The New Paper, 11 December 2011

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    • 71 1 HIT-AND-RUN Cyclist left with fractured spine FADING HAWKERS, DISAPPEARING FARE Old hawkers lament secrets will die with them 12 8 paper DEC 11 2011 S’PORE SEX SURVEY: 1 in 5 women cheats on her partner Nancy, a married serial cheater, has a secret... I JUST CAN’T STOP22 22 TNP PHOTO
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  • UPFRONT
    • 733 2/3  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg GET a foreign tourist to tuck into a plateofHokkienMeehereandhe’s likely to slurp up every morsel with relish. But we take our local fare for granted. We get excited over a good dorayaki Japanese pancakes with red bean paste. But we overlook the humble
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    • 9 2/3 TNP ILLUSTRATION: LEE HUP KHENG
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      55 2/3 “Itstill hurts to writeacheque.” Lady Gagawho says though sheis apopstar, she can’t bring herselfto buyahome “I’makissing machine.” ActorZacEfron on kissingMichelle PfeifferinNew Year’sEve and Nicole Kidman in upcoming The Paperboy “I’venevermeta single woman who has ever walked away from a one-night stand and been like, ‘Thatwas awesome!’” –HappilymarriedKatherineHeigl advising
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    • 127 2/3 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 Property tax will go up for HDB flats next year. And Singapore overtook Hong Kong to become the sixth most expensive Asian city in the ECA International survey. +10 The number of disputes between neighbours going before the courts dropped from 22 in 2008 to three
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    • 103 2/3 INSIDE FEATURES 8 Disappearinghawkers: Losing ourfoodlegends 18 Girls’Generation toS’pore: Welove you morethan chilli crab! 22 Infidelity.Sg– I can’tstop cheating 34 KelongKing SPORTS 52 GodfreyRobert Thepullofthe Malaysia Cup 58 PaulParker AVBsaying allthe wrong things 64 FC Weekendby GlennConnley It’s morelike lightingaF.U.S.E onan English timebomb COLUMNS 20 Confessions ...ofa supercarstowkay 37 Notesfrom
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  • PEOPLE
    • 302 4  -  REPORT:ZAIHAN ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF, GERALD GOH tnp@sph.com.sg Atpresstime–1am–thepartywas just getting started. We’re talking about one of the most anticipated beach parties of the year, ZoukOut 2011 at Siloso beach. In its 11th straight year, the party featured a 14-hour dance extravaganza that included international
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    • 1050 8 / 9  -  DISAPPEARING HAWKERS REPORT: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg Her culinary dance, performed with ease after decades of practice, isa joy to watch. In her frail, wrinkled left hand, Madam Leong Yuet Meng picks up a coil of egg noodles before dropping it into a pot of boiling water.
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    • 825 10 / 11 Dirty hands. Long hours. Tedious work. These are the things that race through the minds of the likely heirs to popular hawker stalls. The second and third generations are more educated and have more career choices, says Mr Phua Gek Sia, 58, who runs
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    • 436 10 / 11 Singapore’s heart soul What’stheuseofhaving well-designed hawker centres if the food has no soul? And the soul comes from our culinary heritage, said Mr K. F. Seetoh, 48, founder of food company Makansutra. Hawker centres will not attract anybody if they serve frozen food cooked by Chinese workers. He argues that
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    • 537 12  -  Cyclist’sspinefracturedinChangiCoastRoadcrashonThursday REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Theloud“bang” nearby caught the leadcyclist’s attention. When he turned around, he was shocked by what he saw. His cycling buddy was sprawled on the road. In the distance, a silver lorry was speeding away.
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    • 510 16 / 17 $13m Mercs $260k Birkins What’sonsaleforthe richest people in the world to spend their money on? When the rich indulge in their hobbies, money seems to be no object.Themoreexpensiveitisthe better–liketravellingaroundthe world in a luxury yacht or private jet. Some turn their Mercedes-Benz into a mobile gold shop like Swiss millionaire businessman
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    • 237 16 / 17 It was destined for a life on the mean streets of Rome, Italy. But fate took a dramatic turn for the four-year-old. From scavenging for food from rubbish bins, Tommaso was rescued by a rich and lonely old lady and taken to her
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    • 484 16 / 17 She was considered one of the veterinary world’s“bestandbrightest”. At 25, Australian Jenna O’Grady Donley had already produced world-leading research in her chosen field. She was just a week away from graduating with first-class honours in veterinary science. But now it will be
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    • 275 16 / 17 Philadelphia police have charged a 13-year-old girl with distributing sleeping pills to classmates who reported feeling ill after taking the drug. Police said seven seventh grade (equivalent of Secondary 1) students from an elementary school in Kensington, US, were transported to a
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    • 210 16 / 17 Seen a tweet worth sharing? Message us @thenewpaper JOANNE PEH @joannepeh Someone tell me why there should be a price hike in taxi fares? (Local actress Joanne Peh) NAT HO @iamnatho #Love is when my parents read my tweet about egg tarts and got mea boxof’em!
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    • 396 18 / 19 Nine minutes with nine famous babes. It seemed almost a crime to have so little time to spend withthe gorgeousstarsof Girls’Generation. Korea’sbiggestgirl group was in towntoperform at its sell-out concerts on Friday and yesterday. Lastyear, itwas the onlyact which didn’tattendthe K-pop Night concert
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    • 626 18 / 19  -  Girls’GenerationtoS’pore: REPORTS: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg Who runs the world? These girls. Who almost stole the show last night? The fans. Ifonedidn’tunderstandwhyGirls’Generation is THE top act to follow in Korea, last night’s concert held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium said it all. Taeyeon, Jessica,
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    • Article, Illustration
      187 22 / 23 Poll of 506 Singaporeans 257 men and 249 women describes current attitudes towards sex and relationships* INFIDELITY IN THE REGION Percentage of men that are unfaithful Indonesia 13% Malaysia 33% Thailand 54% 6 1 of respondents claim to have more than one sex partner other than their current
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    • 865 22 / 23  -  REPORT:ZAIHAN ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Nancy dearly loves her husband. She cannot imagine life without the man, a company director five years older than her but she simply falls for new men who pay attention to her. Each of her love affairs last a short time
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 310 6 / 7 NORTH Jakarta police on Friday released a photo of the suspect in the killing of Christopher Melky Tanujaya, 16, a student of St Joseph’s Institution (SJI) in Singapore. They also showed reporters at a press conference the alleged
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    • 197 6 / 7 THE labour movement gave $9.13 million to its needy members and their families through its U Care Fund, up from $8.3 million last year. NTUC Care and Share director Zainudin Nordin said: “This year, with concerns like rising
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    • Article, Illustration
      40 6 / 7 DOWNPOUR: A rescue helicopter dumping water to extinguish the flames after a light aircraft crashed into a residential area in Paranque City, Philippines, yesterday at around 2.45pm local time, killing 12 people and injuring 20 others. PICTURE: XINHUA
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    • 245 6 / 7 SAFWAR GAMES EXERCISE The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has successfully held its biggest and most complex war games in the US. This year’s Forging Sabre exercise, in Phoenix, Arizona, involved more than 450 personnel from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and the
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    • 121 6 / 7 A LORRY rolled off a barge into the sea off Pasir Panjang Terminal yesterday, with the driver reported to be in the vehicle at that time. The driver is a 37-year-old Singaporean, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
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    • 118 6 / 7 Reuters. TENS of thousands of people took to the streets across Russia yesterday to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s rule and a rerun of a parliamentary election. In the biggest opposition pro- tests since Mr Putin rose to
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    • 97 6 / 7 AFP. SIX SENIOR executives were charged yesterday with culpable homicide and violating safety norms over a hospital fire in Kolkata, India, that killed 90 people. The executives are from two companies that co-owned the hospital where poisonous fumes spread from a blaze in
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    • Article, Illustration
      148 6 / 7 125 years The human equivalent of the age of the world’soldestdog, 26 years and eight months, when it died last week in Japan, which also has nearly 48,000 people more than 100 years old. S$130,000 The equivalent of what a Seattle chiropractor and his wife fraudulently collected as
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      279 6 / 7  -  Climate talks held in South Africa ended Friday with 190 countries remaining divided about the future of how to fight global warming. Here are some ways you can lower the rising earth temperature and stem its harmful effects... ARTIST’S IMPRESSION CELESTINO GULAPA cel@sph.com.sg Take sustainable transport Lace up
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    • 202 13 HOT STORY thenewpaper Call, text or e-mail us. If story is published you get this... Samsung S3600i HOT PHO NE Hotline: 1800 733 44 55 E-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper Aw- Temasek Polytechnic The New Paper present Exclusively for parents and students awaiting 0 Level results Confidence comes from knowing what
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    • 14 13 LATEST CORPORATE FAD? “CO-WORKING” Young bosses go communal amid the PCs and fax machines
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • 627 14  -  S’poreans’attentionondaily matters and foreign leagues REPORT:NATALIE NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg Singapore’sLionsXIIteamarenow officially in training, starting yesterday. So-called in recognition of the fans who are meant to act as the 12th man, the team are working towards the Jan 10 kick-off when Singapore returns to the
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    • 50 14 happy are Singaporeans? Over the coming weeks, we ask people what makes them happy and how happy they currently are. NAME: Mr Rosman Hassan AGE: 42 OCCUPATION: Civil servant What makes me happy: “Thebestmomentsare whenIcanspendtime with my two boys, who are sixandnineyearsold.” How happy I am
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    • 232 18 / 19 TBEA TS D r i n w w MUST WIN 30 ??■_<!] £7/ r I r; r r'3 J iOVll£ 9 i i 4 f| ;}k, J* F i I r SNEAK PREVIEW Rating: PG The Darkest Hour is the story of four young people who find themselves stranded in
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  • CONFESSIONS of a supercars towkay
    • 648 20  -  JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg Once, he memorised every possible technical specification and every possible function of a Mercedes Benz SLS, then delivered the gleaming pre-ownedcartotheclient’sdoorstep. As the owner of Supercars Concept which sells pre-owned and parallel imported Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Maseratis Mr Francis Cheng could well have
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  • PASSAGES
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      104 21 Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell (above, left), 53, has filed for divorce from her husband of nine years, ballet dancer Charles Askegard (above, right), who is 10 years younger than her. In court papers, Bushnell claims Askegard had an affair with ballerina Georgina Pazcoguin. The two have
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      142 21 Long-time Survivor host Jeff Probst (above), 50, tied the knot with his girlfriend, actress Lisa Ann Russell, 40, on Monday. The couple exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony, which took place at a private residence in Los Angeles. This is the second marriage for both Probst and Russell. Singer
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      109 21 Hollywood actress Olivia Wilde (above), 27, is dating Saturday Night Live (SNL) cast member Jason Sudeikis, 36, UsMagazine.com reported on Wednesday. “She’s come to the (SNL) studio at Rockefeller Center, and they’ve gone out to dinner after rehearsals, the celebrity news website quoted an unnamed insider as saying. A
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    • Article, Illustration
      116 21 Harry Morgan (below), the actor best known for playing the acerbic Colonel Sherman T. Potter with a heart of gold in the long-running TV series M*A*S*H has died. He was 96. He appeared in more than 100 movies, and had roles in TV series such as Dragnet, and Pete
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    • 23 21 Win80pairsofThe DarkestHourtickets! Areyoulookingfora moviethatboasts high-octaneaction thisholidayseason? Thenthis3-Dapocalypticfilm isupyouralley. EmileHirsch(above)ofSpeed Racerfameheadlinesthisthriller aboutfiveyoungAmericanswho, whiletouringMoscow,find themselvesunderattackby invisiblealiensintenton absorbingtheplanet’senergy– andthatincludesalllifeforms. ItopenshereonDec29. We’regivingaway80pairsof 3-Dticketstoapreviewscreening onDec21,courtesyofTwentieth CenturyFox. TurntoPage19toseehow youcanwin.
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    • 352 22 / 23 Cosmic Qi-Gong And Science For Health Business Reg No: *****292X (Specialist) The Science of Cosmic Qi Gong Meditation ('£>&) Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, many are taking risk of practising still meditation by breathing in the air and directing it through the meridian system in the body. However, if this is
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  • LIVE RIGHT
    • 573 26 / 27  -  REPORT: JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg AreportintheEuropeanHeart Journal this week put forward a study that endurance runners may be susceptible to heart damage. This is pertinent news given the tragic death last Sunday of 22-year-old avid runner Malcolm Sng after the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore. The study, led
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      292 26 / 27 Q A Whatwouldyousuggesttoimprove mycardiovascularfitnesswithout running? Kevin, 23, universitystudent You’re not alone. Many people don’t like jogging buttherearealternatives. I do circuit training that incorporates bodyweight exercises for my cardiovascular fitness. I’m partial to the burpee as it has worked very well for me;Ibelieveit canfor you,too. If done correctly, the
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    • 91 26 / 27 The search for TOP BEACH HUNK BABE This is the last week of our search. The top prize winning hunk and babe will each win one night’s stay in a Deluxe Sea View Room with breakfast for two at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort (worth more than $560) and $100 dining
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  • Page 26 / 27 Advertisements
    • 146 26 / 27 Ladies' Night Out In Heels Hie (Races THE FINAL PARTY THIS RACING SEASON Friday, 16 December 2011 Singapore Racecourse *4 m A* f ch *8S °r h. N, s si B uff e *fr on 'Gs 'O o r M er >f/ e 0 of On Of) c c h
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  • EATS
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      410 28  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’sarecipeshehastreasuredfor 40 years, and Mrs Monique Jubert, 63, is more than happy to sharehercanardal’orange (duck with orange) recipe. She explains that it is a classic French dish that is usually associated with fine dining. “Itwas not a dish that housewives cooked. The general impression was
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    • 146 28 Ingredients 1 duck, cutoff the neck 1/4 tspof salt 1/4 tspblack pepper 150ml water 2 peeled oranges Sauce 10-15g butter 1 tbsp flour 250ml orange juice 2 oranges, peeled and sliced 2 tbsp of orange liqueur Instructions I Preheatovento 220 deg C. I Tearorangesinto largepieces and stuff into
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      213 28 Growingvegetablesisn’t the cheapest option, but it’shealthyandfun,say French couple Pierre and Monique Jubert. Mr and Mrs Jubert, both 63 and retired, are here visiting their son and his family for three months. TheyliveinBrest,inFrance’s north-west province of Brittany. Their home is just a 15-minute drive from the sea. In France,
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    • 546 29  -  We show, you choose THIS WEEK: CHENDOL Compiledby RENNIE WHANG, ALVIN LIM Stall No. 10 Block 248 Simei Street 3, Hola Cafeteria Opens: 11am-10.30pm daily Owned by a family which has been selling desserts since 1987, this stall does its chendol heavy on the liquid, with
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    • 409 30  -  VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg Cheese is a near-perfect food to me. Gourmet cheeses can be arranged on a classy platter to impress guests, and simple cheeses can be melted on toast for a comforting and satisfying lunch. The challenge is to work out which cheese goes well with
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    • 262 30 Fresh Mozzarella Thiscoworbuffalo’smilkcheeseisa must if you are whipping up a Margherita pizza. Add it to a bed of tomato paste, parma ham and basil and you have an Italian delight. Like most fresh cheeses, this one is low in fat and high in moisture. Mozzarella has a
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    • 215 31 What are you eating this week? Here are Tweats from our readers: @ayanieve Spiceupyour day atRamenTen toenjoy spicy tom yam in this cold weather! Tan Kang Loon “Perfectcombination of tender chicken and fragrant rice at Bishan Interchange’schicken ricestall.” Nor Liana Zaidi Nasi goreng Beef!! Bought at
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  • WHEELS
    • 372 32  -  BIKER BOY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Asbikers,it’ssometimesrefreshingto get out of our comfort zones. And five women, from local bike club Mistri Bikerz, did just that last month. They had traded their sports bikes for dirt bikes during a three-day tour, which began and ended in
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    • 314 32 Bored of urban sprawl? Some tours can help you ride the extremes. EDELWEISS BIKE TRAVEL Breathe the crisp Alpine air as you zip around on your choice of Italian or German motorcycles. With a dizzying number of bends from Germany to Italy, you had better come
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  • PARENTHOOD
    • 482 33  -  FATHER FIGURES SANTOKH SINGH santokh@sph.com.sg Dear children, The time has finally come to tell you why Daddy started you running from the day you were born. Iamsorry but the line“tomake youbetter sportsmen”was a mere motivational excuse, as was all that talk about preparing you
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 63 33 #1 MOVI k m m A V? GAPORE! "AMAZING 3D YOU WANT TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH!" Ang Hui Mill, 24, Guest Relations Officer "GREAT FAMILY MOVIE!" Denise Lam, 37, Homemaker "VERY FUNNY AND ENTERTAINING!" Abdul Hafiz, 12, Student [^DREAItAVtlKKS Puss-boots 3D NOW SHOWING In Digital 3D and IMAX 3D
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    • 3 33 THf MOST ANTICIPATE
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  • Page 34/35 Miscellaneous
    • 471 34/35 SUNDAY MANGA KELONG KING the new paper manga WRITERS: ZAIHAN YUSOF, SIMON ANG STANLEY HO ILLUSTRATORS: KELVIN CHAN CHNG CHOON HIONG Episode 7: The tip-off Wilson Raj has been arrested at an airport in Finland. But the rest of the world doesn’t know that yet. Zai receives a call from
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    • 114 34/35 Feb 25, 2011, Rovaniemi, Finland (north of Helsinki) After leaving court... STOp! -30 deg C Sigh He got as far as 80m before the cold stopped him. So ends the great escape. Wilson Raj starts to warm up to his Finnish investigators. He tells them he is a member of
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • 853 36 For a long time, having a personal shopper meantyou have arrived; you are someone who has major cash to pay someone else to shop foryou. Then in the early 1990s, Tangs department store offered a similar service for free. There are now a few shops
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  • HUMOUR
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      737 37  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg A surcharge for the surcharges ComfortDel- Gro’s shareholders are really green. At least, I thinkthat’swhat people have been saying. Singapore’s largest taxi company’s is really, really green after its decision to revise its fares from tomorrow. Obviously, ComfortDelGro is aware of the carbon footprints of those
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    • 598 38  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg A zombie apocalypse in Singapore? At least, that was how my wife described it. It happened on the night of Nov 11 yes, 11.11.11. Oooh, spooky. It was past midnight (which technically made it Nov12,but let’snot
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    • REALLY
      • 95 38 Odd news that’sfor real A man hired a prostitute to come to his hotel room– and answered the doorto hisown daughter. The Daily Mirror reported that Mr Titus Ncube, a married father-of-three, collapsed on the floor with shock while his daughter, 20, fled
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      • 73 38 AP Gamers who were worried their virtual battles could land them at the Hague war crimes tribunal can relax. The RedCross’International Committee dismissed reports that it was investigating whether Geneva Conventions applied to video games. The groupassured gamersthat “serious violations of the laws of war can only
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      • 80 38 AP AnAmerican womanwhotookher mother’s ashes to bingo games for good luck is hoping for the return of the urn which was stolen from her van. It was in a bag that Ms Diane Bozzi was planning to take to her bingo game later in the day.
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    • 329 38  -  MIDDLE CRASS HO LIAN-YI tnp@sph.com.sg I'mnotagainstComfortDelGro’s fare increase, which comes into operation tomorrow, but sometimes it feels like cab companies are taking us for a ride. Personally, I think that if brokers, traders and financial advisers can have the temerity to expect
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  • TV
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      416 39  -  NewTVseriesCharlie’sAngelslacksthe sex appeal that made the franchise famous JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg I’veprobablymentionedthis before over the past several years. Theonly fanletter I’ve ever written was to Farrah Fawcett, star of the original Charlie’s Angels. It was 1976. I was nine years old. She was braless. It was true love.
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    • Article, Illustration
      179 39 ABBY SAMPSON (RACHAEL TAYLOR) Abby’sthe blondeone,but unlikeyour stereotypical blonde, she’snotdumb.This poor-little-rich-girlwas once acat burglar, but then Charlie saved her from a life of crime and turnedher into anAngel. She’sbeen workingasaprivate eye for two years now. NOTABLE FEATURE: Well, she is very blonde. EVE FRENCH (MINKA KELLY) Eve
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    • 129 39 THE MUST SEE THREE Fair Game Star Movies (StarHub Ch 622), 9pm CIAspyValerie Plame discovers heridentityis leaked, allegedly by the US government as pay back for an article her diplomat husband wrote criticising the Bush administration for its role in the Iraq War. Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn. Curiosity: Why
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  • LAST LOOK/LAST CHANCE
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      160 40 The Nobel Peace Prize has had its controversial moments: US President BarackObama’s2009prizeto name one. It is still, arguably, the most prestigious award on the planet. Past recipients include Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and Mr Nelson Mandela. The ceremony for this year’s Nobel
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  • RACING
    • 1124 41 RACE 1 (1,600m) FINEZZA (6) has been threatening to breakthrough in three outings this season, including his past two over this trip for a closing fourth and neck second last month. Has bold claims, despite a tricky gate. JOLLY FINE (11) came
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    • 913 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD I TIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIPWOO,COURTESYOFTHEHONGKONGJOCKEYCLUB RACE1 CLASS3TURF 1600m TIME:12:25 Stakes:HK$900,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 ATHENIUM SWOODS MDUPLESSIS 133 9 2 ENABLING JSIZE DWHYTE 133 8 3 SUPERTIGER DJHALL BPREBBLE 130 1 4 TAKEANOTHERCHANCE DEFERRARIS ZPURTON 128 4 5 NORTHHILL ASCHUTZ
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    • 695 42  -  CA THA YPACIFIC HONG KONG SPRINT TAN THEAN LOON Reporting from Hong Kong Singapore's sprint king ROCKET MAN is drawn unfavourably in the second widest barrier of 14 runners in his quest to go one better in the international HK$ 14 million ($2.3 million) Cathay Pacific
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    • 400 42 STC. Hong Kong Sprint over 1,200m at Sha Tin when he partners local galloper LUCKY NINE. Lucky Nine has been labelled by Rocket Man’s trainer Patrick Shaw as one of the horses to beat in today’s sprint and Prebble goes into the race
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    • 1160 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5D1 12.50 -1200m Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****9 Beauman 57 (43) CSChin*c4 9 (5nzgRBMarsh-TudorLodgeRacing) 2 357--- Decisive 57 (43) KTChengc1 2 (3agMFreedman-Mummify) 3 6580 HighMillennium 57 (43) OPlacais 10 (4nzgHWTan-PLKoh) 4 6096 SpanishTrain 57 (43)
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    • 2076 44 / 45 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIPOLYTRACKMEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Beauman))Resuming but a few runs in his first campaign over this distance were good. Worth following. 2 Decisive))Showed speed with blinkers and battled on OK last time and some hope here for the Quartet. 3 High Millennium))Not a lot
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    • 157 44 / 45 BESTBET This Theo Kieser-trained four-year-old is a very genuine and consistent horse, with two wins and three seconds from as many starts. The thing that impressed me most was the way he finished second to Rocket Man in last week’s trial. He was able
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    • 552 44 / 45 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Winning Dan 10 5 9 5 Zinly 10 5 10 5 Zinly Winning Dan Winning Dan Apache Junction Winning Dan Zinly Wicket 10 11 6 1 Bold Rob Beauman Zinly 1 6 Beauman Beauman Apache Junction Happy
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    • 1239 46 / 47 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS MOONEE VALLEY RACE 1 Moonee Valley (1,200m) 4 PAU HANA (D T Curran) 4m (10:0-4-1): Handy form two of three this preparation including hd 2nd (56.0) 1,100m Kyneton Nov 2 and 6th (56.0) 1,200m M Valley Nov 11
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    • 545 46 / 47 12:45Race1 MOONEEVALLEY 1200M 1 AMRAK MZAHRA (4) 57 2 CHANTOOZIE DMOOR (12) 57 3 NOPLACELIKEHOME CHRISSYMONS (6) 57 4 PAUHANA CNEWITT (3) 57 5 PHILIPPAMISS DAMIANLANE (1) 57 6 RUBYDIAMONDS BMELHAM (5) 57 7 SHE'SGOTGRUNT JACKHILL (10) 57 8 INALLHERGLORY DDUNN (7) 55.5 9
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    • 466 46 / 47 RACE1(ROSEHILL) 1st 3 King Gladiator ($54-$19) 2nd 9 Tropicana Girl ($9) 3rd 2 Winning Glory ($7) 4th 5 Tom's Rocket. Forecast $64. Place forecast $15 (3-9), $10 (2-3), $6 (2-9). Tierce $784. Trio $55. Quartet No winner ($270 jackpot carried forward to next race). Quadro: $63.
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    • 593 46 / 47 YESTERDAY'S NZ (AWAPUNI/TE RAPA) AUSTRALIA (ASCOT) RESULTS RACE 1 (AWAPUNI) 1st 11 Kekova ($23-$7) 2nd 1 Beyond Belief ($9) 3rd 5 Red Mafia ($11) 4th 4 Platinum Dancer. Forecast $17. Place forecast $8 (1-11), $12 (5-11), $10 (1-5). Tierce $95. Trio $23. Quartet No winner ($158 jackpot carried forward to
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    • 520 46 / 47 Race1 C5(STRAIGHT)1100m 8 MONEYNOTENOUGH54.5c53.5(45-14) KEirwan (5) 1 1 1 (446) 1 DUSKYMAIDEN57c56(16-5.1) LouHo (1) 2 2 2 (429) 1.25 4 BUKITMASCITY55.5c53.5(158-32) AlexChew (7) 5 7 3 (489) Nk 2 SOUTHERNCONQUEROR57(70-18) TMWan (6) 6 6 4 (475) 2.75 XWinningstable:SuperKing.Trainer:LN Danis.Time:1min06.00sec(Going: soft).Forecast:$28.Tierce:$1148. Quartet: No winner ($***** jackpot carried forward
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
    • 30 42 Saturday,Dec10 2011 First Second Third 5234 1818 7897 Starters 5766 8228 5797 5147 9911 0573 3675 9214 0143 9198 Consolations 1477 7276 3041 4967 4551 9938 2277 3653 9751 6315
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  • GOLF
    • 452 48 DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Reuters. The local billboards call the Dubai World Championship the “GreatestshowonEarth” and Luke Donald did his best to justify that tag with a faultless six-under 66 in yesterday’sthirdround. The world No. 1’s performance means he now stands on
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    • 366 48 HIGHLY-RATED Lam Zhiqun of Singapore hopes to follow in the footsteps of Asian Tour’s rising stars Noh Seung Yul, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Gaganjeet Bhullar when he makes his professional debut at the inaugural Thailand Golf Championship this week. Lam (right), Singapore’s top amateur golfer
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  • BASKETBALL
    • 178 49 GOLF AFP. TIGER Woods went back to school in an eighth-grade class yesterday, getting an education in crime-solving and evidence analysis from his foundation’syouthprogramme. Woods (above), who snapped a win drought of more than two years with a victory last weekend at the World Challenge charity
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    • 185 49 Wire Services. RETIRED golf legend Lorena Ochoa of Mexico announced the birth of her first child, son Pedro Conesa Ochoa. Ochoa’s brother Alejandro said the baby was born on Thursday at 8.58pm in Mexico City. Former world No. 1 Ochoa, who retired with 27
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    • 382 49 Reuters. As one dispute is resolved, another arises. A new National Basketball Association (NBA) era began in controversy as a blockbuster three-way trade that would have sent New Orleans Hornets All-Star guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers was vetoed by NBA
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    • 181 49 AFP. THE NBA champions Dallas Mavericks opened training camp yesterday, but like all the league’s teams, their excitement at finally getting on court was tempered by uncertainty. The Mavericks will have to look for a replacement for defensive leader Tyson Chandler, who has agreed to
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  • Page 49 Miscellaneous
    • 48 49 Ip yi. Always play with care. [responsibly) Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE RCBReg No: *****0202G
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  • NETBALL
    • 497 50  -  SINGAPORE 42 MALAYSIA 35 LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg It was such a closely-fought derby that her voice was still shaking, pumped up by adrenalin, some 10 minutes after the win. “You can always expect tough games against our neighbours Malaysia, our rivalry
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    • 181 50 SAILING TEAM Luna Rossa are on course to win the nine-leg Extreme Sailing Series, after charging to the top of the leaderboard of the Singapore leg yesterday. The Italian team came into the five-day regatta– the finalleg oftheseason on 69 points, justonepointahead ofFrance’s Groupe Edmond
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  • CLUB WORLD CUP
    • 377 51 QUARTER-FINALS KASHIWA REYSOL v MONTERREY (Today, 6.30pm, StarHub TV Ch 222) Reuters. Mexican side Monterrey have the firepower to be the first Central American team to reach the Club World Cup final, captain Luis Perez said in Japan yesterday. “It’s true no team (from Concacaf)
      Reuters.; PICTURES: AFP  -  377 words
    • 273 51  -  M-LEAGUE DILENJIT SINGH ANOTHER day, another fitness test for the LionsXIIplayers. At the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, Singapore’s M-League team were put through the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test, which gauges their speed endurance. On Thursday, they took another fitness test, the Gacon test, which measures
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  • S'PORE BACK IN M-LEAGUE
    • 1559 52/53  -  LionsXIImustlettheir feetdothetalking– like their predecessors GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg I ConsultingEditor Godfrey Robert,a veteransports journalist, covered the Malaysia Cup for The Straits Times from the 70s to the 90s. He was also author of The Malaysia Cup in 1990 and The Dream Lives On (a
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  • FOOTBALL
    • 907 54  -  JOHN LEICESTER AP sports columnist It’sasadreflectiononour times that an amazing scoreline in football this week sparked doubt when it should just have inspired awe. Conspiracy theorists with unsubstantiated mutterings of a possible fix prevented Lyon from simply basking in their 7-1 rout of Dinamo Zagreb
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  • EPL
    • 721 56  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI SUNDERLAND v BLACKBURN (Tonight, 9.30pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK There’s no easy start for Martin O’Neill at Sunderland. His tenure at the Stadium of Light begins with a crucial relegation battle against Blackburn Rovers and defeat
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    • 509 57 STOKE vTOTTENHAM (Tomorrow, midnight, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) Wire Services. Stoke striker Peter Crouch has a point to prove to his former manager Harry Redknapp when Tottenham visit the Britannia Stadium tomorrow morning (Singapore time). Stoke’s £10 million ($20m) record-signing Crouch (right) will be
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    • 679 60 LIVERPOOL 1 (Suarez 47) QPR 0 LUIS SUAREZ scored his first Premier League goal since early October to give Liverpool victory. The Uruguay international, in the headlines for anything but his football in recent weeks, headed in Charlie Adam’s cross from close
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    • 580 61 BOLTON 1 (Klasnic 55) ASTON VILLA 2 (Albrighton 33, Petrov 39) FIRST-HALF goals from Marc Albrighton and Stiliyan Petrov were enough for Aston Villa to consign Bolton to yet another home defeat which saw them dumped to the foot
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    • 223 61 WEST BROM 1 (Reid 33) WIGAN 2 (Moses 37, Gomez 57 pen) WIGAN moved out of the bottom three as West Brom’s penalty curse struck again via Jordi Gomez’s spot-kick winner. Defender Steven Reid’s free-kick put the Baggies ahead but Victor Moses’ first goal
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    • 623 62 NORWICH 4 (Hoolahan 39, Holt 59, 82, Morison 63) NEWCASTLE 2 (Ba 45, 71) A DOUBLE from Grant Holt helped Norwich defeat 10-man Newcastle in a six-goal thriller at Carrow Road. Demba Ba’s first-half strike cancelled out Wes Hoolahan’s opener before Holt powered home a header to
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    • 242 62 SWANSEA 2 (Sinclair 56, Graham 90) FULHAM 0 GOALS from Scott Sinclair and Danny Graham, plus a penalty save from Michel Vorm, gave Swansea a first Premier League win in five games. United States international Clint Dempsey had been unfortunate to get in
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    • 378 63 ARSENAL1 (Robin van Persie 70) EVERTON0 Wire Services. Before the game, Arsene Wenger said he believed that his red-hot captain Robin van Persie could one day be immortalised like Gunners legend Thierry Henry with a bronze statue outside the Emirates Stadium. As if
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    • 354 63 PA Sport. THIERRY Henry paid an emotional tribute to Arsenal and his former teammates after seeing himself immortalised in a bronze statue outside Emirates Stadium yesterday. The Gunners’ record goalscorer (right) was one of three club legends to be honoured as part of their
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    • Article, Illustration
      1341 64 / 65  -  As Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates 25 years at Man United, our columnist Glenn Conn ley releases a tongue-in-cheek biographyoffootball’smostsuccessfulmanager…and greatest grump. Here is an extract GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg I GlennConnley’sbook,HowToBeFerociousLikeSirAlex Ferguson, is available at bookshops worldwide. Catch him at8pmeachweeknightonFCDaily,StarHubFootballChannel222. Measuring greatness can be an awfully tricky
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    • 744 66 / 67  -  MAN UNITED 4 (Luis Nani 17,56, Wayne Rooney 27,62) WOLVES 1 (Steven Fletcher 47) Nani and Rooney rediscover scoring touches... GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Just like that, the goals have flowed again. This is the Manchester United every one knows. The Red Devils put on an awesome display
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    • ON TV
      • 165 66 / 67 LIVETELECASTS EPL Tonight: ISUNDERLAND vBLACKBURN SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 9.30pm Tomorrow: ISTOKEvTOTTENHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), midnight Tuesday: ICHELSEAvMAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 4am LALIGA Tomorrow: IA.BILBAO vR. SANTANDER StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD),
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      • 39 66 / 67 DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Today: IDAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 4pm DUBAI LADIES MASTERS Wednesday: IDAY 1 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 5pm Thursday: IDAY 2 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 5pm
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      • 13 66 / 67 NATIONS CUP 2011 Today: IFINAL StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 4.45pm
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  • SPORTS
    • 455 58/59  -  Our columnist tells DILENJIT SINGH that the Chelseaboss’wordsshowhisinexperience CHELSEA v MAN CITY (Tuesday, 4am, SingTel mioTVCh 102) PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg I Paul Parkeris aformerEngland and Manchester United defender who won two EPL titles and earned 19 caps for his country. He is currently a
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    • 355 58/59 PA Sport. Andre Villas-Boas has angrily accused Gary Neville and other big-name ex-players of biased punditry when criticising his Chelsea side. Villas-Boas’warofwordswithNevilleescalat-ed yesterday as the Blues boss let rip at the former Manchester United captain, who has been outspoken in his assessment of the Blues’
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    • 453 58/59 PA Sport. HARRY Redknapp thinks Andre Villas-Boas should stop complaining about a supposed media campaign against Chelsea and start concentrating on trying to lift his team back in to the English Premier League title race. Blues boss Villas-Boas has come under fire recently for a
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