The New Paper, 25 January 2012

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    • 55 1 SCDF AND CNB HEADS SUSPENDED Woman IT exec linked to both men Page 4 twitter.com/thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 She finds longlost dad after getting flamed S’pore beauty pageant contestant writes characters incorrectly in CNY greeting but... He spots online article and makes contact after more than 20 years
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  • News
    • 889 2 / 3  -  Beauty contestant (left) contacted by long-lost father after media storm over her wrongly-written CNY greeting REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg SHE made local and overseas headlines during an Asian beauty pageant when she initially wrote two out of four Chinese characters for a greeting, Happy
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    • 1214 4 / 5  -  Top civil defence officer and his anti-drug counterpart suspended REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg AMONG uniformed officers under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), anti-corruption investigators are known as Uncle Sam. And the building housing the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) as the White
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    • 837 6  -  Hacker uses ex-TNP journalist’s e-mail account to send false plea for help and money REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg THE calls came fast and furious. And though he was in Chennai, India, he answered all of them, assuring his friends that he was
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    • 840 10  -  Special school programme helps international students find home away from home REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg THIS is the second Chinese New Year she is celebrating away from home. But Chinese national Wen Yinan, 16, said she did not miss her parents much. That’s because she
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    • 679 11  -  Programme helps kidney patients better cope psychologically with their condition REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg KIDNEY failure patients and their family members may neglect an important aspect of dealing with the illness how well the person is coping psychologically with his condition. So a National
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    • Article, Illustration
      107 12 / 13 Dragons are in bloom on Sentosa. As part of Sentosa Flowers 2012, several floral sculptures inspired by the Chinese Dragon are on display around the island. The event is free and is on till this Sunday. Photojournalist YangRong brings you the highlights of the show DRAGON HEART: (Above)
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    • 621 12 / 13  -  Chinese New Year used to be a busy period for them, but now times are harder for rag and bone men REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg THIS used to be the busiest time of the year for the karung guni or rag and bone collectors as many households
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    • 203 14 THIS budget hotel in Balestier had an unwelcome “visitor” in the wee hours on Sunday. The driver of a black Hyundai SUV was travelling on the opposite side of the road when he mounted the central divider and knocked down a lamp post at about 1.25am.
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    • 648 14  -  Some men are turning to heels to add oomph to their looks REPORT: VALERIE KOH valkoh@sph.com.sg DON’T be too surprised if you see men in heels. Yes, heels. As in “high heels”. Citizen journalism website Stomp! recently carried pictures of a male polytechnic student wearing
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    • 394 15 Unusual weather conditions in various parts of the world wreak havoc, disrupting lives RESIDENTS in the US state of Alabama were woken in the middle of the night on Monday as a violent tornado left more than 100 people injured and two dead. A
      PICTURES: AP, REUTERS, XINHUA  -  394 words
    • 572 16 Jakarta women told to carry protection items JAKARTA police have advised women travelling on public transport to carry protection equipment like pepper spray and stun guns. Their warning comes in the wake of a string of sexual assault and rapes on lone women while
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    • 462 17 IRAN ACTRESS EXILED A FAMOUS Iranian actress who appeared topless in a French magazine and an online video has been banned from her home country. Golshifteh Farahani said she had been contacted by the Iranian government and told that she was no longer welcome in
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    • 485 18 Arrested Internet mogul had spent $4.1mrenovating mansion CONTRACTORS had dubbed the NZ$4 million (S$4.1 million) renovation “extreme home makeover, millionaire edition”, but file sharing website Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom did not have much time to enjoy the over-the-top renovation to the New Zealand mansion. Dotcom,
      PICTURES: AP, REUTERS  -  485 words
    • 743 19 Average Indonesians get their coffee fix from bicycle vendors IN INDONESIA’S bustling capital, its residents, whether rich or poor, can get a cup of coffee at a price that meets their daily budget. As well-heeled Indonesians sip lattes in the air conditioned comfort of Starbucks, outside on
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    • 754 20 Dying art kept alive in gritty Chicago factory AFP OSCAR magic is brewing in a gritty US factory in Chicago, where the statuettes soon to be hoisted in victory by the stars of the silver screen are born in a bubbling vat of britannia metal. The
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    • 1016 21  -  Touch of Hope host Diana Ser reveals she was emotionally affected by the poignant stories in the upcoming documentary REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg JUST five weeks after television host Diana Ser gave birth to her third child last year, she was working on her
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    • 455 23 Reuters AMID raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, US television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the region’s largest literature festival which is fast becoming a global cultural gala. Considered one of the world’s most influential women, Winfrey lived up
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    • 654 24  -  REPORT: GERALD GOH ggerald@sph.com.sg SHE was first runner-up at The New Paper New Face 2011 finals last October. That was also where Charlotte Hand caught the eye of Japanese director Yusuke Akamatsu, who was at the modelling competition with his scouts. Akamatsu told Hand
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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  • Racing
    • 1026 33 RACE 1 (1,200m) MY MELODY (1) gave a good sight in his opening two 1,000m runs this term for a second and fourth before coming up short in the dash to the line in his past three sprints. Did win his only start in
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    • 1663 33 RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1200m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$525,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 MY MELODY C S SHUM D BEADMAN 133 12 2 FUN AND FAST L HO G MOSSE 132 11 3 DR BULLION T
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    • 638 34 / 35  -  Tenzing wins the $200,000Fortune Bowl by a shorthead BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg THE Year Of The Dragon turned out to be auspicious for two riders trying to make a mark on the Singapore racing scene. Both Stephen Baster and Ivaldo Santana secured first wins at
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    • 956 34 / 35 YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG SHORT COURSE B/POLYTRACK) RESULTS Race 1 Gong Xi Fa Cai Handicap C5 (LC) 1200m C5(LC) 1200m 1 2 GOOD TOWKAY 59 (8-5.1) J Moreira (7) 5 5 11 RECYCLE TRIUMPH 54 c 53 (252-47) TO Chang (13) 11 12 9 (485) 2.25 (540) 8 MY NEW MAN
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    • 671 34 / 35 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1600m 4 I AM WHO I AM 57 c 56.5 (65-16) Calvin Goon (2) 5 4 2 (496) 2.5 8 BALLARAT 56.5 c 55.5 (12-7) SMutaza* (1) 1 1 1 (528) 4 I AM WHO I AM 57 0 56.5 (65-16) Calvin
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    • 203 34 / 35 RACE 2 Wangaratta: 1st 3 Little Pablo ($1 1 -$6) 2nd 6 Dartook ($8) 3rd 4 Algona Avenue ($18) 4th 2 Warringah. Forecast $4. Tierce $12. Trio $3. Quartet $19. Quadro: Refund. Scratchings: 1 :Below 5:Flagstaff 7:Rouge Rose. RACE 3 Townsville: 1st 8 Moon Boy
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    • 1249 36 I TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS GEELONG/GOSFORD RACE 1 Geelong (1,200m) 3 MOTORISED (J D Sadler) 3c (5:1-1-0): Had plenty of support when resumed but was disappointed for a run and faced a Vet examination after fading from just off
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    • 216 36 12:20 Race 1 GEELONG 1200M GEELONG 1200M 1 HINCHLEYWOOD JACK HILL (1) 60 2 HELLINACELL R PLUMB 12:40 Race 2 GOSFORD 2100M 59.5 3 MOTORISED THOMAS SADLER (9) 59.5 4 BIG BUDDIE P HUTCHINSON (3) 58.5 5 COEURDUCHEVAL DADAM 1:00 Race 3 GEELONG 1700M 58
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 72 37 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all A League, please visit Singapore Pools website. FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or
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  • Sports
    • Basketball
      • 362 37 GOLF Reuters ALVARO Quiros is aiming to become the first golfer to complete a clean sweep of the European Tour’s four Middle East events when he takes part in this week’s Abu Dhabi Championship. The big-hitting Spaniard though has not struck a ball in anger since
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      • 520 37 Wire Services BOSTON CELTICS 87 ORLANDO MAGIC 56 THE Boston Celtics forced the Orlando Magic into a franchise-worst offensive performance in 87-56 rout yesterday morning (Singapore time), despite the home team missing several key players. Setting an all-time Magic low for points and field goals, visiting
        Wire Services; PICTURE: AP  -  520 words
    • Australian Open
      • FEDERER V NADAL
        • 380 38 / 39 AFP UNRUFFLED Roger Federer brushed aside the challenge of Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets yesterday to move through to the Australian Open semi-fi-nals. Federer, who always looked in control, won 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 on a sun-drenched Rod Laver
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        • 371 38 / 39 AFP BIG-HITTING Czech Tomas Berdych lamented the strength of tennis’ “Big Four” yesterday after he crashed to the latest in a series of Grand Slam defeats to the elite group. The gangly world No. 7 tookthe opening set off Rafael Nadal but he slowly slid off
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      • 717 38 / 39 Wire Services DEFENDING champion Kim Clijsters ended Caroline Wozniacki’s Australian Open title hopes and her hold on the world’s top ranking yesterday when she beat the 21-year-old 6-3, 7-6 to advance to a semi-final against Victoria Azarenka. The Dane had needed to reach the semi-finals
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    • Serie A
      • Article, Illustration
        772 40 / 41  -  WHERE FOOTBALL MEETS SCIENCE JAMES WONG jameswsp@sph.com.sg MILK, cheese, eggs, rice and pasta. Staple food of the Italians. Providers of energy and nutrients. But for some AC Milan players, these are the “dangerous” food that they must avoid at all times. Abstaining from their favourite food is just
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      • 374 40 / 41  -  JAMES WONG THE BRAZILIAN tradition at AC Milan is one of the reasons Alexandre Pato pledged his future to the club instead of joining Paris Saint Germain two weeks ago. The deal was widely believed to be sealed, thus paving the way for Milan
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      • 140 40 / 41 Wire Services AC MILAN striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been voted the Best Player in Serie A in 2011 at the Oscar del Calcio awards. The annual awards, which were held last night in Milan, are voted for by Serie A players and recognise the best
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    • Copa del Rey
      • 705 42 / 43 Spanish defender denies a rift between coach Mourinho and the players AFP QUARTER-FINAL, SECOND LEG BARCELONAv REAL MADRID I Barca lead 2-1 from the first leg REAL Madrid defender Sergio Ramos (below), who is at the centre of a reported bust-up between players and
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      • 603 42 / 43 Wire Services BARCELONA midfielder Andres Iniesta has stressed that the Catalans will have to put in a “perfect performance” in order to eliminate Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. The Blaugranas recorded a 2-1 win at the
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      • 442 42 / 43 LA LIGA Reuters VILLARREAL 3 (Marco Ruben 57, Borja Valero 59, Bruno Soriano 90+1) SPORTING GIJON 0 VILLARREAL recorded their first win in seven games and climbed out of the relegation zone with a 3-0 La Liga win at home to fellow
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    • Malaysian Super League
      • 592 44  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg AFTER sitting out his side’s first four Malaysian Super League (MSL) games, Shaiful Esah is set to return to action in the lionsXII’s clash against Terengganu at the Jalan Besar Stadium this Saturday. The 25-year-old left-back, who found out he had a fractured fibula
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    • African Nations Cup
      • 520 45 Last-eight place beckons for co-hosts Equatorial Guinea AFP GROUP A EQUATORIAL GUINEA v SENEGAL (Tomorrow, 2.30am, StarHub TV Ch 205) EQUATORIAL Guinea are on the verge of the 2012 African Nations Cup quarter-finals despite being 125/1 no-hopers just three days ago. Victory over stunned
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      • 551 45 AFP GROUPC MOROCCO1 (Houssine Kharja 86) TUNISIA 2 (Khaled Korbi 36, Youssef Msakni 76) TUNISIA took the Maghreb Derby honours yesterday morning (Singapore time), a 2-1 defeat of Morocco putting them alongside Gabon at the top of Group C in the African Nations
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    • EPL
      • 753 46 / 47  -  WACKY WEDNESDAY npsports@sph.com.sg NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg MARIO Balotelli plays with a soundtrack in his head. We’ve all done it and don’t pretend otherwise. When I was a kid, I’d knock a ball around humming Queen’s It’s a Kind of Magic because that was
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      • 735 46 / 47 Wire Services Manchester city assistant boss David Platt has hinted that the club will reluctantly accept Mario Balotelli’s expected four-match suspension. Platt confirmed no talks had taken place among the City hierarchy and a final decision would not be made until
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    • Carling Cup
      • 685 48  -  As Liverpool stare at a possibility of ending the season trophyless, Dalglish’s fanbase wears thin YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg IF LIVERPOOL lose to Manchester City tonight, expect a small band of dissenters to grow a little larger. Whisper it, but there are a growing number
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      • 441 48 AP TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp was accused in court yesterday of concealing a “secret” offshore bank account from British tax authorities that was used to stash US$295,000 ($355,000) of transfer bonuses for sixyears. Redknapp is standing trial with his former chairman at
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      • 584 49 Liverpool boss tells players to buck up in coming Cup ties AFP KENNY Dalglish is demanding an immediate response from his Liverpool players ahead of a critical week in which they face two huge Cup ties which could shape their season. Having fallen six points behind
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      • 214 49 AFP MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has appealed to the club’s supporters for calm ahead of Saturday’s potentially explosive FA Cup clash with Liverpool. United and Liverpool face each other in the first meeting between the teams since the racism controversy involving Luis Suarez
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      • 628 50 / 51  -  DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg IT’S NOT the the one they really want. But sometimes, it’s better to just get your hands on whatever you can grab, rather than longingly pining for that which is, for the moment at least, unreachable from your grasp. That should be
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      • 523 50 / 51 PA Sport FORMER Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann believes winning the Carling Cup would represent a major step forward for the club and put the Reds “back on the map”. Kenny Dalglish’s team take a 1-0 lead into tomorrow morning’s (Singapore time semi-final second
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      • ON TV
        • 153 50 / 51 LIVE TELECASTS CARLING CUP SEMI-FINALS Tomorrow: I LIVERPOOL v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 112 (GoalTV 1), 3.40am AFRICAN NATIONS CUP Tonight: I GROUP E: LIBYA v ZAMBIA StarHub TV Ch 205 (Eurosport), 11.55pm Tomorrow: I GROUP E: EQUATORIAL GUINEA v SENEGAL StarHub TV Ch 205 (Eurosport), 2.30am
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        • 124 50 / 51 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: I MEN’S WOMEN’S Q-FINALS SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 8am 4.30pm Tomorrow: I WOMEN’S SINGLES SEMIS SingTel mioTVCh 115 (STARSports)&Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 10.30am I MEN’S SINGLES SEMIS SingTel mioTVCh 115 (STARSports)&Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 4.30pm Friday: I WOMEN’S DOUBLES
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        • 34 50 / 51 NBA REGULAR SEASON Today: I INDIANA PACERS v ORLANDO MAGIC StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am Tomorrow: I GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS v PORTLAND T BLAZERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 11.30am
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        • 17 50 / 51 ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF C’SHIP Tomorrow: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 5pm
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    • 32 52 Sports CARLING CUP WILL CITY DENY POOL? Pages 48-51 THE NEW PAPER N 25 January *****2 EL CLASICO Can Real turn tables on Barca? Pages 42-43 FIND OUT IN TOMORROW’S NOON EDITION
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