The New Paper, 29 July 2012

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1 60 The New Paper
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  • Title Section
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    13 1 the new paper on sunday July 29 2012 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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  • UPFRONT
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      227 2 FEATURES 3 Nip Tuck together Families head to Korea for plastic surgery 10 Parking Woes Illegally parked cars get private estate residents hot under the collar 14 Transferring out Parents sending kids to elite UK school’s branch in Johor COLUMNS 13 Ground Zero Should teachers and students be personal friends?
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Great S’pore Family makeover
      1097 3  -  When make-up artist Veronica Ng went to Seoul for a nose job and an eyelid procedure, she inspired her mother and sister to follow suit. They spent $26,000 in all and grew closer in the process. Another S’pore man dropped $65,000 for himself, his wife and
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      Lock icon Make us look like K-pop idols
      792 4 / 5 More Singaporeans are getting their nips and tucks in South Korea, prompting some plastic surgeons to come here regularly for consultations with potential clients Item Clinic, which sees about 15 to 20 cases from Singapore each month, has a local representative here. Its clients
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      Lock icon Just $40,000 to look like my idol
      571 6  -  COMMENT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg At our usual weekly conference, my news editor asked: Would you consider going for plastic surgery? My response: Sure? Why not? I’d have opted for plastic surgery when I was younger, if I was certain my parents would have
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      Lock icon Extreme ‘makeovers’ still niche
      224 6 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While some go for plastic surgery, there are those who take it to the extreme Tattoos and piercings have existed since ancient times. Many people have some form of body alteration, with ear-piercings and tattoos being most popular.
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      Lock icon Waiting for the final number
      503 7  -  Loyal TNP readers claim the $2,000 cash prize and the 46-inch Smart TV REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg 56. When he saw that number in yesterday’s copy of The New Paper, he was ecstatic. He knew he had won. Mr Edmund Teo explained: “My Bingo card
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      180 7 We rate the past week’s new good and bad Singapore’s biomedical cluster grew 54.4 per cent last month compared to June last year, said the Economic Development Board. But, excluding biomedicals, industrial output in June fell 3.8 per cent on a month-on-month comparison with May. The National Parks
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      Lock icon Get out of my space
      400 12 Residents share ways to stop illegal parking outside their homes There are no limits to creativity when it comes to preventing drivers from parking illegally. All you need to do is take a drive in some of these estates. Flower pots In Upper Thomson Road,
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      Lock icon MPs weigh in on possible solutions to complex problem
      335 12 Joo Chiat Member of Parliament Charles Chong says Illegal parking and the lack of parking spaces are serious issues in private estates. But finding solutions may not be easy. Mr Chong told The Straits Times recently that he receives close to
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      Lock icon Illegal parking hot spots
      168 12 WHERE: Jalan Keli off Upper Thomson Road WHY: The area is a favourite for those looking to make a quick pitstop to patronise the eateries, the bank or the post office there. Time your weekend visit wrong, and you may just find yourself stuck in traffic,
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      Lock icon Size of campus a big draw
      774 14 / 15  -  S’pore PR to move his kids to M’sian branch of English public school Marlborough College REPORTS: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg When the Malaysian branch of the English public school Marlborough College takes in its first batch of students next month, Mr David Bochsler’s two children
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      Lock icon England’s future queen studied there
      304 14 / 15 Founded in 1843, Marlborough College in the United Kingdom is an elite independent school for day and boarding students aged between 13 and 18. It counts among its alumni famous names such as the future queen of England, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and her siblings
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      Lock icon School means daily trips to JB for S’pore teen
      827 16  -  REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Esther Ng like any 14-year-old, Singaporean Muhd Zaid Mohamad Nasser dreads waking up to go to school. Except in his case, Muhd Zaid has good reason to not like his morning commute he attends
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      Lock icon Down syndrome baby spearheads swimwear ads
      518 21 She’s first with the syndrome to be chosen as the main model of a prestigious fashion designer’s campaign She’s 10 months old and has Down syndrome. But that didn’t stop Valentina Guerrero from becoming the face of Spanish swimwear designer Dolores Cortes’ 2013 kids’
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      Lock icon Conjoined twins separated in KL
      247 21 The boys were joined at the pelvis and shared bladders and three legs. It took a 24-hour operation on July 14 at Hospital Kuala Lumpur to separate the conjoined twins. Muaiman and Muaimin, the 14th conjoined pair to be separated at the hospital and the
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      Lock icon Justin Bieber told off for swearing on flight
      616 22 Canadian pop star said to be embarrassed by fellow passenger’s outburst and quickly apologises to her It seems that wherever J ustin Bieber goes, teenage girls and trouble follow. The Canadian pop star reportedly used a number of profanities during a long-haul
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      Lock icon Shanghai cops leave Man U stars stranded on bus
      431 22 It’s not very often that a Manchester United team gets stopped In its tracks. But that’s exactly what Shanghai policemen did to them on Thursday night. Players from the English Premier League team, who are on their pre-season tour to China,
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      Lock icon Playing dead after getting shot at 12 saved his life
      602 23 He was only 12 when he was shot, along with his sister and a friend in his home in Augusta, Georgia. George Kitchens was hit in the chest and in his right forearm during the attack by two intruders in
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      Lock icon Meet this year’s 20 New Face finalists
      530 30 / 31  -  The 20 women are introduced at SPH’s Great Singapore Sale Grand Draw REPORT: BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg Tittering nervously, the girls patted down their hair and inspected their flawless make-up for one last time. It was just moments before the 20 women the finalists
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon S’pore president meets queen in London
      235 8 / 9 President Tony Tan Keng Yam attended a reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on Friday, highlighting the warmth of long-standing relations between Singapore and the UK. The reception was for world leaders visiting London for the Olympic Games. Dr Tan conveyed Singapore’s
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      Lock icon BIG PICTURE
      62 8 / 9 PERSONAL SERVICE VIRTUALLY: Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, US, unveiled its new virtual customer care representative avatar on Friday. The computerised, hologram-like image is programmed to recite a 90-second script answering passengers’ frequently-asked questions. The avatar, which starts speaking when a person comes within 9m of
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      Lock icon China scraps waste project
      420 8 / 9 Anti-pollution protesters turn violent in Nantong Reuters Chinese officials cancelled an Industrial waste pipeline project yesterday after anti-pollution demonstrators occupied a government office in eastern China, destroying computers and overturning cars. The demonstration was the latest in a string of protests sparked by fears of environmental
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      Lock icon PM Najib is second most-followed Asia leader on Twitter
      111 8 / 9 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak has been listed as one of the 25 most-connected world leaders on Twitter in a report published by Burson-Marsteller, according to New Straits Times. The recently published report, titled “Twiplomacy”, is the first global study of
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      Lock icon Apple buying mobile security firm AuthenTec for $444 million
      117 8 / 9 Reuters APPLE has struck an agreement to buy mobile security firm AuthenTec for US$356 million (S$444 million). Apple has also held discussions in recent months about possibly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Twitter to gain a social networking presence,
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      Lock icon Yale-NUS College endowment fund gets $20,000 from school
      118 8 / 9 YALE-NUS College, Singapore’s first liberal arts college, received almost $20,000 from Yusof Ishak Secondary School for its endowment fund on Friday. The fund provides students in need with financial assistance. This is the first gift from another educational institution that the college
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      Lock icon ‘His last few hours were peaceful’
      353 8 / 9  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg SIX weeks after their touching wedding photo shoot in the intensive care unit, MrTay GuanYeow, 44, died on Friday night. The New Paper on Sunday ran the first story about Mr Tay and his wife, Madam Chua Mui Mui, 37,
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      Lock icon RAMADAN TRAILS
      54 8 / 9  -  TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg ARTIST’S IMPRESSION This is the second year Sultan Mosque is organising a guided tour called Ramadan Trails during the month of fasting. The tour will cover the mosque’s history and architecture, the significance of Ramadan, customs and practises. It ends with an open invitation
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Befriend our kids, but keep it clean
      1059 13  -  Teacher-student sex cases get people talking. How much concern should teachers show? MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg It’s sex talk again in the heartlands. And what a doozy it was last Thursday and Friday, listening to the people in Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh
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      11 14 / 15 School means daily trips to JB for S pore teen/PAG E17
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      278 14 / 15 30 th AUG 2 nd SEPT 2012 Join us at Suntec Singapore THE BIGGEST I.T CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE WORTH WAITING FOR www.comexshow.com.sg EXCLUSIVE SHOW OFFERS >> NEW PRODUCTS GREAT BARGAINS >> HUGE SAVINGS FOR PERSONAL, BUSINESS OR HOME WORTH WAITING FOR! 330,000 sq ft of I.T, Digital Entertainment,
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      90 17 Photo: Al Seib Costume: Dominique Lemieux 2007 Cirque du Soleil Saltimbanco and Cirque du Soleil are trademarks owned by Cirque du Soleil and used under license. CIR E DU SOLEI A V ,y Ml i"' m m i DIRECTED BY FRANCO DRAGONE 26 July-5 August Singapore Indoor Stadium Tickets: SGD$88*
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  • THEN & NOW
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      Lock icon ‘Kids cried when they saw me’
      1206 18 / 19  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg He drives a low-key Hyundai. It is a “good-enough” vehicle that gets him from his five-room HDB flat in Choa Chu Kang to his workplace at Keppel Road, where he serves up bowls of his famous bak kut teh. It is
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      155 18 / 19 The Grand Winner won $10,000 and the other Winners won $1,000. Grand Winner: Periyasamy Govindharasu GXXXX774K J A Week 1: Zhou Zhuotong GXXXX2653 Week 2: Benjamin Tan Jin Tat SXXXX230B Week U: Norjahan Binte Nasil SXXXX928I Week 6; Jeeva Kumar S/0 Uttharapathy SXXXX777D Week 8; Chea Sovan reach NXXXX006 Week
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A PUBLIC RELATIONS EXECUTIVE
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      Lock icon Clients think I’m a magician
      789 20  -  Juggling the media’s demands and clients’ expectations of press coverage means you’re always caught in the middle ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY Firefighter, babysitter and tightrope walker. These are just some words Ricky (not his real name) uses to describe his job. He doesn’t
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      130 23 WIN ROCK OF AGES MOVIE TICKETS AFTER-PARTY PASSES JULIANNE Hough and Diego Boneta play small-town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who fall in love under the neon lights of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip in this tribute to classic rock anthems of the 80s. The newbies are joined by Alec Baldwin,
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      97 23 Detailed coverage of the Games/ PAGES 50-60 Cosmic Qi-Gong And Science For Health Business Reg No: *****292X (Specialist) You don't need to learn.The general concept of these practices is free from "running fire enter evil" Basic Safety to begin, opening and locking filling Cosmic Connections; (Subtle). Receive effects of cosmic
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon The art of TRAINING WINNERS
    1213 24 / 25  -  It’s a long process and hard work getting a horse race-fit -JJ ite !ur) Siui> REPORTS: LARRY FOLEY IT’S the morning after one of the biggest wins of your racing career. A lifetime in the industry with more downs than ups than most others combined;
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Yong tau foo
      721 26  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Trying out Ms Lynette Wan’s family recipe for yong tau foo got me in trouble with my grandmother. I was chided for using Ms Wan’s choice of expensive cod to blend into the meat paste for the stuffing. Frankly, I felt a
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      Lock icon FOOD FOR THOUGHT
      933 27  -  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 Whenever I’m feeling under the weather, I Immediately find myself wanting a big bowl of piping hot soup.
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      Lock icon Fond memories of my (food) mistresses
      387 28  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg A journalist recently contacted me for a quote on this makan war. She said: “I am sure you agree (that Singapore’s food is better)?” I thought and mulled over this for all of one hour and responded with an “I’ve
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      Lock icon Here’s why I don’t play favourites
      566 28 Penang versus Singapore? Singaporeans and Penangites are reportedly livid. Apparently we’re deadlocked in some kind of foody arms race. This after a website rated Penang second in its best street food city rankings. Singapore came in first. So the Chief Minister of Penang charged
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Diabetes danger zone
      598 29 Swopped your veggies for a burger? A recent study shows that eating fast food regularly puts at you at a higher risk of dying of heart disease and a much greater risk of contracting diabetes. Reuters reports that the study, published in prestigious medical journal Circulation, looked
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      Lock icon Apps on the run
      355 29 Get the inspiration to run from your smartphone. While the majority of apps on the market promote a sedentary lifestyle, there are apps that can help you run. your pace and distance, the app can work out what your heart rate is and how many calories
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Crocodile’s facelift lets you bask in luxury
      708 32 There was a time when I associated Crocodile with the polo shirts that uncles at coffee shops wear. Then I received news that its VivoCity outlet has been given a facelift and is now called a “concept boutique”. It is even welcoming a
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Flip over these $22,500 slippers?
      378 33  -  REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG, YUEN SIN tnp@sph.com.sg Flip-flops are not just for the weekends or the beach. It’s perfectly acceptable to wear them almost anywhere a jaunt to a nearby coffee shop or perhaps a book-buying trip at the neighbourhood shopping mall. Some of us
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      Lock icon TNP’s Biker Boy on mag’s hot list
      380 33 Mr Zaihan Mohd Yusof (above) admits he is more comfortable lurking in seedy alleys. He doesn’t mind poking around the global net of football corruption for an article or zooming around the race track breaking his finger in the process in the name
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon My wife, my riding buddy
      693 34  -  BIKER BOY Behind every helmet is a compelling tale. This is the first of six stories we are featuring in conjunction with the Singapore Ride Safe 2012 campaign ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Theirs Is a love affair both on and with motorcycles. From their courtship
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      72 34 TREASURE LIFE RIDE FOR LIFE Ride free, but most of all, ride safely. mvrim., wiB, Be Alert Wear Proper Attire Signal Well In Advance Maintain Your Bike Properly Keep Within The Speed Limit Do Not Weave Through Traffic Wear Approved Crash Helmet With Reflective Strip i i i i i
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  • HUMOUR
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      843 35  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg By any reckoning, last Sunday was the most surreal of days. It began with my book returning to the national No.1 spot on the bestsellers list, continued with the Olympic torch passing by my childhood home in England and ended
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      Lock icon The Lure Of The Sauce: Curry is the new gold
      722 36  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Yesterday, my teenage son returned home from McDonald’s with some McNuggets. I asked him if he got the curry sauce. He said no. “What?” I was outraged. “They didn’t give you any sauce?” My
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Lucky lobster lives another day
        147 36 AP AN AMERICAN man recently bought a 7kg lobster at a restaurant and then released the crustacean into Long Island Sound in Connecticut, US. Mr Don Mackenzie of Connecticut’s Niantic village told The Day newspaper that he knew the lobster nicknamed “Lucky Larry” by local
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        Lock icon US woman hits wrong car pedal, ends up in river
        112 36 AP US POLICE believe a woman hit the accelerator instead of the brake as she left a New Jersey car wash, sending her vehicle into a river. An employee and a customer at Spotless Auto Laundry jumped into the Hackensack
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        Lock icon He’s freed, then jailed for refusing to leave prison
        129 36 AP AN AMERICAN man who had just been released from jail in North Carolina was arrested again for refusing to leave the jail after authorities wouldn’t give him a ride to a motel. North Carolina’s News Record newspaper reported that Rodney
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Smart is the new sexy
      597 37  -  JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg He may not be as pretty as Robert Downey Jr, but this Sherlock rocks. The second season of Sherlock isn’t so much a TV series, but more like a trio of awesome movies made especially to enjoy in the comfort of one’s
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      354 37 m WIN! 80 pairs of Preview Tickets Plus After-Party at Hard Rock Cafe! fir.PST a comprehensive weekly taciaSng with reviews, articles and more, m ,espeC,a X New Paper everyThirrsday! 3 H FROM THE DIRECTOR OF HAIRSPRAY H H m HJ.1H ft XXVP 333V1S FFATIIHINGJHF MUSIC OF DEF LEPPARD FOREIGNER JfllW*
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG COURSE C/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      2428 38 / 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 D1 12.50 -1700m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****4 Beautiful World 57 (43) J Verenzuela 10 (4ag Desmond Koh-Arowana) 2 77-8-- Monte Cristo 57 (43) S Baster 5
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      Lock icon Best Bet: WORLD WAR
      198 38 / 39  -  (Race 8 No. 4) BRIAN MILLER The win Is still vivid in everyone’s mind. Out in a flash, he took over the running at the 1,200m mark. If the other runners thought he would capitulate, they were sadly mistaken. WORLD WAR was in a fighting mood.
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      574 38 / 39 Andrew Frost RACE 1 Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 3 3 Reciprocate 12 2 2 Reciprocate Monte Cristo Merlin Beautiful World 10 1 3 Roman Knight Monte Cristo Reciprocate The Kathumpa 1 10 4 1 The Kathumpa Beautiful World Beautiful World 6 Triple Goals Beautiful World
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      Lock icon Goodpack has all the credentials to win Race 2
      2682 40 / 41 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,700m) 1 Beautiful World)))Racing in very good form and looks a leading chance again with Verenzuela back aboard. 2 Monte Cristo)))Significant drop in grade and stepping up to a suitable distance looks
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
      690 40 / 41 Race 1 RM (LC) 1200m 1 BIG LIGHTNING 57 c 56 (10-5.10) J Shankar (8) 1 1 2 (496) 0.75 14 MIRACLE PRAY 43.5 c 43 (55-13) H Barnabas (4) 4 4 3 (416) Nk 9 THESTARISHERE 57 (128-33) Jose De Souza (9) 7 5 4 (474)
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (BELMONT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
      629 40 / 41 RACE 1 (Belmont): 1st 4 Starlight Lady ($49-$14) 2nd 6 Better Than Darcy ($8) 3rd 1 Verdello Blue ($7) 4th 3 Ask Me Nicely. Forecast $62. Place forecast $20 (4-6), $13 (1-4), $6 (1-6). Tierce $255. Trio $27. Quartet $1957. Quadro: $51. Scratchings: 9 Mac’s Mint,
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      Lock icon KRANJI TRACKWORK
      99 40 / 41 William Low’s guide to last Friday’s workouts by today’s runners: RACE 2: Inter Reward) (B Vorster) 43.5. Sacred Emblem) (A Munro) 48.6. Predictable 47.3. RACE 3: Santisima Trinidad (S Sam) 39.7. RACE 4: Jade Win 43.1. Speed Machine) )39.9. RACE 5: Super Kenny) (Vorster) 42.2. RACE 6: Super
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      Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
      1941 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD THE NEW PAPER’S IPOH TIPS RACE 1: 2 Well Nature 4 Diamondindruff 13 David Dynasty 7 Kim Forever RACE 2: 5 Blue Centre 2 Jetsetter 10 Spice Master 12 Powerful Girl RACE 3: 3 Bring It On 12 Matts Forte 6 Big Pockets
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      Lock icon Start the day with Rock Monster
      676 43 I TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Kalgoorlie (1,300m) 1 ROCK MONSTER: Followed a good trial with a handy 6th to Makin A Racquet (Northam 1,100m). Will strip fitter and can play a big part. 6 ROCKY MIST: Both
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (KALGOORLIE/CRANBOURNE) RACE CARD
      179 43 1:05 Race 1 KALGOORLIE 1300M KALGOORLIE 1300M 1 ROCK MONSTER MSKYUILL (2) 58 2 CAGEY BOY KBOHORUN (4) 1:40 Race 2 KALGOORLIE 1600M 3 ROCK OF HONOUR MS M BAZELEY (8) 58 4 FIRSTFORGLORY AARON ROGERS (3) 58 5 ORTABEGOOD RHANSON (D 58 6 ROCKY
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  • Page 38 / 39 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      32 38 / 39 Saturday, July 28 2012 First Second Third 8825 9040 7886 Starters 0537 1504 4418 4617 5918 7342 7444 9333 9514 9613 Consolations 0431 0835 0888 1749 3692 3773 3996 4094 6350 6550
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  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon Joy & despair
      532 60 Joy despair Wire Services What a turbulent first official day of action at the London Olympics. Chinese shooter Yi Siling became the first gold medallist of the Games when she won the women’s 10m air rifle event, despite confessing to reporters: “For the first round and the last round, I
      Wire Services; PICTURES: AP, AFP, ZAOBAO  -  532 words
    • GOLF
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        Lock icon DPM Tharman is guest-of-honour for Integration Cup
        376 44 ABOUT 140 golfers will vie for the inaugural Integration Cup tomorrow to help bring together the expatriate Indian and Singaporean communities. Organised jointly by tabla! and Tamil Murasu, two newspapers published by Singapore Press Holdings, the event will be followed by an “Integration
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        Lock icon Last-hole birdie sees Lewis in joint-lead
        414 44 AFP Stacy Lewis, the leader from round one, recovered from a sticky patch to post a 73 yesterday, but will go into the final round of the Evian Masters at Evian-Les-Bains tied with South Korean Park Inbee. Lewis, the 27-year-old American, birdied the 18th
        AFP; PICTURE: AP  -  414 words
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        Lock icon Swing away the golfing blues with club-fit
        340 44  -  GODFREY ROBERT GOLF is a hard enough game for many, especially many beginners who sometimes struggle to the point that they give up the game. So don’t make it harder by just buying second-hand clubs or new ones off the rack. Club-fit is
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    • FOOTBALL
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        Lock icon Legends inspire a new generation
        456 45  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Timidly, he approached V Sundramoorthy for a photograph. The Dazzler obliged with a smile, and little Zubair Sirajuddin soon skittled off to try his luck at getting national captain Shahril Ishak to pose for a snapshot. When later asked why he
        TNP PICTURES: BENJAMIN SEETOR  -  456 words
      • GOLF
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          Lock icon Laguna raises $400,000 for ST Pocket Money Fund
          194 45 MORE than $400,000 were raised at the Laguna National Charity Classic yesterday for The Straits Times Pocket Money Fund. The money came from contributions from well-wishers, an auction during dinner which raised almost $90,000 and a charity box contest. The Straits Times
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        • Article
          Lock icon Piercy, McGirt lead as Els misses cut
          139 45 AFP SCOTT Piercy maintained a share of the lead after the second round of the Canadian Open while South Africa’s Tim Clark matched Piercy’s course record from the previous day to move into contention. William McGirt shot a four-under 66 to join first-round
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    • FORMULA ONE
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        Lock icon Hamilton’s Hungary
        851 46 Briton shows massive appetite by claiming pole position in Hungaroring AFP Lewis Hamilton and McLaren are back. The Briton confirmed that he and his team have recovered their form when he swept to a dominant pole position in yesterday’s close-ly-fought qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Driving
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    • EPL
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        Lock icon Torres: I will fill Drogba’s boots
        230 48 / 49 Reuters SPAIN striker Fernando Torres is certain he can fill Didier Drogba’s shoes for Chelsea, following the Ivory Coast international’s transfer to Shanghai Shenhua. Drogba joined the Chinese club last month after plundering 157 goals in eight years at Stamford Bridge, including a late
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        Lock icon Terry charged by FA over race row
        525 48 / 49 AFP John Terry has not been let off the hook. He has been charged by the Football Association for abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand, despite his acquittal at a criminal trial earlier this month. The Chelsea captain was cleared of racially
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        Lock icon Oscar willing to play anywhere
        656 48 / 49 Wire Services New Chelsea signing Oscar will be happy to play wherever manager Roberto Di Matteo wants him to at Stamford Bridge. The 20-year-old’s long-awaited move from Internacional to the Blues, for a reported fee of around £25 million ($49m), was completed earlier this week.
        Wire Services; PICTURE: AP  -  656 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Mancini hints of signing new players
        172 48 / 49 AFP MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini has revealed that the English Premier League champions could have news on new players in the next fortnight. Mancini, who is believed to be exasperated at the slow progress his club have made in luring coveted Arsenal captain
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      • Article
        Lock icon Wenger says no signings imminent
        156 48 / 49 AFP ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has denied speculation that Arsenal were about to buy Spanish winger Santi Cazorla. Speaking in Hong Kong where the north London club will play local side Kitchee in the final match of their pre-season tour of Asia, Wenger dismissed recent
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      • Article
        Lock icon Shevchenko quits football for politics
        179 48 / 49 AFP UKRAINE striker Andriy Shevchenko is joining a pro-business political party after announcing yesterday that he was quitting football for politics. The talismanic striker, who turned out for his final appearance for Ukraine when it hosted Euro 2012 last month, told his fans he was
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    • OLYMPICS 2012
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        Lock icon ‘We’re no Dream Team’
        729 50 LeBron James doesn’t want comparisons with the 1992 side Wire Services Don’t compare us to the 1992 US team. Instead, remember us as the 2012 Olympic gold medal winners once the London Games are over, says the US men’s basketball team. Plenty of talk surrounding the
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        Lock icon Eye injury changes Parker’s perspective on life
        440 50 AP TONY Parker stared into the darkness while confined to his hotel room following a freak eye injury that nearly ended his career. As hours turned to days, the San Antonio star-guard’s thoughts raced back to a night of partying in a New
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        Lock icon Federer made to work
        457 51 Swiss sees off Falla, but China’s Li Na eliminated in first round Wire Services Roger Federer survived a scare yesterday as he kicked off his Olympic gold bid. The Wimbledon champion was made to work in his 6-3,5-7,6-3 victory over Colombia’s Alejandro Falla in the men’s
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        Lock icon Comedy of errors
        423 51 Two Chinese gymnasts slip off pommel horse, one falls on his face in floor routine AFP DEFENDING champions China were eclipsed by hosts Great Britain as they suffered a poor first day in the Olympic men’s team gymnastics competition yesterday. Two Chinese men slipped off the pommel
        AFP; PICTURE: REUTERS  -  423 words
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        Lock icon A night of deciders
        859 52 / 53  -  MEN’S FOOTBALL YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg Who would have thought that by the second round of the men’s Olympic football tournament, Spain would be fighting to survive? Their defeat to Japan on Thursday means that they face Honduras in Newcastle tomorrow morning (Singapore time)
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        Lock icon Surprise victory
        437 52 / 53 Vinokourov stuns favourite Cavendish to win cycling gold in men’s road race AFP Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan claimed an unexpected but deserved win in the men’s road race last night, wrecking Mark Cavendish’s hopes of delivering a first gold of the Games for the hosts. Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran
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      • Article
        Lock icon Wasteful Japan held by Sweden
        326 52 / 53 AP WOMEN’S FOOTBALL GROUP F JAPAN 0 SWEDEN 0 SWEDEN held world champions Japan to a 0-0 draw last night in the teams’ second game of the women’s Olympic football tournament. Japan created a multitude of chances especially in the second half but were unable
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      • LONDON BRIEFS
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          Lock icon From unconscious to bronze medallist
          148 52 / 53 AFP HUNGARIAN fighter Eva Csernoviczki bounced back from being strangled unconscious to claim an unlikely bronze medal in the women’s under-48kg Olympic judo competition yesterday. Csernoviczki was rendered unconscious as she tried to resist a strangle in her quarter-fi-nal loss to Belgium’s Charline van Snick.
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        • Article
          Lock icon Albanian weightlifter is first doping case
          129 52 / 53 AP THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee yesterday barred Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku in the first official doping ban of the London Games. The IOC said Pulaku tested positive for a banned steroid, stanozolol, on July 23, and that a back-up “B” sample confirmed the result.
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        • Article
          Lock icon Shuttler Taufik eyes one final flourish
          140 52 / 53 AFP TAUFIK Hidayat, the former Olympic champion aiming for a gold medal-winning climax to a great career, began the last lap of his long and colourful journey with a fast win over an unusual opponent. The 30-year-old Indonesian who is expected to retire later
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        Lock icon Brilliant, breathtaking, bonkers, and utterly British
        570 54 / 55 Bond, Bean, Beckham, Beatles and the Queen like never before Reuters Now, try and top that, Rio. With the words “Good Evening, Mr Bond”, Queen Elizabeth launched her acting career and set the bar at a new high for Olympic opening ceremonies. Danny Boyle,
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        Lock icon Thanks, dad
        679 56 / 57 London Games first gold medallist says father’s words help her win on Olympic debut Wire Services To win, you must first be unafraid of losing. That was the mantra Chinese shooter Yi Siling adopted from her father, and she displayed that nonchalance at the women’s 10m air rifle
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        Lock icon Ser let down by nerves, not noise
        573 56 / 57  -  Singaporean fails to qualify for 10m air rifle final after finishing 24th in qualifying OUR MAN IN LONDON LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Shooting competitions, unlike others, are usually characterised by the relative lack of noise. The sport demands it, as athletes need every
        PICTURE: ST  -  573 words
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        Lock icon OLYMPICS WATCH
        166 56 / 57 WHAT’S ON 9am: Swimming (M/W) Preliminaries (Ch 144) 9.30am: Highlights (Ch 131,114) 9.30am: Table Tennis (W) Singles preliminaries (Ch 132,115) 11am: Gymnastics (M) Artistic qualifiers (Ch 144) 1pm: Swimming (M/W) Preliminaries (Ch 144) 3.20pm: Hockey (W) Preliminaries: New Zealand v Australia (Ch 133,117) 3.50pm: Highlights (Ch 144) 4.55pm:
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      • Article
        Lock icon MEDAL TALLY
        87 56 / 57 G S B T 1 China 1 0 1 2 2 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1 2 South Korea 1 0 0 1 4 Colombia 0 1 0 1 4 Italy 0 1 0 1 4 Poland 0 1 0 1 7 Belgium 0 0 1 1 7
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE IN ACTION
        203 58 / 59 WHAT’S GONE SHOOTING I Women’s 10m air rifle qualification: Jasmine Ser (394 pts, 24th out of 56, did not advance to final) SWIMMING I Men’s 400m individual medley: Quah Zheng Wen (4:26.81,8th out of 8, did not advance to final) I Women’s 100m butterfly: Tao Li (58.34,3rd
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        Lock icon Tao Li rises to the occasion
        704 58 / 59  -  Tao-pedo clocks best timing in 100m fly since 2010 Asian Games to qualify for semis OUR MAN IN LONDON LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg While she is not at her finger-jabbing best, swimmer Tao li is back in form. The 22-year-old butterfly specialist clocked 58.34sec
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        Lock icon Close shaves for Phelps and Park
        623 58 / 59 Reuters MICHAEL Phelps was just inches away from making a shock early exit on a sensational opening day to the swimming competition at the London Olympics yesterday. Phelps got his hand on the wall in the nick of time to scrape into the final
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      • ON TV
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          73 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Today: I PORTLAND TIMBERS v CHIVAS USA StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 11 am Saturday: I NY RED BULLS v HOUSTON DYNAMO StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 8am FRIENDLY Tomorrow: I MALAYSIAN XI v MANCHESTER CITY StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel),
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          Lock icon OLYMPICS
          66 58 / 59 Today: I DAY 2 SingTel mioTV Ch 114 (ESPN), 3pm 8.30pm, Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 3.55pm; MediaCorp Ch 5,4pm, Ch U, 7.30pm I PRIMETIME UPDATE SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), 8pm Tomorrow: I DAY 3 SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), 3pm 8.30pm, Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 3.20pm;
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          Lock icon FORMULA ONE
          18 58 / 59 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX Tonight: I RACE DAY SingTel mioTVCh 115 (StarSports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 7.55pm
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          35 58 / 59 EVIAN MASTERS Tonight: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 6pm CANADIAN OPEN Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 3am
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