The New Paper, 4 September 2012

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  • 12 1 the new paper TUESDAY SEPT 4 2012 090/01/2012 (P) MICA CENTS 70
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    • 81 1 TUESDAY SEPT 4 2012 twitter.com/thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 thenewpaper MALAYSIA CUP SHOCKER Terengganu star goalkeeper dropped. FAM to investigate incidents He collapses during game, blames it on mysterious itch In another match, he fumbles free-kick, causing opponents to score 090/01/2012 (P) MICA Fuming coach calls his behaviour... CENTS
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  • News
    • 647 2 / 3  -  Dog shelter claims man threw punch during rescue of strays REPORT: JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg THE dog lovers were out in force last Wednesday night. Their mission? To round up and rescue three strays living in the park at Changi Ferry Road. The group,
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    • 321 2 / 3 THE man climbed up to the roof his car to protect himself. That was how ferocious the pit bull stalking him was. From the roof of his car, and in great fear of being torn limb from limb, he called the police. At
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    • 23 2 / 3 No space for hobby? No problem (The New Paper on Sunday, Sept 2): We gave Mr John Lee’s surname wrongly as Lim.
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    • 936 4  -  Home where patient was mistreated faces 34 charges REPORTS: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg SHE is the director of two nursing homes and a 24-hour ambulance service provider. Tan Choo Waoh is also very close to her patients, who call her Sister Jenny. But yesterday, Tan, 65,
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    • 816 5  -  More pre-schools to be built, says Government REPORT: ESTHER NG estherng@sph.com.sg SO, THERE will be more pre-schools here. But even before the first teachers are recruited, a number of issues have to be ironed out, said observers and parents. Where will the pre-schools be built? Where
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    • 690 6  -  He wants his men to benefit from his mistake in new video series REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg THIS officer made a mistake, and it will soon be watched by everyone, including his men, his family and friends on YouTube. But he hopes they will watch it. Second
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    • 619 7  -  ORCHARD ROAD ATTACK COURT CASE REPORT: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg A MAN was slashed multiple times in a riot involving two gangs at Orchard Plaza in 2010. The 28-year-old gang member suffered 22 external injuries to his head, back and limbs. The
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    • Local News watch
    • 910 10 / 11  -  Boy, 12, has to juggle studies and nightly getai gigs REPORT: DAVID SUN davidsun@sph.com.sg LIKE any 12-year-old across the island, Leow Wen Kai is burying his head in textbooks, studying for the upcoming Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). But unlike his peers, Wen Kai leads
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    • The Big Picture
      • 476 12  -  He couldn ’tget the ghost-like effect he wanted, but the sunset gave new inspiration REPORT: JUSTIN ZHUANG tnp@sph.com.sg HE HAD just driven home in the evening two weeks ago when he spotted his neighbours burning offerings for their ancestors as part
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      • 109 12 We are still on the lookout for pictures of our “Festive City” this week. Send us images that show how Singapore celebrates Hari Raya, the Hungry Ghost Festival and Night Festival and stand to win $500! All pictures must come in by midnight, Sept 8. This evening, goto
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      • 158 12 Ng Sor Luan, 34, graduated from the Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication Studies (Division of Journalism) in 2001. She has been working with The Straits Times as a photographer/photojournalist since January 2005. Bob Lee’s photography depicts the 35-year-old’s passion to capture the minute,
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    • 572 13 Selangor’s choice of guest of honour for state event questioned THE Sultan of Selangor has questioned why the state government chose to make Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim the guest of honour at its 55th Merdeka (independence day) celebration. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah found it strange
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    • 273 13 THE Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (MCCM) has slammed Prime Minister Najib Razak for leaving out its members from the country’s multi-billion ringgit MRT rail project. The chamber also suggested that the prime minister had failed to look after the interests of Malay businessmen, reported liberal
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    • Global News watch
    • 449 16 ONE pole dancer’s claim of an alleged encounter with Britain’s Prince Harry has left him fuming mad. And denying that it even happened. Prince Harry, 27, was reportedly photographed naked with a mystery woman now revealed as Ms Carrie Reichert in a game
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    • 426 16 AP A 10-YEAR-OLD girl has been charged with manslaughter in the death of an infant whose mother said had been forced-fed medication and smothered. The girl, who is not being identified, is the youngest person to be charged with manslaughter in Maine, north-eastern
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    • 520 17 Stranded animals saved after storm hits ANIMAL rescue efforts were in full swing after Hurricane Isaac lashed New Orleans last week exactly seven years after the devastating Katrina struck the same city. Isaac knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, forcing evacuation of up to 60,000
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    • 281 2 / 3 THE NEW PAPER Project Helping Hands tnp.sg/helpinghands Help us reach out to them The New Paper has partnered the Lions Befrienders Service Association and Ngee Ann Polytechnic to install wireless motion sensors in the apartments of senior citizens living alone. The system tracks the resident’s movements and sends an SMS
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  • Page 14 / 15 Miscellaneous

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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 157 18 WATCH ’EM Super 8 (above) HBO (StarHub Ch 601), 10pm During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town. Starring Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney. PICTURE: UIP Deadly Arts National Geographic Channel (StarHub Ch 411), 9pm In this
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    • 310 18 CHANNEL 5 12.30pm Police and Thief 1.00 India: A Love Story 2.00 Survivor XXIV 3.00 The Dr Oz World 4.00 The Chew Just For Laughs Gags 5.00 London 2012 Paralympic Games 7.00 National Science Challenge 2012 8.00 Just For Laughs Gags 8.30 Le Bisellahause Sport Rockz 9.30 News 5 Tonight
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    • 330 22 Customer Care Assistant To attend to walk-in customers with their advertisements and payments Candidate must possess the following: ÊOnly Singaporeans PRs need apply ÊMust be ’A’ level or Diploma holder ÊMust have good spoken written Chinese English as you are required to handle advertisements bookings in English, Chinese Malay newspapers
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    • 173 22 Logistics co. looking for CLASS 4/5 FULL-TIME EXPERIENCE PRIME MOVER DRIVERS Willing to give incentive per trip up to $18/trip Able to make a gross income of between $3K-$4.5K a month depending on individual committment to work. Position only open for 2 Drivers. interested applicants, please call for interview at
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    • 213 22 VACANCIES FOR Prime Mover Driver Earn $2,000 and above Sponsorship of basic course plus daily allowance Minimum Requirements: PSLE English passed Valid Class 3 licence No colour blindness Those interested, kindly call HP: 8233 8124 for appointment Full Employment Benefits 13th-Month Incentive apply. Singaporeans, SPRs and ORD personnel need apply.
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    • 76 22 PERSONAL DRIVER required *S’porean/ PR Walk-in: 46 Penjuru Lane, Hub 1, Level 4. Call 6264-2135 EXPERIENCED 6-WHEELER REAR END LOADER DRIVER Pls call 9732-6396/8121-3326 Foodcourt Cineleisurerequires 1) OPERATION EXECUTIVE 2) STALL ASST S’porean/ PR only Attractive incentives benefits -9689-4112 Foodcourt 4th floor Compass Point (Sengkang MRT) requires 1)Kitchen Helper 2)Counter
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    • 138 22 Full/ Part-Timers needed for cafe bistro @Shenton Way Only proactive energetic S’porean/ PR may apply û Asst Floor Manager up $2200 û Trainee Kitchen Asst. up to $1600 û Servers up to $1600 Meals transport (after midnight) provided Call Ivan *****477 Korean Restaurant i Waiter/ Waitress 2. Kitchen Helper 3.
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  • Racing
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    • 773 26 / 27 SATURDAY C*****m *****0 Bull And Bear E4 58 (43) (5ag R Lines-Forest) 0--8-0 Makemeamillion 58 (43) (6ag BT Lim-Blesswithluck) *****7 Sinar Pelangi 58 (43) (7nzg O Sidek-Sinar Suria) *****- Super Amigo 58 (43) (8ag SB Tan-Amigo) --2-25 Darmore 57.5 (42) (4amg BT Lim-Century) 6483 Big
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    • 206 31 NUSCentre for Clinical Pharmacology A partnership of Lily Research Laboratories and The National University of Singapore Healthy volunteers (21-40 years) required for clinical research. We invite fit males or females, aged 21 to 40 years old to be screened for potential clinical research programmes conducted at our Centre. The screening
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  • Sports
    • 429 40 ICristiano: I’m sad due to pro fessional reasons ISpanish press: He’s upset over ‘fallout’, no new deal Wire Services THE Spanish press has gone into overdrive after Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his “sadness” at Real Madrid due to “professional reasons”. Despite scoring his 149th and 150th goals
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    • Sports watch
      • 119 28 AP RAFAEL Nadal has a partially torn patella tendon in his left knee and will be sidelined for at least the next two months, including Spain’s upcoming Davis Cup semi-final against the United States. In a website posting linked on his Twitter
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      • 107 28 AFP AUSTRALIA’S Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter has lashed out at Bernard Tomic’s “disgraceful” performance at the US Open, saying the teenage star needs to “pull his socks up”. The 19-year-old Australian made a tame sec-ond-round exit from the tournament at the hands of
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      • 120 28 Reuters NIKE will supply the kit for England’s national football teams from next year, replacing the Umbro brand that Nike has put up for sale. The five-year agreement will cover English football at all levels, in- clude the men’s and
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      • 144 28 PARALYMPICS EQUESTRIAN rider Laurentia Tan delivered the first medal for Singapore at the Paralympic Games in London yesterday. The 33-year-old (left), who suffers from cerebral palsy, won a bronze medal in the Individual Championship Test Grade 1A event of the dressage competition. Tan scored 73.650
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      • 635 28 Wire Services OSCAR Pistorius apologised yesterday for the timing of his complaints about a rival’s blades following his defeat in the Paralympic 200 metres final, but insisted that officials need to change the rules to prevent some runners from getting an unfair advantage. The so-called “Blade
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    • Mad About Golf
      • 687 29 DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP AP LOUIS Oosthuizen combined one of the sweetest swings in golf with a putting stroke that was just as pure. That’s all it took for him to race by Rory McIlroy, leave Tiger Woods behind and seize control at the Deutsche Bank
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      • 342 29  -  DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg GOLFERS in Singapore can look forward to more local competitions to hone their skills. The Singapore Professional Golfers’ Association (SPGA) and the Laguna National Golf Country Club have joined forces to launch the Laguna National Golf Series. The first tournament
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    • Tennis US Open
      • 727 30 Wire Services DEFENDING champion Samantha Stosur ended the giant-killing run of 18-year-old Briton Laura Robson with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 win in the fourth round of the US Open yesterday morning (Singapore time). The Australian came from a break down to win the first set
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      • 338 30  -  CRICKET GODFREY ROBERT SINGAPORE slumped to a five-wicket defeat against Nepal in their opening World Cricket League (WCL) Div 4 match in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. On a difficult track, Singapore elected to bat and made only 111 in 39.5 of their allotted 50 overs.
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    • Formula One
      • 598 31 Wire Services LOTUS team chief Eric Boullier hopes his errant French driver Romain Grosjean will learn from his errors this season after being handed a one-race ban and a fine of 50,000 euros ($78,000) at last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. Boullier said that he believed Grosjean’s
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    • Football
      • 621 32  -  Avramovic has high hopes for talented young playmaker SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg HE’S BEEN given a taste of senior international football nine minutes, to be precise. And national coach Radojko Avramovic is itching to give Shahfiq Ghani more game time. He has included
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      • 383 32  -  SINGAPORE NATIONAL GAMES LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg HE WAS easily the standout player at the Pasir Ris Sports Hall last night. But it wasn’t just the clever flicks and powerful smashes of shuttler Jonni Ngerng Miang that caught the eye of the
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    • Malaysia Cup
      • SOCCER SHORTS
        • 88 33 Reuters FORMER England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was unveiled as technical director of Thai club BEC Tero Sasana yesterday, the first venture by the Swede into Asian football in his colourful 35-year coaching career. The 64-year-old, who also coached Lazio, Benfica and Manchester City,
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        • 87 33 Reuters FOOTBALL fans in Brazil have voted to name the official 2014 World Cup ball “Brazuca”, a playful slang word for native Brazilians which received nearly 80 per cent of the votes in an online poll by event sponsor adidas. More than a
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        • 155 33 Wire Services ITALIAN champions Juventus underlined their title credentials by going top as Inter Milan were humbled 3-1 by a Francesco Totti-inspired Roma yesterdaymorning (Singapore time). Juventus defeated 10-man Udinese 4-1 away, thanks to a brace from Sebastian Giovinco, giving them two wins from two.
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      • 711 33  -  In the midst of the Malaysia Cup, Turtles coach Butler vows his star goalkeeper will pay the price for his bizarre behaviour DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg THE BIZARRE behaviour of Malaysian international goalkeeper Sharbinee Allawee is causing a stir across the Causeway. The Terengganu star collapsed on the field
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      • 749 38 / 39  -  LionsXII want to set record straight as they return to scene of their ‘worst’showing ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg THEY played 26 matches in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) and lost on six occasions. The record was good enough for the LionsXII to finish second behind champions
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      • 492 38 / 39  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM PETALINGJAYA SIX POINTS adrift of group leaders the LionsXII and Johor FC, PKNS FC know that their Malaysia Cup adventure is all but over. With only the top two advancing to the last eight, PKNS have to beat
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      • ON TV
        • 111 38 / 39 LIVE TELECASTS MALAYSIA CUP Tonight: I PKNS v LIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 8.30pm J-LEAGUE YAMAZAKI NABISCO CUP Tomorrow: IS-FINAL, 1st LEG: FC TOKYO v SHIMIZU S-PULSE StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) Ch 222 (Football Channel), 6pm WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFIERS Saturday: I FINLAND v FRANCE
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        • 72 38 / 39 US OPEN Tonight: I DAY 9 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm Tomorrow: I DAY 9 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7am I DAY 10 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch
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        • 49 38 / 39 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX Saturday: I QUALIFYING SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 7.50pm Sunday: I PREVIEW SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 7pm I MAIN RACE SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 7.45pm I CHEQUERED FLAG SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 9.45pm
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        • 10 38 / 39 LONDON PARALYMPICS Today: I DAILY HIGHLIGHTS MediaCorp Ch 5,5-6.30pm
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        • 30 38 / 39 HIGH1 RESORT OPEN Thursday: I DAY 1 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 1 pm Friday: I DAY 2 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 1 pm
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      • 1408 34 / 35  -  Our columnist picks out the great and the good, the terrible and the tragic and the occasionally grotesque from the weekend’s action NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Wire Services 1.Oh, Carroll, I am but a fool LIVERPOOL look more out of place than the heading above
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      • 635 34 / 35 Wire Services LIVERPOOL’S principal owner John Henry has defended the club’s summer transfer business, but admitted his disappointment at failing to add to their strikeforce before the end of last month. Manager Brendan Rodgers offloaded Andy Carroll to West Ham on loan a day before
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      • 884 36 / 37  -  Our analyst tells GARYLIM why the Red Devils’ poor defence will prove to be their undoing PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg I Paul Parker is a former England and Manchester United defender who won two EPL titles and earned 19 caps for his country. He is
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      • 477 36 / 37 Treble saves RVP from ‘hairdryer treatment PA Sport MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was surprised at Robin van Persie’s lackadaisical penalty but will let him off the hook after his hat-trick helped them twice come from behind to beat Southampton last Sunday. The Holland international looked set to get
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      • 336 36 / 37 Wire Services ROBIN van Persie grabbed the headlines with his first hat-trick for Manchester United but it was Paul Scholes who was hailed as the game changer in their dramatic 3-2 victory over Southampton. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson and hat-trick hero van Persie were
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    • 66 1 Music to the max thenewpaper Sept 4 2012 http://www.loudr.sg L U D LOUD ASIA Jam packed Jam Hsiao on why he’s more than just a rocker Still H.O.T. Hallyu wave pioneer Tony An shows K-pop wannabes the ropes P4 PINK ManicMum Britmania battle Check out our winners for the LOUD
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      129 2  -  IN YOUR FACE CHNG CHOON HIONG chngch@sph.com.sg CANTOPOP superstar Aaron Kwok might not have the strongest of vocal chops, but he makes up for it with his exciting visual presentations. The singer-actor, 46, whose 2008 show got him into the Guinness World Records for performing on the largest
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      97 2 MICHAEL Jackson’s daughter Paris angered One Direction fans over the weekend when she tweeted that the MTV Video Music Awards would be rigged to favour the U K boy band over Canadian pop star Justin Bieber in the Best Pop Video category. The awards air live this Friday
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    • LOUD BYTES
      • 127 2 HOTEL heiress and failed singer and DJ Paris Hilton, 31, has found a new job as a musicvideo model. She was paid a cool US$1 million (S$1.25 million) to appear in a 3-D music video for K-pop star Kim Jang Hoon’s
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      • 98 2 WHO would have thought a perfume inspired by and supposedly created with blood and semen would find traction with shoppers? Lady Gaga’s debut fragrance, Fame, was the number one perfume at UK beauty and health retailer Superdrug just a week after its release.
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      • 115 2 BACKSTREET’S Back, all right. All five Backstreet Boys turned up at New York City’s Central Park on Friday morning to sing their biggest hits for US show Good Morning America. Kevin Richardson, 40, rejoined his bandmates Nick Carter, 32, Brian Littrell, 37, AJ McLean,
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      • 536 3  -  Justin Young says band determined to make second album a good one THE VACCINES REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg FOLLOWING up on a successful debut album is always going to be difficult for a band. For British indie quintet The Vaccines, a heavy post-debut touring schedule
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      • 216 3 Wonder Girls Wonder World Tour in Singapore 2012 Sassy, leggy K-pop female quintet Wonder Girls, best known for their infectious catchy tunes and synchronised dance moves, will serve up their biggest hits including popular tracks Tell Me, So Hot, Nobody and Be My Baby.
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      • 454 4 / 5  -  Versatile rocker Jam Hsiao says some find his jazz-covers album refreshing REPORTS: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg WHEN Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao released Mr Jazz: A Song For You in May, it took even the most die-hard fans by surprise. The album consists entirely of covers of popular
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        599 4 / 5  -  Korean singer-host says it’s strange to hear people calling him that REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg PIONEER. Legend. Veteran. When it comes to such labels, Tony An, best known as a member of 90s K-pop boy band H.O.T., has worn them all. “It’s actually rather weird to hear
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      • 1194 6 / 11  -  No more cigarettes and less whiskey for US pop star Pink now that she’s a new mum, but the bad girl gone good still packs a punch on her new album REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg THIS pop star-tur ed-parent still ic s butts. Nothing has
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      • 151 6 / 11 What music gets you going? LOUD hits the street asking people who are plugged in what they are listening to right now, and what were their last four other songs... DANIELLE MENON 23, marketing coordination executive Back to the Middle India.Arie Endless Summer G-Eazy, featuring Erika Flowers
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      • 544 12 Canadian rocker hooks up with Nickelback frontman, but will it last? IT HAS been one failed relationship after another for Canadian rocker Avril Lavigne, 27. Just two weeks ago, she got engaged to fellow Canadian, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, 37, who reportedly cheated on his ex-girlfriend with
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      • 462 12  -  REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg TAIWANESE pop punk rockers 831 are facing a happy problem. With their burgeoning popularity, the quintet have landed themselves in a rather awkward situation they are constantly striving to straddle the fine line between mainstream success and indie cred. The group’s frontman, 30-something
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      • 1292 14 / 15  -  One Direction and Adele may top the charts, but it was Ed Sheeran and the many covers we received of his songs that came out tops in our LOUD Cover Contest REPORT: CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg WITH One Direction and Adele conquering the charts everywhere this
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      • 636 16  -  Local singer was a beauty queen who didn’t feel beautiful REPORT: CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg SHE was a 21-year-old SIM-RMIT University beauty pageant winner. But after her victory, she started feeling uncomfortable in her own skin. Local singer-songwriter Vanessa Tan Ee Gin, also known by her
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      • 154 16  -  Kane Cunico Joe Bonamassa CRITIC’S PICK! THIRTEEN solo albums, 12 years and a return to the blues for blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. The 35-year-old guitar hero is back with an album of originals and reworks, backed up by a veritable list of musicians Aerosmith guitarist Brad
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        161 16  -  Juliana June Rasul Conor Maynard UK INTERNET sensation Maynard, 19, thankfully kicks off his pop career at an age where we don’t have to remember his pre-puberty voice. His breathy baritone works well on this collection of girl-mad pop tunes. To make him sound more Justin Timberlake than Justin
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      • 156 16  -  Tan Kee Yun JiroWang WHILE it is encouraging to see hunky Taiwanese idol Jiro Wang ditching his teenybopper pop roots for gritty edgy rock, it’s cringe-worthy listening to his uncharismatic sub-par vocals. A pity, since many of the songs on his debut solo effort What
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        140 16  -  Tan Kee Yun Fish Leong STAID. Dull. Non-threatening to the point of being boring. Detractors of Malaysian singer Fish Leong might hurl criticism at her, but the truth is that the 34-year-old has made a career out of singing sentimental, forlorn ballads and it has proven to
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    • 59 2 http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max This week in L O U D R The Brit battle is over Before you start remixing rock classics for the next LOUD Cover Contest, check out the winners of our Britmania edition online! We received some excellent covers of songs by Ed Sheeran, Amy
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    • 264 3 http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max LOUD GIVEAWAYS The Daylight, which famous band’s guitarist is featured in some of the tracks? 1) Steve Morse of Deep Purple 2) Brad Whitford of Aerosmith 3) Brian May of Queen Send your answer by SMS to *****7877 in the following format: TNPLOUDMASSA<space>Answer <space>NRIC <space>Name
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    • 68 3 Music Chart 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Wanted Last To Know Jedward Luminous Boys Like Girls Be Your Everything Cody Simpson Wish You Were Here Justin Bieber As Long As You Love Me Jedward Young Love Lawson Taking Over Me Taylor Swift We Are
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    • 503 4 / 5 http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max Advertising feature Anticipation filled the atrium of The Cathay as the crowds awaited the start of the Eco Music Challenge 201 2 finale concert. Our emcees for the day, Divian from MediaCorp 987FM and Pei Fen from MediaCorp Y.E.S.93.3FM, worked
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    • 147 8 / 9 8Tuesday, September 4 2012GTHE NEW PAPER LEAHYANG 18, STUDENT FROM CHONG COLLEGE JUNIOR romance. for isn’t one EAH l belove true in believe said. don’t “I she realistic,” not her it’s cause while that 15 HWA at realised Leah watching away sob bewould wouldn’t she film”. movies, romantic a just
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