The New Paper, 18 December 2011

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  • UPFRONT
    • 591 2/3  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg It would have been an obvious thing to write a commentary about the train disruption yesterday morning. After all, it was the third such outage to our rather famously efficient train transport network in a mere four days. And of course,
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    • 164 2/3 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 In the first half of this year, 454 bicycles were reported stolen, about 40 per cent more than in the same period last year. +10 Retail sales and exports are up and the total tonnage of ships calling at the Singapore port this year has crossed
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      70 2/3 “He’saselfishlover.He’dbe callingouthisownname.” –FormerAmericanIdoljudgePaula Abdul, on what it would be like to hook up with fellow judge Simon Cowell “Hegets nothing.Not a thing… Andthat wayif I give him nothing, he won’tremember itand hewon’t expectit next yearandit’scheaper!” ActressSandra Bullock, joking about stiffing her son Louis for Christmas “Whywould we wantto
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    • Article, Illustration
      448 4 Wednesday, Dec 14,6am Circle Line Where: Between Marymount and one-north MRT stations Why: Service was disrupted due to a communication network problem which remains unresolved. SMRT’s engineers will continue to work with the system supplier Alstom and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to stabilise the system
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    • 62 2/3 INSIDE FEATURES 8-13 Ohno,not again: SMRTtrain servicedisruptions 18 Abercrombie&Fitch’s shirtless greeters: Themen& the mayhem 34 KelongKing SPORTS 52 M-League: AguAmribatteries topower LionsXIIattack 64 PaulParker Howtohandle Ballotelli? COLUMNS 14 Confessions ...ofa taxidriver 39 Notesfrom Neil Humphreys Rollupfor the mystery tour 40 ActBlur bySM Ong Do youhear whatI hear? IsMRTtrain falling apart?
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 205 6 Party without binge drinking HPB to young adults in party season Partyonthisfestiveseason–butdonotgettoodrunk. ThatistheHealthPromotionBoard’slatestinitiative to get young adults to enjoy the festive season without binge drinking. Billed The Last Man Standing, the campaign kicked off at Zouk on Friday. It aimed to heighten awareness around the prevalence of binge drinking amongyoung
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    • 111 6 Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have submitted proposals to the authorities for a National Plan of Action against Human Trafficking. They said the definition of trafficking covers not just the act of harbouring and transportation, but also coercion, exploitation and forced labour, reported
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    • Article, Illustration
      48 6 FALL CALL: SCDF said it received a call at 2.15pm that a worker had fallen from a height while working at the Sengkang MRT Station. The man, in his 20s, was sent to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He was conscious but had multiple fractures. PICTURE: STOMP
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    • 399 6 Tropical storm pounds southern Philippines Pounding rain from a tropical storm swelled rivers and sent walls of water crashing into two southern Philippine cities in the thick ofnight. It killed at least 436 people, many caught in their beds, officials said yesterday. Some 200 more were
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    • 128 6 AP. The US Senate has approved a two-month extension of a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. It’s a partial victory for President Barack Obama. Democratic and Republican leaders went with just a short extension after failing
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    • 99 6 AFP. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at an aircraft carrying US company Freeport-McMoRan workers in Indonesia’srestiveprovinceof Papua, injuring one passenger. A heavy-lift Nyaman Air helicopter with 23 passengers and three crew members was flying at 600 feet when the gunmen attacked it, injuring one
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    • 108 6 AFP. Technology giant Sony held the world release of its next-generation PlayStation Vita handheld console in Japan yesterday, aiming to take abite out of the growing smartphone games market. GamingfansinJapan,Sony’shomecountry,flocked to the shops to get their hands on the device, which costs between 25,000
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    • Article, Illustration
      177 6 30 hours The time an 82-year-old man in the UK, who was going to visit his daughter 90km away, spent driving in circles after he missed an exit. His worried family called the police and when he was found, he confessed to being well, just“alittlebit lost”. S$9,000 The
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    • 193 6  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg Kreta Ayer, which means “water cart” in Malay, got its name from the bullock carts which used to supply water to the area. We take a visual peak at the thriving area at the heart of Chinatown. A three-storey shophouse in
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  • PEOPLE
    • The face
      • 817 8 / 9  -  Surely one of the toughest times for SMRTCEO SawPhaik Hwa (right), she says she will consider stepping down if necessary REPORT:LEDIATI REPORT:LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg Youwouldn’twanttobeinMsSawPhaikHwa’s shoes. The past four days have been merciless. Andthey’relikelytogodownintheSMRTchiefexecutive’sbookasone ofthetoughestsituationsshe’sdealtwithinhernineyearsatSMRT. She had to battle not one, not two, but three train
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      • 115 8 / 9 I BorninKuala Lumpur,Malaysia, shecame to Singapore when she was 17 I Attendedapre-university course atSwiss Cottage Secondary School before enrolling at the National University of Singapore for a science degree in biochemistry I JoinedMetro in1978 asa management trainee and left in 1981 to join DFS
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    • The flaw
      • 851 10 / 11  -  LTAsays disruptions seem to stem from the same problems. PMLee announces public inquiry REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH, LEDIATI TAN, YAP NING tnp@sph.com.sg Ironically, retail manager Timothy Tang was reading The New Paper headline, “SMRT: No effort spared to make sure it doesn’t happen again”, when he found
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      • 217 10 / 11 SMRT was smarter yesterday–atleastinthe way it responded with information about yesterday’s breakdown. During the breakdowns on Wednesday and Thursday, it was roundly criticised for a glaring lack of effective, quick and early alerts and information. When the trains failed yesterday at 6.50am, SMRT sent
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    • The fury
      • 793 12 / 13  -  As on Thursday, many were affected by the breakdown. As on Thursday, many were unhappy with the disruption REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH, SHAUN SOH tnp@sph.com.sg She was frantic. She was snared by the disruption yesterday morning andcouldn’taffordtobelate. Miss Samantha Koh, a sales representative, had the keys
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      • 196 12 / 13  -  compiled byMAUREEN MAUREEN KOH, SHAUN SOH, YAP NING “Singaporewould lookbadto foreigners because we have been saying that we have a first classtransport system.” MadamNoraini, 50, salesrepresentative who had been waiting for a taxi for half an hour at Bishan “Ifind it baffling that Singapore is well
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    • 410 17 Once a punk, always a punk. That seems to be the motto of the 64 punk music lovers arrested last week in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh and sent to police campsfor “re-education”. Authorities in Aceh have said that they want to clamp down on such culture becauseitdoesn’t
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    • 742 18/19  - the men the mayhem Women go absolutely gaga on Orchard Road ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg If you need proof that attitudes in Singapore have changed, it was right there on Orchard Road this past week. The shirtless male greeters promoting the opening of the Abercrombie Fitch store in Knightsbridge mall
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    • 96 21 Howhappyare Singaporeans?HhSi? Overthe comingweeks, weWeaskeole whatmakes ask peoplewhatmakes themhappyandhow happytheyar How happyare Singaporeans? Weaskpeople whatmakes them happyandhow happytheyare Name: Miss Wendy Ng Age: 31 Occupation: Senior marketing executive What makes me happy “Ihave everything I need– myfamily, friends and a job I enjoy doing. Some people
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    • 511 22 / 23 Michelle Obama agrees but says she needs to speak to her husband first Michelle Obama dropped off hundreds of Christmas gifts to the US Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign and in return, received an invitation from a soldier to be his date
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    • 300 22 / 23 Heisdubbedasthe“world’smost hatedhacker”. Mr Adrian Lamo, 30, became the villain in the eyes ofthehackingcommunitywhenhe“betrayed” 23-year-old Pte Bradley Manning. Manning, a first-class private with the US Army, is suspected to be behind the largest leak of classified documents in US history. Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks posted online
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    • 177 22 / 23 106-year-old an investment banker You are done with your working life when you reach your 60s or even 70s. But at 106 years, Mr Irving Kahn is far from any thoughts of retirement. He is enjoying life as an investment banker in New York and is known as the oldest
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    • 339 22 / 23 NBAsuperstarKobeBryant’swife, Vanessa, has decided to end their 10½yearmarriage. The 29-year-old filed the legal documents on Friday afternoon, citing “irreconcilable differences”,celebrity website TMZreported. Sources told the website that she decided to end the marriage because she believes that he has been cheating
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A TAXI DRIVER
    • 553 14  -  JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg He once lived the high life of a flight steward.Now,he’shappytobe grounded, driving a taxi. But the cabby of 10 years, who wishes to be known onlyasMrTan,saysithasn’talwaysbeenaneasyride. The 60-year-old raises the issue of the recent fare hikes by taxi companies ComfortDelGro and
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  • LIVE RIGHT
    • 417 26 This time of year is party season and the time to let loose. Forget work for a while and take advantage of everyone’s willingness to deck the halls meaning, an excuse to booze. Alcohol sales the world over are hitting their year-end high. Having some drinks
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      173 26 WANT TO BE FEATURED? Got a body to be proud of? Want to flaunt it and reveal your secrets to staying fit? Send a picture with your details to tnp@sph.com.sg with the subject line, LIVE RIGHT. Mayling Ng AGE: 36 JOB: Personal trainer, nutritional adviser Ms Ng recently
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  • EATS
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      376 27  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg She had me at the delightful phrase: No counting of calories. Madam Revital Benjamin, 30, who is Israeli, informed me that the food customarily eaten during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah are mostly fried. She invited me to her well-equipped home kitchen to show me
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    • 238 27 Ingredients 500g plain flour, sifted 110g fine sugar 1 tbsp yeast 1 egg 150ml water 60ml orange juice 50g margarine Oil for deep-frying Flour for dusting 1 tbsp of icing sugar 4 tbsp of red-coloured jam Method IPutthe flour,fine sugar,yeast, egg, water, orange juice and margarine in
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      404 27 BEFORE she got married, she told her husband one very importantdetail–shedidn’t know how to cook. Madam Benjamin recalls, smiling: “I decided to tell him so he would not get any surprises after wewere married.” It was not a problem, he told her. They could alwayseatat hismother’s. Madam Benjamin
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    • 591 28  -  THIS WEEK: CARROT CAKE Compiledby RENNIE WHANG, ALVIN LIM Ming Ji Shu Shi 85 Bedok North Street 4, Fengshan Market and Food Centre, #01-206 Opens: 5.15am to 1pm daily. Closed on Sundays. This is a slightly oilier carrot cake which is not
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    • Article, Illustration
      784 29  -  VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg The writer is a fast-rising name on Singapore’s culinary scene. She organises cooking classes and personalised chef tables for groups. Find her on www.facebook.com/CulinaryNess Eggs are an everyday ingredient, and are often dismissed as being cheap and basic. But we forget that eggs help give structure
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    • 107 30 Showoffwhatyoueat,withaTweat. Here are some of the tastiest looking dishes on Twitter, Facebook and blogs. Edwin Tan This Tom Yam Soup at Ah Loy Thai at Shaw Towers issospicy it’llsetyour tongue burning. @JKXC Braised Pork Rice Set at Lai Lai Casual Dining. @aimakan Substantial Sri Lankan crabs
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    • 111 30 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 dish cooked by yourself.
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  • WHEELS
    • 457 31  -  TWO WHEELS GOOD DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg Some of my best riding memories werewhen I was a kid. I still remember them from going on my first “overseas” ride at Pulau Ubin to the weekend rides with my parents to our favourite “kway chap” stall. It
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    • 429 31 Run out of gift ideas for your buddies? Maybe you just want to get yourself something special this holiday season? TNPS rounds up five great gift ideas for cyclists 1.CARBON–FIBREBIKE The Focus Cayo is a carbon-fibre race machine for riders looking for their first upgrade, or
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  • PARENTHOOD
    • 371 32 / 33  -  FATHER FIGURES EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg Dear Mother Nature, First of all, I’d like to say: Great job on the evolution of humans. Opposable thumbs? Awesome! Ability to use tools. All right! High brain-to-body-weight ratio, which correlates to higher intelligence. Cool! Itseemsyou’vebeenpreparingusforAngryBirdsallalong. That said, I
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    • 442 32 / 33 DEAR NANNY QUESTION I’mconvincedthatmysonwillfail his PSLE because he simply hates Chinese. He’s in Primary 2 and is already taking a simpler syllabus, but has very vocal sentiments about learning the language and will kick up a tantrum whenever we send him for
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    • 459 32 / 33  -  REPORT:SHAUN SHAUN SOH shaunsoh@sph.com.sg Clueless about what gifts to get for your kidsthisChristmas? Afraid that their new toys might not match up to the video gamesthatthey’regluedto? Not to worry. Here are some toys we’ve singled out that are fun enough for your kids
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  • 325 34 / 35  -  COMMENT:S S MURALI THE NEW PAPER SPORTS EDITOR muralis@sph.com.sg Why Singapore? Why is Singapore linked to so many match-fixing incidents around the world? To find the answer, The New Paper sent our top investigative journalist Zaihan Mohd Yusof out on a wild goose chase. Little did
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  • Page 34 / 35 Miscellaneous
    • 394 34 / 35 SUNDAY MANGA KELONG KING the new paper manga WRITERS: ZAIHAN YUSOF, SIMON ANG STANLEY HO ILLUSTRATORS: KELVIN CHAN CHNG CHOON HIONG Episode 15: The Beautiful Game In Finland, Kelong King Wilson Raj is due to receive his sentencing. He will be remembered as the man who put Singapore on the
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    • 243 34 / 35 After Wilson Raj is sentenced, life for The New Paper team returns to normal. Some are preparing for the future... Concurrently, referees, match officials and players in countries like Greece, Korea, Turkey, Finland, Hungary, South Africa and Malaysia are arrested. Singapore has taken an interest in match-fixing, particularly when it
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • 686 36 THERE are a few rules this secret shopper lives by. “Everywristneedsawatch”isoneofthem. It’s almost as sacred as “a woman can never have toomanyshoes(andbags)”. So I’m appalled by practical friends who argue that watches are unnecessary, since mobile phones do the job. I don’t contest the practicality
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
    • 465 37  -  MANDIRA RAI tnp@sph.com.sg With Christmas just around the corner, we have a little something for the man looking to make a sartorial statement this holiday season: Cufflinks. A fashion mainstay that has stood the test of time, cuff links are considered an essential part
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
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  • HUMOUR
    • Article, Illustration
      894 39  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Circle Line late on being late With Christmas coming, Singapore’s transport services are proving about as popular as a butcher in a farmyard of turkeys. On Wednesday, SMRT faced criticism over the lateness in informing commuters that there had been disruptions on the Circle Line. I
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    • 651 40  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take the MRT from Yishun to Yew Tee. It may not sound like much of a mission until the train you’re on seems
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    • REALLY?
      • 91 40 Oddnewsthat’s for real Reuters. Chile’sgovernmentwantsits men totakeoff their ties to help fight global warming, hoping the campaign will save on air conditioning as summer starts in the southern hemisphere. “Let’salltakeourties offthissummer tosave energy,”Economy MinisterPabloLongueira says in television spots airing around the country. In the commercial,
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      • 96 40 Reuters. Chinese police have arrested a man who hired twostrippers toperformat hisson’swedding after the performance was mobbed by villagers, the Global Times reported on Wednesday. Zhang Cheng, from eastern Xuzhou city, had originally wanted a band to play at the nuptials, but was
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      • 89 40 Wire services. Rush hour on a road in the English Midlands was complicated on Wednesday by a literal windfall– a freak showerofwindblown apples. Police said about 100 pieces of fruit dropped from the sky in a few minutes in Keresley outside Coventry, the
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    • 319 40  -  SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg Ramlyburger,no.PinkJambu,yes. On the bus to Johor Premium Outlets (JPO), backseaters slobbering at great expectations: “Eh, can eat Ramlyburgeratleast.” Our guide resigns herself to repeat: “No, no Ramly burger–gotnothingalltheway.” An hour’s ride from Singapore downtown to Exit 302A
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  • TV
    • 524 41  -  LauraDern’sNewAgeseekercomesuphard against reality in Enlightened JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Idon’tthinkI’veeverseena character I can relate to as muchasLauraDern’sbrittle, besotted Amy Jellicoe in Enlightened. If she ends up turning into an axe murdererorsomething,I’llbereallyfreakedout. Written by the brilliant Mike White he should be made an honorary Coen brother Enlightened explores that
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
    • 150 41 THE MUST-SEE THREE The New Daughter Star Movies (StarHub Ch 622), 9pm A divorced novelist moves his two children to rural South Carolina only to discover that a burial mound right beside their spooky house causes his daughter to exhibit increasingly strange and violent behaviour. Starring Kevin Costner, Ivana Baquero.
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  • LAST LOOK/LAST CHANCE
    • 208 42 Angelina Jolie has gone through many changes. Most notably from being the wildest of the wild-child actresses to becoming a respected Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and tireless campaigner for human rights, positively using her fame to highlight human rights issues around
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 46 / 47 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 50 / 51 Miscellaneous
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  • people
    • 391 68 MAN CITY v ARSENAL (Tomorrow,12.10am, SingTelmio TV Ch102) Wire Services. ArsenalmanagerArseneWengerhasfiredthe firstsalvoatManchesterCityaheadoftheclash withthePremiershipleaderstomorrow morning(Singaporetime). The Frenchman has accused the cash-rich Manchester club of ruining his approach of bringing in raw talent and mouldingthem into world-class stars. Wenger admitted in an interview with French newspaper L’Equipe
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    • RACING
      • 1983 43 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIPOLYTRACKMEETING RACE 1 (1,100m) 1 Fly Freely)))Went very close to winning last start and should make quick amends form ideal drawn today. 2 Perfect Kid))Drops to Class 5 and shown enough previously that he should win sooner than later. 3 Queen Kell)))Not at
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      • 543 44 / 45 RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1200m 3 MENTOR131(8-6) DWHYTE (9) 1 12 HOTASSET115(36-9) JLLOYD (6) 2 10 KINGSDOMAIN116(586-91) MLYEUNG (10) 3 4 BEAREXPRESS125(117-20) GCHEYNE (11) 4 XTrainer: J Size. Margins: 1.75, 0.75. Time: 1min 10.5sec (good). Forecast: $14. PlaceForecast:$6(Nos.3-12),$40(Nos.3-10),$83(Nos.10-12).Tierce:$655.Trio: $322.Quartet:$6612.Quadro:$759. RACE2 CLASSRTURF 1400m 6 FIONN'STREASURE121(14-8) GMOSSE (6)
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      • 1312 44 / 45 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 12.50 -1100m Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****2 FlyFreely 58.5 (43) BWoodworth 5 (5nzgDHill-Dowell) 2 733-50 PerfectKid 58.5 (43) JLLi*c3 7 (4agLeslieKhoo-Song) 3 33-239 QueenKell 58.5 (43) OChavez 4 (7amHWTan-JyTan) 4 0-0924 MidlifeCrisis 58 (42)
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      • 98 44 / 45  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON Two-time winner VALEVOLE has impressed in his recent trial and trackwork at Kranji. Make him your top bet and end the year on a winning note today in the final Kranji race of the 2011 Singapore racing season. Valevole showed good
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      • 522 44 / 45 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 1 8 Fuku’s Pet 4 1 3 Fly Freely Fly Freely Midlife Crisis Fly Freely 8 1 Oh Yes Oh Noe 8 5 Queen Kell Vanquish Fuku’s Pet 2 7 7 Fuku’s Pet Oh Yes Oh Noe
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      • 1390 46 / 47 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNSHINE COAST/BUNBURY RACE1SunshineCoast(1,000m) 5 PATTIES MATE (Shane Barling) 8g (85:13-11-7):Improvedon7len6th(54.0)Work The Room 1,200m E Farm (Bm90) Nov 12 for runaway 13/4 len win (55.5) Brave The Way, Za Magic 1,200m Sunshine Coast (Bm85) slow trk Nov 25. Five-time
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      • 543 46 / 47 12:15Race1 SUNSHINECOAST 1000M 1 SOMMERSEADRIVE JKROPP (1) 58.5 2 MAZUKA JBYRNE (9) 57.5 3 FRENARDI MSTHARRISON (7) 57 4 NICKIERA MHELLYER (10) 56.5 5 PATTIESMATE RAYMONDHANCOCK (2) 56.5 6 FINALCRUNCH SHANEARNOLD (6) 56 7 I'MRUTHLESS MITCHELLWOOD (3) 55.5 8 BIGTONY EAWILKINSON (8) 55 9
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      • 508 46 / 47 Race1 MS1200m 13 SENTOSA50c49(71-19) SSVanan* (8) 4 3 1 (524) 2 HONESTBENG54.5c54(33-13) SMutaza* (11) 6 5 2 (447) 2 11 THEKARDASH50c50.5(348-64) BWoodworth (9) 5 6 3 (436) 1.75 8 GLUTINOUSKID50.5(63-19) JNizam* (3) 13 10 4 (476) 0.5 XWinning stable: Sentosa. Trainer: YN Liew. Time: 1min 10.60sec (Going:
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      • 524 46 / 47 RACE 1 (Awapuni) 1st 1 Justanexcuse ($42-$9) 2nd 6 Twilight Savings ($7) 3rd 2 Joku ($17) 4th 7 Platinum Zana. Forecast $56. Place forecast $11 (1-6), $20 (2-6), $28 (1-2). Tierce $1197. Trio $216. Quartet No winner ($***** jackpot carried forward to next race). Quadro:$518.
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      • 450 48 RACE1 ZAC IMPERIAL: Trainer M Walker advised the stewards that his instructions to jockey B Vorster were, if circumstances permitted, from a wide barrier, to try and ride back in the field; raced wide; carried wider. BAJARDO: Jumped outwards; bumped. GRAND
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      • 822 48 Going forecast: Good RACE1 C5 1.35 -1700m Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 96-00- Banchory 57 (33) CKTan*c3 6 (4agEvelynSeet-Horizon) 2 8-0806 WhereElse 57 (33) MDjulkiflic1 4 (4nzgPKLeong-MdmSCKoay) 3 *****0 GoldenTreasure 56.5 (32) SSandanac2 9 (5nzgRLines-KeyToSuccessNo2) 4 8527-0 LuckyExpress 56.5 (32) SMutaza*c2
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      • 111 48 RACE1 10 Texas 6 Speed Happy 5 Magic Melang 7 Bukit Raya RACE 2 4 Vista 1 Colourland Kid 11 Speed Guru 3 Fast Again RACE 3 1 Honest Man 9 Century Fortune 4 Flash Step 3 Happy Winner RACE 4 8 Speed Eagle 1 Drovetti
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    • TENNIS
      • 414 49  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg She kicked, she shrieked, she bantered. The antics of Flavia Pennetta alone was well worth the ticket price of her semi-final against US Open winnerSamanthaStosurattheSingaporeWomen’sTennis Exhibition yesterday. The Italian world No. 20 (right) entertained the 1,000-strong crowd with her colourful on-court play
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      • 196 49 ASEAN PARA GAMES SWIMMER Benson Tan led the way for Team Singapore yesterday at the Asean Para Games in Solo, claiming a gold medal and the Games record in themen’s ID100mfreestyle event. The 20-year-old clocked 1 minute 3.79 seconds to win the final, beating
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      • 304 49 BASKETBALL Wire Services. THE CHICAGO Bulls opened pre-season yesterday morning (Singapore time) with a 95-86 win over the Indiana Pacers, with Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose and Luol Deng contributing 16 points each. The game was a rematch of last season’s National Basketball Association
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    • GOLF
      • 531 50 / 51 Charl Schwartzel staged a dramatic fightback at the Thailand Golf Championship yesterday in a bid to overhaul runaway leader Lee Westwood, cutting his lead from 11 to just four shots in the third round. THAILANDGOLFCHAMPIONSHIP AFP. While Westwood struggled to maintain his imperious early
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      • 415 50 / 51 AFP. ALEXIS Thompson was simply sensational on the back nine of yesterday’s final round as she won the Dubai Ladies Masters by four shots to become the youngest professional winner on the Ladies European Tour. At the par-72 Majlis Course of the Emirates
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      • 427 50 / 51 AUSTRALIAN MASTERS Reuters. Geoff Ogilvy has rarely been known forlosingcontrolofhisemotions, butcreditedan“embarrassing” loss of temper for helping him chargeintotheleadofhishome Australian Masters after the third round yesterday. The former US Open champion cut a frustrated figure on his home course at Victoria Golf Club during Thursday’s
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      • 435 50 / 51 FORMULA ONE Reuters. FORMULA One will continue to be viewed as a minority sport by Americans even though the United States is due to host two grands prix a year from 2013, supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Friday. The United States, absent
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    • SINGAPORE BACK IN M-LEAGUE
      • 520 52 / 53  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg IftheLionsXIIaretobeaninstant hit in their debut season in the Malaysian Super League (MSL), then there must be a steady stream of goals. So is there one, or maybe even two, 20-goal-a-sea-son striker in the team? Step forward Agu Casmir and Khairul
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      • 350 52 / 53  -  REPORTER’S RANT SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg With three weeks to go before the Malaysian Super League (MSL) kicks off,theLionsXIIteamhavelearnt that they will be immune to the threat of relegation should they finish in the bottom four* of the 14-team league. No
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      • 375 52 / 53 Reuters. NEW HANGZHOU Greentown coach Takeshi Okada’s brave prediction that his team will beat Barcelona next year had his own players in stitches. Famed for his confident predictions, the former Japan coach (below) vowed to bring the Chinese side to the Club World
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    • CLUB WORLD CUP
      • 527 54 Brazilian, 19, gets chance to upstage World Player of the Year FINAL SANTOS v BARCELONA (Today, 6.30pm, StarHub TV Ch 222) Wire Services. Just how good is 19-year-old Neymar compared to World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi? Today, the world will find out when their
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      • 138 54 Wire Services. BARCELONA insisted that they will not be dipping into the transfer market to replace long-term casualties David Villa and Ibrahim Afellay. Villa, who broke his leg in the Club World Cup semi-finals, is out for five months. Barca vice-president Josep Bartomeu told
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 270 55 CAMEROON banned skipper Samuel Eto’o for 15 matches on Friday and vice-captain Eyong Enoh Takang for two games after they persuaded teammates not to travel to Algeria for a friendly last month. “Samuel Eto’o, in his role as captain, incited his
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      • 438 55 SeppBlatteradmitsFifashouldn’thave named two World Cup hosts at the same time Fifa president Sepp Blatter admitted yesterday that mistakeshadbeenmade– the biggest was to name the twoWorldCuphosts–Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) at the same time. “It was not the best and most intelligent decision of Fifa to
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    • FC WEEKEND
      • 965 56  -  Our columnist picks Mourinho’smenasthe ones to watch in his mid-term La Liga report GLENN CONNLEY npsports@sph.com.sg I CatchGlennConnleyat8pmeachweeknightonFCDaily, theFootballChannel’snightlyfootballnewsshow-StarHubTVChannel222 Best so far: Real Madrid CR7 AND Co. are on course to achieve Mission: Impossible and beat Barcelona to the league title. They led Pep Guardiola’s
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    • EPL
      • 610 57 ASTON VI LLAv LIVERPOOL (Tonight, 10.05pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) AFP. Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish maintains he is happy with Stewart Downing’s form as he prepares to take the England winger back to Aston Villa for thefirsttimetonight. The Reds spent £20 million ($40.6m) on the
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      • 129 57 PA Sport. NO DECISION will be made on the Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra racism row until Tuesday at the earliest, says the Football Association. A disciplinary hearing into claims that Liverpool striker Suarez racially abused Manchester United defender Evra during a Premier League fixture at
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      • 570 58 Redknapp imposes ban as season reaches crucial period TOTTENHAM v SUNDERLAND (Tonight, 11pm, SingTel mioTV Ch 103) Harry Redknapp has banned Tottenham from enjoying another Christmas party and told his multi-millionaire stars it is a small sacrifice for the money they earn. Two years ago,
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      • 641 60 QPR v MAN UNITED (Tonight, 8pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) Wire Services. Sir Alex Ferguson claims he will be thinking only about picking up three points when Manchester United head to QPRtonight. United have won five of their last six Premier League matches since
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      • 734 61 NEWCASTLE0SWANSEA0 PA Sport. Fabricio Coloccini and Demba Ba were both denied by the woodwork as Swansea rode their luck at Newcastlelastnight. Magpies skipper Coloccini hit one post with a 19th-minute diving header and striker Ba saw a shot come back off the other four minutes later with the
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      • 558 62 BLACKBURN 1 (Dann 72) WEST BROM 2 (Morrison 52, Odemwingie 89) PETER ODEMWINGIE’S late goal secured victory for West Brom at Blackburn to make it an unhappy one-year anniversary for underfire Rovers manager Steve Kean. The home side fell behind in the 52nd minute when
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      • 236 62 FULHAM 2 (Dempsey 32, Ruiz 34) BOLTON 0 BRYAN RUIZ’S exquisite goal helped Fulham to a deserved victory against bottom club Bolton. Clint Dempsey was also on target as Fulham got over the disappointment of their exit from the Europa League in midweek. Fulham
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      • 586 63 EVERTON 1 (Osman 81) NORWICH 1 (Holt 28) MIDFIELDER Leon Osman scored his second goal of the season to earn a deserved point for Everton at home to Norwich. The Toffees fell behind to Grant Holt’s close-range strike in the 28th minute. But nine minutes from time
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      • 286 63 WOLVES 1 (Hunt pen 17) STOKE 2 (Doyle og 58, Crouch 70) PETER CROUCH earned Stoke a fourth successive win in the Premier League as they came from behind to triumph against Wolves. The England striker scored the 99th League goal of his
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      • 597 64 / 65  -  MAN CITY v ARSENAL (Tomorrow, 12.10am, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) Our analyst runs the rule over Man City’s Mario Balotelli and Arsenal’sRobinvanPersie,twostrikerswhocan’tstay outofthelimelightthisseason PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg DAVID LEE Iwouldn’tbringhimtothe club in the first place. Roberto Mancini obviously thinks he can handle Mario Balotelli and it
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      • 382 64 / 65  -  DAVID LEE Well,IfeelRobinvanPersieis just unplayable now. So other than to hope and pray that he has abaddayinthe office and that his frustrations boil over, leading to a red card, there’s nothing much you can do to the Dutchman when he’sinthissortofform. Do you move him to
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      • 476 66 / 67  -  Former Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur striker Les Ferdinand speaks exclusivelytoTNPaheadofthe clash at the Etihad Stadium MAN CITY v ARSENAL (Tomorrow, 12.10am, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Their aura of invincibility punctured, Manchester City are lookingtosetthingsright. The 2-1 defeat by Chelsea on Monday
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      • 735 66 / 67  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg Far from being in crisis, Arsenal are on the ascendency. Since losing to Tottenham on Oct 2, a result interpreted by many as the end of Arsene Wenger’sreign,theGunnershavewon10,drawn two and lost two in all competitions, those two being the
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      • ON TV
        • 183 66 / 67 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: IQPRvMAN UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 8pm IASTONVILLA vLIVERPOOL SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 10.05pm ITOTTENHAMvSUNDERLAND SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium), 11 pm Tomorrow: IMAN CITYv ARSENAL SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 12.10am SERIEA Tonight: IJUVENTUSvNOVARA
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        • 14 66 / 67 THAILAND GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Today: IDAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 2.30pm
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