The New Paper, 17 February 2013

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1 60 The New Paper
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      57 1 ALLEGED AMERICAN SUICIDE S’pore police want family to surrender hard drive 10 LIONSXII 3 PAHANG 0 Young guns deliver in thumping win 58 Feb 17 2013 TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH REUNITEDS’porean, 24, meets sister for first time in Malaysia3 TNP PICTURE: GAVIN FOO GROUND ZERO SMRT faces a public perception
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon When life throws you a curveball, wrestle it
      612 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg Psst, here’s a secret. I grew up on a steady diet of wrestling on TV as a child. Not the classic Greco-Roman fights of the Olympics. But the flying tackles, off-the-rope splashes and “piledrivers” of what was known
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      135 2 FEATURES 16 A silent love story Their love speaks volumes 18 Thai thai, must try Dennis Foo eats his words and opens a booming Thai disco 30 Wrestlemania Singapore Singapore wrestler makes a Statement COLUMNS 13 Confessions Bak kwa boss’ recipe is closely guarded 28 Makansutra KF Seetoh on CNY
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon DOUBLE JOY
      1588 3  -  Separated at birth in 1988, twin sisters have a very special Chinese New Year reunion REPORT: LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg They had been separated at birth. But the bond was obvious from the moment the identical twins met in a sleepy Malaysian town in Pahang yesterday afternoon. Smiles and
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      Lock icon Twins finding each other around the world...
      674 6 CHINA Ms Bao Lulin first realised she had a mysterious lookalike in 2009when she was helping a relative with his fruit stand. Four elderly women approached Ms Bao to ask when she had returned from Fujian province and why she had not informed
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      Lock icon ...but this woman is still looking
      419 6  -  REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Deepavali last year was especially sweet for Madam S. Vasantha Kumari. She was able to enjoy the festival with her biological father, Mr Oh Lai Seng. Her son had tracked down Mr Oh and his family through Facebook. Adopted
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      Lock icon S’pore police want engineer’s hard drive
      539 10 Questions over death of American The police have asked for an external hard drive recovered by the family of an American electronics engineer from the Singapore apartment where he was found dead last year. The police are working with no prior assumptions and remain
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      161 10 +10 On the critical response to the Population White Paper in Parliament, PM Lee Hsien Loong pledged that the Government will see how it can do better next time, including its communication. +10 The transport fare review committee will make its recommendations in May, so that it can
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    • Mind the gap year
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        Lock icon Off to chase their sporting goals
        806 14 / 15 Windsurfer Audrey Yong and sprinter Gary Yeo decided to put away their books for a year to focus on their sport. It means graduating a year behind their peers, but they are willing to take it in their stride. Audrey, 18, a bronze medallist
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        Lock icon Sketching out his artistic dreams
        551 14 / 15 More Singaporean students are taking a gap year, or a year off school, to focus on self-development through sports, exploring the arts, starting a social enterprise or just getting a head start on working life. Benson Ang reports For young artist Melvin Tan, a gap
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        Lock icon Inspired to become a social entrepreneur
        469 14 / 15 For Mr AngKarYong, 21, devoting time to helping others was reason enough to go on a gap year. The Malaysian, who is studying at the National University of Singapore, tells The New Paper on Sunday: “I’ve always liked helping people, and I think it
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      Lock icon Their love speaks volumes
      1046 16 / 17  -  In sickness and in health, goes the wedding vow. This deaf couple share their love story REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg THESE penpals’ meeting in Shanghai brought music into their silent world. He’s Singaporean and she’s a Chinese national. He could only write letters in English, and
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      Lock icon Thai Thai must try!
      1236 18 / 19  -  Nightclub veteran Dennis Foo, who used to deride Thai discos as the ‘flower shop business’, has opened one and it’s even more successful than Mandopop sensation Dragonfly REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Nightclub tycoon Dennis Foo rarely eats his words. But last year, he gobbled down what
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    • Article
      Lock icon Show your love, buy a garland
      486 18 / 19 Thai discos are popping up faster than you can say Sawadee (a Thai greeting). This is thanks to their growing popularity with 30-some-thing, mostly Chinese-speaking, working professionals. There are reportedly at least 20 such discos here, including Club Nana at Magazine Road and Pure
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      Lock icon TWICE into the DEATH ZONE
      822 20  -  He tried to conquer Mount Everest once and came close to death. Then, he went again REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Mountaineer Grant Rawlinson came close to death on his first attempt up Mount Everest, but went back the next year and conquered it. So he
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      Lock icon She was in ‘abusive relationship’ before
      618 22 Slain model was set to speak about boyfriend before Oscar Pistorius South African model Reeva Steenkamp was scheduled to deliver a Valentine’s Day speech. She was set to disclose that she was once in an “abusive relationship”. The 29-year-old model was shot dead, allegedly
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      Lock icon Our classmate, THE ROBOT
      710 23 US boy with life-threatening allergies attends school remotely via a robot In a school hallway, a US teacher takes her students to the library. She’s leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that’s perfectly ordinary until you get to a sleek white robot with
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      Lock icon Tweet exposes love child of US congressman
      469 24 His tweets to 24-year-old daughter during Obama address are mistaken as flirty messages to ‘mistress’ As US President Barack Obama outlined his major policies during the State-of-the-Union Address on Tuesday, one congressman was busy with his mobile phone. Mr Steven Cohen, a 64-year-old
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      Lock icon She matchmakes for supermodels and celebrities
      383 24 Supermodels, Hollywood A-listers and chief executives of multinational firms call her with one request find us love. For celebrity matchmaker Amber Kelleher-Andrews, every day is Valentine’s Day as she tries to find love for a select group of “VIPs” who pay up to US$150,000
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      Lock icon Harlem Shake the next ‘Gangnam style’?
      222 24 Hot on the heels of South Korean rapper Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is a new dance craze. The Harlem shake has been sweeping through offices, universities and even a museum. It began as a dance in the 1980s but the latest version featured on a
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      Lock icon IT DOESN'T HURT TOO MUCH IF YOU DO IT RIGHT
      721 30 / 31  -  Co-founder of Singapore’s first pro wrestling league says he wants to turn spectators into wrestlers REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg The audible impact of a body hurtling into the ring at Kampong Ubi Community Centre is terrifying. The wrestler a 1.62m-tall
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon M’sia detains Australian politician
      242 8 / 9 Malaysia detained an Australian politician at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday, branding him a “prohibited immigrant” ahead of his expected deportation. Mr Nick Xenophon, an outspoken independent senator who has been critical of Malaysia’s electoral system, was held upon his arrival from Melbourne. He is
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      Lock icon Facebook says it was target of sophisticated hacking
      90 8 / 9 Reuters Facebook Inc said on Friday that hackers had infiltrated some of its employees’ laptops in recent weeks. Many of the attacks have been traced to China. Facebook said none of its users’ data was compromised. The attacks occurred after some employees
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      Lock icon Divers scour Russian lake after meteor strike injures 1,200
      120 8 / 9 AFP Divers scoured the bottom of a Russian lake yesterday for fragments of a meteoroid that plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball, and whose shockwaves injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes. The 10-tonne meteor streaked across the sky
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      Lock icon IT’S GETTING CROWDED: People gathering at Hong Lim Park yesterday afternoon as part of an event organised by website Transitioning.org, a support group for the unemployed here, to raise concerns over the 6.9 million population figure highlighted in the recent Population White Paper. By evening, people were spilling onto the streets around the park.
      60 8 / 9 IT’S GETTING CROWDED: People gathering at Hong Lim Park yesterday afternoon as part of an event organised by website Transitioning.org, a support group for the unemployed here, to raise concerns over the 6.9 million population figure highlighted in the recent Population White Paper. By evening, people were spilling onto the
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      Lock icon Be confident of S’pore’s future
      345 8 / 9 PM Lee tells couples thinking of raising kids: Singapore should be a good place to find a partner and settle down. And couples should have confidence in Singapore’s future and want it to be the best place to raise their children. That was part of
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      Lock icon Lee Kuan Yew in hospital because of irregular heartbeat
      122 8 / 9 Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was hospitalised on Friday because of an irregular heartbeat that led to a brief stoppage of blood flow to the brain. The Prime Minister’s Office said yesterday that Mr Lee was ad- mitted to Singapore
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      Lock icon Hawker centre run by social enterprise opens in Bedok
      104 8 / 9 Kampung@Simpang Bedok, Singapore’s first privately-operated hawker centre, officially opened for business yesterday. It has 32 stalls and is managed by Best Of Asia, a social enterprise started by a group of 12 friends. Best of Asia, led by Ms Deirdre Murugasu,
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      Lock icon Mystery gold gifts for Japanese city
      121 8 / 9 AFP A Japanese city devastated by the 2011 tsunami has received anonymous gifts of gold worth more than US$250,000 (S$309,200), in a phenomenon dubbed a “goodwill gold rush” ahead of the second anniver- sary of the disaster. The president of the company which operates
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    • BOOBOO BOX
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        50 8 / 9 The number of years it took for a boy’s postcard to make it home to mum. In 1967, Bert Jacobson, 13, sent the postcard from a museum in Pennsylvania, US. It arrived in Oklahoma last Friday, reported AP. The card reads: “Mom, Hi. We’ve been having a great time.”
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        Lock icon US$5.1 m
        47 8 / 9 Gerard Butler (right) is suing the producers of Motor City for that amount (S$6.3 million) in damages. He claimed he was not paid after the film was scrapped. Production ended abruptly when backing for the revenge thriller fell through two weeks before shooting. PICTURE: AFP
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      • Article
        Lock icon 4.5kg
        53 8 / 9 The weight of a baby born to a woman who found out only on that day she was pregnant. Mrs Linda Ackley, 44, from Michigan, US, thought she had a hernia and went to hospital for a CT scan last Friday. Instead, she gave birth to a girl, via
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        47 8 / 9 This IQ test score of a self-proclaimed “blonde and a bit ditzy” girl, 16, from Essex, England, was stunning. Lauren Marbe’s 161 beat Bill Gates and even Albert Einstein, SWNS reported. The teen, who was very proud of her high score, enjoys fake tanning and manicures.
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      Lock icon OF FLOWERS AND SNAKES
      64 8 / 9  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION ’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg The annual floral event Sentosa Flowers has been around since 2005. For the first time in its history, it’s being held at the beach. Besides flowers, there are also other interesting displays being featured, some created for the
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      219 11 i i Gim Tim Group of Restaurants Gim Tim Group Of Restaurants WEDD N 0 3 p MV v "CM*. J f ■<*9 a ffetil vft Rn ft If AJ /_i ak I Li Kg Start another chapter of your life with an elegant wedding at Tim Palace. Tim Palace,
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon SMRT’s public perception issue
      791 12  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg In a week where the acquittal of former CPIB chief Ng Boon Gay could have set tongues wagging, it was transportation that got the attention of most of the people whom this correspondent met. “Can you please tell someone to fix the
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  • CONFESSIONS of a bak kwa boss
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      847 13  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg Don’t bother making Mr Rod Lim an offer for the secret recipe to the popular Lim Chee Guan bak kwa marinade. Only his wife and their two older sons have been taught how to prepare the family recipe. He guards it
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      246 16 / 17 f > ■SIM GLOBAL EDUCATION DIPLOMA PROGRAMME Global Knowledge Gain deeper insights with SIM Global Education Jennifer Mulia Student, Diploma in Accounting SIM, Singapore rs Possessing the relevant knowledge is useful, but knowing how to apply it can make all the difference. The SIM Diploma in Accounting teaches you to
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  • AFTER DARK ORCHARD TOWERS
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      Lock icon ‘four floors of whores’
      772 21  -  In the second part of our series, we go to another area in S’pore with a seedy reputation to find what really happens after dark Outside the ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg It is best known as a hotspot for sleaze. But among the curious mix of
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      33 23 Rewards For Life” Congratulations To the following winners of our CIMB Credit Cards Christmas 2012 Promotion. All winners will be notified by post. CIMB Bank Berhad (*****-f) ASEAN FOR YOU Q CIMB BANK
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      248 25 t An ancient war is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack (Nicholas Moult),
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon HED CHEF
      385 27  -  It was just a plain wooden box, but its contents provided one of the highlights of Madam Helen Lee’s time working in Shenton Way in the 80s. HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Two or three times a week, a Malay man would pedal into town with the wooden box on
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      Lock icon Fried mee siam
      488 27 INGREDIENTS I 400g dried beehoon I 200g fresh prawns I 2 pieces of tau kwa (dried beancurd) I 100g koo chye (garlic chives), cut into 4-cm lengths I 2 red chillies, sliced I 2 green chillies, sliced I 3-4 tbsp tau cheo (fermented soya bean paste) I
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      Lock icon The most meaningful meal
      381 28  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg It takes trouble and time to prepare chilled chicken. Rub it with salt, wash it, stuff it with ginger, pandan, garlic and spring onions, then gently lower it into a pot of stock simmering at 90 deg C. And more often than
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      Lock icon Gems among CNY set meals
      576 28 It wasn’t too long ago thatyou could not find a place to eat out during the first few days of Chinese New Year. This was especially so on Chinese New Year’s eve. Many restaurants closed to allow their staff to attend the all-important reunion dinner,
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon ‘The Doctor’ is in (form)
      820 29  -  BIKER BOY No excuses now for 9-time world champ Rossi, who finds speed on Yamaha M-1 ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg Better hold on to your popcorn bowls when the MotoGP starts in Qatar this April. It’s going to be a rocking season. That’s because
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Bag only what you need
      293 32  -  REPORT: CELINE CHEN cceline@sph.com.sg These cute bags are perfect for a weekend jaunt or a night out. If you’re the type who carries their whole life in a bag, it’s high time you learn to carry only the essentials. Chuck away the excess and take
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon MOTHERHOOD MEETS HIPSTER
      746 33 Every shop needs a hook. That unique something to stand out from the crowd, even if it a quirky name... When I first heard of Super Mama, I wasn’t sure if it was an early-learning centre or an upsized “mama shop”. It turned out to be an
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon Style over substance
      732 34  -  ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg p@sph.com.sg I Zul Andra has been covering Singapore’s nightlife since 2005. He writes about drinking, parties and dance music for various magazines and websites. Follow him on Twitter @zulandra. AFTER 7 The first page of the booklet-sized menu reads: It would be nice if
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      Lock icon PICK OF THE WEEK
      60 34 From Minneapolis (the city that gave us Prince), José James’ distinctive style combines modern and old-school jazz, R&B and hip hop. Signed to the legendary Blue Note label, the award-winning singer is in town to promote his fourth album, No Beginning No End. Where: TAB, Orchard
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      Lock icon PROMOTION OF THE WEEK
      44 34 The folks at No.5 Emerald Hill Cocktail Bar are having a one-for-one martini promotion, available daily between 9pm and 1am. Listen for the bell that kicks off the promotion and for $16, you get two martinis (usual price, $14 each).
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      Lock icon PIC OF THE WEEK
      44 34 These party people were spoilt for choice, with two highly acclaimed DJs at Zouk on Feb 8. Wolfgang Gartner and Dennis Ferrer blew the roof off with their house and techno mixes at the main room and Velvet Underground respectively.
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      34 34 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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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Most wanted ang moh match fixer
      819 35  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES MY mother-in-law contacted me on “Face-up”. She meant Whatsapp. But she has confused the social media app with Facebook for so long that none of us have the heart to correct her. Her “Face-up” message contained just two words: Be
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      Lock icon Die-hard censors spoil it
      745 36  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg ACT BLUR Want something to protest? Not something that may or may not happen 17 years from today, but something much, much more serious that is happening in Singapore right now. In fact, it maybe too late. I am, of course,
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Thief arrested after leaving own wallet at crime scene
        143 36 Wire services POLICE arrested a man who allegedly stole wallets from womens’ purses after he left his own wallet and ID behind at the scene. The Lauderdale-by-the-Sea police report said Stephen Maxwell, 47, stole wallets from women’s purses at bars and
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        Lock icon Bonnie the pig spared from becoming bacon
        138 36 Wire services A YOUNG pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa’s popular bacon festival is about to begin. Iowa governor Terry Branstad pardoned the 13.6kg, 21/2-month-old Berkshire pig named Bonnie on Friday morning. The pardon took place outside
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        Lock icon Man bites off, swallows cousin’s ear lobe in fight
        142 36 AP A CONNECTICUT man accused of biting off his cousin’s ear lobe and swallowing it during a fight has pleaded not guilty to assault and other charges. Emilio Mendoza, of Stamford, was arraigned on Wednesday in Stamford Superior Court and ordered
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Doomed fun with Ben and Kate
      696 37  -  MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg lim@sph.com.sg As a general rule, I try not to fall in love with US shows I know are on the chopping block. I just hate not knowing how it all ends. Who ends up with whom? How was that situation resolved?
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      110 37 Win tickets to Jack The Giant Slayer The classic Jack And The Beanstalk fairy tale gets an updated twist in this fantasy action. British up-and-comer Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class) plays the titular hero, a young farmer who leads an expedition into the land of the giants, hoping to rescue
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Ronnie Brown can get his act right
      1550 39 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S TURF AND POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Damaipuri)))Went close to breaking maiden status last start. Will pay to follow. 2 Gypsy Magic)))Significant drop back to winning grade. Will improve and watch for support. 3 New Lease Of
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      Lock icon MAI GURU (Race 10 No. 6)
      265 40 / 41  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg The Desmond Koh-trained MAI GURU is due for a win. Since he resumed from a 4 1 /4-month spell on Dec 2 last year, the three-year-old New Zea-land-bred had raced three times for two wins and a fourth. His
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE C/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1523 40 / 41 Going forecast: Yielding (Turf); Good (Polytrack) RACE 1 C5 D1 1.15 -1200m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 77-572 Damaipuri 57 (43) S John 10 (4nzg HK Tan-King Villa) 2 83--00 Gypsy Magic 57 (43)
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      486 40 / 41 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 4 4 Premier Grade Andrew Frost 4 6 6 Whirlrunner 1 8 Premier Grade Premier Grade Damaipuri Whirlrunner 6 4 1 8 Savilhro 2 RACE 4 3 Savilhro New Lease Of Life 5 Whirlrunner Damaipuri 1 Domenico Domenico 4
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      856 40 / 41 Last Friday’s Singapore Turf Club Stipendiary Stewards’ Report highlights: RACE 1 TRUMPADAL: Jumped awkwardly inwards; bumped. MONFERRATO: Bumped. OUR ALCHEMIST: Bumped and became unbalanced, losing ground. DIAMOND SITARA: Steadied when crowded; returned cast near-fore plate. SINATRA: Taken outwards. SIR RUMBLE: Raced wide without cover throughout.
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      Lock icon Full Value has strong claims in Race 5
      2196 42 / 43  -  I COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1 (1,200m) GENERAL DANROAD (1) was not disgraced in two recent Class 4 runs after rattling home for seconds in his opening three over this course and distance at
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      1500 42 / 43 RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF 1200m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$540,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 GENERAL DANROAD K W LUI Z PURTON 133 5 2 HANNIBAL BARCA P O'SULLIVAN T CLARK 133 6 3 MULTIEXPRESS A S CRUZ M CHADWICK
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      1000 42 / 43 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1300m C5 (LC) 1300m XWinning stable: Cat Racing. Trainer: BT Lim. Time: 1min 18.00sec (good). Forecast: $33. Tierce: $202. Quartet: $607. Malaysian W/P: RM15, RM5, RM6, RM8. P Forecast: $11 (1-3), $10 (3-7), $6 (1-7). Trio: $41. Quadro: $51. Course scratchings: 15:Honour
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      Lock icon Statewide set to complete a double
      719 44 I COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS GERALDTON/ALICE SPRINGS RACE 1 Geraldton (2,000m) 6 LONGSTRIDE (Runs:16 Wins:1(1G) Places:5): Lg hd 11/2 len 3rd 54kg to Just James in 1,937m Gldton Open Feb 7 (5th settling, 8th at 800m, 4th at 400m). 3 HEL
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      441 44 1:34 Race 1 GERALDTON 2000M 1 BENEVOUS CHRIS PARNHAM (2) 61 2 JUST JAMES M R FORDER (5) 59.5 3 HEL COOL MS S STARLEY (4) 56.5 CHRIS PARNHAM (2) 6 LONGSTRIDE BEN PATERSON (3) 54 2:25 Race 2 ALICE SPRINGS 1100M 1 COUNTER
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      Lock icon Black Caviar returns from injury for 23rd straight victory
      250 45 Australian champion sprinter Black Caviar broke the 1,000m track record at Flemington in Melbourne yesterday, as the unbeaten mare enjoyed a comfortable return to action by romping home in a race named in her honour. Reuters Making her first start since
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND RESULTS
      960 45 RACE 1 (Rosehill) 1st 5 Rebel Dane ($18-$7) 2nd 7 Urquidez ($13) 3rd 6 Taxmeifyoucan ($34) 4th 3 Ashokan. Forecast $48. Place forecast $53 (5-6), $15 (5-7), $39 (6-7). Tierce $1084. Trio $233. Quartet $662. Quadro $171. RACE 2 (Flemington) 1st 9 Sheer Talent
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      Lock icon AND NOW, FOR FANDI’S JOHOR
      162 60  -  DAVID LEE Bring them on! Buoyed by last night’s thumping 3-0 home win over early Malaysian Super League pacesetters Pahang, LionsXII coach V Sundramoorthy feels his team have what it takes to go to Larkin Stadium on Tuesday and get all three points against moneybags
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        542 46 James fires back after Jordan says Bryant’s is the NBA’s best player LeBron James has been in front of enough cameras and dealt with immense fame for long enough that he was ready to deliver his lines with ease when the inevitable topic was
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        289 46 Reuters USAIN Bolt, do not quit your day job. The world’s fastest man played in a celebrity basketball game yesterday morning (Singapore time) in the run-up to tomorrow’s NBA All-Star game and failed to impress the crowd or himself –with his skills. Bolt
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        738 47 All week, Serena Williams played down the prospect of returning to No. 1, but when it happened, she couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. AP The 15-time Grand Slam winner replaced top-ranked Victoria Azarenka yesterday morning (Singapore time), after coming from a set down to beat
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        Lock icon Nadal through to Brazil Open semis
        265 47 AFP RAFAEL Nadal advanced to the semi-finals of the Brazil Open yesterday morning (Singapore time), with a difficult three-set win over Argentine Carlos Berlocq. The 26-year-old Spaniard, ranked No. 5 in the world, won his singles quarter-final match 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours
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        222 47 AFP FRENCHMAN Julien Benneteau sent defending champion Roger Federer crashing out of the Rotterdam World Tennis tournament yesterday morning (Singapore time) with a stunning 6-3,7-5 quarter-final upset. Federer, who lifted the trophy in his last two appearances in 2005 and 2012, last suffered defeat in the
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        481 48  -  Former Aussie PGA pro Doolan will help TNP readers with a weekly golf tip ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg It’s called a shank. But have you ever wondered why your golf ball flies way right when you hit it? Do you need someone to
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        137 48 Why should I take up golf as a sport? GARRY DOOLAN: FOR exercise, for fun, for business, networking and just plain enjoyment. On the exercise level, when you see a golf pro in full swing, he is using 90 per cent of the muscles in his
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        Lock icon Shin, Ko share lead at Royal Canberra
        231 48 AFP NEW Zealand amateur Lydia Ko moved within sight of a historic second US LPGA Tour win at the age of just 15 when she (right) shot a 70 to share the Women’s Australian Open third-round lead with Shin Jiyai yesterday. Lydia, who
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        Lock icon Bae and Jacobson set Riviera pace
        196 48 Reuters SOUTH Korean Bae Sang Moon upstaged some of the game’s biggest names by taking the joint-lead with Swede Fredrik Jacobson in the second round of the Northern Trust Open in California yesterday morning (Singaporetime). On another glorious morning of sunshine at Riviera Country
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        Lock icon Marksaeng, Lascuna in final-day match-up
        94 48 PRAYAD Marksaeng of Thailand and Filipino Antonio Lascuna set up a final-day shoot-out in the US$100,000 ($120,000) Singha Esan Open after contrasting rounds in Thailand yesterday. Prayad, 47, rode a hot putter to a 66 to join 42-year-old Lascuna, who had a day to forget
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        Lock icon Home up for title fight
        496 49  -  Lee happy with pre-season and says Protectors can challenge the favourites SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg They had a first-hand look at the favourites for the 2013 S-League title last night. And they also got the chance to check out their arch-rivals. After watching reigning champions
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        Lock icon Six young hopefuls receive a surprise
        306 49  -  JASPAL SINGH jsgrewal@sph.com.sg FORMER Singapore captain Nazri Nasir was on a secret scouting mission at Nike’s “Be Mercurial Elite Training” camp yesterday at St Patrick’s School. The camp’s theme was “Speed” and featured 100 of the fastest “B” Division players from six schools in
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        Lock icon Piti in wait for Mourinho’s 100th game
        457 50 Wire Services Rayo Vallecano captain Francisco Medina Luna intends to spoil Jose Mourinho’s 100th league game in charge of Real Madrid tomorrow morning (Singapore time). The 31-year-old striker, also known as “Piti”, believes they can follow up last Sunday’s 2-1 upset over neighbours
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        Lock icon Balotelli: I’m nearing my best form
        343 50 AC MILAN 2 (Gabriel Paletta 39-og, Mario Balotelli 78) PARMA 1 (Nicola Sansone 90+3) SERIE A Wire Services AC MILAN striker Mario Balotelli admitted that he is almost hitting his best form after netting four goals in three games. The Italian scored a free-kick
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        887 51 LIVERPOOL v SWANSEA (Tonight, 11 pm, SingTel mioTVCh 102) PA Sport Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is disappointed by the scheduling of today’s EPL clash with Swansea at Anfield. In this weekend’s only top-flight fixture, the Reds, who have already played twice in the past seven
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        683 52 / 53 PA Sport Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced Manchester United have a stronger squad now than their 1999 Treble-winning campaign. Twelve points clear in the Premier League title race, following Wednesday’s draw against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, United are still on course to repeat that historic
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        Lock icon Rooney has failed to realise his potential
        605 52 / 53  -  Compared to Ronaldo, the United striker is just ‘very good’, Fox Sports pundit tells SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ 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.
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        Lock icon Bale set for some Pep talk
        305 52 / 53 Wire Services HE will re-enter the football arena next season as coach of Bayern Munich, and it looks as if Pep Guardiola will go head-to-head with Real Madrid before the campaign kicks off. The battle will be fought in the transfer market, with Gareth
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        Lock icon Torres still one of the best
        574 54 Benayoun backs striker to regain form PA Sport The fans are on his back but misfiring striker Fernando Torres has the support of teammate Yossi Benayoun and interim manager Rafael Benitez. The Spain striker has one goal in 13 matches after Friday morning’s (Singapore
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        Lock icon Agent: Chelsea sound out Pellegrini
        271 54 PA Sport MANUEL Pellegrini’s agent claims an intermediary representing Chelsea has sounded him out about the availability of the Malaga coach. Jesus Martinez also told a Chilean newspaper that Pellegrini would love to manage in the English Premier League one day and will make a
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        Lock icon Mancini: Leeds won’t be pushovers
        642 55 AFP Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has insisted his side will not underestimate giantkillers Leeds in their FA Cup fifth-round tie at Eastlands tonight. Mancini’s multi-million pound side are virtually out of the English Premier League title race, with the defending champions trailing cross-town rivals
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        433 55 Robbie Rogers reveals he is gay PA Sport LEEDS players offered their support to former teammate Robbie Rogers on Friday, after the American revealed he is gay and announced his retirement from football at the age of 25. Football was left to once again examine
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        632 56 / 57  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg YOUR ENGLISH KAKI FIFTH ROUND ARSENAL 0 BLACKBURN1 (Colin Kazim-Richards72) This was not what Arsene Wenger needed ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Bayern Munich. Having named a strong squad, albeit with his strongest players left on the bench, Blackburn were supposed to have
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        409 56 / 57 PA Sport FIFTH ROUND LUTON 0 MILLWALL3 (James Henry 12, Rob Hulse 36, Dany N’Guessan 86) Millwall manager Kenny Jackett savoured a “fantastic opportunity” for the Championship side after they reached the FA Cup quarter-finals. The Lions saw off non-league Luton 3-0 at Kenilworth Road
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        680 58 / 59  -  Winger scores on his debut as Sundram’s side go second DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg LIONSXII 3 (Faris Ramli 13, Safuwan Baharudin 65, Fazrul Nawaz 77) PAHANG 0 He was Singapore’s sole representative at a global football competition to unearth young talent last year in Barcelona and
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        Lock icon A Causeway clash to savour
        311 58 / 59  -  DAVID LEE IT IS a Causeway clash that should have fans on both sides of the border salivating. The financial muscle of Johor Darul Takzim versus the youthful exuberance of the LionsXII. On one side, established Malaysian internationals aided by marquee signing, Spaniard Daniel Guiza.
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          185 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tuesday: I JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM v LIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 4.30pm FA CUP Today: I CHELSEA v BRENTFORD SingTel mioTVCh 111 (mio Sports 1), 8pm I MAN CITY v LEEDS SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports 1), 10pm I HUDDERSFIELD
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          15 58 / 59 ABN AMRO WORLD TOURNAMENT Today: I FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 9.30pm
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          48 58 / 59 ISPS HANDA AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 11 am AFRICA OPEN Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7pm NORTHERN TRUST OPEN Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 4am
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          18 58 / 59 ASEAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE Today: I SINGAPORE SLINGERS v SAIGON HEAT StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 3pm
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        412 58 / 59 13min: Fullback Irwan Shah latches on to a Shahril Ishak through-ball and cuts it back for Faris, who scores on his second try after his first attempt was blocked. 36min: Fazrul Nawaz has the ball in the net after Pahang goalkeeper spilt Shahril’s shot, but the goal is
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