The New Paper, 22 April 2012

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  • Title Section
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    13 1 the new paper on sunday April 22 2012 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      103 1 CONFESSIONS OF A FORTUNE-TELLER 14 ‘Don't ask me for 4-D numbers’ MOTHER’S SHOCK My daughter was a prostitute at 158 EVEN AFTER 48 MEN ARE CHARGED FOR PAID SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL... WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WE CATCH MEN STILL ON THE PROWL 6 TNP PICTURE facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper To
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Be outraged, be involved, but don’t be a vigilante
      622 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg Outrage. That’s the one word I think best describes the emotion that took over Singapore in the past week. Outrage over a poll this newspaper did of 50 graduate and undergraduate women who said they wouldn’t date a
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      121 2 FEATURES 6 Sting operation Men still offering money for sex with‘underage’girl 8 Mum’s shock Police visit reveals daughter’s double life as teen prostitute 12 Fashion Forward S’porean designers finding global success SPORTS 45 Bahrain Grand Prix Defending champion Sebastian Vettel gets first pole of season 48 Glenn Connley: Juventus’ Antonio
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Our senior photojournalist picks his pics of the week
      80 3  -  These Images capture two very different sides to bullfighting. The bullfights in Spain rarely ends well for the bull, but as the picture (below, left) shows, the matador can still get his comeuppance. While over in South Korea, the Cheongdo Bullfighting
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      162 3 We rate the past week’s news good and bad More parents are turning to the Juvenile Court for help with their children’s uncontrollable gaming habits. From fewer than 10 such complaints in 2006, there were 47 cases last year. Singaporean bowler Jazreel Tan, 22, becomes the first non-American
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      Lock icon Healthier food at Geylang Serai
      171 4 / 5 Three hawker centres in Geylang Serai will be offering healthier food choices. The three hawker centres are Eunos Crescent Block 4A Market and Food Centre, Haig Road Market and Cooked Food Centre, and Geylang Serai Market and Food Centre. Working with the Health Promotion Board
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      Lock icon LTA teams up with SMRT to investigate recent train disruptions
      101 4 / 5 Following the most recent spate of train disruptions, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has formed a team with SMRT to investigate the cause of the problems. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday that the team of rail experts from
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      Lock icon Android app to help seniors explore neighbourhood
      88 4 / 5 Students from National Junior College (NJC) have come up with an Android app that encourages senior citizens to go on heritage trails around their neighbourhood. Launching Active Ageing Through Learning-on-the-Move yesterday, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said this joint-initiative by NJC and Moulmein-Kallang
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      69 4 / 5 GOING ON A DIET: Dr Jennifer Steketee, a veterinarian at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter, holding Meow, a two-year-old tabby. Meow arrived at the shelter weighing in at almost 18kg, after its elderly owner could no longer care for it. The shelter plans to put the cat on
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    • Article
      Lock icon Govt to continue initiative: PM
      437 4 / 5 Upgrading projects for HDB estates HDB marked the end of the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP) for first-generation public housing estates yesterday after 22 years. Speaking at the completion ceremony of the final precinct at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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      Lock icon Fathers@Schools appoints first batch of parent ambassadors
      94 4 / 5 They come from six primary and seven secondary schools, and are the Fathers At Schools programme’s first batch of ambassadors. As ambassadors, the 23 parent volunteers will focus on encourag- ing more fathers to get involved in their children’s education. The ambassadors will
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      Lock icon 5 nabbed for suspected involvement in loan-sharking activities
      110 4 / 5 Three men and two women, aged between 17 and 38, were arrested for suspected involvement in loan-sharking activities in three separate cases. On Friday, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division arrested a 38-year-old woman, believed to be a debt-or-turned-runner, in Sembawang
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s deputy energy minister dies while hiking
      120 4 / 5 AFP Indonesia’s deputy energy minister Widjajono Partowidagdo, a key policy maker in the government’s drive to tighten mining regulations, died after he collapsed while hiking, a spokesman said. Mr Partowidagdo was central to a looming government decision on whether to tax the export
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      184 4 / 5 6 The number of frozen cows the US Forest Service wants to blow up with explosives. The cows died after getting stuck inside a cabin in the Rocky Mountains. The carcasses were discovered by two Air Force Academy cadets when they hiked up to the cabin in late
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      Lock icon In the time it takes for you to start up your computer, there would have been...
      69 4 / 5  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION Have you ever wondered what goes on in the internet within just 60 seconds? Well, let’s just say that as soon as you’re done washing your hands, or frying an egg, or
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Forget your age
      943 6 / 7 Just give me your photos, vital stats and price Soon after 48 men were charged in court with having commercial sex with a minor, The New Paper on Sunday got a reporter to pose as a minor on an adult forum. Would men still risk breaking the
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      Lock icon Forget your age
      861 6 / 7 Let’s go to your flat now for sex The posting went up on Wednesday. Four men were keen to meet between Friday and Saturday. Some wanted a lunch-time romp, including a man who told me online that he is 34. He was keen to meet within seconds
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      Lock icon My daughter was not even 16
      1167 8 / 9  -  A part-time hairdresser only found out her 15-year-old daughter was moonlighting as a prostitute when police turned up at her doorstep four years ago. Now, they are trying to pick up the pieces but it isn’t easy Mydaughter REPORT MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg When she
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon flying the flag with fashion
      849 12 / 13  -  These S’porean’s designs are seen on runways in fashion capitals the world over and on stars like Katy Perry and Adam Lambert. reports NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH More Singaporean designers are sending their designs sashaying their way overseas. And they are doing well, even in
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      Lock icon S’pore’s Top Three Fashion Exports
      482 12 / 13 Ashley Isham Now a household name on the international fashion scene, the 33-year-old grew up in a humble household, his seamstress mother his earliest inspiration. But his dreams soon took him to London. Isham left Singapore in 1996, and attended a string of schools in
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      Lock icon From exchanging rings.... ...to demanding toilet paper
      853 16  -  Divorce brings out the pettiness in couples, say lawyers REPORT NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg In a divorce, you would expect long disputes over money or assets like the family home. But over toilet paper? Some couples fight over the most trivial of
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      Lock icon $20,000 cheque ends up in ‘limbo’
      723 18  -  Just another day at Sing Post’s Return Letter Unit REPORT ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg There’s an overwhelming amount of post mailed every day in Singapore. Out of a daily volume of 2.8 million mail items handled by Singapore Post (SingPost), 14,000 cannot be delivered because
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      Lock icon Website offers ‘legal highs’ to M’sians
      648 20 Police keeping eye on drugs delivered to buyers’homes The pills are being sold as the “legal” versions of amphetamines and other party drugs. The Star reported that the pills have become the “in” thing in Malaysia’s nightlife scene. Many party-going youngsters in Malaysia have
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      Lock icon Four members of deadly motorcycle gang are soldiers
      424 20 Motorcycle gangs have been running wild on the streets of Jakarta. The gangs have been accused of robbery and, in some instances, murder in the Indonesian capital. To combat the worsening situation, the police have joined forces with the military to clamp
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      Lock icon Tradition and modernity – an uncomfortable marriage?
      580 21 Tradition and modernity an uncomfortable marriage? South Africans debate polygamy as president marries for sixth time Mr Robert Chauke has to buy a 22-seat bus to carry his enormous family, but it’s still not big enough for his six wives and 26 children. All of them, from his 10-week-old baby
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      Lock icon Frankenstein’s fish
      495 22 / 23 Sick, deformed fish found near BP oil spill site 2 years later Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in US history, scientists are beginning to suspect that fish in the
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      Lock icon Dead sea
      573 22 / 23 Explosives and cyanide fishing have turned Komodo Islands coral gardens to graveyards Months ago, these coral reefs teemed with life. Now, they are desolate gray moonscapes killed by fishermen who use bombs and poison. Dive operators and conservationists say the local government is not doing enough to protect
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A FORTUNE-TELLER
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      Lock icon No ghost in bottle for her
      970 14  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Don’t ask this fortune-teller for 4-D numbers. She says crisply: “If I can predict what the winning numbers are, I should just go and bet my whole life savings, right? “Why would I need to be here (telling fortunes) at all?”
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      253 15 r i informatics academy This could also be your classroom. Asides learning in our classrooms, our lectures will be streamed live onto your mobile devices. You can attend our lessons anywhere, anyplace, anytime. OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY Top 40 UK University in Computer Sciences IT UK Guardian, Good University Guide 2012
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      47 17 SPORTS NOON EDITIONS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS (2ND LEG) DON’T MISS OUR Wednesday April 25 Barcelona v Chelsea Real Madrid v Bayern Munich Thursday April 26 Earth’s mightiest heroes assemble in FiRST for our THE AVENGERS special next week! WIN! Limited-edition THE AVENGERS SingTel Prepaid Mobile Card sets
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      222 17 HE WENT FROM TOILET CLEANER TO CEO IT’S ABOUT PASSION, SENSE OF PURPOSE CAMARADERIE The CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU (CNB) leads Singapore’s fight against drugs. Leading The Way Away From Drugs We are looking for men& women step® ©Wo who [pa@SD®DT] in making Singapore drug-free. SENIOR NARCOTICS OFFICER You will lead
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Penang assam laksa
      836 24  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Preparing this dish can test your eyesight and patience. But as I discovered, it can also be an experience to enhance the family bond. There’s also the reward of the finished dish a delicious lip-smacking spicy brew with pleasant, sourish accents of
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      Lock icon Who cooks it best? We show, you choose
      686 25  -  THIS WEEK: NASI LEMAK Compiled by DARYL YAM, GERALDINE MARK, LEEDI WEI, LIM YUFAN, NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH 363 KATONG LAKSA 29B, Lorong Liput, Holland Village Open: 9am to 9.30pm daily The place may be named after its famous Katong laksa, but
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      Lock icon Pick a pepper
      643 26  -  VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg Pepper is one of the most common ingredients in the kitchen. This humble spice is versatile in all forms: It adds punch to a dish and can be used whole, cracked or ground. There are quite a few varieties of pepper available in supermarkets.
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon A BETTER STREET FIGHTER
      837 27  -  BIKER BOY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg It’s baffling why manufacturers always produce big capacity motorbikes only to then later introduce a “lesser” sibling of that same model. Japanese bike producers are known for it and now Italian bike maker Ducati is getting in on the game.
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon A new way to hang around
      648 28 / 29  -  New form of yoga makes way to Singapore REPORTS BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg A new fitness craze is taking over yoga centres around the world from Delhi to Dublin. Move over paddle yoga (basically, yoga on a paddleboard, on water), here comes floating yoga.
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  • ADRENALINE
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      Lock icon Get in the Swing!
      1050 30 / 31  -  Who says ’pore is boring? In the fourth section of our eight-part series, we show you the places here that get the heart pumping NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg Bodies fly through the air effortlessly. No, the circus hasn’t come to town. But a bit of
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon So hip that it hurts... the wallet
      725 32 Our secret shopper treks down to the off-beat, narrow lanes of the Arab Street heritage area to Maison Ikkoku, an all-male boutique store. SIGNATURE STYLE Maison Ikkoku, not connected to the anime of the same name, translates via French and Japanese as “the
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      582 33  -  REPORT MANDIRA RAI tnp@sph.com.sg Move aside, roomy totes. The clutch Is taking over as the official arm candy for an evening out on the town. Back with a bang, the clutch bag remains a hallmark of style, and it’s everywhere. Nothing dazzles like an embellished clutch. It screams
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
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      99 33 #1 MOVIE UN SINGAPORE! ■LUNG AND ACTION PACKED RIDE” ES WITH STUNNING VISUALS” Nurul Yezid, Cinema Online HASBRO THE COMPANY THAT BROUGHT YOU “MOST T SB 4T tiSS' f S'A m TAYLOR ALEXANDER LIAM KITSCH SKARSGARD R I H fl HI HI ft NEESON V Sp t fnl tzw(V ‘Based
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon No pain in the backside
      850 34  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg My first health-screening since returning to Singapore was going along swimmingly. I made the appropriately inappropriate remark about my stool sample (“I only went through the motions to get it”) and again pulled out my favourite doctor-patient joke (“Doc: Do you
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      Lock icon Live to eat? This burger is to die for
      712 35  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Do you eat to live or live to eat? For me, eating has pretty much become another dreaded chore like breathing, visiting the toilet and putting on pants before going to work. The only periods
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Burglar arrested in shower after feast
        121 35 AP Police say a naked burglar was arrested while taking a shower after he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family’s home. San Bernardino County’s Sergeant Steve Wilson said 25-year-old Michael Calvert was arrested at gunpoint by officers while he
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      • Article
        Lock icon Inmate sues hospital for circumcising him as newborn
        156 35 AP A South Dakota prison inmate is suing the hospital where he was circumcised as a newborn, saying he only recently became aware that he had undergone the procedure and that it robbed him of his sexual prowess. Dean Cochrun, 28, is
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        Lock icon Man posts photo of gas theft from police car on Facebook
        146 35 AP There it was on Facebook for all to see a man, identified as Michael Baker, with a gas can, a siphon hose stuck into a police cruiser in the US state of Kentucky, and a middle finger raised.
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Manly men strike back
      522 36  -  Manly missions cause total mayhem in testosterone-fueled show JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Whoever came up with the name for Strike Back just doesn’t understand the rules. “Strike Back” is always supposed to come at the end of a longer title. The Empire Strikes Back. Jay And Silent
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      Lock icon Manly men, womanly women
      223 36 MICHAEL STONEBRIDGE (PHILIP WINCHESTER) Here’s the key to Michael’s personality: Before he’s about to take on this group of terrorists in matching track suits, he stops and counts the bullets in his gun to make sure he has enough. Always be prepared! Though Michael is married,
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      Lock icon THE MUST-SEE THREE
      145 36 Killers FOX Movies Premium (StarHub Ch 622), 9pm A woman on holiday meets and swiftly marries her ideal man without realising his secret identity. The couple’s idyllic life is upset when they later discover their neighbours may be assassins contracted to kill them. Starring Katherine Heigl, Ashton
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Precisely primed to win second-up
      2210 37 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TOD A Y’S KRANJITURF/POL YTRACK RACES RACE 1 (1,600m) 1 Victorious One’s)Form looks hopeless but does get home OK, so Class 5 over more ground is suitable. 2 Happy More))Probably should have done better for the run last start but worth
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE C/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1932 38 / 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD (POLYTRACK); YIELDING (TURF) RACE 1 C5 12.50 -1600m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 90-60- Victorious One's 57 (41) WL Tan* c3 3 (3ag Leslie Khoo-Victorious One's) 2 -***** Happy More 56.5
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      530 38 / 39 1 RACE Andrew Frost Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Zac Generation 3 2 3 4 Prussian Jack Zac Generation Happy More 3 6 Tien Chai 3 6 10 Zac Generation Tien Chai Zac Generation 5 4 Reverse Takeover 4 Double Dose Prussian Jack Prussian Jack 5
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (HASTINGS) & AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/RANDWICK/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
      896 38 / 39 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (HASTINGS) AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/RANDWICK/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS TAN THEAN LOON’S BEST BET: ZAC VELOCITY (Race 7No. 2) RACE 1 (Hastings) 1st 12 Ginner Hart ($26-$7) 2nd 2 Double Barrel ($59) 3rd 1 The Hombre ($8) 4th 9 Starguru. Forecast $166. Place forecast $33 (1 -2), $6 (1 -12), $32 (2-12).
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      Lock icon TAN THEAN LOON’S IPOH TIPS
      205 40 / 41 RACE 1 4 SUBORDINATE)5 Wind Of Success 9 Golden Jaguar 3 Sombak RACE 2 1 Viva Pronto 7 Wealthy Man 8 Kyara 9 Good Uncle RACE 3 2 The Challenge 1 Rich Royal 14 Lady Diamond 4 Honestly Speaking RACE 4 2 Lady Of Smiling
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      Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
      2810 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING RACE 1 C4 1.35 -1600m (LC) Stakes: RM55,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 2-5900 Major Step 57 (61) TM Wan 3 (4ag Tony Yeoh-DOC) 2 *****9 Faberge 54.5 (56) M Zaidi c2 11 (4mg PK Leong-JR)
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
      689 40 / 41 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1400m 12 CENTURY FORTUNE 50 c 51 (94-22) BN Shahrul (9) 5 5 2 (497) 1 C5(LC) 1400m XWinning stable: Unity. Trainer: LN Danis. Time: 1min 27.40sec (Going: soft). Forecast: $67. Tierce: $1472. Quartet: No winner ($9114 jackpot carried forward to next race).
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      Lock icon Funny Falve can bring on the smiles
      2324 42 / 43 I TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNSHINE COAST/NARROGIN RACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,400m) 2 THRILLERS (Ms M Brosnan) 4g By Lonhro Plagiarize (11:1-1-3): Walked out the gates when closed strongly for len, 1/2 hd 3rd (59.0) Settheworldonfire, Grey Mambo
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (SUNSHINE COAST/NARROGIN) RACE CARD
      386 42 / 43 12:20 Race 1 SUNSHINE COAST 1400M 1 SHADOWOFEXCELLENCE ANTHONY ALLEN (1) 59 1400M 1 SHADOWOFEXCELLENCE ANTHONY ALLEN (D 59 2 THRILLERS UNFIXED (4) 57.5 3 WARANGA KIRKMATHESON (2) 57 4 CLONMACNOISE 12:39 Race 2 NARROGIN 1190M (131 56.5 5 HARISH RMCMAHON (7) 55 6
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S HONG KONG (SHATIN) RESULTS
      620 42 / 43 RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF 1000m CLASS 5 TURF—1000m 7 WELL FIT 128 (26-10) TANGLAND (6) 1 2 ISLAND SPRING 131 (28-10) XTrainer: D Cruz. Margins: 2.5, 0.5. Time: 0min 57.4sec (yielding). Forecast: $26. Place Forecast: $11 (Nos. 2-7), $52 (Nos. 2-11), $56 (Nos. 7-11).Tierce:
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  • Page 40 / 41 Miscellaneous
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      32 40 / 41 Saturday April 21 2012 First Second Third 7145 0390 7036 Starters 0158 1297 1322 1512 2611 3410 3507 3863 6833 9655 Consolations 2073 3290 3686 3746 4249 5769 7756 8096 8586 9952
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  • TENNIS
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      Lock icon Djokovic rallies to oust Berdych
      133 44 Reuters WORLD No. 1 Novak Djokovic reached the Monte Carlo Masters final when he battled back from a set down to defeat sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 4-6,6-3, 6-2 yesterday. The Serbian will face seven-time champion Rafael Nadal, who beat France’s Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4 in
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      Lock icon Semenya makes it
      128 44 ATHLETICS Reuters FORMER world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya qualified for the London Olympics on Friday when she eased to victory in 1 min. 59.58 sec. at a Yellow Pages Series meeting in Johannesburg. Semenya, 21, underwent gender tests at the 2009 Berlin world championships where she
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    • Article
      Lock icon Spurs beat Lakers to spoil Kobe’s return
      198 44 NBA SAN ANTONIO 121 LA LAKERS 97 SAN Antonio’s top trio of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili combined for 61 points yesterday morning (Singapore time), as the Spurs spoiled Kobe Bryant’s return from injury with a 121-97 victory over the Lakers.
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      Lock icon Nadal sees red over blue
      384 44 AFP Rafael Nadal on Friday blasted the decision to play next month’s Madrid Masters, a key tournament in the build-up to the French Open, on blue clay rather than the traditional red. “My opinion, it’s a mistake,” said the Spanish world No. 2. “You are
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Lock icon Vettel ‘back at the front’
      717 45 AFP Defending double world champion Sebastian Vettel grabbed his first pole position of 2012 ysterday when he planted his Red Bull car at the top of the times in qualifying for today’s controversial Bahrain Grand Prix. The 24-year-old German outpaced McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton by just
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      Lock icon F1 remains tense as clashes continue
      235 45 AP BAHRAINI opposition groups claimed yesterday that a man was killed during clashes with security forces, threatening to sharply escalate the Gulf nation’s unrest as officials struggle under the world spotlight as hosts of the Formula One Grand Prix. Authorities opened an investigation in
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  • ATHLETICS
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      Lock icon Sheng Yao sets sight on record
      495 46  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg POLE vaulter Chan Sheng Yao is more than looking forward to next weekend. That’s when he will be taking part in the South-east Asia Youth Athletics Championships at the Bishan Stadium. The 16-year-old Hwa Chong Institution student missed the qualifying
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      Lock icon Silverware for some, winners all
      346 46 HOCKEY It was hockey as it used to be played. And on a venue that has rich history with a club that is renowned for hockey. The Padang, especially the half that belongs to Singapore Recreation Club (SRC), used to be the playground of many
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  • SAILING
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      370 47  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Ever wanted to pick up sailing, but couldn’t commit to eight straight weekends for the introductory course? Good news for you then, as the Singapore Sailing Federation (SSF) has broken the course up in its new Modular Sailing Scheme, announced at
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      Lock icon Kimberly best sailor again
      316 47  -  LIM SAY HENG SHE was momentarily rooted to her seat when her name was announced. But Kimberly Lim then coolly stood up and walked to the stage at the Raffles Marina last night to collect her Sailor of the Year award from SingaporeSailing patron and guest-of-honour
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      Lock icon Outram’s students get sports education programme
      317 47  -  LIM SAY HENG ITIS a programme aimed at honing sports-re-lated skills among students in schools, but with a twist. Instead of training them to be athletes, an agreement between Outram Secondary School and the International Sports Academy a private education institution will see students
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  • SERIE A
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      Lock icon Juve’s Conte the new maestro
      1085 48  -  FC WEEKEND GLENN CONNLEY npsports@sph.com.sg Uefa’s selection criterion for the annual Manager of the Year award is hardly what you’d call creative. Most years, it’s simply handed to the head coach of whichever club that win the Champions League. It’s presented during the Champions League
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  • FOOTBALL
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        172 49 Reuters LEE Westwood birdied the first and fourth holes in a truncated third round before bad weather halted his charge in the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta yesterday. The world No. 3 (above) boosted his title defence with the early birdies to move to 13-un-der when
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        117 49 AFP SOUTH African Branden Grace struck an eight-under 64 at Binhai Lake Golf course in Tianjin yesterday to take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Volvo China Open. Defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium was lying in second place after birdieing the last hole for
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        Lock icon Miyazato tames Hawaii winds
        132 49 AFP JAPAN’S Ai Miyazato defied difficult, windy conditions to post a two-under 70 on Friday and take a three-shot lead after three rounds of the LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii. Miyazato, a seven-time LPGA Tour winner, had a 10-under total of 206, three shots in front
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      550 49  -  Rangers FC administrators Duff and Phelps still looking for elusive ‘unconditional bid’ DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Is it a case of money no enough? As Rangers Football Club administrators Duff and Phelps come under fire for the protracted process of an impending takeover, they revealed they are still holding
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  • Page 49 Miscellaneous
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      81 49 For detailed match fixtures, please visit Singapore Pools website www.singaporepools.com.sg SB SportsBuzz@Kranji SportsBuzz@PoMo (For 18 yrs and above) LW Livewire MBS Livewire RWS (For 21 yrs and above) Ip Y(i) Always play with care. [responsibly] Do not bet illegally. Towards Community Telephone Account Service. Call 6786 6688 for more details
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      Lock icon Soaring Magpies close in on Europe
      637 50 NEWCASTLE 3 (Cabaye 14, 57, Cisse 18) STOKE CITY 0 YOHAN CABAYE struck twice as Newcastle powered their way past Stoke to claim a sixth successive Premier League victory. The Frenchman scored with a close-range 14th-minute header and then after providing the pass from
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      Lock icon Formica’s smooth finish boosts Rovers
      333 50 BLACKBURN 2 (Formica 41, Hoilett 49) NORWICH 0 JUNIOR HOILETT and Mauro Formica gave Blackburn’s Premier League survival hopes a mighty boost. Hoilett scored a 25-yard screamer after Formica had put Rovers ahead in the 40th minute when he volleyed home from a Morten Gamst
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      Lock icon Mignolet holds Villa to a point
      238 51 ASTON VILLA 0 ASTON VILLA 0 SUNDERLAND 0 SUNDERLAND 0 ASTON VILLA edged closer to Premier League safety as they denied former manager Martin O’Neill a winning return in the home clash with Sunderland. O’Neill was greeted with boos from the Villa fans as
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      543 51 BOLTON 1 BOLTON 1 (Eagles 14) SWANSEA 1 SWANSEA 1 (Sinclair 6) BOLTON hung on against Swansea for a potentially crucial point in their battle against relegation from the Premier League. There was no doubt Bolton needed the points more, but the Visitors
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      Lock icon Senderos stars in late show
      397 51 FULHAM 2 FULHAM 2 (Pogrebnyak 58, Senderos 89) 58, Senderos 89) WIGAN 1 WIGAN 1 (Boyce 57) PHILIPPE SENDEROS’ last-gasp header earned Fulham a deserved 2-1 victory against relegationthreatened Wigan. The Cottagers edged the firsthalf proceedings by the Thames, but were thwarted by poor finishing
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      Lock icon Stalemate suits neither side
      891 52 / 53 Blues, Gunners falter in race for Champions League spots PA Sport ARSENAL 0 CHELSEA 0 In what seemed like a dress rehearsal for their Nou Camp date, Chelsea produced a solid defensive display to frustrate Arsenal yesterday. But the goalless draw did neither side any favours
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      491 52 / 53 PA Sport CHELSEA defender Gary Cahill believes a goalless draw was a fair result as Arsenal and the Blues both wasted the chance to boost their Champions League claims at the Emirates Stadium. The third-placed Gunners hit the woodwork twice through Robin van Persie and
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      359 52 / 53 PA Sport TOTTENHAM Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp would be interested in signing Didier Drogba on a free transfer this summer, but admits the Chelsea striker’s wage demands may scupper any potential deal. At 34 years old, many thought Drogba (right) was past it, but
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      265 52 / 53 Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 0 Blackburn 2 (Mauro Formica 41, David Hoilett 49) Norwich 0 Bolton 1 (Chris Eagles 14) Swansea 1 (Scott Sinclair 6) Fulham 2 (Pavel Pogrebnyak 58, Philippe Senderos 89) Wigan 1 (Emerson Boyce 57) Newcastle 3 (Yohan Cabaye 14, 57, Papiss Demba
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      Lock icon Dalglish urges fans to respect Hodgson
      666 54 PA Sport Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has praised the integrity of predecessor Roy Hodgson and has urged fans to respect the former Reds boss when he returns to Anfield tonight. Hodgson lasted six months with the Merseysiders last season before owners Fenway Sports Group
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      340 54 PA Sport ROBBIE Fowler yesterday paid tribute to the “outstanding” Luis Suarez and admitted he would have relished linking up with the Uruguayan during his time at Anfield. The man known as “God” to Liverpool supporters has been impressed with the form of the Reds’ No.7 and
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      Lock icon City boss: Tevez’s return helped us
      677 55 PA Sport Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is not dwelling on what might have been with Carlos Tevez after admitting his return has rejuvenated the team’s attack. Tevez has struck four goals in his first two starts since rejoining the squad following his well-docu-mented
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      398 55 Wire Services JOLEON Lescott has issued a rallying cry to his Manchester City teammates: Don’t let arch-rivals Manchester United win the Premier League title at Eastlands. If United and City both win their matches today, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men can claim the title by winning the Manchester
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      499 56 / 57 AFP Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini still insists the Premier League title race is over. That despite several of his players believing otherwise. City could find themselves eight points behind leaders Manchester United before they take to the pitch against Wolves tonight, should Sir Alex
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      234 56 / 57 PA Sport SIR ALEX Ferguson is crossing his fingers that Manchester United midfielder Anderson does not get his career wrecked by injury. The United boss has ruled the Brazilian out of the remainder of this season with a hamstring injury. Anderson (right) has been restricted to
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      387 56 / 57 Wire Services Sir Bobby Charlton scored249 goals during his 17 years at Manchester United. Wayne Rooney’s double against Aston Villa last weekend took him onto 178, just one behind George Best and Dennis Viollet, joint fourth on the Red Devils’ scoring list, and
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      Lock icon Fergie fears Everton backlash
      920 58 / 59 AFP Everton will be at their most dangerous tonight, warned Sir Alex Ferguson. Manchester United are expecting a backlash following the Merseyside club’s heartbreaking FA Cup semi-final loss to Liverpool last weekend. Premier League leaders United face David Moyes’ side today looking to maintain a five-point
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      Lock icon EASY FOR CITY TONIGHT
      710 58 / 59  -  But our columnist tells DAVID LEE why the Citizens are likely to drop points in title run-in 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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    • ON TV
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        176 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Today: I MAN UNITED v EVERTON SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 7.30pm I LIVERPOOL v WEST BROM SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium), 10.50pm I WOLVES v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 11 pm Wednesday: I ASTON VILLA v
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        21 58 / 59 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX Today: I MAIN RACE SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 7.45pm
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        28 58 / 59 NBA Today: I INDIANA PACERS v PHILADELPHIA 76ERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV) 7am I UTAH JAZZ v ORLANDO MAGIC StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 10.30am
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        31 58 / 59 INDONESIAN MASTERS Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 12.30pm VOLVO CHINA OPEN Today: I DAY 4 SingTel mioTVCh 115 (STARSports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 1 pm
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        17 58 / 59 MONTE CARLO ROLEX MASTERS Today: I DAY 7, FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7.45pm
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