The New Paper, 20 May 2012

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1 8 The New Paper
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    13 1 the new paper on sunday May 20 2012 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      58 1 BEDOK RESERVOIR ROAD ACCIDENT Motorcyclist tweeted about death hours before fatal crash Pool need Villas-Boas, says Paul Parker 3 56 paper May 20 2012 BREATHLESS, Don’t assume we’re all hell-raising speed demons, say drivers of fast cars 8 TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG Smaller crowd than GE atWP Hougang rally 6
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Reckless need for speed fast making us furious
      616 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg This entire week, the nation has been riveted by the Ferrari-taxi-motorcycle crash and its ensuing drama. And in the aftermath, people have asked for extra licensing for foreign drivers or anyone who has the moolah to drive a fast
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      156 2 COLUMNS 14 Ground Zero Heartlanders: It’s not about nationality in Ferrari-crash furore 18 Confessions of a bartender: Drunk people get away with a lot 38 S M Ong So what constitutes a ‘national issue’? SPORTS 50 Kick for local football Local great, Majid Ariff, 74, passing on tricks to next
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      32 2 QUICK ON THE DRAW The coming by-election won’t be as fun as last year’s GE. Something’s missing. No highstakes GRC? No young pretty candidate? No public holiday. TNP ILLUSTRATION: CHNG CHOON HIONG
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon He tweeted about death before crash
      720 3  -  ITE student killed in accident involving his motorbike and cab REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg Just hours before he was killed, the young accident victim tweeted about dying. In Malay, the tweet (below) spoke about his loneliness. He also tweeted that if he died,
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      Lock icon Smaller crowd at WP rally
      936 6 / 7  -  One year on and the crowd seems to have thinned a little at the Workers Party rally in Ho ugang yesterday. The buzz has quietened a little, as some say the fight for Hougang is more a local matter than a national one. But that
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      Lock icon Png: Keep Hougang a ‘beacon of democracy’
      258 6 / 7 Hougang Is not for sale. Workers’ Party candidate Png Eng Huat reminded Hougang residents of the “great sacrifices” they had made in keeping Singapore democratic. For instance, Hougang residents were pushed to the back of the queue for upgrading, but they refused to
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      Lock icon These fast-car owners love Safety, not speeding
      1200 8 / 9  - These fast-car owners love Safety not speeding The heckling against fast-cars, which started after last week’s Ferrari crash, should stop, say these owners. Their need for speed stays within racing tracks and they won’t burn the rubber on S’pore roads REPORT: DENIS EDWARD edenis@sph.com.sg Don’t tar us with the same
      TNP PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG, NG JUN SEN, GAVIN FOO  -  1,200 words
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      Lock icon Cyclist’s kindness caught on helmet cam
      304 10 It was a simple act of kindness, but it has moved tens of thousands of people across the globe. Mr Lewis Dediara (right) was cycling through central London when he saw a man going through a rubbish bin for something to eat (above). On
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      190 10 S$841,000 The money spent on releasing anti-phosphates to little effect into Eichbaum lake in Hamburg, Germany, after swimmers allegedly caused an algae bloom by peeing in the water. Five hundred fish have been killed over the past two weeks by the bloom. 1 1/2km The distance an Arabian
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      Lock icon GET ART INSPIRED
      225 10  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg The Singapore Arts Festival is back at Esplanade Park. The Festival Village is packed with free performances and activities. There are songs, dances, theatre acts and even ghost stories (told by kids), all happening in the same place. Flux is an
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      Lock icon Myopia in East Asia at epidemic levels
      842 12 / 13  -  Study shows that countries like China and S’pore have alarming numbers of short-sighted youth REPORT: VALERIE KOH valkoh@sph.com.sg Eshet Chayil Lim is seven and has myopia of325 degrees in each eye. Her myopia is high for a child of her age, say doctors.
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    • Article
      Lock icon What parents need to know about myopia
      354 12 / 13 What is myopia? Myopia is the technical term for near-sight-edness. Those who are myopic have trouble making out distant objects, but close objects remain clear. What are the study’s key findings? East Asia’s big cities which stress the importance of academic success have
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      Lock icon Children hooked on gadgets during mealtime
      670 12 / 13  -  REPORT: DARYL YAM dary|yam@sph.com.sg years degrees. It came as a surprise to her parents as Eshet hardly watched shows. But they soon discovered the cause. “She watched many educational videos on the computer then, more than an hour each time. I hadn’t realised it
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      Lock icon Sisters charged with trying to kill daughter-in-law
      340 21 They are accused of stabbing woman and setting fire to her house after money dispute The sisters have been accused of trying to murder the daughter-in-law of the elder one. They are also accused of setting the victim’s home in Penang, Malaysia, on
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      Lock icon Netizens help dying grandpa ‘travel’ around the world
      418 22 Her grandfather had never been abroad. But at age 86 and diagnosed with a terminal illness, there was no way he could fulfil that dream. He has lymphoma, a type of cancer that begins in immune system cells, and doctors have said
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      Lock icon Man with 30 kids wants relief from child support
      319 22 Octomum has had her hands full with 14 children. But a man in the US state of Tennessee has a bigger problem. Mr Desmond Hatchett, 33, has 30 children with 11 different women. Now, the minimum-wage worker has realised that he
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      Lock icon Unbearable weightiness of being ‘perfect’
      627 23 Indians weigh in on actress Aishwarya Rai’s pregnancy kilos How much weight Is too much? That is the question which is raging across India. The woman caught in the middle of the fierce storm is former Miss World and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai. Rai, who
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      Lock icon His ‘sex strike’ call raises $2m for Haiti
      351 23 Go on a sex strike. That’s what actor and activist Sean Penn (above) urged a glamorous party of Cannes actresses and glitterati to do unless their men stumped up at a charity auction held for Haiti on Friday night. Jessica Chastain and
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      Lock icon Whata blast!
      547 30 / 31  -  TNP’s New Face contest turns 20 this year, and our former contestants say it’s been wild ride o he spotlight REPORT: GERALDINE MARK gmark@sph.com.sg To launch the search for the 20th batch of New Face contestants, alumni from the last 19 years gathered for a photo shoot. It
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      Lock icon New Face winners over the years
      457 32  -  Geraldine Mark The New Paper New Face Is a modelling competition open to girls aged 15 to 23. This year, the contest is presented by Subaru MotorImage and co-sponsored by Levi’s and Clinique. Be spotted by The New Face crew this Saturday along Orchard
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon PAP faces ‘uphill fight’ in by-election: PM
      424 4 / 5 PM Lee visits Hougang with candidate Desmond Choo It’s going to be an “uphill fight” for the People’s Action Party (PAP). That is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s assessment of his party’s chances in the Hougang by-election. He visited the single-seat constituency yesterday
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      Lock icon Obama pledges to work with G8 to solve Europe’s economic woes
      147 4 / 5 Reuters US President Barack Obama pledged at a Group of Eight (G8) summit to work with Europe on a package that balances growth with debt reduction as world leaders try to prevent the crisis from destabilising the global economy.
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      Lock icon Blind Chinese activist leaves for US with family
      144 4 / 5 AFP BLIND Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was on a plane headed for the States with his family yesterday, US officials said. It ended weeks of uncertainty for the rights campaigner. The departure of Mr Chen, 40, caps an odyssey that began a
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      Lock icon Facebook shares end flat on trading debut
      142 4 / 5 AFP FACEBOOK’S first trading day on Friday failed to live up to the hype as its shares ended barely above the starting price after a glitch-plagued Nasdaq debut. Priced at US$38 (S$48) on Thursday, in the largest-ever ini- tial public offering for a
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      68 4 / 5 WE REMEMBER: Relatives holding portraits of loved ones killed in the deadly street fighting in 2010 as they pray at the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok, yesterday. The Red Shirts, supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, marked the second anniversary of the army’s crushing of a two-month-long protest
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      227 4 / 5 We rate last week’s news good and bad The number of teens diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) has fallen from the record high of 820 in 2007. In 2010, the Department of STI Control saw 619 youngesters aged 10 to 19. This is attributed to greater awareness
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      164 4 / 5 fight. Mr Lee said he hoped the voters of Hougang would give Mr Choo a chance. Writing on his Facebook page on May 9, the day the Writ of Election was issued, Mr Lee had said: “The by-election will give Hougang residents the chance to elect a new MP to
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      202 11 m/i L n i J 1 V, n h h $r. &Vi C't r C&SL £*cs£^erwts. 'ea*rt4 Vivien Ong, Runway Model New Face 2010 Winner 20ye(m of Aspiring Dreams Now in its 20th year, The New Paper New Face continues to inspire bold dreamers who want to shine in the
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Reckless, regardless of nationality
      1209 14 / 15  -  Local man was killed by foreigner in Ferrari accident. But S ’poreans can be dangerous drivers too MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Rich versus poor. Chinese national versus Chinese Singaporean. As anti-foreigner sentiment burns online against “the China man who killed a Singaporean cabby with his speeding Ferrari”,
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      319 14 / 15 scoot Its the final countdown for great June fares! cM* 9 Sydney or Gold Coast Economy ss 128* in ScootBiz s 398‘B Get outta here! The clock's ticking, so what are you waiting for? Book a flight to Sydney or the Gold Coast by 20 May, and get your holiday
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  • THEN & NOW
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      867 16 / 17  -  She lost an arm after bungled injection in 2007. Now five years later... REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Like any other five-year-old child, she is all bubbly and chirpy. Sports, music and drawing she loves them all. And every little thing, be it a cartoon,
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      173 16 / 17 (N SUPER IMPORT NIGHTS he Ultimate Mofor&how Singapore's Leading Aftermarket Parts and Accessories Show Returning for the fourth instalment. Super Import Nights is probably Singapore’s most successful after market and motor sports based automotive show. Get ready For an explosive thrilling ride this Maij. Exotic Performance Showcars Amazing Automotive Deals
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      303 16 / 17 Hotel Sentral Management 1 1 ft HOTEL jQlTRHL JOHOR BHHRU Q V AUj^ 1 sp saslgj m HOTEL SENTRAL GEORGETOWN Si astro Astro channels Safe deposilbox Vinu.< n 32" LCD TV (yorw^o'Ct, Located 10 minutes from Sentral JB Station, a causeway to link you to Singapore, this newly refurbished hotel
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A BARTENDER
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      853 18  - Sex, drinks psychology BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Whenever there is alcohol around, there will be hanky panky, especially in the bathroom, says this bartender. Mr Dave Koh confesses to having had his own slice of the action. The 31-year-old has “gone all the way” in the open-air stall situated behind
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      267 19 THE STRAITS TIMES New Look, I tomeetyour O I changing needs [y^y^ r New contemporarylooking masthead Packing more punch Six-column grid Tighter editing, no turns New-look skybox n THE STRAITS TIMES HDB ends main upgrading DBS grilled over Il.in.inuin desll Everything you need to know in five minutes or less
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    Lock icon Building their dreams with Lego
    622 20 Brought to you by Housing and Development Board T0 KICKSTART the Housing Board's inaugural youth carnival, Heartland Youthoria!, more than 100 young people came together on Thursday to build their dream communities using Lego bricks. The youths from 28 schools built flats, markets, sports complexes
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      224 21 REMEMBER GRANT HOLT? He earned $4,000 playing in Hougang. Now he’s an EPL star striker earning $136,000 a month CALLING ALL RETAIL DIPLOMA GRADUATES SAL 8 fh 'V 1 year top-up A to a Degree Qualification Learn retail strategies, consumer behaviour, first-to-market tactics, logistical competitiveness and more. Acquire these skills
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon HED CHEF
      424 24  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg IT’S simple and rustic, but it makes for a hearty meal. Miss Maryati, 24, an Indonesian, shares her recipe for this Sundanese dish called nasi timbel, which means rice in banana leaf. The rice is usually served with vegetables, fried fish and the essential sambal
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      Lock icon Nasi timbel
      336 24 Deep-fried ikan kuning Ingredients I 1kg ikan kuning I 5 garlic cloves I 2.5cm thick piece of ginger I Thumb-sized piece of turmeric I 1 tbsp of salt Method Pound garlic, ginger, turmeric to make a paste. Season with salt. Marinate fish in paste for at least 15
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      Lock icon Who cooks it best? We show, you choose
      557 25  -  THIS WEEK: BBQ STINGRAY Compiled by: LIM YUFAN, NG EE CHING, S SHIVA, DAVID SUN BOON TAT STREET BBQ SEAFOOD Lau Pa Sat, Stall 43, 18, Raffles Quay Opens: 6pm to 4am daily The stingray is cooked well, and it is easy
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      Lock icon Get grill
      1009 26  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg I The writer is a rising name in the culinary scene. She organises cooking classes and personalised chef tables for groups. Find her at www.facebook. com/CulinaryNess Growing up, I always enjoyed a good barbecue. The aroma of meat slow cooking on coals,
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      Lock icon What works for food shows
      416 27  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg He once told me that “people watch food shows to relax it’s very liberating”. And with that, Mr Man Shu Sum the former supremo at the now-defunct TV Works and Channel i the station that launched my shows went on to
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      Lock icon My Penang food surprise
      647 27 A few years ago, I created this concept for a food show where we would show up at stalls and restaurants unannounced, and well, see what would happen. The former Makansutra Raw show had viewers responding with an “Are you sure this wasn’t planned?” So in
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon In store: Style and service
      560 28 I was on the prowl for homeware stores at The Cathay. The mall is well known to be home to some truly eclectic options for people on the hunt for fresh and exciting furniture and tableware options. Eventually, however, I settled on furniture store Melandas.
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      169 28 LITTLE PRINCESS LITTLE PRINCE OF THE UNIVERSE SINGAPORE 2012 If your kids are talented and good looking, here’s your chance to show case their looks, talent and modelling skills. There are 3 age groups for girls and boys: Group A Little Tots 4 to 6 years old Group B Little
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      513 29  -  REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg They have evolved from their functional role to cover a woman’s most intimate parts to fashion statements designed to titillate. But is underwear really worth splurging on since they usually don’t see the light of day? It all depends on the kind of
      PICTURES: LA PERLA SINGAPORE, ZALORA, FJ BENJAMIN, INNER DESIRE  -  513 words
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  • ADRENALINE
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      Lock icon WAKE UP ON THE FLIPSIDE
      1005 34 / 35  -  Whether you want the thrills or just a good workout, wakeboarding’s going to give you the best of both worlds REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg CRADLED by a blanket of water, you wait poised for action in a semi-hunched position. Then as the speedboat picks
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      Lock icon Slip and slide: Our reporter tries it
      321 34 / 35 I HAVE never water-skiied, cable-skiied nor skateboarded. And my ability to snowboard or ski is half-baked at best. So I don’t know why the prospect of trying to wakeboard for the first time seemed such an exciting one. I’m a pretty strong swimmer
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon THE TWO-WHEEL COMPETITION
      659 36  -  BIKER BOY OUTSMARTING ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg It has been dubbed the “next great leap” by European bike magazines. Others have called it the “wave of the future”. After Ducati’s 1199 Panigale superbike launch on Friday at Avalon, it is not hard to see why such compliments
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      Lock icon Naked Ambition
      152 36 We dissect the 1199 Panigale to reveal its cutting-edge technology Engine: The 1198cc L-twin engine is lighter than Ducati’s previous flagship superbike, the 1198. The Panigale uses lighter components. Weight is centralised with the sub-frame, swingarm and steering head bolted onto the engine. Power output is about 195hp.
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Let’s hail our great cabbies
      861 37  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg When I lived in Australia, our household boasted two cars. Well, a Honda Jazz and a second vehicle so small I used to pick it up and put it in my pocket to save on parking. But we still owned two
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      Lock icon Are mio TV, Felicia Chin & Diablo 3 national issues?
      697 38  - Are mio TV, Felicia Chin Diablo 3 national issues? ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Wednesday was Nomination Day for the upcoming Hougang by-election. So it’s Workers’ Party candidate Png Eng Huat (huat ah!) against People’s Action Party candidate Desmond Choo (ah choo!). Bless you. It has been discussed whether
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    • REALLY? Odd news that's for real
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        Lock icon Teen nabbed after leaving homework at crime scene
        128 38 AP An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police discovered his homework at the crime scene. Police in the city of Orem said they tracked a USB drive found at the burglarised home to one Dallas Naljahih. They
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        Lock icon Man shoots friend in his leg at his request
        124 38 AP A New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot. Police in St. Lawrence County said the shooting occurred last Sunday in the
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        Lock icon Diamond-swallower held until evidence moves
        148 38 AP Police in the Canadian province of Ontario said they are holding a man who is accused of swallowing a diamond for as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence. It has been nearly a week since Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
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  • TV
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      Lock icon ‘SUPER’ COOL
      529 39  -  It’s crazy, it’s heartwarming. New TV series Alphas puts the ‘original’ in Syfy Original Series JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg I think the Syfy channel might have a winner on its hands with Alphas. Just imagine there are these human beings who look like you and me, but they can
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      Lock icon Alphaville
      259 39 DR LEE ROSEN (DAVID STRATHAIRN) This grey fox is the mastermind behind the Alphas. He brought the team together to help them control their abilities, and also to help solve crimes involving other Alphas. Dr Lee is very kindly and civilised, but he totally loves the ladies, particularly the
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      Lock icon THE MUST-SEE THREE
      122 39 Hall Pass HBO (StarHub Ch 601), 11pm Two husbands with roving eyes who are having difficulties with their marriages are given a week of freedom by their wives. They are allowed them to do whatever they want. Starring Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis. The Mechanic FOX Movies Premium
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Krypton Factor for KrisFlyer, Zazou for SIA Cup
      521 40 / 41  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg With defending champion Rocket Man out because of an injury, tonight’s KrisFlyer International Sprint (Race 9,7.50pm) seems to be at the mercy of Bahrain’s KRYPTON FACTOR. After all, he is Rocket Man’s conqueror in the Group 1 Dubai
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      1538 40 / 41 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA RESULTS RACE 1 (Te Rapa) 1st 15 Ellie'O ($36-$11) 2nd 2 Confederate ($7) 3rd 16 Polyantha ($17) 4th 11 Needlly. Forecast $20. Place forecast $9 (2-15), $16 (2-16), $34 (15-16). Tierce $221. Trio $22. Quartet No winner ($2394 jackpot carried forward to next race). Quadro No
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      Lock icon Always Certain out of SIA Cup
      196 40 / 41 STC Singapore’s ALWAYS CERTAIN (above) has been pulled out from tonight’s Singapore Airlines International Cup on veterinary grounds. Trainer Michael Freedman said yesterday that it was unfortunate that he had to scratch Always Certain. Said last Friday’s Singapore Guineas’ winning trainer: “He had a
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RESULTS
      692 40 / 41 RACE 1 CLASS 4 TURF 1000m RACE1 CLASS 4 TURF6 KOWLOON EAST KING 125 (101-30) W PIKE (6) 3 XTrainer: R Gibson. Margins: 0.5, Nk. Time: 57.49sec (Going: good). Forecast: $19. Place Forecast: $24 (Nos. 5-6), $7 (Nos. 5-8), $40 (Nos. 6-8). Tierce: $462.
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG & SHORT COURSE A) RACE CARD
      2268 42 / 43 TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG SHORT COURSE A) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C4 3.00 -1400m (LC) Singapore Airlines A380 Sydney Stakes Stakes: $55,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****7 Aspen Heights 58 (61) J Verenzuela 7 (6ag RB Marsh-Tudor Lodge Racing) 2
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE STIPES’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      653 42 / 43 RACE 1 DREAMCATCHER: Lame near-fore (withdrawn). CHARLY B: Slow into stride after jumping awkwardly. BOUNDLESS: Inconvenienced. HOWGOODISTHAT: Lost ground when crowded. CARNIVAL STAR: Rolled inwards. ARAPUNI: Carried outwards. GOOD TOWKAY: Laid outwards under pressure. RACE 2 JOHNNYBE GOOD: Slow to begin. RISK FACTOR: Proved
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      549 42 / 43 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 2 1 Aspen Heights 1 1 6 Imacruiser Aspen Heights Aspen Heights Exciting Ahead 14 6 Speed Demon 9 2 Exciting Ahead Imacruiser Affirmation 6 5 5 Jeram Clipper Speed Demon Exciting Ahead 12 6 Rough Dance
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      2675 44 / 45 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODA Y’S KRANJI TURF MEETING RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Aspen Heights)))Drops in class. Has won over this distance on turf. Each-way chance. 2 Imacruiser)))Drops into Class 4 for the first time. Should improve rapidly on recent poor form with Moreira taking
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      32 40 / 41 Saturday May 19 2012 First Second Third 0878 8768 7844 Starters 2235 4317 5047 5333 5340 5976 6091 7117 7137 9770 Consolations 1642 2082 2548 3520 4765 5594 7583 8077 8420 9002
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      327 44 / 45 HORSE OWNERSHIP ROCK OF GIBRALTOR HANOVER Sire Danehill Danzig Northern Dancer ROCK OF GIBRALTOR (IRE) Razyana His Majesty 1999 Offshore Boom Be My Guest Northern Dancer Push a Button Bold Lad Dam Marscay Biscay Star Kingdom HANOVER Heart of Market To Market 1997 Tracy’s Element Last Tycoon Try my Best
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  • TENNIS
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      Lock icon Lakers bounce back in style
      373 46 NBA PLAY-OFFS Reuters LA LAKERS 99 OKLAHOMA CITY 96 I Oklahoma City lead the best-of-seven series 2-1) KOBE Bryant refused to let a second successive game slip through his fingers, as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 99-96 yesterday morning (Singapore time)
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      Lock icon Nadal reaches seventh Rome Masters final
      422 46 Wire Services The all-Spanish semi-final wasn’t much of a contest. Rafael Nadal dominated David Ferrer 7-6 (8/6), 6-0 yesterday to power into a seventh Rome Masters final, beating his countryman for the 12th consecutive time on clay. Second-seeded Nadal will now face either world
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Dufner confident of closing the deal
      508 47 AFP This is why he Is one of the hottest players on the US PGA Tour. American Jason Dufner rolled in four birdies on his final five holes for a four-under 66 and a one-shot lead, after the second round of the Byron Nelson
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      Lock icon Bi-O on track for back-to-back wins
      141 47 AFP HOME favourite Kim Bi-O stayed on course for back-to-back OneAsia titles by shooting a five-un-der-par 67 yesterday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the SK Telecom Open. But Bi-O’s 13-under-par total 203 around the tricky Pinx Golf Club course
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      Lock icon Poulter leads English wipe-out in Spain
      180 47 AFP ALL FIVE English golfers, including defending champion Ian Poulter, were eliminated at the World Match Play Championship yesterday. Poulter had gone eight games unbeaten in the prestigious tournament, but found Spain’s Alvaro Quiros in imperious form, going down 4 and 3, while compatriot
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      Lock icon Kerr the biggest casualty in 2nd rd
      177 47 AFP CRISTIE Kerr crashed out of the LPGA’s Sybase Match Play Championship yesterday morning (Singapore time), losing to Vicky Hurst one-up on a day when four of the top-10 seeds moved into the third round. Fifth-seeded Kerr lost to Hurst after dropping the
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon High-altitude training not for all
      537 48  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg High-altitude training is effective, but it’s not suitable for every sport, nor every athlete. That is the view of China Institute of Sports Sciences representative Dr Hong Ping, who attended the two-day Sports Science Medicine Symposium in Singapore, which ended on
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      Lock icon S’pore paddlers crumble in Korea
      297 48  -  TABLE TENNIS JETHRO WANG jetwang@sph.com.sg IT WAS a forgettable day for Singapore’s paddlers, as they crashed out of the KRA Korea Open singles tournament in Incheon, South Korea yesterday. The Republic’s world No. 7 Wang Yuegu, 31, fell to Japan’s Hirano Sayaka3-4 (8-11,11-7,8-11,11-8, 11-3, 8-11,
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  • RHB SINGAPORE CUP
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      Lock icon Lethargic Rams crash out
      385 49  -  NICHOLAS NEO nichneo@sph.com.sg KBZFC 2 (Soe Min Oo 3, Tercio Nunez 61 -pen) WOODLANDS WELLINGTON 1 (Moon Soon Ho 65-pen) We have only ourselves to blame. Woodlands Wellington assistant coach Clement Teo did not mince his words after his team put in a lacklustre performance at
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  • FOOTBALL
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      Lock icon BRINGING SEXY BACK to Singapore football
      999 50 / 51  -  Football great MAJID ARIFF, who turns 75 next month, passes on tricks of the trade to young footballers for free on weekends SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Every Sunday morning at an open field in Bedok South, an elderly man casts his eye over a
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      676 52 / 53  -  Rookie Lion Poh ’s goal: DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg As akid, all he wanted to do was head to his neighbourhood street soccer court and play football with his friends. There, a young Poh Yi Feng would think of himself as a Manchester United player, weaving past
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      Lock icon Kelantan end 22-year wait
      259 52 / 53  -  MALAYSIAN FA CUP DAVID LEE SIME DARBY 0 KELANTAN1 (Mohd Ghaddar 58-pen) A CONTROVERSIAL second-half spot-kick proved the difference as Malaysian powerhouse Kelantan won the Malaysian FA Cup yesterday. No one, bar Sime Darby’s own fans among the 88,000 capacity crowd at the Bukit Jalil Stadium,
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      Lock icon What causes players to throw matches
      872 52 / 53 Money troubles raise corruption risk in football AFP There are thousands of players like Mario Cizmek in football. Professionals who never fulfilled their early promise, yet whose passion for the game takes them to unfashionable clubs to earn a living from the game they
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  • ITALIAN CUP
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      Lock icon Del Piero eyes perfect farewell
      690 54 Wire Services It will be his last game for Juventus. And club legend Alessandro del Piero is hoping to sign off in style when the Serie A champions take on Napoli in the Italian Cup final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome tomorrow morning (Singapore
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      329 54 SPL AFP INDONESIAN businessman Jude Allen has been named as one of the members of the “Sevco” consortium set to take over financially stricken Scottish giants Rangers. Former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green is heading the consortium trying to buy the Glasgow club,
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  • EPL
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      Lock icon Ole in Villa muddle
      502 55 PA Sport Will he leave or will he not? That is the big muddle Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left behind at his club Molde, after the Norwegian appeared to snub an approach from Premiership side Aston Villa yesterday, only to backtrack and make himself available for further
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      Lock icon Milan: No City offer for Ibra
      357 55 Wire Services AC MILAN vice-president Adriano Galliani insists there has been no approach from Manchester City for striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Sweden international (right) was said to be frustrated with a trophyless season at Milan and could be of interest to the English Premier
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      Lock icon Why Reds need AVB
      558 56 / 57  -  PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg Well, I could be cheeky and say that I don’t care who takes over because I couldn’t be any happier if Liverpool continue to fail in the league. But seriously, I would like to see Andre Villas-Boas be given a chance at Anfield.
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      Lock icon Excuse me, can you manage?
      128 56 / 57 WHY NOT? “If an interesting project comes about, we will certainly take it into consideration. Carlos Goncalves, agent of Andre Villas-Boas (left) SORRY, I’M ON HOLIDAY “Pep will not take on any job this summer as he’s on a sabbatical. Pep Guardiola’s (left) agent, Jose
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  • CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF FINAL
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      315 58 / 59 EPL PA Sport MANCHESTER United old boy Roy has fired a warning to new-ly-crowned Premier League champions Manchester City. Keane (right) said City were worthy champions, but expects United to bounce back even stronger, and that Sir Alex Ferguson will still be around for years
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      Lock icon Hammers back in Premier League
      775 58 / 59 PA Sport BLACKPOOL 1 (Thomas Ince 48) WEST HAM 2 (Carlton Cole 35, Ricardo Vaz Te 87) Ricardo Vaz Te’s late strike fired West Ham back to the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Blackpool in the Championship play-off final at Wembley yesterday. The
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    • ON TV
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        55 58 / 59 *All telecasts live unless otherwise stated. For the latest, please check www.mio.singtel.com/miotv www.starhub.com/tv *Programme times, provided by SingTel StarHub, subject to change LIVE TELECASTS MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tuesday: I LIONSXII v SARAWAK StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.30pm ITALIAN CUP FINAL Tomorrow: I JUVENTUS v NAPOLI StarHub TV
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        16 58 / 59 ATP ROME MASTERS Tonight: I FINAL, DAY 7 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 10pm
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        24 58 / 59 ITTF KOREAN OPEN Today: I SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 10am I FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 2.30pm
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        34 58 / 59 THOMAS UBER CUP FINALS Today: I GROUP STAGE, DAY 1 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 1 am I GROUP STAGE, DAY 1 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 6pm
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        39 58 / 59 SK TELECOM OPEN Today: I DAY 4 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 11.30am HP BYRON NELSON C’SHIP Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 3am
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        18 58 / 59 SINGAPORE AIRLINES INT’L CUP KRISFLYER INT’L SPRINT Tonight: I RACE DAY StarHubTVCh 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7pm
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      Lock icon YOU BEAUTY!
      285 60 CHAMPIONSHIP PLA Y- OFF FINAL Carlton Cole and Ricardo Vaz Te strike to fire West Ham back into the Premier League BLACKPOOL 1 (Thomas Ince 48) WEST HAM 2 (Carlton Cole 35, Ricardo Vaz Te 87) Ricardo Vaz Te admitted to feeling “blessed” after his late strike sealed
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      Lock icon RACE looks quite OPEN
      459 1  -  COMMENTS BY TAN THEAN LOON 1 CALIFORNIA MEMORY (Hong Kong) Jockey: F Coetzee (6) Trainer: AS Cruz Owner: Liang Yum Shing Career/Earnings: 26 starts: 9 wins-4seconds-5 thirds. $4,216,987 I Led and faded to finish unplaced last year. Chance as the highest-rated runner. 2ZAZOU(Russia) Jockey: A Suborics
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      Lock icon When the STARS PLAY in MAY
      1335 2 / 3  -  Tonight, the stars will shine at the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji when some of the best thoroughbreds from around the world compete for a prize worth fighting for. BRIAN MILLER looks back on some of the magic moments of past Singapore Airlines International Cup
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      Lock icon Belles and whistles for MILLION-DOLLAR RACES
      836 4 / 5  -  It’s the Singapore Airlines International Cup but the festivities started long before tonight’s race BRIAN MILLER THOUSANDS will make their way to the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji today for an evening event which, through the years, has become synonymous with heart-stopping entertainment. Yes, under
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      Lock icon SPRINTING to a new RECORD
      1196 6 / 7  -  It’s a race filled with speed machines, which befits its name the KrisFlyer International Sprint. Tonight, racegoers can expect a fast-paced action from goto whoa BRIAN MILLER STOOP to tie your shoelaces and you could miss a third of the action. You see, it takes
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      523 8  -  Looks like a one-horse race COMMENTS BY TAN THEAN LOON Krypton Factor 1 KRYPTON FACTOR (Bahrain) Jockey: K Fallon (8) Trainer: FNass Owner: F Nass Career/Earnings: 20 starts: 8 wins-5 seconds-3 thirds. $1,942,047 I Stands out like soot on snow following Rocket Man’s withdrawal. Hard to beat on
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