The New Paper, 1 May 2011

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    • 67 1 GE2011 BATTLE FOR ALJUNIED Is he PAP’s secret weapon? 4 On the campaign trail with Tin Pei Ling 6 The New Paper on 4 MAY 1 2011 facebook.com/thenewpaper TNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO twitter.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 80 CENTS MICA (P) 113/01/2011 TNP PICTURE: GARY S’PORE KELONG KING ‘FROZEN’ IN
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  • News
    • 1025 2 / 3  -  Wilson Raj tries to escape from authorities after his first court appearance in Finland but bone-chilling temperatures force him to turn back ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM FINLAND HE RAN away from the law in Singapore last year. And after making his first appearance in
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    • 365 2 / 3 WILSON Raj’s foray into international match-fixing comes as no surprise to people who know him well. In Singapore, he was jailed twice for bribing players and officials. While Singapore sources are quick to recount WilsonRaj’smatch-fixingways,theyalsosayhehas “aheartofgold”. He is said to lend his friends “thousands
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    • News GE 2011: Battle For Aljunied
      • 834 4 / 5  - IS HE PAP S SECRET WEAPON? Teenage girls ask retired MP for autographs after he rouses crowd with fiery Teochew speech REPORT:KOH KOH HUITHENG, LINETTE HENG tnp@sph.com.sg THE People’s Action Party (PAP) has a powerful team for the Aljunied GRC with two ministers. Butyesterdaythepartyrolledoutits“secretweapon”–MrChinHarnTong,thesecondlastspeakeratits rally at Serangoon Stadium. He spoke
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      • 427 4 / 5 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew spoke to the media aftermeeting People’s Action Party(PAP) activists at theparty’s Radin Masbranch office yesterday afternoon: In the past few elections, about a third of the population had expressed a desire for an elected opposition. This is still an
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    • News GE2011
      • 1096 6 / 7  -  A day with PAP candidate Tin PeiLing REPORT:BRYNA BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg SHE’S ready to fight her own battles for the election. Ms Tin Pei Ling, 27, the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) youngest candidate, went on a walkabout yesterday in MacPherson
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      • 724 8  -  CheeSoonnJuanmaybecreditedwithbuildingparty’snew‘softimage’,but after his antics on Friday, members fear the good maybe undone REPORT:BRYNA BRYNA SIM, MELVIN SINGH tnp@sph.cm.sg ISTHE “softimage”built upby the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) in danger of falling apart? Three SDP members told The New Paper on Sunday about an urgent meeting they
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      • 114 8 PEOPLE’S ACTION PARTY TEAM: East Coast GRC WHERE: Bedok Stadium, 1, Bedok North Street 2 WORKERS’ PARTY TEAM: Nee Soon GRC WHERE: Yishun Stadium, 103, Yishun Avenue 1 SINGAPORE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TEAM: Holland-Bukit Timah GRC WHERE: Open field along Clementi Avenue 4, beside Block 310 SINGAPORE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
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      • Article, Illustration
        587 9  -  ZUL OTHMAN thanyoumayknow.ZULOTHMAN(zothman@sph.com.sg)joins IT’SnotjusttherulingPeople’sActionPartythathasdrawn candidates from the civil service and the armed forces. Several oppositioncandidateshave–atonetimeoranother–servedin official positions. And the two sides are connected in more ways than you may know. ZUL OTHMAN (zothman@sph.com.sg) joins the dots among the contenders SINGAPORE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAF WHO:DrAng YongGuan AGE: 56 OCCUPATION: Psychiatrist
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    • 418 10  -  Primary 4 pupil helps to raise $60,000 for ProjectHelpingHands atS’porePools charity dinner REPORT: TAM SU FERNE sftam@sph.com.sg HE WAS shy and answered questions mostly with a mumbled “yes” or “no”,buthewastransformedthemoment he picked up the microphone to belt out songs by Whitney Houston
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    • 320 11  -  $5 card gives discounts on Japanese restaurants hit by radiation fears REPORT: BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg ASconcernsoverradiationfoundinJap-anese food imports have eased, neserestaurantsherehavebandedtogethertobringthecrowdsbackandalsohelp earthquakevictimsinJapan. Customers can buy a Friends of Japan privilege card for $5 at participating dining outlets,whichincludeAjisen,Tampopo,KuriyaFishMarketandSunwithMoonJapanese DiningandCafé. The restaurants belong to 10 companies,
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    • News The Great CEO Charity Cookout
      • 996 12 / 13  -  The jovial boss of Qian Hu Corporation invites strangers to join him and his friends at the Great CEO Charity Cookout REPORT:BRYAN BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg MR KENNY Yap did not just cook plate after plate of fried oyster omelette at the Great CEO
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    • 594 14 / 15  -  Teachers and students on social networking sites REPORT:DIANELOUYS DIANE LOUYS, KWAN HUIXIAN tnp@sph.com.sg SHOULDteachersbefriendtheirstudentsonFace-book?Recently in the UK, teachers were urged not to becomefriendswiththeirstudentsonFacebook. According to the National Union of Teachers there, pupils are getting access to potentially embarrassing information found on their teachers’
      TNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CH00  -  594 words
    • 342 16 He asks how it could be distributed if original is with police THEMalaysiansexvideoscandaljustrefusestogoaway.A Parti Keadilan Rakyat MP has filed a police reportafterhereceivedadiskbypostathisparliamentaryofficeonFriday. Mr S Manikavasagam, who represents Kapar in Selangor,claimedthatthediskcontainsthefullversionof the video of a man said to resemble opposition leader AnwarIbrahimhavingsexwithawoman. He said
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    • 358 17 KL landslide breaks retaining wall and buries seven cars SEVEN cars were damaged in a landslide at Kuchai Brem Park Apartments in Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur, in the early hours of Friday morning. Sin Chew Daily reported that a retaining wall at the hillside estate
      PICTURES: CHINA PRESS  -  358 words
    • 496 18 Man who loses legs in2008Sichuan quake now eyeing Paralympics gold and improvingdisabledpeople’swelfare CHINESE Dai Guohong lost both his legs when the magnitude 8 earthquake hit the Sichuan province in 2008. But a new world opened for the 21 -year-old from Beichuan Qiang
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    • 454 19 DreamWorksanimatoraccusedofbeatingneighbour’sdogtodeath A DreamWorks animator is accused of beating a 16-month old German shepherd with a hammer so badly that Humane Society workers are calling it one of the worst cases of animal abuse they’ve everseen. Young Song, 40, of Pasadena, appeared in court on
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    • 193 14 / 15 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SINGAPORE DEFYING THE AGEING PROCESS If there is an advanced skin care solution that is tested and proven to give you visible and youthful-looking results in 30 days, would you be interested? BEFORE AFTER AFTER BEFORE Date 4 May 2011 (Wed) Venue Suntec City Convention
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    • 67 14 / 15 WHY HE PICKED ALJUNIED How the Workers’ Party chief made ‘‘the most difficult decision of his life’’ SUN 01.05.11 LABOUR DAY POWERHOUSE DOORS OPEN 9PM DJs KZEE B.I.G +SPECIAL GUEST (7*5 A GlRUEArnrV FREE ENTRY 5 EREE DRINKS FOR THE EVERY GIRLIES. MINIMUM AGE OF ENTRY IS 18. FREE ENTRY
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  • News Snapshot
    • 146 20 WAGES this year will go up by more than last year’s increase, labour chief Lim Swee Say said yesterday, a day after the National Wages Council released its recommendations for the year. MrLimtoldreportersafterattend- ing community events in East Coast GRC,
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    • 101 20 THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received a report that a Singapore-registered chemical tanker, MT Gemini, was boarded by suspected pirates yesterday. The incident happened about 120 nautical miles from Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania.
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    • 102 20 AFP. CHINESE human rights lawyer Teng Biao was released after 10 weeks in custody, advocacy group China Aid said yesterday. However, lawyer Li Fangping has disappeared amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent. He was last seen leaving the office building of an Aids victims group
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    • 97 20 AP THREE suspected Al-Qaeda members were working on making a shrapnel-laden bomb in Germany to attack a crowded area such as a bus or a bus stop a plot that shows Europe faces an ongoing ter- ror threat, officials said yesterday. The law
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    • 326 20 2 .4 million S'poreans get $2b Growth dividends CPF Medisave top-ups SOME 2.4 million adult Singaporeans would have received about $1.5 billion in Growth Dividends. And about 1.3 million Singaporeans aged 45 and up would have received about $500 million in Central ProvidentFund (CPF) Medisave top-ups by today. The payments
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    • Article, Illustration
      53 20 FATAL CRASH: A 51-year-old man died from injuries he suffered when a car and a goods vehicle collided on the East Coast Parkway, towards Changi Airport, at 6.30am yesterday. Two others were also injured. The driver of the car, a 19-year-old man, has been arrested for drink driving.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous

  • News Exchange
    • 509 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:MELVINSINGH MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg IT’S clear the Internet and social media will play a role in this election. From“outing”candidateswithallegedmisdeedsto netizens trawling online for any old picture or controversy to trash-talk, the keyboard has already proven to be a powerful device. But what
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    • 113 21 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +20 More Singaporeans than before get to vote in this year’sgeneral election, with contests in all constituencies except Tanjong PagarGRC. -20 Prices went up again last month, with annual inflation at 5 per cent. The Asian Development Bank said food prices in Asia have gone up
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 19 21 QUICK ON THE DRAW LIGHTNING... LIGHTNING... LIGHTNING... HAMMER... HAMMER... HAMMER... At a movie screening in Aljunied... TNP ILLUSTRATION:CHNG CHOONHIONG
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  • enjoy
    • 785 22/23  -  Isitworth paying more at food courts with better ambience? REPORT: FOO JIE YING, JENNIFER DHANARAJ tnp@sph.com.sg WOULD you pay more for ambience at a food court? The recently opened Singapore Food Trail, near the Singapore Flyer, boasts a retro corner that will take you back to the coffee
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    • 427 24  -  CouplesatWeddingPlannerevent‘messup’tryingtofeedeachothercupcakeswithjustonehand REPORT:CLEMENT CLEMENT YAP, DIANE LOUYS tnp@sph.com.sg THE game sounded simple the couples had to feed each other two cupcakes using just one hand. Piece of cake, the contestants thought. But beneath the frosting and cream, the cupcakes which resembled a tiered wedding cake were
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    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
      • 351 25  -  Puma Social Club’srun ends with more fun YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg THE premise of The Puma Social Club party circuit was simple: Get a bunch of attractive and fun-loving people, let them to sweat it out by playing games and sports, and get them to tweet
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 324 26/27  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg TAKEaclothbagwhenyoushopandgetafunsticker.That being green is fun is the message of an eco effort by retailer Dairy Farm Singapore(DFS). LaunchedonApril21,withtheSouthWest CommunityDevelopmentCouncil,theinitiative–knownasTheLittleGreenAmbassadors involves 12,000 little ones from 109 preschools. Each student has a sticker book and will get a fun sticker each
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      • 447 26/27  -  EUGENE WEE FATHER FIGURES eugenew@sph.com.sg CANNIBALISM, molestation, infanticide, attempted murder and mutilation. It may sound like the makings of the script for the next instalment of the torture flick Saw, but it actually describes the kind of stories I’ve been telling The Spawn as
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • Article, Illustration
        648 28  -  Need to ride your bike despite the downpour? Take note of these tips to keep you safe on the roads ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF BIKER BOY zaihan@sph.com.sg WE’REnotoutofthewoods(andwet)justyet.Theskies havebeen clearer andbrighter lately, but heavy downpours have caught bikers, includingmyself,offguard. Basedonwhatdoctorsmanagingemergencyrooms said in previous interviews, more motorcyclists get injuredwhenourroadsarewet.
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 484 29  -  ASHLEY CHIA amchia@sph.com.sg THEREwerenostoriesofdiaper-chang-ing and screaming children from the twomotherspresent. All Ms Serene Er, 33, a project executive and a mother of two daughters, one six and the other four, could say about motherhood was:“It’sverystressful!” MsDawnNg,41,housewifeandmotherof two, a son aged 14 and a daughter aged 11,
        TNP PICTURES: CALVIN WONG  -  484 words
    • Enjoy Humour
      • 504 31  -  If only my nuclearpowered metabolism stayed on JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg THERE are some basic home truths in life. Be careful who you criticise. Don’tdrink petrol. Avoid having your own wedding soon after a Royal wedding–you’lljustcomeoffpoorlybycomparison. Don’t declare that you love the American
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      • REALLY?
        • 119 31 Odd news that’sfor real AFP. A NEW bus line in a town near Buenos Aires has hired exclusively women to shuttle its passengers around. “Withwomen driving, the busline is more family-oriented, more friendly,”said MsRafaela Nuyl, one of the 28 newly hired drivers for the bus
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        • 87 31 Reuters. A GERMAN woman who escaped without serious injury from a dog attack was accidentally shot by policewhile she hid fromthe animal. Berlin police shot the dog dead, but a stray bullet went through the door behind which the woman was cowering, striking her arm. The
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      • 358 31  - Should I spend Grow Share Package on iPad 2? S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg WHATanexcitingFridayIhad–andI’mnotjusttalking about the royal wedding. That was the day my Grow and Share Package was deposited into my bank account even though the notificationletterhadsaidthemoneywouldn’tbein untiltoday,whichisMayDay.Itwould’vebeenthe closest I would ever get to a May Day Award.
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    • Article, Illustration
      148 32 Today and next week, we feature pictures of you having fun in the rain. On May 15 and 22, we will be publishingpicturesofyourMother’s Day celebrations. For the month of May, the best picture of the week will win a $100 voucherfromKidStyleOshKoshB’gosh. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg
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  • Page 26/27 Miscellaneous
    • 78 26/27 GENERATION NEXT 4COL, that’s just TMI girl.* *For crying out loud, that’s just too much information girl. Haha, ALOL, wait a mo, I’ll call you later, there’s an AITR, C4N.* *Haha, actually laughing out loud, wait a moment, I’ll have to call you later, There’s an adult in the room,
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 226 30 Enjoy TV& Comics AllAboutSteve StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm Convincedthataglobe-trottingcameraman ishertruelove,aneccentriccrossword puzzlertrailshiminthehopeofconvincing himthattheybelongtogether.Starring SandraBullock,BradleyCooper. WATCH’EM GreenZone (left) HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm Discoveringcovertand faultyintelligence causesa USArmy officerto gorogue as hehunts for weaponsofmass destructionin an unstableregion. StarringMatt Damon,JasonIsaacs. CHANNEL5 12.15pm Movie:Chestnut 2.00 Movie:FlushedAway 3.45 MakingOfThor 4.00 Movie:101 Dalmatians 6.00 Movie:IceAge 7.30 Movie: SimpsonsMovie 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 RoyalWedding OfA
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  • Racing
    • 2037 33 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJITURFMEETING RACE1 (1,400m) 1 Daring Journey)))Wide gate a concern, but showed in last start fourth in first run in this company that he will win soon. 2 Lucky Steed))His only win came in this grade, so should be ready to improve and has drawn
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    • 1320 34/35 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5D1 12.50 -1400m(LC) RocketMan2009&2010Handicap Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 4-4664 DaringJourney 57 (43) YYOon*c4 14 (5agCBrown-LuckyRichNo3) 2 0168-0 LuckySteed 57 (43) RShafiq*c3 4 (3nzgMWalker-AndyToh) 3 646-45 Jeremy 56.5 (42) JSaimee 2 (4nzgLLaxon-OscarRacing)
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    • 403 34/35 RACE 1 RIEUSSEC MAGIC: Jumped awkwardly; raced keenly and greenly; crowded. SKYLORD: Crowded on jumping. NO DOUBTS: Jumped inwards. MAASHOOQ: Bumped on jumping; eased; laid in; severely checked and taken out to obtain a clear run and dipped shortly after; returned cast
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    • 544 34/35 Andrew Frost Marc Tan Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 1 RACE 8 3 Be With You 1 Jeremy 3 1 Daring Journey 7 3 Zac Heaven Daring Journey Jeremy 1 7 Jeremy 7 3 4 Zac Heaven Zac Heaven Daring Journey Perfect Diamond Jeremy 8 2 Be With
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    • 571 36 The New Paper On Sunday tipsters say the super sprinter will win three Lion City Cups Barring unforeseen circumstances... ROCKETMAN: Bidding to be the first horse to win the Lion City Cup three times, and in a row at that, since the race was
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    • 1243 37  -  ITIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIP PHILLIP WOO WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200m) Wind Damper (6) has figured thereabouts on the speed in his opening three runs from a break, including a close fourth behind Hot Pepper over the 1,200m. He’s a
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    • 899 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$640,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 OWAIN ASCHUTZ ZPURTON 133 6 2 MYBESTCHOICE CFOWNES CKTONG 133 3 3 CAGASPIRIT CHYIP YTCHENG 130 4 4 HARSHBROWN BKNG KCLEUNG 130 9 5 STAROFFAME ATMILLARD BFAYD'HERBE 130 12
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    • 979 38/39 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,400m) 3PUMPLECHOOK(LJMayfield-Smith)5m By Spinning World Bluecrown (20:4-4-3): Spelled after len 2nd (56.5) Jennabee 1,200m Gold Coast F&M C3 dead trk Nov 20. Overcame difficultiesfirst-uplghdwin(54.5)Tension,Why-didyouleaveme 1,200m Gold Coast C3 slow trk April 9. Proven in the
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    • 485 38/39 12:30Race1 SUNSHINECOAST 1400M 1 HANGOVERHENRY SSCRIVEN (5) 57 2 DIENEKES DTANTI (3) 56.5 3 PUMPLECHOOK UNFIXED (2) 56 4 TASTYTIDBIT MATTHEWPALMER (6) 55 5 DAMNATION NTHOMAS (8) 55 6 CRAFTYLADY SSEAMER (1) 55 7 TERASET JBYRNE (7) 55 8 COEN MAHUGHES (4) 55 12:55Race2
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    • 529 38/39 RACE 1 (Eagle Farm) 1st 5 Royal Reign ($11 -$7) 2nd 6 Little Stranger ($11) 3rd 10 Winmara ($15) 4th 2 Tabulate. Forecast $22. Place forecast $8 (5-6), $14 (5-10), $17 (6-10). Tierce $174. Trio $61. Quartet No winner ($696 jackpot carried forward to next race).
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    • 825 38/39 RACE 1 (Caulfield) 1st 9 City Of Song ($26-$7) 2nd 4 The New Boy ($16) 3rd 3 The Counterfeiter ($15) 4th 7 Haut Normandie. Forecast $65. Place forecast $42 (3-4), $23 (3-9), $18 (4-9). Tierce $3051. Trio $197. Quartet $6016. Quadro $502. RACE 2 (Ascot) 1st
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  • Page 34/35 Miscellaneous
    • 30 34/35 Saturday,Apr30 2011 First Second Third 3123 4607 7777 Starters 3101 9125 4091 2724 4080 4498 3694 9415 4020 8603 Consolations 7779 6576 3798 1199 2700 8411 8045 9431 3818 6677
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  • Sports Mad About Golf
    • 623 40 DEBATE OVER WORLD NO. 1 NOT CLAIMING A MAJOR AFP. WHEN is the top-ranked golfer in the world not the best player in the world? When he has not won a Major, according to some commentators. Since the fallout from a lurid sex scandal ended
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    • 268 40 Wire Services. MIGUEL Angel Jimenez and Brett Rumford share the clubhouse lead at 10-under-par after bad weather forced an suspension of the third round of the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea, yesterday. Jimenez of Spain made an ideal start to the day with consecutive
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    • 188 40 AFP. AMERICAN Bubba Watson fired a four-under 68 to seize a one-shot lead over Josh Teater following the second round of the PGA Tour’sZurich ClassicofNewOrleans on Friday. Watson, who won at Torrey Pines in January, has a 10-under 134 total at TPC Louisiana. Watson said he
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    • 218 40 AFP. GERMANY’S Sandra Gal birdied five of the final eight holes for a five-under 67 and a one-stroke lead after the second round at the Avnet LPGA Classic on Friday. Gal reached a seven-under total of 137, one shot clear of Amy Yang at the Robert Trent
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  • Sports Basketball
    • Article, Illustration
      456 41 Grizzlies knock out top seeds to enter s-finals AFP. ZACH Randolph finished with 31 points and 11 boards as the Memphis Grizzlies advanced to their first NBA semi-finals by eliminating top-seed-ed San Antonio Spurs 99-91 yesterday morning (Singapore time). “I felt that I could take over the
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    • 249 41 TENNIS Reuters. WORLD No. 2 Novak Djokovic settled an old score with a childhood rival when he beat Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 6-2 on Friday to reach the Serbia Open semi-finals in Belgrade. The 23-year-old Serb, who will meet compatriot and close
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    • 164 41 Reuters. FORMER US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro staged a remarkable second-set comeback to beat top-seeded Swede Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-5 and reach the last four of the Estoril Open on Friday. Argentine Del Potro, a former world No. 4 currently ranked 46th after missing
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
    • 47 41 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 m RGB Reg No: *****0202G
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  • Sports Football
    • 956 42/43  -  SportsSchool’s‘ForeignFive’wanttoplayfor Singaporeandhaveparents’blessingstodoso DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg WHY LOOK far and wide for foreign footballing talents when they are already at our doorsteps? Just head down to Woodlands, where the Singapore Sports School (SSP) is located, and more often than not, a feast of positive football will
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    • 467 45 WATFORD0 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2 (Adel Taarabt 76, Tommy Smith 90) LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP PA Sport. QUEENS Park Rangers have done enough to secure promotion to the Premier League on the pitch and now they are hoping for a result off it. Goals from Adel Taarabt and Tommy
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    • 547 45 Wire Services. QUEENS Park Rangers might have secured the League Championship title last night, but a shadow has been cast over their triumph. The Sun reported yesterday that the club could be docked as many as 15 points if they are found
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  • Sports S-League
    • 463 44  -  TAMPINES ROVERS 5 (Aleksandar Duric 68, 84, Benoit Croissant 72, 89, Ahmed Fahmie 90) BALESTIERKHALSA0 DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg IF MATCH reports involving Tampines Rovers are beginning to sound like a broken record this season, it is all Aleksandar Duric’sfault. One of the number-one selling albums
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    • 191 44 ABUvNBlK* Anything But United Nothing But United titans spar again s The Blues saw red when they lost to the Devils earlier. Can Venue: The New the Drogba-Anelka-Torres magic turn the game around this @St James Power Station, time? But spurred on by Fergusons determination, United is 3 Sentosa Gateway
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  • Sports Champions League
    • 780 46  -  Messi the saving grace as El Clasico III highlights ugly sides GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg THANKgoodnessforLionelMessi.He and he alone saved Spanish footballfromlookinglikeagloballaughingstockthisweek. As El Clasico III descended into a pantomime of play-acting and duck diving last Thursday morning (Singapore time), Messi ignored the theatre and
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  • Sports Serie A
    • 617 47 Inter’slatecomeback makesAllegri’smenwait AC MILAN v BOLOGNA (Tonight, 8.55pm, Football Channel, StarHub TV Ch 222) AP. AC MILAN can end five years of Inter Milan dominance in Serie A and inch closer to their 18th Italian league title tonight. After Inter beat Cesena 2-1 this morning,
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    • 326 47 VILLARREAL v GETAFE (Tomorrow, 1am, Football Channel, StarHub TV Ch 222) LALIGA Wire Services. VILLARREAL, six points behind Valencia in fourth, need to pick themselves up for their home game against Getafe tomorrow morning(1am, Singapore time)after their 5-1 thrashing by Porto in Friday morning’s Europa League
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  • Sports Bundesliga
    • 748 48 DORTMUND 2 (Lucas Barrios 32, Robert Lewandowski 43) NUREMBERG0 Klopp salutes young players for league crown win AFP. BORUSSIA Dortmund were crowned Bundesliga champions last night with a 2-0 win at home against Nuremberg to land their first German league title since 2002. After last week’s shock
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  • Sports EPL
    • 673 49 LIVERPOOL v NEWCASTLE (Tonight, 7pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) AFP. LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish goes into tonight’s encounter with Newcastle buoyed by the strength in depth he feels he has at Anfield. The Reds have taken 27 points from their last 14 league games, and
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    • 243 49 PA Sport. LIVERPOOL goalkeeper Jose Reina is confident the improvements made under manager Kenny Dalglish will continue to be made next season and that bodes well for his own future. There has been much speculation about the Spain international (above), with reports suggesting he was
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    • 572 50 Birmingham City are still not safe with four games remaining BIRMINGHAM v WOLVES (Tonight, 7pm, SingTel mio TV Ch103) PA Sport. SKIPPER Stephen Carr insists Birmingham’s Carling Cup success will be tarnished if they fail to maintain their Premier League status. Birmingham caused a massive
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    • 439 50 Wire Services. WEST Ham stars have responded angrily to claims by co-owner David Sullivan that some might not be fighting hard enough in the relegation battle. The Hammers, who face Manchester City tonight, seemed to be hit by an internal divide, reported The Sun. With
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    • 532 51  -  West Brom 2 Aston Villa 1 West Brom: Odemwingie 60, Mulumbu 84 Villa: Meite (og) 4 BY JOHN CURTIS Special Correspondent YOUSSOUFMULUMBUsealed10-manWestBrom’sfirstwinoverAstonVillafor 26yearsastheycamefrom behindinapulsatingEPLderby atTheHawthorns. AnowngoalfromAbdoulaye MeitegaveVillaanearlylead beforePeterOdemwingie levelledfortheBaggieswithhis 14thgoalofthecampaign. AlbionmidfielderPaul Scharnerwassentoffafter62 minutesfortwobookable offences,butMulumbunetted thewinnerwithsixminutes remaining. WestBromhavenowtaken16 pointsfromninematchesunder headcoachRoyHodgson. Italsoleft caretakerboss,Gary McAllister,toeathumblepie afterhehadinsistedhisVillaside werethebiggestclubinthe region.“I’mnotbeing disrespectfultoWolvesandWest
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    • 269 51  -  Blackpool 0 Stoke City 0 BY BY PHIL MEDLICOTT Special Correspondent BLACKPOOL remain firmly in the Premier League relegation tussle after being held to a goalless draw by FA Cup finalists Stoke City. IanHolloway’ssidewere looking to give their survival bid a major boost, but could
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    • 464 52  -  Sunderland 0 Fulham 3 Fulham: Kakuta 33, Davies 61,73 BY BILLY CLARKE Special Correspondent GAELKAKUTAscoredhisfirstgoalinEnglishfootballandSimonDavies struckasecond-halfdoubleas Fulhamclinchedonlytheir secondawaywinsinceAugust 2009inalow-keyclashat Sunderland. On-loanChelseaforward Kakutatookadvantageofsome slackdefendingbythehoststo pokehometheonlygoalofthe firsthalfattheStadiumofLight. SimonDaviesthensealeda comfortablewinforthevisitors withtwowell-takeneffortsafter thebreak. Injury-hitSunderland,who werewithoutarecognised striker,hadmuchthebetterof thechancesbutweretoothlessin frontofgoal,withcaptainLee Cattermolespurningtheirbest opportunity. Thetempoofthegame droppedafterabrightstart,but thehostsalmosttooktheleadon thehalf-hourmarkwhenSteed Malbranquechargeddowna clearancefromPhilipppe Senderosonlytocliphisshot wideofMarkSchwarzer’sfar post. SUPERB
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    • 267 52  -  Blackburn ..................1 Bolton........................0 Blackburn: Olsson 20 BY ALAN JONES Special Correspondent MARTINOLSSON’Slow22ndminute strike fired relegationthreatened Blackburn to their first win since January. It was no less than Olsson deserved for an all-action firsthalf display in which he had defender David Wheater all at sea.
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  • 824 53 WIGAN 1 (Charles N’Zogbia 21) EVERTON 1 (Leighton Baines 77-pen) PA Sport. FORMER Wigan star Leighton Baines smashed home a late penalty to deny his old club a vital victory against Everton. Relegation-threatened Latics looked on course for three much-needed points as they clung
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  • Sports EPL The Big Match
    • 602 54 Wire Services. PATRICEEvraclaimsthatManches-terUnited’s superior mental strength will give them the edge over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium tonight. The Frenchman criticised the nersbackinDecemberforbeing“afootball training centre” that does not win trophiesanda“clubincrisis”. Now he has told the Daily Star: “I don’t know (about Arsenal’s collapse), butthisisnotmybusiness.
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    • 181 54 AFP. SIR ALEX Ferguson says it would be difficult for Cristiano Ronaldo to make a dramatic return to Manchester United, following hints of a rift between the player and Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho. Ronaldo (right), who left United for Real in 2009, expressed his
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      1121 56 / 57  -  Our man examines the crucial battles onthepitchaheadoftheRedDevils’ visit to the Emirates Stadium tonight ARSENAL v MAN UNITED (Tonight, 9.05pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) GARY LIM garylim@sph.com. sg Wayne Rooney v Johan Djourou and Laurent Koscielny THE SIGHT of Wayne Rooney at his imperious best on Tuesday must
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    • 566 58 / 59  -  United have the swagger back... can Arsenal stop their title march? ARSENAL v MAN UNITED (Tonight, 9.05pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK THEOUTLOOKforArsenalisbleak.In their last seven meetings with Manchester United, they have lost six and drawn only
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    • 298 58 / 59 PA Sport. MICHAEL Owen will be making no apologies for collecting an English Premier League title medal with pride should Manchester United complete their record 19th championship triumph. United head to Arsenal today knowing victory will nudge them to the very brink of an
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    • 451 58 / 59 Pressure too much for Arsenal skipper, says boss Wenger PA Sport. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger feels the burden of captaincy weighs heavy on Cesc Fabregas, but is in no doubt hewillgrowstrongerfromthisseason’sdisappointments. The Gunners are facing up to a sixth campaign without silverware, having seen their
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    • 68 58 / 59 Wire Services. CESCFabregas is devastatedaftersplitting up with childhood sweetheart Carla Garcia, 24, after seven years.“Thedecision to end therelationship was morehisthan Carla’s,”theSun quoted theArsenal skipper’sfather, Francesc,as sayingat the family home in Arenys de Mar, near Barcelona. “It’sa shame.They had beentogether fora long time and she was a
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      • 128 58 / 59 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS EPL Today: ILIVERPOOLvNEWCASTLE SingTel mio TV Ch 102,7pm IBIRMINGHAM vWOLVES SingTel mio TV Ch 103,7pm IARSENALv MAN UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 102,9.05pm IMAN CITYv WEST HAM SingTelmio TVCh102, 11.10pm LA LIGA Today: IALMERIA vSEVILLA StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm Tomorrow:
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      • 12 58 / 59 SERBIA OPEN Today: IFINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 10pm
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      • 23 58 / 59 Matches between SAFFC and Young Lions, Etoile and Geylang tomorrow have been postponed due to election rallies. Yesterday’s result: ITAMPINES5 BALESTIER 0
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    • 57 60 FUTURE LIONS: Five foreign players at Sports School keen to don national colours. PAGE 42 SAVING GRACE: LionelMessithe only bright spark in anotherwise ugly ElClasico.PAGE 46 CHAMPIONS Borussia Dortmund (left)claim Bundesliga titlewith twogames tospare. PAGE48 PICTURES:AP LOOKOFCHAMPIONS ManUnited havethe swagger, aheadof tonight's key match against Arsenal, saysYour EnglishKaki. PAGE58 sports
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