR YOWONG HWLAI 131 11 5 NAMJONGFIGHTERS YSTSUI ZPURTON 131 1
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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  • Sports Mad about Golf
    • 566 41 Reuters. LITTLE-KNOWN American Chris Kirk kept alive his faint hopes of qualifying for next week’s US Masters by taking a one-shot lead in the second round of the Houston Open on Friday. The 25-year-old, who needs to win this week to make his debut in
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    • 389 41 AP. STACY Lewis persevered through sweltering heat to shoot a three-under 69 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Friday, opening a three-stroke lead over Tseng Ya-ni, Brittany Lincicome and Jane Park in the first Major of the LPGA season. Michelle Wie shot a 67, matchingthe
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    • 379 41 THE Asian Tour young guns will be eager to prove that age is not a barrier to success when the inaugural Panasonic Open (India) tees off on Wednesday. Local prospect Rashid Khan, Baek Seuk Hyun of South Korea and Thai duo Atiwit Janewattananond and Panuphol
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  • Sports Tennis
    • 324 42 Reuters. WORLD No. 1 Rafa Nadal produced some outstanding tennis to crush long-standing rival Roger Federer 6-3,6-2 on Friday and set up a Sony Ericsson Open final meeting against Novak Djokovic in Miami. Nadal, who now has a 15-8 record in meetings between the two, dominated
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    • 254 42 AP. NOVAK Djokovic advanced to the final at the Sony Ericsson Open and extended his winning streak to 25 consecutive matches by beating Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-1. “I don’t feel invincible,” Djokovic said. “I don’t feel that I can’t lose on the court. What I
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  • Sports Basketball
    • 544 43 HOUSTON 119 SANANTONIO 114 (ot) AP EVEN a late rally couldn’t end the longest losing streak of Tim Duncan’s career. Kevin Martin scored 33 points, including nine in overtime, and the Houston Rockets handed the San Antonio Spurs their sixth straight loss with a 119-114
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    • 340 43 FORMULA ONE PA Sport. FELIPE Massa has accused Jenson Button of ignoring the rules in light of their on-track feud in Australia last Sunday. Button’s bid for a podium finish at Melbourne’s Albert Park was wrecked when he was given a drive-through penalty for cutting
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    • 47 43 Ip yX Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE RCBReg No: *****0202G
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  • Sports Football
    • 478 44  -  S-LEAGUE ALL-STARS 2 (Obadin Aikhena 20, Zainudin Nordin 90+1) TAKE ACTION ALBIREx 7 (Tatsuro Inui 10, Bruno Castanheira 36, Kazuki Kobayshi45, Shotaro Ihata52, Hidetoshi Nakata 62, Deen Martin 87pen, 90+2) DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg HEMAYhaveretiredfromprofessionalfootball for close to five years now, but Hidetoshi Nakata has shown he
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    • 312 44  -  DAVID LEE AS THE scoreline, it was a charity match with an extremely charitable feel to it. Well, even FAS president Zainudin Nordin had a goal to show. However, as the only player last evening to score a brace, 14-year-old Deen Martin nearly
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  • Sports La Liga
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      1006 45  -  Stop talking about England and just focus on Real job, says our columnist GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg IT’STIMEforJoseMourinhotoshutup.Not about football. Heaven knows, I could listen to him talk about football until the cows come home. In fact, I could listen to him talk about most things
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    • 31 45 Today: Deportivo v R. Mallorca, Levante v Malaga, Espanyol v R. Santander, R. Sociedad v Hercules, Sevilla v R. Zaragoza, Osasuna v A. Madrid Tomorrow: Almeria v A. Bilbao.
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  • Sports EPL
    • 559 46 MAN CITY v SUNDERLAND (Tonight, 11pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) PA Sport. ROBERTO Mancini is not convinced he will be sacked by Manchester City if they fail to finish in the top four. City’s ambitious owners laid down a top-four spot as the
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    • 480 46 FULHAM v BLACKPOOL (Tonight, 8.30pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) PA Sport. MARK Hughes believes Fulham are on the brink of guaranteeing their survival in the Premier League for another season. The Cottagers host Blackpool tonight and will try to lift themselves further away from
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    • 440 47  -  Wire Services. MARIOBalotelliseemstobedoinghisbest to cement his reputation as ManchesterCity’sbadboy. The Italian striker tested the patience of CitybossRoberto Mancini againafter anoth-erexplosivebust-up. Balotelli clipped the heels of captain Carlos Tevez in Friday’s training session and the Sun reported that Mancini was furious with him. Mancini called Balotelli over
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    • 460 48  -  Wigan 0 Tottenham 0 Kick-off 3pm (UK time) BY KEN GAUNT Special Correspondent TOTTENHAMlookedoutofsortsaheadoftheirChampionsLeague meetingwithRealMadridon Tuesdayandhadtosettlefora pointatWigan. Thehomesidecouldhave clinchedvictoryandeasedtheir relegationworriesintheprocess threeminutesfromtime. ConnorSammonwasreleased byfellowsubstituteMohamed Diame,butsenthisshotstraight atgoalkeeperHeurelhoGomes. WiganmanagerRoberto Martinezisconvincedhisteam willprovethedoubterswrong andescaperelegation. TheSpaniardsaid:“Fromthe outsideitisunderstandable.But aswehavealwaysdone,weare heretodefytheoddsandprove peoplewrong. “Itwouldbeagreat,great achievementtodefytheodds andspringasurprise.Butthatis thenatureof Wigan–wearea fantasticfootballstoryandwe wanttocarryonwiththisdream.” TheLaticsmadeabrightstart againstBirmingham,andTom Cleverleyswunginacrossafter fiveminutesonlyforgoalkeeper Gomestogetthereafraction
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    • 268 48  -  Birmingham................2 Bolton........................1 Birmingham: Phillips 4, Gardner 59 Bolton: Elmander70 BY PHIL MEDLICOTT Special Correspondent BIRMINGHAM catapulted themselves out of the Premier League relegation zone with victory over Bolton. Veteran Blues striker Kevin Phillips made the most of being handed his first League start of the
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    • 328 49  -  Everton 2 Aston Villa 2 Everton: Osman 38, Baines (pen) 83 Aston Villa: Bent 47, 68 BY ALAN JONES Special Correspondent LEIGHTONBAINESstruckalatepenaltyasinjury-hitEvertondeniedtroubled AstonVillaamuch-neededwin. £24millionstrikerDarrenBent appearedtohaveputrelegationthreatenedVilla–andtheir under-pressuremanagerGerard Houllier–oncourseforthree vitalpointsatGoodisonPark whenherespondedtoLeon Osman’sopenerwithasecondhalfdouble. ButEverton,whowere aggrievedwhenJermaine Beckfordwasnotawardedagoal afterashotbounceddownoff thebar,battledonandwona spot-kickwhenJeanMakoun trippedPhilJagielka. AstonVillacentraldefenders RichardDunneandJames Collinsreturnedforthis crucialclash. And Villahadsomemoregood newsbeforethegamewhen StewartDowningpledgedhis futuretotheclub–evenifthey
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    • 258 49 Newcastle ..................4 Wolves ......................1 Newcastle: Nolan 22, Ameobi 45, Lovenkrands 50, Gutierrez 90 Wolves: Ebanks-Blake 58 Kick-off 3pm (UK time) KEVIN NOLAN, Shola Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands and Jonas Gutierrez were all on the scoresheet as Newcastle triumphed in their Premier League clash
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      515 50 PREMIERLEAGUEBOSS’NEWCRACKDOWNONBEHAVIOUR PA Sport. SIR ALEX Ferguson today questioned the value of the Premier League’s new crackdown on behaviour, claiming there is no lack of respect towards referees from managers. Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has announced a new campaign, backed by the top-flight clubs, targeting “unacceptable”
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    • 543 50 PA Sport. AN ACCIDENT waiting to happen. That was the analogy Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger used to describe how Jack Wilshere’s growing influence for club and country could be detrimental to the midfielder’sdevelopment. Wilshere could chalk up almost 60 matches before he gets a
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    • 717 51 STOKE1 (Jonathan Walters 8) CHELSEA 1 (Didier Drogba 33) CHELSEA’S English Premier League title defence floundered at the Britannia Stadium yesterday where they were lucky to escape with a point. Jonathan Walters put the hosts ahead with an eighth-minute breakaway goal, only for Didier Drogba
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    • 693 52 / 53  -  WEST BROM 2 (Chris Brunt 62pen, 88pen) LIVERPOOL 1 (Martin Skrtel 50) Former boss leads WestBrom past injury-hit Liverpool GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg HE WAS the manager whom Liverpool fans couldn’t wait to see the back of. So, it wasn’t without irony that Roy Hodgson’s first meeting with Liverpool
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    • 594 52 / 53 AP. CHRIS Brunt scored two second-half penalties to give West Bromwich a 2-1 win overLiverpoolinmanagerRoyHodgson’s first game against his former club. Martin Skrtel had given Liverpool the lead in the 50th minute with a strong header from a corner. But Sotirios Kyrgiakos was adjudged to
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    • 633 54 / 55  -  WEST HAM 2 (Mark Noble 11 -pen, 25-pen) MAN UNITED 4 (Wayne Rooney 65,73,79-pen, Javier Hernandez 85) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK WAYNE Rooney might not be back to his best yet, but Sir Alex Ferguson won’tmindifthisiswhatheproduceswhilehe’sonhisway. His emphatic second-half hat-trick was
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    • 559 54 / 55 PA Sport MANAGER Sir Alex Ferguson claimed Manchester United “played like champions” as they came from 2-0 down to beat hosts West Ham 4-2 in last night’sPremierLeaguematch. The table-topping Red Devils appeared certain to open the door for title-rivals Arsenal and Chelsea when their defence
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  • Sports Cricket World Cup
    • 209 56 / 57 Reuters. SACHIN Tendulkar failed to score his 100th international century in the World Cup after he fell for 18 against Sri Lanka in the final at Wankhede Stadium last night. Tendulkar (below), who possesses 51 Test and 48 one-day centuries, looked in sublime touch as
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    • 494 56 / 57 AP. SRI LANKA batsman Mahela Jayawardene joined an elite list last night by becoming the sixth player to score a century in a World Cup final. Jayawardene’sunbeaten103poweredhisteamto a competitive 274 against India. And despite India surpassing that total to win
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    • 288 56 / 57  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg LITTLEIndiawasinQueenstownlastnight.Yes,youreadright,formorethan1,000Indiancricketenthusiastsfilledthesecond-levelauditori-um of the Global Indian International School (GIIS) at Mei Chin Road to watch the live telecast of the 2011 Cricket World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka lastnight. GIIS chairman Atul Temurnikar, a Mumbai native who politely
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    • 722 58 / 59  -  Hosts India win first World Cup since 1983 in topsy-turvy final BRIEF SCORES Sri Lanka 274-6 (Mahela Jayawardene 103 not out, Kumar Sangakkara 48) India 277-4 in 48.2 overs (Gautam Gambhir 97, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 91 not out) Result: India won by six wickets SK
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    • 482 58 / 59 Wire Services GAUTAM Gambhir and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni starred as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai last night. Gambhir, dropped on 30 and nearly run out on 49, made 97 to put
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