The New Paper, 15 November 2011
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Title Section12 2011-11-15 1 the new paper TUESDAY NOV 15 2011 70 CENTS MICA (P) 114/01/201112 words
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Article, Illustration959 2011-11-15 2 / 3 AMANDA PHUA - S’pore man nabbed for illegal bookmaking at Marina Bay Sands REPORTS: AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg IN THE mornings, he sells vegetables at a wet market. At night, he is in the high rollers room in the Marina Bay Sands casino, raking in theTNP, ST FILE PICTURES - 959 words
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Article281 2011-11-15 2 / 3 INSURANCE bets are devised to minimise a punter’s losses to the casino. The punter places one bet with the casino, and places an opposite bet with the illegal “insurance” bookies. Odds range from 1:2, where the payout is double, to 1:7, where the payout is seven times281 words
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Article, Illustration949 2011-11-15 4 / 5 NAJIB SIDDIK - REPORT: NAJIB SIDDIK mdnajib@sph.com.sg HE WAS cruising along Woodlands Avenue 12 two Sundays ago at about 2pm when a black Honda Fit swerved dangerously into his path. The Honda then screeched to a sudden halt, forcing him toTNP FILE PICTURE - 949 words
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506 2011-11-15 4 / 5 PEARLY TAN - REPORT: PEARLY TAN pearlyt@sph.com.sg THERE will soon be more eyes in your neighbourhood to tackle crime. The police are looking at installing security cameras at key entry and exit points of all HDB blocks and multi-storey carparks. In addition, there are plans to dedicate506 words
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Article, Illustration872 2011-11-15 6 / 7 BRYNA SIM - With seven children, couple in Clementi need a mini-bus to ferry them around REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg IN THIS era of downsizing shoebox apartments, small families here’s one Singaporean family so big they need a mini-bus to get around. General practitioner Gladys Wong, 46, and her urologist husbandPICTURES: BENJAMIN SEETOR, LIANHE ZAOBAO - 872 words
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Local News watch
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Article, Illustration99 2011-11-15 8 / 9 NARCOTICS and immigration officers seized a total of 5.2kg of Ice the biggest haul of the drug ever confiscated here after busting an international drug syndicate in three operations over two days. In a crackdown that started on Sunday and ended yesterday,99 words
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Article, Illustration118 2011-11-15 8 / 9 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has fined M1 $300,000 after its cellular networks went down in May, affecting mobile voice, messaging and data services in western Singapore. In a statement on Monday, the IDA said that M1 “had not118 words
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Article, Illustration101 2011-11-15 8 / 9 ELECTRONIC Road Pricing (ERP) rates will be down by $1 at 12 gantries for the morning rush hour during the December school holidays. These include four gantries each on the Central Expressway and the Pan-Island Expressway. At another101 words
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51 2011-11-15 8 / 9 PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILYPICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS - 51 words
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Article, Illustration360 2011-11-15 8 / 9 Five-year project nearing completion HDB blocks islandwide will be fully equipped with Barrier-Free Accessibility (BFA) features by the end of this year. Features like ramps and railings have already been installed in 99 per cent of the blocks, HDB said yesterday. Twelve of360 words
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Article, Illustration141 2011-11-15 8 / 9 Kwok Kar Peng - Actor charged for voluntarily causing hurt Kwok Kar Peng ACTOR-DIRECTOR Huang Yiliang (right) was charged in court last Wednesday for voluntarily causing hurt to a woman on May 20. The alleged incident happened at a carpark in Toa Payoh. Huang told The New Paper141 words
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Article, Illustration116 2011-11-15 8 / 9 THE Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) is taking steps to promote responsible tourism, even as travel in Asia continues to grow. The SCC, which manages cruise and ferry terminals in HarbourFront, Pasir Panjang and Tanah Merah, will partner the World Wide Fund for116 words
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Article, Illustration95 2011-11-15 8 / 9 SINGAPORE’S fourth university, the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), had its ground-breaking ceremony at its campus in Changi yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who spoke at the ceremony, said that SUTD demonstrates the innovation in university education that the Government95 words
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Article, Illustration700 2011-11-15 10 ZUL OTHMAN - Enforcement against contraband cigarettes stepped up, but some find sly, new ways to sell loot REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg THE law is clear anyone caught buying, selling or even delivering contraband cigarettes face heavy penalties in the courts. So far, the tough measures have been effective inPICTURES: SINGAPORE CUSTOMS - 700 words
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Article125 2011-11-15 10 BUYING, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, having in possession or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the GST Act. Repeat offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded and/or jailed for up to125 words
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Article125 2011-11-15 10 IN 2009, almost 20,000 people were taken to court for buying, smuggling or peddling duty-unpaid cigarettes. In the first nine months of this year, Singapore Customs conducted more than 10 major operations in Geylang. A total of 102 peddlers and 491 buyers were caught for selling or125 words
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The Big Picture
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Article, Illustration467 2011-11-15 11 JUSTIN ZHUANG - Contestant wins with picture of man playing table tennis at competition REPORT: JUSTIN ZHUANG HIS previous job involved him “stopping” his patients’ hearts during organ transplant surgery. The former perfusionist at the National Heart Centre showed that he is equally adept at capturing a heart-warming moment. MrPICTURE: LIM YAOHUI; PICTURE: ANDREW BI - 467 words
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Article181 2011-11-15 11 Samantha Mintio, 25, is a fine art photographer who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University. She is most noted for her series, Concrete Euphoria, in which she uses the large format camera to photograph181 words
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Article53 2011-11-15 11 For the next two weeks, send in images that capture how Singapore copes with the wet weather. All entries on the theme “Rain or Shine” should be submitted before midnight, Nov 27. Go to our website at http://tnp.sg/thebigpicture to find out more. Or log on to our Facebook53 words
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Article, Illustration535 2011-11-15 12 Local businessman signs up for Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flight AFP HERE’S something you’re unlikely to get at the annual Natas fair: A trip to space. But a Singaporean businessman has found such an offer, and bravely stepped forward to sign up forAFP; PICTURE: AFP - 535 words
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Article, Illustration553 2011-11-15 13 Girl nearly abducted in M’sia NEVER leave your children unattended or out of your sight. A Malaysian couple took their eyes off their six-year-old daughter for a few seconds and almost lost her for good. What was supposed to have been an enjoyable family outing nearlyPICTURE: NEW STRAITS TIMES - 553 words
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Article, Illustration417 2011-11-15 13 A HAILSTORM that hit some parts of Malaysia on Sunday afternoon sent some residents racing indoors for cover. The freak thunderstorm that started around 3.30pm and lasted for some 45 minutes wreaked havoc in many parts of Subang Jaya, Selangor,PICTURE: THE STAR - 417 words
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Global News watch
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74 2011-11-15 14 / 15 SHOT DEAD: A senior citizen who was having breakfast with his wife at a restaurant in Skudai, Johor Baru, was the victim of a drive-by shooting yesterday. Mr Lee Shoo Toong, 60, was shot at close range by a gunman on a motorcycle at about 9.15am. North Johor Baru policePICTURE: CHINA PRESS - 74 words
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Article, Illustration249 2011-11-15 14 / 15 FRICTION OVER CURRENCY, TRADE Reuters PRESIDENT Barack Obama (right) served notice that the US was fed up with China’s trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America’s biggest economic rival on Sunday. “Enough’s enough,” said Mr Obama bluntlyReuters; PICTURE: XINHUA - 249 words
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Article, Illustration100 2011-11-15 14 / 15 AP CHINA has claimed a new territory less than 80km from a Philippine province, boosting tensions over potentially resource-rich areas of the South China Sea. But the Philippines has dis- missed the claim, an official said yesterday. Philippine Energy Undersecretary Jose Layug Jr saidAP - 100 words
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Article, Illustration121 2011-11-15 14 / 15 AP VILLAGERS living on the Indonesian side of Borneo killed at least 750 orang utans a year. A report published in the scientific journal PLoS One said that the estimated killing rate was as high as 1,800 one year, with some ofAP - 121 words
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Article, Illustration100 2011-11-15 14 / 15 AP THE International Diabetes Federation predicts that at least one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to its latest statistics. In a report issued yesterday, the advocacy group estimated that 552 million people could have diabetes in twoAP - 100 words
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Article, Illustration114 2011-11-15 14 / 15 Reuters AT least 10 people were killed and 27 wounded from a bomb blast in the capital of Myanmar’s northern Kachin state bordering China. The blast took place late on Sunday evening in the city of Myitkyinar and caused a blaze in three houses.Reuters - 114 words
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244 2011-11-15 14 / 15 AFP GOOD news for green-minded folks. Tariffs on environmental goods may be cut to no more than 5 per cent, and energy intensity will also be reduced. Asia-Pacific leaders representing more than half of the global economy committed to these greenAFP - 244 words
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54 2011-11-15 14 / 15 AGAINST THE ODDS: Two Parks and Wildlife Service officers in Tasmania, Australia, on Sunday, tagging a dead sperm whale. A day earlier, 22 sperm whales beached themselves in Tasmania and died, but staff hope to save two stuck on a sandbank. Two other whales managed to make it back intoPICTURE: AFP - 54 words
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Article, Illustration110 2011-11-15 14 / 15 AFP A 6.4-MAGNITUDE earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern North Maluku province yesterday. But meteorologists said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert. The quake occurred at about 11am with an epicentre 69km south-west of Labuha city, the Indonesian Meteorological andAFP - 110 words
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Article, Illustration123 2011-11-15 14 / 15 AFP ANGRY residents in flooded Bangkok protested yesterday, briefly blocking a major highway as frustration mounted that parts of the Thai capital are suf- fering badly while the centre stays dry. Thailand’s worst floods in half a century, triggered by months of unusually heavyAFP - 123 words
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Article, Illustration509 2011-11-15 16 Xi ’an blast kills eight Windows up to 3km away were shattered AN EXPLOSION ripped through a fast-food restaurant in China yesterday, killing at least eight people, including a child. Windows up to 3km away were shattered, officials and state media said. Among the victims were children who had beenPICTURES: REUTERS - 509 words
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Article128 2011-11-15 16 M’SIA A 50-YEAR-OLD man could only watch in horror as two robbers drove his car away with his wife still inside, China Press reported yesterday. But what happened later was even more terrifying. His wife, a 41 -year-old woman, was raped by one of the128 words
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Page 8 / 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous4 2011-11-15 8 / 9 CALVIN AND HOBBES BILLWATTERSON4 words
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Miscellaneous10 2011-11-15 8 / 9 SINGAPORE WEATHER I Thunderstorms I High 32˚ I Low 25˚10 words
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Page 14 / 15 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous32 2011-11-15 14 / 15 REGIONAL WEATHER I KL: Thunderstorms High 32˚, Low 24˚ I Jakarta: Slight Rain High 34˚, Low 23˚ I Bangkok: Partly Cloudy High 33˚, Low 24˚ I Manila: Thunderstorms High 30˚, Low 26˚32 words
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Article, Illustration1011 2011-11-15 17 CHARLENE CHUA - REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA REPORT: cchar@sph.com.sg cchar@sph.com.sg HATE us if you will. Just don’t ignore us. That seems to be the attitude new Taiwanese girl group Super-7 is displaying. The seven-member pop outfit, which made its debut last month, hopes to succeed in the Taiwanese music industry with its1,011 words
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Article, Illustration599 2011-11-15 19 TAN KEE YUN - Some fans had made travel plans to fly here to catch his show US singer’s S’pore concert postponed. He tweets: Very sorry Singapore fans REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg WITH less than two weeks to go, US pop singer David Archuleta’s concert in SingaporeST FILE PHOTO - 599 words
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Article, Illustration479 2011-11-15 19 SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO - REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg THE ambassador or the President? No contest. Especially when the ambassador is Hong Kong Heavenly King Aaron Kwok. Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Swiss watch brand Longines’ ambassador for elegance Kwok were the two guest stars atTNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR - 479 words
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Makan Sites
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Article, Illustration159 2011-11-15 20 IF YOU are craving Korean food, two chefs from Millennium Seoul Hilton are cooking at Orchard Hotel’s Orchard Cafe until Nov 27. Guest chefs Gu Yong Hoi and Heo Jin will cook 20 Korean dishes every day, such as the subtle Sam Gye TangPICTURE: ORCHARD HOTEL - 159 words
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Article, Illustration480 2011-11-15 20 YEOH WEE TECK - REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg YEARS ago, I had the most immense pleasure at a dirty back alley in Kuala Lumpur. It was hot, moist, steamy, salty and dark. It was my first plate of KL noodles. Of course in KL, it isPICTURE: KONG KEE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT - 480 words
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Makansutra
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Article, Illustration640 2011-11-15 21 K F SEETOH - K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg IT’S the oldest Chinatown in America. And since 1848, when the first group of mostly Cantonese migrants made their way to San Francisco, lured by the gold rush, the square around Grant Avenue has been home to generations ofPICTURE: MAKANSUTRA - 640 words
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Page 22 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous545 2011-11-15 22 WATCH ’EM Dating In The Dark (right) Sony Entertainment Television (SingTel mio TV Ch 20), 10.40pm In this new reality series hosted by Rossi Morreale, three men and three women are picked to live in a house shrouded in total darkness and tasked with undergoing various dating activities before deciding545 words
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Racing
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Article1155 2011-11-15 30 / 31 SATURDAY C*****m 1603-1 Colourlandprestige 57 (71) (5nzg Cecil Robert-Colourland) 152-93 Majestic Amethyst 55 (67) (7nzg KP Hoy-Mdm AN Cheong) 14-123 Be Sure 54 (65) (4ag A Rahim-Golden Rainbow) 92-146 Golden Might 54 (65) (8ag K Coetzee-Golden Knight) 701--0 Ace Amigo 53 (63) (7nzg LN Danis-ACE Midas)1,155 words
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Article, Illustration444 2011-11-15 32 TAN THEAN LOON - The day after... TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg NO MORE training rigours for the next two or three months. Last Sunday’s Longines Singapore Gold Cup winner EL EDORADO has earned a well-deserved rest, said his trainer, Hideyuki Takaoka, yesterday morning. Said theTNP PICTURES: BENJAMIN SEETOR - 444 words
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595 2011-11-15 32 RACE 1 DEVONSHIRE: Restless in the barrier; jumped awkwardly. DARING YOUTH: Restless in the barrier; raced greenly. THRILLA IN MANILA: Fractious in the barrier and attempted to dive under the front gate. In this incident, the breastplate on the gelding broke.595 words
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Sports
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Mad About Golf
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Article, Illustration562 2011-11-15 33 PRESIDENTS CUP Wire Services GREG Norman expects a match-up between Tiger Woods and Adam Scott at the Presidents Cup this week, in what could be a spicy showdown after Scott’s caddie Steve Williams directed a racial slur at the American former world No. 1. Norman, captainingWire Services; PICTURE: ACTION IMAGES - 562 words
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Article144 2011-11-15 33 AFP CATRIONA Matthew captured the Lorena Ochoa Invitational yesterday morning (Singapore time), shooting a final round one-under 71 for a four-shot victory and her fourth career LPGA Tour title. The 42-year-old Scot, whose last victory came in the Women’s British Open in 2009, posted aAFP - 144 words
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Article438 2011-11-15 34 ALI KASIM - BARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN ALI KASIM FANS arrived at the Sentosa Golf Club in droves and by the thousands during the first four days of the Barclays Singapore Open. But when it came down to the final two players and the final two putts, only 200438 words
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Article, Illustration625 2011-11-15 34 ALI KASIM - Fernandez-Castano pips Juvic Pagunsan in play-off to claim $1.3m prize ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg GONZALO Fernan-dez-Castano said he never felt more nervous on the golf course. “I couldn’t sleep the night before, I woke up at 3am and watched an Eddie Murphy movie,” said the 31-year-old Spaniard.PICTURE: AP - 625 words
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Football
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Article, Illustration536 2011-11-15 35 SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ - TNP-Dollah Kassim award winner shows hunger after stint with Newcastle SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg HE WAS a nervous wreck when he left but, at the end of his two-week training stint at Newcastle United, Ammirul Emmran Mazlan is hungry for more. “I would love to get aTNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG - 536 words
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Article, Illustration454 2011-11-15 35 BOXING AFP MANNY Pacquiao’s struggle to a controversial victory over Juan Manuel Marquez could nudge the Filipino boxing icon closer to a megafight showdown against unbeaten US star Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao stretched his winning streak to 15 fights with a majority decision over MarquezAFP; PICTURE: AFP - 454 words
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World Cup Qualifier
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Article, Illustration609 2011-11-15 36 DAVID LEE - Under-fire China coach gives nothing away amid calls for his head DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg GROUP A SINGAPORE v CHINA (Tonight, 7.30pm, Jalan Besar Stadium, live on MediaCorp Ch 5) HE CARRIES the expectations of 1.34 billion Chinese citizens, 260 times the number of armchair analysts his counterpart RaddyTNP PICTURES: ARIFFIN JAMAR - 609 words
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Article, Illustration318 2011-11-15 36 DAVID LEE - DAVID LEE WITH four straight defeats, the Lions’ World Cup qualifying dreams are dead, but there still remains a selection dilemma for the coaches. As national football coach Raddy Avramovic serves out the last of his four-match ban for verbally abusing the referee in a match at318 words
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Euro 2012 Play-offs
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Article, Illustration547 2011-11-15 37 A 2-0 first-leg deficit is not bothering Montenegro Reuters MONTENEGROv CZECH REPUBLIC (Tomorrow, 3.15am, StarHub TV Ch 202) I Czech Republic lead 2-0 from first leg MONTENEGRO coach Branko Brnovic is feeling confident. He believes that his side can overcome a 2-0 first-leg deficit against theReuters; PICTURE: AP - 547 words
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Article, Illustration428 2011-11-15 37 Reuters CROATIA v TU RKEY (Tomorrow, 3am, StarHub TV Ch 222) I Croatia lead 3-0 from first leg ANY PREMATURE celebrations over a 3-0 win in Turkey in the first leg of their Euro 2012 play-offs could be fatal for CroatiaReuters - 428 words
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Article, Illustration696 2011-11-15 38 / 39 RAY HOUGHTON - Euro qualification for Ireland will inspire the kids, our analyst tells SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ EYE ON THE BALL RAY HOUGHTON npsports@sph.com.sg AFTER their 4-0 away win over Estonia in the first leg of the Euro 2012 Play-offs at the weekend, you’d have to think Ireland have already qualifiedPICTURE: AP - 696 words
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Article, Illustration598 2011-11-15 38 / 39 GARY LIM - GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg WITH the amount of individual flair in the squad, it’s no wonder they are known as Europe’s Brazil. Joao Moutinho as the midfield schemer, Fabio Coentrao the rampaging fullback and Cristiano Ronaldo the shining ace in the pack, and this is just a samplePICTURE: REUTERS - 598 words
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Article, Illustration385 2011-11-15 38 / 39 Reuters PORTUGAL captain Cristiano Ronaldo believes his side’s bold performance on a difficult pitch in Zenica last week will inspire them to overpower Bosnia at home tomorrow morning (Singapore time) and qualify for Euro 2012. Last week’s goalless draw left the two-legged play-offReuters - 385 words
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International Friendly
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Article, Illustration874 2011-11-15 40 / 41 NEIL HUMPHREYS - England can win Euro 2012? Not a chance NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg GET the flags out for the lads. The invigorated, reinvented English are on their way to Poland and the Ukraine to take out Euro 2012. The Three Lions defeated the reigning world andPICTURE: AFP - 874 words
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Article, Illustration321 2011-11-15 40 / 41 PA Sport THE FOOTBALL Association yesterday prevented John Terry from answering any questions about the ongoing racism investigation into comments he allegedly made towards Anton Ferdinand. Chelsea defender Terry is alleged to have racially abused the QPR defender in a Premier League match three weeksPA Sport - 321 words
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26TH SEA GAMES NOV 11 TO 22
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Article215 2011-11-15 42 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS* GOLD MEDALLISTS 1. Athletics (women’s shot put): Zhang Guirong 16.96m 2. Swimming (men’s 50m free): Arren Quek 23.28sec 3. Swimming (women’s 50m back): Shana Lim 29.37 4. Swimming (women’s 200m fly): Tao Li 2min14.27sec 5. Swimming (men’s 4x100m free): Clement Lim, Russell Ong, Arren Quek,215 words
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Article74 2011-11-15 42 G S B T 1 Indonesia 60 48 37 145 2 Thailand 35 27 35 97 3 Vietnam 27 29 35 91 4 Singapore 19 16 32 67 5 Malaysia 12 14 22 48 6 Philippines 8 14 20 42 7 Laos 2 3 12 17 8 Cambodia74 words
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Article, Illustration412 2011-11-15 42 SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ - DAILYROUND-UP SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S swimmers continued their winning form in the pool, claiming four of the Republic’s six golds yesterday. Shana Lim won the women’s 50m backstroke gold in 29.37sec, going down in history as the first winner of the event which wasPICTURE: ST; PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO - 412 words
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Article, Illustration528 2011-11-15 44 / 45 LIM SAY HENG - TABLE TENNIS LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM JAKARTA TWO YEARS ago, two pairs of Vietnamese paddlers prevented a Singapore clean sweep of the table tennis titles at the South-east Asia (SEA) Games in Laos. Then, Doan Kien Quoc and Dinh Quang Linh beat Gao528 words
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Article, Illustration257 2011-11-15 44 / 45 LIM SAY HENG - LIM SAY HENG FOR A brief moment after the final shot went sailing past the table, paddlers Isabelle Li and Zena Sim remained rooted on the spot. After all, they were comprehensively beaten by Indonesians Christine Ferliana and Fauziah Yuliyanti in the women’s doubles257 words
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Article, Illustration765 2011-11-15 44 / 45 LIM SAY HENG - BOWLING LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg THEY may have swept all but one medal the last time the sport was offered at the South-east Asia (SEA) Games. But coaches and bowlers from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand admit that Singapore will the ones to beat thisTNP PICTURES: JONATHAN CHOO - 765 words
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Article, Illustration557 2011-11-15 44 / 45 DILENJIT SINGH - SHOOTING DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM PALEMBANG BEFORE the start of the South-east Asia (SEA) Games, Gai Bin’s coach said his charge was a “gold-medal contender” in all his four events. Said Shi Longshui five days ago: “I’d say he is a gold-medal contender inPICTURE COURTESY OF SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL - 557 words
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Article, Illustration784 2011-11-15 46 / 47 DILENJIT SINGH - S’pore swim team set to better2009 haul of 14 golds DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM PALEMBANG THEY came to Indonesia with the target of matching their 2009 South-east Asia (SEA) Games golden haul of 14. But after another night of plundering at the Jakabaring AquaticPICTURES: STRAITS TIMES - 784 words
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Article, Illustration367 2011-11-15 46 / 47 DAVID LEE - ATHLETICS DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg PART-TIME coach in China, full-time wife, but Zhang Guirong still found the time to make it a fourth consecutive SEA Games gold medal at the women’s shot put event held at the Jakabaring Stadium yesterday evening. Although her winning throw wasPICTURE: ZAOBAO - 367 words
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ON TV
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Article60 2011-11-15 46 / 47 *All telecasts live unless otherwise stated. For the latest, pleasecheckwww.mio.singtel.com/miotv www.starhub.com/tv *Programme times, provided by SingTel StarHub, subject to change LIVE TELECASTS DAILY ACTION Tonight: I SWIMMING, ATHLETICS MediaCorp TV okto, 7pm I HIGHLIGHTS MediaCorp TV Ch 5,11 pm I DAILY ACTION: TABLE TENNIS MediaCorp TV Ch 5,11.30pm60 words
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Article99 2011-11-15 46 / 47 ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Tonight: I SINGAPORE v CHINA MediaCorp TV Ch 5,7.25pm SOUTH AMERICA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Tomorrow: I CHILE v PARAGUAY StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 7.25am EURO 2012 QUALIFYING PLAY-OFFS Tomorrow: I CROATIA v TURKEY StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 3am I MONTENEGRO v99 words
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Article54 2011-11-15 46 / 47 PRESIDENTS CUP Tomorrow: I OPENING CEREMONY StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 1 pm Thursday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 10am ISKANDAR JOHOR OPEN Thursday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 1 pm ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch54 words
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