The New Paper, 24 March 2013

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    22 1 the new paper on sunday March 24 2013 j A SINGAPORE PRE SS HOLDINGS SldJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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      66 1 Who is the real Dan Tan? Brains trust 2nd wife: He’s a heartless liar. Current wife: That’s 100% false S’pore universities creating gadgets to save lives thenewpaper 4 16 March 24 2013 What to wear when you’re looking to hide Hotin the shades 26 TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Choose your role and be happy with it
      466 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances. And one man in his time plays many parts. The phrase from my days as a literature student
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      129 2 FEATURES 4 Who is the real Dan Tan? Second and third wives have their say 12 My family would not let me die (above) S’porean lawyer wakes from coma days after being declared brain-dead to 16 Boffins bonanza Local uni is creating life-saving inventions COLUMNS 11 Confessions of a model
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      44 2 SPORTS 54 Argentina 3 Venezuela 0 Gary Lim says Messi is finally bringing his club style internationally 56 Kazakhstan 0 Germany 3 Neil Humphreys: Germans rock even without striker 58 San Marino 0 England 8 Iain Macintosh: Don’t be fooled by the landslide win
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      698 3 WORKING WORKING is a newsletter by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). In this issue, we discuss the regulation for a weekly rest day or compensation in-lieu for Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs). Building a global competitive workforce and a great workplace are MOM's business outcomes in its vision to develop A
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon WILL THE REAL DAN TAN PLEASE COME FORWARD
      1160 4 / 5  -  Ex-wife says alleged kelong king was unfaithful and that he walked out on family ‘I hated him because he was heartless’ REPORTS: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg He has an apartment near Italy’s Lake Como dubbed the playground of the rich and famous.
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      Lock icon Kelong kingpin or bit player?
      302 4 / 5 Mr Dan Tan Seet Eng’s name first emerged when Germany’s Stern magazine alleged in a July 2011 report that he was the leader of a match-fixing cartel. Before this, in 2010, The New Paper came to know of the existence of a “Dan Tan”, when
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      Lock icon ‘I trust my husband’
      1009 6  -  Dan Tan Seet Eng’s current wife denies his involvement in match-fixing, says allegations are laughable REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg He was broke when they first met. Down and out, in fact. If he really had all that money, they would not have stayed in a rented
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      Lock icon THEY MADE IT!
      691 10  -  Hot FM91.3 DJs host radio show for record-breaking77 hours REPORT: KAREN GWEE karengsc@sph.com.sg They finally did it, after a gruelling 77 hours and 11 minutes. Yesterday morning, the Hot FM91.3 DJs Adam Piperdy, 22, and Gerald Koh (better known as Boy Thunder), 28, emerged from their glass
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      160 10 +10 6,000 women aged 50 and above from lower-income groups are to get free mammograms under a new programme by the Health Promotion Board and Breast Cancer Foundation. +10 Singapore will have a new hospital to deal with infectious diseases in 2018. To be built at Novena, it
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      Lock icon My family wouldn’t let me die
      1414 12 / 13  -  Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon earlier this month highlighted the case of Ms Suzanne Chin at the Singapore Medical Association’s annual lecture. The Singaporean lawyer had been declared brain dead. But she woke up days later. LINETTE HENG and LYNETTE TAN piece together the story
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      Lock icon POWER HUFF GIRLS
      733 14 / 15  -  At the Strongman Challenge, these women are no featherweight contenders REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg It wasn’t just the men who took the stage at yesterday’s HomeTeamNS Strongman Challenge. The women had a chance to show off as well. And just like the men carried logs over a
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      Lock icon INVENTION REVOLUTION
      955 16 / 17  -  Local universities have come up with innovations that could transform health care. Cheow Sue Ann takes a look at some of them Cheow Sue Ann Home-made scabs By: Assistant Professor Ng Kee Woei, School of Materials Science and Engineering, NTU The patches and gels are made using keratin,
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      Lock icon US teen shoots baby in stroller
      528 18 Two robbers open fire after mum with 13-month-old says she has no money to give them A teenager trying to rob her at gunpoint asked, “Do you want me to kill your baby?” He then fatally shot her 13-month-old son in the head. Ms
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      Lock icon Woman gets new face after near beheading
      354 18 She was stabbed more than 100 times by her former boyfriend after she told him that she had enough and was leaving him. He stabbed her shoulder, face, neck, stomach and almost severed her arms. She survived the horrific attack that left her
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      Lock icon Man finally gets, uh, manhood
      372 19 Because of a rare affliction, Briton Andrew Wardle (right) was born without a penis. Now, the 39-year-old from Manchester can finally feel positive about the future, the Daily Mail reported. He will go for groundbreaking surgery in which his manhood will be created from his
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      Lock icon She gets hugs and kisses – from a tiger
      131 19 She gets hugs and kisses from a tiger This Bengal tiger is so tame that it even gives its owner kisses. Called Mulan Jamila, it lives at Al Khaffah Islamic school in Malang, the second largest city in Indonesia’s East Java province. The four-year-old is looked after by Ms Soleh,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fortune-telling family cheats customers $31m with ‘spirit guides’
      351 19 He came to her psychic shop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, saying that he was hearing voices. Victoria Eli asked if the man if he was taking his medication, according to court records, but took gold coins from him and said his “lack
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      Lock icon Newspaper vendor gets a surprise call from Pope
      454 20 When the phone rang at a newspaper kiosk in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week, Mr Daniel Del Regno didn’t make much of it. “Hi Daniel, it’s Cardinal Jorge,” the man at the other end of the line said. Mr Del Regno’s first
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      Lock icon Back to the homeland for France’s Korean minister
      380 20 French Minister Fleur Pellerin began a highly anticipated visit yesterday to South Korea, the land of her birth. Abandoned as a baby in 1973 in Seoul, she was adopted by a French couple six months later from an orphanage and moved to
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      Lock icon Miss Israel: Obama’s a world-class ‘hunk’
      253 20 World-class hunk, charming and extraordinary gentleman. US President Barack Obama was given a ringing endorsement not that he needed any by the first black Miss Israel. Mr Obama, who is on a tour of the Middle East, met Miss Yityish Aynaw on Thursday at
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      Lock icon Mr Cool Diallo Mamadou Oury
      513 22  -  In the fourth part of our series profiling S-League players to watch, this Hougang United striker reveals his life off the pitch TEXT: HEDY KHOO I knew I wanted to be a footballer when... When I was seven years old. My older brother, Diallo Abdoulaye
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      Lock icon Classy & low key
      467 28  - Classy low key If you ever find yourself embroiled in a high-profile court case, here are some tips from image consultants Ms Joanne Lim and Ms Melissa Chor on how to dress with your public image in mind REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg SUNGLASSES Wanting to hide behind them is
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      Lock icon An elite dream come true
      618 30 / 31  -  But Red Bull athlete and skateboarder Farris Rahman stays humble REPORT: CHEOW SUE-ANN sueannc@sph.com.sg Dressed in a baggy white T-shirt with his brightly coloured skateboard leaning casually against his chair, Farris Rahman seems like any ordinary 18-year- old. Only his Red Bull cap hints at
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      Lock icon She’s the first S’porean Red Bull athlete
      256 30 / 31 The only other Singaporean Red Bull athlete is wakeboarder Sasha Christian. She became a European Red Bull athlete at just 17. Now 20, Sasha says she has grown as an athlete and as a person. She says: “Being signed by Red Bull was
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Gunmen shoot dead four prisoners in Indonesia jail
      215 8 / 9 Unidentified gunmen forced their way into an Indonesian jail early yesterday. They shot dead four prisoners awaiting trial over the death of a soldier, police said. The prisoners were accused of beating and stabbing to death a soldier from the military’s elite
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      Lock icon Philippine militants free Australian held for 15 months
      116 8 / 9 AFP An extremely gaunt but smiling Australian Warren Rodwell walked free yesterday after 15 months of being held captive by Islamic militants in the lawless southern Philippines. Mr Rodwell, 54, a former soldier, said: “Lose weight... skeleton,” after he took off his
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      Lock icon Beijing urges French authorities to better protect Chinese tourists
      109 8 / 9 AFP Beijing yesterday urged French authorities to better protect Chinese tourists known for their big spending habits, citing “concern” over recent attacks on visitors to Paris. The country’s National Tourism Administration made the call af- ter 23 Chinese tourists travelling in
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      Lock icon Nestle recalls Kit Kat bars in S’pore and other countries
      325 8 / 9  -  Plastic pieces found in UK chocolate Jennifer Dhanaraj Nestle is recalling its Kit Kat Chunky Peanut Butter Bar here. It is one of a series of candies the confectionary giant is recalling after consumers in the UK found pieces of
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      Lock icon Mendaki centres in Pasir Ris and Woodlands launched
      106 8 / 9 Two Mendaki satellite centres were launched in Pasir Ris and Woodlands yesterday so that residents in the areas can get better access to social services and programmes. They will also allow the MalayMuslim community self-help group to have a better understanding of
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      Lock icon Seven people arrested for stealing from Jurong Point’s NTUC Xtra
      104 8 / 9 Four men and three women, aged between 19 and 43, were arrested between March 8 and 15 in connection with separate cases of shoplifting at Jurong Point’s NTUC Xtra. The incidences all occurred within a week. Cases of shoplifting at
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      Lock icon New scheme to plug manpower gaps in nursing homes, hospices
      107 8 / 9 The Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW) and the Health Ministry plan to create a pool of part-time social workers to help plug manpower gaps in nursing homes and hospices, SASW president Alvin Chua announced yesterday at a Social Workers’
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    • BOOBOO BOX
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        42 8 / 9 The number of air traffic control towers that will close at small airports around the US from next month. Pilots will be left to coordinate takeoffs and landings among themselves over a shared radio frequency with no help from ground controllers.
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        Lock icon $127,851
        45 8 / 9 The value tagged to 52 bottles of aged whiskey a former live-in caretaker of a US mansion stole from the owner, and drank. John Saunders initially denied drinking the whiskey when questioned by police but DNA linked him to three of the empty bottles.
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        48 8 / 9 The number of years Octomom Nadya Suleman (left) potentially faces in jail as authorities open a welfare fraud probe. The infamous mother of 14 applied for welfare after she apparently spent all of her income from strip dancing, a pornographic film and other publicity appearances. PHOTO: AFP
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      • Article
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        41 8 / 9 The number of cars which were involved in an accident on an Alberta, Canada, highway last Thursday. Alberta Health Services said 22 people were taken to hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. About 80 others were treated at the scene.
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      Lock icon ON BOARD RSS INTREPID
      193 8 / 9  -  The public were invited on board RSS Intrepid for a tour as part of the Navy’s community outreach programme last week at VivoCity. This Formidable-class stealth frigate is one of six belonging to the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). These are the sketches I drew on
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  • CONFESSIONS of a model booker
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      962 11  -  BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg “Find me an Asian Johnny Depp.” This was one of the most befuddling requests model booker Vivian Lim has received. The 45-year-old owns modelling company One Model Management, which finds beautiful people for her clients’ events, advertisements and catwalk shows. She
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  • AFTER DARK JOO CHIAT
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      Lock icon Hip and breezy, now without the sleaze
      993 21  -  In the sixth part of our series, we explore the places in Singapore that come alive at night ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg Walking down Joo Chiat Road is a stroll in the park these days. “I can take my kids for a walk
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Babi pongteh
      643 23  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg For those wanting to venture into the intricate ways of Nonya cooking, babi pongteh is a good dish to start with. It is a non-spicy dish of braised pork flavoured with tau cheo (fermented soya beans). The ingredient list is manageable and the
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      Lock icon who cooks it better?
      510 24  -  We show, you choose THIS WEEK: PAD THAI Compiled by Cheow Sue-Ann, Karen Gwee, Lynette Tan, Abigail Goh, Wang Tianjie Jane Thai Food Orchard Towers, #04-30 Opening hours: 11am-3pm and 6pm-3am from Tuesdays to Fridays; 4pm-3am on weekends This version has a slightly bitter aftertaste. The
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      Lock icon China – planet of tastes
      323 25  - China planet of tastes K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg Chinese food is such a misnomer. Mention the term in China and everyone knows you are a “lao wai” (foreigner) who thinks that Chinese food equates to not much more than dim sum and Peking Duck. China is a planet of flavours,
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      Lock icon Food that flavours streets
      603 25 Certain dishes make certain areas famous Singapore is just too small to have a sense of “regions” dividing our people and cuisine. No one bats an eyelid about driving across the island for fantastic nasi lemak in the far west and yes, you can get just
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Courting glamour
      291 26 / 27  -  CourtingWhat to wear when you want to hide in plain sight REPORT: sueannc@sph.com.sg CHEOW SUE-ANN REPORT: sueannc@sph.com.sg sueannc@sph.com.sg It’s your big day in front of the cameras. You’ll be facing the glare of thousands of f lashes as everyone wants a glimpse of your face. With all that
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Good range of sporting elements
      622 29 This secret shopper has a confession. I made a resolution at the start of the year to get fit. Three months in, and let’s just say I haven’t exactly... started. I reckon I need a little motivation. And what better way than to get new
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  • WHEELS
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      772 32 / 33  -  In the first of a series building up to OCBC Cycle Singapore, we meet the people for whom cycling has become a way of life REPORT: KAREN GWEE karengsc@sph.com.sg He’s one of Singapore’s top bloggers, the selfstyled “Blogfather” of local netizens, with a taste for satire. Mr Brown
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      Lock icon Stretch your lead
      769 32 / 33  -  RIDE LIKE A PRO TIMOTHY LIM tnp@sph.com.sg Timothy Lim is a professional cyclist riding with OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team. With the team, he competes in races around the region as well as Australia, India and Japan. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or competitive cyclist, building core
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Get yourself in the mood naturally
      716 34  -  REPORT: KAREN GWEE karengsc@sph.com.sg If the little blue pill isn’t your choice when it comes to getting in the mood, why not try some natural aphrodisiacs. Aphrodisiacs are substances which improve arousal and libido. They also supposedly enhance sexual performance. Clinical sexologist Dr Martha
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon On a Massive scale
      795 35  -  ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg The opening of Filter at Gallery Hotel in 2010 set Massive Collective on a streak of nightclub success. Run by directors John Langan, 30, and Phillip Poon, 35, Massive opened two more upscale nightspots Mink and club lounge Royal Room at Pan
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      Lock icon 91.3’s must drink Fridays
      255 35 LAST Friday saw the latest of HOT FM91.3’s Must Drink Friday events. The exclusive party, only open to winners of the radio station’s SMS contest was held at Fabrika, Klapsons The Boutique Hotel. As guests streamed in, it was their opportunity to not only mingle and
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon If you’re happy and you know it... tweet!
      814 36  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg We feel pretty... oh, so pretty. We feel pretty and witty and bright! And we pity any non-Singaporean who isn’t us tonight. We’re five million hopelessly happy souls with fixed grins like The Joker, grabbing our Asian cousins
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      Lock icon What is a parent to do with all that sex?
      847 37  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg So, parents, how harrowing has the past week been for you? And I’m not talking being stuck with the kids 24/7 because of the school holidays. Just let them have their smartphone, tablet
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Penguins get tech savvy with iPad game
        125 37 WIRES A COUPLE of young penguins have developed a penchant for an iPad game, originally designed to amuse cats. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach said penguins Jeremy and Newsom, who are still too young to get caught up in the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Book on Goblin-proofing wins Britain’s Diagram Prize
        136 37 AP A SUPERNATURALLY tinged barnyard manual has won Britain’s quirkiest literary award, the Diagram Prize for year’s oddest book title. “Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop” by Reginald Bakeley was awarded the prize on Friday by trade magazine The Bookseller. The book took 38 per
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        Lock icon Man hospitalised after being trapped in toilet pit
        143 37 WIRES AN ELDERLY man was hospitalised after spending more than an hour trapped at the bottom of a deep toilet pit at a Georgia park, officials said. Lisa Parker, spokeswoman for the district that covers the US Corps of Engineers property at
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  • TV
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      Lock icon So stupid, so brilliant
      486 38  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg It’s cruel, stupid, sadistic but most of all, it’s brilliant fun. Killer Karaoke is perfect TV it’s cheap to make and involves the audience. There’s no greater entertainment than watching others suffer and this singing game show nearly killed me with laughter. Killer
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon SOUTHERN BOSS (Race 9 No. 2)
      324 39  -  BEST BET TAN THEAN LOON Take your pick: Soul Commander or Southern Boss in Race 9 at Kranji today. The pair of in-form runners stand head and shoulders above their rivals in the Open Benchmark 67 event over the flying 1,000m on the Polytrack.
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      Lock icon Nunes gets his first Kranji four-bagger
      457 39 With runaway leader Joao Moreira out suspended this weekend, his closest challenger Manoel Nunes did not pass up on his chance to whittle down the yawning gulf the best way he could with a four-bagger racked up at the Polytrack meeting on Friday night.
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      577 39 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 3 3 Seasons Wonder 2 3 Seasons Wonder Seasons Wonder Think Ahead 7 Weowna Flyer Weowna Flyer Gallant Force Weowna Flyer 9 7 7 Knight’s Paradise My Field Knight’s Paradise Stairway To Heaven 5 1 12 1
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      Lock icon Southern Boss can call the shots again
      1907 40 / 41 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,800m) 1 Knight’s ParadiseHHH Lightly-framed mare carrying top weight is a concern but won a similar affair two runs back on Poly. 2 Think AheadHHH Only win in Class 5. Appreciates the drop
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    • Article
      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1845 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD C5 12.55 —1800m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 0-1414 Knight’s Paradise 57 (43) J Powell 8 (6irem L Dragon-Best Of Best) 2 *****9 Think Ahead 57 (43) J Verenzuela 6 (5ag M Walker-CN
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      Lock icon TODAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
      2526 42 / 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1:6 Brilliant Tycoon 4 Jeram Lioncity 8 Border Express 11 Matchstick Man RACE 2: 1 Beautiful Gift 2 City Hero 3 Hoong Wan 5 Go Eureka RACE 3:1 Yang’s General 2 Zanangi 10 China Town
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      394 42 / 43 RACE 1 Rosehill 1st 3 Foreteller ($165-$22) 2nd 13 Fiveandahalfstar ($5.10) 3rd 7 Maluckyday ($33) 4th 4 Mawingo Forecast $94 Place Forecast $23 (3-13), $102 (3-7), $29 (7-13) Tierce No winner ($3609 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $325 Quartet No winner ($420 jackpot carried forward
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      559 42 / 43 RACE 1 Riccarton (NZ) 1st 6 Southern Sav ($63-$23) 2nd 5 Ekstra Special ($7) 3rd 4 Global Partner ($20) 4th 14 Sovereign Rose Forecast $126 Place Forecast $58 (5-6), $62 (4-6), $22 (45) Tierce No winner ($1280 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio
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      Lock icon Sea Dragon looks a special in Race 5
      2157 44 / 45  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,000m) WELL FIT (3) didn’t factor in two recent outings around a bend. But he will relish a return to the Sha Tin straight, where he has a cosy
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      Lock icon TODAY’S HK (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
      1524 44 / 45 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 4 TURF—1000m TIME 12:45 Stakes: HK$700,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 BOLERO T K NG W M LAI 130 5 2 SUNNY PEARL P O’SULLIVAN Z PURTON 130 11 3 WELL FIT D CRUZ R
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      638 44 / 45 R ACE 1 WHO ELS: Difficult to load. ALL FORUS: Slow into stride; showed no early pace. SILENT POWER: Slow to begin; tendency to lay inwards. FOXY KID: Continually eased when racing tight. TRIPLE GOALS: Steadied; taken outwards when unable to secure a
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  • sports people
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      Lock icon Rio won’t go to Rio
      766 60  -  Fox Sports pundit tells DAVID LEE that United defender does himself no favours by criticising Three Lions after snubbing recall PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg 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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    • GOLF
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        Lock icon Haas fires 66 to tie with Rose
        695 46 AP BILL Haas wanted to atone for the way he finished his opening round. He did that and more yesterday morning (Singapore time) and was tied for the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Orlando, Florida. That sure wasn’t the case for
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        Lock icon Putting right
        244 46 QUESTION: My putting from distance is good, but why do I keep missing my short putts? Doolan: When you are putting from a short distance, say one metre, keep your body very still. There should be no knee movement. Just swing the putter in a pendulum action under
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    • TENNIS
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        Lock icon M’sian Open reduced to 54-hole contest
        262 47 GOLF THAILAND’S Kiradech Aphibarnrat held a one-shot advantage over former US Masters champion Charl Schwartzel at the Maybank Malaysian Open which has been reduced to a 54-hole contest yesterday. Organisers were forced to cut short the US$2.75 million ($3.4m) championship sanctioned by the Asian
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        Lock icon Recari catches fire in California
        239 47 AFP SPAIN’S Beatriz Recari fired a bogey-free five-under 67 to seize a one-shot lead after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s US$1.7 million ($2.1m) Kia Classic yesterday morning (Singapore time). Recari, who has two international career victories, posted her second bogey-free round to reach
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        Lock icon Del Potro crashes out, Azarenka pulls out
        440 47 Reuters Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova both survived unscathed. But the WTA and ATP Masters Miami lost two other Grand Slam champions yesterday morning (Singapore time) when Victoria Azarenka and Juan Martin del Potro exited the tournament. Azarenka withdrew from her opening match
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    • SWIMMING
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        Lock icon ‘I’m not at my peak yet’
        500 48  -  15-year-old Darren Lim breaks SEA Games 50m free gold-winning time but feels he can swim faster LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg A mere 0.69 seconds may not mean much to the ordinary folk. But for swimmer Darren Lim, the time represents a huge leap in
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        Lock icon Good friends come out tops in tight finale
        353 48  -  SAILING LIM SAY HENG NOT many people will celebrate after finishing sixth in a medal race. But that was exactly what 420 pair Kimberly Lim and Savannah Siew did yesterday on the final day of the Fish Co National Youth Sailing Championships
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    • FORMULA ONE
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        Lock icon Vettel grabs pole in M’sia mayhem
        595 49 AFP Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position for today’s Malaysian Grand Prix. He grabbed it in the dying seconds of a dramatic qualifying session yesterday which was thrown into chaos by rain. In his final run on a drying track, Vettel stormed
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        Lock icon LeBron unfazed by slow starts
        397 49 NBA Reuters MIAMI HEAT 103 DETROIT PISTONS 89 HIS MIAMI Heat team are 25 games into the second-longest winning streak in NBA history, and the fact that they have fallen behind by double digits in three straight games does not seem to bother the superstar
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    • RUNNING
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        Lock icon At the cutting edge of innovation
        838 50 / 51  -  Puma’s Mobium Elite shoe mimics the movement of a cat’s paw while running NARENDAREN KARNAGERAN narenk@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM TOKYO He likes to say it came as an epiphany that captured in its purest form what Puma stood for. And Puma’s creative designer, Raymond Horacek,
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        Lock icon This one’s for the masses
        461 50 / 51  -  Narendaren Karnageran USAIN Bolt, one of the biggest names in world sport, and the main man in their stable, was not present. Golf stars Ian Poulter and Rickie Fowler were not around, either. Footballers Cesc Fabregas and Yaya Toure were also not needed. So what?
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        Lock icon Home warm up for champs
        626 52  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg GEYLANG INTERNATIONAL 1 (Yasir Hanapi 32) HOME UNITED 3 (Lee Kwan Woo 52, Song Ui Yong 65, Jordan Webb 75) BRING on the champs. Home United warmed up for their big clash against Tampines Rovers next Friday, by chalking up their
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        Lock icon Mansour stars in win over Indonesia
        289 52 ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER AFP Group C INDONESIA 1 (Boas Salossa 5) SAUDI ARABIA 2 (Yahia Sulaiman 14, Yousep Mansour 56) STAR striker Yousep Mansour turned out to be the hero for Saudi Arabia in their Asian Cup qualifier against Indonesia yesterday with a winning
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        Lock icon WILL TAMPINES STUMBLE?
        123 52 ON PAPER, it is a no-contest. The reigning S-League champions, Tampines Rovers, host the league’s youngest team, Malaysia’s Harimau Muda B, at the Clementi Stadium tonight. Despite winning all four of their league games so far, however, Tampines have not been entirely convincing. And Harimau Muda have
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        Lock icon Pray for him, Argentina
        639 54  -  Messi showing signs he can finally replicate his club form for country GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg SOUTH AMERICA QUALIFYING ZONE ARGENTINA 3 (Higuain 29, 59, Messi 45-pen) VEnEzUELA 0 This was a performance as fluid as any by an Argentina side in their pomp, and a victory
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        Lock icon Ferguson fined, escapes touchline ban
        257 54 PA Sport SIR ALEX Ferguson is possibly congratulating himself on a job well done after he was fined £8,500 ($16,000) by Uefa on Friday. The Manchester United manager (left) avoided a touchline ban, which was the most extreme punishment he could have received for his
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        Lock icon CROATIA TOP TENSE THRILLER
        551 55 AP GROUP A CROATIA 2 (Mario Mandzukic 23, Ivica Olic 37) SERBIA 0 Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 in a highlycharged 2014 World Cup qualifier yesterday morning (Singapore time), the first match as independent states between the bitter Balkan foes since their war in the 1990s. Serbia
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        Lock icon BENDING IT UNLIKE BECKS
        85 55 Wire Services THIS combination of pictures (below) show PSG midfielder and former England captain David Beckham falling down while demonstrating how to take a free-kick during a visit to the Zall Football Club in Wuhan, China, earlier this week. The 37-year-old, unveiled as an ambassador for
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        Lock icon Striker not required... for now
        828 56  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg GROUP C KAZAKHSTAN 0 GERMANY 3 (Bastian Schweinsteiger 20, Mario Goetze 22, Thomas Mueller 74) The conventional striker is dead. Long live the false No. 9. Foxes in the boxes, penalty-box poachers, 20-goal-a-season signings; exhaust the cliches while we can, the centre
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        Lock icon Dutch win marred by Sneijder’s injury
        429 56 Reuters GROUP D HOLLAND 3 (Rafael van der Vaart 46, Robin van Persie 71, Ruben Schaken 83) ESTONIA 0 HOLLAND scored three second-half goals to brush Estonia aside 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier but lost playmaker Wesley Sneijder to injury yesterday morning (Singapore
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        Lock icon No X-factor, no luck
        594 57 Reuters GROUP I SPAIN 1 (Sergio Ramos 49) FINLAND 1 (Teemu Pukki 79) Spain’s trip to play group leaders France on Wednesday morning (Singapore time) assumed even greater significance after a shock 1-1 home draw with Finland yesterday morning left the champions contemplating the play-offs to
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        Lock icon French joy tainted by Karim’s poor form
        277 57 Reuters GROUP I FRANCE 3 (Olivier Giroud 46, Mathieu Valbuena 47, Franck Ribery 61) GEORGIA 1 (Alexander Kobakhidze 71) FRANCE should be celebrating after a 3-1 win against Georgia in a World Cup qualifier yesterday morning (Singapore time), combined with Spain’s 1-1 draw
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        Lock icon 8-0. So what?
        848 58 / 59  -  England’s real test comes against Montenegro on Wednesday morning YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg GROUP H SAN MARINO 0 ENGLAND 8 (Alessandro Della Valle 12-og, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 28, Jermain Defoe 35, 78, Ashley Young 39, Frank Lampard 42, Wayne Rooney 54, Daniel Sturridge 70) Without even
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        Lock icon Lamps proud of another milestone
        432 58 / 59 PA Sport FRANK Lampard expressed his pride at becoming England’s highest scoring midfielder after the 8-0 demolition of San Marino in Serravalle yesterday morning (Singapore time). Lampard (right) had been level on 27 goals with David Platt after his spectacular friendly winner against Brazil at
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      • ON TV
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          173 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS S-LEAGUE Friday: HOME UNITED v TAMPINES ROVERS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.30pm MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Saturday: LIONSXII v NEGERI SEMBILAN StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.30pm WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Tuesday: BOLIVIA v ARGENTINA StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 4am VENEZUELA v COLOMBIA StarHub
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          27 58 / 59 NBA Today: CHICAGO BULLS v INDIANA PACERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS v WASHINGTON WIZARDS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 10.30am
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          Lock icon TENNIS
          13 58 / 59 SONY OPEN Today: ROUND 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 11pm
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          33 58 / 59 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX Today: PREVIEW StarHub TV Ch 209 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 3pm RACE DAY StarHub TV Ch 209 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 3.45pm
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          Lock icon GOLF
          18 58 / 59 MAYBANK MALAYSIAN OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 2pm
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