The New Paper, 2 December 2012

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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 78 1 Comeback kings Down by two goals, Singapore beat Laos 4-3 to make Suzuki Cup semis Cash prize snowballs to $3,000 the new paper Dec 2 2012 GET YOUR BONUS BINGO NUMBERS INSIDE 62 Gangnam ‘Uncle’ Style Taxidriv r,52,andwifehaveaball at Psy concert. They aren’t the only ones. Check out our 4-page
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  • UPFRONT
    • 662 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg The industrial action shocked us all this week. I mean, such a thing was thought to be a relic of Singapore’s past. It was a shock to me too, but at the same time, somewhat familiar. Growing up in the UK
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    • 149 2 FEATURES 4 Psyched by Psy Fans young and old out in force for K-pop star 8 Action on SMRT strike Several to be repatriated, bus services slightly affected 20 Preparing for ZoukOut Region’s biggest outdoor party takes shape COLUMNS 11 Ground Zero Lessons from industrial protests 16 Confessions of a
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 34 2 QUICK ON THE DRAW Pay day... No worries, I’ll do something. I got a pay cut. Why am I paid less than him? I want to go on strike! TNP ILLUSTRATION: CHNG CHOON HIONG
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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  • PEOPLE
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      535 4 / 5  -  They queued for hours just to get a glimpse of their idol, and to dance to that song. Yes, the Gangnam-style man was in town last night and Singaporeans young and old went crazy. In fact, you could ay the went REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg Uncle-style
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    • 310 4 / 5 “Jump high for happiness, for energy, for your own good,” screamed Psy to the crowd. And jump they certainly did. The 4,000-strong audience at Marina Bay Sands’ Event Plaza energetically danced and pumped their fists in the air throughout the showcase yesterday night. And
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    • 279 6 / 7 He is fat. And proud of it. Psy yesterday charmed the gathered posse of seasoned journalists at the press conference, held just before his showcase, when he admitted he did not quite possess a typical K-pop body. “Usually, K-Pop is known for boy bands
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    • Article, Illustration
      321 6 / 7 Psy, born Park Jee Sang, arrived in the world on Dec 31,1977, in the Gangnam District in Seoul, South Korea. His birthplace would inspire the song and dance that proves to be infectious the world over. In 1996, he goes to college in the US to study
      TNP ILLUSTRATIONS: JONATHAN ROBERTS  -  321 words
    • 524 6 / 7 While Psy is clearly the star of Gangnam Style, you may not know that his video co-stars are famous too are at least they are in their native South Korea Hwang Min Woo WHO: The kid on the beach APPEARS 0:22
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    • 390 6 / 7 With every smash pop hit comes countless parodies. From lifeguards getting fired to a Marvel superhero at the mall, we bring you the best ones Umma Gangnam Style HITS: Over 7.5 million views Such is the power of Gangnam that it can bridge generations. Dancer Mike
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    • 724 8 / 9  -  29 drivers to be sent back to China, but all bus services will still run REPORTS: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg The Government moved yesterday to close the chapter on the illegal strike by SMRT bus drivers. In the morning, plainclothes policemen entered the dormitories at Woodlands
      PICTURES: ST  -  724 words
    • 191 8 / 9 4 charged I Charged with instigating an illegal strike I If convicted, can be fined $2,000 and/or jailed 12 months 1 to be charged I Another SMRT driver (not named) I Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said he was an “hostile and aggressive”
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    • 276 8 / 9 The 29 bus drivers who will be repatriated were taken into custodyyesterday. They were taken away from their dormitories and will be held at Admiralty West Prison until they are ready to be repatriated. An SMRT spokesman said in a statement that they will
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    • 795 12 / 13  -  Newspaper reports called 1955 “Singapore’s blackest year of industrial unrest”, with 271 strikes recorded as of November that year. Using recollections collected by the Oral History Centre of the National Archives, BenitaAw Yeong shows you why Singaporeans have zero tolerance for illegal strikes Benita Aw Yeong
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    • 140 14 / 15 It’s a “Golden Ticket” that a lucky visitor to the Singapore Flyer can win and it’s worth $2,000. Yesterday, little Daniyal Hazim, three, became the first one to win it. He was there with his parents, technician Ahmad Fidayat and Novy Rifeni, and 17-month-old brother
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    • Article, Illustration
      90 14 / 15 SUNDOWN FESTIVAL: When the sun set yesterday evening, thousands of Asian pop fans were delighted to see their idols from countries like China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea perform at the F1 Pit Building at Marina Promenade. One of the groups was popular Korean boy band BTOB
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    • 446 14 / 15 S’pore supports Palestinians’ right to homeland Why did Singapore abstain when the United Nations voted to recognise Palestine as a “non-member observer state”? Many people had asked him that, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Facebook yesterday. Singapore was one of the
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    • 113 14 / 15 AFP Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a probe into a crackdown on a protest against a Chinese-backed copper mine. It will also assess the future of the contested project, the president’s office said yesterday. The 30-strong non-parliamentary
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    • 128 14 / 15 AFP A LAW forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packets came into effect in Australia yesterday. It’s an effort to strip glamour from smoking and prevent young people from taking up the habit. The new law, the first of its kind in
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    • 107 14 / 15 Three Bangladeshi men made a police report at 10.30pm on Wednesday, claiming they were robbed. Within a day, their lie was uncovered by the police. The three men, aged between 22 and 28, had called the police and said they were
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    • 163 14 / 15 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Singapore beat Malaysia 3-0 in a Suzuki Cup football match in Kuala Lumpur. It was the Lions’ largest margin of victory against their arch-rivals in 22 years, and was sweet revenge for a 4-0 rout they suffered at Kallang
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    • 242 14 / 15  -  Kampong Glam is the latest addition to the National Heritage Board’s Heritage Trails. Three self-guided trails are marked out with places of interest where the public can discover the rich history and culture of the area. These sketches were drawn on one of the trails. ARTIST’S
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    • 1081 18 / 19  -  Rights groups want ban on child marriages, groom says critics should ‘mind their own business’ REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Their marriage last month in Kedah made the headlines. National and international newspapers, such as The New York Times and the International
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    • 688 20 / 21  -  There are many things to plan for, say organiser REPORTS: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg What does it take to pull off the region’s largest outdoor music festival? Almost military-like precision to coordinate the army of personnel and equipment that has to be shipped onto a strip
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    • 607 20 / 21 She’s not a big-name DJ. Neither is she someone whom clubbers will be heading to Sentosa to see. In fact, when it comes to Asia’s biggest dance party, her job holds little glamour. But Miss Vickie Lee, 47, will be one of the most essential
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    • 266 20 / 21 Not sure who to see? Don’t fret. From electro, trance, techno to hip-hop, we list five acts to see at this year’s ZoukOut. Major Lazer When: Dec 7,12.30am, Star Stage Why you shouldn’t miss this: A project by renowned DJ Diplo, Major Lazer champions a fusion
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    • Article, Illustration
      39 22 OCBChas made a bid for the naming rights to the Singapore Sports hub. Infographics and design chief Lee Hup Kheng takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the naming rights to other Singapore icons TNP ILLUSTRATIONS: LEE HUP KHENG
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    • 241 23  -  BMW spins out of control, crashes into tree REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg The black BMW was a mangled mess. Rescuers from The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had to extricate the bloodied driver, a woman in her 20s, from the front seat
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    • 267 23 A Singaporean family’s holiday in Tasmania took a fatal turn on Friday afternoon. The driver, a 62-year-old man, had lost control of the minivan they were travelling in. One of the passengers, a 55-year-old woman, died at the scene. There were six passengers
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    • 547 24 Communist Party official in sex video scandal. Girl speaks up: A leaked video tape showing a teenage girl having sex with a Chinese Communist Party official has shocked the country. Initially, it was thought that the girl, Miss Zhao Hongxia, was Mr
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    • 293 24 The guard at a dam saw two sets of headlights shining down towards the river. Mr Mohd Khair Abdullah Zabar, 20, also heard a noise, which sounded like a tree falling, at the Semenyih dam in Kajang, Selangor, on Wednesday night. So he got
      PICTURE: THE STAR  -  293 words
    • 406 25 Macau’s most notorious gangster released from prison He is now a free man. After nearly 15 years in jail, Mr Wan Kuok-koi, the most notorious gangster Macau has ever seen, was released yesterday. The infamous man, also known as “Broken Tooth”, wanted just one
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    • 287 25 Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn’t see as much of the singer as concert-goers in other countries. The American p op star toned down her sexy outfits and dance moves during her show in Jakarta, promoters said yesterday. Lopez’s
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    • 750 26 US$10 ticket bags US$588m jackpot After hearing that one of the winning tickets was sold in Missouri, Mrs Cindy Hill dropped Jaiden, her six-year-old adopted daughter, off at school. She then went to a convenience store for a winning numbers report on the US$588
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    • 356 27  -  REPORTS: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Queues are often an indication of how good a hawker stall is. So when there were queues waiting for the public opening of his revamped Makansutra Gluttons Bay earlier this month, local food personality K. F. Seetoh recalls thinking it was
      PICTURES: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  356 words
    • 240 27 Bedtime stories are a nightly ritual for most parents with young children. But for Mr Neil Humphreys, it is not as exciting as it is for his four-year-old daughter. “The illustrations are crap, and frankly, it bores my wife and me to sleep,” says the regular
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    • 538 32 / 33  -  REPORT PICTURES JONATHAN CHOO jonathan@sph.com.sg On weekdays, this 1km stretch of Kranji Link is filled with the thrum of machinery. Dormitories and heavy industrial companies line both sides of the two-lane road. But from about 5pm every weekend evening, this stretch transforms into a temporary bazaar of
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    • 425 10 MEN'S EXPRESSIONS face body wellness 0ARE T0 UP THE CHALLENGE? If you are up for the challenge, SMS to get $500 Voucher 5 iPad Mini to be given daily.* Metabolizes the released triglycerides and cellular wastes Ultra sound breaks down cellular fat membranes Fights that bulging tummy Him Tone I
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • 976 11  -  CHINESE BUS DRIVERS’ STRIKE ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY The picture of a battered policeman, blood streaming down his face, during the Hock Lee bus riots in 1955 is hot-wired in the minds of older Singaporeans. They know what an illegal strike can
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  • Page 14 / 15 Miscellaneous
    • 117 14 / 15 TODAY’S NUMBERS WEEK 2 85 20 Dec 2 2012 Dec 2 2012 30 7 Sunday Dec 2 2012 B I N G O Dec 2 2012 Dec 2 2012 21 65 Got your Bingo card from Monday’s paper? Check these numbers against it now to win. $35,000 in cash, plus
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A TAXIDERMIST
    • 982 16 / 17  -  Taxidermist Ken Mar says animals already dead when they come to him. He preserves their beauty BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Some people associate him with movie killer Norman Bates, who stuffed his mum. He’s even had a woman a total stranger call him over the phone to
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    • 159 16 / 17 OUT NOW! GOLIONS! Get the latest on EPL ChampionsLeague ON iPHONE ANDROID Get all the excitement and action with our free smartphone app thenewpaper V k o < Q rii :J.j undervthe AT THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB Thursday, 6 December 2012 Singapore Racecourse 5pm to 9pm DANCE "GANGNAM STYLE" WIN,
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  • Page 18 / 19 Advertisements
    • 260 18 / 19 RENDEZVOUS GRAND HOTEL SINGAPORE Celebrate your blessings around a feast with family and friends at Seribu Sari Indonesian Dining A*. u •i Enjoy a grandiose Indonesian fare with your loved ones at Seribu Sari Indonesian Dining. Bond with family and friends over traditional Indonesian delights built around local favourites, paired
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 310 27 PRESCHOOLS GET CERTIFIED So far, only two out of three clear checks HAN FOOK KWANG It’s time to abolish the maid levy SWISSOATS Alll SWISSOATS A'11 Feel The Energy The all-natural energising health supplement from Switzerland. Here are some of the benefits you'll experience after taking it SWISSOATS A111: Improves
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  • EATS
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      519 28  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’s a favourite for many since childhood, but while kaya has a simple ingredient list, making it is not child’s play. All the stirring that is needed requires patience and some arm strength. But put in that hard work and you should feel suitably entitled
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    • 254 28 Hed Chef’s recipe for kaya Ingredients 6 eggs (40g each) 400g sugar 500ml of coconut milk 8 pandan leaves, washed and knotted into a bunch 4 tbsp pandan essence (made from grinding and squeezing 15 pandan leaves) Method ICrack the eggs into a bowl. In a mixing
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    • 432 29  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg It’s said that Singaporeans take In more calories than needed each day. In fact, 250 more of them. We slurp up that pepper oyster sauce, finish up every grain of that upsized plate of nasi briyani, and don’t bother
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    • 635 29 I like watching cooks cook, whether at a food centre, in fine kitchens or at food events like the recently-concluded Worlds of Healthy Flavors Asia conference organised by the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). At the conference, a few local chefs and hawkers were demonstrating
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • 729 30 Genuine finds among ruffles frills I’m not a K-pop fan. The starlets breed unrealistic expectations of what our bodies should look like: Slim legs, tiny waists. And have you seen those awesomely awful sequinned shorts that are better described as knickers? But with the wave of K-pop bands and stars
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
    • 416 31  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Mastered Gangnam Style? Great. Now to get the look. If you long to look like an exuberant car valet (that is what Psy is going for isn’t it?) then here are some options. AFFORD Plain yellow bow tie $15 Stand
      PICTURES: H&M, WATSONS,PEDRO, ZALORA, KELVIN CHNG  -  416 words


  • WHEELS
    • 660 34  -  BIKER BOY Tampering with exhaust pipes ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg In the last six months, Mr Ken Loo has been stopped eight times, four of those occasions saw him being fined by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) officers. The reason? He was caught using a rear licence
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    • 469 34  -  Zaihan Mohamed Yusof They say that loud pipes save lives. This can sound logical, given that some accidents happen when motorists fail to spot approaching motorcycles. A loud bike should alert a driver, right? But in my case, I believe that loud exhaust pipes ruin lives,
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  • LIVE RIGHT
    • 462 35 WHAT ARE YOU INHALING? Think that a cigarette is just dried tobacco leaves wrapped in paper? There are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, 51 of them known carcinogens elements that cause cancer. They are in low levels in a single cigarette. But start smoking many
      SOURCE: HPB.GOV.SG, WSJ.COM CANCERRESEARCHUK.ORG, STOP-SMOKING-PROGRAMS.ORG  -  462 words
  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 136 35 WIN FRONT ROW SEATS TO SHINEE WORLD II IN SINGAPORE The Straits Times Happenings! is giving away 10 pairs of tickets for FRONT ROW SEATS in the house (each pair worth $476) and 5 pairs of Mosh Pit Tickets (each pair worth also $476) for SHINee World II in Singapore,
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  • HUMOUR
    • 872 36  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Swimming near dolphins is the world’s greatest laxative. There is no more terrifying mammal to swim beside apart from my father. Dolphins are intimidating, but unlikely to grab my arm and shout, “Save me, Neil, I’m drowning, I don’t think I
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    • 792 37  -  ACT BLUR SM ONG smong@sph.com.sg It’s like “ponding” all over again. Remember how after flash floods hit Orchard Road in December last year, PUB said “there was no flooding at Orchard Road”? But “water ponded at the open area of
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    • REALLY? Odd news that's for reel
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  • NIGHTLIFE
    • 847 38  -  NIGHT PEOPLE ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg To go from property agent to running a bar could be seen as an unlikely career change. But for Ms Aileen Tan, the leap proved successful. For the past seven years her Blu Jaz Cafe at Bali Lane has often been
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    • 407 38  -  COMMENT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg Long lines snaking outside clubs everywhere, a slew of big league DJs heading to Singapore, playing to thousands. The club scene is in good shape, right? Well, not exactly, if some big club Singaporean DJs are to be believed. Variety is the spice
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  • TV
    • 680 39  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg As TVpromos go, a dead star Is hard to beat. That may sound callous, but the sad news of veteran star Larry Hagman’s death has brought the kind of attention to the Dallas reboot that even an oil baron’s money
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  • Page 39 Advertisements
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  • RACING
    • 45 40 / 41 BEST BET DUE: Hush Hush went close in all three starts since he resumed after a break and is ready for a comeback win, says The New Paper on Sunday tipster Tan Thean Loon. TNP FILE PICTURE TNP FILE PICTURE
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    • 570 40 / 41 THE SINGAPORE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Jockey S Anandan’s appeal against a two-year disqualification over his handling of BABY FACE in Race 3 on July 6 has been dismissed. The race meeting stewards considered all of the evidence together with submissions from Anandan, his legal counsel and the
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    • 2046 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 3--082 Beat To Quarters 57 (43) J Verenzuela 6 (5ag D Hill-Newbury Racing) 2 -4267- Caruso 57 (43) G Cheyne 3 (4ag
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    • 588 40 / 41 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 5 Reddy To Rock Santa Anita Reddy To Rock 6 5 Frenchman Santa Anita 3 4 3 Beat To Quarters 6 5 Bionic Warrior Reddy To Rock Frenchman 1 3 1 1 Santa Anita Beat To Quarters
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    • 2116 42 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Beat To Quarters)))Blinkers downgraded to winkers. Had every chance last start when second. The one to beat. 2 Caruso))Resuming and will like it longer but has looked good on
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    • 1939 43 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1 :5 New York City 9 Count Zerpour 8 Touch Luck 14 China Town Bank RACE 2:2 Miyagisan 6 Shimbashi 11True Friendship 1 Brillant Tycoon 9 Sharp Shooter RACE 3:3 Fox Demand 7 A Perfectionist
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    • 2191 44 / 45  -  I TIPS AND COMMENTS BY I TIPS AND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200m) GOLDEN GUNNERS (1) has been knocking on the door. In two of his three starts over this course and distance,
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    • 1607 44 / 45 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 4RTURF 1200m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$750,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 GOLDEN GUNNERS D CRUZ M CHADWICK 133 7 2 FESTINO ANIMOSUS A T MILLARD Z PURTON 129 3 3 EXPEDITE B K NG U
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    • 448 44 / 45 RACE1 (Caulfield) 1st 1 Secret Liaison ($24-$8) 2nd 4 Bia Diamond ($5.10) 3rd 6 Kasmaher ($11) 4th 9 Littleriver Ruby. Forecast $17. Place forecast $9 (1-4), $8 (1-6), $7 (4-6). Tierce $118. Trio $23. Quartet $1442. Quadro $61. RACE 2 (Warwick Farm) 1st 7 Irish Jig ($47-$11)
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    • 658 44 / 45 RACE1 (Ellerslie, NZ) 1st 3 Brave Centaur ($14-$8) 2nd 1 The Menace ($12) 3rd 7 Game Changer ($11) 4th 2 Haere Mai. Forecast $23. Place forecast $13 (1-3), $33 (1-7), $11 (3-7). Tierce $117. Trio $55. Quartet No winner ($226 jackpot carried forward to
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  • Page 40 / 41 Miscellaneous
    • 32 40 / 41 Saturday Dec 1 2012 First Second Third 9376 0653 1234 Starters 3925 6916 2951 1720 9746 9783 8410 7892 6627 5390 Consolations 0400 7011 4143 5373 4211 3460 8044 0539 6925 0378
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  • GOLF
    • 583 46 Singapore’s Mardan holds one-shot lead over Thai evergreen Thaworn Singapore’s Mardan Mamat kept Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant at bay at the King’s Cup in Thailand yesterday. Mardan birdied his last hole to take the outright third-round lead with a six-un-der-par 66 at the US$500,000 ($610,000) tournament. Thaworn,
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    • 378 46 AFP GRAEME McDowell got off to a hot start yesterday, finishing with seven birdies in a six-under 66 for a three-shot lead in the Tiger Woods-hosted World Challenge. Northern Ireland’s McDowell (right) had a 36-hole total of nine-under 135 at Sherwood Country
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    • 146 46 TEAM China stayed ahead of an Asia-Pacific selection side in the second edition of their Ryder Cup-style Dongfeng Nissan Cup match yesterday, after sharing the honours in the foursomes round at the CTS Tycoon Club in Shenzhen. China lead 7-5 going into today’s final round
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  • TENNIS
    • 470 47 AP Maria Sharapova Is seeking a permanent hold on the No. 1 spot in the world rankings after rediscovering her best form this year. Sharapova endured a difficult few years after undergoing shoulder surgery at the end of 2008, but has come back
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    • 122 47 BADMINTON AFP THE BADMINTON World Federation (BWF) announced changes to Olympic doubles rules on Friday, following a match-throwing scandal at the London Games, but said it would take no further action against the coaches involved. In August, eight women’s doubles players from South
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    • 118 47 FRESH from winning the Asian Championship in August, Singapore’s netballers will be hoping to go one better at the Nations Cup after losing to Fiji in last year’s final. In the tournament opener today, Singapore face arch-rivals Malaysia at the Toa Payoh
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  • NBA
    • 683 48 Wire Services LA LAKERS 122 DENVER NUGGETS 103 By the time Dwight Howard hit just the second three-pointer of his entire career in the closing seconds, it didn’t even seem weird to the Los Angeles Lakers. With so many unlikely numbers in improbable
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    • 225 48 AFP NBA commissioner David Stern slapped the San Antonio Spurs with a US$250,000 ($300,000) fine after the club rested a number of their top players in a game against the Miami Heat on Thursday. Stern ruled that coach Gregg Popovich’s decision not to have
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  • BOWLING
    • 543 49  -  Shayna sizzles in step-ladder final to become Singapore’s second female world champion ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Shayna Ng saved some of her best bowling for the final day of the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Poland yesterday. The 23-year-old Singaporean defeated defending champion Aumi Guerra from the
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  • Page 49 Advertisements
    • 92 49 VOTE AND WIN AN IPAD MINI TNP readers can vote for the player they deem most worthy of the award.Three readers who pick the right winner stand to win an Apple iPad mini each, sponsored by Singapore Pools. Q. Who will win the Dollah Kassim Award? 1) Royston Tan 2)
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  • Page 49 Miscellaneous

  • SPORTS
    • 1199 50 / 51  -  Anti-Doping Singapore (ADS) GM Yeo Say Po tells ALI KASIM that the sport will be monitored closely in light of recent doping scandal ALI KASIM I How long has ADS been around, and what are some of its roles? YEO: We were launched in March 2010.
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    • 201 50 / 51 THE SINGAPORE Sports Council (SSC), in collaboration with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore (PSS), have launched CheckDrugs, an online database for sports that contains a list of all registered drugs in Singapore. Accessible at http://app.antidoping.org.sg/public/checkdrugs.aspx, the database is designed
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  • Page 50 / 51 Advertisements
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  • CONFEDERATIONS CUP
    • 441 52 / 53 Wire Services Call it mind games if you like, but Spain coach Vicente del Bosque does not think his team are the favourites to win next year’s Confederations Cup. Instead, the Spaniard thinks that host nation Brazil will win the tournament, ahead of the 2014
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    • 405 52 / 53 AFP HOSTS Brazil will face Japan in the opening match of next year’s Confederations Cup in Brasilia on June 15 after the draw was made yesterday. Brazil, who have won the last two tournaments, regarded as a rehearsal for the World Cup Finals
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    • 407 52 / 53 S ERIE A Wire Services CATANIA 1 (Nicola Legrottaglie 11) AC MILAN 3 (Stephan El Shaarawy 53, 90, Kevin-Prince Boateng 56) STEPHAN El Shaarawy scored twice as AC Milan recovered from a goal down to defeat Catania 3-1 yesterday morning (Singapore time) and climb
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    • 715 52 / 53  -  Our analyst tells ALI KASIM that even with Scolari back at the helm Brazil face many strong challenges for 2014 World Cup 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
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  • EPL
    • 389 54 PA Sport Tottenham boss AndreVillas-Boas has ruled out bringing David Beckham to White Hart Lane, despite admitting he remains a “wonderful player”. The news will come as a blow to Spurs striker Jermain Defoe, who claimed on Friday that Beckham, who plays his final game
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    • 419 54 Reuters DAVID Beckham has targeted one final fling in the Champions League before hanging up his boots once he leaves Los Angeles after five-and-a-half years. “I always loved it when I went back to AC Milan and being back in the Champions League,” the 37-year-old
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    • 626 55 LIVERPOOL 1 (Agger 43) SOUTHAMPTON 0 DEFENDER Daniel Agger’s first goal of the season ensured Liverpool returned to winning ways at home to Southampton but they made hard work of the victory. The Denmark international powered home a header just before half-time, only his
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    • 331 55 WEST BROM 0 STOKE 1 (Whitehead 75) STOKE continued their dominance against West Brom as substitute Dean Whitehead scored a late winner at The Hawthorns. Whitehead converted a cross from another substitute, Michael Kightly, to earn the Potters their first away League win since January. Tony
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    • 792 56 MAN CITY 1 (Tevez pen 43) EVERTON 1 (Fellaini 33) MAROUANE FELLAINI made significant contributions at both ends as Everton frustrated champions Manchester City. Fellaini kneed the Toffees, victors in eight of their previous 10 clashes with City, into a first-half lead but then
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    • 737 57 FULHAM 0 TOTTENHAM 3 (Sandro 55, Defoe 72, 77) JERMAIN DEFOE upstaged Dimitar Berbatov by scoring twice to sink Fulham and move Tottenham in to fourth place in the Premier League. The London derby had been billed as a
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    • 202 57 QPR 1 (Mackie 18) ASTON VILLA 1 (Holman 8) QPR equalled the Premier League’s longest ever winless start to a season as they failed to overcome Aston Villa in Harry Redknapp’s first home match at the helm. The Londoners have now failed
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    • 1089 58 / 59  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg WEST HAM 3 (Carlton Cole 63, Mohamed Diame 86, Modibo Maiga 90+1) CHELSEA1 (Juan Mata 13) Roman Abramovich Is killing his football club, but there is nothing softly about it. Chelsea are suffocating, suffering at the hands of their violent owner. The
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    • 262 58 / 59 STARHUB announced yesterday that it has acquired the broadcast rights to ESPN STAR Sports’ (ESS) portfolio of multimedia assets including television, broadband and mobile services on a non-exclusive basis. This comprises six ESPN STAR Sports TV channels, which brings the number of dedicated
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    • 842 60  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 0 SWANSEA 2 (Michu 88,90) Around 400Arsenal fans protested the club’s failings outside the Emirates Stadium before kick-off yesterday. If there are many more performances like the one that followed, you can expect more
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  • AFF SUZUKI CUP
    • 658 61  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM SHAH ALAM It was supposed to be his big day. Shahril Ishak knew that by leading his team out against Laos at the Shah Alam Stadium yesterday, he would be the youngest Lion to collect 100 caps for Singapore. He was
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    • 335 61 Wire Services GROUP B MALAYSIA 2 (Azamuddin Akil 27, Mahalli Jasuli 30) INDONESIA 0 DEFENDING champions Malaysia qualified for the semi-finals of the Suzuki Cup after a 2-0 win over Indonesia at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium last night. Goals by Azamuddin Akil and Mahalli Jasuli in
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    • 1198 62 / 63  -  GROUP B SINGAPORE 4 (Shahril Ishak 45+2,53, Khairul Amri 63, Fazrul Nawaz 65) LAOS 3 (Khampheng Sayavutthi 21,81 -pen, Keoviengpheth Lithideth 40) REPORTING FROM SHAH ALAM DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg SHAHRIL ISHAK TNP Man of the Match Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic admitted the lions gave him
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    • ON TV
      • 174 62 / 63 *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 LALIGA Today: I GRANADA v ESPANYOL SingTel mioTV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 6.55pm I DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA v REAL BETIS SingTel mio TV Ch 115
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      • 38 62 / 63 MEN’S CHAMPIONS TROPHY Today: I BELGIUM v PAKISTAN StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9.30am I HOLLAND v AUSTRALIA StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 1.30pm I NEW ZEALAND v INDIA StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 3.30pm
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      • 42 62 / 63 Today: I CLEVELAND CAVALIERS v PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am I LA CLIPPERS v SACRAMENTO KINGS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 11.30am Tomorrow: I LA LAKERS v ORLANDO MAGIC StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 10.30am
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      • 14 62 / 63 NEDBANK CHALLENGE Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 5pm
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