The New Paper, 31 March 2013

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    21 1 the new paper on sunday March 31 2013 j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SldJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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      77 1 DANCING FEAT GROUND ZERO the new paper He beats life threatening blood disorder for ballet 12 Last dregs? Kopi kias talk about their uncertain future March 31 2013 10 Xiaxue’s baby worth $25,000 in endorsements and sponsorship before he’s even born. YEAH, S’pore’s top blogger talks about mixing motherhood with
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon We want to be busy to feel good? Gimme a break
      420 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg “Howyou doing?” “Oh, busy. You know, work plus the kids, and all that. You?” “Yeah, busy too.” Sound like a conversation you’ve had lately? I chanced upon a comment by an American writer recently, and
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      125 2 FEATURES 4 $25,000 baby Blogger Xiaxue gets endorsements for junior before he’s even born 12 Dance resolution Ballet students overcome the odds to continue dancing 30 Ready... Fight! Lesser known martial arts hit Singapore COLUMNS 10 Ground Zero Maureen Koh asks coffee shop kopi kias if they think their time
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      37 2 SPORTS 53 Lost in translation Brendon Rodgers closes his ears to Suarez’s comments 54 United to the end Gary Lim on Man Utd’s seemingly unstoppable journey to the title 56 Atletico test Should Lions meet Spanish giants?
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon People even curse me with miscarriage
      1281 4 / 5  -  Her son will be born today, but Singapore’s most famous blogger Xiaxue has got him covered REPORTS: CHEOW SUE-ANN sueannc@sph.com.sg Baby Dashiel Marquet Sayre has already raked in over $25,000 worth of sponsorships and endorsements. But he will only be born today, by a
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      Lock icon We must believe in the products
      451 6  -  The price of being a celebrity’s baby: Anything. Up to US$10m (S$12.5m) for Kim Kardashian’s baby or in local blogger Wendy Cheng’s case, more than $25,000 in sponsorships and endorsements. Here, some celebrities give their take on endorsements REPORT: CHEOW SUE-ANN sueannc@sph.com.sg WHO: Actor
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      Lock icon DANCE, DANCE Resolution
      1458 12 / 13  -  These dance students have overcome significant obstacles in pursuit of their craft. BENSON ANG speaks to two who have kept on dancing against the odds BENSON ANG She can’t hear whispers, the chirping of birds or the patter of rain. But that has not stopping this young
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      Lock icon Eat me with your best shot
      845 14 / 15  -  S’pore restaurants aren’t banning food photography yet, but... REPORT: KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg You are welcome to eat here. But take pictures of the dishes and decor? Sorry, that would be frowned on in some eateries. Some restaurants in New York are turning “camera-shy”.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Policing food photography: Smart or silly?
      462 14 / 15 Food photography, or food porn, is here to stay. National University of Singapore sociologist Paulin Straughan says: “Taking food pictures and posting them online is a growing phenomenon. “Food is such an integral part of Singapore –and food photography highlights the positive aspects of
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      Lock icon ‘What choice do I have?’
      497 17 Carefree boy, 8, turns orphan soldier in Syrian war that kills his family and devastates his town It’s both heartbreaking and haunting. Here’s an eight-year-old boy who holds an AK-47 that seems to be bigger than him, his small fingers wrapped around the trigger. The
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      Lock icon 2 hurt in JB pub shooting
      237 17 The patrons were enjoying a live band performance at a pub in Taman Serene, Johor Baru. They paid little attention to a man who walked in wearing a full-face helmet until he opened fire inside, wounding two men, The Star reported. The two victims
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      Lock icon Sabah battleground village to be shut down
      212 17 The village was at the centre of the battle between Malaysian security forces and the Filipino gunmen. Now, Tanduo village in Sabah, Malaysia, is to be closed permanently. It is proposed that Tanduo be made into a security base under the Eastern Sabah
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      Lock icon From City of Light to City of Fright
      466 18 More reports of attacks on Chinese tourists in Paris Mass muggings and attacks on Chinese tourists in Paris have spawned alarm. There are now warnings of a decline in the number of free-spending visitors from the Asian giant swarming to France. More
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      Lock icon Chinese First Lady’s style revitalises domestic market
      260 18 First, it was her choice of attire which created an online buzz. Ever since Ms Peng Liyuan (right), 50, stepped off a plane arm-in-arm with her husband, Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Moscow last week, she has been creating a wave of excitement
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      Lock icon Two million paper cranes for Leslie Cheung
      224 18 Tomorrow, it will be 10 years since the death of Leslie Cheung, one of Hong Kong’s biggest superstars. Ever since his death on April 1, 2003, Japanese fans have been creating thousands of origami cranes to express their love for him every year.
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      Lock icon Baby ape thriving with new ‘mums’
      391 19 A baby gorilla, being raised temporarily by human surrogate parents, is doing well learning to roll over and sit up, and getting ready to walk on all fours. Cincinnati Zoo Botanical Garden primate specialists said “Gladys” is in good health, developing and growing quickly
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      Lock icon Tours to Thailand to lose weight
      320 19 In a sweltering training camp in Phuket, tourists wearing oversized gloves and baggy shorts slam their fists, knees, elbows and feet into heavy bags. Welcome to the latest craze in extreme fitness Muay Thai boxing. With worries growing about the world’s bulging waistlines, many
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      Lock icon JLo dumped after diva demands
      155 19 Her demands were too much for the organisers of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament. So they dumped her and instead hired rapper Pitbull for the opening ceremony on Tuesday, the New York Post reported. Jennifer Lopez’s manager Benny Medina had demanded that the singer
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      Lock icon Jeep owners join in the fun
      744 21  -  REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg If there’s one lesson Mr Joe Oh took from the SUVival Challenge in 2009, it’s know your ride before you drive. Back then, he took his three-month-old car to the SUVival Challenge, but the vehicle ran into gear box trouble
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      Lock icon MR COMEBACK Khalid Hamdaoui
      513 22  -  Continuing our series profiling S-League players to watch, this Woodlands Wellington playmaker reveals how he made his comeback. TEXT: HEDY KHOO I knew I wanted to be a footballer when... I was seven when I went to school, and the first question I was asked was
      TNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO STYLING: KOVITANG HAIR AND MAKEUP: KHAI LEE OUTFIT: DENIM JACKET AND DRESS PANTS FROM G-STAR RAW  -  513 words
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Our photojournalist picks his pictures of the week
      124 7  -  JONATHAN CHOO jonathan@sph.com.sg GIVE THANKS: A Christian pilgrim touches a pillar of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel’s Tourism Ministry said it expects some 150,000 visitors
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      Lock icon N Korea threatens nuclear war
      227 8 / 9 AFP North Korea has declared that it is in a “state of war” with South Korea. Yesterday, it warned Seoul and Washington that any provocation would swiftly escalate into an allout nuclear conflict. The United States said it took the announcement “seriously”, but noted it
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      Lock icon Ongoing fighting in Sabah uproots 5,000 Filipinos
      99 8 / 9 Almost 5,000 Filipinos have fled Sabah since Malaysian security forces launched an offensive in the beginning of March to root out Sulu gunmen. A Philippine national disaster council said yesterday that 4,983 adults and children had arrived in the Philippine archipelago and that
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      Lock icon US naval ship finally removed from Philippine reef
      109 8 / 9 AFP Salvage teams have finally removed the last piece of a US Navy ship stuck on a Unesco World Heritage-listed coral reef in the western Philippines. The USS Guardian had run aground in Tubbataha more than 10 weeks ago. It was sliced
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      Lock icon CRUSHED: A motorist was killed and another seriously injured on Friday evening when equipment hoisted by a crane at construction site near Subang Airport, Malaysia, fell and crushed two cars. All works at the site, which is part of the LRT extension project in the Klang Valley, have been temporarily stopped.
      56 8 / 9 CRUSHED: A motorist was killed and another seriously injured on Friday evening when equipment hoisted by a crane at construction site near Subang Airport, Malaysia, fell and crushed two cars. All works at the site, which is part of the LRT extension project in the Klang Valley, have been temporarily
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      Lock icon Family life education to reach more people
      200 8 / 9 MSF to expand programmes Family life education programmes under an initiative by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) are being expanded. The Family Matters programmes will be extended to cover those who have not so far been reached, said Acting Minister
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      Lock icon Drugs worth more than $87,000 seized, man held
      90 8 / 9 Central Narcotics Bureau officers found 745g of heroin and 279g of cannabis hidden in a motorcycle yesterday morning. The drugs are worth more than $87,000. The 19-year-old Malaysian man was entering Singapore at Woodlands Checkpoint when he was stopped by officers at
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      Lock icon More sex crime victims in India coming forward: Police
      113 8 / 9 The police in India yesterday announced a sharp jump in sex crimes reported in Indian capital Delhi since the fatal gang rape of a student in December. They attributed the rise to more confidence among victims to report the crimes. Law
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      Lock icon Cyprus details heavy losses for major bank customers
      115 8 / 9 AFP Big savers in Cyprus’s largest bank face losses of up to 60 per cent, far greater than originally feared under the island’s controversial EU-led bailout plan, officials said yesterday. Cyprus has also launched an investigation into a list published in Greek
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      Lock icon VANISHING TRADES OF SINGAPORE
      53 8 / 9  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg A community exhibition on old trades in Singapore has opened at the National Museum of Singapore. Trading Stories: Conversations with Six Pioneering Tradesmen looks at the histories of several pioneering tradesman and their craft, and how they adapted to challenges
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      Lock icon Last week’s index: 420
      172 8 / 9 -20 The dengue epidemic looks set to worsen as three strains are now active in the population. Experts fear that this year could be worse than in 2005, when 14,000 people fell ill and 25 died. -10 Singapore is still a potential target for terrorism, Prime
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Kopi kia gave me winning 4-D numbers
      1189 10 / 11  -  It would be a pity if the kopi kia disappears in today’s tight labour market, as they sometimes become listening ears and family friends MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg The strongest impression of a kopi kia (coffee boy) or rather, kopi chek (uncle) I
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  • CONFESSIONS of a costume maker
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      850 16  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg She gets some pretty strange requests as a costume maker. One man wanted D-cup boobs on his outfit. Another had asked for leather bondage garb, together with whips and dog collars. But Ms Grace Wong, 32, hardly bats an eyelid these days. The
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  • AFTER DARK HAJI LANE / BALI LANE
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      Lock icon Boozing not so Glam
      919 20  -  In the seventh part of our series, we explore the places in S’pore that come alive at night ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg Kampong Glam, Singapore’s old Arab quarter, is a world of contrasts. By day, the area is abuzz with worshippers and tourists visiting the iconic
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      64 21 Organised By; the new/ paper YEARS OF NEWS. EMOTION. WOW. Official Car: Jeep I Official Apparel: c> dENiZEN Official Camera: Official Health Supplement: Canon HOLLAND BARRETT w t'rt good for you Official Hydration Partner: Official Tyre: W Delighting You Always Pa“ 0nline Product Sponsors: J® THE WINNING FORMULA YU I
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon HED CHEF
      327 23  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg When reader Peter Yeoh wrote in to request a recipe for inche kabin, my curiosity was piqued by the exoticsounding name. Turns out it is a form of fried chicken marinated in a myriad of spices before it is fried to fragrant perfection. Mr Yeoh,
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      Lock icon Inche Kabin
      243 23 Ingredients 4 chicken quarters, cut into thirds 4 chicken wings, separated into drumlets and wing joints 50g shallots 5-6 chilli padi 1 tsp fennel seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds 3-4 cloves Half a cinnamon stick 1 tsp coriander seeds 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tbsp light soya sauce
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      Lock icon Who cooks it best?
      543 24  -  We show, you choose THIS WEEK: ROTI JOHN COMPILED BY. COMPILED B YANDRE JOSEPH THENG, AUDREY KANG, CHEOW SUE—ANN, KAREN GWEE, The Roti Prata House 246M and 246K, Upper Thomson Road Opening hours: Sundays to Thursdays (7am to 2am), Fridays and Saturdays and public holidays (24
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      Lock icon Getting the best food from home
      373 25  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg I recently chalked up enough flying points to be accorded a frequent flyer status that allows me to saunter into airline hospitality lounges. I had to do it for our World Street Food Jamboree food festival in June. I just
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      Lock icon Revisiting Redhill’s stars
      649 25 Some Redhill Hawker Centre stalls still have what it takes It’s amusing. The reason behind the creation of hawker centres in Singapore? The authorities back then were worried about the contamination of our drains and waterways by the itinerant hawkers. The unintended effect is a world-class street
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Sweet dreams
      384 26  -  REPORT: CHEOW SUE-ANN sueannc@sph.com.sg Sleep is a precious commodity. A good night’s sleep can improve your health, skin and even brighten your outlook on life. To get the best out of your slumber, you need to be comfortable. But why not mix comfort with style? Ditch the shabby
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      761 27 I go through my pairs of flats at a ridiculous rate. They never seem to last more than two months. “You have knives instead of toes,” my mum tells me when she spots that my shoes have split open yet again. I’ll admit that most of my
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      56 27 WATS CLASSIFIED BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT 1 N 4 <r. Enjoy a buffet with a difference, and ‘Singapore-style fast food*. CLASS 8 Home-based pilates lessons by certified teacher. CLASS 29 2008 Volkswagen Golf GTI 2.0 manual ('limited' model) for sale. class 346 Find these and other products and services in
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Flower power
      705 28 / 29 In the second of a series leading up to OCBC Cycle S’pore, we meet a group who are taking to two wheels for more than just getting around A group of cyclists will be mixing pedal power with flower power and for a good cause. There will be
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      Lock icon It’s about to get Wheel
      517 28 / 29  -  RIDE LIKE A PRO TIMOTHY LIM tnp@sph.com.sg A bike needs wheels like a fish needs water. Sure, you can go with the basics but to get the most from your ride, you should choose the right wheels and tyres for your needs. WHEELS Materials Wheels
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      Lock icon Speed Triple R-efined
      756 33  -  Triumph’s modern classic revamped ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg BIKER BOY There’s one in every family. The oddball, the wild one. Meet the crazy rock star of the Triumph clan. First introduced in the 90s, the Triumph Speed Triple made its name as a muscular and agile
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon A fight less ordinary
      1140 30 / 31  -  Muay thai, mixed martial arts and self-defence technique kravmaga are increasingly popular in Singapore. But what about NihontoDo, Kapap or arnis? CELINE CHEN and JENNIFER DHANARAJ take a look at the lesser known martial arts. CELINE CHEN, JENNIFER DHANARAJ NIHONTODO From: Singapore What: In Japanese, the
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Searching for S’pore’s sexy bits
      815 34  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES My mum wants to see a sexy island. She’s insistent. She’s seen old Singapore; been there, done that and literally bought a dozen T-shirts (in her English hometown, half the neighbourhood walks around in an “I love SG” T-shirt.) As you
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      Lock icon When gay doesn’t mean happy and being mischievous means...
      738 35  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg Funny how the meanings of certain words change as you grow older. For instance, when I was a boy, I enjoyed going to Gay World. Nowadays, that could be taken to mean that I used to
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Cows being rounded up in Austrian town
        124 35 AP AUSTRIAN police and firefighters have taken on the role of urban cowboys in a two-day round-up of a herd of cattle that broke out of a fenced-off pasture and decided to go into town. A police statement says the 43 steers defied
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        Lock icon Man accused of using fake penis in drug test
        150 35 AP A MAN accused of using a prosthetic penis to try to pass a drug test is now facing charges in eastern Missouri, US. Authorities allege that Sydney Levin, 34, was submitting a urine sample last week as part of his
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        Lock icon Reptiles stolen from science museum recovered
        132 35 AP THREE of four reptiles that were swiped from a science museum and thrown together into a garbage bag were recovered on Friday, though a 0.9m-long ball python remains at large, officials in the US say. A Savannah monitor lizard, a red-tailed boa constrictor
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon Rockabilly for all
      652 36  -  ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg AFTER 7 It’s late on Tuesday and Little India is as peculiarly vibrant as it would be on a Sunday. As we turn into Dickson Road, a fug of herbs and spices permeates the air. Foreign workers ignore the horns of vehicles and nonchalantly
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      Lock icon PICK OF THE WEEK
      92 36 GYRATE to some of the finest local and international hip-hop acts at the inaugural Big Wig Festival. It will be headlined by acclaimed rapper Pharoahe Monch (pictured above). The other acts are also big draws: The Bizarre Ride live with Pharcyde, Four Dub featuring Akil (MC
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      Lock icon PROMOTION OF THE WEEK
      86 36 TAKING its cue from old English pubs, founder Sylvester Thang’s recently opened restaurant, The Ascot (pictured above), serves authentic English comfort food with an array of booze. It’s 30 per cent off for Stella Artois draught, house pours and wines during happy hour 3pm to 8pm
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      Lock icon I’m sick of your shtick, doctor
      555 37  -  MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg lim@sph.com.sg Dear Dr Oz, You may want to stand out from other TV doctors, fictional or real, but you’re no McDreamy, so lose the scrubs. Granted, you are a surgeon, but that blue does you no favours under the harsh studio
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon YES BABA (Race 8 No. 8)
      496 38 / 39  -  BEST BET TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Although he has yet to win, YES BABA has not disgraced himself in his three starts. The Patrick Shaw-trained three-year-old chestnut Argentine-bred finished just over four lengths behind the winners on all three occasions. In his debut on
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK/LONG COURSE A) RACE CARD
      2158 38 / 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 12.50 —1100m (Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 8994-5 Bulldozer 59 (43) I Saifudin 12 (4ag ZL Mok-Bulldozer) 2 *****6 Veni Vici 59 (43) KK Ng c1 9
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      578 38 / 39 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 3 Magical Sunset Fumiko Magical Sunset 4 3 Fumiko 4 7 Speedy Phil Shen Kim Speedy Phil Gypsy Magic 7 5 9 Specta Dilemma Shen Kim Speedy Phil Shen Kim 9 9 8 7 9 Shen Kim
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      Lock icon Own age group suits Huka Falls
      2172 40 / 41 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,100m) 1 BulldozerHHH Down in grade and effort two runs starts back over 1,100m good. Should be running on strongly. 2 Veni ViciHH Now back in suitable grade. Could show up despite ordinary draw. 3
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      676 40 / 41 RACE 1 Ellerslie (NZ) 1st 10 Zonza ($10-$7) 2nd 6 Seaflyte ($34) 3rd 8 Another Invader ($9) 4th 5 Joy’s Choice Forecast $78. Place Forecast $27 (610), $7 (8-10), $53 (6-8) Tierce $2934. Trio $173. Quartet $*****. Quadro $216 Scratchings: 7 Moneytree, 12 Cat
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      1280 40 / 41 Race 1 C5 (SC) 1700m C5 (SC) 1700m 4 NO COMMENT 58 C 54 (33-8) SL Lam* (9) 1 1 1 (478) 5 A PERFECTIONIST 57.5 (16-9) Jose De Souza (3) 9 4 3 (448) Shd 5 A PERFECTIONIST 57.5 (16-9) Jose De Souza (3) 9
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      Lock icon Good Sight is a lively outsider in the Selangor Gold Cup
      324 42 KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK NST Good Sight looks a lively long shot in today’s Group 1 RM300,000 ($120,000) Selangor Gold Cup over 1,600m in Race 6, going by his final workout at Sungei Besi on Friday morning. Taken out by
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      1536 42 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1:10 Supreme Istana 11 Wonderful Kid 12 Rumours 5 Don’t Snore RACE 2: 2 The Challenge 1 Flying Singa 8 Nocollateralneeded 12 Inter Dancer RACE 3: 7 Iwa Antilia 6 Colourlandprestige 5 Viva Amour 4
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      Lock icon Head for Moonlight Bay in Race 7
      908 43 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Albany (1,100m) 1 CORPORATE LARRIKIN: (Runs:5 Wins: 0 Places:2): 2½ len 2nd 57.5kg to Dream Lifter in 1,200m Albany Mdn Feb 10 (1st settling and at 400m). 13 WILD CAPERS: (Runs:1 Wins: 0 Places:0):
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      232 43 12:19 Race 1 ALBANY—1100M ALBANY—11OOM 1 CORPORATE LARRIKIN MARCO CHUI (9) 58 2 JETSON EXPRESS M R FORDER (4) 11 TIAVANA 3 ROMEO’S HEART L CAMILLERI 12:55 Race 2 ALBANY —1200M 58 4 TO MY EYE 4 CODE NUMBER (11) 58 5 7 PATCHEY PRICE
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      Lock icon Better Than Ever wins NZ Group 2 race
      416 44  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Former Singapore glamour galloper BETTER THAN EVER scored big in New Zealand yesterday, capturing the Group 2 NZ$85,000 ($88,000) Lawnmaster Awapuni Gold Cup. Ridden by Hayden Tinsley, the six-year-old by French Deputy beat Ransomed by 0.2 length in
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      638 44 RACE 1 VITALICO: Jumped away awkwardly. HUMOR TOWN: Jumped away awkwardly. PREMIER GRADE: Raced wide without cover throughout. HIS MY IDOL: Raced wide without cover throughout. STANZOUT: Held up and unable to improve his position approaching the turn into the straight.
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
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      32 42 Saturday, March 30 2013 First Second Third 9980 4644 9971 Starters 0317 1049 3212 4041 6053 6919 7391 8812 9601 9614 Consolations 1513 2038 2752 4206 5067 5326 6201 8329 9654 9884
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  • TENNIS
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      Lock icon Murray, Ferrer to clash in final
      744 45 AFP Former winner Andy Murray and third seed David Ferrer will meet in the final of the Miami Masters after both rallied from opening set losses yesterday morning (Singapore time) to win their semi-fi-nals in three sets. Last year’s runner-up Murray lost the opening
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      Lock icon New category for Run
      104 45 COLD STORAGE KIDS RUN THE Cold Storage Kids Run is back for its sixth edition on May 19 at the Padang. Olympic sprinter C Kunalan (near left) and DJ/presenter Jamie Yeo were present to commemorate the launch of the event yesterday at United Square. This year’s
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  • MAD ABOUT GOLF
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      Lock icon Prayad stretches lead to five
      522 46 CHIANGMAI GOLF CLASSIC Thai veteran star Prayad Marksaeng fired a majestic six-under 66 to open up a commanding five-shot lead over countryman Thongchai Jaidee and Australia’s Matthew Stieger after the third round of the inaugural US$750,000 ($900,000) Chiangmai Golf Classic yesterday. The 47-year-old Prayad, who
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      Lock icon Gloveless Yokoo in front
      281 46 INDONESIA OPEN JAPAN’S Kaname Yokoo birdied the last hole for a five-under 67 yesterday to burst away from a crowded leaderboard after three rounds of the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship in Jakarta. The 40-year-old Yokoo, who has won five times on the Japan Tour, is
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      Lock icon How to score with wedges
      113 46 QUESTION: I am an average golfer and I don’t know how far my wedges should go DOOLAN: Most golfers these days carry THREE wedges. These are your scoring clubs, not your power clubs. These are approximate distances: Pitching wedge 70 to 100 metres Gap wedge
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      Lock icon THIS WEEK’S TIP: Correct club head positioning
      132 46 THE position and angle of your club head make all the difference to your swing. It’s, basically, a direct result of a good or bad grip. If the club face is facing the sky (called closed or shut position), you’re likely to make
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      Lock icon McIlroy just makes the cut
      388 47 HOUSTON OPEN AP RORY McIlroy didn’t improve his chances of regaining the world No. 1 ranking, but he held up under pressure on Friday to guarantee himself two more rounds at the US PGA Tour Houston Open. Steve Wheatcroft, who booked his place in the
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      Lock icon Quiet Duncan has the biggest say in Spurs’ victory
      878 47 NBA AP SA SPURS 104 LA CLIPPERS 102 San Antonio Spurs AllStar Tim Duncan is a man of little emotion and even fewer words. The Los Angeles Clippers brought out a demonstrative side rarely seen from the 16-year veteran and it
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Lock icon Williams places faith in family
      595 48 F1 team owner promotes daughter, 36, as deputy team principal, creating ‘clear succession path’ AFP Frank Williams is a bold and enterprising man who built one of Formula One’s greatest teams out of nothing. In his earliest days, and during some of his most difficult
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      Lock icon Schumacher: Doping was like ‘eating pasta’
      345 48 CYCLING Reuters RIDER Stefan Schumacher’s admission that he had used banned substances was welcomed by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and national cycling federation (BDR) on Friday. Schumacher, who failed two drug tests in 2008, said in an interview with German magazine Der
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  • EPL
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      Lock icon Holt baffled by his England snub
      449 49 PA Sport Grant Holt has revealed his irritation at being overlooked by England last summer. The Norwich striker emerged as a dark horse for a call-up to the national team ahead of Euro 2012 after netting 15 league goals in the Canaries’ first season
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      Lock icon Isabelle praised despite S’pore’s semi-final defeat
      295 49  -  TABLE TENNIS JASPAL SINGH FOR Isabelle Li, the World Team Classic tournament in Guangzhou, China, was an eye-opener. It was the 18-year-old national paddler’s first big assignment. Although Li (right) managed to win only one in four doubles matches with her partner Yu Mengyu,
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      Lock icon S’pore bowlers flop
      128 49 CRICKET POOR pace bowling left Singapore with a mountain to climb, and it was no surprise that they were beaten by Hong Kong in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Nepal yesterday. Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat, chalking up a massive total of 198-3
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      Lock icon Magpies are shot down as City go on goal spree
      594 50 MANCHESTER CITY 4 (Tevez 41, Silva 45, Kompany 56, Perch 69 og) NEWCASTLE UTD 0 MANCHESTER CITY skipper Vincent Kompany was among the scorers as they recorded their biggest Premier League win since November. Carlos Tevez and David Silva were
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      Lock icon Wigan’s hopes are still alive
      218 50 WIGAN 1 (Kone 81) NORWICH 0 WIGAN’S survival bid gathered pace as Arouna Kone’s goal nine minutes from time made it three wins in a row for Roberto Martinez’s side. Last season a point at Carrow Road in March provided the impetus for the Latics
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      Lock icon Bale stunner helps Spurs sink Swans
      422 51 SWANSEA 1 (Michu 71) TOTTENHAM 2 (Vertonghen 7, Bale 21) THE latest instalment of the Gareth Bale show helped Tottenham climb to third in the Premier League table with victory at Swansea. The Welshman teed up Jan Vertonghen for Spurs’ opener in the seventh
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      Lock icon Lambert delivers a knock-out blow as Saints claim spoils
      475 51 SOUTHAMPTON 2 (Rodriguez 23, Lambert 35) CHELSEA 1 (Terry 33) RICKIE LAMBERT celebrated his new Southampton contract in some style, smashing home an exquisite free-kick to secure all three points from a hard-fought encounter with Chelsea. Making his 500th career league
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      Lock icon Arsenal’s charge is on
      588 52  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 4 (Gervinho 11, Cazorla 48, Giroud 67, Arteta 77-pen) READING 1 (Robson-Kanu 68) Arsenal’s charge for a Champions League place is on. The Gunners, so wretched throughout the winter, are hitting their stride at just
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      Lock icon Rodgers: I pay no attention to Suarez’s comments
      792 53 PA Sport Reds manager Brendan Rodgers has brushed off concerns about star striker Luis Suarez’s future. He claimed comments made on international duty have “no great relevance to Liverpool”. Ahead of World Cup qualifiers last week the 26-year-old gave an interview in
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      Lock icon Lambert defends Villans’ discipline
      375 53 PA Sport PAUL Lambert insists Aston Villa are not a dirty side despite being bottom of the Fair Play table ahead of tonight’s Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool at Villa Park. Relegation-threatened Villa have accumulated 64 bookings and two red cards during the current campaign.
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      Lock icon United inch closer to title
      503 54 / 55  -  GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg SUNDERLAND 0 MAN UNITED 1 (Titus Bramble, 27 og) With barely a canter, Manchester United downed Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light yesterday to inch closer to the English Premier League crown. Such was their superiority over their relega-tion-threatened opponents that
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      Lock icon Van Persie will claim the goal
      753 54 / 55 Wire Agencies MANCHESTER United moved 18 points clear at the top of the Premier League, for a few hours at least, when they won 1-0 at Sunderland yesterday thanks to a firsthalf own-goal from Titus Bramble. United, closing in on their 20th title and
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  • FOOTBALL
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      Lock icon Ringmaster returns to Lions’ den
      354 56  -  SHAMIR OSMAN HAND on chin, one finger over his lip, Radojko Avramovic wore a look of complete concentration. It was the very same look he used to wear when he led the Republic’s Lions to victory in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup last
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      Lock icon Atletico test is good for Lions
      598 56  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg Spanish giants Atletico Madrid have been lured to Singapore by investor Peter Lim and his “worthy cause” of helping promising young athletes from financially challenged backgrounds. In doing so, they present the Republic with a unique opportunity to further the cause
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  • MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE
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      Lock icon Shahril ends goal drought
      616 57  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Write him off at your own peril. In yesterday’s edition of The New Paper, we asked last season’s LionsXII top scorer Shahril Ishak (10 goals) if he was losing his mojo after not scoring for eight league games in a row. And what
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      Lock icon LionsXII can win the MSL
      547 58 / 59  -  Sundram’s men go top with a game in hand. DAVID LEE says: DAVID LEE LIONSXII 1 (Shahril Ishak 79) NEGERI SEMBILAN 0 Do they have the champions look? Or are they destined to be bridesmaids once again? Last night, in front of 6,518 vociferous fans
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      Lock icon MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
      478 58 / 59  -  JASPAL SINGH 11th min: Fazrul Nawaz played through by Shahfiq Ghani and had lots of space to run into, but a poor first touch let him down and his tame effort was easily dealt with by Hamsani Ahmad. 29th min: Baihakki goes into the referee’s book for a
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      Lock icon ...but they must address these concerns
      405 58 / 59  -  DAVID LEE 1) Goal-shy Ten games, 11 goals that’s hardly championship form is it? Post-match, Negeri coach Divaldo Alves said Selangor (second place, 14 goals) and ATM FA (fourth, 21 goals) look more like title contenders than the LionsXII. But goalkeeper Izwan Mahbud, who
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    • ON TV
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        158 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: ASTON VILLA v LIVERPOOL SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 8.30pm Tuesday: FULHAM v QPR SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 3am FA CUP Tomorrow: CHELSEA v MAN UNITED (Q-FINAL REPLAY) SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 7.25pm CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Wednesday: PARIS
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        15 58 / 59 NBA Today: UTAH JAZZ v BROOKLYN NETS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am
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        12 58 / 59 SONY OPEN Today: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 11.30pm
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        30 58 / 59 CHIANGMAI GOLF CLASSIC Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 2.30pm HOUSTON OPEN Tomorrow DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 1am
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