The New Paper, 8 February 2013

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  • 19 1 the new paper FRIDAY FEB 8 2013 j_ A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 084/01/2013
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    • 76 1 CREDIT CARD CROOKS TARGET MAILBOXES Police arrest five thieves, but bank exec claims others still stealing cards using tong-like device to gain access to mailboxes in HDB blocks Page 2 TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: GARY GOH V Vv tiS, PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. STOP PROBLEM GAMBLING. If problem
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  • News
    • 283 2 / 3 MANY banks in Singapore have implemented sophisticated security measures to combat credit card fraud. The head of Core Cards and Lifestyle Usage at OCBC Bank, Ms Renee Ker, gave The New Paper an overview of the measures the bank uses. SMART CARD CHIPS All OCBC debit
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    • 818 2 / 3  -  Five arrested for stealing credit cards from letter boxes REPORTS: ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Michelle and Michelle Fong and Karen Gwee ARMED with perhaps just a simple tool similar to a pair of tongs, crooks made away with thousands of
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    • 231 2 / 3 2011 A POSTMAN was nabbed for filching credit cards from mail he was delivering and charging $24,400 to them. The 23-year-old Malaysian was said to be responsible for at least 15 credit card thefts since February 2011 and for the unauthorised spending on the cards. The victims found
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    • Parliament
      • 787 4 / 5  -  Disagreements over Population White Paper REPORT: ESTHER NG estherng@sph.com.sg TODAY is the last day of the Population White Paper debate. If the last four days is anything to go by, today’s session will see more spirited debate by House members. So far, one Nominated Member
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      • 421 4 / 5 THE office of the Whip evolved in 18th Century England and referred to the person who paid Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote a particular way. Today, it is chiefly concerned with enforcing party discipline and the lifting of the whip is the chance for MPs
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      • 429 4 / 5  -  REPORT: JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg IT WAS inevitable that the co-driver analogy was going to be used as the People’s Action Party and Workers’ Party crossed swords on the Population White Paper. Yesterday in Parliament, WP chief Low Thia Khiang said it is “our duty to
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    • 609 6  -  Singapore Civil Defence Force says vehicle fires can happen at any time REPORT: RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg MORE vehicles caught fire last year compared to 2011. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said yesterday there were 202 cases of vehicle fires last year, up from 188
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    • 705 7  -  They say son ofDJ Joe Augustin won online contest because of dad’s help REPORT: LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg IT WAS a typical marketing gimmick garner as many “likes” on Facebook as you can to win a prize. But do you have an unfair advantage when
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    • Local News watch
    • 592 10 / 11  -  Karung guni man, contractors fight REPORT: LOW ZHANG QUAN zqlow@sph.com.sg IT WAS a 2kg bag of old newspapers. But it was enough to spark a fight between a karung guni man and a father-son pair of recycling contractors. The incident happened at about
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    • 594 12  -  Workers rush to meet increase in demand for hampers this year TEXT AND PICTURES GAVIN FOO gavinfoo@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Karen Karen Gwee IMAGINE pressing a fast-forward button and you might have a sense of how quickly this hamper maker works. His actions are so
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    • Crime File
      • 262 13  -  He denies charges after being referred to psychiatrist REPORT: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg HE HAD pleaded guilty to raping and sodomising his then 18-year-old half-sister in March 2010. On July 17 last year, the man, 39, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, also admitted
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      • 267 13 HE IS accused of committing a rash act that led to a man’s death after his car hit the rear of a lorry while he was speeding on the East Coast Parkway towards Changi Airport last year. Another four men were hurt in the crash
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      • 76 13 A 60-YEAR-OLD man was charged yesterday with giving false information to the police. Chiang Sing Poon allegedly told Staff Sergeant Siti Hamidah Asmuri last July that his fiancee, Ms Sheng Guo Fang, had been kidnapped by loan sharks, who demanded $90,000 for her release.
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    • Global News watch
    • 336 17 Armed men stage daring heist in Seremban FOUR armed men carried out an audacious robbery at a goldsmith shop in Taman Senawang Jaya in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, on Wednesday and made offwith 11 trays of jewellery. Seremban police chief Saiful Azly Kamaruddin
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    • 460 18 Police in Papua New Guinea helpless as mob torches 20-year-old A YOUNG mother accused of sorcery was stripped naked, doused with petrol and burned alive in front of a crowd that included schoolchildren in Papua New Guinea (PNG), reports said yesterday. The woman, named by
      PICTURES: AFP  -  460 words
    • 226 18 A MAN who had offered his house as a daycare centre for toddlers at a low rate turned out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Cabby Phetnamnueng Toaim was nabbed for allegedly raping two toddlers placed at his residence. Thai police
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    • 168 18 A KORAN recitation teacher in Bogor, Indonesia, has been sentenced for molesting 13 of his students. Nana Suryana, 48, was found guilty on Wednesday of violating Article 81 of the 2002 Law on Child Protection. He was j ailed eight years and fined the
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    • 555 19 Concerns over credibility as food blogging gains popularity in Asia AFP NEW passions for different foods and eateries are being stirred across Asia, thanks to the rise and dominance of food blogs. Malaysians for instance, are trying new foods as the food-blogging, or “flogging”, scene
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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  • Racing
    • 977 31  -  KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg IN HIS first trial back last week from a long enforced holiday, champion sprinter ROCKET MAN took it easy and finished third. That trial certainly shaved the rough edges off the Patrick Shaw-trained seven-year-old, shaping him up to win
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    • 505 31 CHAMPION sprinter ROCKET MAN showed he is getting close to a return to the racetrack with a barrier trial victory at Kranji yesterday morning. Ridden by Barend Vorster, Rocket Man breezed home in the 1,000m hit-out, scoring by 51/4lengths from Hot Gold (Steven King)
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    • 450 32 / 33 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 5 5 Takis Andrew Frost 5 3 Takis Takis Sacred Crown 4 3 6 5 Gravlax 4 7 Sacred Crown Incredible Hulk 2 RACE Gravlax 1 Hello Good Buy 4 Lucky Dapper 4 9 2 7 Sugartime Jazz 1
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    • 1457 32 / 33 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 OB 53 D2 6.20 -1700m Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****6 Chief Secretary 58 (52) D Beasley 7 (6nzg L Laxon-Perfectum) 2 *****- Amazon Boy 56.5 (49) S King 4 (6safg
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    • 38 32 / 33 BESTBET DUE: Two-time winner Takis (above) is knocking on the door again with two seconds in his last two starts and can take today’s opening race, says Tan Thean Loon. TNP FILE PICTURE
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    • 517 32 / 33 KRANJI KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK WILLIAM LOW’S GUIDE TO YESTERDAY’S KRANJI GALLOPS BY MONDAY’S RUNNERS: RACE 1: SS The Sprinter (I Saifudin) 37.8. Audio Friend) )36.8. Bring Me The Money 36.5. RACE 2: Dreammaker (WL Tan) 36.4. Zac Spirit (J Powell) 36.9. Lady Power )(A Munro) 35.5. RACE 3: Lord Brompton
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    • 1508 34 / 35 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI POLYTRACKMEETING RACE1 (1,700m) 1 Chief Secretary)))Has been around the mark in tougher races. Has plenty of weight but better than most of these. 2 Amazon Boy)Well back last start and needs to improve. 3 Sacred Crown)))Maiden who is racing consistently
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    • Article, Illustration
      954 34 / 35 Race Card 8-2-2013 Friday EUROPE 8:00 PM Pau 1 CLASS €34,000 PRIX DE L’ADOUR CHASE 3900m No Form Name 1 *****2 2 *****4 3 502 4 0800 5 ***** 6 533 7 611 Nice Chief Viril Mais Correct Saintlor Jack Is Back Kelthomas Votre Plaisir Suzerain Age Wgt
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      1154 34 / 35 8-2-2013 (Friday) 7:35pm 1 Cl 5,6 THE LIGURIAN HK$150,000 turf1800m 1 *****3 Amazing Treasure 5-a-g 6]d L Jurado 30 130 YY Choy/YT Lam *****42 Goal Post 5-nz-g [10]d YM Choi -8 30 130 KC Hoi *****90 Fortune Duke 3-a-g [11] M Boo 28 128 WT Lai *****89 Sunshine
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    • 1198 36 I COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Moonee Valley (3,000m) 4 PHIZUP (M P Hyland) 7g (30:5-6-4): Always prominent in easy 2¼ len win (54.5) 3,000m Ballarat (68) dead trk Jan 30. Expect a forward showing. 5 TORANOS (M C
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    • 214 36 3:45 Race 1 MOONEE VALLEY 3000M MOONEE VALLEY 3000M 1 GRAND DUCAL CNEWITT (D 60 2 HIGH KINGCZAR 4:00 Race 2 CANTERBURY 1900M (3) 55.5 3 PLATINUM JACK KMCEVOY (7) 55 4 PHIZUP 4:15 Race 3 MOONEE VALLEY 1200M (5) 55 5 TORANOS L
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  • Sports
    • Sports watch
      • 117 37 AFP EUROPEAN champions Chelsea revealed yesterday that they are to play friendly matches in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia during a pre-sea-son tour of Asia in July. Chelsea last toured Asia at the beginning of last season, which culmi- nated in victories
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      • 117 37 AFP LIVERPOOL defender Jamie Carragher will retire from football at the end of this season, the English Premier League club said in a statement yesterday. “This will be my last season at Liverpool and my last as a
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      • 119 37 Reuters KEVIN Garnett recorded a sea-son-high 27 points as the Boston Celtics continued to prosper in the absence of Rajon Rondo by holding off the Toronto Raptors 99-95 to secure a fifth successive win yesterday morning (Singapore time). The Celtics, who were expected
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      • 531 37 TENNIS AFP RAFAEL Nadal made a triumphant singles return after a seven-month absence, beating qualifier Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the ATP clay-court tournament in Chile. “I’m happy to play a singles match after so long,” Nadal said. “I need days
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    • 312 39 Reuters THE head of world soccer governing body Fifa said yesterday that cheats would always exist in the sport and it would be impossible to stop them, after revelations of a global match-fixing scandal this week. European police revealed on Monday that about 680
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    • 794 39 AP WIDESPREAD drug use by elite athletes and links with organised crime uncovered in a year-long Australian government investigation have rocked a nation that prides itself on its sporting achievements and its collective notion of fair play. “The findings are shocking and will disgust
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    • Mad About Golf
      • 431 40 Campbell attracts highest auction bid of $73,000 A TEAM-BASED golf event inspired by cricket’s Indian Premier League and starring a host of Major winners tees off today, with organisers hoping the “snappy” format will attract new fans to the sport. British Open winner Darren
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      • 115 40 GOLF Digest is organising the inaugural Nike Open golf championship at the World Classic Course at Laguna National. The event, set for an afternoon tee-off on March 7, is expected to be highly popular as there is an attractive goodie bag. For $550, each golfer
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      • 424 40 Reuters CELEBRITIES such as actor Bill Murray and singer Huey Lewis have established a high profile at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but no one will command a greater share of the spotlight this week than defending champion Phil Mickelson. Fresh from a scintillating display
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    • African Nations Cup
      • 539 41 But key player Pitroipa shown red card Reuters SEMI-FINAL GHANA1 (Wakaso Mubarak 13-pen) BURKINA FASO 1 (Aristide Bance 60) I Burkina Faso win 3-2 on penalties after extra time BURKINA Faso won a first African Nations Cup final place yesterday morning (Singapore time) after a
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      • 452 41 Reuters SEMI-FINAL NIGERIA 4 (Elderson Echiejile 25, Brown Ideye 30, Momo Sissoko o.g. 44, Ahmed Musa 56) MALI 1 (Cheick Diarra 75) NIGERIA displayed the class of real champions when they crushed Mali 4-1 and stayed on course to win the African
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    • International Friendlies
      • 673 42 Wire Services SPAIN 3 (Cesc Fabregas 16, Pedro Rodriguez 52,75) URUGUAY1 (Cristian Rodriguez 32) VICENTE del Bosque had his eye fixed on battles to come in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and this summer’s Confederations Cup when the Spain coach gave three players their debuts
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      • 587 43 PA Sport HOLLAND 1 (Jeremain Lens 33) ITALY 1 (Marco Verratti 90+1) ITALYhead coach Cesare Prandelli admitted abandoning his original game plan to force a 1-1 draw against Holland yesterday morning (Singapore time) and his substitutions proved to be a masterstroke. With Gianluigi
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      • 395 43 AFP SWEDEN 2 (Jonas Olsson 18, Rasmus Elm 90+5) ARGENTINA 3 (Gonzalo Higuain 3,29, Sergio Aguero 19) ARGENTINA defeated Sweden 3-2 in an international friendly yesterday morning (Singapore time) in a match where superstar strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi were both off target. Argentina
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      • 764 44 / 45  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg FRANCE1 (Mathieu Valbuena 44) GERMANY 2 (Thomas Mueller 51, Sami Khedira 73) PATRICE Evra might have some explaining to do. The night before a French training session, he was photographed at a Parisian nightclub with Playboy twins Carle and Melissa Howe. Neither
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      • 643 44 / 45 Wire Services GERMANY coach Joachim Loew saw a lot of positives in his side’s 2-1 win over France yesterday morning (Singapore time), but he also noted there is room for improvement. The Germans may claim to have little interest in statistics, having beaten France in
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      • 691 46 / 47  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK ENGLAND2 (Wayne Rooney 27, Frank Lampard 60) BRAZIL 1 (Fred 48) THERE are worse ways to prepare for crucial World Cup qualifiers. England opened up 2013 with their first victory over Brazil in 23 years, and only their
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      • 552 46 / 47 Wire Services FRANK Lampard believes England’s 2-1 win over Brazil proves Roy Hodgson’s side finally have enough weapons to go head to head with the world’s best teams. After the dour reign of Fabio Capello and a cautious start to the Hodgson era, England
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      • 158 46 / 47 AP PRESIDING over Brazil’s first loss to England in 23 years caused Luiz Felipe Scolari little concern. In fact, the returning coach saw yesterday morning’s (Singapore time) 2-1 defeat as a good omen. His first stint in charge of the Brazilians in 2001 also
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      • 505 46 / 47 Wire Services ENGLISH football held its breath twice this week because of Paul Gascoigne firstly when he was admitted to an alcohol treatment centre and secondly after Jack Wilshere showed England may finally have found his heir apparent. Gascoigne became a national hero with
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    • Asian Cup Qualifiers
      • 491 48 / 49 Wire Services SAUDI ARABIA 2 (Fahad Al-Muwallad 23, Naif Hazazi 77) CHINA 1 (Zhao Xuri 29) SAUDI Arabia kicked off their 2015 Asian Cup qualifying campaign yesterday morning (Singapore time) with a 2-1 victory over China, ending a dismal run of form that
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      • 331 48 / 49 FACING RACISM IN FOOTBALL AFP JAPANESE footballers need to develop thicker skins to deal with the racism of the European leagues, national team goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (right) said. The Standard Liege goalkeeper was speaking after it emerged striker Yuki Nakamura had left his
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      • 652 48 / 49  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg THE gulf in the football standards between Middle Eastern nations and South-east Asian countries couldn’t be more stark, if the Asian Cup Qualifiers on Wednesday were anything to go by. All five Asean nations involved Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,
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      • 285 48 / 49 RESULTS TABLES RESULTS IOman 1 Syria 0 I Jordan 4 Singapore 0 GROUP A P W D L F A Pts 1 Jordan 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 Oman 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 Syria 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Singapore
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      • 757 50 / 51  -  SHAHRIL ISHAK npsports@sph.com.sg I HATE to lose. None of us in the team likes to lose, much less lose a game 4-0. But this is the reality Jordan were too good for us, and we couldn’t find a way to goal.
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      • 558 50 / 51  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg WHEN they won the Suzuki Cup in December, Singapore’s defence was hailed as the best in South-east Asia. At the King Abdullah International Stadium on Wednesday night, that same defence was left in tatters, as the Lions received a 4-0 footballing lesson
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      • ON TV
        • 268 50 / 51 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tomorrow: I TOTTENHAM v NEWCASTLE SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 8.45pm I CHELSEA v WIGAN SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium), 10.55pm I SWANSEA v QPR SingTel mio TV Ch 104 (mio Stadium), 10.55pm I NORWICH v FULHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 105
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        • 36 50 / 51 JOBURGOPEN Today: I DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 6.30pm PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM Tomorrow: I DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 4am
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