The New Paper, 30 December 2012

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  • UPFRONT
    • 617 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg So how was your 2012? I know I can’t wait for 2013 to start. I shan’t be looking back fondly on much of 2012 as it’s outstayed its welcome for me. I know there are some things you can’t
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    • 159 2 FEATURES 4 Live for the moment Cancer is no barrier to ambition 12 You are for sale Companies getting rich from your personal data 18 Fireworks for less Where to watch the NYE pyrotechnics without burning a hole in your pocket SPORTS 48 Best of the year Local athletes who
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  • PEOPLE
    • Th ings to do I before I go
      • 939 4 / 5  -  We talk to those who have faced death, to find out what they want to accomplish in life their bucket list REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Leukaemia patient Sai Tu Jian has ticked something off his
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      • 463 4 / 5  -  REPORT: REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg She’s 16 and she wants to: Watch movies with friends. Shop. Go to school. Play sports. The items on this list may sound ordinary, but not to 16-year-old Natalie Wong. She spent most of the past three years
        PICTURE COURTESY OF NATALIE WONG  -  463 words
      • 713 6 / 7  -  REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Cancer has not been a barrier to her dream of achieving something meaningful. Ms Fong Yoke Leng, 43, has ovarian cancer, but is pursuing her passion of art. Her art is now the main focus of her life. She tells
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      • 726 6 / 7  -  REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg This isn’t something she needs to do to get it off the bucket list. She needs to do it to live. Ms Salina Mohamed So’ot needs a new heart. Now, she’s kept alive by a lemon-sized mechanical device dubbed
        PICTURE: BERITA HARIAN  -  726 words
    • 799 12 / 13  -  With the Personal Data Protection Act kicking in next month, industry experts explain where and how data miners get your info REPORTS: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg You are for sale. Or at least your personal data is. This may include where you
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    • 194 12 / 13 The Act regulates the collection, use and disclosure of personal data by organisations. It also aims to prevent the misuse of personal information and will kick in by Jan 2. An important part of the Act involves these organisations seeking permission from individuals before any data is
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    • 235 12 / 13 It’s about time. That’s the response of people on the receiving end of junk e-mails and calls. Receiving unsolicited e-mails or telephone calls can be a nuisance, says Mr Ong Kim Hua, a motorcycle distributor. “Up until 2011, I keep getting SMSes and international phone
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    • 270 12 / 13 What others can find out about you for free or at a price Free IPersonal information that can be retrieved for free include those from SingTel Yellow Pages, where names, home addresses and home telephone numbers are listed. IContact information available on social networking sites. This depends on the individual’s
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    • 1513 14 / 15  -  Indian rape victim dies in Singapore REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Shame. Sheer shame. That’s what some Indian expats in Singapore say they are feeling about the death of the 23-year-old Indian student who was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi.
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    • 176 14 / 15 THE rape in Delhi, India, has lessons for us to learn from, said Minister of State for Social and Family Development Halimah Yacob yesterday. She wrote on her Facebook page that women are still treated as inferior beings in many societies. And they are often
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    • 739 16 This question was making the rounds in India. Others soon followed. Was the Indian government trying to deflect the protests? And was it to be blamed for her death? These greeted Delhiites as they woke up to the news of the 23-year-old physiotherapy
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    • 642 18 / 19  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg There are clubs, concerts and parties. But for many, the New Year’s Eve experience isn’t complete without seeing the fireworks. It’s understandable if you don’t want to dine at an expensive restaurant or book a hotel room just to catch eight
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    • 384 21 SMRT bus drivers strike, a Singapore PR is shot in JB, someone threatens to blow up a coffee shop and a man convicted of rape Is freed on appeal A Strike by SMRT drivers On Monday, Nov 26,171 bus drivers from
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    • 685 22 / 23 From Bolts of lightning to cranky old actors to badly behaved spy chiefs, CELINE CHEN identifies the people around the world who made the news in the second half of this year JULY WHEN: July 27 to Aug 12 WHERE: London, UK It was one of
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    • 326 24 Residents of a Kuala Lumpur district received a rude shock late on Fridaywhen a retaining wall collapsed, splitting a luxury bungalow into two. There were no injuries in the landslide-induced incident at Jalan Puncak Setiawangsa as the occupants of the house had moved out, The
      PICTURE: CHINA PRESS  -  326 words
    • 348 25 He has been married for 57 years, and Mr Larry Swilling, 77, has shown how deep the love for his wife is. Madam Jimmie Sue was born with one kidney and after a lifetime of relying on the sole organ,
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    • 659 26 New law bans Americans from adopting Russian children Reuters For months, life for couple Ann and Kurt Suhs has been a whirlwind. They had been assembling documents, getting finger-printed and scheduling evaluations of their Atlanta-area home in preparation for welcoming another Russian child into
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    • 281 26 The crackdown by YouTube on top recording companies for inflated views has been relentless. Universal lost about one billion “views” after the video-sharing website came down hard on artificially inflated viewer figures. Sony was also badly hit as it lost more than 850 million
      PICTURES: AFP  -  281 words
    • 594 30 / 31  -  Disposable cameras capture scenes seldom seen in lives of Singaporeans seldom noticed REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg To capture a slice of life of people who are often overlooked in society. That was the aim of this photo project by The New Paper on
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    • 1113 33  -  More young people are buying cosmetic lenses online but there are risks REPORT: CELINE CHEN cceline@sph.com.sg To replicate the doe-eyed looks of her favourite anime characters, this Secondary 3 student is turning to cosmetic lenses. “Cosplayers have to wear coloured contacts. If you don’t then
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 154 8 / 9 AFP A Russian airliner overshot the runway at an international Moscow airport and crashed into a busy motorway. The Redwings airlines Russian-made Tu-204 jet, carrying just 12 passengers and crew, caught fire after crashing through the perimeter fence of Vnukovo airport. It broke up into
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    • 121 8 / 9 Police yesterday arrested a 52-year-old man for his involvement in crimes targeting elderly victims. The man approached an 82-year-old woman at a Jurong East Avenue 1 polyclinic on Friday and persuaded her to eat some blue pills, police said. The
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    • 99 8 / 9 The police have arrested two 14-year-old boys for suspected involvement in several acts of vandalism in Ang Mo Kio. Between Dec 4 and Wednesday, the police received reports that banners put up by community clubs and town councils had been damaged in Ang
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    • Article, Illustration
      62 8 / 9 CAR-UNLOCKING DEVICE: Police arrested a 36-year-old man in a condominium in Petaling Jaya after a raid and confiscated a radio frequency eavesdropping device. Assistant Commissioner Zainuddin Ahmed (above) said the made-in-Taiwan device allows the person to break into the car by scanning the radio frequency of the car’s
      PICTURE: GUANG MING DAILY NEWS  -  62 words
    • 514 8 / 9 Senate leaders working on limited agreement US Senate leaders were at work yesterday to avoid a “fiscal cliff”. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama urged Congress to protect the middle class from an income tax increase and lay the groundwork for future economic growth. “We’ve got to
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    • 120 8 / 9 AFP A total of 26 people were injured yesterday in a collision between a Hong Kong-bound passenger ferry and a buoy in Macau, authorities said. The ferry crashed into the buoy in Macau’s Outer Harbour around 10 minutes after it left the
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    • 101 8 / 9 AP The Philippine president has signed a law that will promote contraception, sexual education and family-planning programmes vigorously opposed by the country’s Roman Catholic Church. President Benigno Aquino III signed the law on Dec 21 and his administration announced it only yesterday because of
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    • 113 8 / 9 In a sharp contrast between two of the largest cities in the US, Chicago recorded its 499th murder of 2012 on Thursday night while New York reported 414 murders as of yesterday although it has more than three times the population, according to
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    • 139 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad There has been a fall in the number of crimes against the elderly. The number of elderly victims of snatch theft has dropped from 123 in 2009 to 60 last year. Lucky-draw phone scams continue to net victims: 234
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    • 231 8 / 9  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION For many of us, it’s time to set our new year resolutions and lose those holidays pounds. While exercise and a balanced diet remain the best way to achieve that goal, here are some nutty ways of losing weight. CHNG CHOON HIONG chngch@sph.com.sg Turn
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • 957 10 / 11  - Motorists honk yell at us to hurry up Elderly folks having problems with drivers at pedestrian crossings MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg She has been hit twice once at a zebra crossing and the second time at a pedestrian crossing. She has also been honked at often, even when the green man
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    • 644 10 / 11  -  BIKER BOY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg My blood is at boiling point. Reading comments posted by some netizens or listening to loose talk at one bikeshop has me infuriated. They are reacting to the Dec 22 collision between a biker and a pedestrian. The biker ran
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    • 119 12 / 13 16 w i j m 31 December 2012 Enjoy our special exhibitions. Enlightened Ways and Exploring the Cosmos. Welcome 2013 with the best of Thai popular culture! FEATURING Special performances by Neverland resident bands and DJs Countdown to New Year's Eve fireworks with Fauzie Laily and rock band, Shelves Muay
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A PYROTECHNICIAN
    • 836 17  -  BENITAAWYEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg That his job is a dangerous even life-threatening at times is a fact that MrWilson Quek does not like to mention to his family. You see, he doesn’t want them to worry unnecessarily. The 25-year-old, who works as a pyrotechnician at Intermay Magix, does not
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  • LIVE RIGHT
    • 698 20  -  REPORT: CELINE CHEN cceline@sph.com.sg It Is almost the last day of the year. That means it’s time to party. Some will overindulge in the drinks department. If that is the case, you can expect some agony in the morning. Here are various ways you can prevent
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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  • Dating Challenge
    • 494 27 TNP Dating Challenge participants break the ice in chatrooms HERE’S to a nerves-free first date. The 14 participants of the Dating Challenge metforthe first time in a group setting, virtually, with the help of Eteract.com. Organised by The New Paper and Social Development
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 983 27 VOTE AND WIN! Vote for your favourite couple and stand a chance to win the new iPad. Send your vote to tnp@sph.com.sg All entries will be entitled to the lucky draw, and one lucky winner will walk away with the new iPad. The result of the lucky draw will be
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  • EATS
    • Article, Illustration
      478 28  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Roasted ribs Is definitely a dish you can wow guests with this festive season. If you love ribs but hate looking sloppy in public that sauce can get everywhere this is the recipe to let you dig in and get as messy as you like
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      277 28 Ingredients One slab of 12 back ribs, trimmed of fat and skin (about 1.5kg) 2 white onions, halved lengthwise (tip to root) Marinade 2 tbsp ground cinnamon 2 tbsp five spice powder (optional) 4-5 tbsp plum paste Half a bottle of tomato ketchup 4-5 tbsp Australian honey 2
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    • 426 29  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg If the world had indeed come to an end on Dec 21, my last thoughts would probably be on extremely sinful food. You can read more about my sinful food moments of 2012 in the main story on
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    • 611 29 If I were given that proverbial five minutes before life ends to reflect on my sins... I’d spend a good part of those precious seconds thinking about food. Especially my most sinful culinary moments of 2012: Fried duck roll at Hoy Yong Seafood Restaurant Block
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 121 32 CAN YOU GRAB/ WITHIN 1 MINUTE? Join the STClassifieds 1 Minute Sweep Contest for a chance to find out! E Post 1 Post a "Want to Sell" ad on STCLassifieds.sg or from our Android App. HE- Submit your details on events.STClassifi eds.sg/lminute sweep ROUND 4 ENDS 1 JAN 2013 (EXTENDED!)
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • 679 34 Praiseworthy for price layout For my Christmas shopping, I braved the crowds of Orchard Road. But having burnt most of my weekends this month at the so-called shopping paradise, I was frankly sick of it and everything they had to offer from bodycon dresses to fancy lamps. Well, that and
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      354 35  -  REPORT: REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg And another year is almost over. Where does the time go? Well, what about a great time piece to keep track of it? Also, it doesn’t hurt that these clocks make cool additions to your home decor. ASPIRE Grandfather clock by Seiko $2,568
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
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  • NIGHTLIFE
    • 840 36  -  ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg He turned a failing Belgian bar at The Riverwalk into a bastion of underground music in Singapore. In 2003, what used to be Mad Monks became Home Club and under co-owner and DJ Roy Ng, it has gained a reputation for homegrown
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    • 335 36  -  COMMENT: ZULOTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg It was a “protest” that was largely ignored. Okay, it was actually a publicity stunt done to promote the Siloso Beach Party in Sentosa on New Year’s Eve but I believe its message couldn’t be more timely. On Dec 16, a group of
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  • HUMOUR
    • 824 37  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg I Neil Humphreys’ book, Return To A Sexy Island, is a national bestseller. His children’s book, Abbie Rose and the Magic Suitcase: The Day a Panda Really Saved My Life, is out now. Our festive trip to England is just
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    • 666 38  -  ACT BLUR SM ONG smong@sph.com.sg No one likes getting complaints. This year, I received a record number for this column. The year started with complaints about a column I wrote about why I like Christmas better than Chinese NewYear. Being Chinese,
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • 128 38 AP A TINY pony is back at its Austrian circus home more than a week after apparently being kidnapped by a woman who wanted to give her sick daughter a Christmas surprise. Fridolin the pony, which is only about 60cm tall, went missing
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      • 122 38 Reuters CASH-STRAPPED Ukraine on Wednesday reminded entertainers making money by posing as Did Moroz the local version of Santa Claus and his helpers to pay income tax. The former Soviet republic faces US$9 billion (S$11 billion) in foreign debt repayments next year
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      • 126 38 AP VERMONT state police have said that a man faces a charge of drink driving, ironically after driving onto the lawn of a historic home once owned by the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Police say 55-year-old Donald Blood of Marlborough, Massachusetts, was ordered
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  • TV
    • 665 39  - Blast from the past when pagers, Tamagotchi ruled BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Korean dramas are sappy, predictable and take an age to tell the simplest of storylines. But Reply 1997 breaks from this mould. The romantic comedy actually manages to be funny and also heart-warming. And for viewers in their early
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  • Page 39 Advertisements
    • 154 39 Get the latest on EPL ChampionsLeague OUT NOW! GOLIONS! ON iPHONE ANDROID Get all the excitement and action with our free smartphone app thenewpaper "SStSSSSSF To celebrate the opening of our 80th buzz pod,we're giving away an exclusive Peppermint Mints Tin when you spend $3 including any copy of newspaper.
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  • RACING
    • 1821 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 3 All Nice 2 Chinese Street 1 City Hero 9 Booky Boy RACE 2: 2 Drum Major 11 Oil Town Captain 6 Jeram Faithful 3 Pagsanjan RACE 3: 11 No Eye Deer 14 Akemus 8 Ghost
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    • 898 40 / 41  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Singapore horses have had a high success rate in their major quests in Malaysia, and it looks like another win, or possibly two, could be in the bag again. The Republic’s horses rarely make the trip up
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    • 609 40 / 41 Race 1 C5 1400m C*****m XWinning owner: Mdm SP Tan. Trainer: K Coetzee. Time: 1min 22.90sec (Going: good). Forecast: $66. Tierce: $653. Quartet: $7138. Malaysian W/P: RM31, RM11, RM10, RM11. P Forecast: $21 (4-2), $10 (2-10), $31 (4-10). Trio: $81. Quadro: $449. Race 2 C5 1400m 5
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    • 1105 42 / 43 NEXT FRIDAY OB *****0m 171-11 Huka Falls 58.5 (80) (3nzg L Laxon-Silver Fern Racing) 401-13 Bahen 58 (79) (5ag S Baertschiger-S Baertschiger) *****9 Shaolin Soldier 56.5 (76) (7ag S Burridge-Happiness Come) 1379-6 Niceone 56 (75) (4nzg M Freedman-Joy N Happiness) *****9 Davide 54.5 (72) (5argg
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    • 1081 42 / 43 NEXTSUNDAY C3 1600m 251-92 City Lad 57.5 (74) (4nzg Desmond Koh-KT) *****6 Superczar 57.5 (74) (9nzg D Hill-Lady Luck) *****0 Getreel 56.5 (72) (5nzg ZL Mok-Phenomenal) 5436-3 Iluminado 55 (69) (5argg S Burridge-Ian Brown) (74) 211 Sir Oakley 52.5 (64) (4nzg L Laxon-Patella Racing) *****6
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    • 394 42 / 43  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Singapore Gold Cup-win-ning trainer Daniel Murphy is back for another stint on the Malayan Racing Association (MRA) circuit. The 50-year-old Irishman (right) has been granted an MRA trainer’s licence for the remainder of this year and for the 2013 season.
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    • 840 42 / 43 RACE 1 (Ellerslie, NZ) 1st 15 Sarteagwen ($104-$29) 2nd 13 Jigger Inn ($43) 3rd 17 Vibrant ($14) 4th 3 Bachelor Zeel. Forecast $773. Place forecast $204 (13-15), $136 (13-17), $51 (15-17). Tierce No winner ($1679 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio No winner
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    • 637 44 BUNBURY RACE 1 (1,200m) 3 THURSTUN LANE (Runs:13 Wins:0 Places:1): 43/4 len 8th 56kg to Prince Of Stars in 1,200m Bunbry Mdn Dec 23 (4th settling, 3rd at 400m). 14 EMERALD STAR (Runs:11 Wins:0 Places:4): 33/4len 6th 52kg to Light The Scene in
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    • 497 44 RACE 1 (Doomben) 1 st 9 Equissential ($74-$15) 2nd 2 Noisy Ocean ($7) 3rd 5 Epic Dragon ($16) 4th 4 Purettan. Forecast $75. Place forecast $10 (2-5), $16 (2-9), $29 (5-9). Tierce No winner ($3485 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $117. Quartet No winner ($412
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    • 204 44 1:15 Race 1 BUNBURY 1200M BUNBURY 1200M 1 HECACITY MS C O'GRADY (4) 58 2 SAY WHAT MITCHELL PATEMAN (14) 58 3 THURSTUNLANE P CARBERY (6) 58 4 RAHANUI 1:55 Race 2 BUNBURY 1400M (7) 58 5 DUE ANYWHERE RYAN HILL (2) 58 6 SUMMABETTA
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  • Page 40 / 41 Miscellaneous
    • 32 40 / 41 Saturday Dec 29 2012 First Second Third 5469 5977 7385 Starters 0145 2031 3079 3127 3699 4833 6288 6867 8157 8973 Consolations 0059 0616 1306 1918 2130 2388 2527 5497 6047 6676
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  • TENNIS
    • 760 45 Aussie Open officials understand Spaniard’s pull-out AFP It is the first Grand Slam of the season and the Australian Open officials would be without a top star. But they yesterday said they fully understood Rafael Nadal’s decision to miss the Open in Melbourne and wished him
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    • 251 45 MUBADALA CHAMPIONSHIP AFP. NOVAK Djokovic got his season off to a perfect start by defeating Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4 yesterday in the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi. Djokovic (above) had looked in impressive early season form
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  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
    • 98 45 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Away Timing Venue Sun, 30/12/12 E Premier Everton Chelsea 9.30pm LW SB Mon, 31/12/12 E Premier QPR Liverpool 12.00am LW SB For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg SB SportsBuzz@Kranji SportsBuzz@PoMo (For 18 yrs and above) LW Livewire MBS Livewire RWS (For 21 yrs and above)
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  • NBA
    • 129 46 Reuters FORMER England captain and respected commentator Tony Greig, one of the architects of cricket’s World Series revolution in the 1970s, has died at the age of 66 after suffering a heart attack at his Sydney home yesterday. Greig, who was diagnosed with lung cancer
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    • 413 46 Wire Services SAN ANTONIO SPURS 122 HOUSTON ROCKETS 116 San Antonio’s Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili delivered a classic performance to lead the Spurs to a 122-116 win over the Houston Rockets. Tony Parker had 31 points and 10 assists,
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  • MAD ABOUT GOLF: YEAR IN REVIEW
    • 1049 47 Reuters In a standout year, two storylines gripped the golfing world. Rory McIlroy’s dominance on both sides of the Atlantic and the clearest hint yet at the exciting potential in China were the biggest plots in what may prove to be a truly
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    • 158 47 CYCLING AFP DISGRACED cyclist Lance Armstrong missed the deadline to lodge an appeal over being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for systematic doping, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced. Armstrong has been wiped from the record books with all
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  • S’PORE SPORTS: YEAR IN REVIEW
    • 905 48 / 49 LIM SAY HENG recaps 10 great achievements in a wonderful year for Singapore sports JANUARY I SAILING KIMBERLY Lim beat 209 others including boys from 48 countries to clinch the Republic’s first individual world title at the Optimist World Championship in New Zealand. The teenager
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    • 741 50  -  COMMENT LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg It wasn’t difficult to come up with 10 notable achievements for Singaporean athletes this year. There were so many, spread over a variety of sports, possibly making this year the best for Singapore sports by far.
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    • 468 50 SSC CEO Lim Teck Yin shares his views on next year I Lim Teck Yin is the chief executive officer of the Singapore Sports Council. He was also a former national water polo captain and an ex- vice president of the Singapore Swimming Association. WE
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  • EPL
    • 646 51  -  Our columnist tells LIM SAY HENG that Torres and Benitez must raise Chelsea’s showing against the big boys to prove their worth PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg Chelsea have been putting in good performances of late after a rocky start under Rafael Benitez. The players look
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    • TRANSFER TRAIL
      • 100 51 Wire Services MANCHESTER United misfit Luis Nani has reportedly attracted interest from arch-rivals Arsenal. The Gunners have opened talks with United over a move for the Portuguese winger next month, reported the Daily Mail. They are hoping to use United’s £24 million ($48m)
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      • 127 51 Wire Services CHELSEA interim manager Rafael Benitez could have another Spanish forward at his disposal next month. Sevilla’s Alvaro Negredo has been offered to the Blues for around £16 million ($32m), reported the Daily Mail. Benitez has been assured by technical director Michael Emenalo that
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      • 114 51 Wire Services EVERTON’S left back Leighton Baines is emerging as a target of three top clubs for next month’s transfer window. The Daily Mail reported yesterday that Manchester United, who have long been linked with Baines, are confident of fending off interest from Chelsea and
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    • 702 52 / 53  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK If nothing else, Rafael Benitez will achieve one extraordinary feat today uniting Goodison Park. Obviously, it’s something of a shame for the Spaniard that the Everton and Chelsea fans will brought together by their common
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    • 839 52 / 53 PA Sport RAFAEL Benitez has refused to rule out a second coming at Liverpool ahead of his first match on Merseyside as Chelsea boss. Interim Blues manager Benitez has been linked previously with a return to Anfield and will be a free agent again
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    • 730 54 RODGERS: PA Sport Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has brushed off any comparison of his record with that of former Reds boss Roy Hodgson. Defeat at Stoke on Boxing Day meant the Northern Irishman has exactly the same points haul 25 from 19 league matches as
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    • 229 55 STOKE CITY 3 (Jones 16, Upson 67, Jerome 90) SOUTHAMPTON 3 (Lambert 10, Rodriguez 24, Wilkinson 36 og) A STUNNING 90th-minute volley from Cameron Jerome secured a point for 10-man Stoke against Southampton at the Britannia Stadium. The Potters looked like they would pay
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    • 654 56 NORWICH CITY 3 (Pilkington 15, Martin 63, 75) MAN CITY 4 (Dzeko 2, 4, Aguero 50, Bunn 67 og) MANCHESTER CITY overcame the controversial sending off of Samir Nasri to beat Norwich in a thriller at Carrow Road. The champions, beaten at Sunderland on
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    • 329 56 FULHAM 1 (Ruiz 56) SWANSEA CITY 2 (Graham 19, De Guzman 52) DAVID STOCKDALE endured a nightmare recall in goal for Fulham as he handed Swansea victory and sucked his own side ever closer to the relegation zone. Stockdale, making his first top-flight appearance for
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    • 865 57  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg SUNDERLAND1 (John O’Shea 40) TOTTENHAM 2 (Carlos Cuellar 48-og, Aaron Lennon 51) If Gareth Bale’s career choice depends upon regular Champions League football, then the wizard might consider waving his wand at White Hart Lane for another season. Based on last night’s
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    • 850 58 / 59  -  GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 2 (Gareth McAuley 9-og, Robin van Persie 90) WEST BROM 0 Job done, and who cares how they did it. The air of casualness in Manchester United’s play almost smacked of arrogance, as they ground out a 2-0 victory over
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    • 283 58 / 59 PA Sport MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told fans not to expect any star signings at the club during the upcoming transfer window. United have been rumoured to have shown interest in Wesley Sneijder, Kevin Strootman and Robert Lewandowski, with the last-named the
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