The New Paper, 8 May 2011

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  • 13 1 The New Paper on sunday MAY 8 2011 80 CENTS MICA (P) 113/01/2011
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    595 1  -  GE 2011 PAP returns to power with 81 seats, but Low’s gamble pays off as WP wins Aljunied GRC and retains Hougang 2 CHIAM OUT His GRC gamble fails and Potong Pasir returns to PAP 4 REPORT: EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg THE change came at precisely 2.11am. Aljunied
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  • News
    • 1337 2 / 3  -  WP wins Aljunied GRC REPORT:LEDIATI LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg IT WAS Mr Low Thia Khiang’s big gamble moving from the safe Hougang seat to take on Aljunied GRC. But as the Workers’ Party chief put it this morning in his victory speech at Hougang stadium: “You
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    • 1179 4 / 5  -  REPORTS:KOHHUI KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg HIS was a daring gamble. At stake was his survival as a veteran opposition politician, the legacy of his hold on Potong Pasir and his wife’s potential as his successor. Theprize:AGRC–andtheopportunityto havefiveSingaporePeople’sParty(SPP)candidates sweep into Parliament at one
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    • 1220 6 / 7  -  REPORTS:BRYNA BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg IT WAS termed the battle of the “mei-meis” (little sisters) at Marine Parade GRC. During the hustings, Ms Tin Pei Ling, 27, of the People’s Action Party (PAP) and National Solidarity Party (NSP) candidate Nicole Seah, 24, were
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    • 819 8  -  REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg Additionalreportingby Benson Ang and Gan Ling Kai IT’S not a debating contest. That was what Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said when challenged to a debate by his Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) opponents even before the start of the election
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    • 545 10 / 11  -  12 hours to cast theirvotes– between 8am and8pm–but many were early, eager to have their say REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA PHUA, KWAN HUIXIAN tnp@sph.com.sg THEpollingstationwastoopenonlyat8am.ButMarineParaderesidentNgewYoonChin,54,and her 23-year-old son Alex Chow, a first-time voter, were first in line outside Haig Girls’ School at 7.35amyesterday. Whysoearly? Because Madam Ngew had
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  • News The Great CEO Charity Cookout
    • 606 12 / 13  -  RealestategiantDennisWee’sHokkienmee was such a hit, he had to turn away customers REPORT:DENIS DENIS EDWARD edenis@sph.com.sg HIS Hokkien mee was selling like hot property. Mr Dennis Wee’s specialty dish was so popular he had to turn away customers when he ran out of ingredients.
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    • 413 12 / 13 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
    • 423 14 / 15 Report suggests Osama binLaden’sownmen wanted to oust him WAS Osama bin Laden betrayed by his deputy so that he could take over the terrorist group? Egyptian Ayman Al Zawahiri turned his back on Osama following a long drawn-out power struggle, Saudi Arabian newspaper Al–Watan reported,
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    • 255 14 / 15 ONonesidewereOsamabinLaden’ssupporters staging a mock funeral service for the terror leader. On the other were members of the English Defence League (EDL), a far-right street protest movement against the actions of Muslim extremists. They almost clashed with one another outside the US Embassy in London
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    • 448 17 Blues striker Salomon Kalou is so focused on his job thathe’deventurndownsexthedaybeforeamatch CHELSEA star Salomon Kalou has got his priorities sorted out football comes first, even sex can wait. That will be music to the ears of manager Carlo Ancelotti, who is facing the biggest match of
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    • 330 18 HE THOUGHT he had made his getaway, butendedupdeadinarubbishchute. The burglar had broken into a flat in George Town, Penang, on Thursday night and survived a one-storey fall onto the awning of another apartment while trying to escape. Then he vanished. Till his
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    • 284 18 KL gangs set up meet but police are tipped off ITSTARTEDwithawarofwordsoverterritoriallinesbetweentworivalgangsthatledtoanappointmentforaviolentconfrontation. But it became a three-way skirmish when plainclothes police officers arrived at the scene following a tip-off. Sin Chew Daily reported that the clash, which took place in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, at 3am
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    • Article, Illustration
      682 20 Mum gives girl, 7, Botox jabs, eyebrow tattoos and lip fillers to be like child star Willow Smith I inject my 7-year-old girl with Botox, fill her lips and I haue tattooed her eyebrows SHE goes for Botox injections every two months and had her eyebrows tattooed.
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    • 292 20 SHE groomed two teenagers, one of them herdaughter’s boyfriend,for sex. Last year, the US mother of three was arrested on 67 charges relating to sex with minors. She was jailed last month in California for five years. This week, Christine Hubbs (above), the
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    • 175 18 Take the Great Singapore Sale Challenge Win up to $5,000 worth of prizes 27 May 7pm 28,29 May 3pm 5pm Suntec City Mall, Tropics Atrium Are you a price savvy shopper? Then take the Great Singapore Sale Challenge and guess the sale price of selected merchandise for a chance to
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  • News Snapshot
    • 104 21 AFP. THOUSANDS of people rallied in Japan yesterday to demand a shift away from nuclear power after an earthquake and tsunami sparked the world’sworstatomiccrisissinceChernobyl 25 years ago. Braving a spring drizzle, thousands ofdemonstrators gatheredat apark inTokyo’sShibuya district,manyholdinghandmadebannersreading:“Nuclearisold!”and“Wewantashiftinenergypolicy!” Yesterday’s protest came a day after
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    • 102 21 AFP. Sony said yesterday that about 2,500 customers’ names and partial addresses stolen by hackers had been discovered posted online as it struggled to recover from the biggest Internet security break-in. “The website was out-of-date and inactive when discovered as part of
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    • 112 21 AFP. AUSTRALIA’SPrimeMinisterJuliaGillard has announced a deal for Malaysia to take 800 asylum seekers who land Down Under. In exchange, Australia will accept andresettle,overfouryears,4,000reg- istered refugees now living in Malaysia, Ms Gillard and her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak said in a
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    • 100 21 AFP. A PLANE carrying about 25 passengers and crew crashed into the sea during a downpour yesterday in eastern Indonesia, killing all on board. A navy officer involved in the searchtoldlocalradioElShinta:“The aircraft was smashed to pieces...We found 15
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    • 361 21 Thai-Cambodia border dispute clouds 18th Asean Summit AFP. CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen launched an “aggressive” attack on Thailand over a border dispute during the first session of a summit of South-east Asian leaders yesterday, a senior official said. Senior officials said Association of South-east Asian
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    • Article, Illustration
      54 21 LOOK,MA,NOPILOT:China’s V750pilot-less helicopter taking off on its first test flight in Weifang, Shandong province, yesterday. The 757kg helicopter, which has a maximum speed of 161 kmh and a maximum range of 500km, can be controlled remotely or by stored programs within a radius of 150km and an altitude
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  • News Exchange
    • 618 22  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: SANTOKH SINGH santokh@sph.com.sg CAN critical and analytical thinking be taught in our schools with a greater emphasis on local issues? That is the question that went through my mind over the past two weeks of election campaigning. Can our Social
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    • 120 22 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, linked to terrorist attacks that have killed thousands of people across the world, was shot dead by US forces in a raid on his hideout in Pakistan. -10 World population is not stabilising and may cross the 10 billion mark
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    • 14 22 “Mistookafuneralfor the polling station. Oops.” –Womanonherwaytovote “Imarkedthecross ontheoneIdon’t want,correcthor?” –Womantomanaftervoting
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      616 23  -  New mums and young celebs May Wan and Christy Yow share what the sudden jump into motherhood means to them REPORTS:MAUREENKOH MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg WHEN Teh May Wan, one half of former MTV VJ twins May and Choy, got married in March two years ago, little did she
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    • 283 24 SHE suddenly found herself a mother. For Malaysian model-turned-actress Christy Yow, that meant giving up indefinitely a blooming showbiz career for some domestic bliss. And the happy mummy of seven-month-old Agnes Wang is loving it. Yow, 24, who was last year slated
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    • 454 24  -  STREET TALK COMMENT:VEENA COMMENT:VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg It’sMother’s Day todayandfor me,four months into being a mum. I think a quote from Charles Dickens describes the role best:“It wasthe best oftimes,it was the worstof times.” In January, I gave birth to twin boys. And while my husband and I were
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    • Enjoy Shopping
      • 323 25  -  AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg YES, the fashion moment this past week was Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. The world ooohed in approval and a million copies of that Alexander McQueen dress were launched. Creating less buzz was the start of the Rosemount Australian
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 700 26  -  Cairns challenge is not just a race to the finish for this sportsman. He hopes to raise $50,000 forachildren’shome DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg FOR many recreational triathletes, completing an Ironman-distance triathlon is the ultimate dream. Mr Ou Yong Xuan Sheng is no different. On June 5, the
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      • 41 26  -  FADZIL HAMZAH Inthethirdofournewseries,infographicsartistFADZILHAMZAH(fadz@sph.com.sg)andhisfamilyshowyouhowyou In the third of our new series, infographics artist FADZIL HAMZAH (fadz@sph.com.sg) and his family show you how you can have fun with your loved ones cycling in Singapore's network of park connectors
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 601 27  -  ASHLEY CHIA amchia@sph.com.sg DARK wood interior, deep red leather seats, a reflective ceiling above the bar, icicle-shaped lighting fixtures and glass windows. Servers in black waistcoats and red ties (quintessentially French) walk around confidently, breaking into wide smiles whenever eye contact is made. Dining at db
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 530 28/29  -  Despite recently recovering from accident, Matthew Awyong, 12, wants to run REPORT:JENNIFER JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg HISmotherwillneverlethimwalkalone.In October 2009, Matthew Awyong, then 10, waswalkingaloneinacarparkjustafewstreets awayfromhishomewhenhewashitbyavan. The accident left him in hospital for five months, with bolts and screws in his right leg. He also had to
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      • 469 28/29  -  My kid hated Chinese until I switched tack JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg MY WIFE went to a seminar a couple of weeks back on how to more effectively help your kid learn Chinese. The main thing she took away from the talk was that foralanguagetoreallytakeholdinachild’smind,it should
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 522 31  -  Women have been blamed for infertilityfartoolong SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg FORthousandsofyears,husbandshaveautomati-cally blamed their wives for failing to produce children,using rottenwordslike “barren”or “infertile” to describe them, as if they were some kind of low-qualitybackyardvegetableplot. Somesocietiessaw suchwomenasbadluckomens (often on the
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      • REALLY?
        • 127 31 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters A mayor in Germany helped rescue a man who became trapped in a women’sprison after mistaking it for a short cut to a nearby park, police in the northern city of Hildesheim said on Wednesday. Hildesheim Mayor Henning Blum heardthe man’scries
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        • 69 31 AP Aninadvertent 911 callledpolice to threelarcenysuspects overheard planningbreak-insin upstate New York,US. OnondagaCounty Sheriff Kevin Walshsaid policealreadylooking for asuspiciousperson got the unlikely assistwhen oneof the men“pocket dialled”his mobilephone’s emergencynumber whiledriving nearthe sceneof anearlierheist. As adispatcher relayedthe conversationto deputies,the men discussedtheir plans,described their surroundingsandeven commented,
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      • 339 31  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DEAR Yellow Pages, In the midst of an eventful week that began with the apparentdemiseoftheuniverse’smost-hatedman (Loki in the movie Thor and yes, I saw the post-credits scene) and culminated with a not-too -surprising voting result
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      115 32 Today, we feature pictures of you having fun in the rain. On May 15 and 22, we will be publishing picturesofyourMother’sDay celebrations. For the month of May, the best picture of the week will win a $100 voucher from KidStyleOshKoshB’gosh. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg "Nothings
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    • 36 23 TWO WHEELS GOOD S’poreantriathlete hopes to raise $50,000 in Iron man challenge for children’shome PAGE26 THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAYG8 May 2011 TABLE FOR FOUR Elegant decor, mid-priced food in a stylish, oh-so French bistro PAGE27
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  • Page 28/29 Miscellaneous
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    • 43 28/29 GENERATION NEXT I see your kids are into collecting stickers as well. Yes, it’s the hottest thing in our primary schools these days. Er, it wasn’t your phone that gave it away. They plaster everything, even my handphone wasn’t spared. TNP ILLUSTRATION:KELVIN CHAN
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 238 30 WATCH’EM (500)Days Of Summer(above) StarMovies (StarHubCh 622), 9pm Whena woman who doesn’tbelieve true love existshooksup witha diehard romantic, the couple discoverthatmaking the relationshipwork is harderthan they thought.Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt,Zooey Deschanel. LikeADream CelestialMovies(StarHubCh868),9pm Adepressedmanwhodreamsofagirlhe’sneverseenbeforemeets someonewholooksidenticaltoherinShanghai.StarringDanielWu, YolandaYuan. Greenberg HBO(StarHubCh601),9pm ANewYorkermovestoLosAngelesinordertofigureouthislifewhile hehouse-sitsforhisbrotherandsoonfindslovewiththelatter’s assistant.StarringBenStiller,GretaGerwig. PICTURE:FOX DILBERT SCOTTADAMS CHANNEL5 12.30pm FleetRacing Tour2011 1.00 Movie:Princess 3.00
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  • Racing
    • 1190 33 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 1.05 -1400m Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****8 LuckyExpress 57 (33) HMohammad*c3 2 (8agTGillespie-FooHou) 2 6475-7 WorldSuperman 57 (33) LSofhan 7 (5agMSukri-Berjaya) 3 -***** GoodWinner 56.5 (32) IAzhar 5 (5agKCoetzee-MdmSPTan) 4 *****9 BrightKing 56 (31) YAifyc1
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    • 1252 34/35 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C4D3 12.50 -1400m(Turf) Stakes:$55,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 070-56 Palombaro 58 (60) JVerenzuela 2 (5nzgRBMarsh-TudorLodgeRNo12) 2 823-5- Tarankali 58 (60) ISaifudin 7 (5iregJO'Hara-Winoro) 3 *****4 Farrand 54.5 (53) VDuric 10 (4agSGray-NorthwestRacing) 4 -2-640 TriggerSynergy
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    • 115 34/35 RACE 1: 11 Marvellous Present 7 Vista 13 Speed Happy 14 The Pilot. RACE 2: 1 City Of Hope 3 Kim Winner 5 TienjinWarrior8Ang’sWang. RACE 3: 1 Black Supreme 8 Angki 3 Joker Delight 6 Fantastic Gift. RACE 4:8 Grand Prix Boss 9 Henny Hound 10
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    • 203 34/35  -  BEST BET (SINGAPORE) BRIAN MILLER “MAGIC”Moreira onMAGIC HAUL (right).It has anice ring. Fair is fair. He the horse not the jockey isn’t the type that will bounce off a page and catch the eye. After all, he’s only had one win from12 starts.Hardlyblack-type, you
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    • 590 34/35 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Marc Tan Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 2 Tarankali Tarankali Tarankali 3 2 Farrand 6 2 Chief Secretary Flying Langfuhr Chief Secretary Palombaro 1 5 5 Flying Langfuhr Chief Secretary Flying Langfuhr Farrand 6 3 5 6 2 1 Tarankali Farrand Palombaro Flying Langfuhr
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    • 2148 36 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE 1(1,400m) 1 Palombaro))Two runs this campaign in class 4 have been OK and could run a cheeky race from inside draw at value. 2 Tarankali)))Racing in good form without a result but a significant drop in Class and a big
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    • 603 37 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORESTIPES’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS RACE 1 STRAUSS: Jockey J Moreira, when questioned regarding the run of STRAUSS, stated that due to the fast early pace, he elected to take the position just behind the leaders. However, STRAUSS did not travel well at any stage and failed to respond
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    • 515 37 Race1 C*****m 12 STONECRAB54.5c53.5(68-17) YAify (14) 9 8 1 (456) 16 SUNNYLIGHT50.5c51.5(118-24) KEirwan (1) 6 5 2 (466) 2 3 DRESSEDTOIMPRESS56.5(35-11) SSalee (2) 4 4 3 (425) 0.75 9 TEXAS55c53.5(147-32) HMohammad* (11) 14 12 4 (455) Nk XWinning owner: Mdm YL Teng. Trainer: M Sukri. Time: 1min
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    • 1494 38/39 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Morphettville (2,004m) 1 VIVID VIXEN (M G Price) 5m By Ekraar Pompeia (17:7-4-2): Scored 3/4lenwin(54.0)1,800mC’fieldOpen HcpdeadtrkApril9before3/4len2nd (55.5) 1,800m C’field Open Hcp April 30. Classy mare in peak form and she’ll get the run of the
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    • 823 38/39 12:37Race1 MORPHETTVILLE 2004M 1 VIVIDVIXEN CNEWITT (3) 57.5 2 SWOOPER MSHMCKECHNIE (12) 57 3 MONTFLEURI CHRISSYMONS (9) 57 4 GOLDENCHARMER DYENDALL (5) 57 5 WINDARRAPLACE DOLIVER (16) 57 6 ZANTELAGH MRODD (18) 57 7 BRONISLAVA DDUNN (6) 56 8 PLATINUMPASSION MZAHRA (7) 56 9
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    • 452 38/39 RACE1 CLASS5AWT 1650m 10 FANTASTISCH123(50-14) KCLEUNG (10) 1 2 DAILYDOUBLE131(36-11) BDOYLE (2) 2 3 EPEEDEHUA131(114-30) YTCHENG (9) 3 6 JOYFULYEARS128(67-19) THSO (5) 4 XTrainer: BK Ng. Margins: 3.75, 1.5. Time: 1min 39.53sec (good). Forecast: $80. Place Forecast:$58(Nos.2-3),$19(Nos.2-10),$51(Nos.3-10).Tierce:$4286.Trio:$446.Quartet: $*****.Quadro:$1537. RACE2 CLASS4TURF 1600m 5 PROSPERITY125(15-8) DWHYTE (5)
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    • 854 38/39 RACE 1 (Gold Coast): 1st 7 Beethog ($108-$30) 2nd 5 Casholet ($10) 3rd 14 Swiss Rose ($29) 4th 8 General Secretary. Forecast $89. Place forecast $26 (5-7), $22 (5-14), $87 (7-14). Tierce $2397. Trio $300. Quartet No winner ($1662 jackpot carried forward to next race). Quadro $946.
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  • Page 34/35 Miscellaneous
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  • Sports Mad about Golf
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      497 40 THE PASSING OF A GOLF LEGEND AP. FIVE-TIME Major winner Seve Ballesteros died from complications of a cancerous brain tumor yesterday. He was 54. The Spanish golf great was surrounded by family at his home in Pedrena, northern Spain, when he passed at 2.10am local time, according to
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    • 767 40 AP. SEVE Ballesteros, who died from complications of a cancerous brain tumour yesterday, was as inspirational in Europe as Arnold Palmer was in America, a handsome figure who feared no shot and often played from where no golfer had ever been. England’s
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    • 505 41  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsport@sph.com.sg THE ICONIC Augusta National? No. The famed Loblolly Pines are not around. The imposing Steve Williams? Certainly not. Tiger Woods isn’t there. Caddies? Yes. But it is not the US Masters. So the three caddies wearing white boiler suits may befuddle you.
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    • 232 41 AFP. AMERICAN Pat Perez birdied five of the last six holes on his way to a six-under 65 to take a two-shot lead after two rounds of the US PGA Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. Perez (right) stood on 12-under 132 after 36 holes, two
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    • 68 41 AFP TIGER Woods, who missed this week’s US PGA event with what he called a minor left knee injury, announced on Friday that he will take part in nextweek’sPlayersChampionship. Woods, a 14-time Major champion chasing the all-time record 18 Major titles won by Jack Nicklaus, won
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    • 133 41 INDIA’S Himmat Rai stayed firmly in the hunt for a first Asian Development Tour victory at the PGM-ADT-CCM Impian Classic yesterday but will have in-form American rookie Jonathan Moore for company in the final round. Rai, who has held the lead since the opening day, shot
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    • 62 41 Wire Services. RESURGENT Prom Meesawat shot a four-under 68 to open up a three-shot lead over Indonesian Rory Hie after the third round of the Singha Pattaya Open yesterday. Thailand’s Prom is on 16-under 200 with Hie leading the chasing pack after a grandstandfinish. WireServices. LEADERBOARD:
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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 NBA Play-offs
    • 351 42 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL ATLANTA HAWKS 82 CHICAGO BULLS 99 I Chicagolead best-of-sevenseries2-1 AFP. NBA MOST Valuable Player (MVP) Derrick Rose scored a career-high 44 points yesterday morning (Singapore time) to power the Chicago Bulls past Atlanta 99-82 as the top-seeded visitors
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    • 415 42 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL DALLAS MAVERICKS 98 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 92 I Maverickslead thebest-of-sevenseries3-0 AFP. DIRKNowitzkiscored32pointstoleadtheDallasMaverickspasttheLosAn-gelesLakers98-92yesterdaymorning (Singapore time) and push the reigning NBA champions to the brink of elimination from theplay-offs. Serbian sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic and JasonTerryshoneinthefourthquarterasthe Mavericks erased an eight-point deficit and seizedathree-gameleadinthebest-of-seven WesternConferencesecond-roundseries.
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    • 234 42 WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MANNY PACQUIAO v SHANE MOSLEY (Today, 9am, Starhub TV Ch 202, SuperSports) BOXING Wire Services. ASK SHANE Mosley how he can beat Manny Pacquiao and the answer is, match his speed and don’t be afraid to trade punches with a fighter
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  • Sports Tennis
    • 167 43 AP. TENNISwillbewithoutatop-10Americanmen’sor women’s player for the first time in the 38-year history of the rankings after Serena Williams was projected to drop out next week. The10th-rankedWilliamshasn’tcompetedsince winning Wimbledon and could drop as low as No. 19 in the WTA rankings depending
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    • 213 43 AFP. ROGER Federer on Friday voiced thinly-veiled pessimism at the state of the Davis Cup, charging that administrators are not listening to the voices of players calling for an updating of the century-old competition. “It’s a never-ending debate isn’t it?” said the Swiss.WhateverI’mgoingtosayisgoingtobetaken out
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    • 524 43 On day of passing of golf legend Seve Ballesteros, Spain see World No. 1 progress to Madrid Masters final AFP. RAFAEL Nadal overcame Roger Federer 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the Madrid Masters final yesterday (Singapore time) on an emotional rollercoaster of a day which had
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  • Sports Formula One
    • 679 44 AP. FORMULA One champion Sebastian Vettel will again lead from the front at the Turkish Grand Prix after the German driver secured his fourth straight pole position of the season yesterday. The Red Bulls (above) will start today’s race 1-2 on
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    • 329 44 FOOTBALL AFP. QPR were confirmed as Championship title-winners yesterday after the Football Association announced they would not be deducted points following a hearing into their signing of Alejandro Faurlin in 2009. QPR, who clinched the title last weekend, were found guilty of two
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  • Sports Serie A
    • 828 45  -  Berlusconi–scandalousasapolitician,but... GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg NOTHINGmakesmecringemorethanwhen a sleazy politician tries to steal thelimelight at asporting event, posing for photos and shaking hands with the winners. Worst of all are the ones you see occupyingthebest seats inthe house forabig derby match or cup final. They
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  • Sports Football
    • 572 46 Wire Services. THE EXPLOITS of Singapore’s Kelong King and other match-fixers have the most powerful man in the world of football on the edge of his seat. Reuters reported yesterday that Fifa president Sepp Blatter will meet with Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble in Zurich tomorrow
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  • Sports EPL
    • 540 47 Midfielder can cope with playing at scene of fractures, says Wenger STOKE v ARSENAL (Tonight, 9.05pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) AFP. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is convinced Aaron Ramsey will be able to cope with a daunting return to the scene of his horrific double
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    • 411 47 PA Sport. WEST Brom boss Roy Hodgson will take no satisfaction from pushing local rivals Wolves closertorelegationbywinningtoday’scrucial derby at Molineux. The Baggies guaranteed their own top flight survival via last weekend’s 2-1 home success over Aston Villa. But Wolves are still in the
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    • 445 48  -  West Ham United........1 Blackburn Rovers ......1 West Ham: Hitzlsperger 78 Blackburn: Roberts 12 BY TOM ROSTANCE Special Correspondent THOMASHITZLSPERGER’SlatedrivesavedWestHamfromapainfuldefeatand keptthefightforPremierLeague survivalaliveforbothsides. Blackburnlookedsetforawin whichwouldhavevirtually assuredtheirsafetywhenJason RobertsconvertedaBrett Emertoncrossafter12minutes. ButAvramGrant’smenearned areprievewhentheformerAston Villamancrackedinfrom outsidetheareawithonly12 minutesleft. WestHambossGrantagain brushedasidespeculationover hisfutureattheclub. Hesaid: “Ihavebeeninthis jobalongtime.Ihavefacedalot ofspeculation.Ihaveajobtodo, andthatistheonlythingthatis importantrightnow.” CarltonColemadehis100th PremierLeaguestartasoneof threechangesmadebyGrant, withWayneBridgeandManuel DaCostaalsobackintheside. ButFootballeroftheYearScott
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    • 249 48  -  Aston Villa..................1 Wigan Athletic............1 Villa: A Young 17 Wigan: N’Zogbia 10 BY JOHN CURTIS Special Correspondent ASTON VILLA striker Emile Heskey was fortunate not to be sent off after making contact with referee Mike Jones as relegation-threatened Wigan earned a precious point in the
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    • 464 50  -  Newcastle United........2 Birmingham City ........1 Newcastle: Ameobi (pen) 36, Taylor 43 Birmingham: Bowyer 45 BY DAMIAN SPELLMAN Special Correspondent LIAMRIDGEWELLwascontroversiallysentofffordeliberatehandballas Newcastle’sincreased Birmingham’srelegationfears. SholaAmeobifiredNewcastle aheadfromthepenaltyspot, beforedefender StevenTaylor addedasecond. LeeBowyerreducedthedeficit whenhisshotwasdeflectedinto thenetbyFabricioColoccinion thestrokeofhalf-time. Newcastlepresseddownthe leftduringtheearlystagesand midfielderJoeyBartonturnedup therewithfourminutesgoneto crossforskipperKevinNolanto sendaloopingheaderhighover. Thevisitorswereappealingfor a12th-minutepenaltyafter SholaAmeobiplayedtheballon toNolan’sarminsidethebox,but refereeChrisFoywasnot interested. DEBATE ButtheMagpiestookthelead
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    • 268 50  -  Bolton Wanderers ......1 Sunderland ................2 Bolton: Klasnic 87 Sunderland: Zenden 45, Muntari 90 BY KEN GAUNT Special Correspondent SUBSTITUTE Sully Muntari scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner for Sunderland against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium. Muntari latched on to a through ball from
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  • 375 49 TOTTENHAM 1 (Jermain Defoe 89) BLACKPOOL (Charlie Adams 76 pen) Wire Services. TOTTENHAM star Gareth Bale suffered a suspected broken leg as Spurs were held at home by Blackpool this morning (Singapore time). The Welsh winger was carried off on a stretcher in
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  • 428 49 EVERTON 2 (Sylvain Distin 65, Leon Osman 72) MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Yaya Toure 28) Reuters. MANCHESTER City fans are used to their team doing things the hard way, so they will have hardly been surprised when, with fourth place there for the taking, they fell
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  • Sports TITLE DECIDER
    • 291 51 PA Sport. SIR ALEX Ferguson admits Howard Webb is the best referee in England, but is still concerned about his side finding itself on the wrong end of a major decision tonight. Ferguson received a five-match ban for his attack on Martin Atkinson over his handling
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    • 597 51 AFP. CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti insists he would never put pressure on referees in the same way as Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. Ancelotti knows the role of referee Howard Webb will be crucial when his side go in search
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    • WHO WILL WIN?
      • 496 52 Ex-players and fans give their take Wire Services FORMER Chelsea fullback Graeme Le Saux believes his former club will cause an upset tonight when the Blues head to Old Trafford in what is being billed as a title decider. Chelsea head into the game
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      • 257 52 Wire Services. LOOKING ahead to tonight’s game at Old Trafford, Chelsea have nothing to fear and little to lose. Nobody expected them to retain the Premier League title after their awful form in the November and December, when they slipped from being clear at the
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      • 152 52 Wire Services. ED DE Goey has claimed Chelsea’s recent defeats to Manchester United will have no bearing on tonight’s English Premier League match. The Blues lost twice to the Red Devils in the Champions League quarter-final, 1-0 at Stamford Bridge and 2-1 at Old
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      • 115 52 PERSONALLY, I expect Manchester United to win. Old Trafford has been a fortress this season with only West Bromwich Albion managing to earn a point there. Moreover, confidence is high after United’s resounding home victory against Schalke 04, which was achieved with many first-team players rested
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      • 257 52 NOT MANY, in fact, no one saw this coming a few weeks ago. After an abysmal run of two wins in 10 games, Chelsea slipped to fifth in the league and 11 points adrift of Manchester United. Such was the superiority of United’s title
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    • 346 53  -  LIMSAYHENGspeaks to celebrity football fans about their predictions fortonight’sbiggame LIM SAY HENG AT LEAST 2-0 to United! Psychologically and physically,Sir Alex Ferguson’smen will befresh. No nerves and no egos, they will be sticking to the game planand playing for theclub’sglory. Chelsea’sbunch ofegos, onthe other hand,will
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    • 807 54 / 55  -  Can Chelsea manage greatest title comeback? GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg THAT the Premiership title race is very much still alive with only three matches left toplayisn’tallthatsurprising. This has been one of the weirdest seasons in recent memory. This has been one in which land’stopclubsappearedtobetrying their best to lose
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    • 205 56 / 57  -  Ouranalystdissectstheteams’ tactical approaches with DA VID LEE BARRY WHITBREAD ASK THE COACH npsports@sph.com.sg THISwill bethe make-or-breakmatch. So much will rest on the team selections and formations. So it will not be just a straightforward 11-v-11 as substitutions will also have a big part to play in
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    • 248 56 / 57 MAN UNITED: IT IS safe to infer from Sir Alex Ferguson’s midweek team selection against Schalke that he will start with Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez up front. Their styles of play complement each other and we can all expect a great match
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    • 199 56 / 57 CHELSEA: THESE two Chelsea wing-backs, Ashley Cole (left) and Branislav Ivanovic, could prove to be major threats for Man United as they bomb forward to augment the attack. I don’t think Fernando Torres will start for this one. He looks sharper but it’s not like
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    • 472 56 / 57 PA Sport. FERNANDO Torres maintains Chelsea must take things one step at a time as they look to overhaul Manchester United and claim an unlikely defence of their English Premier League crown. The top two clash at Old Trafford tonight, with United
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    • 337 56 / 57 PA Sport. DIDIER Drogba has hit out at Florent Malouda’s critics, hailing his fellow forward for helping haul Chelsea back into the English Premier League title race. Malouda (right) has come under fire this season, with some suggesting his days at Stamford Bridge were numbered.
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    • 575 58 / 59  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK CARLO Ancelotti believes that today isChelsea’s cupfinaland he’sabsolutely right. Written off by everyone, including yours truly, the Blues are right back in with a chance of Premier League glory. A win, even by the narrowest of margins, will return the
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    • 647 58 / 59 MAN UNITED v CHELSEA (Tonight, 11.10pm, SingTel mio TVCh 102) PA Sport. CARLO Ancelotti believes Chelsea and Manchester United have run out of ways to surprise each other ahead of tonight’s English Premier League title showdown at Old Trafford. The sides meet for the fifth time this
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    • 271 58 / 59 PAUL Scholes has admitted Sir Alex Ferguson’s famed mind games are a major help during the Premier League title run-in. Ferguson has never been afraid of courting controversy, most famously in 1996 when he wound then Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan up so much he
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    • ON TV
      • 92 58 / 59 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS EPL Today: IWOLVESv WEST BROM SingTel mio TV Ch 102,7pm ISTOKEvARSENAL SingTel mio TV Ch 102,9.05pm IMAN UTDvCHELSEA SingTelmio TVCh102, 11.10pm Tuesday: IFULHAMv LIVERPOOL SingTelmio TVCh102, 3am SERIEA Today: IUDINESEv LAZIO StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 8.55pm ILECCE vNAPOLI StarHub TV Ch 202
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      • 14 58 / 59 WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Today: IMANNYPACQUIAO vSHANE MOSLEY StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am
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      • 12 58 / 59 TURKISH GRAND PRIX Today: IMAINRACE SingTel mio TV Ch 115,7.45pm
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