The New Paper, 5 February 2012

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1 24 The New Paper
  • 12 1 the new paper on sunday Feb ***** 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 72 1 the new paper Feb 5 2012 Details in ROAR! 24-page special S-LEAGUE IS BACK DEATH OF A FOUNDING FATHER TNP PICTURE: MOHD ISHAK The day Dr Toh Chin Chye said no to umbrella 9 NO BULL Alex the Ox is the man for Gunners says Gary Lim 27 Sales executives:
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  • UPFRONT
    • 480 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg Infidelity. You may not approve of it, but it’s human nature to be fascinated by it whether it’s questioning why men, especially powerful ones, would risk it all for sex or the voyeuristic nature of wanting to see what
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    • 131 2 FEATURES 6 Sex sells Sales execs offer themselves to clinch deals 8 Being a kept woman Why money can’t buy love 12 All dolled up Former tomboy can’t go out without heavy make-up COLUMNS 10 Ground Zero Who’s to blame when a married man strays? 14 Confessions Of a hospital
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 215 3  -  Think of extreme sports, and snowboarding, basejumping or parkour come to mind. These pictures speak of extreme sports of a different kind. Here, men challenge themselves by challenging nature. It takes men of steel to embrace these deadly sports. For spectators,
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    • 120 3 We rate the week’s news good and bad PUB has accepted the recommendations of a panel of experts and will spend $750 million on drainage projects to solve Singapore’s flooding problems. With 121,300 jobs created in 2011, the unemployment rate fell to a 14-year low of 2 per
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    • 284 4 / 5 When withdrawal is not enough cash carry As If skimming the automatic teller machine (ATM) to copy cardholders’ details and fraudulently make withdrawals were not enough, some thieves tried to make off with the whole ATM. A Colombian gang skilled in disabling sophisticated alarm systems and carting away ATM machines
      PICTURE: THE STAR  -  284 words
    • 110 4 / 5 MORE than 19,000 commercial buildings and offices have been hooked up to the nation’s ultra-fast fibre broadband network. Some of the buildings linked to the Next Generation Nationwide Broad- band Network include Suntec City Office Towers, HarbourFront Centre and Shaw Centre,
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    • Article, Illustration
      92 4 / 5 NO LAUGHING MATTER: A 65-year-old cabby was taken to hospital with facial injuries after he was allegedly attacked by three men in their 20s outside Junction 8 mall in Bishan at 10.10pm on Friday. Witnesses told Lianhe Wanbao that one of the men was knocked off his bicycle
      PICTURES: LIANHE WANBAO  -  92 words
    • 527 4 / 5 More than 200 civilians killed as army fires mortar rounds and tank shells Dazed and shocked residents of the battered Syrian protest hub of Homs emerged from their homes yesterday after a night of terror to search the rubble for loved ones. Church bells rang
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    • 116 4 / 5 PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam sat down to tea with a batch of first- term Members of Parliament (MPs), as well as Non-Constituency MPs (NCMPs), on Friday. The 21 included Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar (Ang Mo Kio GRC), Mr
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    • 105 4 / 5 THE police are investigating an accident involving two cars, which occurred at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and Avenue 8 yesterday afternoon. Police said they received a call about the collision at 2.25pm. One of the cars overturned
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    • 112 4 / 5 AFP Thousands of people were stranded by floodwaters in eastern Australia yesterday as the surging deluge poured into hundreds of homes and rescuers searched for a woman swept away by the torrent. Prime Minister Julia Gillard or- dered eight
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    • Article, Illustration
      153 4 / 5 14 cents The price of a Valentine’s Day card for cash-strapped romantics launched by British supermarket giant Asda. The message inside reads: “My love for you is priceless!” 1930s The period when doctors at a Croatian hospital began collecting needles, buttons, coins, animal bones, even sex toys that
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    • 183 4 / 5  -  With more babies expected in this year of the Dragon, this father would like to share some of the sleeping habits of an infant to those expectant parents. You have been warned. SIMON ANG simonang@sph.com.sg BOOBY TRAP Go ahead. Move him. Ask yourself one question: Do I feel
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  • PEOPLE
    • 613 6 / 7  -  When it’s time to hit sales targets, hemlines rise and necklines plunge as sexy sales reps flirt with clients, even off ring s x, to seal a deal REPORT: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg CHERYL is a former model. She’s tall, curvy, confident and to friends, hot.
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    • 1012 6 / 7  -  Serious clients look for product knowledge, not sex, like the businessman who told off a sales rep in miniskirt and low-cut top REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF, SHAUN SOH tnp@sph.com.sg SURE, sex sells but Jack’s not interested. Jack (not his real name) is a businessman in
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    • 791 8  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg She is the other woman. No regrets, she said in an interview with The New Paper on Sunday in 2006. Well, none until she was unceremoniously dumped in 2010 after spending half her youth being a married man’s mistress. Regret
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    • 509 9  -  TNP reader (left) recalls during NDP 1977, even though it was raining... Chan Cheng Neo My personal experience of Dr Toh Chin Chye, though from a distance, left a deep imprint. In 1977, my school band was involved in the then decentralised National Day Parade
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    • 324 9  -  Shaun Soh And the young don’t care about their founding fathers? Hardly, judging by the interest online after the death of Dr Toh Chin Chye on Friday morning. Sure, they might not troop down to the wake, open to the public at
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    • 932 12 / 13  -  Woman, 22, spends an hour every day putting on make-up because she would feel ‘naked’ otherwise REPORT: SHAUN SOH shaunsoh@sph.com.sg Two years ago, she refused to put on make-up because it meant waking up earlier to getreadyforwork. Today, Miss Joyce Ong, 22, confesses that without make-up, she
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    • NOT TOO OLD?
      • 409 15 It had all the ingredients of a racy Hong Kong drama money, sex, drugs and even guns. The fact that it involved a multimillionaire and a leader of the Chinese community in Vancouver, Canada, and a prostitute, made it all the more
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      • 316 15 When the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian island of Gigilio with more than 4,000 passengers, the blame was squarely on captain Francesco Schettino (above), 52. He was reportedly seen dining with a former dancer just moments
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    • 559 16 They’re accused of committing lewd acts with children A second teacher at a US elementary school was nabbed for committing lewd acts with children. Martin Springer was arrested on Friday on suspicion of fondling two girls in his classroom. The arrest came four days after
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    • 236 16 She went missing from school for three days before the start of the Chinese New Year. The Form Three (lower secondary) student in Malaysia apparently offered sex services to clients during office hours. A source told a Malaysian newspaper on Thursday that the teenager
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    • 353 17 Mirwais was 11/2years old when he froze to death. Abdul Hadi was not even a year old when he died. Then there was Ismail. His father, Juma Gul, said: “He was never warm in his entire life. Not once. These are among
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • 907 10 / 11  -  When husbands stray, are the women also to blame? MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Faithfulness versus adultery. It’s really easy to tip the balance in a marriage, insist some of the heartlanders that this columnist has met over the past two weeks. Some of the uncles and aunties
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  • Page 10 / 11 Advertisements
    • 239 10 / 11 TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS Are more teachers these days crossing the line? psb Academy UPGRADE FOR A BETTER FUTURE 1 I 9 9 S I l/i y Vi 311 0 A 19 www.psb-academy.edu.sg PSB Academy Certificate Diploma Programmes I'M' Levels, '0' Levels and ITE Graduates) It's in us to aspire. To improve
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  • Page 12 / 13 Advertisements
    • 227 12 / 13 Promotional period from Feb 10 2012 Hot Deals. 1 -—this week k J 1 Opening Exclusive Offer j TS& Sun Plaza 30 Sembawang Drive #01-15 with every New SingTel 2-year Flexi Value Plan and above sign-up l and lots more! NOKIA LUMIA 710 NOKIA LUMIA 800 No Trade-in required $68
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A NURSE
    • 756 14  -  JOYCE LIM Joycel@sph.com. sg Who cares about nurses? The modern-day Florence Nightingale constantly faces verbal and physical abuse. They are also emotionally blackmailed and threatened. It can get so bad that some of them need counselling, reveals Jenny, 37, a nurse at a
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 293 17 www.itshow.com.sg Join us at 8 th 11 th MARCH 2012 Suntec Singapore Levels 1 2 3 4 6 #1 LARGEST I.T DIGITAL MOBILE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE WORTH WAITING FOR EXCLUSIVESHOW OFFERS,NEWPRODUCTS, GREATBARGAINS ANDHUGESAVINGS FOR PERSONAL, BUSINESS OR HOME ALL IN ONE BUILDING 830 5 Leading Manufacturers and Suppliers
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • 613 18 Taking your party outfit from safe to shazam is not an easy task. This secret shopper figured there’s no better way to stand out than to sport some baubles on the wrists. German brand Thomas Sabo, which sells charm bracelets, earrings and watches, seemed a
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 121 18 CONGRATULATIONS! Our heartiest congratulations go out to the following winners of our 2012 Ake Ome! Grand Draw. The winners have been notified via the emails provided during registration. We thank you for your support for and participation in this campaign. Wishing everyone a great 2012! Grand Cash Prixe Jeremy Lee
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
    • 262 19  -  With the monsoon season behind us and bright, sunny days ahead, the one thing every girl needs these days is a pair of reliable and stylish sunglasses for the day out. Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh compiled by ASPIRE C BAL 0132S from Balenciaga ($620) Make
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 41 19 Not sure what to do after A levels? Ask us Our panel of experts will help you. E-mail your queries to tnp@sph.com.sg. Answers to your queries will be published in our A-level GO Guide on the day of the results. thenewpaper
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    • 75 19 SMmLE Hites ©teB©» m ft 1900 9123 321 I K fw H Ai 1900-9121-121 First 45sec FREE GetFREESSIOualueof Chai-Time. Q AppStore! m P'y download Fasttalk from Apple App Store OR sms {FASTTALK} to 91 *****8. 'd?oolingS Online payment available www.fasttalk.com.sg Callers must be 18 years above.A friendly reminderDo exercise caution
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  • WHEELS
    • 360 20  -  Danson Cheong What a start. I had barely stepped off the plane and onto the sweet, bicycle-friendly soil of Europe when it happened. There I was with a backpack, bikebox and suitcase, looking every bit the bumbling tourist when lo and behold, whom do I
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    • 589 20  -  TWO WHEELS GOOD DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg This bike is sure to raise some eyebrows. The Museeuw MF-5 is made from a combination of flax (a plant more commonly used in fabrics) and carbon fibre. One inevitably has doubts: Is the bike strong enough? Can the hybrid
      TNP PICTURES: DANSON CHEONG  -  589 words

  • LIVE RIGHT
    • 541 21 You’ve got the perfect outfit for a good night out. You’ve got the hair, and the posse of friends. Now all you need is the energy to get you through a long night jostling through throngs of sweaty bodies on the dance floor. Most people pump up on
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  • EATS
    • 900 22  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Say you want yam to make suan pan zi and you will gain instant respect from the aunties jostling with you at the vegetable stall. It’s a well-loved traditional Hakka dish, but it requires loads of manual labour
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    • 611 23  -  THIS WEEK: CHEE CHEONG FUN Compiled by MARK SOH, VALERIE KOH Shang Hai Chee Cheong Fun Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre Block 335, Smith Street, #02-174 Opening hours: 9am to 7pm. Closed on Mondays. This stall is more than 20 years
      TNP PICTURES: VALERIE KOH, MARK SOH  -  611 words
    • Article, Illustration
      770 24  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT It’s funny how often people say “it tastes like chicken” when they eat some exotic meat like rabbit. VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg That’s probably because the ubiquitous chicken is relatively mild in flavour, and takes all kinds of flavouring and accompaniments well. That said, treating a
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  • ST JAMES Turns 5
    • 581 26 eople in the nightlife industry thought he was crazy when they found out what he wanted to do with the 80,000 sq ft rundown power station back in 2006, he said. Mr Dennis Foo wanted it to be the largest centralised nightspot in Singapore. It
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    • 231 27 ‘^•es^esas.-a.. fth -yea r PARKS flew for 38-year-old Daniel Low and 26-year-old Emily Tan when they were first introduced through mutual friends at The Boiler Room a year ago. Since then, they’ve been patronising the outlet two to three times a week. The
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    • 223 28 / 29 Wovida ORN and raised in Iowa, US, Mr Nick McKee, 28, migrated to Singapore three years ago to look for better opportunities in his profession as a stuntman. Not only did he receive a steady stream of contracts, but on the first few days
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    • 212 28 / 29 .jl*, m S A sales executive for a beverage supplier, Mr Chen Haoyi, 27, started dealing with St James since 2009. He immediately got along with the staff and management of the club. “That was the time I started coming here almost every day,’’ Mr
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    • 171 28 / 29 OWERHOUSE, St James’ largest outlet, has a special attraction for 25-year-old Nathanael Wee. “I love Powerhouse because I can let my guard down and really have a good time.” The outlet holds about 1,000 revellers on a good night. It plays everything from house to
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    • 230 30 OR 32-year-old Ariel Ang, Chinese music club Dragonfly has been the only party place she has been to over the last six years. “It was in October 2006 and I’ve been coming here even before St James’grand opening.” The retail saleswoman finds herself partying to more
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    • 178 31 T JAMES is showing its gratitude to its female patrons with special promotions and offers. Valentine’s Day At St James Wine Bar Bistro, couples can enjoy a four-course Western dinner on V-day. Available on Feb 14 from 6pm-10.30pm, dig in to the bistro’s spread of
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    • 201 31 ST JAMES was the first ever club that 36-year-old Wisconsin native, Cory Kueter, went to when he arrived in Singapore three years ago. He has patronised the entertainment hub on a regular basis since. It’s where it gets crazy for him. “It’s like our home ground,
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 46 32 RATULATION WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF YOUR JOURNEY IN THE LAST 5 YEARS MHD MOET HENNESSY DIAGEO i •DBS Living, Breathing Asia Pernod Ricard Singapore A A arlsto BACARDI-MARTINI SINGAPORE PTE LTD MR wines&spirits KT H| T h KHAI HUAI TRADING (1975) PTE LTD
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  • HUMOUR
    • Article, Illustration
      826 33  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Dark side of the geeks FROM March 11, they will invade. The geeks will take over Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). On that day, grown men will approach strangers and sing: “Transformers, robots in disguise.” Yes, the inaugural Transformers Cybertron Con 2012 the first in South-east Asia,
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    • 617 34  -  Myhot model encounter ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Last month, my wife posed for pictures with a topless male model at the entrance of Abercrombie Fitch on Orchard Road. Because he put his arm around her, she felt obliged to reciprocate
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    • 431 34  -  HUMOUR ME SIVA CHOY tnp@sph.com.sg My friend and his wife came back from a tour of Paris in which she visited the famous Louvre museum and saw the equally famous painting of the Mona lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It wasn’t his wife’s
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • 140 34 BBC A man in southern Chile was arrested on suspicion of stealing ice from a glacier. Officials in the town of Cochrane found five tonnes of ice in the back of his truck taken from the Jorge Montt Glacier. It is suspected the ice
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      • 131 34 Wire services A public relations stunt for a car has gone very wrong in Germany. An advertising agency for BMW paid 299 euros (S$490) for a high-pressure weather front to be named “Cooper” after the firm’s Mini Cooper car. Germany’s meteorology institute has allowed the sponsorship
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 70 33 GILBERT SCOTT o ADAMS b dilbert.com YOU TALKED ABOUT WORK THE ENTIRE TltAE. THAT RESTAURANT WAS GREAT, WE IT WASNT? I KNOW. I PLAN TO GO THERE SOIAEDAY FOR LUNCH. THAT WASNT LUNCH. JUST ATE LUNCH. LA r LUNCH IS NOT 1 WAS THIS GOING WELL UNTIL I SAID "WADDLE"?
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  • TV
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      527 35  -  If you like flight attendants like I like flight attendants, you won’t want to miss Pan Am JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg A few days ago, as I was coming home from work, I saw an SIA flight attendant waiting for a taxi at my block. I couldn’t help
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    • 239 35 MAGGIE RYAN (CHRISTINA RICCI) While her counter-culture pals think they can change the world without ever going out to actually see it, Maggie begs to differ. She uses her job as a Pan Am purser to get out there and discover what’s really going on. Lively
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    • 125 35 I Am Number Four FOX Movies Premium (StarHub Ch 622), 9pm An extraterrestrial teen with superpowers hides on Earth and poses as a typical high school student to elude deadly intergalactic bounty hunters seeking to destroy him. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Dianna Agron. Due Date HBO (StarHub Ch
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  • RACING
    • 207 36 / 37  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON For most of the straight, he couldn’t get out of a pocket. And when he did, CONTINENTAL FLYER flew. However, his effort was too late. The winner Maranello and runner-up Work Ahead were safely home. He finished third, about 41/2lengths
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    • 1827 36 / 37 Going forecast: Turf (Good to yielding); Polytrack (Good) RACE 1 C5 12.50 -1200m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****0 Ace Adalid 59 (43) TH Koh* c3 8 (4nzg L Laxon-Ac Midas The Allotrope) 2
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    • 570 36 / 37 RACE1 (Caulfield) 1st 11 Mama’s Choice ($264-$51) 2nd 10 Formidable ($7) 3rd 1 Jimando ($6) 4th 7 Pronto Pronto. Forecast $237. Place forecast $5 (1-10), $35 (1 -11), $54 (10-11). Tierce No winner ($5381 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $105. Quartet No winner
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    • 517 36 / 37 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Volkov Volkov Volkov Kukai 7 7 4 7 9 Special Account 8 3 Good Day 2 Excellent Beauty Zac Imperial Give Way 9 13 8 Zac Imperial Special Account Prussian Jack 12 4 5 Kukai Kukai Fleet
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    • 2086 38 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF AND POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Ace Adalid))Disappointing last few starts. While helped with 3kg claim, he will need to lift to trouble this lot. 2 Excellent Beauty)))Backed up good win with solid fourth last time and
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    • 755 39 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (WINGATUI) AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/ESPERANCE) RESULTS RACE 1 (Wingatui) 1st 5 The Solitaire ($23-$8) 2nd 14 Santos ($7) 3rd 1 Zabene ($12) 4th 13 The Glitzy One. Forecast $23. Place forecast $15 (1-5), $11 (1-14), $10 (5-14). Tierce $174. Trio $25. Quartet $221. Quadro$11. RACE 2 (Wingatui) 1st 2
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    • 990 39 Race 1 C5 1400m 8 COLOURLAND KID 53 c 50 (101-19) A Nawawi* (5) 12 7 3 (418) 3.5 9 EASTERN WIN 52.5 c 52 (290-54) J Shankar (10) 10 8 4 (517) 1.25 XWinning stable: All Happy. Trainer: LN Danis. Time: 1min 23.70sec (Going: yielding). Forecast:
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    • 1607 40 / 41 RACE 1 (1,200m) WINNER SMART (4) woke up last start on the dirt with blinkers on for a fast-finishing length fourth to Turin Champion, after covering ground without cover near the back, and must have claims. PLOT RATIO (8) is at his
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    • 1424 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5AWT 1200m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$525,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 STAR SON C W CHANG K C NG 133 12 2 WELL NOTED B K NG C Y HO 133 2 3 GREY
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    • 1742 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING RACE 1 C5 1.40 -1400m Stakes: RM35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 054-8- Lightning Rose 57 (43) Z Khairil* c2 12 (7nzm Cecil Robert-Cw Lim) 2 008-00 Khatanga 56 (41) Calvin Goon c2 8 (4nzg Jerome
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 30 39 Sat 04/02/12 First Second Third 1708 3516 6160 Starters 1275 1622 3128 4399 4530 5752 5801 6974 8975 9923 Consolations 0452 2264 2682 4041 6384 6475 8062 8170 8863 9395
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
    • 46 43 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 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE RGB Reg No: *****0202G
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  • Page 45 Advertisements
    • 75 45 Coaching Clinics Corporate Events/Parties Block Bookings League Matches Fantastic V CALL AND SAY "FANSTASTIC FEBRUARY" TO ENJOY DISCOUNTED RATE! OF$80/HOUR* *T&C Applies (Only at Woodlands and Punggol Sports Planet. Not valid for weekdays 8pm-l 0pm.) Sports Planet@East Coast 1020 East Coast Parkway For Bookings: *****635/*****315 SPORTS PLANETT -©THE ULTIMATE FUTSAL
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  • Page 52 / 53 Advertisements
    • 43 52 / 53 SIGN UP FOR FREE AT FACEBOOK.COM/TIGERFOOTBALLSG early in his career. 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 football pundit with ESPN STAR Sports.
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  • THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY 5February 2012 56 people s orts
    • 368 56 Sir Alex Ferguson is confident no-one will remember David de Gea’s current difficulties in two or three years. The young goalkeeper (right) is set to regain his Manchester United place for tonight’s crucial Premier League visit to Chelsea. Despite rookie Ben Amos keeping a
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    • GOLF
      • 399 42 QATAR MASTERS AFP He incurred a penalty on the 10th hole where he “accidentally” dropped his ball on his marker. Nobody saw the marker move and Paul Lawrie himself was sure it hadn’t, but nevertheless had to take the one-stroke penalty. But that didn’t stop
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      • 272 42 MYANMAR OPEN AFP SINGAPORE’S Mardan Mamat shot a two-under 70 in the third round of the Zaykabar Myanmar Open yesterday to lie tied for 31st on a six-under total of 210. The Republic’s No. 1 golfer trails leader Scott Hend by 10 shots. Compatriot Koh
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      • 456 42 NBA AFP DALLAS MAVERICKS 87 INDIANA PACERS 98 DIRK Nowitzki got off to a hot start, but it was not enough as NBA champions Dallas Mavericks faded in the second half en route to a 98-87 loss to the Indiana Pacers yesterday morning (Singapore time).
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    • SUPER BOWL
      • 774 43 AP This Super Bowl has all the makings of another thriller. Two star quarter-backs, a rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago featuring many of the same key characters, plus Madonna fans are in for a treat. A season that began in labour
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      • 334 43  -  TABLETENNIS LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg HE HAD been feeling the pressure in the lead-up to the tournament. But yesterday, paddler Zhan Jian breezed through the first day of the two-day South-east Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Bangkok. He beat Vietnam’s Dinh Quang Linh
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    • SERIE A
      • 934 44  -  FC WEEKEND GLENN CONNLEY npsports@sph.com.sg From gladiatorial times, Roman sports fans have always been the most demanding of them all. In the Eternal City, mere victory is never enough. Back in the days when the Coliseum was the place to be every Sunday, even
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    • AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
      • 680 45 AFP This is their biggest test to date. If Ghana are to end a 30-year wait for an African Nations Cup title, they will have to get past Tunisia for a place in the semi-finals of the 2012 tournament. The winners will tackle the victors of
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      • 402 45 AFP CAN Gabon continue their fairytale run? The co-hosts, on a roll after galloping through the first round with a perfect three straight wins, meet Mali in the African Nations Cup quarter-finals tomorrow morning (Singapore time). Gabon have defied predictions since battle began
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 806 46 / 47  -  Our man is knackered after trying out for the football reality show DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg When I was deciding whether to pursue my professional football dream two years ago, I asked for a sign from above. They gave me a torn ACL. I thought the
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      • 295 46 / 47  -  DAVID LEE FORMER Croatian international and Aston Villa striker Bosko Balaban has signed for Selangor on a free transfer. The Red Giants coach Irfan Bakti confirmed the one-season deal and said with a laugh: “Yes, I’m sure you and many others from Singapore are wondering whether
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      • 393 46 / 47  -  DAVID LEE THE SPECTRE of match-fix-ing continues to loom large over Malaysian football. Just two weeks after nine players from Malaysian Premier League side Perlis admitted contact with a book- maker before a heavy defeat, 18 President’s Cup players have now been sanctioned for
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    • EPL
      • 595 48 QPR 1 (Zamora 16) WOLVES 2 (Jarvis 46, Doyle 71) SUBSTITUTE Kevin Doyle inspired Wolves to victory over 10-man QPR. The Ireland international came off the bench at half-time and set up Matt Jarvis 51 seconds later, before firing home the winner. Debutant
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      • 242 48 NORWICH CITY 2 (Surman 70, Pilkington 85) BOLTON 0 SECOND-HALF goals from Andrew Surman and Anthony Pilkington saw Norwich end a nervy afternoon with a win over strugglers Bolton. Norwich boss Paul Lambert had admitted his side were still hurting from their 3-0 midweek humbling
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    • 57 1 thenewpaper FEBRUARY 5 2012 Charity Shield: TAMPINES ROVERS v HOME UNITED RIVALRY RENEWED Tampines midfielder Davor Piskor (left) and Home striker Shotaro Ihata (right) are out to make an immediate impact for their new clubs Page 6 TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG Inside: All you need
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    • 731 2  -  S MURALI SPORTS EDITOR muralis@sph.com.sg Baris, sediiii-a! Everyone who has done national service should understand what I just said, but, for the rest of you out there, the two words mean “Stand in a row, at atten...tion”! And I can just imagine new
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    • 920 4 / 5  -  Newly-appointed S-League CEO Lim Chin tells ALI KASIM that attracting fans to stadiums remains his top priority ALI KASIM Tell us a bit more about yourself. LIM CHIN: I STUDIED for six years at Raffles Institution and played soccer at school and, subsequently, at university as well.
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    • 731 6 / 7  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Tampines Rovers have generated much excitement with their new imports. All of them hail from the Balkans and have played for top clubs in Croatia andAlbania. While all four players had previously never played outside Europe, one in particular seems
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    • 569 6 / 7  -  He’s not the quickest, tallest or strongest striker in the S-League. SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg But there is little doubt Shotaro Ihata is among the deadliest finishers in the league right now. The 24-year-old Japanese striker netted 22 league goals for Albirex Niigata in
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    • 579 8  -  ALBIREX NIIGATA RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg The players may have changed, but the club’s philosophy has not. Despite losing 14 players from their 22-man squad at the close of last season, Albirex Niigata head coach Koichi Sugiyama will persist with their attacking brand of football one
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    • 727 9  -  BALESTIER KHALSA SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg With a squad barely recognisable from last season’s, and a new-but-familiar face at the helm, Balestier Khalsa are aiming high in 2012. Only four members of the Tigers’ 2011 squad skipper Paul Cunningham, goalkeeper Joey Sim and wingers Poh
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    • 728 10  -  COURTS YOUNG LIONS LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg The Courts Young lions have struggled to find the back of the net in the past few seasons. They scored just 33 goals last season and conceded 54, with top scorer Fazli Ayob now with the LionsXII
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    • 650 11  -  DPMM FC ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg It was a sign. When DPMM received the news that they would kick off their return to the S-League against Tampines Rovers, coach Vjeran Simunic knew it was more than a coincidence. His team’s target this year is “to pick
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    • 1398 12 / 13 FEBRUARY 9 (Thursday) I Gombak v Harimau Muda (7.45pm, Jalan Besar, Live telecast) I Hougang v Tanjong Pagar (7.45pm, Hougang) 10 (Friday) I Home v Balestier (7.45pm, Bishan) I Albirex v SAFFC (7.45pm, Jurong East) 12 (Sunday) I Brunei DPMM v Tampines (8.15pm, Bandar Seri Begawan) I
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    • 616 14  -  New team need time to gel, but coach Wong happy with fitness GEYLANG UNITED RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg Before the last season, head coach Mike Wong had called on his charges to give Home United, SAFFC and Tampines Rovers a run for their money. But
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    • 671 15  -  GOMBAK UNITED LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg K Balagumaran is taking charge of a senior team for the first time. But the 47-year-old is sanguine about the task. “Four or five years ago I might have felt the pressure coming into such
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    • 658 16  -  HARIMAU MUDA SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg We’re young and we’re the only team without foreign imports, but we’re not about to roll over and quietly surrender. That’s the message Harimau Muda head coach Ong Kim Swee and his charges have for S-League teams as they
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    • 752 17  -  Major overhaul may stall Protectors’ title charge HOME UNITED SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg After a frenzied close season, the revolving door at Home United has finally stopped spinning. The doorman, after recovering from his dizzy spell, counted 10 new arrivals, and just eight players
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    • 766 18  -  HOUGANG UNITED DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg Not many teams would conduct a clear-out of both players and staff after enjoying their best season. But that’s exactly what Hougang United did after recording their best-ever league finish, seventh, and a place in their
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    • 721 19  -  SAFFC DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg For most clubs, two seasons without a trophy is a blip. But for SAFFC, it’s an eternity. Different rules apply when you are the Warriors, the most successful club in S-League history with eight league titles to their name. And
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    • 603 20  -  TANJONG PAGAR RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg The last thing Tanjong Pagar will want is another messy, bottom-of-the-table scrap. After all, they narrowly avoided finishing bottom last season, edging wooden spoonists Woodlands Wellington by only one point. To be fair, last year was also the first time
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    • 646 21  -  TAMPINES ROVERS SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. So goes the saying. Tampines Rovers, however, don’t believe in convention. Fresh from winning their first S-League title since 2005, the Stags proceeded to dismantle their squad. In came four new foreign
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    • 570 22  -  WOODLANDS WELLINGTON JETHRO WANG jetwang@sph.com.sg Woodlands Wellington are out to prove their critics wrong. Also known as The Rams, the Woodlands-based side garnered just three wins last season, resulting in them finishing bottom for the second year in a row. The team’s Achilles heel was
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    • 611 23  -  Last year’s bridesmaids are a good bet for the league title ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg THE FAVOURITES: I Home United WHAT exactly must Home United coach Lee Lim Saeng do to capture the S-League crown? Title favourites last year with the likes of Frederic Mendy and Qiu
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    • 531 24  -  With this guide, TNP makes it easy for you to join an S-League fan club Compiled By JETHRO WANG ALBIREX NIIGATA HOW TO JOIN: Visit their website at www.albirex.com.sg for details of the Supporters Club Membership and Clubhouse Membership. CONTACT: admin@albirex.com. sg or 6334 0511. CLUBHOUSE: Jurong
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