The New Paper, 19 August 2012

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    20 1 the new paper paper Aug 19 2012 Aug 19 2012 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      81 1 EPL’S BACK ARSENAL STUMBLE Gunners fire blanks in 0-0 draw with Sunderland LIVERPOOL CRUMBLE Agger sent off in 0-3 loss to West Brom 54 56 We wish all our Muslim readers a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Local nightclub singer Angie Lau on limiting foreign entertainers: SOME CAN’T SING, SOME PROVIDE
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Celebrating celebrations
      605 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg A happy Hari Raya to all our Muslim readers. Today, and the next two days, will be filled with feasting as Muslims in Singapore and around the world mark the end of Ramadan. For one family, it is a particularly poignant new beginning. They had
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      175 2 FEATURES 3 A new tune With new MOM ruling on foreign entertainers, we ask singers, local and from China, how it will affect them 10 Worst in the world? We putS’pore cabbies to the test 14 Hari Raya after all Despite a fire in their block this month, this family
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Local artiste says: Hire singers for their talent
      1056 3  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Some foreign entertainers aren’t good singers and are in it for a quick buck. This includes getting commissions for drinks and garlands that customers buy for them. Some even go out with customers and provide “extras”. That is
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      Lock icon keep it clean
      696 4 / 5  -  We work hard and we... REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Every evening, singers Guo Meng Si andXu Tao pile on the make-up and slip into floor-length gowns before getting on stage. They belt out a string of popular tunes, and occasionally drink and chat with customers at
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      Lock icon Cyclist killed in collision with lorry
      589 8  -  Victim, 48, said to be safe and experienced rider REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg All that was left of his bike was a mangled mess on the side of the road. The cycling fraternity here suffered yet another death yesterday, when a lorry collided
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      Lock icon Queue to check on safe deposit boxes
      515 9  -  REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg More than 40 people turned up at Certis Cisco’s Paya Lebar facility to check on their valuables yesterday. But there was no drama as they patiently waited for their turn to view their safe deposit boxes. A retiree
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      190 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad At least $2 million in public funds have been lost, due mainly to slip-ups and poor oversights in the ministries and statutory boards. The Government has defended the tender process as sound, but it can “be improved”, says Deputy
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      Lock icon THE TAXI EXPERIMENT
      1356 10 / 11  -  The New Paper on Sunday team takes to the streets to find outifS’pore cabbies are as bad as some say they are REPORTS BY: Benita Aw Yeong, Jennifet Dhanaraj, Natalie Soh, Jonathan Roberts The worst In the world. That is how expatriate Chris Reed described local taxi
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      Lock icon He cuts nails in cab
      429 10 / 11 Situation: Changing shift Destination: Mount Elizabeth Hospital Time boarded: 5.52pm Time waited: Eight minutes Type of taxi: Comfort Sonata Verdict: Nine taxis with their hired signs on passed by, two of which were annoyingly unoccupied. I had no cash on me, so I had to
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      Lock icon A fresh beginning for Hari Raya
      657 14  -  Flats blackened by blaze get new coat of paint REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg The darkened room with its soot-plastered walls mirrored the mood. For wheelchair-bound Haji Mohammed Abdul Rahim, 85, and wife Hajjah Mona Abdul Hamid, 75, the fire in their Henderson Road block
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      Lock icon Unmasking Myolie
      644 16 / 17  -  REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg It was a pivotal moment for everyone watching. The StarHub TVB Awards 2012 ceremony was under way at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre last night and Hong Kong actor Bosco Wong had been named one of the six winners in
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      Lock icon Fifty shades of merchandising
      552 18 AP The best-selling erotic book is sparking a wave of products. With nearly 40 million copies sold, Fifty Shades Of Grey, an erotic romance spiced up with sado-masochism, is hitting the mainstream and sparking consumers to look for products to spice up their relationships. EMI Music
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      Lock icon Prince swoops in on shining ‘steed’ to save drowning girls
      372 18 Her sister had been swept awaywhile bodyboarding. The 16-year-old swam out to help her 13-year-old sister, but she was exhausted from being hit by waves among rocks and was close to drowning. Who should swoop down to her rescue but
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      Lock icon How did he survive THIS?
      339 19 AP Doctors say he was just centimetres away from losing one eye and becoming paralysed on the left side of his body. Brazilian construction worker Eduar- do Leite, 24, survived despite having a 1.8m-long metal bar piercing his head, doctors said on Friday. The bar
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      Lock icon A choo-choo runs through it
      219 20 Thai train passes through market eight times a day It looks like any ordinary open-air market. Stallholders and shoppers at Maeklong Market haggle over the price of locally-grown fruits like lychee, durian and mango, as well as freshly caught seafood, dried spices and peppers, and
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      Lock icon Air France passengers asked to chip in for fuel after emergency landing
      364 20 Wire services An emergency stop in the capital of Syria, where a civil war is raging, was bad enough. Passengers on Air France Flight 562 were then asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough
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      Lock icon Big feast before Big Walk
      696 22  -  REPORT and PICTURE: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Tucking Into a hearty meal of chicken before The New Paper Big Walk is just what this father-of-two needs. Mr Colin Goh, 36, an SAF regular, who is taking part in the Big Walk with his wife and two
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    • Article
      Lock icon More time to redeem Nando’s voucher
      173 22 BIG Walk participants now have until Nov 30, 2012 to redeem your voucher for a Nando’s Peri-Peri Flame-Grilled quarter chicken. The voucher’s stated validity date is Sept 30, but we have extended the period for redemption. Nando’s signature Afro-Portuguese grilled Peri-Peri chicken comes with
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      Lock icon NEW FACE 2012
      251 30 / 31 From tomorrow and for the next four weeks, we’ll feature each of these 20 The New Paper New Face 2012 finalists. And this year is special, as New Face is 20 years old, making it one of Singapore’s long-est-running modelling competitions. Since it began, New Face has
      PHOTOGRAPHER: JONATHAN CHOO MAKE-UP: CLINIQUE HAIR: MONSOON HAIR HOUSE STYLIST: IRIS HON CLOTHES: LEVI’S  -  251 words
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon M’sia’s Anwar to retire if he loses next polls
      266 6 / 7 AFP Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim plans to end his 30-year political career if he f ails to unseat Prime Minister Najib Razak at the next election, he said on Friday. Mr Anwar was once deputy prime minister in the Barisan
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      Lock icon Yaacob tells Muslims building a better future starts with family
      114 6 / 7 THE Muslim community must continue to look out for each other, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim in his Hari Raya Aidilfitri message yesterday. Building a better future starts with the family, he said. He highlighted the recent success
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      Lock icon Police nab 38 foreign women for immigration offences
      80 6 / 7 POLICE arrested 38 foreign women working in nightspots on Friday night. The women were arrested for unlawful employment and immigration offences. They are aged between 17 and 34, and are from China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Seventy officers from the Central Police
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      68 6 / 7 HOLDING ON TO A DREAM CAR: Participants of the H-Two-O Ultimate Challenge had to stay in a fixed position for as long as possible at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza yesterday. Winner Malcolm Lim (right) emerged triumphant from the endurance competition after 10 hours and 11 minutes. He
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      Lock icon Khaw lauds practical solutions
      301 6 / 7 ‘Cool ideas’ on show by HDB Practical ideas to solve the problems of HDB living can become “innovative solutions with commercial potential”, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. He was speaking at an award ceremony for the Cool Ideas for Better HDB Living competition,
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      Lock icon Heineken, F&N board agree on $5.6 billion deal for APB stake
      120 6 / 7 DUTCH brewing giant Heineken has agreed to a final offer of $53 a share for Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) to fend off a Thai rival. It said it had inked a “definitive agreement” with the Fraser and Neave (F&N)
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      Lock icon Philippine interior minister missing in plane crash
      114 6 / 7 AP ALIGHT plane carrying Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo crashed into the sea yesterday while attempting an emergency landing. Mr Robredo and the two pilots were missing, officials said. Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas II said the Cessna 172 plane was heading to Mr
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      Lock icon Japanese nationalists set sail for disputed islands
      97 6 / 7 AFP A FLOTILLA of boats carrying Japanese nationalists, including parliamentarians, set sail yesterday for islands at the heart of a bitter dispute with China. The 20 vessels, carrying around 150 people, were expected to arrive at the archipelago, known as Senkaku in Japan
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      161 6 / 7 100 The number of cans of beer that a group of bears bit into and drank after breaking into a holiday cabin in Norway. The bears, believed to be a mother and its cubs, wrecked the place and appeared to have had “a hell of a party”, said
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      Lock icon A MONTH FOR MUSEUMS
      36 6 / 7 ARTIST’S IMPRESSION To celebrate Singapore’s 47th birthday, National Heritage Board (NHB) is allowing free entry* to all its museums this month. This week, I visited the Singapore Philatelic Museum on Coleman Street.
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      149 15 TUESDAY IN L O U D the new paper Wonderful world K-pop girl group Wonder Girls brush up on different languages in a bid to take their music around the globe Cover any British artiste win prizes! FANCY WINNING $40WORTHOF PRIZES? the new paper COVER ANSWER THIS SIMPLE QUESTION AND
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      200 15 PRIMARY 1 PAIN OUT NOW! GOLIONS! Malaysia Cup in thenewpaper Some people shouldn’t be in front of the registration queue. The system needs fixing, says Toh Yong Chuan. ON iPHONE ANDROID Get all the excitement and action with our free smartphone app m *.w»v AUG EVE.OF DAY SU 1C HOL
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Learning the ropes to a RACING CAREER
    993 21  -  Different courses offered under the STAR programme to you by the Singapore Turf Club REPORTS: GRAEME CAREY IN THE distant past, entry into the world of horseracing was an unstructured affair. Jockeys and trainers often come from father-son relationships within the industry, through
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Daging satay goreng
      819 25  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg What comes to mind when you think of satay? Skewers, charcoal and sweat pouring off your brow as you painstakingly grill sticks of meat over a smoking fire? Well, there’s an easier way to prepare it. Try Madam Siti Habibah’s recipe for
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      Lock icon Baking 101: Tips for Success
      690 26  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT 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 Tips and tricks are essential when it comes to baking and over the years,
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      Lock icon Baking soda v Baking powder
      507 26 One of the most common questions I get when conducting a baking class is, how do you know when to use baking powder and when to use baking soda? Both baking soda and powder are leavening agents. This means that they are added to baked
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      Lock icon A tiny island, so many fish out of the sea
      427 27  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg We are a tiny island of no more than 715 sq km and surrounded by the sea. More than five million people buzz about working, living, playing and, of course, eating. Naturally, a major part of
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      Lock icon See food in S’pore
      678 27 I like getting lost, which is hard to do in Singapore. So at best, I head for the more ulu corners just to smell the angsana trees, and the sambal that these areas are redolent with. Chong Pang Village is not so ulu but try taking
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Classy but overpriced
      731 28 It has been a few months since the former Iluma shopping centre got a face-lift and re-opened as Bugis+. I was keen to suss out the new tenants and one store in particular Japanese fashion label Lowrys Farm lured me in instantly with its warm, woody decor.
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
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      Lock icon Heads up on hair care
      304 29  -  compiled by Ng Ee Ching A bad hair day can be catastrophic. No one wants to go out on a hot date with what looks like a small furry dog on your head. Don’t worry though, here are some products that promies to keep your
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon HOT ITALIAN MODEL
      819 32  -  DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg TWO WHEELS GOOD All eyes will be on you when you step out with this Italian model. While it isn’t Monica Bellucci, the Rizoma 77/011 is a head-turner. Blatant ogling by other road-users at traffic lights and sideways glances in the park this single-speed
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      Lock icon Talking’s the ticket for this traffic cop
      739 33  -  BIKER BOY Behind every helmet is a compelling tale. This is the fourth of six stories in conjunction with Singapore Ride Safe 2012 ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg He sees all sorts of characters and excuses on the road. Senior Staff Sergeant Muhammad Ikram
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    Lock icon Bonding through swimming
    429 34 Brought to you by People’s Association IT’S a great way to connect with others in the community. Mr Bob Lim, 60, who runs his own business, is a volunteer who teaches swimming to children aged from five to 12 in the Bukit Batok area. After he builds
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Pair of socks safer than pair of pandas
      834 35  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Singapore is taking one hell of a gamble with those giant pandas. China is letting us look after the animals for 10 years to forge closer ties, but we should have gone for something safer than a pair
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      Lock icon Beyond the Kate Spade bag...
      599 36  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Does it come with the box? That’s what I want to know. I want very much to bid for the Kate Spade bag that MP for Marine Parade GRC Tin Pei Ling is donating to an Association of Women
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
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  • TV
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      Lock icon GOING BANANNIES
      598 37  -  Reality show nannies worse than kids JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg As a fan of Beverly Hills Ninja Chris Farley R.I.P I thought the responsible thing to do would be to check out Beverly Hills Nannies. Wow. It’s nothing at all like Beverly Hills Ninja. The show is about a
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      152 37 Singapore’sMEGA SUNTEC SINGAPORE Or ganis e d B y (Or g anis er O f I T SHOW, F O OD B E V ER AGE FA IR C O M E X WORL D F O OD FA IR) BLO CK 8, LORO N G B A K A
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Makkura is hard to catch
      1967 38 / 39 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Affirmation)))Significant drop in grade and, although has never won on this surface, has run some useful races. Should go close. 2 Bull Shot)))Won too well last start not to be the horse to
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
      486 38 / 39 Race 1 C5 1400m 5 LUCKY COMET 54.5 (112-28) Jose De Souza (8) 4 3 3 (437) 1 XWinning stable: TK Liew. Trainer: SH Tan. Time: 1min 23.30sec. Forecast: $50. Tierce: $*****. Quartet: $*****. Malaysian W/P: RM45, RM12, RM27, RM42. P Forecast: $20 (4-7), $45 (7-5), $49
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      Lock icon Warspirit is maintaining form
      220 40 / 41 KRANJITRACKWORK Last-start winner WARSPIRIT looks set to score a double when he tackles a Class 4 Div 2 field over 1,600m on the Polytrack In Race 11 today. The Mark Walker-trained five-year-old still looked very fit when taken out for a two-round workout by apprentice R
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1888 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 -8-4-0 Affirmation 57 (43) I Santana 8 (6nzg M Walker-Te Akau Racing) 2 9-7621 Bull Shot 57 (43) J Moreira 1 (7ag
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      Lock icon BEST BET MAKKURA (Race 5 No. 2)
      114 40 / 41  -  TAN THEAN LOON You can forgive her last run, which was actually not a bad effort. After all, she lost to two good horses, El Padrino and Al’s Knight. Furthermore, she started from barrier 10. Today, MAKKURA is favourably drawn in gate No.
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      588 40 / 41 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 2 2 Bull Shot 1 2 1 Bull Shot Bull Shot Affirmation Risky Venture 2 4 5 Ninth Avenue Affirmation Van Basten Bull Shot 10 4 10 3 Risky Venture Daring Journey Ninth Avenue 9 9 Genova
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      Lock icon TODAY’S PENANG RACE CARD
      1726 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 6 Vigour, 5 Summer Promise, 1 Camero, 9 Real Bionic Lady RACE 2: 10 Keep The Time, 7 Welsh Queen, 11 City Of Hope, 8 Eternal Cheers RACE 3: 9 Miracle Pray, 1 Captain America, 3
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      Lock icon Not Quite Caviar...but smart enough
      855 43 RACE 1 Kalgoorlie (1,400m) 2 CANACSKAROO: Was a good thing beaten when narrowly defeated in a three-way finish behind Let Me Tell You (1,300m) last Sunday. Tricky draw but busting to win a race. I TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS 9
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (KALGOORLIE/CARNARVON) RACE CARD
      163 43 1:00 Race 1 KALGOORLIE 1400M KALGOORLIE 1400M 1 CASTLE REIGN BEN PATERSON (8) 58 2 CANACSKAROO NATASHA FAITHFULL (9) 58 1:35 Race 2 KALGOORLIE 1100M MITCHELL PATEMAN (10) 58 4 CAVALLOTTI KBOHORUN (4) 58 5 FORCE OF NATURE 2:10 Race 3 KALGOORLIE 1600M (D 58
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      Lock icon Three riders suspended
      1013 44 THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Jockeys E Aslam and O Chavez and apprentice WX Wong have been suspended for careless riding. Aslam pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding in that he allowed MY NEW MAN to shift inwards near the 300m in Race
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      601 44 RACE 1 Caulfield 1st 8 Second Effort ($51 -$1 3) 2nd 1 1 Zamorar ($9) 3rd 6 Ready To Rip ($7) 4th 3 Luckygray. Forecast $61. Place forecast $14 (8-11), $12 (6-8), $7 (6-11). Tierce $422. Trio $37. Quartet $1364. Quadro: $15. Scratching: 4 Rekindled Interest, 12
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
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      32 42 Saturday, Aug 18 2012 First Second Third 6727 9315 9849 Starters 2050 2439 3026 5498 5508 6890 7648 7789 9536 9651 Consolations 1906 2912 3008 3500 3620 4436 4904 5779 6816 9720
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Ace helps Quek to title
      452 45 Fellow-S’porean Lam shines to finish joint-second Quincy Quek of Singapore saved his best for last yesterday. He nailed an ace on the par-three 16th to close with a seven-under 65 and post his first professional win at the US$60,000 ($75,000) ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship. The
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      257 45 RUGBY AP AUSTRALIA 19 NEW ZEALAND 27 WORLD champions New Zealand opened their rugby championship campaign with a comfortable 27-19 victory over Australia yesterday, extending their dominance over their trans-Tasman rivals. The All Blacks were rarely tested against a nerv-ous-looking Australia as Israel
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      133 45 AFP AMERICAN Jimmy Walker fired a bo-gey-free eight-under 62 to seize a one-stroke lead in the second round of the storm-interrupted US PGA Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Walker stood on 12-under 128 through 36 holes, one stroke ahead of reigning US Open winner
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      116 45 AFP JAPAN’S Mika Miyazato fired a seven-under 65 to grab a share of the lead with American Sydnee Michaels after the opening round of the LPGA Safeway Classic in Oregon. Miyazato had eight birdies against a lone bogey on Friday to stand atop the
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      104 45 Wire Services UNHERALDED Gunn Charoenkul maintained his grip on the US$65,000 ($82,000) Singha E-San Open yesterday after firing a third-round two-under 70 at Singha Park Golf Club. He leads by two strokes from Indonesian Rory Hie, with Malaysia’s Nicholas Fung a stroke further back. Both players also
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  • BODYBUILDING
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      Lock icon Another member of SBBF’s exco quits
      572 46  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg THESE REMAIN unsettling times for the Singapore Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (SBBF). Vice-president Bindiya Nandwani has become the fourth member of the executive committee (exco) to quit the national sports association (NSA) since May after she resigned yesterday. Nandwani, who is
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      Lock icon Singapore aim to reclaim Asian crown
      378 46  -  NETBALL ALI KASIM THE SINGAPORE netball team will compete in the 8th Asian Netball Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Aug 25 to 31, and the the aim is to reclaim the crown they lost to Sri Lanka in 2009. Singapore are seeded No.
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  • TENNIS
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      580 47 Reuters After almost three months unbeaten, Olympic champion Serena Williams finally tasted defeat. The 30-year-old’s loss came at the hands of Germany’s Angelique Kerber, who knocked her out of the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open, 6-4,6-4 yesterday. While older sister Venus Williams continued her progress and
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      244 47 AP THERE will be a rematch of the Olympic bronze-medal play-off between Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro today, but the setting won’t be London, it’ll be Cincinnati. The pair both won in straight sets yesterday to set up a rematch of their
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      85 47 AP DAVID Beckham, sporting designer underwear, is making appearances around New York City in the form of 10-foot-tall metallic statues. The massive sculptures have gone up as part of a promotion for the football player’s new underwear line for H&M. The Daily News reported that three of the larger-than-life
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      563 48  -  LionsXII striker hurts left knee, will miss Malaysia Cup and Suzuki Cup DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Forty-eight hours after making his first international start, Khairul Nizam’s world has come crashing down. The forward suffered a full tear of his anterior cruciate ligament and damaged the meniscus
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      Lock icon Big sides cruise, but Hoffenheim crash
      136 48 GERMAN CUP AP DEFENDING champions Borussia Dortmund progressed to the second round of the German Cup yesterday, while fourth-tier club Berliner AK 07 caused a sensation by knocking out Bundesliga side Hoffenheim with a 4-0 win. Marco Reus, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Ivan Perisic scored
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      113 48 FRENCH LIGUE1 Wire Services FRENCH side Lille began life in their impressive new stadium yesterday morning (Singapore time) with a 1-1 draw against Nancy in ligue 1. In front of a sell-out crowd at the 50,000-seat stadium, the 2011 double winners fell behind to a Djamel
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  • LA LIGA
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      130 49 ARCELONA star Lionel B Messi has played down suggestions of a personal rift with Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo as the two prepare for another battle on the pitch this season. Barcelona host Real Sociedad and Real Madrid tackle Valencia as the Primera 1 Division
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      Lock icon Barca star says he has no relationship with Real rival
      431 49  -  B GUY ASPIN Special Correspondent The battle between Messi K and Ronaldo to be named the best player on the planet continues as a long-running sideshow, but Messi insists there is nothing personal in it as far as he is
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  • EPL
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      562 50 Di Matteo knows only winning trophies will save him from the sack Reuters After steering Chelsea to FA Cup and Champions League success and then being appointed manager on a permanent basis, Roberto Di Matteo is aware he needs to continue delivering trophies. Chelsea begin their
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      325 50 PA Sport ROBERTO di Matteo insisted Chelsea would not be held to ransom over their transfer targets as he prepares for tonight’s English Premier League opener. The Blues travel to Wigan today seemingly no closer to reaching an agreement with their opponents’ chairman, Dave Whelan,
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      825 51 AFP Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes defending the Premier League trophy will be harder than clinching the club’s first title in 44 years. City ended their long wait to be crowned kings of English football in the dying seconds of last season with
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      628 52 Fergie believes Dutchman could spark United, striker says alliance is a dream marriage Wire Services Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Robin van Persie can emulate club legend Eric Cantona and fire his new side to the Premier League title. The comparison illustrates the
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      Lock icon Fergie won’t need the ‘hairdryer’ for me: Bolt
      340 52 Wire Services HE IS a big fan of Manchester United and has mixed and mingled with the football stars. Sprint superstar Usain Bolt’s tour de force at the recent London Olympics astounded the world and prompted the likes of United defender Rio
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      88 52 Wire Services ERIC Cantona’s arrival at Old Trafford in 1992 sparked Manchester United’s era of dominance in the’90s. After signing from 91/92 champions Leeds United for just £1.2m (then $3m), the striker (above) helped the Red Devils to their first league title in 26 years. In his
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      Lock icon Nolan and Hammers back in the big time
      661 53 WEST HAM 1 (Nolan 40) ASTON VILLA 0 KEVIN NOLAN’S controversial closerange strike ensured West Ham enjoyed a successful return to life in the top flight with victory over Aston Villa. Nolan turned a low cross from Ricardo Vaz Te, who was
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      334 53 FULHAM 5 (Duff 26, Petric 41, 54, Kacaniklic 66, Sidwell pen 87) NORWICH 0 FULHAM debutant Mladen Petric scored twice and set up one more as Martin Jol’s side hammered Norwich. Petric, signed on a free transfer from Hamburg this summer, was the
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      Lock icon Baggies smash Liverpool thanks to a lightning Zolt
      644 54 WEST BROM 3 (Gera 43, Odemwingie 64 pen, Lukaku 77) LIVERPOOL 0 WEST BROM stunned Liverpool with a resounding victory to mark the start of the Steve Clarke era in style. A superb strike fromZoltan Gera, making his return after missing almost
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      653 55 QPR 0 SWANSEA 5 (Michu 8, 53, Dyer 63, 71, Sinclair 81) MICHAEL LAUDRUP got life in the Swansea hotseat off to the best possible start as his side thrashed QPR at Loftus Road to go joint top of the Premier League. The Welsh side dominated proceedings
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      Lock icon Le Fondre spot on to rescue the Royals
      336 55 READING 1 (Le Fondre 90, pen) STOKE 1 (Kightly 34) ADAM LE FONDRE scored a last-minute penalty to rescue Reading from an opening-day defeat. The Royals looked set to be taught a harsh lesson in the realities of top-flight football after Adam
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      933 56 / 57  -  But there’s no need to worry just yet GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg ARSENAL 0 SUNDERLAND 0 The mood of betrayal that descended on the Emirates Stadium continues to hang around like a stubborn cloud. Arsenal fans who didn’t take Robin van Persie’s departure to Manchester United too kindly didn’t
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      52 56 / 57 Reuters ARSENAL have agreed terms with Barcelona to sell Cameroon international midfielder Alex Song to the Spanish side, the Premier League club said last night. Song (left), 24, will travel to Spain to agree personal terms and have a medical before finalising the move, Arsenal said on
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      191 56 / 57  -  GARY LIM 22 MIN PODOLSKI looks set to score his first goal for Arsenal but Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet pulls off a good save. 64 MIN THE impressive Walcott slams a shot from a tight angle but hits the side netting instead. 82 MIN CAZORLA’S sublime reverse pass
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      546 58 / 59 AFP If last night’s English Premier League season openers are anything to go by, we are in for one hell of a season. There were plenty of thrills and spills, several first-team debuts, a shocker of a result and great strikes that are already Goal of
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      128 58 / 59 Wire Services SHEFFIELD turned into a sea of gold as thousands packed into its centre to greet their homecoming Olympic queen Jessica Ennis (right). Spectators, trees, lamp-posts, and even a postbox, wore the colour of her medal as the star heptathlete was greeted
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        206 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Today: I WIGAN v CHELSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 8.30pm I MAN CITY v SOUTHAMPTON SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 11 pm Tuesday: I EVERTON v MAN UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 3am SPANISH LA LIGA
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        16 58 / 59 PGA TOUR: THE BARCLAYS Friday: I ROUND 1 StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 2am
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        16 58 / 59 ATP 1000 WESTERN SOUTHERN OPEN Tomorrow: I FINAL StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 12.30am
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