The New Paper, 12 February 2012

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    20 1 the new paper on sunday Feb 12 2012 1_ A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      244 1 the new paper Feb 12 2012 Triple S sink M-Cup champions LIONSXII 3 N SEMBILAN 1 EXCLUSIVE: RSAF WOMEN PILOTS They fly attack choppers and fighter jets 11 51 80 MEN CALLED UP AFTER VICE RAID They include bankers, TNP PICTURE ILLUSTRATION: MOHD ISHAK lawyers, a school principal... SHE’S 23,
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon UPFRONT
    536 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg So we are barely into 2012 and it’s already the year of the scandal. To use the old adage, it doesn’t rain, but it pours and right now, it feels like we are in the midst of a deluge. That straight-laced image of Singapore is being
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      63 2 FEATURES 6 S’pore’s biggest vice round-up About 80 questioned over online vice ring 11 She’s a Fighting Falcon The Republic’s only female fighter pilot on why she’s called ‘Thorn’ 29 Hot shot She’s young, hot and owns a cocktail business REGULARS Snapshot 4 Two Wheels Good 14 Eats 24-26 Afford/Aspire
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      29 2 COLUMNS 18 Confessions Of a fast-food delivery man who loves dangerous riding 23 Biker Boy Whose fault is it when accidents happen? 32 Humour When students maid a mess
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      34 2 SPORTS 46 Capello’s resignation Did English FA lose their marbles over handling of situation? 50 LionsXII v Negeri Sembilan Sundram’s gamble pays off 58 Man United v Liverpool ‘Suarez a disgrace to Liverpool,’says Fergie
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Our senior photojournalist picks his pictures of the week
      125 3  -  We may have a romantic notion of snow, but for the past two weeks Europe has been experiencing freezing chaos. Almost300 people have died because of the severe winter weather. These images capture the deadly beauty of this seasonal phenomenon. PICTURES
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      129 3 We rate the past week’s news good and bad The crime rate has fallen 7 per cent from 2010, to a 20-year low. Singapore had a record 13.2 million visitors last year, and they spent an estimated $22.2 billion here, up 17 percent from 2010. The JP Morgan
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      Lock icon First community club branch for POSB
      269 4 / 5 POSB opened its first branch in a community club yesterday, continuing to expand its network across Singapore. Setting up of the branch cost about $100,000, said MrKoh Kar Siong, managing director and head of POSB. Located in the Zhenghua Community Club in Bukit Panjang,
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      Lock icon Boeing’s Dreamliner lands at Changi Airport for airshow
      106 4 / 5 THE Dreamliner has landed. Boeing’s 787 aircraft, recognisable for its raked wing-tips, flew in to Changi Airport yesterday from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, reported Channel NewsAsia. The aircraft is here for the Singapore Airshow, which runs from Feb 14 to Feb 19.
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      43 4 / 5 HAPPY HANDSHAKES: Workers’ Party Members of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong (in light blue) and Low Thia Khiang (in striped shirt) mingling with residents at the Hougang Lunar New Year Dinner, organised by the Hougang Constituency Committee yesterday. TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH
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    • Article
      Lock icon Divisions rise over austerity cuts
      541 4 / 5 Bailout package for Greece AFP Thousands of protesters massed in Greece under heavy police watch yesterday. The protests came after the government approved unpopular austerity cuts to get vital rescue funds and avoid the “chaos” of a default. More than 3,500 people streamed to Syntagma
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      Lock icon In a first, Chinese ‘birth agent’ charged in Hong Kong
      124 4 / 5 AFP A woman has admitted arranging for Chinese women to give birth in Hong Kong, reports said yesterday. It’s the first prosecution of its kind. Hong Kong has been struggling with an influx of women from China who go there
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      Lock icon Thai student on hunger strike over lese majeste law
      116 4 / 5 AFP A 20-YEAR-OLD Thai student whose father has been detained for 10 months under the country’s strict lese majeste laws began a hunger strike yesterday against the controversial legislation. Activist Somyot Prueaksakasemformer editor of now-defunct “Red suk, the former editor of
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      Lock icon Obama shifts policy, makes compromise on birth control plan
      120 4 / 5 AFP US President Barack Obama announced a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control which prompted Republican critics to claim he was waging a war on religion. In a concession, Mr Obama said his government would no longer
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      198 4 / 5 999 The police hotline number passers-by in Woking, UK, called after spotting what they thought was a “gunman” on the loose. Police closed off the town centre, only to discover the guy was part of a student group making a zombie movie. 22 cents The “admission” fee a
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      Lock icon MAKING ART ACCESSIBLE
      61 4 / 5  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg In the Bras Basah.Bugis Street Art Project 2012, National Heritage Board has invited internationally renowned 3-D street artist Joe Hill to create two pieces of street art at Bugis Junction, to promote the area as an arts and cultural hub. Here’s
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Online vice bust nets surprise
      729 6  -  About 80 men some high-powered executives called in by the CID to assist in investigations REPORT: ANDRE YEO, JOYCELYN WONG, BENITA AW YEONG tnp@sph.com.sg The women the online vice Syndicate Offered were not cheap. They went from $500 upwards but that was small change for
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      Lock icon Upscale sleaze on the quiet
      727 8 / 9  -  Online sex syndicate found operating out of condo in Central Business District REPORT: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg Even as one online sex syndicate is busted, others continue to operate brazenly. The New Paper on Sunday was alerted to a syndicate operating out of a high-end condominium
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      Lock icon Vice, vice evolution
      416 8 / 9 It has been a cat-and-mouse game with the vice syndicates. In 2002, the syndicates got their women to parade openly in places like Geylang and Joo Chiat. That year alone, 1,000 foreign women were arrested for soliciting. Police launched a series of raids and the syndicates moved
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      Lock icon A Thorn on our side
      822 11  -  EXCLUSIVE S’pore’s first&only female fighter pilot started flying when she was in JC REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Emblazoned on this fighter pilot’s helmet is the word Thorn. The joke is intended. Captain Khoo Teh Lynn, 30, is Singapore’s first and only female fighter pilot. The
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      Lock icon She ditches lab work to become copter pilot
      690 12 / 13  -  Hedy Khoo She saw a documentary on SAF personnel during the2004tsunami relief operations in Indonesia and Thailand. That was when Captain Joyce Xie, 28, decided to switch her course of study. She was then an undergraduate studying molecular and cell biology. Now,
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      Lock icon She has wanted to be a pilot since secondary school
      830 12 / 13  -  Hedy Khoo She was only 14 and her head was already in the clouds. During a social studies lesson, the teacher asked her class if anyone had thought of becoming a pilot. And Captain Lim Sing Hui raised her hand.
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      Lock icon Two-wheeled treasure hunt
      591 14  -  REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Grab amate and be knights on bikes on March 17 for the inaugural Cycle Quest 2012, organised by The New Paper. This scenic adventure on wheels begins at East Coast Park, but mystery shrouds the route. You’ll need to put on your thinking
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      Lock icon She offers sex now that I have $250m
      541 19 Artist who took Facebook stock as payment faces unwanted fame after Internet firm goes public Instant fame and money sit well on some. David Choe is definitely not one of them. The 35-year-old graffiti artist became an overnight celebrity when it was
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      Lock icon Angry dad shoots daughter’s laptop over her Facebook post
      518 20 A US father was so upset about his daughter’s Facebook postings that he shot her laptop nine times. And Manchester City defender Micah Richards was forced to shut down his Twitter account because of sickening racial abuse. The police were called
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      Lock icon Woman who filmed fracas with alleged racial name-calling at KFC outlet in M’sia says: No racial slurs were uttered
      612 22 The person who uploaded videos of the fracas at a KFC outlet in Kuala Lumpur has come out and given her side of the incident. An online video of a KFC
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      Lock icon One mix at a time
      71 29 She’s one of a new breed of bar owners mixing up bespoke cocktails for a clientele looking for that extra sip of class on their nights out NOTSHAKEN: Despite her age and relative inexperience, Miss Angelina Pradana, 23, owner of The Studio cocktail bar, located
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      Lock icon She’s giving the cocktail business a SHOT
      722 30 / 31  -  REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg WHILE her friends searched for jobs In banks and major companies, she doubled her efforts into setting up her own cocktail bar. “It had always been my parents’ dream to open a food and beverage outlet of some
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      Lock icon Cocktail chemistry
      620 30 / 31 MISS Pradana’s business venture is one of many cocktail bars that have sprung up here in recent years. Instead of the regular lychee martinis and Shirley Temples, drinks at these cocktail bars with names such as toasted marshmallow flambé, tomyum martini and cucumber saketini stay strictly away from
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      409 7 in j) Institute of Higher Learning Think Differently. Rise Above Others. aas&sS MBs® “C\N\A has armed me with commercial and practical skills to dissect and focus on the core points from the peripheral points bringing effectiveness in my managing abilities. Mr R Dhinakaran, Managing Director, Jay Gee Singapore Why Study
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      97 10 THERE’S ALWAYS MORE TO EXPLORE r w m SAMMI CHENG B I, I r /m M SEIKO DEDICATED TO PERFECTION CRITERIA. For 130 years, SEIKO has been dedicated to the perfection of the wristwatch through continuous, painstaking refinement and imaginative innovation in design. Today, the new SEIKO Criteria chronograph for
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      185 15 J YOU V r 1ik 2012 V 4 f r if <v I I v »Si .V. Saturday, 17 March 2012 9am to 1pm fast Coast Parkyicinity Cycling enthusiasts, team up with your best bud or family member for thrilling bike and seek adventure in The New Paper's first ever
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Cheaper pills, but at what cost?
      866 16 / 17  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg It used to exasperate me whenever my parents went to Bangkokand spent considerable time in the pharmacies there. Dad, who suffers from acute gout, would search for colchicine (an oral drug), while mum usually returned home with tubes and tubes of
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      355 16 / 17 M Vi J°l f4 f'f Cosmic Qi-Gong And Science For Health Business Reg No: *****292X (Specialist) I The Science of Cosmic Qi Gong Meditation (ifr&) 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
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      366 16 / 17 VICTOR LYE Can he help the PAP win back Aljunied GRC? HOT STORY HOT PHO NE Call, text or e-mail us. If story is published you get this... Hotline: 1800 733 44 55 E-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg Samsung S3600i thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper m V 'I i 4Sv p 3 HI L ik
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A FAST-FOOD DELIVERY MAN
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      Lock icon He gets his kicks riding dangerously
      895 18  -  JOYCE LIM Joycel@sph.com.sg Jordan loves riding motorbikes. And working as a delivery man with a fast food chain lets him have his adventures on the road. The 35-year-old, who would give only his first name, confesses to speeding. He also challenges his colleagues to
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      293 19 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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      135 20 Win Extremely Loud Incredibly Close movie tickets NOMINATED for two Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor, this is a heartwarming tale about a young boy’s attempts to come to terms with his father’s untimely passing. Oskar (newcomer Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died
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      269 21 0 informatics 4 i J r n\i t 1 ure Today. informatics academy C °2 P rlSn°Vis Diploma in Information Technology INF-GHGX Coursework based assessment Qualification leads to a degree from top 40 university SDF Grant available Relevant working experience 1 can apply directly for an Advanced Diploma Work pass
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      293 22 \ims mu MJiiM 11 TREATS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST PICTURE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE ii akTiKni j ipiutm hi: c >f II /W EXTREMELY LOUD INCREDIBLY CLOSE 7, W L Rating: PCI 3 Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name, "Extremely Loud Incredibly Close" tells the story of one
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon DON’T BURST MY (SAFETY) BUBBLE
      868 23  -  Bikers can play bigger part in improving road safety BIKER BOY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Every time accident figures are revealed, the “us” versus “them” debate comes alive in newspaper and online forums. While we tend to lay the blame on drivers, I think this
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Chicken curry
      675 24  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg This curry had me in tears. I wept, whimpered and sniffled my way through the shiok hot spiciness. I’m a self-crowned chilli queen who frequently laughs at my guests who burn their tongues on my curries, but I had my comeuppance trying out
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      Lock icon Who cooks it best? We show, you choose
      532 25  -  THIS WEEK: NASI AYAM PENYET Compiled by NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH, VALERIE KOH Indonesian BBQ by Aneka S11 Food Court Stall 6 Block 504, Bishan Street 11, #01 -444 Opening hours: 10am to 9.30pm Chicken lovers will appreciate this no-frills rendition of
      TNP PICTURES: VALERIE KOH, NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH  -  532 words
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      Lock icon CHOCO LOVE
      688 26  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT This Valentine’s Day, we give you some ideas for VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg I The writer is a rising name on the culinary scene. She organises cooking classes and personalised chef tables for groups. Find her at www.facebook. com/CulinaryNess Valentine’s Day is around the corner. That
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon IMPRESS YOUR LOVER
      526 27  -  Chai Hung Yin With Valentine’s Day just two days away, here are some ideas to express your love. ASPIRE 1. Seclusion at a private island A stay at the Frégate Island Private in Victoria Sey, Seychelles, will definitely make both of you feel like celebrities. This island
      PICTURES: GAVIN FOO, SMALL LUXURY HOTELS OF THE WORLD, CHAN BROTHERS TRAVEL, THE SENTOSA, IKEDA SPA  -  526 words
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon For edgy yet charming frocks
      642 28 So you’ve landed the perfect date for Valentine’s day, which is just days away. But what would the five-course dinner, romantic stroll afterwards, and weekend staycation be without the right garb to match the occasion? For frocks which make a statement, multi-label Lula Rock might
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  • HUMOUR
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      870 32  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Students maid a mess When I was a student, I was a little bit naughty. In our hostel corridor at the University of Manchester, I organised cricket matches by using the fire extinguisher as a set of stumps. The fluorescent light tubes along the corridor served
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      Lock icon We’re up against Nicole Seah at writers festival
      634 33  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg It’s my first time. Please be gentle. I e-mailed the person I will be doing it with, fellow New Paper on Sunday columnist Neil Humphreys, for guidance. He wrote back: “Don’t worry about it. Do this
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Smile, you’re on CCTV
        101 33 An undercover police officer in the UK ended up chasing himself for 20 minutes. The Daily Telegraph reported that the officer was patrolling an area prone to break-ins in a Sussex town. A CCTV operator alerted him to someone acting suspiciously in the area, directing the
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        Lock icon Fake snow for winter fest
        125 33 Wire services While Europe is experiencing more snow than it can handle, Canada’s winter has proven so mild and dry that the city of Winnipeg is importing artificial snow. The fake snow is being brought in for a popular snow-sculpting competition, part of the annual
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      Lock icon It’s half-time, America, give Madonna All Your Luvin
      479 33  -  JUST PAIK CHOO SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg Desperately Seeking Louise Veronica Ciccone. There are those who can only envision a steaming cauldron of chok (congee) when you say Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the NFL
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  • TV
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      Lock icon The new Lost?
      512 34  -  Alcatraz is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma stuffed into a mystery JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg I missed out on the whole Lost thing. So I’m really excited to get in on the ground floor of TV’s latest mind-bender, Alcatraz. When colleagues were talking about Lost, I’ve always
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      Lock icon HUNTERS AND MYSTERY MEN
      310 34  -  JJ DETECTIVE REBECCA MADSEN (SARAH JONES) Madsen’s partner died a few months back during a chase, and it turns out the guy they were chasing was one of those weird time-travelling Alcatraz guys. Even weirder, the guy was also her grandfather! Now she’s made it her
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      Lock icon THE MUST-SEE THREE
      141 34 Season Of The Witch FOX Movies Premium (StarHub Ch 622), 9pm Two 14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks believe her powers could be the source of the Black Plague. Starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman. How Do You Know HBO (StarHub Ch 601),
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Tom looks ready to bounce back
      2152 35 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODA Y’SKRANJI TURF MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Daring Journey)))Resuming and have to seriously consider now in Class 5. Drawn well and will go close. 2 Money Bee)))Also dropping in grade. Recent form in harder company good enough to win
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      Lock icon TOM
      102 36 / 37 (Race 3 No. 7) UNANIMOUS BEST BET In one of those rare occasions, all four tipsters in The New Paper on Sunday panel have zeroed in on TOM as their best bet today. The Laurie Laxon-trained three-year-old left a deep impression in his last start on Jan 20 when
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE B) RACE CARD
      1858 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 D1 12.50 -1200m (SC) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****7 Daring Journey 57 (43) YY Oon* c4 5 (6ag C Brown-Lucky Rich No 3) 2 60-467 Money Bee
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (TE RAPA) & AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/ROSEHILL) RESULTS
      751 36 / 37 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (TE RAPA) AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/ROSEHILL) RESULTS RACE 1 (Te Rapa) 1st 2 Veyron ($26-$6) 2nd 1 Mufhasa ($5.10) 3rd 6 Fazzle ($18) 4th 5 Guiseppina. Forecast $10. Place forecast $2.50 (1 -2), $16 (1 -6), $37 (2-6). Tierce $706. Trio $48. Quartet No winner ($1306 jackpot carried forward
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      531 36 / 37 1 Andrew Frost RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 1 6 Tien Chai 8 6 My New Man Daring Journey Tien Chai 8 My New Man 1 8 Carnival Star 1 Daring Journey My New Man Daring Journey 6 10 Tien Chai Tien Chai Bajardo 7
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      Lock icon TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS
      113 38 RACE 1 1 I Am Who I Am 6 Strides Ahead 5 Rumours 2 Track Runner RACE 2 2 Undoubtedly Clever 9 Myth Opening 7 Stryker 5 Sentosa RACE 3 9 Brave Commander 2 Flapjack 7 Golden Ball 10 Thara RACE 4 2 HAPPY REALM)
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
      612 38 Race 1 MS 1100m 7 MIGHTY STORM 50 c 48.5 (127-35) SS Vanan* (4) 2 2 2 (460) 1.5 MS 1100m XWinning stable: DOC. Trainer: Tony Yeoh. Time: 1min 04.80sec (Going: good). Forecast: $87. Tierce: $1004. Quartet: No winner ($***** jackpot carried forward to next race). Malaysian
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      Lock icon TODAY’S PENANG RACE CARD
      1251 38 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 1.35 -1700m Stakes: RM35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 07--22 I Am Who I Am 57 (41) R Burnett c1 10 (4nzg R Lines-R Lines) 2 -***** Track Runner 57 (41) KM Lai*
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RESULTS
      674 39 RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1800m CLASS 5TURF—1800m 5 TELECOM SUPREMO 132 (66-18) N CALLAN (7) 2 KC LEUNG (12) 1 1 BULLISH POWER 133 (123-32) M CHADWICK (6) 4 XTrainer: TW Leung. Margins: Nk, 0.75. Time: 1min 50.16sec (good). Forecast: $139. Place Forecast: $36
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      Lock icon 18th straight win for Black Caviar
      321 39 Australia’s wonder mare BLACK CAVIAR romped to her 18th straight victory in front of 20,000 cheering fans at Caulfield yesterday. Ridden by regular jockey Luke Nolen, the Peter Moody-trained darling of the Australian turf beat Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed by 3 1 /4
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      1158 40 THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS GERALDTON RACE 1 (1,100m) (11) VIELLO: Reasonable effort first run back when 3rd of 14, beaten 61/2lengths Rubin Sky 1,200m Feb 2. 3rd of 11, beaten a length Bellestroem 1,100m trial Jan 22. Expect further improvement. (7) VAIN DIVA: Resuming after a
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      198 40 1:35 Race 1 GERALDTON 1100M GERALDTON 1100M 1 VEGflSKY SASHA STARLEY (12) 58 2 COPPER DUKE TIM BROWN (1) 58 3 BENEVOUS KEVIN BOHORUN 2:10 Race 2 GERALDTON 1400M 58 4 COUNT FANTASTIC MAKIMORITA (8) 58 5 ROGART PAUL KING (11) 58 6 SPECIAL KEN
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Mardan hangs on, thanks to red-hot putter
      590 41  -  PHILIPPINE OPEN GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg “Pressure? What pressure?” That reaction was not borne of arrogance. But an expression of calm authority from a bat-tle-hardened veteran now into his 18th year as a professional. Mardan Mamat reacted coolly when asked if he felt some
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      Lock icon Korda for history?
      154 41 WOMEN’S AUSTRALIAN OPEN AP AMERICAN teenager Jessica Korda moved into position for a two-sport, father-daugh-ter Australian double, shooting an even-par 73 yesterday to take the third-round lead in the Women’s Australian Open at difficult Royal Melbourne. Korda, the 18-year-old daughter of 1998 Australian Open men’s singles tennis
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      186 41 DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC AFP ENGLAND’S world No. 3 Lee Westwood shot a five-under 67 and surged to the top of a crowded leaderboard at the US$2.5 million ($3.2m) Dubai Desert Classic yesterday. Overnight joint-leaders Rory McIlroy and Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn struggled as conditions became slightly tougher on
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      312 41 AFP Charlie Wi maintained his lead at the halfway point of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am yesterday morning (Singapore time), shooting a sec-ond-round three-under 69, but Tiger Woods remains poised to strike. The 40-year-old South Korean began the day tied for the lead with two others
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  • NBA
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      Lock icon Isner stuns Federer to help US to 2-0 lead
      359 42 TENNIS Reuters JOHN Isner shocked Roger Federer in four sets to secure a 2-0 lead for the United States away to Switzerland in Davis Cup World Group action on Friday. Big-serving Isner beat Federer 4-6, 6-3,7-6 (7/4), 6-2 to end his
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      734 42 Reuters NEW YORK KNICKS 92 LA LAKERS 85 “Linsanity” reigned at Madison Square Garden yesterday morning (Singapore time). Blossoming point guard Jeremy lin outduelled Kobe Bryant to lead the New York Knicks to a fourth consecutive win with a 92-85 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Lin,
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      Lock icon Tao Li misses Olympic mark
      124 42  -  SWIMMING DILENJIT SINGH FIVE months to go before the London Olympics, Tao Li has yet to meet the 100m butterfly Olympic ‘A’ qualifying time of58.70 seconds. She missed out on another chance to meet the mark at the New South Wales State Open Championships yesterday.
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      527 43  -  Southpaw wins International Bowling Championship in Japan and bags $96,600 the single biggest prize purse won by a Singaporean bowler LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Bowler Cherie Tan was out shopping with her younger sister Daphne in Fukuoka, Japan when The New Paper called yesterday evening. The 23-year-old
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      502 43  -  BADMINTON LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg The Malayan Railway service between Singapore and Malaysia has reunited families and friends between the two countries for decades. And yesterday afternoon, the train operator was credited for another reunion, but with a twist. At the poolside cafe of the Singapore
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      Lock icon Li and Sun lose in final
      176 43 TABLE TENNIS They surprised even their high-performance manager with the ease in which they beat their Chinese opponents in the semi-finals of the Qatar Open women’s doubles competition. But there was no repeat of that for Li Jiawei and Sun Beibei in the final
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  • S–LEAGUE
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      Lock icon Young Lions not keen to be outshone by LionsXII
      482 44  -  DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg Expect a Courts Young lions team with more bite in front of goal this season. That’s the verdict of the team’s new captain Hafiz Abu Sujad. He said: “I think we’re going to be a more attacking team
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      306 44  -  KETTLEBELL JETHRO WANG SHE used to suffer from chronic back pains. But since she picked up kettlebell 18 months ago, Jennifer Tan has been feeling better. “It builds up your core!” said the 34-year-old nurse who works at the National University Hospital. “You can train
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  • AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
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      709 45 Ivory Coast banking on watertight defence and lethal attack to claim first title in 20 years AFP The 2012 African Nations Cup has enjoyed more than its fair share of upsets but Ivory Coast are praying tomorrow morning’s (Singapore time) final with Zambia
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      Lock icon Gasperini accuses Inter of broken promises
      387 45 SERIE A Wire Services GIAN Piero Gasperini has broken his five-month silence over his ill-fated five-game spell as Inter Milan coach, accusing president Massimo Moratti of breaking promises. Gasperini spent less than three months in the job after being hired in the summer to
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  • FOOTBALL
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      935 46 / 47  -  GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg As If the public execution of Fabio Capello wasn’t ugly enough, England’s football vultures were picking over the managerial corpse before it had even gone cold. Administrators, fans, media, even politicians… it seemed like half of Britain was queuing up
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      Lock icon Harry prepared for brickbats as England boss
      562 46 / 47 PA Sport Harry Redknapp is under no illusions he would be immune from criticism if he does eventually succeed Fabio Capello as England boss. The Football Association hierarchy began their search for Capello’s permanent replacement on Friday, having vowed to take their time
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      394 46 / 47 PA Sport SIR Alex Ferguson has admitted trying to combine being manager of Scotland and Aberdeen cost the Scottish Premier League club the title in 1986. As assistant to Jock Stein, Ferguson (right) was the obvious choice to take over
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      Lock icon Good riddance to Capello
      706 48  -  But our columnist tells DILENJIT SINGH not to expect success from his successor at Euro 2012 either 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
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      Lock icon FA denies $3m Fabio payout
      182 48 PA Sport THE FOOTBALL Association has rejected claims it paid £1.5 million ($3m) in compensation to Fabio Capello. The Italian has been on a £6m-a-year contract since being appointed as Steve McClaren’s successor in December, 2005. As he still had five months remaining on that
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  • MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE
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      Lock icon United v Pool? We’d rather watch the LionsXII
      379 49  -  ALI KASIM WHO SAID local football is the poor cousin to the English Premier League? Sure, you would have been hard-pressed to find many Manchester United and Liverpool jerseys among the 7,056 fans at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. But, according
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      621 49  -  Our analyst R. SASIKUMAR tells DAVID LEESundram’s boys should build on the momentum for Tuesday’s game against Perak DAVID LEE Did you expect the LionsXII to beat the Malaysia Cup champions and Charity Shield winners Negeri Sembilan 3-1? SASIKUMAR: It was definitely unexpected because the
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      580 50 / 51  -  Sufian shines as LionsXII romp to superb win ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg LIONSXII 3 (Shahril Ishak, 31-pen, 60, Shahdan Sulaiman 50) NEGERISEMBILAN1 (Firdaus Azizul 90+4) Coach V Sundramoorthy didn’t have any excuses before last night’s match. For the first time this season, he had the luxury of
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      Lock icon How the goals were scored
      186 50 / 51  -  DAVID LEE 30min PENALTY for LionsXII! Shahdan Sulaiman’s wicked curling cross bounces off the turf and onto the outstretched arm of Qhairul Anuar and referee Nagor Amir Noor Mohd points to the spot. 31 min GOAL! Shahril Ishak keeps his nerve to pass the ball
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      864 50 / 51  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Pre-season, he had doubts over whether he should sign up for the LionsXII when he was approached by the team’s management. “They were assembling some of the best players in the S-League and I was worried my chances of playing would
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  • EPL
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      896 52 Mancini backs his stars to keep United at bay AFP Roberto Mancini has rubbished suggestions his players are buckling under the strain of leading the Premier League. Manchester City have topped the table for most of the season, but they could not shake off neighbours
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      615 53 EVERTON 2 (Pienaar 5, Stracqualursi 71) CHELSEA 0 STEVEN PIENAAR and Denis Stracqualursi scored as Everton piled the pressure on Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas. Pienaar celebrated his Goodison Park return by firing Everton into a fifth-minute lead on another dismal Premier League afternoon for Chelsea,
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      248 53 FULHAM 2 (Pogrebnyak 16, Sorensen 28 og) STOKE CITY 1 (Shawcross 78) PAVEL POGREBNYAK’S debut goal helped Fulham to victory. The Russian was quick to make his mark in west London, and Fulham doubled their advantage with an unfortunate own-goal by Stoke keeper Thomas Sorensen
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      242 54 BOLTON 1 (M Davies 67) WIGAN 2 (Caldwell 43, McArthur 76) JAMES MCARTHUR boosted Wigan’s survival hopes with a dramatic late winner over fellow strugglers Bolton at the Reebok Stadium. McArthur followed up a drive by Victor Moses which struck home keeper Adam Bogdan and
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      525 54 BLACKBURN 3 (Yakubu 15, Nzonzi 23, Onuoho og 45) QPR 2 (Mackie 71, 90) BLACKBURN survived a second-half fightback from fellow strugglers QPR to secure three precious points at Ewood Park. Striker AyegbeniYakubu, back from suspension, opened the scoring in the 15th minute, Steven Nzonzi
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      Lock icon Holt and Canaries still flying
      252 54 SWANSEA 2 (Graham 23, 87 pen) NORWICH 3 (Holt 47, 63, Pilkington 51) CAPTAIN Grant Holt grabbed a second-half double as Norwich came from behind to claim a thrilling victory over Swansea. Swansea took the lead against the run of play in the 23rd minute.
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      775 55  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg SUNDERLAND 1 (James McClean 70) ARSENAL2 (Aaron Ramsey 75, Thierry Henry 90) REPORTING FROM THE STADIUM OF LIGHT When Arsene Wenger needed a hero to safeguard his future, he had to look into the past to find one. Thierry Henry’s much mocked loan
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      247 56 PA Sport THOUSANDS of copies of a Manchester United fanzine, which featured a “potentially offensive image”, were seized by police before last night’s match against Liverpool. The edition of Red Issue included a spoof poster of a Ku Klux Klan hood along with the words
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      Lock icon United deserve to win
      416 56  -  JETHRO WANG jetwang@sph.com.sg Manchester United versus Liverpool matches are seldom dull affairs. That was certainly true last night, as the two arch-ri-vals served up another thriller at Old Trafford. There were only three goals scored but there were plenty of talking points, especially when Liverpool striker
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      540 57  -  The Reds should have taken the initiative against United GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg In a match that called for Liverpool to play the attacking game they flourish in, Kenny Dalglish took the easy way out. Instead of taking the game to Manchester United, the Reds set up stall
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      737 58 / 59  -  Suarez and Evra nonsense mars Old Trafford thriller GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 2 (Wayne Rooney 47, 50) LIVERPOOL 1 (Luis Suarez 80) In a sport designed to let the feet do the talking, Luis Suarez instead chose to let his hand be the spark for a flurry of
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      376 58 / 59 Wire Services Sir Alex Ferguson has branded Luis Suarez a “disgrace to Liverpool Football Club”. And the Manchester United manager claimed the Uruguayan should never play for the Reds again after his refusal to shake Patrice Evra’s hand before last night’s English Premier League clash at
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        126 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: I WOLVES v WEST BROM SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 9.30pm I ASTON VILLA v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 11.55pm LALIGA Tomorrow: I VALENCIA v SPORTING GIJON StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 12.55am I REAL MADRID v
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        23 58 / 59 RBS 6 NATIONS Tonight: I WALES v SCOTLAND StarHub TV Ch 217 (Setanta Sports Channel) SingTel mio TV Ch 120 (Setanta), 10.50pm
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        28 58 / 59 AVANTHA MASTERS Thursday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 4pm NORTHERN TRUST OPEN Friday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 4am
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