The New Paper, 27 January 2013

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1 60 The New Paper
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  • Title Section
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    21 1 the new paper on sunday Jan 27 2013 j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SldJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Great expectations, rising impatience
      525 2  -  MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg elvin@sph.co.sg What a crazy 20 months it has been. The threat of the US going over its fiscal cliff, leadership change in China and a second Obama term; and in Singapore, four elections, flats that flirt with $1 million price tags and subsequent
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      146 2 FEATURES 3 Punggol East By-Election Workers’ Party wins 12 Maybe baby? Is financial encouragement enough tomakeS’poreans want biggerfamilies? 14 Extraordinary farewell Big final send-off for Ah Nan COLUMNS 10 Ground Zero Elderly parents hope that new baby bonus package will bring them grandchildren 17 Confessions of a lion dancer: Newbies
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      41 2 QUICK ON THE DRAW A GENTLE REMINDER TO ALL EPL PLAYERS A GENTLE REMINDER TO ALL BALL BOYS Ball Ball boy on top of ball Tackle by all means Do not tackle Ball Just pick it up TNP ILLUSTRATION: SIMON ANG
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Cheers for heartland ‘Ah Lian’
      1403 3  -  WP’s Lee Li Lian feels the love with 54.52% of votes THE BIG WIN REPORTS: KOH HUI THENG, ESTHER NG, JUDITH TAN, RENNIE WHANG, THEODORA D’CRUZ, CELINE CHEN, ELIZABETH LAW, AUDREY TAN, KERRI HENG, NATHANIEL HONG They cheered for Ms Lee Li Li an at
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      Lock icon How now, PAP?
      636 4 / 5 Experts say party has to refresh its approach THE BIG SHOCK By all accounts, he was a catch. The son of a bus driver. A “son of Punggol”, having spent his early childhood there. Colorectal surgeon Koh Poh Koon was even labelled a potential office holder by
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      Lock icon What next?
      752 6  -  THE BIG LOSS DESMOND LIM As the results of the by-election sank In last night, Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) chief Desmond Lim tried to put a positive spin on things. “Results haven’t dampened me or the SDA. It only means that we’ll have to fight and work harder
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      Lock icon We want four kids, but we’re thinking twice
      632 12 / 13  -  Couples appreciate financial carrots, but it’ll take more than money to persuade them to have more babies REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Seven months ago, Mrs Gillian Kong and her husband Carradine welcomed their first-born Giselle into their home. Their dream is
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      Lock icon What parents & family organisations want
      574 12 / 13 What parents family organisations want The New Paper on Sunday spoke to parents and family organisations here to find out what would seal the deal for those who are thinking of adding to their brood. Dr Yong Tze Tein, president of the Association for Breastfeeding Advocacy Singapore. I Have employers
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      Lock icon Govt’s latest baby-boosters
      282 12 / 13 Child and infant care services Those earning monthly household income of $7,500 or less will enjoy additional subsidies. Eligible families using full-day programmes will see an increase in their current child and infant care subsidies of at least $100 and $200 respectively, with lower-income families receiving more.
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      Lock icon 80 singers, 60 songs
      870 14 / 15  -  Musical farewell for getai star Ah Nan REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg It was a fitting farewell for a man who had made a name for himself on the getai stage. Over a thousand people fans, artistes and residents thronged the void deck of Block 254,
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      Lock icon ‘A 100% good husband & father’
      1016 16  - ‘A 100% good husband father’ Despite his chequered pastas a gangster loan shark, Ah Nan’s wife insists he was a good person REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg –Additional reporting by Benita Aw Yeong His life was as colourful as the many tattoos on his body. Gangster, loan shark, hawker, mechanic, nightclub
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      Lock icon ‘Some people told me I was crazy’
      1274 18 / 19  -  His arm was paralysed after a motorbike accident in 1999, but he overcame depression and suicide attempt to receive a special trophy last year for his performance in motocross race REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg On the motocross tracks, Mr Mohd Rizal Abdul
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      Lock icon World’s fastest ‘paralysed’ man on a dirt bike
      213 18 / 19 Mr Mohd Rizal has his heroes disabled US riders who also don’t let their handicap get in the way of racing. They include inspirational motocross riders like paraplegic Darius Glover and amputee Todd Thompson. Glover, 21, is the 2012 Extremity Games Motocross
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      Lock icon It’s not just dust
      697 20 / 21  -  Cleaning companies are seeing extreme cases of unhygienic conditions in homes as CNY approaches REPORTS: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg It’s a traditional chore that many families will be doing. Spring cleaning the house before Chinese New Year is a typical routine for many families. But these days,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Top 10 tips for spring cleaning
      350 20 / 21 Spring cleaning can be a daunting task. So if you want to make spring cleaning for Chinese New Year a family affair, here are some tips to help you get your home sparkling clean in time for the occasion. 1. Get your equipment Make
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      Lock icon OFF TRACK
      186 22 Fivehurtwhen S’pore-bound train derails in Johor A train headed for Singapore derailed and landed on its side, trapping its driver and injuring five passengers yesterday. The accident happened just before the Kempas train station in Johor Baru, reported the New Straits Times. According to the report, the KL
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      Lock icon ‘Our hearts sank’ when we saw body
      438 22 Fishermen devastated to find missing boy The two fishermen had read the story about the missing six-year-old boy and how most of Malaysia was searching for him. But when the duo at the Kampung Sireh jetty in Port Klang discovered a child’s body
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      Lock icon Friends hid how teen died from dad
      363 23 He only found out son drowned two days later The father was inconsolable after his 13-year-old son’s death. The grief was compounded when he realised that his son’s friends had hid the truth from him. Lorry driver M. Thamilchelvan’s son, 13-year-old Thibban, had
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      Lock icon Singer’s kidnapped daughter rescued
      292 23 She was buying food in front of her school when two men on motorcycles grabbed her and sped off. Siti Nurjanah, or Nana, is the 10-year-old daughter of Indonesian dangdut singer Nassar Farhat Ahmad Sungkar. The incident happened on Jan 17 near her school in Tangerang,
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      Lock icon 23-year-old stakes claim to mansion
      474 24 Thanks to obscure Florida real estate law... Last month, the police visited Mr Andre Barbosa at his posh Boca Raton, Florida, waterfront mansion. The 23-year-old has been occupying the empty US$2.5 million (S$3 million) mansion for the last six months, using an obscure Florida real
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      Lock icon Subway sorry for Footlong sandwiches coming up short
      330 24 Subway is apologising that its “footlong” sandwiches fell short of expectations. The world’s largest fast-food chain faced widespread criticism last week after a man posted a photo online showing a Footlong next to a tape measure, showing it to be just 11
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Our photojournalist picks his pictures of the week
      121 7  -  PICTURES BY MOHD ISHAK SAMON ishak@sph.com.sg STARTLING: A flock of migrating starlings is seen flying over a field near the southern Israeli town of Netivot on Friday. picture: afp PICTURE: AFP FROSTY CITY: A woman pausing to take a photograph of a
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      146 7 -20A -20A video of a female motorcyclist being hit by a lorry on the PIE goes viral, outraging netizens. +10 A $2 billion Marriage and Parenthood Package is announced in an effort to encourage more Singaporeans to have children. -20 Inflation rose by 4.3 per cent in December.
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Mini-tornado’ hits Australia’s east coast
      272 8 / 9 AFP A “mini-tornado” hit Australia’s east coast yesterday, officials said. They warned parts of Queensland state to prepare for flooding, with torrential rain lashing the state set to intensify. Queensland Premier Campbell Newman said the storm had caused much damage near Bundaberg, about 300km north
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      Lock icon Militant threat quelled in South-east Asia: M’sia PM
      123 8 / 9 AFP The threat posed by Islamist militants in South-east Asia has largely been suppressed thanks to the efforts of nations in the region, Malaysia’s prime minister said Friday. Speaking at the Global Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr Nathat between his jib
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      Lock icon Myanmar bridles at US’ ethnic strife concerns
      86 8 / 9 AFP Myanmar issued a rebuke to the US embassy in Yangon yesterday after the United States raised concerns over continued fighting between the army and ethnic rebels in the northern state of Kachin. Myanmar’s foreign ministry accused the US statement, issued on Thursday,
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    • Article
      Lock icon China to focus on modernisation
      528 8 / 9 Top Chinese official at World Economic Forum in Davos AFP China’s new leadership will focus on modernising the country before it increases Beijing’s role in international affairs, atop official told the Davos forum yesterday. Senior Chinese planning official Zhang Xiaoqiang told economic and business leaders
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      Lock icon M’sia lifts four-year ban on Hindraf
      119 8 / 9 Malaysia has finally lifted a four-year ban on the the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), the organisation responsible for the massive 2007 protest march. In a letter addressed to Hindraf chief P. Waythamoorthy on Friday, the Registrar of Societies informed the organisation that it
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      Lock icon Obama to launch push for US immigration overhaul in Nevada
      116 8 / 9 Reuters President Barack Obama plans to launch his second-term push for a US immigration overhaul during a visit to Nevada this week. This is part of an ambitious agenda he laid out in his second inaugural address on Monday, which
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      Lock icon Egypt riots over soccer violence verdicts kill at least 22
      129 8 / 9 AP Egyptian security officials say 22 people have been killed yesterday in riots sparked by death sentences given to nearly two dozen soccer fans convicted of violence after a game in Port Said last year. Security officials said most of
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    • BOOBOO BOX
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        37 8 / 9 Number of crocodiles that escaped from a farm in South Africa after floods released them into one of the country’s biggest rivers. Crocodile farmers, residents and even the police have been roped in recover the reptiles.
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        50 8 / 9 Starting price in euros (S$242,900) for the smallest house in Brussels, which is about to go up for auction. The centuries-old former furniture workshop is just 2.75m wide and has a ground floor only 1.75m across. The five-floor town house will be auctioned off on Feb 6. PICTURE: REUTERS
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      • Article
        Lock icon 240,000
        44 8 / 9 Estimated number of people mostly young, educated who have left Portugal in the past two years, since the country entered its worst recession in decades. This amounts to as much as two percent of the entire population.The top destinations are Switzerland or Angola.
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      • Article
        Lock icon 8 hours
        54 8 / 9 Length of time a New York man left his one-year-old son in his car in freezing weather. He forgot to drop off his son at day care and realised his mistake only after receiving a call from his wife. The child was unhurt despite temperatures falling as low
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      Lock icon DANCES WITH LIONS
      69 8 / 9  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION ’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg It’s the 6th International Lion Dance competition at Banda Street in Chinatown today. In a contest called Soaring Lions Over Water, lion dancers will be pitted against each other on a platform surrounded by water. I was at the
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon ‘I hope I can carry my grandson before I die’
      942 10 / 11  -  Seniors say the recent baby bonus package may still not be enough to convince their children to have kids MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg Maybe this time got hope. That was the first thought that crossed Mr Tan Yaw Hock’s mind
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A LION DANCE TROUPE MEMBER
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      Lock icon The sweat smell of success
      1010 17  -  BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg If you’re a newbie to lion dance, you probably wouldn’t last one minute performing as the “head” of the lion. And it has nothing to do with skill or stamina. It’s the smell. “People who are new to lion dance find
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      75 24 “If there’s only one Korean movie that you watch this year, make it this one 9999 SPH-The New Paper, FiRST SPH The New Paper, FiRST SPH My Paper IP CHRISTMAS EVE 108 STOREY SKYSCRAPER 30 000 PEOPLE c Si «Kis DEADLY FIRE WjS?«iMHn inium mi E I* \4 N 'ri.JL.tM
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon My neck of the woods
      704 25  -  ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg p@sph.com.sg AFTER 7 Some might see Dempsey as a getaway, an alcove away from city life. Populated with single-storey bars and restaurants, Dempsey can be a leafy escape from the multi-storey mall madness. Finding your way in Dempsey means you brace yourself
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      Lock icon PICK OF THE WEEK
      86 25 The boys at Sideshow know how to throw a party. The eighth instalment at the Training Shed will encompass all the free-spirited merrymaking seen in their previous parties. Headlining this edition is American DJ Stevie G, who plies his trade at Ku De Ta and Potato
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      Lock icon PROMOTION OF THE WEEK
      33 25 The Still Bar 22 Dempsey has free-flow martinis from 6.30pm till 10.30pm on Thursdays and Fridays, but only for the ladies. That’s four hours of martinis over two days.
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      Lock icon PIC OF THE WEEK
      27 25 It was a packed house that went to see French DJ-producer Breakbot and soul singer Irfane at The White Rabbit on Jan 19.
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      34 25 I Want to appear in After7? Tag @thenewpaper with party images of you and your friends on Instagram or Twitter, together with details of the event. Or e-mail tnp@sph.com.sg with the subject line After7.
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon HED CHEF
      420 26  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’s a good time to be a fan of yam. Those who appreciate the fine texture of the rhizome will be pleased to find out that now is the best time to get yams from China. Chinese yams are seasonal and only available in the
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      Lock icon STEAMED YAM CAKE
      276 26 Hed Chef’s recipe for Steamed Yam Cake Ingredients 500gyam, peeled 40g dried prawns 4 dried mushrooms, soaked and sliced 300g rice flour 100g corn flour 100ml water 500ml hot chicken stock 2 tbsp oil 1 tbsp shallot oil 1 tbsp fish sauce Pepper 1 /4 tsp five
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      Lock icon What’s come, gone and come back
      368 27  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg There is a suggestion that this year’s annual Singapore Food Festival, its 20th, could be about the food of yesteryear and flavours that we have forgotten. It’s like resurrecting the old Swee Kee Chicken rice at Middle Road, reviving topless
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      Lock icon Fresh putu mayam is back
      651 27 We live in a fast society, so much so that even the food is affected. There’s fast food and fast-fading dishes. Food that takes too long to make, looks plain, grandmotherly and has “fussy” written all over it is consigned to history. It’s been quite
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Prevail on the trail
      629 28  -  Trail runner dishes out advice for stepping it up into the wild REPORT: CELINE CHEN cceline@sph.com.sg The smell of the rainforest, chirping of birds and crunch of leaves underfoot accompany the sound of your own breathing. Compared to road running, trail running has the allure of
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      48 28 CLEAR OUT YOUR WARDROBE FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR. Sell your old clothes and buy new ones at www.STCIassifieds.sg. m STC assifieds.SG L 3 Available on the App Store Log on to STClassifieds.sg to buy or sell new or used items. A product of SPH, Singapore's trusted media group
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Comfort is king
      679 29  -  TWO WHEELS GOOD ‘Basic’ version of premium bike is a joy to ride but carries hidden costs DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg I judge most bikes by a simple but effective rule comfort comes first. Bike fitters say the best bike for you is not the most expensive one,
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      49 29 Here are the services you need to prepare for Chinese New Year! New Furniture 1500 Furniture Shops Reunion Dinner 900 Chinese Restaurants Spring Cleaning 600 Cleaning Services Car Rental 350 Car Rental Services Party Catering 300 Caterers Visit www.STDirectory.sg to Look for the services you need. 0 STDI RECTORY
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  • Dating Challenge
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      Lock icon It’s the end? No way!
      786 30 / 31 Singles of the Dating Challenge gather for a final activity at Fullhouse Cafe ALL good things must come to an end. Organised by The New Paper and Social Development Network, the Dating Challenge aims to get singles to mingle and experience new opportunities and activities.
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      84 30 / 31 Prize winner After a month of voting, readers of The New Paper have chosen oil trader Ng Chih Wei (right) and promotion scheduler executive Paik Su Ling (bottom right) as their favourite couple. One lucky reader was picked to receive the new iPad. Congratulations to reader Long Shu Feng (IC
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      76 30 / 31 SDNTrust Accredited Agencies A Dance Date dating agency adancedate.com Champagne JSG dating agency champagnejsg.com Complete Me dating agency completeme.com.sg Eteract, Asia’s First Online Speed Dating Site for Singles eteract.com Love Adventures for singles Asia’s first adventure dating loveadventures.com.sg Love Express dating agency loveexpress.com.sg Lunch Actually, the premier lunch dating company
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon LITTLE THINGS ROCK
      733 32 Some say that Singapore will sputter with lacklustre growth this year. The experts point to looming clouds on the horizon which include the continuing Euro crisis, a stagnating China and malaise in the US economy. So I am going to be selfless. That’s right. I will help
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      69 32 CLASSIFIED BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT Convenient way to stock up on wine, spirits and beer for the festive season. CLASS 5 Ks 10 MORANOt PINNACLE HIM'IIX' 1, Scotch wmiski ORIGINAL 187 sq m Sin Ming flat available for sale. class 427 If you're keen to study in Japan, don't miss
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon A card above
      362 33  -  REPORT: CELINE CHEN cceline@sph.com.sg It probably won’t change the outcome of a business deal, but having somewhere to keep your name cards in pristine shape won’t harm your chances. Don’t let your cards get bent and scuffed in an overstuffed wallet or pocket. Here are some name
      PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG, PROLOGUE, THE WRIGHT GIFT, WELOVEZAKKA  -  362 words
  • Page 33 Advertisements
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      126 33 Win tickets to A Good Day To Die Hard Bruce Willis is back doing what he does best onscreen shooting people and blowing things up. This time, Willis’ alter ego John McClane heads to Russia in this fifth instalment of the successful Die Hard franchise. John heads there to help
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      75 33 AUSPICIOUS TREATS (29 Jan 24 Feb) Enjoy an early toss to Abundance and Prosperity! YU SHENG SET MENUS River Palace $288 for 4 pax $518/$598 for 8 pax $438 for 6 pax $668/$898 for 10 pax REUNION BUFFET River Garden (9 11 Feb) Lunch $40.80 Adult $30.80 Child Dinner $42.80
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Go online and take cover!
      802 34  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com. sg NOTES I’d like to think that most people who trawl through cyberspace are decent and fair-minded. But there are still one or two out there who shouldn’t be trusted with sharp objects, let alone a laptop. Online loonies always amaze me
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      Lock icon How I became a fool for stool
      804 35  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg ACT BLUR Caution: Stop reading right now if you are squeamish. Or if you are eating. Unlike the residents of Punggol East, the big question for me this week was not who I should vote for, but whether
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • Article
        Lock icon Cheesed off after 4-day fromage fire closes tunnel
        132 35 Reuters A TRUCKLOAD of burning cheese has closed a road tunnel in Norway for four days. Some 27 tonnes of flaming brown cheese blocked off a 3km-long tunnel near the northern coastal town of Narvik when the truck transporting it caught fire
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      • Article
        Lock icon Icy soft drink spill shuts down US highway
        83 35 AP IT’S known that soft drinks can be bad for your teeth. Sometimes, it can threaten the morning traffic too. On Tuesday, two tractor-trailers one carrying two-litre bottles of soft drinks collided on Route 422 outside Reading, Pennsylvania, in the US. Hundreds
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      • Article
        Lock icon A prostitute walks into a police station...
        103 35 AP AUTHORITIES say a 20-year-old woman from Portland, Oregon, drove 80km to reach the man she thought was her client after being solicited for prostitution through the phone and text messages. Her destination turned out to be the Salem Police Department.This was because
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  • TV
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      Lock icon The two faces of extreme TV
      569 36  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg What is off-limits for you? It’s a question that TV documentaries like to push, and so many these days seem to be out purely to shock. They feature the filthiest, the grossest, the weirdest all under the guise of human interest.
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      272 36 Qf nsm mm i>mm i HIE I TREATS r II DOLBVATM OS'THEATRES Rating: TBA Bruce Willis returns in his most iconic role as John McClane the "real" hero with the skills and attitude to always be the last man standing. This time the take-no-prisoners cop is really in the wrong
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG COURSE D/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1924 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 D1 12.50 -1200m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 -***** Abyss 57 (43) S John 7 (6ag B Dean-Northwest Racing) 2 *****8 Arapuni 57 (43) J Moreira 2 (8nzg L
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      Lock icon Darien Gap should win again
      1805 38 / 39 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF AND POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Abyss)))Supported last start similar affair and won well enough to follow. 2 Arapuni)))Huge drop in class and should win this with Moreira aboard from good dra w. 3 Midlife Crisis))First-up run
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    • Article
      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      544 38 / 39 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 2 Andrew Frost 1 2 Abyss 2 10 Arapuni Arapuni Arapuni Fumiko 10 Double S 10 7 Fumiko Fumiko Notipnotips 5 1 4 8 Abyss Prize Fighter Paragon Angel 5 1 2 RACE Paragon Angel Double S Abyss Double
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      Lock icon SECRET MISSION (Race 8 No. 1)
      164 38 / 39  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON Dual Group 3 Argentinian winner SECRET MISSION looks set to win first-up in Race 8 at Kranji this afternoon. Now trained by Michael Clements for Brookby Stable, the four-year-old has been impressive at the trials in preparation for this 1,000m
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      330 38 / 39  -  TAN THEAN LOON Three Singapore-linked horses are in the field of 14 in today’s NZ$1 million (S$1.03 million) Karaka Million at Ellerslie in New Zealand. And all three GOBI RANGER, CATALONIA and RUUD AWAKENING have top chances in the 1,200m feature for two-year-olds. The
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      Lock icon Moreira warned over bumping incident
      638 40 THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Champion jockey Joao Moreira was warned to show greater care when attempting a run in future. He was shown the film of last Friday night’s Race 4 incident near the 400m, where CASINO KING became unbalanced after being
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      Lock icon TODAY’S NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      542 40 RACE1 (Trentham, NZ) 1st 7 Blood Brotha ($107-$37) 2nd 12 Annie Higgins ($31) 3rd 5 Dolmabache ($39) 4th 16 Savanah Rush. Forecast $160. Place forecast $184 (5-7), $102 (5-12), $54 (7-12). Tierce No winner ($799 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio No winner
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      255 40 Reuters Jockey Andrew Heffernan was disqualified from riding for 15 years and three footballers were excluded from being involved in horse racing last Friday, following a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) corruption inquiry. Heffernan was found guilty of conspiring with others to commit a corrupt and fraudulent
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      533 41 RACE 1 (Warwick Farm): 1st 9 Zin Zan Eddie ($135-$30) 2nd 8 Almighty Charge ($18) 3rd 3 That's A Good Idea ($8) 4th 7 Jordan. Forecast $478. Place forecast $21 (3-8), $37 (3-9), $124 (8-9). Tierce No winner ($4943 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $652.
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      1493 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1:2 Track Hero 4 Spin Citi 1 Prinzio 14 Samui Beauty RACE 2:1 Cassandra Shadow 10 Supreme Istana 7 Super Tora 3 Hennessy Dragon RACE 3:1 Coconut 6 Jean Francois 3 General G
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      Lock icon Jolly Victor is the one to beat in Race 7
      2205 42 / 43 RACE 1 (1,600m) GLOBAL FAME (1) was never tested in the straight in a recent sixth over the 1,400m at this level following several close course-and-distance efforts in Class 4. He’ll be hard to keep out of the finish with
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      1573 42 / 43  -  GOING FORECAST: GOOD I COMMENTS BY PHILLIP BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1600m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$540,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 GLOBAL FAME C S SHUM D WHYTE 133 4
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      951 42 / 43 Race 1 C5 (SC) 1800m 8 AMARO UNO 51.5 c 50.5 (39-8) Jackie Chuah (1) 6 4 3 (449) 1 C5 (SC) 1800m XWinning owner: A L A Crabbia. Trainer: T Gillespie. Time: 1min 50.60sec (Going: yielding). Forecast: $83. Tierce: $669. Quartet: $*****. Malaysian W/P: RM8,
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      Lock icon LionsXII crash out amid rule confusion
      603 60 Sundram’s team start match with only 9 players MALAYSIAN FA CUP FIRST-ROUND REPLAY PKNS1 (Fauzan Dzulkifli 18) LIONSXII 0 The LionsXII received a shock just before yesterday’s Malaysian FA Cup match against PKNS. Ninety minutes before kick-off at the Petaling Jaya Stadium in Selangor,
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    • MAD ABOUT GOLF
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        Lock icon Choo shoots another 69 to earn Asian Tour card
        381 44  -  GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg CHOO Tze Huang did himself and Singapore proud. The 25-year-old (right), way beyond the qualifying mark after his first day’s two-over 74, bounced back with three successive 69s to gain an Asian Tour card. And yesterday’s two-under 69
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        Lock icon Tiger thrives at Torrey Pines
        613 44 Reuters Rain or shine, Tiger Woods has generally made Torrey Pines his own playground and it was no different yesterdaymorning (Singapore time). The six-time Farmers Insurance Open champion again brought his sharp form in practice out to the course as he fired a sev-en-under 65
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    • NBA
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        Lock icon Lakers get a lifeline
        565 45 AFP LA LAKERS 102 UTAHJAZZ84 The swagger is back. The high-fives, too. With superstar Kobe Bryant doing his utmost to get his teammates involved, the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 102-84 victory over the Utah Jazz yesterday morning (Singapore time). Dwight
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        Lock icon Wood soars on eagle in Qatar
        344 45 GOLF AFP CHRIS Wood stroked in an eagle on the last hole to win his first European Tour title in spectacular style at the Qatar Masters yesterday. Amid great tension and drama, the 25-year-old Englishman, who needed two birdies over the final four holes,
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    • AUSTRALIAN OPEN
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        Lock icon Azarenka defends title in drama-filled final
        880 46 / 47 AP Victoria Azarenka overcame an often hostile crowd in Melbourne to win back-to-backAustralian Open titles yesterday. The Belarusian beat Li Na 4-6,6-4,6-3 in a dramatic final that contained a break for fireworks, two medical time-outs and a nasty fall to the court by Li.
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        Lock icon LUCKLESS LI
        449 46 / 47 AFP China’s Li Nawas left cursing her luck after she twice took a tumble and briefly knocked herself unconscious in a disastrous Australian Open final yesterday. Li was one set up against Victoria Azarenka when she first went over on her left ankle, and she fell again in
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        Lock icon Bring on the pain
        838 48 Childhood friends Djokovic and Murray will be major foes in today’s final AP Novak Djokovic remembers when he was about 11 and meeting a boy his age named Andy Murray. The young Murray from Dunblane, Scotland, was “quite pale”, recalled the Serbian, known as “The Joker”
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    • LA LIGA
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        Lock icon Garcia fears anger will fire up Real
        434 49 Getafe coach Luis Garcia is not expecting Real Madrid to suffer any hangover from this week’s controversy when his side make the short trip to the Santiago Bernabeu. Real have spent the week denying allegations of a rift between coach Jose Mourinho and
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        Lock icon Osasuna ready to face Barca backlash
        397 49 Osasuna defender Fernando Macedo da Silva knows there is plenty to fear from Barcelona after they followed defeat in La Liga with a solid win over Malaga in the Copa del Rey. Barcelona set up a Copa del Rey El Clasico semi-final against Real
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    • AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
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        Lock icon ALL HAIL KING KENNEDY
        602 50 Zambia goalie scores penalty, boosting his reputation as a master of saving and taking spot-kicks AFP GROUP C ZAMBIA1 (Kennedy Mweene 85-pen) NIGERIA 1 (Emmanuel Emenike 57) Group C provided the African Nations Cup with fireworks yesterday morning (Singapore time). The group’s double-header in Nelspruit offered
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        Lock icon Hosts South Africa on track to reach last eight
        365 50 AFP SOUTH Africa face Morocco in Durban tomorrow morning (Singapore time) knowing a win or draw secures an African Nations Cup last-eight slot and even a loss will not necessarily end their title dreams. Victory for the 2013 hosts guarantees they
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    • S-LEAGUE
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        Lock icon Tampines hit by double blow
        629 51 Fahrudin and Amri suffer injuries in friendly The S-League season Is still three weeks away from kick-off, but Tampines Rovers’ ambitions of a clean sweep of all three domestic football titles have taken a hit. Playing in their first pre-season friendly after their S-League-winning exploits
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        Lock icon Hariss, veterans thrill youngsters
        454 51  -  GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg MORE than 60 budding footballers were given a treat when St Michael’s Soccer Academy (SMSA) celebrated its seventh anniversary at St Joseph’s Institution (SJI) International yesterday. Not only did they get to meet Singapore national player Hariss Harun, some were also given the
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    • EPL
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        Lock icon Zaha will bloom
        732 52 / 53  -  ESPN pundit tells GREGORY LOO why Fergie can mould youngster into a United star 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 currently a football pundit with
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        Lock icon Wilfried can cut it: Salako
        232 52 / 53 Wire Services FORMER Crystal Palace star John Salako feels that Wilfried Zaha has all the raw talent to succeed at the highest level at Manchester United. The Red Devils reached an agreement to sign the highly-rated winger on Friday, but will finish the season with
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        Lock icon Fergie calls de Gea critics ‘idiots’
        542 52 / 53 PA Sport Sir Alex Ferguson has no interest in listening to the “idiots” analysing David de Gea. Gary Neville was critical of the Manchester United goalkeeper in the aftermath of last Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Tottenham, when de Gea’s weak punch led directly to
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        Lock icon ‘Ferdinand can last longer than Giggs and Scholes’
        323 52 / 53 PA Sport SIR ALEX Ferguson has told Rio Ferdinand his ability is not under question even though Manchester United are only prepared to offer him a one-year contract extension. Ferdinand’s present deal expires at the end of the season and it is
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    • FA CUP
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        Lock icon Liverpool close in on Coutinho
        721 54 Inter Milan midfielder Philippe Coutinho could be a Liverpool player as early as tomorrow, according to reports in the Italian media. Coutinho, 20, has been a target for the Reds throughout the January transfer window and, despite insisting he is happy in the Serie A,
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        Lock icon ‘Gerrard is the People’s Champion’
        194 54  -  We asked readers if Steven Gerrard is the greatest Liverpool player. Here are two views. Raymond Ng “BASED on achievements, Steven Gerrard may not be the most successful Liverpool player, but he’s definitely the ‘People’s Champion’. Gerrard’s claim to be the King of the Kop
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        Lock icon Judge him on his ability, not his achievements
        214 54  -  Nick Toh “I AGREE with Barry Whitbread. Gerrard is the King of the Kop. As a Liverpool supporter since 1985, I have always felt that Kenny Dalglish was the best of the lot. That was until a gangly kid with lung-bursting runs
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        Lock icon Lambert: I’m not a quitter
        333 55 PA Sport FOURTH ROUND MILLWALL 2 (Daniel Shittu 27, John Marquis 89) ASTON VILLA 1 (Darren Bent 22) PAUL Lambert has vowed to fight on as Aston Villa manager after a second dismal cup upset this week. Villa were beaten 2-1 by Championship side Millwall
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        Lock icon Freund: Tottenham won’t fall like Leeds
        572 55 PA Sport Steffen Freund insists Tottenham will not repeat the financial mistakes that caused Leeds’ dramatic fall from grace. Spurs head to Leeds tonight looking to book their place in the last 16 of the FA Cup. Had the tie come in Freund’s playing
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        Lock icon Blues ready to fight extra ban on Hazard
        530 56 FA charges Chelsea winger over ball-boy saga Wire Services A three-match ban for his red card might not be enough. Chelsea’s Eden Hazard could get additional punishment for kicking at a ball-hoarding Swansea ball boy in the League Cup semi-fi-nal, second leg
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        Lock icon Chelsea squad not strong enough: Benitez
        455 56 PA Sport RAFAEL Benitez revealed on Friday he had told Roman Abramovich that Chelsea’s squad are not strong enough to cope with the demands of this season. Interim manager Benitez (right) blamed the Blues’ unprecedented series of major trophy failures on a lack of
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        Lock icon Walcott rescues Gunners
        897 57 PA Sport FOURTH ROUND BRIGHTON 2 (Ashley Barnes 33, Leonardo Ulloa 62) ARSENAL 3 (Olivier Giroud 16,56, Theo Walcott 85) Theo Walcott came off the bench to net a late winner and fire Arsenal into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a thrilling victory at
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        Lock icon Zabaleta saves meddling Mancini
        1149 58 / 59  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg FOURTH ROUND STOKE 0 MAN CITY 1 (Pablo Zabaleta 85) Pablo Zabaleta didn’t just rescue his teammates last night. He rescued his manager. The Manchester City fullback’s calm finish ended a run of draws at the bruising Britannia Stadium, but question marks remain
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          204 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS FA CUP Today: I BRENTFORD v CHELSEA SingTelmioTVCh111 (mioSports),8pm I LEEDS v TOTTENHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 10pm I OLDHAM v LIVERPOOL SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 11.55pm AFRICAN NATIONS CUP Tomorrow: I MOROCCO v SOUTH AFRICA StarHub TV Ch 205 (Eurosport),
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          19 58 / 59 FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 4am
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          18 58 / 59 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: I MEN’S SINGLES FINAL StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mioTVCh 115 (STAR Sports), 4pm
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          42 58 / 59 Today: I CHARLOTTE BOBCATS v MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am I PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS v LA CLIPPERS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 11 am Tomorrow: I NEW YORK KNICKS v ATLANTA HAWKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBATV), 7.30am
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