The New Paper, 29 December 2011

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    12 1 the new paper THURSDAY DEC 29 2011 70 CENTS MICA (P) 114/01/2011
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      88 1 LionsXII earn gutsy draw in M-League warmup Page 62 WOMAN GETS 5 YEARS FOR CHILD ABUSE ‘MOTHER’ TORTURES BOY FOR 2 YEARS His ‘offence’ Ate food in the home without permission Her offences Whacks his mouth with hammer Burns him with hot iron, hot oil heated ladle Gags him with
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      Lock icon They disfigured him for eating WITHOUT PERMISSION
      1521 2 / 3 Mum 2 daughters jailed for horrific 2-year abuse of boy, 10 FOR two long years, his little body endured horrific abuse at the hands of the very people who were supposed to care for him. Not only that, Zack (not his real name),
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      1295 4 / 5  -  That’stheamountofthecash-over-valuation (COV) paid for one three-room flat in Tampines when the average COV is $33,000. Why? REPORTS:LEDIATI REPORTS:LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg HE HAS neither owed money nor has anyone in his family become a guarantor for a loan. The same goes for his neighbour. But that has not stopped loan
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      Lock icon HOW HAPPY ARE WE?
      59 4 / 5 How happy are Singaporeans? Overthe comingweeks, weHow happyare Singaporea ask peoplewhatmakes themWeaskpeoplewhatmakesth happy and how happy they How happyare Singaporeans? Weaskpeople whatmakes them happyandhow happytheyare NAME: Priscelia Chan (above with husband Alan Tern) AGE: 32 OCCUPATION: Actress Whatmakes mehappy: “Marryingmy bestfriend (actorAlan Tern). Ialso liketo relax
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      Lock icon A two-year stand-off between neighbours
      682 6  -  It all started with some water that flowed down corridor REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg HESAIDhewasathiswits’endandhewantedatrucewithhismother’sneighbour.Mr Daniel Chew, 35, had sought help from his town council, made police reports and consulted his memberofparliamentforasolution. Butnothingworked. Heclaimedthattheneighbourliving intheflatnext to his mother’s on the third storey of Block
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      Lock icon Bukit Panjang LRT service ‘C’ resumes
      99 8 / 9 THE Ten Mile Junction LRT station re-opens this Friday, coinciding with the opening of the revamped Junction 10 mall. With the reopening of the station, the Bukit Panjang LRT Service C– via BukitPanjangandSenjastations–willresume. The service will run on weekdays from 10am to 4pm and
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      Lock icon Lower occupancy at Raffles Place, but office rents steady
      86 8 / 9 OFFICE rents in Raffles Place held steady in the fourth quarter despite a fall in occupancy rate, research by real estate adviser DTZ revealed. Average occupancy rates in Raffles Place slid 7.6 percentage points this percentage points yearto89.1percent,duetosubstantialnewsupplyand anoutflowofdemandtoMarinaBay. Despite this,
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      Lock icon Police: Be wary of 'e-friends' who ask you to transfer cash
      125 8 / 9 BE WARY of scams in which you are asked to make bank transfer paymentsto peopleyou have “met” only online, the police said yesterday, citing three such cases. In one case, on Sept 21, a female Singaporean befriended a suspect
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      Lock icon PARTY PLANNER: There will be road closures on Jan 1 for the Chinese New Year light-up. Stretches of New Bridge Road, Eu Tong Sen Street, and the slip road leading from Outram Road into Eu Tong Sen Street will be closed from 2pm to 11 pm. Commuters can call SMRT (1800-336 8900) and SBS Transit(1800-*****27)for details.
      60 8 / 9 PARTY PLANNER: There will be road closures on Jan 1 for the Chinese New Year light-up. Stretches of New Bridge Road, Eu Tong Sen Street, and the slip road leading from Outram Road into Eu Tong Sen Street will be closed from 2pm to 11 pm. Commuters can call SMRT
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      296 8 / 9 SPH suit against Yahoo! Southeast Asia SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) said yesterday thatYahoo!SoutheastAsiahadbeen“free-riding” on the skill, labour and effort of its authors. SPH said this in its reply to the defence by Yahoo! in the lawsuit that it commenced against the Internet firm for allegedly infringing
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      Lock icon All third rail claws secured
      220 8 / 9 TRANSPORT operator SMRT said it has finished securing all the claws that hold the third rail in place on both the North-South and East-West lines. Some transport experts had raised concerns on whether plastic cable ties might be able to withstand vibrations on the tracks.
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          250 10 / 11 With2012 just afew daysaway, wetakea look backatthe biggeststoriesthat appeared in The New Paper in 2011. Here are the ones that made an impact in July and August AFTERsixyearsbehindbars,MrIsmilKadarfinal-lywalkedoutofChangiPrisonafreeman.The 43-year-old had been accused of murder, a hanging offence, but was given a discharge amounting
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          Lock icon Chinese student mocks S’poreans
          157 10 / 11 HE MAY appear clown-like in the video, with his painted lips and black-framed glasses But many Singaporeans do not find his antics the slightest bit funny. Chinese national Wang Peng Fei (left), 24, incurred their wrath after mocking Singaporeans in his four-minute video. The former final-year
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          Lock icon His website caters to 'generous' guys
          139 10 / 11 IN THE spirit of entrepreneurship, Singapore-born Brandon Wey (left), 40, founded an online dating site that is distinctly different from the others. He created WhatsYourPrice.com, a US-based website where members are divided into two categories:“generous”,which ismainlymadeup ofmen, and “attractive”, which consists of mostly women.
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          Lock icon She’s accused of killing close friend
          156 10 / 11 THE two women were more than just business partners. They were also long-time friends who shared an apartment at West Bay Condominium at West Coast Crescent. That was why their friends were taken aback when the police arrested one of them after she allegedly
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          Lock icon A heated debate over a spicy dish
          179 10 / 11 IT WAS a case of much ado over curry. The spicy dish got Singaporeans into a tizzy after the Today freesheet reported on Aug 8 that a family who had recently moved here from China objected to the smell of curry cooking from
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          Lock icon A marginal loss without regret
          274 10 / 11  -  REPORTS:BRYNA REPORTS:BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg HEGAVEthePresidentialElectioninAugustagoodrun.Intheend,DrTanChengBock,71, lostbyarazor-thinmarginof0.35percentage pointtoeventualpresidentDrTonyTan KengYam. Althoughdisappointedthen,DrTansaid hehadnoregrets. HetoldTheNewPaperoverthephoneon Tuesday:“Augustwillalwaysgodowninmy lifeasaveryspecialmonth.Runningfor presidencywasthemostdefiningeventof my life.” DrTanservedasthePeople’sActionParty MemberofParliamentforAyerRajahSingle MemberConstituencyfrom1980to2006. What he remembers most fondly about that election period is the support of his friends. “August was a time that showed how my friendsstoodbyme inspiteof theodds
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          Lock icon Graduating with an emotional F-bomb
          138 10 / 11 IT WAS a six-minute convocation speech about the highs and lows that Miss Trinetta Chong Chiao Sing (left), 23, experienced as a student at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). But she will likely be remembered only for an expletive she used during the speech. Miss
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          Lock icon A dinner snub that turned political
          175 10 / 11 IT STARTED with a withdrawn dinner invitation and escalated into a war of words between the Workers’Party(WP) and the People’sAssociation(PA) Aljunied GRC MP Chen Show Mao (left) revealed on Facebook on Aug 20 that his invitation for a Seventh Month dinner was withdrawn suddenly.
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        1016 12  -  They want to be independent working adults, but the odds are often stacked against the disabled. ALVIN LIM looks at how tough it is for a cerebral palsy man to make a living, in the second of a three-part series ALVINLIMlooksat HE IS
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        690 14  -  Customers mistake her for helper, askherwhat she’sdoingincanteen REPORT: ANNABELLE LIANG aliang@sph.com.sg SHE is often mistaken for a helper who cleans the tables at Wei Wei Canteen. What the customers don’t realise is that 27-year-old Su Weiying is the boss of the canteen located at Bedok
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        Lock icon A SHOT OF HAPPINESS
        335 16 Olympus ‘HappyMoments’ contest finalists WHAT does happiness mean to you? For participants of the Olympus “Happy Moments” photography competition, these photos capture that special moment for them. They had uploaded shots of what they think best representshappiness on Olympus’Facebook page. The top 10 photographers who received
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      138 8 / 9 Festive Treats Riverview Hotel Festive Buffet* (5 30 Dec) Featuring a sumptuous spread of International flavours and festive desserts. Lunch $36.80 (adult) $26.80 (child) Dinner $38.80 (adult) $28.80 (child) V *Festive prices apply on 24, 25, 26 31 Dec. < w A Family Celebration (24 31 Dec) Enjoy an International
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      165 8 / 9 REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES NOW ACTIVELY IN PROGRESS LEVEES Full-Time Part-Time PREPARATORY COURSES LEADING TO 2012 SINGAPORE-CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONS Classes Commencing (Confirmed): 5th January 2012 Foreign Students are welcome (subject to ICA's approval) FREE REMEDIAL CLASSES (ENGLISH, MATHS SCIENCE)* FULL-TIME CLASSES: N 0 LEVELS 9AM TO 3 PM, A LEVEL 9AM TO
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      83 24 Point. Shoot. Win. the new paper THE BIG PICTURE $500 up for grabs every week in The Big Picture photo contest. The theme: Back to School Visit www.tnp.sg/thebigpicture for details. Supported by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. THE SINGAPORE EDITION! '»;< 1 in Your Best A Days
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      360 24 PICTURE:STARHUB CHANNEL5 12.30pm Lifeline 1.30 Planet’sFunniest Animals 2.00 TheTwo OfUs 3.00 TheDrOz Show 4.00 TheEllenDeGeneres Show 4.45 Planet’sFunniest Animals 5.00 Don’tForget The Lyrics III 6.00 India:A LoveStory 7.00 America’sFunniest Home Videos 7.30 ISeeYou 8.00 PointofEntry 9.00 BestOfCrimewatch 2011 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 Movie:D.O.A. 11.45 Supermodelme 12.15am SavingGrace CHANNEL8 1.00pm News8At One
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      84 25 WIN!120 pairs of preview tickets to CONTRABAND WE KNOW MOVIES Presented by JAY GEE CARD Win a chance to have Jack Neo help you make yourown featurelength movie. PLUS $20,000 worth of Sony Handycams $30,000 cash up for grabs p36 D R A G O N 2 29 DEC L
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  • WE KNOW MOVIES FIRST
    • FIRST FEATURE
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        1103 26/27  -  On-screen nudity and nipple piercingsdon’tfazeTheGirlWith The Dragon Tattoo starRooney Mara–butmeetingthepressdoes YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg Reporting from London Rooney Mara is a little-known actress on the cusp of international stardom. She is in an enviable position, thanks to the key role of computer hacker Lisbeth Salander
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          555 28  -  So youwanttoenter the FiRST Film Fest2012. Welcome tothe club! JASON JOHNSON It’s anawesome club,but it’s notan easyclub toget into becauseyouactually have togo and makeafilm. Question is,how? The answer,ofcourse, istojust goout and do it. Lastyear, itwas inspiring tosee allthewonderful shortsfromfirst-time directors whohad the gumptionto followtheirvarious muses.
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    • FIRST BITES
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        Lock icon TOM’S BACK ON TOP...GUN?
        128 29 Tom Cruise has that top of the world feeling again. The megastar was said to have lost his lustre, after his movies like Knight And Day (2010) and Valkyrie (2008) failed to ignite the box office. His latest blockbuster, Mission: Impossible– Ghost Protocol, shows that rumours
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        94 29 MatthewMcConaughey justcan’t keep his clothes on. After turning in a brilliant performance as afully-clothed legal shark in The Lincoln Lawyer, McConaughey is back in his default shirtless form. The newly-engaged actor plays a veteran stripper turned club manager inSteven Soderbergh’sMagicMike and the 42-year-old proves he still
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    • FIRST INTERVIEW
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        721 30 Apart from having a starring role in the Wachowski brothers’2008 CGI-heavy family flick Speed Racer, Emile Hirsch is more of a familiar face on the independent film circuit. But the indie darling is scratching that action-hero itch again and making yet another rare foray into
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    • TRAILER TALK
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        Lock icon PROMETHEUS
        333 31  -  Jonathan Roberts Ridley Scott has finally returned not only to science fiction, but to the franchisehe helpedcreatein 1979 Alien. Prometheus was originally touted as a reboot, then a prequel, then it was its own film before finally settling back to a prequel. The new flick is said to be
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    • FIRST FACE
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        279 32  -  Joanne Soh WHO’STHAT GUY? This 21 -year-old with piercing blue eyes hails from Cambridgeshire, England. WHEREYOU’VE SEENHIM Nowhere.Unlessyou’ve seen theRoyal Shakespeare Company production called Dunsinane, where he played a tree. WHY HIM This heart-throb was hand-picked by veteran Hollywood director-producer Steven Spielberg out of hundreds of teenagers to
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    • FLICK CHAT
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        Lock icon WHY I JUST CAN'T HATE MARKY MARK
        502 33  -  Marky Mark’snew film Contraband is a Marky Mark film. JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg It’s gotguns init. There he is on the poster, holding a gun. He also holds a gun on the posters for The Big Hit (two guns), The Corrupter, The Yards, Shooter
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    • MOVIE DATE
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        Lock icon THE DARKEST HOUR
        478 34  -  A Mars versus Venus look JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg In a fair and just universe I would be writing this review about Speed Racer II instead of The Darkest Hour. Alas... The Darkest Hour is the sort of generic alien invasion movie that gives alien
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    • REVIEWS
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        Lock icon THE INBETWEENERS (M18)
        71 34 Spendingtwoweeks inGreecewith four grottylittle teenageBritsisnot my ideaof a goodtime. ThoughThe Inbetweeners has been described astheBritishAmerican Pie Shepherd’sPie?– iteschews any hint of sexinessinfavour ofrelentlessyuckiness. A spin-offfromapopular TVseries, the storyisaboutfourhomely goobers– takea bowJamesBuckley, BlakeHarrison, Joe Thomasand SimonBird– who meet up withfourvery,very, verypatientchicks whileon vacation. Thoughthe boys aremind-bendingly callow and
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        Lock icon TURNING POINT: LAUGHING GOR RETURNS (NC16)
        67 34  -  Tan Kee Yun HongKong audiences do notseem totire of watching LaughingGor, be iton thebig or smallscreen. TurningPoint:Laughing Gor Returnsis gritty,engaging and boastsbrilliant performancesfromthe entire cast. LaughingGor (Tse) issentencedtolife imprisonmentfor killingSo Sing-Pak(Bosco Wong). Whilein jail, Laughinggets toknow an enigmaticprofessor (Francis Ng), whohas theability toread mindsand
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        Lock icon MARGIN CALL (M18)
        75 34 Irememberseveral yearsback hearing that Nikewas hiring architectsto designshoes. The worldwas doomed, Ithought. InMargin Call,it’s worse withZachary Quinto’sbank employeecharacterhaving beentrainedliterally asarocket scientist. Atany rate,it’s hismassive brain that endsup predictingthe downfall ofhis employer,setting inmotion aseries of eventsthatwill lead toa financialcrash reminiscentofthe 2008 bankingcrisis. Thisisfiction, but thecorruption is obviouslybasedonfact. Asthe
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        49 34 Week-old movies so hot, you couldroast a turkey. SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG13) With a great villain in Moriarty (JaredHarris),it’s no mystery why this sequel surpasses the original. THEARTIST Thiswonderful odetothe SilentEraof filmis amust-see forcineastes. Panache galore! WARHORSE Anold-fashionedmovie about athoroughbredbraving WWI, inturntouching and breathtaking.
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    • FIRST FASHION
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        Lock icon TWINKLE, TWINKLE GLITZY STARS
        282 35  -  Two more days to Dec 31 and the year-end party, and stilldon’t know whatto wear? Stars glam up the movie premieres... or not Jeanmarie Tan Get some fashion inspiration from the best-dressed stars of ensemble rom-com NewYear’s Eveatits Los Angelesand New York premieres. They embraced the
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    • FIRST BUYS
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        Lock icon CONAN THE BARBARIAN
        328 36  -  Blood, gore, guts, carnage. And then some Jason Johnson MOVIE: EXTRAS: Apparently everyone in the world hates Conan except me. Neverhavingread the books– Imean, why?– but being a big fan of the superlative paintings Frank Frazetta did for the book covers, I could pretty much just enjoy
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        Lock icon ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED
        113 36  -  Soundtrack: Jonathan Roberts Ifyou’rehavinga party, youneed this CD. Mainly because there comes a point in any party where you want people to leave. Put this on and you could clear your entire block. The tunes are bearable chart fluff. But the squeaky vocals can really
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        Lock icon ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
        126 36  -  Soundtrack: JB From the home of Wallace And Gromit comes a score from Harry Gregson-Williams, the Brit composer and acolyte of Hans (scores everything) Zimmer. Arthur Christmas is lush, with big orchestral sounds that covers so many themes. Everything. There barely seemed to be a genre not covered.
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      142 29 GIVEAWAY WIN THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE TICKETS We’re giving away 10 pairs of The Inbetweeners Movie in-season movie tickets, courtesy of MVP Films and Golden Village Pictures. Based on the popular British sitcom, The Inbetweeners Movie follows Will (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison) on
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      57 30 WINTHEDARKESTHOURMOVIEHAMPERS GIVEAWAY We’regivingaway 10sets of The Darkest Hour moviehampers, courtesyofTwentiethCentury Fox. Eachset includes TheDarkest Hourgraphicnovel andan umbrella. Fora chance towin, SMS your answertothis question: Namethe leadactor in themovie TheDarkest Hour. 1.Emile Hirsch 2.Chris Gorak 3.Timur Bekmambetov Sendyour answerbySMSto ***** in thefollowing format: TNPFIRSTDARKEST<space >Answer <space>NRIC<space> Name Eg: TNPFIRSTDARKEST 1S*****67ASAM LEE
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      51 31 'CALL OF DUTY 9 SPECIAL OPSI IS ARE CALLING THIS THE BEST SINCE "BLACK HAWK DOWN"! DIANE KROGER 'National treasure', 'Troy' DJIMDN HOUNSOU 'Blood Diamond' ■m 1JMIM 4 A1AINflSUli mm HlffMiallllEUIaiiMMiIIIiniUllBionShilllMUHdllllliainiimMalllll neillHWJmiimillllJnBlmWIUlNU M ifl OHUii KStMISlK mnCH IIEBDBDIA' xvacstUHlrlKI HiM ilflQIif «o mi« wHirlllllllTMAI8I ItMllFINUIIli SWIll HIUI»»(*•.FJImMW ■fitlWKI.il afilm BYSTtPHANE
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      245 33 Il TREATS \ZD mim of I HUST BE HLjJJ r* vifllffiRfci I Km fONTRkdffi > 3Bn««SH9gg *1 IN CINEMAS JANUARY 12 I* fl O Rating: M18 Coarse Language Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale lead the cast of Contraband, a fast-paced thriller about a man trying to stay out of a
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      129 35 GIVEAWAY WIN FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE MOVIE TICKETS Namethe directorof Flying SwordsOf Dragon Gate. 1.Tsui Hark 2.Jet Li 3.Chen Kun Sendyour answerbySMSto***** in the followingformat: TNPFIRSTFLYING<space> Answer<space>NRIC<space>Name Eg:TNPFIRSTFLYING1 S*****67ASAMLEE Contestends on Sundaymidnight.Each SMS costs20 cents. We’regivingaway 10pairsof FlyingSwordsOf Dragon Gatein-season movietickets, courtesyofGolden Village Pictures. JetLireunites withTsui Hark after18years for
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  • Racing
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      427 46 KRANJITRACKWORK WITH two seconds from his last two starts, the connections of MERCHANT (right) could be forgiven if they feel a tad frustrated. However, come Sunday, all of that could change. Their horse showed up in a gallop yesterday morning looking like a million bucks.
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      794 46 RACE1-1400m(Turf) C4D2 12.50 1 Predictable DMcDonogh (9) 58 2 PetroniusMaximus RShafiq* (13) 57.5 3 AlwaysHappy BVorster (6) 57 4 QuiteAMan JPowell (4) 57 5 Martel DBeasley (11) 56.5 6 OkOk OPlacais (12) 56 7 Warspirit WLTan* (7) 56 8 Dreamcatcher MZaki (10) 55.5
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      404 47 IPOHTRACKWORK NST. BEST RECRUIT geared up for a comeback win in the Class 5 event over 1,200m on Saturday with a one-round workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Tan Chee Kit, the six-year-old Australian gelding by Belong To Me trotted one
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      513 47 CHAMPION JOCKEY: Jackson Low celebrating after winning the Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup aboard Tears To Diamond last Sunday, bringing his winning tally to 65. PICTURE: NST FINAL TALLY (JOCKEYS) 1st 2nd 3rd JacksonLow 65 54 41 IAzhar 60 34 35 BWoodworth
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      30 46 Wednesday,Dec *****1 First Second Third 1698 4882 6203 Starters 2945 9099 6176 1631 2077 5653 7441 0468 1836 0559 Consolations 8329 7960 1215 4544 5260 5640 6332 6452 7334 3528
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      530 48 MIAMI HEAT 115 BOSTON CELTICS 107 AP. ROOKIE Norris Cole starred for the Miami Heat as they beat Boston 115-107 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to maintain their impressive start to the National Basketball Association season and hand the Celtics their second consecutive loss. The
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      321 48 AP. ATLANTA106 NEW JERSEY 70 ATLANTA opened a double-digit lead early and cruised to a victory over sluggish New Jersey, who were playing their last home opener in the state. Marvin Williams had 14 points and nine rebounds while Jeff Teague added 13 points for the Hawks, who
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      563 49 AFP. NOVAK Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer meet in a US$250,000 ($325,000) three-day exhibition tournament in the Gulf’s winter sun from today, eager to strike early blows ahead of the 2012 season. In the new year, world No. 1 Djokovic will defend
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      286 49 AFP. ANNA Chakvetadze, whose career has been derailed by a series of worrying health problems, believes she can rediscover the form that once took her to No. 5 in the world and the US Open semi-finals. The Russian was sidelined for most of 2011 after
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      51 49 SPORTS FIXTURES Always play with care. 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 IPLAVi) [responsibly! Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE HI RGB Reg No;
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      913 50/51  -  GARYLIMpickshisbest EPL signings of 2011 GARY LIM Scott Parker (Tottenham) IAge:31 IPreviousclub: WestHam HIS FORMER Charlton manager Alan Curbishley believes there is no better English holding midfielder around. One of the most under-rated players in the country for years, Parker is finally starting to get the recognition he
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      432 50/51 Fury over Beckham s high salary Wire Services. DAVID Beckham’s proposed move to Paris St Germain next month is not well received by everyone. France’s Socialist MPs are angered by plans to pay Beckham (right) £700,000 ($1.4 million) a month, reported the Daily Mail. The deal will make the former
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      326 52 REDS DEFENDER AGGER: DEFENDERDanielAggerinsistsnoradi-cal changes are required in order to solve Liverpool’s goalscoring problems. A sixth home draw, against the Premier League’s bottom side Blackburn, means the Reds have dropped 12 points from a possible 27atAnfield. They have also scored only 21 goals in 18
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      109 52 Reuters. LIVERPOOL forward Luis Suarez was banned for one match and fined £20,000 ($40,000) by the English FA yesterday for making an offensive gesture to Fulham fans after Liverpool lost 1-0 to Fulham in a Premier League match at Craven Cottage earlier this
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      191 52 Reuters. THE Dutch Cup tie between Ajax Amsterdam and AZ Alkmaar which was halted after 38 minutes will be replayed on Jan 19 behind closed doors, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) announced yesterday. The Dec 20 match had to be abandoned after an
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      686 53 PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger accepted Arsenal had let an opportunity pass them by, after being held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by 10-man Wolves at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners could have capitalised on Monday’s dropped points from Chelsea to climb back into the English Premier
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      293 53 PA Sport. BLACKBURN’Sunder-firebossSte-ve Kean is convinced the troubled club will avoid relegation from the English Premier League. Kean’s(left)teamarebottomof the table and the Scot has been the subject of a prolonged supporters’ campaign for his removal. The situation reached its nadir as Kean suffered a torrent of
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      64 54 / 55 AFP. CHRIS Whelpdale (above, in blue), a winger with English fourth-tier side Gillingham, suffered a painful and unusual injury in the 2-1 Boxing Day win at Crawley when a tackle split open his scrotum. “It’s an horrific injury,” Gillingham boss Andy Hessenthaler told the BBC. “He’s
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      520 54 / 55 Wire Services. JOE HART, the Manchester City goalkeeper, admitted that the challenge facing Roberto Mancini’s players is a daunting one as they chaseafirsttitlesince1968. However, he insisted that they are “still the team to beat” in this season’s race. Manchester United are now level
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      611 54 / 55 Wire Services. FIGHTING spirit. That is the key ingredient in having a successful English Premier League season. And Manchester United defender Patrice Evra believes only the EPL champions have the necessary fighting spirit to win the title this year. The France left-back
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      240 54 / 55 Wire Services. ANDERS Lindegaard has underlined the growing threat he poses to David de Gea at Manchester United with a tweet boasting about his record of six clean sheets in seven games this season. Lindegaard, 27, a £3.5 million ($7.1m)
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      615 56 / 57  -  Chelsea youngster makes dream return after retiring due to injury last year IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK ATFIRSTglance,there’snothingparticularlyunu-sual about the reports that Chelsea will name academy product Sam Hutchinson in their updatedPremierLeaguesquadonJan1. ButHutchinson,22,actuallyretiredfromprofessional football in August last year and his return to
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      313 56 / 57 PA Sport. JUAN Mata is adamant Fernando Torres will eventually come good for Chelsea after watching the £50 million ($101m) man fail to take advantage of his long-awaited recall. TorresenduredanotherdaytoforgetinMonday’s 1-1 West London Derby draw against Fulham, his first Premier League start for almost two
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      523 56 / 57 NORWICH0 TOTTENHAM 2 (Gareth Bale 55,67) SPURS MANAGER HARRY REDKNAPP SAYS: PA Sport. HARRYRedknappthinksonlyMan-chesterCity,BarcelonaorRealMa-drid could afford to buy Gareth Bale, but he has warned any interested party that the Wales star is not for sale afterwatchinghimtearNorwichapartyesterdaymorning(Singaporetime). Bale scored both goals at Carrow Road as Spurs moved
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      478 56 / 57 SWANSEA1 (Danny Graham 14) QPR1 (Jamie Mackie 58) PA Sport. SWANSEA manager Brendan Rodgers and QPR boss Neil Warnock were critical of the performance of referee Lee Probert after their sides’ 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium yesterday morning (Singapore time). Danny Graham’s first-half strike looked
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  • BACK IN M-LEAGUE & M'SIA CUP
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      1232 58 / 59  -  LegendsMalekAwab, RSuriaMurthi, Leong KokFann, Ho Kwang Hock and Samad Allapitchay choose the best Lions in the Malaysia Cup in Part II of their interviews with DAVID LEE and SAZALIABDULAZIZ DAVID LEE, SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ IThething aboutour MalaysiaCupheroes then was that each of you seem to have
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      855 60 / 61  -  *elder brother in Malay DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg AT 27, Singapore’s first-choice fullback and modern-day Crazy Horse is one of the most experienced playersin the LionsXIIpride. But Juma’at Jantan is adamant that his younger teammates 13 of whom are below 22 don’t call him “abang”, or elder
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      Lock icon No jokes for funnyman
      394 60 / 61  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg THEY say goalkeepers are a crazy lot. Judging by the antics of LionsXII goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma’at,thatdescription isspot-on. The shot-stopper, known as “Ah Lau” to teammates and coaches, is fond of entertaining others with his wacky shenanigans. “I like to watch funny video
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      288 60 / 61  -  ALI KASIM RAIHAN Rahman is fast earning a reputation as a tenacious, tough-tackling defensive midfielder. What he lacks in physique, he makes up for it with ferocity. Plenty of it. Indeed, Raihan, 20 (left), cites his tackling as his best attribute something he owes
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      748 62 / 63  -  FRIENDLY PKNS1 (Mickael Nicoise 55 pen) LIONSXII1 (Khairul Nizam 52) ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM PETALING JAYA ON A MUDDY and slippery pitch which prevented any form of flair and flamboyance, it was down to energy and guts. The LionsXII showed enough of both to
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