The New Paper, 26 May 2013

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    19 1 the new paper on sunday May 26 2013 A SINGAPORE PRESS holdings I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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      61 1 GROUND ZERO Heartlanders on bullying: We’d rather keep quiet NIGHTMARE JOB SEEKERS Rainbow hair and gym clothes to a job interview 12 14 Got milk The hottest white powder around. S’poreans get offers to take baby formula to China 4 TNP PICTURE ILLUSTRATION: GARY GOH MAKAN GALORE: Our preview of
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  • UPFRONT
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Why tolerate bullies?
      216 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg One of the most hotly-discussed stories this week centred around a supervisor verbally abusing an intern and slapping him. The obvious question: Why would anyone stand for something like that? That view, I suspect, comes from a position of privilege. Some heartlanders explain
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      173 2 FEATURES 4 Paid to be milk mule Singaporeans flying up to China with formula in luggage 14 What people do at job interviews Recruiters reveal nightmares, dos and don’ts 30 TNPS guide to world food fair World Street Food Jamboree sees dishes from 10 countries COLUMNS 12 Ground Zero Why
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Psst, want to earn pocket money as a MILK MULE?
      1362 4 / 5  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg The white powder is in great demand. People here are being asked to become mules to take it to China in their luggage. It’s not drugs. It’s milk powder. Parents in China are fuelling an incredible
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      Lock icon Milk on the shelves but... NOT A DROP TO DRINK
      710 6  -  China mums will pay any price rather than risk the health of their babies REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Chinese parents say they have no choice but to ask friends and relatives who are overseas to help buy formula milk in
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      Lock icon Win a chance to Walk Like Rihanna
      166 13 It’s that time again. HOT FM 91.3 is having its Must Drink Friday, and it’s at The Exchange at Asia Square Tower 1. The event will begin at 8pm on Friday. The theme is Walk Like Rihanna (good luck to the men with
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      Lock icon Win Now You See Me movie tickets
      139 13 Is it a heist? Or is it a magic trick? In new film Now You See Me, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco play a group of magicians called “The Four Horsemen”. The quartet use their high-profile show as a
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      Lock icon Job applicants from HELL
      1012 14 / 15  -  School’s out for tertiary students, which also means job-hunting season has begun. Recruiters and hiring managers talk to BENITA AW YEONG (benitaay@sph.com.sg) about nightmare interviews, and the dos and don’ts when it comes to making the best first impression BENITA AW YEONG (benitaay@sph.com.sg) SCENARIO #1: Dressed
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      Lock icon When words pack a harder punch
      818 19  -  Abuse is not just physical and consequences can take a toll in the long run REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg “You don’t deserve to be a mother to my kids. You have always put your career over family.” This is what Ms Carrie Tan’s ex-husband
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      Lock icon Barisan Nasional to be single party?
      470 22 M’sia deputy PM says proposal must be studied in detail to ensure support The Malaysian General Election earlier this month put the spotlight firmly on the racial angle. After the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition was returned to power on a reduced majority, Prime
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      Lock icon Man dies trying to rob policeman
      224 22 A man paid with his life when he picked the wrong person to rob at an automated teller machine in Damansara Utama, a suburb of Petalingjaya. The person he wanted to rob turned out to be a policeman in plain clothes who was depositing
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      Lock icon 3-D printer saves baby’s life
      416 23 It’s the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine. In a first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save a baby boy who would stop breathing for a time nearly every day. In the
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      Lock icon Mum throws scissors into daughter’s head
      143 23 The couple were believed to be drunk and began to argue over the husband’s infidelity. When the quarrel heated up, the wife picked up a pair of scissors and lunged at the husband. But she missed. The scissors struck their two-year-old daughter, who was
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      Lock icon LA hospital live-tweets video of brain surgery
      334 23 Social media has wormed its way into an operation theatre, where every single aspect of a brain surgery was live-tweeted using Vine, Twitter’s new way of sharing videos online. It is the first time that a live-tweet of a major operation has been
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      Lock icon Money can’t buy toilet paper here
      430 24 People queue for basics in oil-rich Venezuela When the nurse in Venezuela heard that a corner shop had toilet paper, she dropped everything and ran to the store. Ms Mercedes Aquino, 48, also did what most people here do every time butter, milk, sugar,
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      Lock icon Want a wife? Get a toilet first
      237 24 With this toilet, I thee wed. This was perhaps the line the grooms said during a recent mass marriage ceremony in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The requirements for the prospective grooms were not money or highly paid jobs, but proof that
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      Lock icon Mr Tech Savvy Fadhil Salim
      526 25  -  Continuing our series profiling the S-League players to watch, Hougang United’s goalkeeper talks about his passion for gadgets. TEXT: HEDY KHOO 1 I knew I wanted to be a footballer when... I was six years old. My late father had played in a youth development
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Friend of alleged Woolwich soldier killer arrested at BBC
      114 8 / 9 AP Counter-terrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of British soldier Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Abu Nusaybah was arrested following a BBC interview in which he said Adebolajo, 28,
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      Lock icon Japan mayor to apologise to US over brothels comment
      112 8 / 9 AFP A Japanese politician under fire for calling “comfort women” a wartime necessity has been forced to apologise for suggesting US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels to vent their violent frustrations. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto had suggested that US servicemen in
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      Lock icon Two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya in parts of Myanmar
      106 8 / 9 AP Authorities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have imposed a twochild limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence. Local officials said yesterday that the new measure would be
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      Lock icon French prosecutors grill IMF chief, name her ‘assisted witness’
      114 8 / 9 International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges but was named an “assisted witness” after French prosecutors grilled her over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister. She was questioned by prosecutors working for a
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      54 8 / 9 IN REMEMBRANCE: A candlelight memorial was held yesterday at the Communicable Disease Centre to remember the lives lost to HIV Aids. The theme for the event, “In Solidarity”, aimed to emphasise the need for people living with and affected by HIV to work together to fight the disease.
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      Lock icon Labour movement finds govt stand encouraging
      261 8 / 9 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW Labour chief Lim Swee Say has welcomed the Government’s stand on introducing laws against discrimination in the workplace. “We are very encouraged by the comments from the Manpower Ministry, that it is open to the idea of legislation in terms of anti-discrimination,”
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      Lock icon M’sian opposition rally draws crowds
      144 8 / 9 Tens of thousands of people gathered for the ninth and last of the Malaysian opposition’s Blackout rallies at Petaling Jaya yesterday. Among the speakers were opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, his daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar, Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president Tian Chua, activist Haris Ibrahim and Bersih
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      Lock icon 1.5 million taxpayers now paying via Giro
      120 8 / 9 More than 332,000 taxpayers signed up to have their taxes deducted straight from their bank accounts, bringing the total number of taxpayers paying through the General Interbank Recurring Order (Giro) to 1.5 million. This comes at the end of the “Giro your Tax
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      Lock icon Have you seen this girl?
      66 8 / 9 Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 13-year-old Loh Jia Yi, Janice (left), who was last seen at about 7am on Thursday at Serangoon North Avenue 4. She is about 1.68m tall, of medium built, fair-skinned and has long, black hair. She was
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      184 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Spring Singapore has stopped the sale of 120 children’s products for being unsafe since April 2011, when the Consumer Production Regulations came into force. COE premiums for cars rise in the latest round of bidding last week. Premiums for
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      Lock icon INSTALIFE
      36 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app I saw Singaat the Jalan Besar Community Club on May 21. Since resigning, Singa now has time to spend resting with the folks in the heartlands. TNP photojournalist Gavin Foo
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      Lock icon Our photojournalist picks his pictures of the week
      159 11  -  JONATHAN CHOO jonathan@sph.com.sg TRAPPED BEARS: An activist from Four Paws tranquillising bears in a cage at a private zoo next to a restaurant in the Kosovar town of Prizren last Wednesday. Kosovo has launched a campaign to seize wild bears held in
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      285 10 A ne My Paper a BLOCKBUSTER BLA 1 'A 0 mw The closer you look the less you’ll see. WOODY MELANIE I SLA DAVE MICHAEL MORGAN RG RUFFALO HARRELSON LAURENT FISHER FRANCO CAINE FREEMAN NOWYOUSEEME IN THEATRES 6 JUN SNEAK PREVIEW 4 June 2013 Tuesday, 7.15pm Shaw Theatre Bugis, Hall
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      38 11 ••5 a 0m mI matt PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. STOP PROBLEM GAMBLING. If problem gambling affects you or a loved one, call the Problem Gambling Helpline for advice and information. KNOW THE LINE N@G NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Keep quiet & suffer?
      1122 12  - Keep quiet suffer? While some heartlanders wonder why someone won’t stand up against bullying, some say it may be easier to accept it MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg “Which grown man would keep quiet and allow the abuse to go on for three years?” that’s the burning question on the minds
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      226 13 Late for work? Fine: $1 per minute GOLDEN TICKEfii WIN UP TO $60,000 Gold Bars and other prizes! Get Purchase a Golden Ticket at $4 (U.P. $5) from stores islandwide. V SiV i Jmm MOW tue WED THU SAT SUN Hjr.-WH HhL -1 J o< Includes instant Scratch Win Swensen's
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  • THEN & NOW
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      945 16 / 17  -  In 2007, a Taiwanese fighter crashed into a warehouse in Taiwan. Singapore soldiers on an unrelated exercise were caught in the drama. One survivor says the incident made him live life to the fullest JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg It happened six years ago, on May
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A CRUISE SHIP HOTEL MANAGER
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      Lock icon Passengers find him ‘sexy’
      818 20  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg He’s charged with taking care of the needs of up to 2,600 cruise ship passengers at a time. That’s more people than most hotels on terra firma can hold. But Mr Dodie Rosacay, 51, who’s been at his job for nearly 18
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      133 21 t/ 'V ■v w Itu■^L £3 S3 <s®(S<9 r S)<S»® (e)(5)® f N j NEW FACE 13 Turn yOlir ffllltssy into rcslity Step into Eligibility: 14 to 23 years old. Walk-in Audition: Suntec Tropics Winner: $10,000 cash the limelight at The New Paper New Face 2013 where you’ll Atrium Saturday
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      66 24 ‘The school holidays are coming soon and I’d like to earn some extra pocket money.” I I i i ■54 Just like in the past, I found my part-time and temporary positions on www.STJobs.sg fC.rX Awarded Best in Cross Media Advertising (Silver) for Asian Digital Media Awards 2012 A product
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Food for fun
      724 26 / 27 Some theme restaurants are taking the dining experience to a new level. Cheow Sue-Ann scopes them out It sits right in the middle of a bustling junction. Steel steps lead up to the cool sanctuary of Sushi Airways, away from the heat and hustle of the street.
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      Lock icon The choice THIS WEEK: AYAM PENYET
      426 28 Brought to you by Kopitiam VivoCity Nina Rasa Operating hours: 10am-10pm This was an impressive dish. Appetising soup, delicious chicken and tasty chilli. The chicken was tender with a tasty and crispy skin. It was complemented by light, fragrant rice and flavourpacked chilli that
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      Lock icon HED CHEF
      671 29  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg The most common and easysounding dishes are often the hardest to master. Fried rice is one of them. The rice can turn out too hard or too oily. Or too mushy, because a common mistake is to add too much water. Fried rice was the
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      Lock icon Street food feast fest
      1520 30 / 31 It’s one event featuring 37 stalls from 10 cities serving more than 40 dishes and it starts th is Friday It’s an event borne out of passion for street food, and you can join in. The New Paper on Sunday columnist and Makansutra founder, KF Seetoh,
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      Lock icon Music to munch to
      168 32 It’s not just about food. When you chow down on these globally sourced delicacies, there will be the best in music to serenade you. Like the food on offer, there’s also an eclectic range of aural delights. Budak Pantai are not quite a capella –think of
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      25 28 Price: $5 Price: $4.80 Enjoy 10% discount with Singapore’s first stored-value dining card Kopitiam Card Get more details at any Kopitiam outlet. Terms conditions apply
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      73 30 / 31 World Street Food Jamboree May 31 to June 9 Where: F1 Pit Building Paddock, 1 Republic Blvd, Singapore *****5 Opening hours: 11am 10pm daily (except Friday May 31 5pm 10pm) One-day food coupon pack: $28 (includes $20 of street food coupons, access to street food masterclasses, and presentations, such as
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      153 30 / 31 Win If what you see here whets your appetite for Friday’s feast launch, then participate in our contest to stand a chance at winning a special prize. Ten lucky readers will win a pair of passes each to Friday’s World Street Food Jamboree, along with a pass for two to
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Helping the pore
      529 33  -  poreDon’t add foundation to a lunar surface, beat the crater effect by minimising your pores CHEOW SUE-ANN sueannc@sph.com.sg Maybelline Baby Skin $19.90 This is a relatively new product it was released only in April yet I’ve already heard some pretty good things about it. The product is
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      Lock icon THE YOUTUBE TEST
      269 33 Putting online advice to the test How To: Minimize Pores with Baking Soda! Username: AngelaMinjiKim Search words: Pore minimising This super simple, super quick video explains the technique in just two minutes– perfect for those who just want to minimise their pores without listening to long-winded “gurus”.
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Vintage fashions, decent prices
      838 34 SECRET SHOPPER tnp@sph.com.sg The boyish-looking Leonardo DiCaprio stole my heart in Titanic. But surprisingly, as dapper as he is in The Great Gatsby, it was the fashion of the roaring 1920s in the movie that got my heart pumping. In the flick, Daisy Buchanan, played by
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Crashes lead to comfort & safety
      636 35  - Crashes lead to comfort safety Italian helmet-maker AGV is taking a head-first plunge into the Asian market ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg BIKER BOY If you’re a biker who gets to meet a MotoGP rider, be sure to say “thank you” to him. That’s the advice of Mr Tommaso Bruzzese,
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      Lock icon The end of a cycling icon
      1046 36 / 37  -  It’s a much-loved bicycle shop that has served riders of all ages for 81 years, but now it’s.. CHEOW SUE-ANN sueannc@sph.com.sg The Song Seng Chan bicycle store will be closing down next month, after 81 years. Generations of cyclists in Singapore will remember its
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      248 35 ROAD SAFETY... FOR THE ELDERLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY Road accidents can happen in a split second. To enhance pedestrian safety, especially for the elderly, here are some practical tips. Source: Singapore Road Safety Council, Handbook for Road Users by Traffic Police Department, Singapore. Use pedestrian crossings like zebra crossings,
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Look who’s in a bad moob
      611 38  -  REPORT: CHEOW SUE-ANN sueannc@sph.com.sg Bigger boobs please? Some women may spend tens of thousands just to get their perfect double Ds. But it’s “no thank you” for some men who spend similar sums of money on their breasts to remove them, that is. Typically
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      Lock icon He wants to get G-cup boobs
      161 38 While most men want to get rid of their man boobs, security guard and aspiring singer Kurt Tay went the other way. Mr Tay went to Thailand for surgery to get C-cup breasts. His story recently appeared in The New Paper. The $4,100 procedure
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Donning a sharp suit of doom
      649 39  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg Oh Don, what have you done? Everyone’s favourite self-destructive 1960s alpha male of advertising is into his sixth and penultimate season... and things aren’t going well. As we left Don Draper (Jon Hamm) in the previous season of Mad Men, his
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Don’t call me sexy
      847 40  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES When darkness falls, I turn into a recluse. I make a hermit crab look like Paris Hilton. There are many reasons for this. I am a father of a little girl, I spend most evenings writing, I don’t drink alcohol and on
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      Lock icon 3 more things about S’pore that will shock Vin Diesel
      798 41  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg ACT BLUR US$154,000 (S$195,000) for a Toyota Prius? Based on Vin Diesel’s reaction in a RazorTV video, that is apparently more shocking than finding out that Michelle Rodriguez’s character is still alive in Fast Furious
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Granny locks suspected thieves in farmyard
        145 41 Wires A 64-YEAR-OLD Irish grandmother locked three suspected thieves in a yard, promised to come back with the key and called the police. Her daughter said Ms Ann Curtis got some help from her neighbours in Clegg, County Meath, who gathered in front of
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        Lock icon Escaped goat causes four-vehicle crash
        123 41 Wires AUTHORITIES in New Jersey said an escaped goat believed to have been bound for a slaughterhouse caused a four-vehicle crash. The Jersey City Police Department said the black goat, which had a US Department of Agriculture tag on one of its ears, was seen
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        Lock icon Surgeons remove tiger’s basketball-sized hairball
        132 41 AP IT’S NOT unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 180kg tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn’t hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself. The 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent the procedure on Wednesday at a veterinary
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      806 42 / 43 RACE 1 LUCKY EIGHTY EIGHT: Apprentice T Rehaizat, when questioned, said that after jumping away slightly slowly from a wide barrier, he elected to go back to try to obtain cover, resulting in him settling back in the field. He added that
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      916 42 / 43 RACE 1 Trentham (NZ) 1st 2 Who Shot Thebarman ($8-$7) 2nd 12 Jamomiti ($33) 3rd 11 Disdain ($22) 4th 3 Beau Agen Forecast $83 Place Forecast (2-12) $24 (2-11) $21 (11-12) $122 Tierce $1239 Trio $329 Quartet $8588 Quadro$455 Scratchings: 1 Riverman Jack, 5
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      Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
      1767 42 / 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S IPOH TIPS RACE 1: 6 Honest Beng 7 Sapphire Star 11 Moving Forward 10 Carey Island RACE 2: 2 Chinese Street 7 Sunny Star 13 Thundershock 6 Good Gift RACE 3:10 Horizon Lad 12 Mid Sun 13 Camero 1 Wu
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      Lock icon Follow Smart Guy in the opening race
      2376 44 / 45 RACE 1 (2,000m) SMART GUY (12) has turned his career around in his past three Sha Tin outings. He was a short- ofroom 1,800m third to Kensworth Kid, then enjoyed every inch of the 2,000m for a neck success over Spicy Siam and,
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      Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
      1485 44 / 45 Going forecast: Good to Yielding COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—2000m TIME 12:45 Stakes: HK$540,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 BULLISH POWER A S CRUZ M CHADWICK 133 13 2
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      585 44 / 45 Race 1 C5 (STRAIGHT) 1100m 12 TUXEDO URCHIN 53 (193-43)......................... Jackson Low (8) 5 5 1 (437) 12 TUXEDO URCHIN 53 (193-43) 6 JOYFUL AFFAIR 54.5 c 50.5 (46-11) ....................KC Tham* (4) 6 6 4 (462) 1.25 •Winning stable: Sg Ong. Trainer: S Shanmugam. Time: 1min 03.20sec
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      Lock icon Keep up the Spirit Of Amber in Race 7
      1040 46 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS R ACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,200m) 6 FALLFORME (12:2-3-1): Back in class and ran on well after racing deep 2½ len, len 3rd (53.5) to Feisty Lady 1,010m Ipswich C2 May 4. Looks well
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (SUNSHINE COAST/KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD
      291 46 12:34 Race 1 SUNSHINE COAST—1200M SUNSHINE COAST —1200M 1 ARAWAK BEAUAPPO (D 59 2 SHOW OF STRENGTH S SHIELD (6) 12:50 Race 2 KALGOORLIE—1600M 3 OVERRULE 2 FORCE OF NATURE NATASHA FAITHFULL (7) 58 (3) 57.5 4 BEAUTRIX 6 JENKYE (2) 57 5 ELLAWISDOM
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      32 44 / 45 Saturday, May 25 2013 First Second Third 3267 8791 6327 Starters 0016 4246 5852 6940 7144 7432 8763 9156 9312 9557 Consolations 1354 2165 2828 5942 6319 6517 7880 8741 9550 9752
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  • NBA
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      Lock icon Not so lethal LeBron
      663 47 Heat star’s two late turnovers hand home-court advantage to Pacers AP EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS MIAMI HEAT 93 INDIANA PACERS 97 Best-of-seven series tied at 1-1 David West was more than a little disappointed when the Indiana Pacers failed to make a defensive play at the end
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    • Article
      Lock icon China to meet South Korea in Sudirman Cup final
      376 47 BADMINTON AFP EIGHT-TIME champions China reached their 10th consecutive Sudirman Cup badminton final yesterday, seeing off Denmark 3-1 in Kuala Lumpur and setting up a clash for the title with South Korea today. Three-time champions South Korea reached their seventh Cup
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Hall of Famer Monty on Garcia’s spat with Tiger: ‘A mountain out of a molehill’
      520 48 / 49 AP Recent World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Colin Montgomerie has described the Sergio Garcia “fried chicken” controversy as “making a mountain out of a molehill”. The Scottish player’s response to the controversy that drew
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      Lock icon Breathing during the swing
      287 48 / 49 QUESTION OF THE WEEK QUESTION: I’ve read your advice on perfecting the swing, but what do you do about breathing during the swing? In, out or hold? DOOLAN: Any athlete will tell you breathing is crucial for any good performance but in golf, unlike other sports
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      Lock icon Canizares one shot ahead of Westwood
      238 48 / 49 Reuters WENTWORTH, battered by wind and rain this week, almost turned into the Costa del Sol yesterday so it was no shock to see Spain’s Alejandro Canizares set the pace at the BMW PGA Championship. The son of former Ryder Cup stalwart Jose Maria
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      Lock icon Look out for Kelly
      324 48 / 49  -  SINGAPORE LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION AMATEUR OPEN GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg Malaysia’s Kelly Tan is the player to watch at this week’s 24th Singapore Ladies Golf Association Amateur Open. Kelly, winner of last week’s Malaysian Ladies Amateur Open, is in hot form and leads a string of young
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      Lock icon Kuchar in perch
      201 48 / 49 AFP MATT Kuchar moved atop the leaderboard of the weather-hit Crown Plaza Invitational at Colonial yesterday morning (Singapore time), moving to 10 under through 15 holes when play was halted. Kuchar was one shot in front of clubhouse leader Graham DeLaet, who played early and completed a
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  • TENNIS
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      Lock icon FED’S UP FOR IT
      958 50 / 51 Swiss star confident of challenging for French Open crown at the age of 31 AP Perhaps not surprisingly, the first three questions posed to Roger Federer at his pre-French Open news conference on Friday concerned rival and nemesis Rafael Nadal. The third was about the difficulties
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      Lock icon ‘Revolutionary’ tennis league set for 2014 launch
      488 50 / 51 AFP INDIA’S 12-time Grand Slam doubles champion Mahesh Bhupathi yesterday lifted the lid on his plans for an International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), that is scheduled to stage its inaugural season at the end of 2014 in Paris. Branded by world No. 1
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      Lock icon Serena out to exorcise Roland Garros demons
      791 50 / 51 AFP If momentum counts for everything in tennis, nothing will stop Serena Williams from winning the French Open for just the second time in her career in Paris on June 8. At 31, the superstar of the women’s game is on an unprecedented
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Lock icon Rosberg and Hamilton lock front row for Mercedes
      654 52 Reuters Germany’s Nico Rosberg scorched to his third successive Formula One pole position with teammate Lewis Hamilton completing a front row lockout yesterday for Mercedes at the Monaco Grand Prix. The pole was the fourth in a row for Mercedes, whose qualifying
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      101 52 Sun, 26/05/13 Motor Racing Monaco Race (final) 8.00pm LW Mon, 27/05/13 LW*: Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live' telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg W Bb*re[ Livewjre (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 yrs and above) BMr Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 yrs and above during live SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 yrs
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  • S-LEAGUE
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      Lock icon Cunningham stars in Tigers’ 4-0 mauling
      732 53  -  Balestier’s defender-turned-striker torments defending champions Tampines SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg BALESTIER KHALSA 4 (Qiu Li 39, Kim Min Ho 44, Paul Cunningham 47, Park Kang Jin 54) TAMPINES ROVERS 0 He is a centre back by trade. But now, Balestier Khalsa’s captain Paul Cunningham
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      Lock icon First point for Young Lions
      229 53  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ THE Courts Young Lions registered their first point of the season after they drew 1-1 with Brunei DPMM in Bandar Seri Begawan last night. DPMM striker Adi Said opened accounts in the ninth minute but Fareez Farhan equalised three minutes before the
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      Lock icon Young Tigers, Sparks kick off S’pore Cup
      130 53 MALAYSIA’S Harimau Muda B and Philippine side Loyola Meralco Sparks will be hoping to improve on last year’s showings when they meet in the Singapore Cup preliminary round at the Jalan Besar Stadium tonight (7.30pm). Harimau, the Malaysian Un-der-21 side, were thumped 3-0
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  • SERIE A
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      Lock icon Benitez set to join Napoli
      574 54 Spaniard could replace Mazzarri, who Joins Inter Wire Services The merry-go-round in the Serie A has started. Inter Milan announced on Friday that they have fired coach Andrea Stramaccioni and will replace him with Napoli boss Walter Mazzarri. Mazzarri (right), who twice led Napoli to
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      Lock icon Leave your knives at home, de Rossi tells fans
      396 54 AFP ROMA midfielder Daniele de Rossi has called on Roma and Lazio fans to bury their grievances ahead of both sides’ first meeting in an Italian Cup final today. De Rossi’s appeal comes less than two months after the bloodshed that
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  • LA LIGA
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      Lock icon Is Jose Chelsea bound?
      410 55 Real coach continues to hog the limelight The spotlight will continue to shine on Jose Mourinho when Real Madrid travel to Real Sociedad for the penultimate round of the Primera Division season. Speculation remains rife over the future of the Portuguese coach after it was confirmed
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      Lock icon Veteran Albelda could prolong his 17-year stint with Valencia
      598 55 LONG-SERVING Valencia midfielder David Albelda admits their game against Granada could be his last at the Mestalla, but has refused to rule out the prospect of extending his stay at Los Che. The 35-year-old made his Valencia debut back in 1996
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  • EPL
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      Lock icon ‘No player-power at Chelsea’
      700 56 / 57 Lampard laughs off suggestions that the seniors influence owner Roman’s decisions PA Sport We have no say over which manager is hired or fired. That’s what Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard insisted, in response to talk that the senior players in the Blues’ dressing room are able
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      Lock icon Zidane: Bale more than good enough for Real
      226 56 / 57 PA Sport REAL Madrid ambassador Zinedine Zidane believes Gareth Bale is among the top three players in the world and “more than good enough” for the Spanish giants. Having missed out on Champions League qualification, Tottenham face an anxious summer as they
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      Lock icon Ex-Gunners urge Wenger to spend
      644 56 / 57 Wire Services If Arsenal want to end their trophy drought, they have to splash the cash. That’s the view of Arsenal legends Tony Adams and Robert Pires, who have insisted that the club can no longer operate on a shoe-string budget. The Gunners ended the
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        Lock icon Spurs’ Townsend charged for betting
        137 56 / 57 AP TOTTENHAM winger Andros Townsend was charged on Friday with misconduct over breaches of the English Football Association’s betting regulations and will seek “rehabilitation”. Townsend, who was on loan to QPR, has until June 3 to respond to the charge, but he has already pulled
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        Lock icon Bowyer appointed as Blackburn boss
        141 56 / 57 AFP INDIAN-OWNED Blackburn Rovers appointed Gary Bowyer as their new manager on a 12-month rolling contract on Friday. Bowyer, 41, had two spells as Blackburn’s caretaker boss this season and managed to steer the troubled Championship side away from the relegation zone in the final
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        Lock icon Rodgers’ son found not guilty
        143 56 / 57 AFP LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers voiced his family’s relief after his footballer son Anton was cleared on Friday in a sex case at England’s central criminal court. Anton Rodgers, 20, and three Brighton teammates were found not guilty of sexual assault and voyeurism. The retrial,
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  • FOOTBALL
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      Lock icon Real suit Neymar BETTER
      889 58 / 59  -  Fox Sports analyst PAUL PARKER tells GREGORY LOO that the Brazilian forward will get the freedom to express himself with Mourinho on his way out PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg Paul Parker is a former England and Manchester United defender who won two EPL titles and earned 19
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      Lock icon Brazilian hotshot in no hurry to decide on future
      567 58 / 59 Wire Services NEYMAR will take his time to make a decision about his future after Santos accepted two offers widely thought to be from Barcelona and Real Madrid for the Brazilian forward on Friday. The Brazilian side said they had given
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    • ON TV
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        127 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS ITALIAN CUP FINAL Tonight: ROMA v LAZIO StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 11.50pm LA LIGA Tomorrow: REAL SOCIEDAD v REAL MADRID StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 1.55am MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tomorrow: LIONSXII v SELANGOR PKNS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports
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        13 58 / 59 FRENCH OPEN Today: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 5pm
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        46 58 / 59 MONACO GP Tonight: PREVIEW StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 7pm MAIN RACE StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 7.45pm CHEQUERED FLAG StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 9.45pm
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        17 58 / 59 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL Today: MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES v SAN ANTONIO SPURS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am
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        31 58 / 59 BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 7.30pm CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 3am
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