The New Paper, 5 August 2012

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1 60 The New Paper
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    12 1 the new paper on sunday Aug ***** 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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  • UPFRONT
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      168 2 FEATURES 3 Would you give an organ to a stranger? Exclusive interview with the man who saved a boy’s life 14 Secret life of a stripper It paid for grandmother’s chemotherapy 30 Hot enough for you? Our reporter tries some of the spiciest food available here SPORTS 52 Aquatic avenger
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Meet the ‘Mad’ angel
      891 3  -  REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg Guardian angel, “kor kor”, and yes, madman. Mr Lin Dilun, 27, has been called all that. You see, he has done something extraordinary. Something that confounds even the experts. After reading a story about a boy who had no kidney in
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      Lock icon I never changed my mind
      1007 4 / 5  -  Despite a two-year wait, numerous tests and 15 visits to the hospital, Bryan’s kidney donor says... REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg THE FIRST STEP It all started with a report about Bryan in The New Paper on June 7,2010. Mr Lin Dilun read about his
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      Lock icon He endured 10 hours of dialysis every day
      222 4 / 5 little Bryan was born with only one kidney. It was small and had abnormal tissues and it failed completely by the time he was two. His father, Mr Victor Liu, 50, a manager in a telco, and his twin sister Charmaine, couldn’t
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      Lock icon Angel of new life
      834 6 / 7  -  She risks the wrath of grieving family members to ask for their permission to recover a brain-dead patient’s organs. Despite the stress of being a transplant coordinator, her vision is clear: To give sick people in need of a new cor ea, kidney, heart or liver
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    • Article
      Lock icon Over 500 waiting for organ transplant
      250 6 / 7 The Human Organ TransplantAct (Hota), introduced in 1987 allows the removal of kidneys, livers, hearts and corneas from Singapore citizens and permanent residents who have died, for the sole purpose of transplantation. It also provides an opt-out organ donation system. In 2004, Hota extended
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      Lock icon He stripped to pay for grandma’s cancer treatment
      1209 14 / 15  -  Her heart was broken when she found out THE DOUBLE LIFE OF A MALE STRIPPER REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg It is really quite hard to imagine the young man, slouched on the chair in front of me, naked. Even under the dim
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      Lock icon ‘It’s all about the tease’
      903 14 / 15  -  REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Piece by piece, the clothes slide off his well-toned body. The cheers and shrieks from the wide-eyed women around him get louder. Ken, a local male stripper, keeps his hips gyrating to the rhythm of the hard-pumping dance number playing
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      Lock icon Selling brothel helped fund his Olympic dream
      372 19 I am not a pimp. That’s what a New Zealand taekwondo fighter, who is in London for the Olympic Games, has told Yahoo Sports after he was asked about his foray into the sex industry. Logan Campbell (right), who will represent New Zealand
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      Lock icon Man dies after TV blows up from hours of Olympics viewing
      205 19 The London Olympics have been compelling viewing so far. But one man found it so riveting that he died from watching the Games he was killed in a freak house fire after his TV blew up. Investigators believe the
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      Lock icon Golden boy loses his shine
      647 19 US swimmer is the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons Just over a week ago, Ryan Lochte was the golden boy of swimming. He had crushed Michael Phelps, the man who swept eight golds at Beijing, in the 400m individual medley last
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      Lock icon Would new China TV guidelines make drama serials boring?
      501 20 Are you one of those couch potatoes who is always channel surfing? Spare a thought for those in China, who may have nothing interesting left to watch on TV. China’s top broadcasting watchdog has issued new guidelines on genres of serials
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      Lock icon No breasts, no private parts, please
      299 20 French police tell Parisian sunbathers to cover up: It’s not unusual to see people flash more skin during summer in Europe. In France, many are flocking to parks and the banks of the River Seine to bask in the summer sun. But it seems
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      Lock icon Qantas customer ‘put on hold for 15 hours’
      366 21 Man claims he finished a book while waiting on phone but airline says no record exists of his wait We all hate being put on hold. But imagine being put on hold for so long that you could read an entire managerial
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      Lock icon US couple ‘sealed three kids in storage boxes’
      208 21 They forced their three children into plastic boxes, sealed them with duct tape, then left for the grocery store. The Ohio couple, James Allen Taylor, 29, and the children’s stepmother Samantha Marie Taylor, 26, were charged this week with unlawful restraint and
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      Lock icon Parents jailed for ‘honour killing’
      417 22 Daughter’s testimony leads to conviction years later like any UK teenage girl, she liked to wear make-up and talk to boys. But Shafilea’s parents thought she was “too Westernised” and brought shame to the family. So Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, and his wife Farzana, 49, suffocated
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      33 4 / 5 TOMORROW: CATCHING UP WITH LITTLE BRYAN For the first time in 3 years he’s able to.... PLUS We speak to the donor’s mother: I thought he’d gone crazy ONLY IN THE NEW PAPER
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Las Vegas Sands Corp investigated for money-laundering
      299 8 / 9 US authorities are investigating Las Vegas Sands Corp and several of its executives over the transfer of millions of dollars to its casinos by two Las Vegas high-rollers, according to lawyers and others involved in the matter. The Wall Street Journal reported that
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      69 8 / 9 HIGHWAY HALT: A lorry and a bus collided along Woodlands Avenue 2 near a slip road leading into Seletar Expressway yesterday. SCDF said that it received a call at around 2.20pm about the accident. Six people between the ages of six and 70 were injured and taken to
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    • Article
      Lock icon New heritage trail launched
      365 8 / 9 More arts and culture programmes planned The Jalan Besar Heritage Trail was launched yesterday. It will be part of a nation-wide network that will be introduced by the National Heritage Board (NHB) to highlight the distinctive history and identity of different areas of Singapore. Kampong Glam,
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      Lock icon NTUC food vouchers for 20,000 low-income families
      120 8 / 9 NTUC FairPrice Foundation is giving $1 million worth of food vouchers to more than 20,000 low-income families and individuals. In a media statement, FairPrice said that including this donation, the FairPrice Food Voucher scheme has contributed $10 million worth of vouchers since 2002.
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      Lock icon British diplomats to attend Chinese murder trial
      115 8 / 9 BRITISH diplomats will be allowed to attend the trial of the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai. She has been accused of the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Diplomatic sources said it was unusual for China to allow British diplomats to
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      Lock icon Philippine Catholics rally against family planning
      114 8 / 9 AP PHILIPPINE Roman Catholic Church leaders led a rally yesterday against a proposed law that would provide government funding for contraceptives and introduce reproductive health and sexuality classes in schools. The House of Representatives is to decide next week whether to end debate on
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      184 8 / 9 18 The number of police officers who rushed to a lake in China’s Shandong province after getting a call that a woman was drowning. Their rescue efforts lasted nearly an hour and attracted more than 1,000 spectators, but what they pulled out was a life-sized inflatable doll. 11
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      Lock icon MONTHLY MAAD-NESS
      47 8 / 9  -  Every month, Red Dot Traffic Building goes MAAD. This is the Market for Artists And Designers which features arts and crafts stalls as well as a portrait drawing session. I was at Friday’s event to see what was happening. ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg
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      Lock icon Our senior photojournalist picks his pictures of the week’s events
      127 10  -  PICTURES BY MOHD ISHAK SAMON ishak@sph.com.sg RIDING IT OUT: A motorcyclist rides through a flooded street in Manila as children surf on pieces of plywood. Typhoon Saola brought heavy rains, strong winds and flooding when it hit the Philippines last
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      149 10 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Manpower Ministry figures reveal that despite efforts to enforce workplace health and safety regulations, at least 28 people died at worksites in the first seven months of the year. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, and Ministry
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  • Page 8 / 9 Miscellaneous
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      159 11 BIG COMPANIES are looking for employees at STJobs. You too should look no further to find a job. A*Star Breadtalk CAAS Capita Certis Changi Airport CIMB Bank CISCO Security Coffee Club Dairy Farm Singapore Davy International DFS Venture Ducktours Singapore Esprit Retail Halliburton Construction Manufacturing Hyundai Engineering Construction Ikano Group
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon More transparency, please
      1105 12 / 13  -  Impending hike in service and conservancy charges MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg The news broke last month about an Impending hike in service and conservancy charges and people were talking about it when this correspondent walked the ground a few days ago. For the first
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      388 17 5KMROUTETheCentraltoMarinaBarrageDATE2September2012,SundayTIME7.45amtonoon Do your bit for the elderly* Walk the heritagetalk Go green and CELEBRATING 125 YEARS $700Grab over worth of goodies *Part of the proceeds from registration will go to Project Helping Hands, TNP’s adopted charity which aims to install wireless motion sensors in the homes of elderly people who
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A RACING JOCKEY
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      815 18  -  BIKER BOY Punters quick to ask for tips but vent their frustration on jockeys when they lose ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg like a runway model, he puts on his game face and struts in the presence of men and women, who are mostly fashionably dressed.
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      172 21 We are looking for…. RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, and the pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, breakdown and excretion) of a new drug for the treatment of Heart Failure. General Criteria: Healthy Chinese Male Age between 21 to 45 years old Body Mass Index
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      278 22 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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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Buying the next EQUINE STAR
    959 23  -  While luck plays a huge role, help from the experts is just as important Brought to you by the Singapore Turf Club REPORT: LARRY FOLEY YOU want to buy a what? Ahorse! Not any type of horse, but a thoroughbred. And not just any old
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Prawns with belimbing asam
      705 24  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’s an incredibly simple dish to make with very tasty results. The greatest difficulty is obtaining the one crucial ingredient which elevates the dish and gives it that unique sourish taste belimbing asam. It’s not the regular asam or tamarind that
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      Lock icon Baking 101: Getting the right tools
      913 25  -  VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg Some girls enjoy shopping for shoes, clothes or bags; I love shopping for baking and cooking equipment. There’s always a new gadget, pan or tool that I want. In the end, it always comes down to a question ofwillpower. I have
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      Lock icon Changing times and flavours
      425 26  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg “The longest 15 minutes each year has to be just before Azan (the call to prayer and the breaking of fast at Ramadan),” said marketing manager Shahriel. We were milling around the crowd at Geylang Serai and were seated 20 minutes before
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      Lock icon Hidden gems
      655 26 The Ramadan bazaar at Geylang Serai is nice. It is near the city, convenient, appropriate (being located in the heart of the Malay heritage zone) and huge with a wide range of makan on offer. But I heard about a“ happening” bazaar in Woodlands, and lo! I was
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      Lock icon Turning up the heat
      1143 30 / 31  -  We send our chilli-loving reporter to check out the spiciest dishes around town REPORT: NG EE CHING neeching@sph.com.sg It seems that Singaporeans simply can’t survive without spicy food. According to a global food survey by Hotels.com, 60 per cent of locals indicated that the condiment they
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      Lock icon Ways to beat the heat
      211 30 / 31 Mouth on fire? About to reach for a glass of water? Wait! Cold water does nothing to stop the burning sensation and can even help it spread. Here are some tips on keeping your mouth cool while tucking into the hot stuff. Dairy products Capsaicin
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Trendy for the thrifty
      756 27 Jewellery can make or breakalook. Do it right and you jazz up an otherwise-plain outfit. Get it wrong and you risk looking like an out-of-season Christmas tree. I stumbled across newcomer Lovisa, an Australian brand which expanded into Singapore recently. Here’s the lowdown on whether this
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      36 27 'Really funny, smart and prd^gu^l Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood STEVE KEIRA CARELL KNIGHTLEY tv. NT < K fa D 0 The: First The .End[0f-lt All rx -A NOW SHOWING ‘sm. Some Drug Use And Coarse Language trailer
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
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      Lock icon Do the patriotic thing... and shop!
      465 28  -  Celebrate Singapore’s 47th birthday with red and white REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg The great Singaporean sport of sale hunting Is alive and well this National Day week. It is bargains galore this week, so why not use the chance to find something stylish
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      Lock icon Pep talk
      288 29  -  REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg IF an hourglass figure is something you’ve always coveted, a peplum dress or skirt might just be the way to go. A peplum is a short overskirt or flounce, attached to a dress, top or skirt. The sudden flare at the waist not
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      103 28 QI M Mi ft vi QI 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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      124 28 WIN THE EXPENDABLES 2 PREVIEW TICKETS the hired guns going on a revenge-driven shooting spree after one of their team members is killed on a job. The Expendables 2 opens Aug 16. We’re giving away 80 pairs of tickets to a preview screening on Aug 15, courtesy of Golden Village
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      30 32 SINGAPORE'S HOTTEST MORNING SHOW WEEKDAYS 6AM TO 10AM KENAPLUCK! TUES AND THURS <*■ N iSSSMe WITH ROD MONTEIRO AND THE MARRIED MEN HOI S3 FACEBOOK.COM/HOTFMSG FOLLOW US ON TWITTER HOTFMSG WWW.HOTFM.SG
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      265 33 Beach volleyball made its Olympic debut in Atlanta only in 1996, but in London 2012, it’s the most popular event after the men’s 100m final. The sport has even prompted London mayor Boris Johnson to sing praises of the “semi-naked women” well, he noticed how they were “glistening”
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon It takes a village
      780 34  -  You don’t need to jostle with the crowds at the Tour de France to see cycling stars. Get close to them post-Tour at village races in Belgium and Holland TWO WHEELS GOOD DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg The riders come screaming around the final corner wheels whirring and
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      Lock icon MAN ON A MISSION
      812 35  -  Behind every helmet is a tale waiting to be told. This is the second of six stories, we are featuring as part of the S’pore Ride Safe 2012 campaign ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY Answering the call of the open road. The freedom to ride.
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      60 35 I Z&SEW TREASURE LIFE RIDE FOR LIFE ±»fF 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 RIDERS for LIFE Another community message by: m
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Yo, yo, NDP people, make some n-o-i-z-e
      857 36  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg I Neil Humphreys’ unashamedly Singapore book, Return to a Sexy Island, is the national No. 1 best-seller Singapore, are you ready to par-dee? No, I don't thinkyou heard me. Singapore, are you ready to par-dee? Then put your sponsored
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      Lock icon My mother says Tao Li is too fat to win
      783 37  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Ah, the magic of the Olympics. Last week, I was having dinner with my mother, which nowadays, is an occurrence almost as infrequent as Singapore winning an Olympic medal. As usual, the topics of
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    • REALLY? Odd news that's for real
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        Lock icon Amorous bull damages US deputy’s patrol car
        139 37 AP A BULL in the mood for love damaged an Arkansas sheriff’s patrol car when it tried to mount a man who was leading the animal across a yard. Authorities said on Wednesday that a Faulkner County sheriff’s deputy was responding to a
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        Lock icon Drunk man steals potato peeler, small dog
        121 37 AP A PITTSBURGH man allegedly broke into a woman’s apartment in the US while drunk and stole a potato peeler, a kitchen knife and a small dog. Online court records don’t list an attorney for 24-year-old Garrett Stauber, who was arrested shortly after
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        Lock icon Tipsy man gets into bed with sleeping couple
        139 37 AP AUTHORITIES say a couple in the US got an unexpected visit from a drunken 27-year-old neighbour who wandered into their cottage in Michigan and climbed into bed with them. The Livingston County Daily Press Argus of Howell reports that the man
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  • TV
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      Lock icon The fat and short of it
      583 38  -  JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Louis CK was named GQ Magazine’s “Comic Genius Of The Year” in 2011. And something tells me that he himself would have found this silly “comic genius” is a contradiction in terms. Comedians are fools and the fact that someone is
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      300 38 maS m w'M cldST a comprehensive Don't miss your C0 PJ hurs na w ith reviews, articles papereverv Thu l it TREATS STALLONE STATHAM U LUNDGREN NORRIS CREWS COUTURE HEMSWORTH VAN DAMME wmWII-US SCHWARZENEGGER 1 If c Rating: To be advised Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Apprentice WL Tan suspended 4 months
      718 39 THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Apprentice WL Tan has been suspended for four months over his handling of GETREEL in Race 8 on July 13. At an inquiry last Wednesday, Tan (right) in the presence of his master, trainer ZL Mok, pleaded
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (MOONEE VALLEY/BELMONT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
      756 39 RACE 1 (Moonee Valley) 1 st 5 Banca Mo ($10-$7) 2nd 9 The Cleaner ($8) 3rd 4 Buxted ($22) 4th 10 Bianmick. Forecast $10. Place forecast $6 (5-9), $22 (4-5), $26 (4-9). Tierce $222. Trio $64. Quartet No winner ($2038 jackpot carried forward to next
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      Lock icon MR BIG (Race 10 No. 3)
      194 40 / 41  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON For a moment in the straight, he looked like he was going to win the $1 million KrisFlyer International Sprint last May. But MR BIG was run down by another local star Ato (left). Finishing second and as a three-year-old
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1846 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 D1 12.50 -1200m Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 7--251 Audio Friend 57 (43) O Chavez 11 (5nzg HW Tan-Lim Chwee Cheng) 2 *****9 Bengawan 57 (43) TO Chang c1 2
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      543 40 / 41 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Zac Supreme 9 7 6 7 6 Kamar Dancer Kamar Dancer His My Idol Kamar Dancer 7 2 Audio Friend 1 His My Idol Audio Friend Bengawan 9 1 9 Zac Supreme Zac Supreme Kamar Dancer 7
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      Lock icon Precisely can get the lolly with the aid of blinkers
      1924 42 / 43 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TOD A Y’S KRANJI POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Audio Friend))Broke through for a nice win with 51.5kg. This much tougher with 57kg. Place preferred. 2 Bengawan)Not racing well and prefer over something longer. 3
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      799 42 / 43 Race 1 C5 (SC) 1200m C5 (SC) 1200m XWinning stable: Tivic. Trainer: R Lines. Time: 1min 10.90sec (Going: good). Forecast: $43. Tierce: $2572. Quartet: $5940. Malaysian W/P: RM17, RM10, RM79, RM22. P Forecast: $18 (6-1), $96 (1-2), $19 (6-2). Trio: $241. Quadro: $158. Course scratchings: 13:Red
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      Lock icon Lunar Module ready to land a winner
      921 44 THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Coleraine (1,300m) 4 CHARMING SOPHIE: (Runs:22 Wins:3 (2D,1H) Places:5) Lg nk 2nd 58kg to Howbadisthat in 1,300m Cran. RST62 July 11 (2nd settling and at 400m). 5 DELAGO DUSK: (Runs:24 Wins:2 (1D,1H) Places:10) 153/4len last 53kg to
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (COLERAINE/KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD
      179 44 1:05 Race 1 COLERAINE 1300M COLERAINE 1300M 1 Y0K0ZUNA JOSH CARTWRIGHT (4) 1:40 Race 2 COLERAINE 1600M 2 TITUS VINIUS DYENDALL (3) 57.5 3 STARTOPAZE MS H MC KECHNIE (D 55 4 CHARMING SOPHIE 1:55 Race 3 KALGOORLIE 1100M (2) 54 5 DELAGODUSK MS K
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      Lock icon The one they all want to see
      526 60 Bolt stumbles but strolls as build-up to tonight’s 100m race suggests a sprint for the ages ATHLETICS All the contenders were there. American record-holder Tyson Gay, surgically repaired hip and all, appeared first, and finished first. Countryman and former champion Justin Gatlin cruised
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    • EPL
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        Lock icon Move on, Rodgers urges Suarez
        420 45 Liverpool boss wants Uruguayan to forget about the Evra episode PA Sport Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has urged striker Luis Suarez to put the much-publicised controversies of last season behind him and move on. Rodgers was also keen to point out that rival fans only
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        Lock icon Contrasting fortunes for Furyk and Woods
        478 45 GOLF AP JIM Furyk and Tiger Woods each carried momentum into the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational. That meant the best 36-hole score for Furyk in his PGA Tour career, and the worst start for Woods in nearly four months. Furyk had another
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        Lock icon Tiger paired with Bradley, Kaymer
        169 45 Reuters FOUR-TIME winner Tiger Woods has been drawn to play alongside holder Keegan Bradley and former champion Martin Kaymer in the first two rounds of next week’s PGA Championship, organisers announced on Friday. American Woods (left), who clinched the most recent of his titles in
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    • STARHUB LEAGUE CUP
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        Lock icon Shootout heartbreak for the ‘Cowboy’
        463 46  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg HOME UNITED 1 (Indra Sahdan 48) BRUNEI DPMM1 (Tales Dos Santos 89) I Brunei DPMM win 4-2 on penalties He is affectionately known as Cowboy. And boy did Home United midfielder Nor Azli Yusoff bite the bullet, battling through the pain barrier
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        Lock icon Inspired, Cedar pupil Al-Fandy dreams big
        544 46  -  Legion of Lions event wows the youngsters; bookofS’pore football milestones goes on sale DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg HE WEARS the name of a local football legend, even playing in the same position as Fandi Ahmad. Yesterday, nine-year-old Al-Fandy bin Mohd Rishi from Cedar Primary was
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    • OLYMPICS 2012
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        Lock icon Brazil, Britain bundled out
        368 47 WOMEN’S FOOTBALL AP Brazil failed in yet another attempt to win a major women’s football title, and Britain came up short in perhaps the only chance it will ever get. The United States and Japan, though, are moving ever closer to another final showdown. World champion
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        Lock icon Tearful Marta has concerns about future
        287 47 AS EVERYONE who has followed Marta’s career knows, she is not one for hiding her emotions. And this is equally the case in good times, such as the five consecutive occasions (2006-2010) she was crowned Fifa Women’s World Player of the Year, and painful
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        Lock icon Sasaki: We didn’t play for a draw
        273 47 Reuters JAPAN’S women’s football coach Norio Sasaki hit back after being criticised for ordering the world champions not to win their final first-round game at the London Olympics. A defiant Sasaki denied any rule-bending on his part in Tuesday’s 0-0 draw against South
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        Lock icon So easy for Japan
        659 48 / 49  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg MEN’S FOOTBALL QUARTER-FINALS JAPAN 3 (Nagai 14, Yoshida 78, Otsu 83) EGYPT 0 Japan booked their place in the semi-finals of the Olympics with a 3-0 victory over Egypt that never looked in any doubt. Takashi Sekizuka’s team are organised,
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        Lock icon Defence lets Senegal down
        560 48 / 49 AP MEN’S FOOTBALL QUARTER-FINALS MEXICO 4 (Enriquez 10, Aquino 62, Dos Santos 98, Herrera 109) SENEGAL2 (Konate 69, Balde 76) Giovani Dos Santos and Hector Herrera scored in extra time as Mexico beat an error-prone Senegal 4-2 last night to reach the semi-finals of the Olympic
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        Lock icon Sailors soar to best Olympic results
        204 48 / 49  -  SAILING DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg FOR A week, the sailors fought the winds of Weymouth. And even though Colin Chen and Elizabeth Yin did not finish in the overall top 10 to qualify for the medal race after 10 races, they performed creditably against the
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        Lock icon US in close win over Lithuania
        132 48 / 49 BASKETBALL Reuters THE US team, coming off a record-breaking offensive assault in their previous game, struggled with their shooting touch but came on at the end to beat Lithuania 99-94 at the men’s Olympic basketball tournament last night. The Americans romped 156-73 clear of
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        Lock icon Indian coach accepts reversed decision against his boxer
        187 48 / 49 BOXING Wire Services INDIA’S veteran boxing coach says he accepts the decision by amateur boxing’s governing body to overturn his welterweight’s apparent victory on Friday. Gurbankhsh Singh Sandhu was disappointed, but he says “a rule is a rule.” Aiba reversed the result
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        Lock icon Serena leaves Maria thunderstruck
        560 50 Williams joins Graf as Golden Slam winners after singles masterclass TENNIS AFP Serena Williams clinched her first Olympic singles gold medal with a 6-0,6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in the most one-sided women’s final in the history of the Games yesterday. Williams’ victory, which surpassed Suzanne
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        Lock icon Murray eyes gold and revenge in Federer rematch
        542 50 AFP JUST 28 days after walking off Centre Court as a tearful Wimbledon runner-up, Andy Murray will get the chance for revenge when he faces Roger Federer in the Olympic final tonight. Murray’s (right) emotional reaction to defeat by Federer in the
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        Lock icon No chance for Tao Li in Rio 2016
        587 51 Readers agree with TNP’s comment on Friday that the swimmer’s dream of an Olympic medal is over Time for self-reflection I AGREE that Tao Li has missed her chance for an Olympic medal and that her dream is over. Just look at
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        Lock icon 800m free champion quizzed about doping
        402 51 Reuters AMERICAN teenager Katie Ledecky got a rude introduction to the cost of success at the London Olympics yesterday morning (Singapore time). After blitzing the host-nation’s best hope for a swimming gold medal with an astonishing victory in the 800m freestyle final, the 15-year-old
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        Lock icon Phelps blows le Clos away
        595 52 / 53 SWIMMING Wire Services Michael Phelps is still the king of the pool. A re-invigorated Phelps showed the pretender to his crown, Chad le Clos, how it’s done as he took gold in his last individual race yesterday morning (Singapore time). Three days previously, South Africa’s
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        Lock icon Asia’s giants shine, South-east Asians flounder
        821 52 / 53  -  Chinese, Japanese and Koreans will do even better in the pool in Rio 2016; S’pore and the rest from this region need to copy their system JOSCELIN YEO npsports@sph.com.sg THE London 2012 Olympic Games swimming programme would have ended by the time you read
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        Lock icon Missy: I love it when it hurts
        520 52 / 53 Wire Services Missy Franklin clinched the backstroke double with a200m world record yesterday morning (Singapore time). The bubbly 17-year-old American clocked 2min 4.06sec to better the previous world mark of 2:04.81, held by Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe. It was Missy’s third gold medal
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        Lock icon Manaudou gets sprint gold and siblings record
        424 52 / 53 AFP FRENCHMAN Florent Manaudou joined his sister Laure as the first champion siblings in Olympic swimming history with a shock victory in the men’s 50m freestyle final yesterday morning (Singapore time). Manaudou, 21, the younger brother of the former Olympic women’s 400m freestyle
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        Lock icon Super Dan has the EDGE
        743 54 / 55  -  It’s a final the world craved for, and all the pressure will be on Malaysia’s Lee BADMINTON: MEN’S SINGLES FINAL Ronald Susilo npsports@sph.com.sg I Ronald Susilo is a studio guest on ESPN STAR Sports’ coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Catch the London 2012
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        Lock icon Danish pair shock Koreans
        469 54 / 55 AP Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark stunned Chung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae of South Korea 17-21,21-18,22-20 to advance to an Olympic badminton doubles final against Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China. Cai and Fu, the four-time world champions, earlier defeated Koo
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        Lock icon Majority say ‘yes’
        860 56 TNP asked readers last Friday if foreign talent is the way to go to raise Olympic hopes Our locals have not delivered I AM for foreign talent if they can also push our local athletes to a higher level. I read with disappointment the number of discouraging
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        Lock icon OLYMPICS WATCH
        358 56 WHAT’S ON I 3pm: Hockey Men’s pool New Zealand v Belgium (ESPN 8, Ch 141) I 4pm: Basketball Women’s pool France v Russia (ESPN 3, Ch 136) I 4pm: Volleyball Women’s pool Algeria v Dominican Rep (ESPN 6, Ch 139) I 4pm: Badminton Men’s singles doubles bronze play-off
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        Lock icon Ultimate test for Singapore men
        715 57  -  Chinese paddlers in imperious form, but some feel rivals are narrowing the gap OUR MAN IN LONDON TABLE TENNIS LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg After he finished his match yesterday afternoon at the ExCeL Arena, Singapore men’s table tennis No. 1 Gao Ning glanced occasionally at
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        Lock icon Gold gives China’s Zhang table tennis Grand Slam
        355 57 AFP CHINA’S Zhang Jike won the men’s singles table tennis gold medal, as he completed a career Grand Slam by defeating compatriot Wang Hao 4-1 in the final yesterday morning (Singapore time). Victory saw 24-year-old top seed Zhang (above) become the first
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        Lock icon Gunning for 7,000
        523 58 / 59 Ennis bids to become only the fourth woman to break 7,000points for the heptathlon Reuters Britain’s Jessica Ennis is bidding to become only the fourth woman to break7,000 points for the heptathlon after all but securing the Olympic gold with just the 800 metres race to go
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        Lock icon Yeo gets personal best with 10.57s
        391 58 / 59  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM LONDON He had taken a photograph with the American sprinter in the Games Village just last week. But little did Gary Yeo expect to line up against Tyson Gay in the men’s 100m Round 1 at the Olympic
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        Lock icon Pistorius makes history
        377 58 / 59 Reuters South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius said he was on the verge of tears after becoming the first double amputee to compete on the track at an Olympic Games yesterday in front of a packed crowd. Pistorius, who races wearing carbon fibre prosthetic blades after being born without
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      • ON TV
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          Lock icon FOOTBALL
          72 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 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Today: I COLUMBUS CREW v DC UNITED StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 7.30am MAN UNITED SUMMER TOUR 2012 Tonight: I MAN
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          Lock icon OLYMPICS
          77 58 / 59 Today: I DAY 9 SingTel mioTVCh 114 (ESPN), 3pm 8.30pm, Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 3.55pm; MediaCorp Ch 5,4pm; Ch U, 7.30pm; okto mn I PRIMETIME UPDATE SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), 8pm Tomorrow: I DAY 10 SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), 3pm 8.30pm;
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          19 58 / 59 WGC BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 2am
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          74 58 / 59 ATP 500 CITI OPEN Tomorrow: I FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 6.30am ATP 1000 ROGERS CUP Tomorrow: I DAY 1, ROUND 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm Tuesday: I DAY 2, ROUND 1 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel)
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