The New Paper, 6 November 2011

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1 72 The New Paper
  • 13 1 the new paper on sunday NOV 6 2011 80 CENTS MICA (P) 113/01/2011
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    • 69 1 the new paper GIRLS GONE WILD Young unhappy in S’pore? Don’t worry, be loveydovey NOV 6 2011 Stunner, 17, goes on TV to prove... God was my plastic surgeon 8 16-year-old opens up about... My time with Edison Chen My time for happiness 14 facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 Fergie,
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  • UPFRONT
    • 860 4 / 5  -  KEN JALLEH JR kenjr@sph.com.sg One of my all-time favourite anecdotes about booze, perspective and happiness goes like this: A civics teacher brought two bottles to a primary school classroom. One was filled with water, the other with gin. He poured water from the bottle
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      61 4 / 5 “I’mjust going to stick towhip creams coming out myt***.” 1 –KatyPerry,avoiding politics by playing dumb, on a US radio show “If I were terribly richand famous, I’d say it comes with the territory. SelmaBlairon how complaining about paparazzi makes you an “ass” “InEngland, Iam thought of as common
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    • 113 4 / 5 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 The Singapore economy added 32,300 jobs in the third quarter and unemployment dropped to 2 per cent. +10 Travel agencies scored an improvement of more than 10 per cent in the latest Customer Satisfaction Index by Singapore Management University -10 Consumer confidence in Singapore has fallen
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    • 80 4 / 5 INSIDE the new paper NOV 6 2011 Why fall for scandalprone Edison Chen? 16-year-old’s conflicting tale MY TIME WITH EDISON 8 COLUMNS 41 Notesfrom Neil Humphreys Ofbad words andpunchable faces 58 FC Weekend Silenceofthe special one FEATURES 12 TheHappyProject 35 TheBigWalk Pull-Out Guide REGULARS 18 Confessions ...ofa debtcollector Passages 21Live
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 270 6 / 7 AFP. A huge crash involving 34 vehicles on a highway in south-western England has killed at least seven people and injured dozens, police said. Assistant Chief Constable Anthony Bangham said the crash on Friday night, which saw explosions
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    • 114 6 / 7 FloodwaterslappedBangkok’slargest outdoor market yesterday as officials warned there were no major barriers between the water and the heart of the Thai capital, less than 10km away. Hoping to divert some water still piled up in northern Bangkok, work- ers completed a
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    • Article, Illustration
      39 6 / 7 PANTYATTACK:Mr Tan Jia Ming, 21, topplescans witha tennisball hangingfrom apantyhose worn onhis head.Hewas amongscores ofpeople,aged 12to 25,who visited checkpointsislandwide, competinginwacky challengesinspired byJapanese gameshows in TheQuest 2011-Kawaii 5-o yesterday.Itmarked NTUC’s youthclub nEbOhitting50,000members last month. TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG
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    • 134 6 / 7 THE North-East Community Development Council (CDC) is looking to create community support circles for residents, in particular, the elderly, youth and those with special needs, with more than $1 million set aside to fund projects. Groups such as the Singapore
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    • 382 6 / 7 AFP. Prime Minister George Papandreou warned yesterday that Greece could be forced out of the euro, and said talks to form an emergency government would begin soon. Fresh from winning a nail-biting confidence vote
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    • Article, Illustration
      148 6 / 7 7 billion The world population now, says the United Nations. The milestone came two years earlier than the last projection in 1999 when we hit 6 billion. 30 The number of years a Japanese government panel says it will take to safely close the Fukushima nuclear power plant
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    • 97 6 / 7 Some 4,000 low-income families in central Singapore will be able to save $40 on their utility bills yearly through an initiative launched yesterday. Two energy-saving bulbs will be installed in each household, starting with those living in Tanjong Pagar GRC. The National Environment Agency
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    • 101 6 / 7 Work at a construction site along St Michael’s Road came to halt yesterday morning, after some war relics were discovered. Eleven mortar shells, each about 30cm to 40cm long have since been removed. Police said they were alerted around 11.50am. pertsfromtheSingaporeArmedForces’Chemical,Biological,
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    • 140 6 / 7  -  SIMON ANG simonang@sph.com.sg The giant wedding cake topples. Seventy-two days after Kim Kardashian’s lavish US$10m (S$13m) wedding ceremony was viewed by more than 4 million viewers, the couple announced their split. No love lost though they’ve made their cash from the exclusive media rights they sold for the
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  • PEOPLE
    • 688 8 / 9  -  REPORT:JOYCE JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg Sheloveshim,sheloveshimnot. She had sex with him; she did not have sex with him. She’s just an innocent teenager, says 16-year-old Hong Kong part-time model Cammi Tse. Yet she wears make-up to school. She’s shrewd and obsessed
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    • 270 8 / 9 She was discovered when she was just 14 years old. But Australian-Taiwanese model Hannah Quinlivan’scareerwaslacklustre. That was, until, she was photographed in the armsofTaiwan’ssuperstarsingerJayChou. Suddenly,shewashot. Quinlivan, 18, who has an Australian dad and a Korean-Taiwanese mum, was
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    • 512 10 Teen goes for live ultrasound on TV to dispel plastic surgery rumours Everywhere they go and every controversial move they make is used as a photo opportunity. Ever since she rapidly rose to fame by marrying 51-year-old actor Doug
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    • 239 11 Seen a tweet worth sharing? Message us @thenewpaper PINK @Pink off to meet my brand new nephew.introducethe cousins. aahhhh, the start of a new generation of dysfunctional family.can’t wait. (American singer Pink) MR BROWN @mrbrown There are more characters in this tweet than days in Kim
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    • 218 19 Popular Malaysian getai singer Luo Zhenyin(below)–betterknownas Wasabi–waskilledinanaccident on the North-South highway on Friday morning. Reports said she was about to release her new album and had started preparing for her wedding. Luo, 21, and her fiance, Mr Li Junfa, 31, were on the way
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    • 260 22 TigerWoods’formercaddiehas caused another sensation, this time by using a racial slur to disparage his oldbossduringacaddies’award roast in Shanghai. Steve Williams received a mock award on Friday night for “Celebration of the Year” for his TV interview after Adam Scott won the Bridgestone Invitational. Then,Williamshadsaiditwas“thebestwinofhislife,”
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    • 157 22 Is Kate Middleton pregnant? The news began going around after the Duchess of Cambridge declined to taste peanut paste during an appearance at a Unicef distribution centre in Denmark. According to reports, the duchess gaveherhusbandPrinceWilliam“a knowinglook”ashetuckedintothe sample, a staple of Unicef packages handed
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    • 271 22 TheyareamongScotland’s elites. Chris Gorman was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 2005 for his services to business, while his wife, Mary, is an ambassador to many charities. The Gormans are estimated to be worth £45 million (S$78 million). But they
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    • 347 24 Like most middle-aged men in the UK, Mr Brian Amos was expected to slow down and enjoy all the comforts which come with age. Especially after he and his wife, Mary, had paid off their mortgage and their children had grown up. Mrs
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    • 134 24 A crowded London train is the most unlikely place to propose to your girlfriend. But Mr Adam King, 34, transformed it into the most romantic of locations to pop the question to Miss Lucy Rogers, 25. Shewassothrilledthatshesaid“yes”, the Daily Mail reported.
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  • HAPPY PEOPLE
    • 668 12 / 13  -  Happiness has been the subject of much angst in Singapore lately. Debate raged in Parliament last month after the notion that a national index of happiness and well-being was proposed to measure more than economic indicatorsforthecountry’swell-being. A survey also found that young
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    • 385 12 / 13 Three years ago, she was one of three sassy singles featured in The New Paper on Sunday. She was part of the brigade of single women who had given Singapore’s leaders cause for concern. Their worry –asexplainedbyPrimeMinisterLeeHsienLoongduring his National Day Rally speech in
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    • 980 14 / 15  -  REPORT: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg For 10 years, time and distance kept pushingthemapart.Butdestiny eventually drew them together. Today, happiness defines them, even though geography continues to force them into a compromise. Marriage has made their lives blissful. Hundreds of couples in
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A DEBT COLLECTOR
    • 838 18  -  JOYCE LIM JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg Hecan’tbeatuporthreatenpeople.He canonlytalk.Sowhentalkingdoesn’t work,MrSimonLimusesshametacticsto get the money. Mr Lim, 51, is a debt collector. The former private investigator joined Asian Debts Collection Services in 2004. Hesays:“Itis notlike inthemovies.InSingapore, weneed to abidebythelaw;wecan’twhackpeople. “Youneedtohavealotofpatiencetobeinthisjob,especially when you’re trying to recover debts from people who have
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • 583 20  -  Plenty–forbothmoderncouplesandtraditionalfamilies MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg If housewife Tan Lay Hong can help it,she’dratherheronlysonget married on another day. Not on Nov 11. She doesn’t give a hoot if the date this Friday (11.11.11) is a hot choice with the youngsters for its uniqueness and ease of recall. Madam
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  • PASSAGES
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      120 21 Selina Jen (right) of popular Taiwanese band S.H.E walked down the aisle last week amid much fanfare. It was a triumph that the 30-year-old singer was able to walk at all after suffering third degree burns in a filming mishap in October last year. Amid the tears of joy,
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      162 21 Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard (above) has named his third daughter Lourdes after the apparition in the French town of the same name. His wife Alex Curran, 29, gave birth last week. A spokesman for Gerrard, 31, who was present at the birth, said both mother and daughter were “doing
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      190 21 Tongues are wagging after Kim Kardashian (below left), 31, filed for divorce just 72 days after tying theknot–verypubliclyandlavishly with basketballer Kris Humphries. Humphries, 26, is reportedly upset and wants to do whatever he can to get his sexy wife back. Kardashian lists the date of separation as Oct 31,
      PICTURES: AP, ACTION IMAGES, AFP, HIM INTERNATIONAL MUSIC  -  190 words
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      160 21 Believe it: Jessica Simpson (below) is expecting a baby. “It’s true I’m going to be a mummy!” she tweeted on Monday, posting a photo of herself dressed up for Halloween as a mummy (the pun must have been intended) and cradling her baby bump. This comes after intensemediascrutinyas the
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 42 24 NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL MOBILE DEVICES Big Walk goes mobile Download from the App Store or visit www.tnpbigwalk.com on your mobile device Latest news on Big Walk Latest promotions and discounts from our generous sponsors Organiser: Title sponsor: On Air Partner: Partners:
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  • LIVE RIGHT
    • 583 25 First comes love, then comes marriage,thencomes...10extrakgs onthebride’ships. Nutritionists say it’s common for women to put on some serious weight in the first five years of marriage, with one UK study finding that many new wives in that country gain an average of
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 122 25 Join the search for BEACH HUNK&TOP BABE Got a great body you can flaunt? Have a great exercise tip or two to share? Come hang out on Sentosa’s beaches after The New Paper’s Big Walk on Monday, Nov 7. See page 35 for the definitive guide to the Big Walk
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  • EATS
    • Article, Illustration
      444 26  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Crunchy on the outside, soft and marshmallowy on the inside, the pavlova is a dessert which packs quite a mouthful of controversy about its origins. Which is chiefly why Australian Stuart Cottom, 39, chose to demonstrate the dish to represent his country. (Although it is
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      219 26 Recipe 4 egg whites, should be at room temperature 1 cup of caster sugar 300ml whipping cream 2 bananas, sliced 250g strawberries, sliced 1kiwifruit,sliced 2 passion fruits Plain flour for dusting Method Pre-heat oven to 180 deg C. Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the sugar gradually,
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    • Article, Illustration
      217 26 HAILING from Sydney, Australia, Mr Stuart Cottom came to Singapore for work in March last year. But living abroad is not new to him. The 39-year-old project manager lived in Canada, the US and South Africa before reaching our shores. It was not from his mother that he
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    • 579 27  -  THIS WEEK: CARROT CAKE Compiledby KELVIN CHAN Tang Leng Choy Tar Kia Mee Block 79A, Circuit Road Food Centre, #01 -98 Opens: 9am-2am This vegetarian stall serves up large, chewy chunks of flour cake, lightly fried until brown at the edges. It
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    • Article, Illustration
      518 28  -  VANESSA FRIDA Berriesaregreat.Theyarehighin antioxidants, but more importantly, they can be eaten in a number of exciting ways –pies,cakesandsauces,orsimplyfresh. Strawberries Have them in: Desserts, juices, ice cream, sorbets, pies, shortcakes, jams and jellies Ripe strawberries should be firm but not rock hard, and should be an even hue of
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    • 304 28 Ever had a mini-disaster in yourkitchen?Don’tworry, you’renotalone.I’veheard of–andexperiencedmyself –somehilariouskitchen “adventures”.Here’ssome advice on how to fix things when they go wrong. “Ioncemadechocolate chipcookies that turned out so hard they were like disc-like ninjashurikens.” The cookies have lost too much moisture. Place them in an airtight container with
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    • 208 29 Show off what you eat, with aTweat. Here are some of the tastiest-looking dishes on Twitter, Facebook and blogs. TWEATOFTHEWEEK Congratulations to ChrisPeng– you have theTweat of the Week. You win a $50 voucher from Holland Barrett,Britain’s leading retailer of high quality vitamins and health supplements.
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 115 29 andfreshness.It is alsonot toooily. Show us what you’re eating The New Paper on Sunday is offering a chance for you to show off your skills as a food photographer and reviewer. Snap a photo of the dish, write a short review including the eatery’s location. It can even be a
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  • PARENT HOOD
    • 396 30/31  -  FATHER FIGURES EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg I can see why kids love Halloween. It is a time they get to play dress up, and adults practically shove candy into their grubby little hands and call them cute. This, to me, makes Halloween a bit
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    • 369 30/31 DEAR NANNY QUESTION My sons are seven and eightyears old. When they are fighting over thesametoy,Ialwaysaskthe older boy to give in to his younger brother. Theelderboyalwayssays:“Notfair!” I’ve tried explaining to him that he is older and must always give in to his younger
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    • 513 30/31  -  KIDS’CRAZE Rennie Whang Tucks,halftwistsandsomersaults:totshavebeenhittingthegym– well, gymnastics class that is. Owners say that gym classes help kids as young as four months old develop motor skills. They also say that the exercises stimulate the brain, and help to develop thinking and analysis. This week, Kids’ Craze checks out
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  • WHEELS
    • 395 32  -  DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg TWO WHEELS GOOD Handcyclists are a tough bunch, masters of adversity, and it’s not a surprise considering the hand they have been dealt with. They are united by a common thread an accident or disease has robbed them of the use
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    • 356 32 The Wheelathon360 is the first handcycling and wheelchair racing community event in Singapore. To be held next Saturday at the F1 Pit Building, the eventwillpitSingapore’stoprunnersandcyclists against their wheelchair and handcycling compatriots. Members of the public can also sign up in teams of five in a
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    • 466 33  -  TAN MAE LYNN maelynn@sph.com.sg LADY DRIVER When you spend a fair amount of time on the road, you get to see some interesting capers. The silent movie Most often observed in drivers of pick-up trucks and vans. Identified by very animated face and hand gesticu-
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    • 697 34  -  It may just be a 320cc motorbike, but the Spyder has huge style and presence ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY In a world where matte black paint and carbon fibre are liberally used, it’s refreshing to see chrome on a motorbike. The Regal Raptor
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
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  • Article, Illustration
    312 36/37 More than 18,000 people will be flocking to VivoCity for The New Paper Big Walk tomorrow. Colourful and wacky, the Big Walk is a fun event for family and friends. Infographics journalists Teoh Yi Chie Simon Ang have some creative ideas how on to do the walk.
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  • 494 38 GUIDETOBIGWALKlTop Whattime to bethere? By7am. PresidentTonyTan Keng Yam will flag offThe NewPaper Big Walkat7.30am tomorrow. Sincea largecrowdis expectedto gather atthe SentosaBoardwalkand VivoCity Waterfront,do come earlytoavoidtraffic congestion. Howdo Iget there? Walkersareencouraged tocome by public transport.Drivers canpark atVivoCityor HarbourFront Centre.Lotsat theBeach Stationcarpark arelimited. OnSentosa, therewill be traffic diversionsalong
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  • 225 38  -  REPORT: KELVIN CHNG PLENTY of photo opportunities await Big Walkers at Sentosa tomorrow. The morning will begin with a rousing flag off at the Sentosa Boardwalk. Don’tforgetto geta quick snapat theiconic Universal Globe before you trot into Resorts World
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      351 39  -  REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg There have been millions of outfits made to typify the sporty American look. Several houses thrive on the look Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Perry Ellis among them and that casual, relaxed feel is part of the modern fashion landscape. Of
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 56 39 THE RE COMES A TIME TO CUT LOOSE x' s "MAKES YOU WANT TO DANCE!" Harry Knowles, Ainl It Cool "HIGH-ENERGY, SEXY AND SO MUCH FUN" Sean O'Connell, NBC Charlotte "GREAT MUSIC" "IMPRESSIVE > DANCING" J Lindsay Caldwell, f Hollyscoop NOW SHOWING i Sexual References Coarse Language WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • 475 40 Eachweekwegoundercovertorevealstoresthatareworthy–ornot–ofyourmoney Almost any woman will tell you there are two things she canneverhaveenoughof– shoes and bags. I have a friend who counts shoe-collect-ing as such a serious hobby that she takes photos of each new shoe purchase and posts them on Facebook. From three-inch stilettos
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  • HUMOUR
    • 703 41  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES SCOOT? SHOOT. Okay, I give up. What the heck is a Scoot? When Singapore Airlines unveiled the name of its new long-haul budget carrier this week, I was immediately transported back to my childhood, when evenings were spent removing whatever
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    • 684 42  -  Ijusttookmy mum’s advice S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ACT BLUR I know Halloween is over, but let’s talk about ghosts. Showing in theatres now is 23:59, a new local horror movie set in Pulau Tekong army camp. I haven’t watched it,
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    • REALLY?
      • 117 42 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters French solo sailing star Florence Arthaud fell off her boat during a pee break but rescuers whisked her from Mediterranean waters in the early hours of last Sunday after she called her mother on her mobile phone. Ms Arthaud, 54,
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      • 167 42 Reuters AUS police officer is suing a New Jersey delicatessen and its cook, who admitted stuffing body hair into the officer's bagel sandwich in revenge for a traffic arrest. In February2010, patrolman Jeremy Merck ordered an egg, cheese and turkey bagel from Good Foods to Go and
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    • 417 42  -  SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg JUST PAIK CHOO When Mona Simpson, sister of the late Steve Jobs, was told by a lawyer that she had a rich and famous long-lost brother, her colleagues started a betting pool. The novelist Simpson was
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  • TV
    • 477 43  -  Entourage and its Los Angeles gang are back for a final season of pointless decadence JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Entourage is pretty much my idea of Hell. Hanging around all day with guys in sunglasses, having to think up banter hour after hour, driving around in SUVs,
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    • 308 43 VINCENT CHASE (ADRIEN GRENIER) Vince has had a lot of ups and downs over the course of his career asamovie star, butthroughit allhe’sremained the sametoolhe’s alwaysbeen– just akidfromQueens with the impulse control of a hyena. With an improbably handsome mug and hair so thick he might
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    • 132 43 Secretariat Star Movies (StarHub Ch 622), 9pm A housewife who takes over her ailing family stable overcomes the odds and leads her precocious racehorse to become the first US Triple Crown champion in 25 years. Starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich. Takers HBO (StarHub Ch 601), 10pm A
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  • LAST LOOK
    • 143 44 KIM Kardashian was once a nobody stylist to the stars. It all changed in February 2007, when a home sex video that she made with singer Ray J was leaked. Vivid Entertainment bought the rights for US$1 million (S$1.3 million) and released the film as Kim
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  • Page 44 Miscellaneous
    • 512 44 LAST CHANCE WIN $1,000 This is your chance to win $1,000 this week. If you have been buying and keeping The New Paper each day, you could be on the way to our top prize. Fill out the puzzle (right) with the correct letters. The answers can be found on
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  • RACING
    • 1264 45 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS AND PERTH RACING (PINJARRA) SUNSHINECOAST/PINJARRA RACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,600m) 2 CROSSCANNONS (Louise White) 4g (12:3-2-2):Slowly awayand ran widewhen 11/4 len,3/4len3rd(57.0)Simmering,Lovingthelimelight 2,020m D’ben Rst0 dead trk July 16. Worked home strongly out wide when resumed with len
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    • 692 45 12:10Race1 SUNSHINECOAST 1600M 1 SHADOWBUSTER MITCHELLWOOD (2) 58 2 CROSSCANNONS GKILLEN (9) 57 3 PINOTGIRL JBYRNE (8) 56 4 IVY'SLEAGUE RMCMAHON (5) 55.5 5 SPECIALSOMETHING TIMOTHYBELL (4) 54 6 FARMERDON MSTHARRISON (7) 54 7 DISPUTEDBID UNFIXED (6) 54 8 IT'SWUNDERBAR MSLGCHESHIRE (3) 54 9
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    • 1265 46 / 47 RACE1 C5D1 12.50 -1200m(Polytrack) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 0958-8 AnakPiasau 57 (43) RStewart 11 (5agHKTan-AnakNo2) 2 *****4 April'sKnight 57 (43) VDuric 2 (5nzgSGray-StGeorge) 3 *****9 FlyFreely 57 (43) DBeasley 6 (5nzgDHill-Dowell)
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    • 181 46 / 47  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg A winning workout last Wednesday has put the improving WILLCANYA as a winning prospect in Race 4 today. Taken out by race-jockey Danny Beasley that morning, the Cliff Brown-trained chestnut gelding strode out earnestly and finished full of running. He
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    • 527 46 / 47 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 3 Fly Freely Samurai Kid Anak Piasau 8 1 Samurai Kid 9 8 7 7 3 Rena Cross 2 Shen Kim Fly Freely Rena Cross Samurai Kid Rena Cross Shen Kim 7 8 Aprils’ Knight 3 11
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    • 2072 48 / 49 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJITURF/POLYTRACKMEETING RACE1 (1,200m) 1 Anak Piasau))Dropping to Class 5 and recent outings good enough to see him go close if any luck from wide draw. 2 April's Knight))Last two runs in this grade have been encouraging and ha ve to consider for the quartet. 3
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    • 459 48 / 49 RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1200m 1 SUPERGOODIES131(13-5.10) MLYEUNG (5) 1 11 SOLARGREAT122(31-11) ZPURTON (2) 2 9 RIGHTTIMING123(48-14) TANGLAND (1) 3 12 ENMASSE119(46-14) GMOSSE (9) 4 XTrainer: KW Lui. Margins: 0.5, Hd. Time: 1min 09.66sec (Going: good). Forecast: $20. Place Forecast: $12 (Nos. 1-9), $7 (Nos. 1-11), $14
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    • 356 50 / 51 STC. Last Friday’s $75,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 2,200m was billed as the last-chance saloon for a ticket to the $1.35 million Longines Singapore Gold Cup next Sunday, but it was the non-nominated MARAETI who upset all calculations. The Cliff Brown
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    • 477 50 / 51 RACE1 TOP HAPPINESS: Slightly slow to begin; crowded. SIMPSON: Rolled out; checked twice. WEALTHY STAR: S John reported that his horse was not striding out freely. RACE 2 BALE: Restless in the barrier; crowded; raced poorly. SHADOW MAN: Restless in the barrier;
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    • 213 50 / 51 APPRENTICE SH Low has been suspended for two months over his handling of AFRIEND in Race 10 on Oct 21. Low (above), in the presence of his master, trainer D Baertschiger, was found guilty to a charge under Malayan Racing Association Rule 44(10) in
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    • 495 50 / 51 RACE 1 (Flemington) 1st 7 Albert The Fat ($118-$33) 2nd 11 King’s Rose ($16) 3rd 8 Secret Admirer ($7) 4th 1 Jimmy Choux. Forecast $304. Place forecast $58 (7-8), $74 (7-11), $37 (8-11). Tierce No winner ($1487 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $271. Quartet
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    • 698 50 / 51 YESTERDAY'S NEW ZEALAND (RICCARTON PARK) AUSTRALIA (DOOMBEN/ASCOT) RESULTS RACE 1 (Riccarton Park) 1st 7 Zabene ($21-$9) 2nd 9 Mystique ($23) 3rd 14 Fast Love ($12) 4th 4 Blood Brotha. Forecast $88. Place forecast $34 (7-9), $16 (7-14), $68 (9-14). Tierce $406. Trio No winner ($766 jackpot carried forward to next
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  • Page 50 / 51 Miscellaneous
    • 32 50 / 51 Saturday, Nov 05 2011 First Second Third 3917 6135 8021 Starters 1153 0580 1885 1915 8984 5371 1812 4058 8063 8433 Consolations 3753 5145 9364 7598 0727 5788 6722 2400 6171 9451
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  • GOLF
    • 646 52 / 53  -  In our golf special today, we speak to SEA Games dubutant Stephanie Loi. Tanah Merah Country Club teaching pro Vincent Gallus shares some tips on putting, and we introduce Yamaha’snew line of drivers andirons ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Golf will always be a part
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    • 176 52 / 53 VINCENT GALLUS, a certified member of the Swiss and European PGA and currently instructor at Tanah Merah Country Club and Green Fairways, continues providing tips for golfers in this column. This week: Putting. AN EYE ON A DIME FEELINGdepressedover your putting?Here’s a simpledrillthat will putdisciplineback in
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    • 432 52 / 53 SWEDEN’SFredrik Jacobsonposteda five-under 67 to take the third-round lead yesterday but knows that the contest is far from over at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Jacobson leads by two after signing for a three-day total of 16-under 200, reported asiantour.com. Lastyear’s BritishOpenwinner, Louis Oosthuizen returned
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    • 190 52 / 53 HAVING problems with your drive? Are your irons giving you too much of a fade or a draw, instead of sending the ball straight? Then Yamaha’s new line of drivers and irons could be the clubs for you. Here’swhy: DRIVERS IZ202:Gripseasily, flies far and straight.
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    • 175 52 / 53 AFP. LOCAL hero Lu Wei-chih held on to his lead at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters courtesy of a superb hole-in-one in the third round yesterday. Lu holed out on the par-three eighth hole with a six-iron before adding two bogeys for an even-par 72 on
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    • 121 52 / 53 AFP. JAPAN’SMomokoUeda shota bogey-freeeight birdies for a 64 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the USLPGA Tour Mizuno Classic golf tournament in Shima yesterday. Starting the round one stroke off the pace, the 2007 champion birdied the first hole and completed by firing
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    • 67 52 / 53 FILIPINO Anthony Fernando took the third-round lead in the US$60,000 ($72,000) Sabah Masters in Kota Kinabalu yesterday. He carded a one-over 71 for a one-shot lead over Malaysians Nicholas Fung and S. Sivachandran, who both fired 72s. LEADERBOARD 209: Anthony Fernando 68-70-71 210: S. Sivachandran 70-68-72, Nicholas Fung
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  • SEA GAMES
    • Article, Illustration
      359 54 / 55  -  FOOTBALL LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg They were in the VIP lounge at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday morning for an informal farewell breakfast session with their families when they were ushered out to the balcony. On the artificial turf below them, some 200 primary school children attending the
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    • 443 54 / 55  -  LIM SAY HENG One year ago, goalkeeper Izwan Mahbudburstintopublic consciousness after an inspired performance against Qatar at the Asian Games. Thanks to the 21-year-old’s quick reflexes, Singapore held the then-defending champions to a goalless draw in Guangzhou. And what a year it has been for the 1.79
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    • 565 54 / 55  -  SHOOTING LIM SAY HENG Patience, self-reflection and process–soundlikewordsfroma generalself-helpmanual,doesn’t it? But those three words have been shooter Jasmine Ser’smostsignificantlessonssinceshecameunderthe wing of Russian coach Kirill Ivanov earlier this year. Asked in a recent interview what she thought she improved the most since the
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  • TENNIS
    • 366 56 / 57 AFP. Novak Djokovic has confirmed his return to form. The Serb reached the ATP Swiss Indoors semi-finals after fighting back to dispatch Marcos Baghdatis 2-6,6-2,6-3 in Basel yesterday morning (Singapore time). Djokovic, the top seed, set up a clash with rising Japanese star Kei Nishikori, a 6-4,
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  • 324 56 / 57 FORMULA ONE AFP. LEWIS Hamilton has been boosted by backing from Formula One’s commercial ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone, as he sets about rebuilding his confidence at next weekend’sAbuDhabiGrandPrix. In the wake of another disappointing race in India, where the 26-year-old (right) was involved in yet another
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  • LALIGA
    • 363 56 / 57 That’stheonlywayto stop the European Golden Shoe winner, saysOsasuna’sRuben Wire Services. Osasuna defender Ruben Gonzalez is preparing to face Cristiano Ronaldo without knowing how he will defend against him today. Real Madrid star Ronaldo, who has scored 10 goals in as many league matches this
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    • 706 58  -  REAL MADRID vOSASUNA (Tonight, 6.55pm, Football Channel, StarHub TV Ch 222) GLENN CONNLEY FCWEEKEND npsports@sph.com. sg JOSEMourinhohasalways beenhisownworstenemy. He could, as Sir Alex Ferguson famously wrote about former Chelsea captain Dennis Wise: “Start a fight in an empty room”. But, unlike Wise, Mourinho (right) is
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    • Article, Illustration
      56 58 EPL OWEN Coyle’s (below) side have conceded 27 goals in 10 league games this term, an average of 2.7 goalspergame– the worstrecord in the four divisions of English football. Only once before has a Premier League side conceded more goals in theiropening 10 matches– Barnsley let in 28
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  • 390 56 / 57  -  SWIMMING DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg It was double delight for Singapore in the home leg of the Fina/Arena Swimming World Cup at Singapore Sports School yesterday. The Republic bagged a silver and a bronze throughTaoLiandandPangShengJunrespectively to take the overall medal tally for
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  • Page 56 / 57 Miscellaneous
    • 54 56 / 57 Ip A Yri) A l wa y s Play with care. |responsibiyj 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
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  • EPL
    • 553 59 FULHAM vTOTTENHAM (Tonight, 11.55pm, SingTel mioTVCh 102) PA Sport. WilliamGallasthinks Tottenham are in a much stronger position to challenge for a top-four place this season, thanks partly to the arrival of Scott Parker. Tottenham head to Fulham in the English Premier League tonight
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    • 690 64 ARSENAL 3 WEST BROM 0 Van Persie 22, Vermaelen 39, Arteta 74 ROBIN VAN PERSIE continued his brilliant recent form as Arsenal secured a fourth successive Premier League win against West Brom. The Gunners failed to turn their dominance into clear-cut chances until the
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    • 587 65 LIVERPOOL 0 SWANSEA CITY 0 ANDY CARROLL missed a sitter for the second successive home match against a newly-promoted team in a goalless draw Swansea. The £35million club-record signing side-footed against the crossbar from just six yards in only the seventh minute. It set the tone
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    • 285 65 ASTON VILLA 3 (Bent 30, 62, Agbonlahor 48) NORWICH 2 (Pilkington 25, Morison 77) ASTON VILLA striker Darren Bent silenced the Norwich boo boys with a two-goal blast to seal victory over the Canaries. But his strike partner Gabriel Agbonlahor also did his international hopes
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    • 765 66 / 67  -  IAIN MACINTOSH NEWCASTLE 2 (Johnny Heitinga 12-og, Ryan Taylor 29) EVERTON 1 (Jack Rodwell 45+2) npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM ST JAMES PARK The run continues. It continues to defy expectations, to fly in the face of logic and to delight the people of Newcastle. This was by no
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    • 450 66 / 67  -  Our columnist tells ALIKASIM that Newcastle deserve credit, though good times will end soon PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg Newcastle United are still unbeaten after 11 games. By my, were they nervous last night against Everton. As they have been and will be, when up against
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    • 691 68 / 69  -  BLACKBURN0 CHELSEA 1 (Frank Lampard 51) NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg With his best days supposedly behind him, a Chelsea veteran was expected to capture the attention at EwoodParklastnight. He did. But it was the wrong Chelsea veteran. John Terry had dominated the build-up to the potential
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    • 1036 70 / 71  -  MAN UNITED 1 (Wes Brown 45-og) SUNDERLAND0 GARY LIM garylim@sph.com. sg There was a celebratory mood in the air, as the Old Trafford faithful sang in honour of the great Sir Alex Ferguson. His 25 years of unparalleled success at Manchester United will take some beating. Quite
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    • ON TV
      • 119 70 / 71 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthe latest,pleasecheckwww.mio.singtel.com/miotv& www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub, subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: IWOLVESv WIGAN SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 9.30pm IBOLTONv STOKE SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium), 11 pm IFULHAMv TOTTENHAM SingTelmio TVCh102 (mioStadium), 11.55pm SERIEA Tonight: IGENOAvINTER StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 7.25pm IMILANvCATANIA StarHub TV
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      • 27 70 / 71 ATP SWISS INDOORS Tonight: IFINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 10pm ATP BNP PARIBAS MASTERS Tomorrow: IDAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 6pm
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      • 20 70 / 71 WGC-HSBC CHAMPIONS Today: IDAY 4 StarHubTVCh 201 (SuperSports Arena), Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 am
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  • 25 YEARS OF FERGIE
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      1220 60 / 61 IAIN MACINTOSH shares all you need to know about the peerless Sir Alex Ferguson A BERDEEN PRIOR to joining Man United in 1986, Sir Alex Ferguson spent eight years in charge of Aberdeen in his native Scotland. There he would win three titles, four Scottish Cups
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      1110 62 / 63 Atkinson.5525GARYLIMgoesthroughSirAlexFerguson’s25greatestmomentsasManUnitedmanager2. GARYLIMgoes throughSirAlex Ferguson’s25 greatestmomentsas ManUnitedmanager LONGEVITYLASTDecember, FergieovertookMatt Busby’srecord to becomethelongest-servingUnited manager.Today, he celebrateshis2th annivetheclub. Underhis guidance, Unitedwon12 Premiership titles,two ChLeaguetrophies, oneCupwinners’ Cup,five FACupsand fourLeague Whata LASTDecember, FergieovertookMatt Busby’srecord to becomethe theclub. Underhis guidance, Unitedwon12 Premiership titles,two Champions Leaguetrophies, oneCupwinners’ Cup,five FACupsand fourLeague Cups. Whata ride. 1. BRACE FOR
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    • 53 72 Wire Services. HONOUR, the before crowd the addressed Ferguson in HONOUR, game 1,409th Ferguson’s was ers.” This champions. English 19-time the of charge hard-earned. was victory 1-0 the And that yesterday revealed also was It chance the supporters offering is website to personal tributes own their
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