The New Paper, 10 July 2011

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    • 57 1 Brothers kept Yishun jungle home for 10 years 8 THE NEW PAPER NEW FACE 2011 THEY’RE IN 21 others also make it to finals 12 Thailand’s transgender star on trip here: I’m so excited! 6 To subscribe: 6388 3838 THIS WASKLYES JULY 10 2011 YESTERDAY facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper In Singapore: 3OO
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  • News
    • Article, Illustration
      649 2/3  -  ‘Socrazy,sodangerous’ S’poreanbride-to-bestuckinmonstertrafficinKLriots REPORTS: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg SHE wanted the best for her wedding next week. Singaporean Ms Maya Juki, 46, had planned to get bridal accessories from Kuala Lumpur’s Medan Mara, which is right in the heart of the city. But on Friday night, Ms Maya,
      PICTURES: REUTERS  -  649 words
    • 448 2/3 A picnic, a name stencilled, some photos, then goodbye THE group of five were huddled together at Hong Lim Park, watching live updates of the protest in Kuala Lumpur on a laptop. It was not a beautiful picture. The crowds in Kuala Lumpur had turned unruly as
      TNP PICTURES: GARY GOH  -  448 words
    • 1105 4  -  New rules mean stiffer penalties for loan sharks. But some licensed moneylenders feel debtors should also be punished REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg JOHNhad goodintentions. The 15-year-old wanted to ease his family’s financial burden. He also wanted to buy a
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    • 503 6 / 7  -  Thai transsexual singer, due to performinS’pore,lostin country’stalentshow,butsays: REPORTS:MAUREENKOH MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg SHEisthehottesttransgenderstarinThailandandevenhasfansinChina,HongKong,Australia,thePhilippines,IndonesiaandMalaysia. ForfansinSingapore,there’sgoodnews:BellNunti-tawillbehereonJuly19foraone-nightperformance. In an exclusive interview in Bangkok last month, Bell, 27, told The New Paper on Sunday: “I’m really so excited! “And I don’t think this could have happened if not
      PICTURESR COURTESY OF WHO? WEEKLY MAGAZINE; THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY ,MAY 15  -  503 words
    • 218 6 / 7 ITWASadoublewhammyforBellNuntita’s father. Not only did he have to grapple with his only son becoming a woman, he was to later discover that his eldest daughter had undergone surgery to become a man. Bell’sfather,whoisinhis60s,hasanother daughter. He could hardly contain his fury when
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    • 191 6 / 7 SHE was a virtual unknown, just a pub singer and small-town radio deejay. Then Nuntrita Khampriranon shot to fame after her audition video forThailand’s Got Talent wentviral on YouTube. Calling herself Bell Nuntita, she stunned both judges and audience on
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    • 1091 8 / 9  -  Elderly vegetable growers have to tear down their forest retreat in Yishun as the shacks are built on state land. One of them says: REPORT:HEDY HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg CAMOUFLAGED by lush foliage in a forested area off Yishun Avenue 1, a small community of
      TNP PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG  -  1,091 words
    • 803 10 / 11  -  More Singaporeans are picking up their greens, eggs and milkdirectfromlocalfarms,sayingthey’refresher&healthier REPORT:HEDY HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg EVERY Saturday without fail, Madam Audrey Ho, 32, a nanotechnology researcher, visits Quan Fa Organic Farm in Lim Chu Kang where she buys about 6kg of green leafy vegetables grown at
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    • 396 10 / 11 Quan Fa Organic Farm (left) Produce:Chye sim,kailan,Chinese spinach, $2 for 250g packet for direct purchase at farm. Where: 35 Murai Farmway, Singapore *****9. Open only on weekends from 9am to 5pm. Tel: 6793 7693 Bollywood Veggies Produce: Bananas (four bananas at $2), sugarcane (two for
      PICTURES: CANTALATT, MALCOLM ONG, HAY DAIRIES, ST FILE  -  396 words
    • 796 12 / 13  - Ladies gentlemen, THE TOP 24 THE NEW PAPER NEW FACE AUDITION ROUND 2 REPORT: BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg WHEN asked about the “Gaga shoes”shewaswearing,acontestant for Round 2 of The New Paper New Face audition quipped: “Life is too shortfor boringshoes.” That was the reply from Jessebella Tan, a 23-year-old fashion blogger-cum-stu-dent
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    • 558 14  -  Despite health issues, these retirees will take part in One Community Walk REPORT: TAM SU FERNE sftam@sph.com.sg AT THE crack of dawn, Mr Ng Choon Song is up andreadyinghimselffortheday’sexercise. He has a spot of breakfast at about 6am, and thenhe’soff.ButMrNgisnoyoungathlete. The79-year-oldretireesaid:“I’vehadastroke,heart diseaseandcoloncancer.” AddedMr
      TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR  -  558 words
    • 740 15  -  Surprising fact about SPCA exec director, who retires after 27 years REPORT:DESMOND DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg SHE may be an animal lover and a defender of animal rights for near 30 years but Ms Deidre Mossdoesn’thaveapet. Ms Moss, 59, said that’s because she’s hardly at
      TNP PICTURES: SIMON KER  -  740 words
    • 905 16/17  -  She tells friend and daughter about alleged nude photographs taken by her driver before her death M’SIANCOSMETICSQUEENMURDERCASE CRAB 0REPORT: YINRAB CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg0 GRAB 2010 FOILED SEPT JspeiLatca UST days into the murder trial of Malaysia’sYSEP millionairecosmetic queen, allegations ofblack-TUESDteyedb
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    • 493 18 China burn victim, 5, must wait a decade for skin graft surgery THIS is a picture which has touched hearts all over China. A five-year-old boy, with a mask covering his face, holding his toys and walking with his puppy. The boy, Wang
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    • 282 19 THIS roller coaster gives the term “freefall”anewmeaning. It falls from a mind-numbing 43m, which could give even the most adventurous of thrill-seekers a scare. So it was with some trepidation that passengers embarked on the first public test of the terrifying
      PICTURE: AFP  -  282 words
    • 558 20 Armor Group guards violated Trafficking Victims Protection Act, says US Justice Dept AN AMERICAN company that provided security at the US embassy in Afghanistan until 2009 has paid US$7.5 million (S$9 million) to settle claims that its guards visited brothels
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    • 260 20 ROBBERSbrokethroughtheroofofaLosAngelessecuritycompany’soffice,slippeddownaropeandthen blindfoldedandtieduptheemployees. ThentheystoleaboutUS$1million (S$1.2million)thathadbeendestinedfor ATMsinLosAngeles,investigatorssaid. “Thisisoneofthebiggestrobberies we’veseenthisyear,evencomparedtothe jewelleryheists,”saidLieutenantKent WegeneroftheLACountySheriff’sMajor CrimesBureau. “Itappearstohaveallthehallmarksofa well-plannedrobberyatthispoint,”hesaid. About 7.30pm on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), three robbers peeled back the roof of the building. Lt Wegener said they dropped down a rope and made
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    • 550 21 UK restaurant offers high-tech picture menu WANT a virtual bite of what you’ll eat before ordering from the menu? An Asian-themed restaurant in London’s theatre district is giving its customers just that by projecting images of dragon rolls, black cod and other dishes directlyonto
      PICTURE: AP  -  550 words
    • Article, Illustration
      560 22 Sports cheats can now relax as controversial UK tabloid closes today CHEATING cricketers, unfaithful footballers and chatty chairmen can now sleep easy: News of the World will no longer be around to give them sleepless nights. The tabloid goes on sale for the last time today, shut down by
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    • 327 22 POLITICIANS have called for her head but RebekahBrooks,theheadofRupertMurdoch’s British newspaper empire, has refused to surrender to the phone hacking scandal that killed off the News of the World. The 43-year-old redhead started out as a secretary and rose to become editor
      PICTURES: REUTERS, ACTION IMAGES  -  327 words


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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 48 21 #1 AIJbTIME BIGGEST OPENING IN SINGAPORE HISTORY! "BRILLIANT EFFECTS THAT ONE CAN "BEST FILM IN THE TRILOGY" ONLY FULLY EXPERIENCE IN 3D" Naseem Randhawa, Cinema Online Gabriel Chong, movieXclusive.com "JAW-DROPPING FIGHT SEQUENCES" Genevieve Loh, TODAY 0 A B G x feTji 1 CO S DuQ QQgidQi DO 1
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  • News Snapshot
    • 127 23 THEWorkers’Party(WP)hasclarified that being part of a coalition government is not one of its aims. Asked by The Sunday Times yesterday if the WP aims to be a member of a coalition government one day, Mr Pritam Singh, an MP for Aljunied GRC,replied:“No,that’snotoneofouraims...Theparty hasneverdiscussedtheideaofcoalitionatall.”
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    • 99 23 BRITISH author Alan Shadrake was released from prison yesterday ahead of completing an eight-week term–anddeportedtoLondon. His lawyer M Ravi said Shadrake, 76, had been released early for good behaviour. Shadrake was sentenced to six weeks’ jail and fined $20,000 after several
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    • 114 23 Wire services. AUSTRALIA’S aviation regulator said yesterday it had launched a review of maintenance at budget airline Jetstar, a Qantas offshoot. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Casa) said it was examining aircraft and conducting checks at Jetstar after a records mix-up resulted in some planes
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    • 99 23 Wires. CHINA’Sconsumerpriceinflationaccelerated to its fastest pace in three years last month, led by soaring food prices. The consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, rose by 6.4 per cent last month over the previous year, setting the highest
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    • 329 23 KTM land project: Informal work group formed AN INFORMAL work group has been formed to chart the future of the former KTM railway land. The group includes people from nature and heritage groups, architects and university dons. The first meeting is scheduled in one to two
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    • Article, Illustration
      54 23 MONEY RUNS DRY: A passer-by scattering 1-jiao notes while helping a banknote collector dry them underthesun inChina’s Guizhou provinceyesterday. The collector, whose banknotes are worth 2,000 yuan (S$380), told Xinhua that drying the notes could prevent them from becoming musty in the summer. In China, one yuan equals
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  • News Exchange
    • 579 24  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:MELVINSINGH MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg AS YOU’RE waiting in the queue to view a showflat, ready to plonk down your savings on a property,rememberthis you’rebuyingahome,not an investment. The middle class dreams of the spoils of the rich expensive cars,
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    • 112 24 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 The Purchasing Managers Index dipped for a second month in a row, indicating a slowdown in manufacturing growth ahead. +10 All three telcos have installed 3G equipment in MRT tunnels, enabling commuters to get online faster. +10 The Temasek Holdings portfolio grew to a record
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    • 34 24 “IhopetheFunPack comes with ear plugs.” a woman on the widely-panned song about the National Day Parade Fun Packs “Today’sCOEcan buy you a 2009 Honda Jazz.” –amanonthelatestCategoryBCOE premium, which hit $68,501
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  • enjoy
    • 752 25  -  Wanttoflyakitebutdon’tliketheoutdoors?Youcanjoin ‘layangman’(above)&otherenthusiastswhoareflyingwithoutwind REPORT: KENNETH POON kenp@sph.com.sg THE kites whirled around in a kaleidescope of colour, performing sharp turns and acrobatic flights of fancy. Except this was not by some windy bay, but inside Chong Pang Community Club’s multi-purpose hall where nary a breeze blew. In fact, all
      PICTURE: AP; TNP PICTURE: GAVIN FOO; PICTURES: FLYING WINGS KITES; TNP INFOGRAPHICS: LEE HUP KHENG  -  752 words
    • 763 27  -  Australian performer Alinta Chidzey, in town for The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber concert, has strong roots here REPORT: TONG SU YEE sytong@sph.com.sg MS ALINTA Chidzey, 27, may be Australian, but her trip here to perform in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber was a homecoming
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 805 28  -  Patisserie at Rochester Park offers brunch on weekdays, but desserts are the main attraction HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg IT’Snever tooearlyinthedaytoenjoy the sweet things in life, especially when they come in petite portions. And there’s no need to wait till the weekend to meet friends for brunch.
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    • 479 29  -  Some restaurants are providing childrenwithmorechoices– both to eat and to play REPORT: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg TAKING today’s tots out for a nice meal isn’tassimpleasitusedtobe. Previously, a fast-food restaurant was a welcome treat. Now, kids want more. And restaurants are listening. On the menu
      PICTURE COURTESY OF BRASSERIE WOLF  -  479 words
    • Article, Illustration
      448 30  -  S’porerepinlingeriecontestin Berlin missed out on visa and prize REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg IN BERLIN, GERMANY SINGAPORE didn’t triumph in Berlin but Asia came close. Not only was our representative absent because she couldn’t get a visa, we were left out of contention. Singapore was one of 37
      PICTURES: TRIUMPH SINGAPORE  -  448 words
    • 478 31  -  REPORT: AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg HE started his book collection as a university student, intrigued not just by the stories but by their cover designs. Now, he owns thousands of books, one-fifth of them Penguin books. Mr Edmund Wee, 60, managing and creative director of Epigram,
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 627 32  - BIKER DAD BIKER BOY A change of speed with a change in life ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF BIKER BOY zaihan@sph.com.sg ISITmeoristheworldaroundmechanging?ThereusedtobeatimewhenIwouldn’thesitateto ride across a mud pool. Just grip the fuel tank hardandtakeagamblewiththethrottle. It’sriskybusiness,butfunnonetheless. Now,I’mnotsosure. I tend to skirt around mud-soaked corners and choosedrierlines. After all, I know what comes after such
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 488 33  -  JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg MY SONS J and S love videogames more than anything else in the world, except maybe their mummy. I would come a distant third. For years, I’ve been irked by their obsession with Mario Bros, then Club Penguin,
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 404 34  -  How to be patriotic without infringing copyright SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg HOWtowriteaSingaporesong.Therearebuttwoways.Youcouldgo,“Iknow,Iknow,whydon’twe write something on Marina Bay, that goes: ‘Sitting on theMarinaBay’.” Singthattothetuneof (Sittin’On)The Dockof The BaybyOtisRedding,afterallhe’sdeadright? “We could go to that concourse area at the Esplanade, you know,
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      • REALLY?
        • 87 34 Reuters. MINE experts in Uganda were horrified to find an unexploded bomb used as a bell when they visited a school to teach children how to spot bombs, a local newspaper reported. The Anti-Mine Network organisation saw teachers banging the bomb with stones to call
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        • 83 34 Reuters. SOMEpet ownersin the US whodidn’t cleanup after theirdogs gotanasty surprisefrom theirapartment manager. UsingDNAevidence, MsDeb Logan startedfiningthe irresponsible dog ownersUS$100 (S$122)peroffence. MsLoganstarted usingadog DNA-testingsystem toreveal which pooches wereleaving faeces outside. Shesaidthat theDNA technology, called“PooPrints”, worked “amazingly” wellfor the 339-unit TwinPondsin Nashua, NewHampshire. Thereabout
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      • 279 34  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DEAR National Day Parade (NDP) organisers, Inlightoflastweek’scontroversysurroundingthe FunPackSong(anunauthorisedparodyofLadyGaga’s Bad Romance), I recommend that the creative director fornextyear’sNDPbeWeirdAlYankovic. Theveteranparodist’slatestalbum,Alpocalypse– thehighestchartingUShitofhis30-yearcareer– featuresaparodyofLadyGaga’sBornThisWaycalled Perform This Way. With more than 3 million views on YouTube to date, the song
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    • Article, Illustration
      138 36 Today, we feature pictures of how your children spent their June school holidays. On July 10 and July 17, we will be publishing pictures of your children having fun in the sun. For the month of July, the best picture of the weekwillwina$100voucherfromCarter’s, sponsored by KidStyle. Send your
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 58 33 GENERATION NEXT Hi Daddy, for my birthday this year, I’d like that $700 32GB wi-fi tablet PC with full HD output and multi-touch screen... Son. ...cheaper than the 3G model, and we can use your phone as a personal hotspot to log online... Son. Son. ...better...faster ...lighter ...cooler... ...yes Dad?
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 249 35 Enjoy WATCH’EM Salt(right) HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm A CIAagentgoeson the run aftera defectoraccusesherof beinga Russian spy.StarringAngelina Jolie,Liev Schreiber. DateNight StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm Acaseofmistakenidentityturnsabored marriedcouple’sattemptataromantic eveningintosomethingmorethrillingand dangerous.StarringSteveCarell,TinaFey. TV& Comics PICTURE:SONY PICTURES CHANNEL5 1.00pm America’sGotTalent 3.00 WorldNetball Championship2011 Semi-final2 (delayed) 4.40 WorldNetball Championship2011 Final(Live) 6.45 MakingOf HarryPotterAnd The OrderOfThe Phoenix 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 Undercover BossUSA 11.00
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  • Racing
    • 921 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TANTHEANLOON’SPENANGTIPS RACE1:5CoolOfFire2BetterGold6NaturalPerformer7D’MightyVictory RACE 2: 3 Royal Adviser 2 Trump Player 4 Cizen Bank 8 Black Genius RACE3:3Evergreen)7Feared2HappyEveryday8MoneyTrap RACE 4: 1 Fight To Live 2 Angki 9 AceAmigo 10 Blue Storm RACE 5: 4 Mudhish 2 Breadwinner 6 Joint Effort 1 Free Spirit RACE
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    • 217 37  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg A WIN this afternoon by TEN TEN LAI (left) in the RM500,000 ($204,000) Sprint Trophy in Penang will give trainer Dr Yeoh Kheng Chye great joy and satisfaction. After all, Penang is the Singapore-based trainer’s hometown. Dr
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    • 811 38 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORESTIPENDIARYSTEWARDS’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS JOCKEY KK Ng (right) rode his 80th winner on SPLITSVILLE in the opening race last Friday. He will be allowed to claim only 1kgfromtomorrow. Despite jumping awkwardly inwards and making contact with MARKET ON OPEN, SPLITSVILLE managed to score a good comeback win.
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    • 584 38 Race1 PerthRacingTrophy C*****m 8 SMILINGMELANG54(16-8) NCunha (1) 12 9 1 (490) 4 HARDTOSAY55.5c54.5(18-9) SSani (10) 6 4 2 (487) 0.5 9 SASSYBEEBEE53.5(94-19) BWoodworth (11) 4 3 3 (472) 1 3 POWERFULMATCH56.5(75-18) OChavez (5) 10 6 4 (475) Nk XWinning owner: TK Liew. Trainer: Cecil Robert. Time: 1min
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    • 1028 39  -  ITIPSAND COMMENTSBY PHILLIP WOO PHILLIPWOO,COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1 (1,600m) Speed Racer (4) wasn’t up to the grade in Class 4 after chalking up straight come-from-behind wins over this course and distance. Looks ready to make his presence felt yet
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    • 1042 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1600m TIME:12:30 Stakes:HK$500,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 MEDICFORTUNE PO'SULLIVAN KCLEUNG 133 7 2 WINNINGMASCOT CHYIP KCNG 132 2 3 FERRABOSCO YSTSUI TANGLAND 131 12 4 SPEEDRACER CWCHANG JLLOYD 130 9 5 FIERCEFORCE CFOWNES CYHO 126 11
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    • 1355 40/41 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,400m) 9 CHEVALLUM PARK (F N Phillips) 3g (14:0-2-1): Caught wide and didn’t dobad job 5 len 6th (54.5) Sweet Little Filly 1,600m Sunshine CoastMdnslowtrkJune5.Madeupground51/2 len 5th (57.0) Pincent 1,200m Sunshine Coast Mdn slow trk July 3.
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    • 689 40/41 12:35Race1 SUNSHINECOAST 1400M 1 PHILDOESN'TCARE JBOWDITCH (4) 58 2 BOUGG BWALLACE (10) 57 3 TRISTYN DJBROWNE (13) 56.5 4 JUSTAZ MSKGATES (1) 56 5 MRLUBBALUBBA DMCWHINNEY (14) 55.5 6 DON'TDEFIER PHAMMERSLEY (6) 55 7 LOVELYWITCH UNFIXED (8) 55 8 AMANDASGRACE KWHARTON (2) 54 9
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    • 549 40/41 RACE 1 (Randwick) 1st 8 Kiss ‘N Chase ($89-$26) 2nd 4 Storm Kite ($6) 3rd 1 Break Card ($30) 4th 6 Demanding Miss. Forecast $156. Place forecast $26 (1-4), $48 (1-8), $25 (4-8). Tierce $3144. Trio $275. Quartet No winner ($452 jackpot carried forward to next
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    • 955 40/41 RACE 1 (Eagle Farm) 1st 12 Strumming ($98-$25) 2nd 6 Zippy Lou ($9) 3rd 1 Hume ($13) 4th 3 Absent Friends. Forecast $146. Place forecast $16 (1-6), $98 (1-12), $33 (6-12). Tierce No winner ($2357 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $472. Quartet No
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 31 38 Saturday,July 09 2011 First Second Third 5229 0146 5820 Starters 0120 0738 1402 3014 3240 3940 6206 6923 8244 8407 Consolations 0946 1416 1696 2617 3334 4452 4807 7866 8289 8464
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  • Sports Mad about Golf
    • 421 42 ASIAN Tour No. 1 Noh Seung Yul of South Korea is confident his remodelled golf swing under the guidance of renowned coach Butch Harmon will drive him to glory at the British Open next week. The prodigious Korean, who made history by becoming
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    • 154 42 USWOMEN’SOPEN AP. SOUTH Korea’s Kim In Kyung held a two-shot lead in the US Women’s Open when second-round play was suspended by darkness after a marathon day on Friday in Colorado Springs. Kim had four holes left to play in her second round and was
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    • 304 42 MALAYSIAN Airil Rizman burst into the third-round lead in the Negeri Sembilan Masters Invitational yesterday, after chipping in for eagle on the par-five 18th for a six-under 66. Rizman, who has had numerous opportunities to win the prestigious event before, moved to 13 under
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    • 309 42 AP. CHEZ Reavie, who had major knee surgery a year ago, relied on near-flawless putting to shoot a nine-under 62 and claim a two-stroke lead at the John Deere Classic in Illinois. Reavie (above) found the greens at TPC Deere Run to his
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  • Sports
    • 698 43 BASKETBALL AFP. YAO Ming, the Chinese giant who became the first superstar basketball player from Asia, has told the Houston Rockets and the NBA that he has retired, according to multiple reports yesterday. The Houston Chronicle, ESPN and Sports Illustrated reported that Yao has decided against
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    • 305 43 CYCLING AFP. PORTUGUESE Alberto Rui Costa of the Movistar team hung on during a tense finish to win the Tour de France’s eighth stage, a 189km ride fromAiguirande to Super-Besse yesterday. Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo upset predictions to retain the race leader’s
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    • 228 43 Wire Services. CHINESE basketball fans reacted with disbelief and sadness yesterday over reports of Yao Ming’s sudden retirement from basketball. Although the Houston Rockets player has not formally announced his retirement, the NBA’s official website reported the news on Friday. Thousands of fans flooded online
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
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  • Sports Tennis
    • 952 44/45 The New York Times dissects the rackets oftopmen’s players Wire Services. IT IS the tool of their trade, their weapon of choice. And although the rackets of the top threemen’stennisplayersmaylooksimilar, they are very different. All aspects of the racket, from the material to the grip,
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    • 473 44/45 DAVIS CUP AFP. DAVIS Cup champions Serbia shrugged off the injury-enforced absence of Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic to take a 2-0 lead over hosts Sweden in their quarter-final in Halmstad yesterday morning (Singapore time) and edge closer to a semi-final against Argentina. World No. 1
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    • 96 44/45 WORLD GROUP QUARTER-FINALS IViktor Troicki(Serbia)btMichael Ryderstedt (Sweden) 6-3,6-1,6-7 (6/8), 7-5 Serbia lead 2-0 IJuanIgnacio Chela/Eduardo Schwank (Argentina) bt Yuriy Schukin/Evgeny Korolev (Kazakhstan) 6-3,6-2,7-5 Argentina lead 3-0 IDavidFerrer (Spain) btAndy Roddick (USA) 7-6 (11/9), 7-5, 6-3 Spain lead 2-0 IGael Monfils(France) btPhilipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
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  • Sports Athletics
    • 583 46 Wire Services. ABOUT of flu failed to prevent world record-holder Usain Bolt from cruising to an easy victory over European champion Christophe Lemaitre in the 200 metres at the Areva Diamond League athletics meeting on Friday. The Jamaican sprinter clocked 20.03 seconds, well adrift of his
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    • 281 46 AFP. CHINA’SSuBingtianbecametheAsiansprinter to beat when he defeated Japan’s Masashi Eriguchi to win the men’s 100 metres at the Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe on Friday. Su crossed the finishing line in 10.21 seconds to beat the Japanese by 0.07sec. Another Japanese, Sota Kawatsura, was
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  • Sports Netball
    • 441 47  -  S’porefinish15thasveteransbowoutofworldc’ship 15TH/16TH PLAY-OFF SINGAPORE 47 MALAYSIA 36 LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg THEY first played together against their northern neighbours in the Singa-pore-Malaysia Netball Challenge in 2000. Eleven years and several major tournaments later including a triumphant 2005 Asian Championship campaign Singapore players Jean Ng, Pearline Chan and Premila
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    • 297 47  -  LIM SAY HENG SOMUCHfor netball’s“BigFour” beingable to match each other on “any given day”, according to Jamaica coach Oberon Pitterson. Despite what various players and coaches from the world’s top four netball teams said at the pre-tournament press conference last week, world
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  • Sports Formula One
    • 565 48/49 FIA performs U-turn on technical rules; Red Bull fume at disadvantage QUALIFYING for the British Grand Prix was overshadowed yesterday by a row after Formula One’s ruling body, the FIA, performed a U-turn on its technical rules on the eve of today’s race. After yesterday’s final
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    • 212 48/49 IWhatis ablowndiffuser? A BLOWN diffuser is a device that is energised by blowing the hot air escaping the exhaust through the diffuser. IWhere isit situated? A BLOWN diffuser sits at the back of the car at the end of the floor. IHow doesit work? THE SYSTEM
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    • 351 48/49 AFP. A HAPPY but grimly-determined Mark Webber grabbed pole for the British Grand Prix yesterday, and then declared the technical row that had overshadowedthe weekend was“nonsense”. The 34-year-old Australian, known as one of the few straight-talking men in Formula One, made clear
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  • Sports Football
    • 487 50  -  Indonesian FA appoints new chief, avoids Fifa sanctions AdditionalreportingbyLIMSAYHENG AdditionalreportingbyLIMSAYHENG Wire Services. THE SOUTH-EAST Asia Games football competition looks set to go ahead this November in Indonesia, after the country’s football association PSSI elected a new head yesterday. This means that Singapore’s
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    • 346 50  -  TANJONGPAGAR0 GOMBAKUNITED0 S-LEAGUE LAI JUNJIE THEY had both suffered three consecutive defeats in recent games, and this may have instilled cautiousness in the players. In their match at Clementi Stadium yesterday, neither Tanjong Pagar United nor Gombak United seemed inclined to take any risks
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    • 77 50 As part of the inaugural The New Paper School Sports Star Award, we are on the lookout for a star student athlete who has made key contributions to his or her school. SCHOOL SPORTS Do you know someone who fits the bill? If you do, nominate him or her by
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  • Sports EPL
    • 303 51 Injury blow for Blues Essien’skneeproblempromptsChelsea to step up bid for Modric, Moutinho Wire Services. CHELSEA midfielder Michael Essien will discover over the coming days the severity of his latest knee problem. The Ghana midfielder is being assessed by the club’s medical staff after suffering the injury during pre-season training on
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    • 111 51 PA Sport. BAYERN Munich’s chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has taken a swipe at Manchester City's hefty asking price for Jerome Boateng. The 22-year-old has not been able to settle in at his new club since a reported £10.5 million ($21m) move from German
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    • 395 51 WOMEN’SWORLDCUP QUARTER-FINALS BRAZIL v US AP. BENT at the waist, her back to the goal, Marta buried her face in her hands. Her left-footed blast from six metres looked certain to be a winner, the goal that would give Brazil’s women the Olympic
      AP.; PICTURE: AP  -  395 words
    • 91 51 TRANSFER TRAIL Wire Services. MANCHESTER City goalkeeper Shay Given is set to be Alex McLeish’s first signing as the new boss of Aston Villa, reported Daily Mirror. McLeish made securing a new goalkeeper to replace Brad Friedel, who quit for Tottenham Hotspur, his top priority.
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    • 87 51 Wire Services. STOKE manager Tony Pulis is set to make Carlton Cole his first signing of the summer in a £4.5 million ($9m) deal. Stoke boss Pulis has agreed a fee with relegated West Ham for striker Cole, in a deal that could rise
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    • 874 54 / 55 Man City represent many things thatArsene Wenger despises in football, especially their resorting to cheque-book football Wire Services. WARNING. Whatever you do, don’t mention this club to Arsene Wenger. Don’t even whisper it within earshot of the Arsenal manager. For it may trigger an outburst from
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    • 379 54 / 55 Wire Services. MANCHESTER City are ready to flex their muscles in the summer transfer window with a sensational £78 million ($153m) triple swoop for Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o, Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero and Arsenal playmaker Samir Nasri. City had opened tentative discussions with Inter
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  • Sports Copa America
    • 590 52 / 53  -  GROUPC CHILE 1 (Alexis Sanchez 65) URUGUAY1 (Alvaro Pereira 54) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg A SPIRITED fightback, a tactical masterstroke and another point in a Copa America characterised by high-profile failure. With Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay all still searching for their first
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    • 221 52 / 53 AFP. URUGUAY’Sfate isin theirown hands after they could only draw their second straight Copa America group match, striker Luis Suarez (right) said after yesterday morning’s 1-1 draw with Chile. The draw left the Chileans top of Group C on four points and the Uruguayans
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    • 347 52 / 53 GROUPC PERU 1 (Paolo Guerrero 83) MEXICO0 AP. PAOLO Guerrero scored in the 83rd minute to give Peru a well-earned 1-0 victory over Mexico yesterday morning in the Copa America. After a lifeless first half, Peru had a half-dozen clear scoring chances in the second half
      AP.; PICTURE: REUTERS  -  347 words
    • 227 52 / 53 AFP. PERU striker Paolo Guerrero says goals in successive games at the Copa America have whetted his appetite. Andnowhecan’twaittobaganother against neighbouring Chile. The Hamburg striker’s effort against Mexico took Peru to the brink of the quarter-finals, adding to his earlier goal that secured a useful draw
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    • 313 52 / 53 Reuters. FORMER World Player of the Year Fabio Cannavaro retired yesterday, five years to the day since captaining Italy to World Cup glory. The 37-year-old (below), who stepped down from Italy duty after last year’s humbling World Cup group stage exit as holders, has ended his
      Reuters.; PICTURE: AP  -  313 words


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    481 56 A hit with Barca but a flop with Argentina Wire Services. THE form of Lionel Messi in the national shirt has again come under the microscope in Argentina, with his father and a well-known singer praising him amid reports of an on-field spat with a teammate. Media were
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