The New Paper, 15 January 2012

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    21 1 the new paper on sunday JAN 15 2012 1 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SJj I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      60 1 the new paper JAN 15 2012 MOSQUE VISITS TURN TRAGIC FOR CABBIES Two S’poreans drown off Bintan WOES OF A MALL COP 6 No safety in security 11 KEDAH 0 LIONSXII 0 TOOTHLESS ButSundram says... LEAGUE: M’SIAN SUPER TNP PICTURE: GAVIN FOO 58 Mum sells condo home for ballet boy’s
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    609 2  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg Fifty-one years ago, I sat on the Jalan Besar Stadium pitch watching a Malaysia Cup match with the bubbly enthusiasm of an overzealous teen. Then only 14, I went to the match on my sporting dad’s insistence. So I rode on my dad’s desire and enjoyed
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      141 2 FEATURES 7 Mum’s sacrifice for ballet dreams Teen in UK school thanks to home sale 14 Widow still mourns Husband shot, called her with dying breath 20 K-pop auditions S’pore girls beat odds 30 CNY finds Unusual places for foodie goodies COLUMNS 11 Confessions ...of a security guard and why
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon More funds for families to move up ladder
      254 4 / 5 The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) estimates it might spend more this year, with a focus on schemes that help families move up the social ladder. The self-help group projects that it will spend $25 million this year –15 per cent more
      PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO  -  254 words
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      Lock icon DBS beefs up ATM security to guard against anauthorised withdrawals
      120 4 / 5 DBS says it is rolling out additional security measures ahead of schedule to guard against ATM fraud. With immediate effect, DBS/POSB ATM and debit card-holders who have not used their cards outside Singapore since July 1 last year will not
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      35 4 / 5 TROUBLED WATERS: Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a sandbar off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island yesterday. The ship had more than 4,000 people on board. PICTURES: REUTERS
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      Lock icon At least 3 dead and 50 missing
      518 4 / 5 Italian cruise ship keels over in calm seas Reuters At least three people were killed after an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground and keeled over in shallow waters. Dozens were injured and some 50 people remained unaccounted for
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      Lock icon Thai threat attack suspect may be a Swede: Official
      127 4 / 5 AFP A SUSPECT nabbed in Thailand this week after the US warned of a threat against tourists in the kingdom holds a Swedish passport. “A person with a Swedish passport has been arrested,” said Sweden’s foreign ministry spokesman Andre Mkandawire. “We
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      Lock icon Taiwan’s China-friendly president wins re-election
      90 4 / 5 AP TAIWAN’S president Ma Ying-Jeou won re-election yesterday, paving the way for a continuation of China-friendly policies. With about 99 per cent of the vote counted, the official Central Election Commission said President Ma had garnered 51.6 percent against 45.6 percent for Tsai Ing-wen of
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      Lock icon US might restore full diplomatic ties with Myanmar for prisoner release
      97 4 / 5 AFP MYANMAR’S decision to pardon 651 dissidents, journalists and a former premier on Friday prompted the US to consider restoring full diplomatic ties with the country as a reward to its government. US President Barack Obama hailed the prisoner
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      191 4 / 5 1 The extra week of holiday in Costa Rica that Ms Joan Barnett, a New York City school worker wanted and faked the death certificate of a daughter to get it. The poor alignment of the fonts on the paper betrayed her hoax. She lost her job. 190kg
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      Lock icon LABRADOR’S NEW WALK
      40 4 / 5  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg The 2.1 km Labrador Nature and Coastal Walk is the latest trail to open to nature lovers. Visitors can enjoy the flora, fauna and also a beautiful view of the sea.
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Teen who can’t swim escapes killer wave
      645 6  -  2 S’pore men drown off Bintan beach as third man struggles to safety REPORT BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg TWO Singaporean men drowned after high waves struck while they were swimming off a beach in Bintan, Indonesia, yesterday. Taxi drivers NurYusof Abdullah, 45, and Mohamad
      PICTURE: TRAVELLING INDONESIA; GRAPHICS: CEL GULAPA  -  645 words
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      159 6 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Walkers are now free to roam the Rail Corridor except for at three sites Jalan Hang Jebat, Ghim Moh Road and Kampong Bahru Flyover. These remain closed for improvement works. The HDB will renovate three times as many old
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      Lock icon leap of faith
      58 7 It’s a brave gamble for 16-year-old Thaddaeus Low’s mother. The divorced secretary sold her Katong condo to help pay his ballet studies in UK. She trusts that he will shine. Thaddaeus vows to be the best and buy back the same home for his mum. Full story
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      Lock icon a fine balance
      978 8 / 9  -  REPORTS BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg He soars gracefully, effortlessly through the air, on wings of hope and his mother’s sacrifice. Thaddaeus Low, 16, is one of only 30 in the world last year to receive a place in the prestigious London’s Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary
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      Lock icon a big burden
      436 8 / 9 She hopes that her family’s sacrifices will one day be justified. Adelene Stanley, 16, is one of the talented few to make it to London’s Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Rambert auditioned six students in Singapore last year. It was the first time the school
      PICTURES COURTESY OF THADDAEUS LOW AND ADELENE STANLEY  -  436 words
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      Lock icon a great legacy
      328 10 He is Singapore’s very own ballet legend. The late Goh Choo San, born in 1948, came from a family of dancers. His elder sister Soo Nee and brother Choo Chiat trained at London’s Royal Ballet School. Goh himself began ballet at 10, when he started lessons under
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      Lock icon I quit S’pore for my kids
      1424 12 / 13  -  Last week, Deputy PM Teo Chee Hean revealed that about 1,000 S’poreans gave up their citizenship yearly between 2000 and 2010. One S’porean shares his reasons for doing so REPORTS JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg When Mr Ivan Tang was agonising over a decision to leave
      PICTURE: COURTESY OF IVAN TANG  -  1,424 words
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      Lock icon ‘I wanted placenta, they gave silicone’
      577 17 M’sian woman claims beauty centre botched butt treatment It’s yet another case of a beauty treatment gone terribly wrong. Ms Mandy Chong, a 35-year-old accounts manager from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, paid RM8,180 (S$3,375) to a beauty centre for four injections in her buttocks. The
      PICTURE: CHINA PRESS  -  577 words
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      Lock icon Dead? Post it on your Facebook wall
      299 17 Facebook has become an integral part of most people’s lives now it can be part of some people’s deaths A new Facebook app gives users the chance to send one last wall posting. The free app “If I Die” asks the question: “What
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      Lock icon Boy, 10, breaks teacher’s leg
      239 17 The boy is just 10, but he broke his teacher’s leg with a karate kick. He also shattered the kneecap of Mrs Diane Whitehead, 53. The incident happened in a school in Kent, England for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Mrs Whitehead had to
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      Lock icon So how now?
      435 18 / 19 Europe in new money crisis as France stripped of AAA rating Standard Poor’s (S&P) decision to strip France of its prized AAA credit rating to AA+ and downgrade eight other European countries slammed a continent struggling with a debt crisis and an economic slowdown. The downgrade of
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      Lock icon ‘Great footballer, but nothing... as a man’
      339 18 / 19 Ryan Giggs blasted by betrayed brother over affair with his wife MANCHESTER United’s star winger Ryan Giggs (right) may be a legendary footballer, but his younger brother loathes him as a man. “The man is nothing but a worm,” 34-year-old Rhodri Giggs said
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      Lock icon He checked and checked and checked $269m win
      433 18 / 19 A Silicon Valley financial analyst said he had to repeatedly check his lottery ticket before believing he had won. Mr Daniel Bruckner, 35, claimed his US$208 million (S$269 million) lottery jackpot on New York’s Long Island. He and his wife, Christine, 36,
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      Lock icon Just friends with no benefits?
      342 18 / 19 Shah Rukh Khan and co-star Priyanka Chopra brush off rumours of romance Is there friction in the Shah Rukh Khan household? Indian newspapers have reported that Mrs Gauri Khan was upset over the recent news that her Bollywood superstar husband has been linked with Priyanka
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      Lock icon K-pop stardom for lucky trio?
      664 20  -  Korean entertainment companies shortlist three girls out of 1,000local hopefuls REPORT CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg Singapore has come out tops in the race to K-pop stardom. Three local girls were shortlisted out of 1,000 hopefuls at auditions held by two Korean entertainment companiesyesterday. The casting directors
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      Lock icon She's poised to POP
      568 21  -  REPORT SHAUN SOH shaunsoh@sph.com.sg She specialises in “popping”. For the uninitiated, popping is an urban dance style that involves rhythmic staccato movements of the body. The term sounded weird to Miss Rachel Lee when she first saw it on a dance school’s schedule five years ago.
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      142 10 TOSS UP YOUR PROSPERITY ‘Yu Shenq’ Set Menus 10 January 6 February ‘Loi Hei' for good luck the whole year round. All set menus include a dish of ‘Yu Sheng’ and other auspicious creations. $258 for 4 persons $428 for 6 persons $518/$628/$888/$1288 for 8 -10 persons ♦'-a m W.
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A SECURITY OFFICER
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      Lock icon NO respect, power, security
      815 11  -  JOYCE LIM Joycel@sph.com.sg Whenever Mr Tang Kian Cheong suits up in his crisp uniform, he feels proud that he keeps the people in a shopping mall safe. But much as the 65-year-old security officer would like to imagine himself fighting robbers or saving people, his reality
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      347 12 / 13 M I Cosmic Qi-Gong And Science For Health Business Reg No: *****292X (Specialist) The Science of Cosmic Qi Gong Meditation (rfrii) Ladies and Gentlemen... All about yourself? Today, many are living with the risk of unknown internal body blockages. Seeing health problems and unexpected accidents happening among us in our
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      32 12 / 13 M WAT-3 CLASSIFIED Have a pencai reunion dinner with your family this Chinese New Year. J To find out more, turn to CLASS 8 in CATS Classified in The Sunday Times now.
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  • THEN & NOW
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      Lock icon ‘We honour his memory this way’
      1072 14 / 15  -  Nine years after her husband was shot dead, the framed newspaper clippings are still on the wall REPORT ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg You can almost feel her grief as you enter the widow’s flat. Hanging on a wall near the front door are old
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Spare the teacher’s rod and spoil the child
      988 16  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg A soft gasp is heard whenever I tell teachers at the start of a new school term: If my kids misbehave, punish them. Perhaps just as you are reacting now, with clucks of disapproval, if you are a parent
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Don’t get BURNED at work
      533 22 Stress has long been known as a double-edged sword. At work, it can be a motivator that gives you that burst of adrenaline to achieve your goals. But if you are continually on the edge about your job and workload, the danger is that you
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      Lock icon Ask Ben
      357 22 Q A Hi Ben, what are your views about stretching, and what stretches do you think are essential? Tay Cui Woon, 24, human resource officer Stretching is absolutely essential, as I’ve found in my own training. Initially, I thought stretching was boring and unnecessary, but that changed two
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Radish cake (chai tow kway)
      697 23  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Success tastes sweeter when built on failure, or savoury in this case. Housewife Elizabeth Tan, 67, arrived at this recipe for radish cake (chai tow kway) after three failed attempts in 1990. She says: “I didn’t understand why the radish
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      Lock icon Who cooks it best?
      482 24 We show, you choose THIS WEEK: MEEREBUS Compiled by LIM YUFAN and NURASYIQIN Goody‘N’Jolly Parkway Parade, 80 Marine Parade Road, #B1-113 Opening hours: 9.30am to 9.30pm daily. Closed on alternate Tuesdays This stall has been operating for the past 13 years. Big eaters would love it
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      Lock icon What’s up, brew?
      970 25  -  VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg I The writer is a fast-rising name on Singapore’s culinary scene. She organises cooking classes and personalised chef tablesfor groups. Find her online at www.facebook. com/CulinaryNess FOOD FOR THOUGHT On weekends, nothing makes me happier than chilling out at a quiet cafe with a
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      Lock icon The road less travelled... for CNY goodies
      801 30 / 31  -  Last-minute shopping for Chinese New Year goodies? Go wholesale and pick up some bargains REPORT ANNABELLE LIANG aliang@sph.com.sg Fragrance Foodstuff (top) 60 Woodlands Terrace Opening hours: 8am to 9pm daily The brand has been in the market for 17 years. The sliced bak
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      Lock icon Where do they like to do their CNY shopping?
      193 32 Mr Vincent Aw, 28(left) Head chef at Holiday Inn “I like to go to Fu Lu Shou Complex at Bugis. There’s a dry market selling dried scallops, shark’s fin and other dried goods for Chinese New Year. It’s cheaper, so I’ve
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon CNY gem in the heartland
      811 26 More and more friends of mine prefer to spend Chinese New Year abroad. This way, they say, they get to avoid having to tackle overly personal questions from relatives. But this secret shopper still secretly loves CNY, if only because it’s a great excuse for
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
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      330 27  -  Compiled by Annabelle Liang ASPIRE Raw Essentials Spruce Kicked Cropped Pants G-Star Raw $895 Available at G-Star Raw stores at Ion Orchard and Paragon. These jeans are cropped, making it casual enough for a day out with friends or dress-down day at work. The brand claims
      PICTURES: G-STAR RAW, MISS SIXTY, DKNY JEANS, CALVIN KLEIN JEANS  -  330 words
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      6 27 Are investors TOO PESSIMISTIC ABOUT 2012?
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Believing The Onion is like believing The Noose
      619 28  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg This is a thank-you note. Despite the recommended paycuts, Singaporeans still expect our ministers to accomplish big things like fixing the public transport system and preventing Orchard Road from flooding again. But the small stuff matters
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      Lock icon I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one
      402 28  -  JUST PAIK CHOO SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg A century ago, an American engineer made his predictions for the next 100 years. Without using the words “digital” and “mobile”, he foresaw technology transforming our lives. He also predicted extinction of mosquitoes
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    • REALLY? Odd news that's fpr real
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        Lock icon UK woman gives herself the cough of life
        105 28 Wire Services A UK woman saved her own life when she coughed up an inoperable cancerous tumour. Ms Claire Osborn, 37, hacked up a 2cm-long heart-shaped lump into a tissue, which she took to her doctor. A biopsy revealed it was a
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        Lock icon Jobless woman auctions off tattoo space on butt
        120 28 Broke New Zealander Tina Beznec is auctioning off the chance to put a tattoo on her derriere so she can pay her bills, reported the Daily Mail. She needs the money after being made redundant twice last year. She set up an
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        Lock icon Car thief nabbed after stolen car runs out of gas
        90 28 AP An alleged carjacker in the US state of Oregon certainly didn’t check the fuel gauge on the car he’s accused of taking from a grocery store parking lot on Tuesday. He had thrown the driver a woman out of
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      Lock icon NOTES
      856 29  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Plank man is back! The woman in my local mini-mart is a reserved, affable type always polite but says very little usually. On Thursday morning, however, she exploded. “Ah, you're here!” she cried as I entered the mini-mart. No one is usually that pleased to see
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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      100 29 b DILBERT by SCOTT ADAMS dilbert.com o OUR BUDGET FOR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WAS ELIMINATED. WE'LL HAVE TO PAY YOU OUT OF THE TRAINING BUDGET. T SO INSTEAD OF DOING THE JOB YOURSELF. YOU'LL HAVE TO TRAIN DILBERT TO DO THE JOB WE'RE PAYING YOU TO DO. f WHY DON'T YOU
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Better late than never
      355 33  -  BIKER BOY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Well, it’s about time. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced late last week that there will be more certificates of entitlement (COEs) for cars below 1,600cc and motorcycles. From next month, the COE quota for motorbikes will increase to 820
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      Lock icon tailor your ride
      464 33 It’s a beautiful concept. Buy a Harley and get it tailored to suit your body and riding posture before you ride it out of the showroom. Harley Davidson Singapore claims that if the motorbike “fits”, it will instil more confidence in riders. Safety-wise, you’ll have better reach
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Double pleasure
      470 34  -  Don’t miss out on the crazy yet exciting twin action of The Lying Game JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Being rich rocks. That’s the basic thesis of The Lying Game, in which pretty little orphan Emma Becker (Alexandra Chando) discovers she has a wealthy twin sister, Sutton Mercer (also Alexandra
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      Lock icon THE LIARS CLUB
      288 34 EMMA BECKER (ALEXANDRA CHANDO) Having grown up in a series of foster homes, Emma is thrilled to take over the charmed life of her twin sister Sutton, who is off looking for their biological mother. While Sutton is mean to her friends and family, Emma is kind
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      Lock icon THE MUST-SEE THREE
      125 34 Burlesque HBO (StarHub Ch 601), 10pm An ambitious but down-on-her-luck small-town girl, who ventures to Los Angeles, finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer. She helps to save it from folding with her singing skills. Starring Christina Aguilera, Cher. The Switch FOX
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Yin Xin looks hard to catch
      2070 35 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODA Y’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Atlixco)))Drops to Class 5 for the first time and should be in the finish if any luck from outside draw. 2 Good Timing))Better run last time over this distance and could sneak
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      Lock icon CHATEAUNEUF DUPAPE (Race 2 No.9)
      186 36 / 37  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON Based on his Australasian record, CHATEAUNEUF DUPAPE has a top chance to win first-up in Singapore. The Michael Freedman-trained newcomer, who arrived with a second and two thirds from seven starts in Australia and New Zealand, has plenty of ticks in
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      Lock icon Apprentices CS Chin, WL Tan suspended fourdayseach
      296 36 / 37 LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE STIPES’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS APPRENTICES CS Chin and WL Tan have been suspended for four race days each. Chin pleaded guilty to having returned to scale 1.1kg over the weight that he weighed out on ARABIAN NIGHT in Race 11 on Jan
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE E/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1989 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD (TURF/POL YTRACK) RACE 1 C5 12.50 -1400m(Turf) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 60-078 Atlixco 57 (43) B Vorster 14 (4argg P Shaw-A L A Crabbia) 2 0850 Good Timing 57 (43)
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      530 36 / 37 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 9 9 Zinly 6 9 6 Zinly Zinly Desert Viking Bengawan 12 11 1 3 Vitalico Desert Viking Beauman Chevy 5 11 13 Atlixco For Your Eyes Only Bengawan 3 2 Beauman Good Timing Good Timing Zinly
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      Lock icon Nicholson will relish extra 200m
      1573 38 / 39 RACE 1 (1,200m) LORD DRAGON (7) is by Ishiguru and out of a smart female line (dam is a seven-time winner to 1,400m and half-sister to a New Zealand Derby winner). He’s given a nice impression from the training track with two nice trial moves
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      Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHATIN) RACE CARD
      1403 38 / 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 4TURF 1200m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$675,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 WINNING ARCH A T MILLARD K C NG 133 8 2 AL PRINCE D CRUZ M GUYON 130 3 3 SUPER BROTHER A SCHUTZ
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      1174 38 / 39 OSCAR DOUBLE: Singaporebased Oscar Chavez won on Amazing Grace in Race 3 and Russian Safari in Race 8 in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. TNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR Race 1 C5 (LC) 1400m 3 RULE OF THE GAME 58 c 56 (54-16) SS Vanan* (9) 5 3 3
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      Lock icon Jagabout has drawn a winning gate
      1185 40 / 41 AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNT BARKER RACE 1 (1,100m) 2 SOUTHERN BLUE: Placed once from three starts when 13/4-length 3rd of 11 to Rasadasc 1,100m here Dec 30 in first run back after leading until 400m. 3 COME QUICKLY: Shown improvement three runs here after
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      261 40 / 41 1:24 Race 1 MOUNT BARKER 1100M MOUNT BARKER 1100M 1 METALSPIDER MARCO CHUI (D 58 2 SOUTHERN BLUE ELLIE COCKRAM 0) 58 3 COME QUICKLY PETER BLACK (7) 57 4 CARGO CRUISER 2:04 Race 2 MOUNT BARKER 1300M (16) 57 5 EYE OF JASMA
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (FLEMINGTON/ROSEHILL) RESUL TS
      423 40 / 41 RACE 1 (Flemington) 1st 11 Over Quota ($179-$43) 2nd 1 La Rocket ($16) 3rd 8 Platamore Castle ($13) 4th 5 Kallogg 4th 6 Giresun. Forecast $252. Place forecast $21 (1-8), $53 (1-11), $71 (8-11). Tierce No winner ($2389 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (AWAPUNI/ELLERSLIE)&AUSTRALIA (ASCOT) RESULTS
      524 40 / 41 RACE 1 (Awapuni) 1st 6 Crocodile Canyon ($25-$8) 2nd 9 Aussieaussieaussie ($19) 3rd 5 Loose Change ($30) 4th 3 Blood Brotha. Forecast $176. Place forecast $43 (5-6), $259 (5-9), $49 (6-9). Tierce $6434. Trio $1104. Quartet No winner ($832 jackpot carried forward to next
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      32 38 / 39 Saturday, Jan 14 2012 First Second Third 8730 0166 2732 Starters 2391 7655 6231 3921 9384 9994 9093 1258 5807 9060 Consolations 9132 8513 4469 5697 9794 5132 6815 6300 1454 9390
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  • TENNIS
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      405 42 / 43 MURRAY’S VIEW ON ENGAGING LENDL: Reuters Former players and pundits have lined up to praise Andy Murray for appointing Ivan Lendl as his new coach, saying it’s a masterstroke that could fill the missing piece in the Briton’s Grand Slam jigsaw. Murray, however, poured cold
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      Lock icon A tourist’s guide to the Australian Open
      652 42 / 43  -  COLETTE WONG npsports@sph.com.sg It was around this time last year that I was berating myself for having forgotten to bring two essential items on my trip to Melbourne my sunglasses and a warm coat. You see, that was my first visit to the
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      Lock icon ‘Federer must keep up’
      565 42 / 43 AFP World No. 1 Novak Djokovic threw down the gauntlet to a resurgent Roger Federer by challenging him to “keep up” as the Serb bids to repeat his landmark 2011. Djokovic, who named the London Olympics as a top priority for the year, shrugged off the
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      Lock icon Kobe too hot for Cavaliers
      191 42 / 43 NBA AFP LA LAKERS 97 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 92 KOBE Bryant delivered his third-straight 40-point game yesterday morning (Singapore time), scoring 42 as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-92. Pau Gasol added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who gave
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      Lock icon Every in front
      132 42 / 43 GOLF Reuters MATT Every, who was suspended by the US PGA Tour in 2010 for three months after his arrest on drug charges, birdied his last three holes to move two strokes clear in yesterday morning’s (Singapore time) second round of the Sony Open. The 28-year-old American
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      99 42 / 43 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team I Away Teaml (si a e) International Football South Africa Ghana Sun, 15/01/12 10.00pm For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, Italian and A League, please visit Singapore Pools website. FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE
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  • SAILING
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      Lock icon BALANCE IS THE KEY
      592 44 / 45  -  World champion at the age of 15, KIMBERLY LIM has come a long way after battling her fears for the rough seas LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg If fate had taken a different twist, Kimberly Lim would not have been a sailor, much less a world champion.
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      409 44 / 45  -  LIM SAY HENG HARDWORKING, focused and inspirational. That’s how Savannah Siew described good friend and fellow sailor Kimberly Lim last Thursday when The New Paper visited the two girls at Tanjong Katong Girls’ School, where the duo are Secondary 4 students. Of the newly-crowned
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  • SERIE A
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      1005 46 / 47  -  Our columnist tips the Neapolitans to challenge AC Milan and Juve in his Serie A mid-term report FC WEEKEND GLENN CONNLEY npsports@sph.com.sg SHOCK VALUE I Lazio Edy Reja’s summer transfer budget was a pocket full of coins. So, he took a punt on two forgotten forwards
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      Lock icon Ranieri: We must beat Milan
      819 46 / 47 AFP IT’S do or die for Inter Milan. Coach Claudio Ranieri admits his side must beat neighbours AC Milan to thrust themselves into the Serie A Scudetto picture. The two Milanese giants face off at the San Siro tomorrow morning (Singapore time) in one of
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      140 46 / 47 I Catch Glenn Connley at 8pm each weeknight on FC Daily, the Football Channel's nightly football news show StarHub TV Channel 222 thenewpaper To celebrate the return of the Serie A season, a jersey autographed by AC Milan star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is up for grabs. To win, answer this
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      Lock icon Henry set to start
      565 48 AFP Arsenal’s match at the Liberty Stadium could see Thierry Henry make his first Premier League start since returning to the Gunners in a loan move from New York Red Bulls. The club’s record goalscorer, who marked his return by coming off the bench to score
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      Lock icon Wenger: Football has sold its soul to TV
      258 48 Wire Services ARSENE Wenger has accused rival clubs of manipulating the Premier League fixture schedule for their own benefit by “directly” influencing broadcasters, saying the game had “sold its soul”. The angry Arsenal manager (right), speaking ahead of his team’s clash with
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      Lock icon Focus on survival first, Hughes
      692 49  -  Too premature for new QPR boss to talk about legacies, our analyst tells DILENJIT SINGH PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg I Paul Parker is a former England and Manchester United defender who won two EPL titles and earned 19 caps for his country. He is currently a
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      154 49 PA Sport QPR have agreed a fee of reportedly more than £3 million ($6m) with Chelsea to take defender Alex to Loftus Road, PA Sport understands. Rangers had a bid turned down for the wantaway Brazilian earlier in the week but have now reached a consensus
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      Lock icon Black Cats downed by lucky Lampard
      601 50 CHELSEA 1 (Lampard 13) SUNDERLAND 0 FRANK LAMPARD proved the master of being in the right place at the right time once again as Chelsea overcame Sunderland. Lampard scored for the third successive match since his latest recall, although he knew little about a
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      251 50 BLACKBURN 3 (Pedersen 45, Dunn 46, Formica 79) FULHAM 1 (Duff 56) TEN-MAN Blackburn brilliantly clawed their way out of the Premier League relegation zone for the first time in four months. The first red card of Ayegbeni Yakubu’s nine-year career in English football midway through
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      596 51 LIVERPOOL 0 STOKE 0 LIVERPOOL’S problem of scoring at Anfield once again cost them dearly as they were held to a goalless draw by a resolute Stoke. After a forgettable first half things improved slightly, but Dirk Kuyt missed two headed chances in the final 15 minutes
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      Lock icon Anichebe halts Villa
      148 51 ASTON VILLA 1 (Bent 56) EVERTON 1 (Anichebe 69) EVERTON sub Victor Anichebe rescued a point for his side as they came from behind at Villa. Anichebe had come off the bench to net a last-gasp winner against Villa’s local rivals West Brom at the Hawthorns on
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      149 51 WEST BROM 1 (Long 68 (pen)) NORWICH 2 (Surman 43, Morison 79) WEST BROM crashed to their third straight league defeat as Steve Morison’s header sealed victory for Norwich at The Hawthorns. Albion, who had not netted in their previous three league matches, saw Peter Odemwingie’s shot
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      Lock icon OLD KING’S GOAL
      884 52  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 3 (Paul Scholes 45, Danny Welbeck 74, Michael Carrick 83) BOLTON 0 Cometh the hour, cometh the old man. Paul Scholes was sent out with the script of Cocoon. He ripped it up and learned the lines of Benjamin Button instead. The
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      622 53  -  GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg TOTTENHAM 1 (Luka Modric 51) WOLVES 1 (Steven Fletcher 22) This was a game in which Tottenham Hotspur were supposed to send out a message. There wasn’t supposed to be any other outcome, other than a Spurs victory. Surely, Wolves wouldn’t have enough gas
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  • MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE
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      510 54 / 55  -  Disappointed fans tell LionsXII: DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM ALORSETAR Enough of the long balls. Be more aggressive. Have a greater sense of urgency. More importantly, be more at-tack-minded please? The 12th man has spoken, but will the LionsXII listen? Led by tour operator Akbar Hashim, two
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      246 54 / 55  -  DILENJIT SINGH WITH the LionsXII away in Alor Setar, the kids came out to play at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Around 300 trialists turned up with their parents in tow to take part in the Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) Junior Centre of Excellence (JCOE)
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      Lock icon One point gained or two points lost?
      429 56 / 57  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM ALOR SETAR We should have taken all three points. Most of the LionsXII players The New Paper spoke to post-match admitted they could have won the match. Skipper Shahril Ishak, who headed wide from an Irwan Shah cross
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      Lock icon LionsXII lack bodies in attack
      743 56 / 57 Former national player R Sasikumar tells DILENJIT SINGH that LionsXII need to support Agu more I What are your thoughts on the game? SASIKUMAR: I thought we started the match really well. We were picking up the second balls and the midfielders imposed themselves in
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      Lock icon T-Team top with two wins
      421 56 / 57 TABLE-TOPPING T-Team made it two wins out of two last night when they defeated Kuala Lumpur 3-0 at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Malacca. Zairo Anuar was the architect with a double sandwiching a strike by 35-year-old Zambian forward Zachariah Simukonda. Hot on their heels
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      384 56 / 57  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg THE SPAT between Terengganu and the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) appears to have been resolved after the latter announced an extension to the registration of foreign players However, Malaysia football’s ruling body denied that the decision, made after an emergency
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      Lock icon Coach Sundram: Better safe than sorry WHY NO BITE?
      1157 58 / 59  -  KEDAH 0 LIONSXII 0 ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM ALOR SETAR A point gained or two points lost? LionsXII coach V Sundramoorthy appeared calm and composed after his team battled to a 0-0 draw with Kedah at the Darul Aman Stadium
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    • ON TV
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        179 58 / 59 *All telecasts live unless otherwise stated. For the latest, please check www.mio.singtel.com/miotv www.starhub.com/tv *Programme times, provided by SingTel StarHub, subject to change LIVE TELECASTS MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tuesday: I LIONSXII v KUALA LUMPUR StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.30pm Saturday: I SABAH v LIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 201
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        17 58 / 59 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tomorrow: I WOMEN’S FIRST RD SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 8am 4pm
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        14 58 / 59 Today: I DALLAS MAVERICKS v SACRAMENTO KINGS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 10am
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        31 58 / 59 JOBURGOPEN Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 6pm SONYOPEN IN HAWAII Today: I DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 8am
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