The New Paper, 22 May 2011

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    • 67 1 SIA INTERNATIONAL CUP: 8-PAGE RACING SPECIAL BUKIT BATOK KILLING GIRL’S LIFE OF SECRETS At 16 months, she almost dies as mum is stabbed to death At 19, she finds out who killed mum. Then comes bigger shock... 2 PAY CUT FOR MINISTERS?4 PM appoints Gerard Ee to head salary review
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  • News
    • 1057 2 / 3  -  I At13,shefoundoutmum wasstabbedtodeath I At19,shefoundoutwho killed mum and that she was adopted I Now20,shesays... REPORT:BRYNA BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg SHE looked wistfully at the photograph, her eyes taking in every detail. “This was taken when I was one. And this was the one and
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    • 250 2 / 3 THE impact of a traumatic experience, in this case the killing of a loved one, depends on several factors, say psychologists. Oneoftheseisinvolvement.InSuri’scase,itwas considered“indirect”becauseshediscoveredmoreas she grew older but had little of her own memories. Direct involvement would mean the person was present at the
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    • 897 4 / 5  -  from the President to Prime Minister and the parliamentary secretaries... REPORT: KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE ministers could be getting a pay cut soon. Calling the “substantial discount” that is in the works “a different model from the current one”, Mr GerardEesaidtherevisedversionwouldbetter“reflect theethosandvalueofpublicservice”. Prime Minister
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    • 593 4 / 5  -  Ispolitics aman’s game?WhilePrime MinisterLee HsienLoong’s new Cabinet has an all-male line-up, we focus on women MPs who have been promoted to Ministers of State REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg PEOPLE have congratulated her on her promotion from backbencher to
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    • 535 6 / 7  -  Teenwhofelltoherdeathbloggedabout‘lousy’A-levelresults REPORTS:CHAIHUNGYIN, REPORTS:CHAIHUNGYIN, RAETAN and TAM SU FERNE tnp@sph.com.sg LIKE many other 18-year-olds, she went to school on March 4 this year feeling panicky and light-headed. After two years of memorising facts and formula it was the day when her A-level results would be
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    • 271 6 / 7 MORE young people are going to psychiatrists with their problems. Often, it is about grades. Dr Adrian Wang, a Gleneagles Medical Centre’sconsultant psychiatrist,sees atleast one case involving a teenager every two weeks. He said that out of the teen cases he sees, “at least75
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    • 318 6 / 7 SCHOOLS here have a tiered-referral system to help identify students in need of early support, said the Ministry of Education (MOE). A spokesman said that schools will work with the families of these students to extend help to them. The tiered-referral system works by
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    • 741 8  -  Five days after the body of murdered Indonesian maid was found in a water tank REPORT: KWAN HUI XIAN kwanhx@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS at Block 686B at Woodlands Drive 73 are seized by fear. They worry that their tap water may be unsafe for consumption after
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    • 787 10 / 11  -  ClaireChiang’ssonbeats students from 127 countries to emerge tops in English exam REPORT:BRYNA BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg YOUdon’tneedtobewealthyforyourchildtodowellinEnglish.Neitheristuitionnecessary. That’stheviewofMsClaireChiang,60,aNominated MP from 1997 to 2001 who heads hospitality group BanyanTreewithherhusband,MrHoKwonPing,59. Theirson,HoRenChun,17,beatstudentsfrom127 countries and emerged tops in an English examination. Hehadneithertuitionnorpriceyeducationalgadgetstohelphimscorewell. OnTuesday,RenChunwasinformedbyhisteacher
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    • 231 10 / 11 THE IGCSE is comparable to the GCE O level, but with one difference. It offers more coursework options than the O-level examinations. According to a document on the University of Cambridge International Examinations website, this coursework option is available in many syllabuses. Itallows“anelementofpersonalchoice and
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    • 545 12 / 13 Witheconomicprosperity,today’swomenwantcarsthatrepresentwhotheyare–smart,savvy and stylish. JOYCE LIM talks to 3 women who are willing to splurge on not just practical vehicles LIKE her cars, Madam Claudine Ho is fast and furious–thatis,whenshepurchasesthem. Last year, she hastily handed over a cheque of over $300,000 for a two-year-old Audi
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    • 228 12 / 13 SHE had to choose between buying that branded handbag which she had always wanted or modifying her car. modifyinghercar. MadamChooXiuhui,28,was clearaboutwhatshewanted. Thecreditanalystinaforeign bankhadnoqualmsabout throwing$20,000ofherjoint savings with her husband into upgrading their Honda S2000 last month. They had paid $130,000 for the car twoyearsago. twoyearsago.
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    • 281 12 / 13 FROM a Volkswagen Beetle to a BMW 320 Coupe to a BMW 630iA. Today, Madam LimMei Yen drives a Porsche Cayman S to work every day. Zipping around the city in her German sports car, it is inevitable that Madam
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    • 453 14 Sheisoneof23peopleinM’siawhohavebeensplashed with corrosive liquid by mystery men on motorbikes SHE is still so haunted by what happened to her two months ago that she is afraid to leave her house. The only exception she makes is when she has to go for
      PICTURE: MALAY MAIL  -  453 words
    • 556 16 Family of hospitalised Tamil acting legend Rajinikanth quashrumoursofhisdeath IN HIS movies, his characters hardly lose and never die. But in real life, Rajinikanth, the Tamil movie superstar, was recently hospitalised for allergic bronchitis and viral fever. And rumours started swirling on the Internet
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    • 268 16 RANDY “MachoMan” Savage,the professional wrestler known for his raspy voice, the sunglasses and bandanas he wore in the ring and the young woman named Miss Elizabeth who often accompanied him, died in a car crash in Florida on Friday. He was 58. A
      PICTURE: AP  -  268 words
    • 703 18 The worlds of two powerful men, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger, came crashing down because of their philandering ways, leaving their wives to counter the maelstrom of bad publicity. MsAnneSinclair,Strauss-Kahn’swife, still stands behind her husband, while MsMariaShriver,Mr Schwarzenegger’s wife, finally walked away ANNE SINCLAIR SHEwasinParisawaitingthebirthofherfirstgrandchildwhenshegotacallfromherhusband in
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 147 14 Congratulations on the Grand Opening of www.shaw.sg LIDO I MAX Get your tickets now at: www.shaw.sg/imax MOI/K "THE BEST OS THE S" Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV IM THE WORLD 3 WEEKS! "'SSSfiP'" 0 /ILIIUH CAS CHASES Nick Francis, Andy Lee, Tiie Sun Daily Star Sunday JACK BLACK TWICE THE AWESOMENESS ji)
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    • 110 15 Twowomenbattleitoutfor driver’sseatintheRedBull FemaleDriverSearch Final fight between goodfriends THEREmayberoomforonlyoneatthe top,orinthiscase,thedriver’shotseat. Butthere’shardlyawhiffofrivalry betweenthesetwowomencandidates. MissEmmilineAng,23,andMiss Melissa Huang,26,havebecomefastfriendssince takingpartintheRedBullFemaleDriver Search. SaidMissAng:“Wemaybecompeting,butI don’treallyfeelanyrivalrybetweenus.Weare enjoyingtheprocessoflearningtoraceandeach other’scompanysomuchthatwehavebecome goodfriends.” ThetwoarecompetingtowinacovetedspotontheRed BullRookiesteamthatwilltakepartintheupcomingSepang 1,000-kmEnduranceRaceinDecember. ThewinneroftheRedBullFemaleDriverSearchwilljoin threeotherteammembers–twofromMalaysiaandonefrom Brunei. Twenty-fourgirlswereselectedfromabatchofabout 500andsentthroughago-cartcompetitionandadefensive drivingcourseattheShahAlamcircuitinMalaysiainFebruary andMarch. Thatnumberwaswhittleddowntosix,whowerethenput throughtheirpacesatabootcamp,alsoinMarch,atthe OutwardBoundSchoolinLumut,Perak. There,thejudgesshortlistedthefinaltwogirls. Lastweekend,bothMissAngandMissHuangwent throughanotherintensivedrivingcourseinGenting Highlands. Theywerejoinedbyanothercontestant,AmirahMokhtar, 19,whowasaskedtobeanunderstudydriverduetoher outstandingperformanceduringthepreviousround. SaidAmirah:“Itwasveryexcitinganditfeltmorelikea girls’weekendgetawaybecauseweallbunkedtogetherin oneroom.” ThethreefinalistsleftSingaporelastFridayat9.30pm andarrivedatGentingHighlandssixhourslater. I (Top)Miss Melissa HuangandMiss
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  • News Snapshot
    • 131 19 IN ITS new term, the Government “must reach out and work together” with Singaporeans from all backgrounds, addressing their needs and aspirations, President S R Nathan said last night. “It must put in a special effort to better understand the younger generation when
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    • 97 19 SINGTEL’Ssecondsatellite,ST-2,was successfully launched into orbit yesterday on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket that lifted-off from Kourou in French Guiana at 4.38am Singapore time. ST-2, which is almost twice as pow- erfulasSingTel’sfirstsatellite,ST-1,willhelpthecompa-ny meet growing customer demand for fixed and mobile satellite
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    • 110 19 Reuters. APPLE Inc is investigating an explosion that killed two people, injured 16 and forced a production halt at a factory in China said to produce the popular iPad 2 tablet computer. The Foxconn International Hold- ingsfactory,partofTaiwan’sHonHaiPrecisionIndustries group and Apple’s main manufacturing partner, said the
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    • 105 19 THE former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been taken to a New York City apartment under house arrest. The Frenchman was taken to a flat on Broadway under armed guard, with a security bracelet strapped to his ankle.
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    • 450 19 Mudslide hits Malaysian orphanage A LANDSLIDE caused by heavy rains hit an orphanage in Malaysia yesterday, killing five children and burying at least 10 other people, a local lawmaker and police said. The incident took place at around 2.30pm at the Children’s Hidayah Madrasah
      PICTURES: AP, REUTERS  -  450 words
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  • News Exchange
    • 131 20 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 First-quarter profits of Singapore companies rose by a third from 2010 and the economy is now expected to grow by up to 7 percent. +10 A new platform at Jurong East interchange and more trains on the North-South and East-West lines are expected to reduce
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    • 588 20  -  BUZZ COMMENT: SANTOKH SINGH santokh@sph.com.sg YES Minister was one of my favourite sitcoms in the 80s. Set mainly in the office of a British cabinet minister in the non-existent Department for Administrative Affairs, it follows the ministerial career of Jim Hacker, played by Paul
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    • 1457 21  -  Childrenattendallkindsofclasses–fromsingingto ballet–topreparethemselvesforbeautypageants REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN, MARIE LIM and JENNIFER DHANARAJ tnp@sph.com.sg A CHERUBIC face in a cute frilly dress doesn’t cut it anymore at children’s beauty pageants. Just ask 11-year-old Ye Yi Xiu (right), who has taken part in some
      TNP PICTURES: GAVIN FOO, CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  1,457 words
    • 291 22  -  ASHLEY CHIA BOTULINUM toxin injection, more commonly as Botox, was first used more than 50 years ago to treat patients suffering from cerebral palsy. Today, it is widely used for aesthetic purposes such as relaxing wrinkles, slimming the facial contour and hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating). While
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    • Article, Illustration
      606 23  -  Our reporter forgets her fear of heights in this fast-paced urban obstacle challenge at Velocity mall REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg PAY me a million dollars and I could be coaxed into embarrassing myself on reality TV. WhiskmetoanislandforweeksandI’deveneat a tarantula or two. But no amount of
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      396 24  -  Cosplayers will compete inthisyear’s Licence2play REPORT: BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg COSPLAY fans will definitely not want to miss the new cosplay competition at this year’sLicence2play. CosGames will feature the world’s first “East vs West” game characters cosplay showdown. Licence2play is an annual event for gaming fans and enthusiasts in
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    • 345 25  - BELLES WHISTLES TurfClub’sChillPartygets hearts racing with fast-paced games and babes REPORT: BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg GOOD food, great fun. That was what several readers of The New Paper got when they turned up at the Chill Party in Clarke Quay on Friday, each with a copy of the paper in exchange
      TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG; PICTURE COURTESY OF SINGAPORE TURF CLUB  -  345 words
    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • Article, Illustration
        584 28  -  Keeping the humble bicycle chain in good repair could save you wear on the other, more expensive parts DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg COMPARED with flashier bike components like aerodynamic wheels and carbon fibre framesets, the humble bicycle chain looks dull. But any true fan of the sport will tell
        PICTURE: IAN WURN 2011  -  584 words
      • 236 28 WE TESTED the following lubes both on and off-road. DRY Q-Plus Chain Lube $16.50 to $17.50 for 300ml What we liked: The best among the lot. Once you have iton, you’llforgetyoueven have a chain on.You’ll be surprisedhowthis lube smoothensout your ride. Whatwe didn’t like:On thetrails,
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      • 34 28 In the fourth of our new series, infographics artist KELVIN CHAN (kelvinc@sph.com.sg) and his family show you how you can have fun with your lovedonescyclingin Singapore’s networkof park connectors
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 587 30  -  SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg GAZE into the live aquarium in Feng Shui Innandyou’llbetransported aroundthe world. Lobster from Australia, New Zealand, South Asia and Boston, American sea whelk, Scottish bamboo clam and crab from Sri Lanka. But don’t stare too long or you’ll lock eyes with those which
        TNP PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG  -  587 words
    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 465 31  -  National Family Celebrations REPORT PICTURE: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg EATING with your family at least once a week is easier said than done. Often, long hours at work as well as extra- curricular activities in school mean that families hardly share a meal together. But 53-year-old father
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      • 519 31  -  EUGENE WEE FATHER FIGURES eugenew@sph.com.sg IF YOU’RE keeping count, I haven’t had an uninterrupted night’s sleep in, oh, about three-and-a half years. Mysondidn’tsleepthroughthenight until he was two-and-a-half. But by that time, my daughter had been born. AndTheSpawnettedoesn’tsleepatnight. Rather, she has five or
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    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
      • 422 32/33  -  AUDI FASHION FESTIVAL REPORT:SYLVIA SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg WEDDINGgownsaregoingtobeahardsellthisyear if your big day dress designs are even remotely removed from the one for last month’sroyalwedding. Sotheremusthavebeensomefurrowedfashionista brows when Vera Wang’s latest line in aisle-wear showedattheAudiFashionFestivallastweek. It was frothy and flowy and layered and
        PICTURES: JIN-HA KIM, GETTY IMAGES  -  422 words
    • Enjoy Humour
      • 481 34  -  HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS tnp@sph.com.sg EVERsinceIstoppedworkingtoreturntoschool,Ihave been getting a little worried about the size of my debt. Then America comes along and makesmefeelallbetter. Imean,theamountIoweHDBisbad,butnotTHAT bad. If you haven’t heard, the US recently hit its federal debt limit. I am not sure
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      • REALLY?
        • 94 34 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters IN A horrific spectacle reminiscent of ascenewith Anthony Hopkin’s character in the movie Silence of the Lambs, Russian police have caught a maneating an acquaintance’sliver. They had tracked down the suspect after severed body parts, including limbs
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        • 124 34 She fits in wedding dress 73 years later AP A US woman has walked down the aislein her wedding dress– the same oneshe wore 73 yearsago– for a second time. Mrs Agnes Anderson wore the dress in 1938 when she married her college sweetheart Delmar Anderson in Ohio. He died
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      • 317 34  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg HOW often do you wash your bath towel? For the purpose of this column, I googled this question and found that most of the answers range from“everyotherday”to“onceaweek”. Butmyfavouriteansweris“whenitsmells”. I’mnotproudtoadmitthatIusuallydon’twashmy towelforweeks–orisitmonths?Imean,whobothers to keep track of this sort of
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      109 36 Today, we feature pictures of your Mother’sDaycelebrations. On May 29 and June 5, we will be publishing pictures of your children enjoying sports. For the month of May, the best picture of the week will win a $100 voucherfromKidStyleOshKoshB’gosh.Sendyour pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg I Love You, Mummy!
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    • 14 21 FLYON THEWALL Awhole load ofair-kissing attheAudi FashionFestival PAGE32 OVERCOMINGACROPHOBIA TNPreporterovercomes fear inurbanobstacle challenge PAGE23
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    • 153 22 Ideas for family activities and meeting family needs in CATS Classified: Take up a new hobby and learn to dance salsa, ballet, jazz or hip-hop. CLASS 25 Get your child a violin that comes with a case, bow and rosin. CLASS 72 Ferry your family around in a rented eight-seater
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 47 31 GENERATION NEXT Slurp! I’ll trade you this pink kite for your puppy. Deal! Here you go. I think I rather have that puffy heart. Thanks, and here’s your puppy. Could you at least purchase the stickers before you start trading them. Excuse me, girls... TNP ILLUSTRATION:KELVIN CHAN
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 239 35 WATCH’EM RobinHood (left) HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm In 13th-centuryEngland,RobinHood and hisband of maraudersconfrontcorruption in a local villageandlead an uprisingagainst the crown.StarringRussell Crowe,Cate Blanchett. PICTURE:UIP TheChaser okto,10pm Whiletryingtotrackdownseveralvanished prostitutes,adirtydetective-turned-pimp who’sinfinancialtroublediscoversthey wereallcalledupbythesameclient. StarringKimYoonSeok,HaJeongWoo. ILoveYou,BethCooper StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm Whenanerdyvaledictorianproclaimshisloveforthehottestand mostpopulargirlinschoolduringhisgraduationspeech,shedecides toshowhimthebestnightofhislife.StarringHaydenPanettiere, PaulRust. HowEarthMadeUs BBCKnowledge (StarHubCh407),9.05pm Thisnewdocumentaryseriesrevealshow geology,geographyandclimatehasaffected humanhistoryandinfluencedusmorethan wehaveacknowledged. CHANNEL5 12.45pm Movie:Unbreakable 2.45 RoyalWedding OfA Lifetime 3.45
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
    • 47 43 Always play with care. [responsibly! 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 RCB Reg No: *****0202G
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  • Page 53 Miscellaneous
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  • sports
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      496 60  -  United defender is voted Barclays Player of the Season DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg IN A season when teams seemed to be falling over themselves to not win the title and flair players showcased their wares only intermittently, there can be no more deserving Barclays Player of the Season than
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    • Racing
      • 594 37 SINGAPORE AIRLINES INTERNA TIONAL CUP: RACE 10,8.40PM STC HONGKong’sTony Cruz enjoyedconsiderable success as a jockey and is now enjoying as much success as a trainer. He makes his debut as a trainer in Singapore tonight with the well-supported CALIFORNIA MEMORY in the Group
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      • 203 38 / 39  -  TAN THEAN LOON ENGLISH challenger PRESVIS is at the top of his game and should make it third-time luckyintonight’sSingaporeAirlinesInternational Cup in Race 10. So, too, is Singapore’s sprint sensation ROCKET MAN, who seems to have the KrisFlyer International Sprint at his
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      • 1480 38 / 39 TODAY'S SINGAPORE (LONG SHORT COURSE A) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C4 3.00 -1400m(LC) SingaporeAirlinesBarcelonaStakes Stakes:$55,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 9054-0 FatKing 57 (61) JSee*c3 2 (4agHKTan-Fatboy) 2 *****3 BabaGift 55.5 (58) GBoss 3 (3agRBMarsh-RafflesRacing) 3 1436 BlackJack 54.5 (56) FCoetzee 14 (4agDBaertschiger-Anfield) 4
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      • 549 38 / 39 Andrew Frost Marc Tan Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 1 RACE 3 2 Baba Gift 1 2 Black Jack Fat King 9 2 Video Call 9 3 Video Call Baba Gift Baba Gift 2 5 5 5 Black Jack Flax Flax Flax Baba Gift 8 6 Just Dashing
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      • 2020 40 / 41 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE1 (1,400m) 1 Fat King))Drop in grade will help and well placed after 3kg claim. Look for a better run and consider here at value. 2 BabaGift)))Notfarawayfromtheactionlasttimeand should get every chance from inside draw. Big hope. 3 BlackJack)))Noluckinhomestraightlasttimewhen sixth. Prior form was excellent. Hard
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      • 180 40 / 41 CALVADOSBLUESis outoftonight’s $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup over 2,000m in Race 10. The Godolphin-owned Frenchbred entire was withdrawn yesterday afternoon following a veterinary inspection. Singapore Turf Club veterinary surgeon Dr Curry Keoughan said the condition of Calvados Blues had deteriorated upon inspection. “Hehadafootabscessandwedid everything possible to
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      • 431 40 / 41 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORESTIPES’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS APPRENTICE YY Oon has been suspended for two race days for careless riding aboard MASTER KEY in Race 8 on May 13. At the conclusion of an inquiry on Friday, Oon pleaded guilty in that near the 500m, he did make insufficient
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      • 557 42 RACE1(Morphettville) 1st 8 Safety In Numbers ($33-$9) 2nd 5 Miss With Attitude ($7) 3rd 3 Ship In The Night ($6) 4th 4 Loukoumi. Forecast $16. Place forecast $5 (3-5), $7 (3-8), $6 (5-8). Tierce $147. Trio $28. Quartet $237. Quadro $16. Scratchings: 1 Success Dostta, 2
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      • 930 42 RACE 1 (Belmont) 1st 6 Sense Of Purpose ($13-$8) 2nd 5 Amberlyn ($16) 3rd 1 Mabel Grace (no 3rd dividend) 4th 2 Brave Knight. Forecast $21. Tierce $71. Trio $10. Quartet $482. Quadro $20. RACE 2 (Flemington) 1st 4 Dubleanny ($10-$6) 2nd 6 Perturbo ($12) 3rd
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      • 493 42 RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1000m 3 PONDEROSA131(14-6) BPREBBLE (11) 1 7 SHAREOFGOLD127(15-7) ZPURTON (7) 2 1 DDAYSUPER132(169-35) BDOYLE (1) 3 13 MYMELODY121(24-7) ODOLEUZE (5) 4 XTrainer: DJ Hall. Margins: 1.75, 4.25. Time: 56.87sec (good). Forecast: $9. Place Forecast: $33 (Nos. 1-3), $33 (Nos. 1-7), $5 (Nos. 3-7).Tierce: $302. Trio: $115.
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 209 43  -  GODFREY ROBERT AFTER a not-so-happy outing with a one-over 73 on the second day, Mardan Mamat redeemed himself in Japan yesterday. The Singaporean No. 1 (right) pro shot a 69 to move himself seven places up to joint-27th spot in the Japan Golf Tour’s Totoumi
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      • 319 43 Poulter also in last four after earlier dumping World No. 1 Westwood PA Sport. LUKE Donald faces Martin Kaymer again today in the semi-finals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain. Three months after Donald (above, right) won a final clash between the
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      • 235 43 AFP. AMERICAN David Toms fired his second consecutive eight-under 62 at the $6.2 million ($7.4m) Colonial event to equal a PGA Tour record and open up a seven-shot lead on Friday. The 44-year-old American tied Pat Perez’s 36-hole record of 124. Perez shot opening rounds of
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      • 137 43 AFP. BAE Kyeong, Choi Na Yeon, Meena Lee and Park Inbee won second-round matches as four South Koreans reached the third round of the Sybase Matchplay Championship. Tseng Yani, of Taiwan, and Japan’s Ai Miyazato were other Asians who moved on Friday as the favourites continued to dominate
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    • Sports Tennis French Open
      • 538 44 Welookattheleadingcontendersforthemen’stitlewhenthe second Grand Slam event of the season gets underway today AFP. “Whenyouarriveatthe tournament, every round is difficult. Every game, every time you go on court, you can win and you can lose. So, thinking about winning the tournament before the start is, forme,
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      • 361 46 Welookattheleadingcontendersforthewomen’ssinglestitle AFP. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI IWORLD RANKING:1 IBIRTHDATE:July 11, 1990 IBIRTHPLACE:Odense, Denmark IHEIGHT:1.77m IWEIGHT:58kg IPLAYS:Right-handed ITURNEDPRO:2005 ICAREERSINGLES TITLES:15 IGRANDSLAM SINGLES TITLES:0 ICAREERPRIZE MONEY:US$9.6 million ($11.9m) IBESTFRENCH OPEN RESULT: Quarter-final (2010) THE young Dane has consolidated her world No.1 ranking this year with tournament wins at
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      • 110 46 STRASBOURG OPEN Reuters. MARION Bartoli is a doubt for the French Open after a possible thigh injury forced her to retire from the final of the Strasbourg International tennis against German Andrea Petkovic last night. The top-seeded Frenchwoman (above) had her left thigh strapped at the end
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      • 104 46 NICE OPEN Reuters. SPANIARD Nicolas Almagro recovered from a sluggish start to beat Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Nice Open last night. One day before the start of the French Open, third-seed Almagro (left) made a string of unforced errors and
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    • Sports Basketball
      • 578 47 Star guard the key man to down the Heat EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS MIAMI HEAT v CHICAGO BULLS I Seriestied 1-1 Wire Services. CHICAGO Bulls will be relying on the drive of Derrick Rose to regain homecourt advantage over the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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    • Sports Formula One
      • 568 48 / 49 AP. MARK Webber edged out Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix yesterdayasRedBull’sone-twosweptittoa fifth-straight pole position of the season. Webber retired to the garage with 90 seconds to run in the final qualifying session, confident of pole after going
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      • 331 48 / 49 AFP. FORMULA One’s leading drivers complained on Friday that a new hard Pirelli tyre was “a disaster”thatleftthemstrugglingforpaceinpractice fortonight’sSpanishGrandPrix. Pirelli, who succeeded Bridgestone as the sport’s sole supplier this year, has introduced the new tyre at the Circuit de Catalunya, hoping to create more strategicopportunities–addingpitstops–fortheteams.
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      • 128 48 / 49 Reuters. FERRARI were forced to replace the rear wing on their cars at the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday after Formula One’s governing body declared it illegal. “They told us that the ceptisnotlegal,”ateamspokesman said. International Automobile Federation race director Charlie Whiting said on Friday
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      • 316 48 / 49 Reuters. FORMULA One strugglers Hispania have refused to rule out a protest against most other teams that could cast a cloud of uncertainty over today’s Spanish Grand Prix. “Ithinksometeamsarerunningillegally,simpleas that,” team principal Colin Kolles said before yesterday’sfinalpracticesessionattheCircuitdeCatalunya. Asked whether he might protest after the race,
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    • Sports S-League
      • 491 50 / 51  -  Wonderful in Japanese Albirex’sIhatashootsdownHome with seventh goal of season ALBIREX NIIGATA 2 (AtsushiShimono 21, Shotaro Ihata67) HOME UNITED 1 (Qiu Li 30) ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg SUBARASHII,” was how Albirex coach Koichi Sugiyama described Shotaro Ihata’s 67th-minute winner against Home United last night. The word, which means “wonderful” in
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      • 308 50 / 51  -  SINGAPORE 51 MALAYSIA 29 NETBALL DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg SOME wonderful attacks, through-court plays, mixed with superb timing and pace in their passing, gave national netball coach Kate Carpenter enough reasons to smile after giving Malaysia a 51-29 thrashing in a friendly match yesterday. Even without
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      • 388 50 / 51  -  Avid runners now, Elmo, Wesker hope to do well in Sundown Marathon MARATHON LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg WHENElmoHongandWeskerLingwereservingtheirNationalService,theydis-likedrunning. But now, both polytechnic students are ardent runners and will be participants in the full marathon event at the Sundown Marathon this Saturday. They are among the 10
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    • Sports Serie A
      • 955 52  -  UDINESE v AC MILAN (Tomorrow, 2.40am, StarHub TV Ch 203, SuperSports Plus) GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg I Catch GlennConnleyon thefootballchat showFC Daily every weeknightat 8pm on Football Channel (StarHub TV Channel 222). SOME teams take it for granted they’ll play Champions League football every
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      • 103 52 SCOTTISH CUP FINAL Reuters. CELTIC secured some consolation for losing out on the league title to bitter rivals Rangers by winning the Scottish Cup final with a 3-0 win over Motherwell at Hampden Park last night. The Glasgow side took control after South Korean
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    • Sports EPL
      • 592 53 FULHAM v ARSENAL (Tonight, 11 pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 106) AFP. THE END of the season can’t come soon enough for Arsene Wenger following Arsenal’s depressing slump in the closing weeks of the campaign. Wenger and his side will round off their Premier
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      • 313 53 ASTON VILLA v LIVERPOOL (Tonight, 11pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 103) PA Sport. LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish has paid tribute to unheralded defender Martin Skrtel as the centre-back closes in on a personal milestone. The Slovakia international (below) has played every minute of the Reds’ 37
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      • THE BATTLE FOR EUROPE
        • 338 54 / 55  -  CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: ARSENAL EUROPEThebattleforplacesinnextseason’sChampionsLeagueandEuropaLeaguecompetitionsheatsup.GARYLIMsizesupthecontenders GARY LIM IT WASN’T so long ago that Arsenal portrayed the image of serious Premiership title contenders. How the mighty have fallen. The humiliation doesn’t end with the dissipation of their title hopes. Finishing fourth in the league, behind Manchester City, will be
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        • 322 54 / 55 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: MAN CITY PERHAPS finishing in the top four is the least one would expect of a team that spent as much as Manchester City. But as the players held aloft the FA Cup last week, one couldn’t help but wonder if this is English
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        • 312 54 / 55 EUROPA LEAGUE: LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL fans will swear that Kenny Dalglish’s January appointment as Liverpool manager came five months too late. They are left wondering what might have been, had King Kenny taken charge right from the start. The statistics are pretty impressive. In 17 Premiership matches,
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        • 379 54 / 55 EUROPA LEAGUE: TOTTENHAM ASKED what Europa League would mean to Tottenham Hotspur, manager Harry Redknappdidn’tmince hiswords. He said: “It’s one of those competitions that teams get in and they try to get out of. You look at the English teams and they all seem to play
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      • 465 56 / 57 Fergie rewards goalkeeper with armband, tells Berbatov to win Golden Boot PA Sport. EDWINvanderSar’sinnatewinningmentalityisthefirethat drives the 40-year-old Dutchman, according to ManchesterUnitedmanagerSirAlexFerguson. OntheeveofhispenultimatematchfortheRedDevils,the goalkeeperwill behandedthearmbandinhisfarewell match at Old Trafford for the visit of Blackpool in the final league meetingtonight. FergusonwasfullofpraiseforvanderSar,saying:“Hehas beenfantastic.Absolutelysensational. “Edwin’s professionalism and dedication have been fabulous.
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      • 474 56 / 57 SURVIVAL SUNDAY WOLVES v BLACKBURN (Tonight, 11 pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 109) PA Sport. MICK McCarthy is enjoying the nail-biting fight-to-the-death relegation battle when his Wolves face Blackburn tonight. Wolves and their opponents are currently one point above the drop zone as the season reaches
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      • 241 56 / 57 PA Sport. PREMIER League chief executive Richard Scudamore claims he has absolutely no concerns over whether Manchester United will field a weakened team in their final league game of the season today. United host relegation-battling Blackpool at home having already clinched the title, and it
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      • 797 58 / 59  -  MAN UNITED v BLACKPOOL (Tonight, 11 pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) EXCLUSIVE GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg EXPECTATION is in the air at Old Trafford, just a week after Manchester United had clinched the Barclays Premier League title. The club promised a slightly-busier-than-nor-mal transfer window,
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      • 387 58 / 59 Wire Services. MANCHESTER United have claimed an awards double with Sir Alex Ferguson and Nemanja Vidic landing the Barclays Manager and Player of the Season honours. Ferguson has led United to their 12th Premier League title, and 19th English league success overall, plus the Champions
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      • 269 58 / 59 EVERTON v CHELSEA (Tonight, 11pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 104) PA Sport. CARLO Ancelotti has insisted he will not beg to keep his job when he learns his fate as Chelsea manager next week. A defiant Ancelotti (right) also vowed not to shed any
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      • ON TV
        • 135 58 / 59 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS MLS Today: IPHILADELPHIA UNION vCHICAGO FIRE StarHubTVCh222 (Football Channel),8am IPORTLANDTIMBERS v COLUMBIACREW StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 11 am EPL Today: IMAN UTDvBLACKPOOL SingTel mio TV Ch 102,11 pm IASTONVILLA vLIVERPOOL SingTel mio TV Ch 103,11 pm IEVERTONv CHELSEA SingTel mio TV Ch
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        • 16 58 / 59 SPANISH GRAND PRIX Today: IMAINRACE SingTel mioTV Ch 115 SingTel mio TV Ch 117,7.45pm
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        • 21 58 / 59 NBAPLAY-OFFS Tomorrow: IMIAMIHEATv CHICAGOBULLS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 8.30am Tuesday: IOKLAHOMA CITYv DALLASMAVERICKS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am
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        • 13 58 / 59 SIA INTERNATIONAL CUP Today: IRACE StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.15pm
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        • 27 58 / 59 Tomorrow: IHOUGANGvETOILE Hougang Stadium, 7.30pm Call 1900-*****13 after 10.15pm for the half-time and full-time results. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. Yesterday’s result: ALBIREX2 HOME 1
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    • 453 1 $3MILLIONSINGAPOREAIRLINESINTERNATIONALCUP(GROUP1–2,000m):RACE10,8.40PM 1PRESVIS(England) Jockey:RHughes (barrier2) Trainer:LCumani Owner:L Marinopoulosetal Career: 24 starts for 8 wins, thrice over the SIA Cup trip of 2,000m Earnings: $7,969,063 I Unlucky second in 2009 and fifth last year. Won Dubai Duty Free in March. Had the best lead-up when sixth in
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    • 912 2 / 3  -  BRIAN MILLER brian@tnp.com.sg THEpicturesare stillvivid. Sovivid thatit’s hard to imagine it happened more than a decade ago. The year was 2000. We were into a new millennium and the Singapore racing scene was on the brink of writing a new, glorious
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    • 536 4 / 5  -  105,852kilometres.That’s how far 12 horses have travelled in search of glory TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg THEY come from different parts of the globe– somenear, mostfar. For some, the road to Singapore has been long, arduous and tedious. They have been on the move from country
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    • 384 6 / 7 Month-longfestivitiesleaduptobiggest raceoftheyear THESE 10 gorgeous ladies have turned heads across the nation. They have charmed people with their beauty and poise. But, unlike the parade of swimsuits and evening gowns in a beauty pageant, these glamour girls were resplendent in colourful racing silks. Yes,
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    • 394 8 $1MILLIONKRISFLYERINTERNATIONALSPRINT(GROUP1–1,200m):RACE9,7.50PM 1ROCKETMAN(S’pore)Jockey:FCoetzee(barrier9) Trainer:PShaw Owner:FredCrabbia Career:19startsfor15wins,allover 1,200m Earnings:$4,698,919 I Second in last two years behind Sacred Kingdom and Green Birdie, both from Hong Kong. Has since won Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen and third straight Lion City Cup. Veryhardtobeat. 2SACREDKINGDOM(HK)Jockey:GBoss(6) Trainer:RYiu Owner:SinKangYuk Career:30startsfor17wins,nineover 1,200m
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