The New Paper, 23 June 2013

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  • 21 1 the new paper on sunday June 23 2013 j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS S|dJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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  • UPFRONT
    • 502 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg Coping. I think this is the one word that encapsulates the stories in our issue today. Of course we’ve all had to cope with the thick haze that has enveloped us these past few days, haven’t we? The pale red
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    • 112 2 FEATURES 3 What air-con? Life in the haze when home offers no reprieve 9 International Widows Day She lost her husband in the SilkAir disaster, then went on to help other widows 30 New Face 2013 First time Top 26 instead of 25 chosen in iconic contest COLUMNS 27 Hed
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    • 50 2 SPORTS 51 ‘Referee kayu’ at S’pore Open Chants from crowd as Vietnam’s Nguyen Tien Minh’s loses to Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto 56 Make up your mind Wayne Rooney needs to decide if he’s leaving Man Utd 60 LionsXII ace Safuwan Baharudin vomited before the second half, yet scored the vital equaliser.
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  • PEOPLE
    • 1496 3  -  Needy families and nursing homes without the luxury of airconditioning are trying their best to cope with the haze, but help is on the way with government measures such as providing more masks POOR ELDERLY’S PLIGHT REPORTS: Benita Aw Yeong, Audrey Kang,
      PICTURES: Gary Goh, Jeremy Long, Latashni Gobi Nathan, Benson Ang, Mohd Ishak  -  1,496 words
    • 846 4 / 5 THE SAMARITANS Would you invite strangers into your house to stay the night? Mr Jeremy Chua would. Not only is the undergraduate, 24, allowing outsiders into his house, he’s even taken to encouraging others to do the same. He is one
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    • 574 6 / 7 It’s not a smokescreen the PSI gives overall picture through averaged data from 11 monitoring stations “Why does the Pollutant Standards Index or PSI reading not match what I see and smell?” The National Environment Agency (NEA) acted yesterday morning to
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    • 704 6 / 7  -  GROUND ZERO MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES Heartlanders were, almost inevitably, up in arms last week about the haze. Inevitably because it was visible, noxious and affecting everyone. Feelings on the ground ranged from helplessness to resignation, anger and mockery,
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    • 696 6 / 7  -  Riau villagers living next to the raging fires can’t afford to buy masks or leave their homes REPORTING FROM PEKANBARU, RIAU IN INDONESIA ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg While there’s been a brief respite from the haze for people in Singapore, there is no such
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    • 76 8  -  IN PEKANBARU, RIAU, INDONESIA PICTURES BY MOHD ISHAK SAMON ishak@sph.com.sg CHARRED: (Above) A charred forest near Rokan Hulu, a sixhour drive from Riau’s provincial capital Pekanbaru. (Left) Vehicles making their way through hazy conditions. HAZY: People living in Indonesia’s Riau province are resigned to living
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    • 1251 9  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg When she saw the huge, murky Musi River with yellow mud banks in Palembang, Indonesia, Madam Susan
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    • 662 10 / 11  -  REPORT: NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg She had a bad feeling that something was wrong. Her husband, a stickler for punctuality, was taking an unusually long time getting home from work that Sunday. Filled with foreboding,
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    • 133 10 / 11 International Widows’ Day was first officially recognised by the United Nations in 2010 and is observed annually on June 23. It was introduced to address poverty and injustice faced by widows and their children in many countries. Wicare, a support group for widows and
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    • 667 10 / 11  -  COMMENT: NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg “Be strong.” “It will be okay.” Well-meaning people peppered me with those words throughout the wake, and in the days and months after. It was not okay. My husband had abruptly died. We’d shared our lives for 17 years. Everything
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    • 761 14 / 15  -  Online sale of pets are raising concerns REPORT: AUDREY KANG audkang@sph.com.sg Want a pet? Instead of hitting the pet shops and choosing the doggies in the window, people here are going online, much to the concern of animal rights and welfare groups. Ad websites such as
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    • 423 14 / 15 Snakes and most other reptiles are still not allowed to be kept as pets. Yet, on ad platforms ChaosAds and Craiglist, four pythons were listed for sale in the past two weeks alone. This month, officials made one of the biggest seizures of exotic
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      1093 16 / 17  -  Collector has amassed more than 400 toy weapons in four years REPORT: AUDREY KANG audkang@sph.com.sg He has spent an estimated $20,000 on guns. Toy guns, that is. Meet the Singaporean with the biggest collection of Nerf guns, not just here, but possibly worldwide. He has his own
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    • 742 18 / 19  -  Inmates draw strength and consolation from creating works of art behind prison walls REPORTS: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Art has given this inmate a new lease on life. He says: “It takes my mind off my issues and helps me control my emotions. “I used to feel
      TNP PICTURES: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  742 words
    • Article, Illustration
      213 18 / 19 Labyrinth Series No. 2 steps, stoneware (right) Says curator Fairuz Iman Ismail: “A creative piece, suggesting the many different roads a person can take in life that could lead towards one’s success or failure. The artist’s depiction of a labyrinth is very refreshing and creative.” Enraptured, acrylic
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    • 279 18 / 19 Art created within prison walls will be given a public airing at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) next month. A total of 61 pieces, comprising paintings, drawings, batik, ceramics and mixed media, will be exhibited as part of the annual Yellow Ribbon Community Art Exhibition, which
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    • 292 20  -  REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Are you still holding on to a one-cent coin? You’re holding on to a little bit of history. Did you know that the authorities here stopped minting the one cent coins 11 years ago? Small denomination coins are disappearing around the
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    • 669 21  -  Near-capacity crowd at Asia Style Collection fashion show concert REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg Was it because of clearer skies, or was it because the avid fans would have turned up anyway? Despite earlier fears of disruption due to the haze, yesterday’s
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    • 356 22 From Asia to Europe to South America, June is the month for demonstrations AFP 1. MALAYSIA WHEN: June 22 WHERE: Kuala Lumpur WHAT: 20,000 supporters led by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim demanding the resignation of the country’s Election Commission in the wake of last month’s contentious
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    • 137 22 Reuters Social media tools like Facebook and Twitter have enabled mass protests in many parts of the world. For instance, the protests in Brazil are on a scale not seen for 20 years. As a result of the speed, efficiency and anonymity of online activism,
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    • 425 23 AUS teen is in the dock over a murder charge. Daniel William Marsh, 16, was hauled to court earlier this week for allegedly stabbing an elderly couple to death in the Californian city of Davis in April, reported the New York Daily News. The prosecution
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    • 483 24 New measures to clamp down on cheating result in violence against teachers It was an unusual protest. Earlier this month, students and parents clashed with authorities in Zhongxiang, a small city in Hubei, China, over new measures which clamped down on cheating during the
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    • 472 25 Weakened form of virus reprograms girl’s immune system It is a breakthrough in medical science the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been used to treat leukaemia successfully in a young girl. Last June, Emma Whitehead, then six, received an experimental form of this therapy. A
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    • 577 25 Doctors give him an inch but he’s not satisfied He went under the knife to remove his deformed 60kg scrotum, hoping that his life would improve thereafter. What he did not expect was the operation leaving him with a one-inch (2.54cm) penis, the Daily Mail reported. Initially, Mr Wesley Warren
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    • 647 26  -  In this week’s series profiling S-League players to watch, this Courts Young Lions striker/winger reveals his love for love songs and romantic chick flicks TEXT BY HEDY KHOO 1 I knew I wanted to be a footballer... When I was about three or four, my dad
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    • 822 30 / 31  -  For the first time, judges pick 26 instead of 25 girls because this year’s batch is of exceptional standard REPORT: BHAVNA JAGTIANI jbhavna@sph.com.sg Why try to limit quality? At Round 2 of The New Paper New Face auditions, the Top 25 turned into the Top
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 115 12 / 13 AP European ambassadors on Friday urged the authorities in Phuket to work to ensure foreign tourists are safe from crime, corruption and dangerous road and swimming conditions. A statement issued on behalf of European Union countries said the embassies suggested
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    • 117 12 / 13 AFP Three Chinese government ships sailed into waters around disputed islands controlled by Tokyo yesterday, the Japanese coast guard said. The maritime surveillance vessels entered the 12-nautical-mile zone off Uotsurijima, one of the Senkaku islands, in the East China
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    • 90 12 / 13 AFP Japan’s Mount Fuji, known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, was yesterday granted World Heritage status, Unesco said. The 3,776m-tall Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, is one of the country’s most recognisable sights. The iconic snow-capped peak “has inspired artists
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    • 103 12 / 13 AP An Oman Air plane made an emergency landing in India yesterday because of a bomb scare during the flight, an airport official said. The plane landed without incident at the Mumbai airport, and the passengers disembarked safely. He said the
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 12 / 13 PICTURE BIG Soldiers from the Singapore Armed Forces Combat Service Support Command, together with volunteers and staff from the People’s Association unloading 586 cartons of N95 masks at the People’s Association headquarters at King George’s Avenue yesterday. PICTURE: THE STRAITS TIMES
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    • 298 12 / 13 Strengthening national service National service (NS) remains a critical institution that must continue to be part of Singapore’s development. That was the view of participants of the first focus group discussion on how to strengthen support for, and commitment to, NS, The Straits
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    • 226 12 / 13 Attempts to extradite Edward Snowden, charged with espionage by US authorities, will result in a protracted legal battle in Hong Kong that could lastyears, experts said yesterday. Hong Kong, a former British colony that retained a separate legal system when it
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    • 98 12 / 13 Reuters Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remains in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital, the South African government said yesterday. The 94-year-old former presi- dent’s health is little changed since his admission to a Pretoria hospital with a respiratory infection two weeks
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    • 116 12 / 13 AP Spain’s interior minister said that eight suspected jihadist militants arrested on Friday formed part of a terrorist network that had sent 50 militants to carry out attacks for Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said
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    • 215 12 / 13 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Haze hit Singapore in a big way. The PSI climbed to a record 401 on Friday and businesses are reporting lower sales. An Indonesian minister calls the Singapore reaction childish. A rush for N95 masks sparks and prices climb
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 12 / 13 Capturing life through an app A boy spotted relaxing in the shallow wading pool at Vivocity shopping mall last Wednesday evening. In his defence, he wasn’t swimming. The PSI reached a high of 321 that night at 10pm. TNP photographer Gavin Foo
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  • Page 16 / 17 Advertisements
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  • Page 18 / 19 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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  • EATS
    • Article, Illustration
      738 27  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg True aficionados of fish curry will be familiar with the taste and use of asam jawa or tamarind as a souring agent. But kudampuli, also known as Malabar tamarind, is an ingredient unique to a fish curry made in the Indian state of Kerala. It
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    • Article, Illustration
      318 28  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg It was a pleasure whenever one had a plate of Mr Ng Ba Eng’s simple (actually not quite so simple) wonton mee. You hear too many naive and complex comments online about the bad and good of his chilli sauce, the thicker-than-usual and
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    • 629 28 What is it that makes many of us stop in our tracks when someone suggests wonton mee for lunch? It’s the comfort food effect. You can picture the whole plate before your glistening eyes. You can feel it going down the hatch the meaty and roasted char
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  • 481 29 Brought to you by Kopitiam Techlink Vegetarian Operating hours: 7am to 4pm (Closed on weekends) With this dish, it is the sides that take the credit for the flavour. The best is the mock char siew, served drizzled with a sweet and salty sauce.
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
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  • Page 30 / 31 Advertisements
    • 85 30 / 31 WANT VIDEO? 1. Turn on 3G or WiFi. 2. Download QR code reader to smartphone 3. Scan QR code New Face FYI: THE New Paper New Face is an annual modelling competition in its 21st year. This year, it is presented by Subaru MotorImage and sponsored by Levi’s and New
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  • WHEELS
    • Article, Illustration
      803 32 / 33  -  The 2013 Harley-Davidson Sportster Seventy-Two mixes 70s style with modern comfort ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg BIKER BOY Does the “Seventy-Two” badge refer to the year? year? Maybe it’s paying homage to California’s Route 72, specifically Los Angeles’ Whittier Boulevard the stretch often plied by bikers on custom
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  • Page 32 / 33 Advertisements
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • 243 34 STCARS IS NOW ON IPAD You won't miss a turn with STCars at your fingertips! LATEST ADDITION TO OUR STCARS MOBILE FAMILY! ttiig. o New Car* Found Audi R8 coupe 4.2 FSI quattro R-tromc (A) Audi 57 Sportback 4.0 TFSI quattro (A) Audi R8 GT Spyder 5.2 FSI Audi SS
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  • HUMOUR
    • 919 35  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES Everyone is light-headed. Everyone has a headache. Everyone is losing patience. But that’s the Great Singapore Sale for you. It’s a very stressful time for shoppers and retail outlets. So let’s talk about the haze instead. There hasn’t been
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    • 786 36  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg ACT BLUR Everyone is talking about the haze. So I won’t. For one thing, talking about the haze can get you into trouble. Like what happened to radio DJ and ballet aficionado Rosalyn Lee. Commenting on the Singapore Armed Forces
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    • REALLY Odd news that’s for real
      • 172 36 AP IN MINNESOTA, US, a mother and her 18-year-old son have been accused of a theft that is quite a feat. Or feet. The pair allegedly stole nearly US$5,000 (S$6,400) in frozen gopher feet and then selling them for a bounty. Tina
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      • 164 36 Reuters HIS naked harassment of passengers at a San Francisco public transit station was an Internet hit. Now he’s facing criminal charges. The trained gymnast Yeiner Alberto Perez Garizabalo, 24, was caught on video doing handstands and contortions on turnstiles and front flips
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      • 173 36 Reuters BRITAIN’S glamorous racehorse meet Royal Ascot is an event marked by elaborate hats and fancy frocks. But organisers are clamping down on those who don’t adhere to the rules. The 300-year-old highlight of Britain’s social calendar attended by Queen Elizabeth
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  • TV
    • 604 37  -  MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg lim@sph.com.sg Welcome to the fantasy world. A land where the women spout gems of wisdom and men actually listen, marriages are saved through massage-cum-counselling sessions, and wives and alleged whores bond over graffiti. The Client List is naive and utterly unbelievable. Jennifer Love Hewitt
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  • Page 37 Advertisements
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  • NIGHTLIFE
    • 648 38  -  ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg ZulAndra has been covering Singapore’s nightlife since 2005. He writes about drinking, parties and dance music for various magazines and websites. Follow him on Twitter @zulandra. AFTER 7 If you’re going to open a club, open big and open hot. Club Lava’s launch
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    • 62 38 Yominky Yu, 19, student What’s the appeal of Club Lava? Ilike the decor. It’s very futuristic and the lighting’s very nice and different from the rest. The mixing and choice of songs is totally different from the rest of the commercial clubs. Even though (they play)
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    • 110 38 Over the last year, Singapore-based photographer Olivia Sari-Goerlach has been shooting portraits of the DJs who graced Home Club. The result is The Home Club Portraiture Project, a 174-page coffee-table book. It features luminaries like DJ Marky and Goldie. See it for yourself at the book
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  • Page 39 Advertisements
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  • RACING
    • 733 40 / 41 Race 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 1400M 11 REIM 58 (53-12) Karl Neisius (3) -1 3 COCONUT MAN 58 (95-20) Fareed Anthony (2) 2 5 FREE VERSE 58 (285-51) Girish Goomany (4) 3 2 ARION 58 (27-8) Bernard Fayd’Herbe (9) 4 Trainer: G Puller Margins: 0.5,
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    • 2093 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 D1 12.30 —1600m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 ***** Marshallette 57 (43) B Vorster 9 (3amf P Shaw-A L A Crabbia) 2 *****2 Sir Fleetwood 56.5 (42) J
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    • Article, Illustration
      212 40 / 41  -  BEST BET: RACE 6 NO. 3 TAN THEAN LOON EXCEL N STRIKE has an excellent record and will most likely excel again in Race 6 at Kranji today. The speedy four-year-old Australian won his first two starts when under trainer Steven Burridge. After enjoying a one-year spell
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    • 605 40 / 41 Larry Foley 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Sir Fleetwood Sir Fleetwood Boss Can I Can 5 Bukit Rose Wood 4 2 2 Boss Can I Can Bukit Rose Wood Balthazar Boss Can I Can 4 5 My Sacrifice 4 3 6 6 5 My
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    • 2116 42 / 43 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,600m) 1 MarshalletteH Tongue tie on. One-paced and the 57kg will test. 2 Sir FleetwoodHHH Tough 5-time winner who goes close although query over the trip. 3 BalthazarHHH Suited in Class 5. Has won over a mile.
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    • 202 42 / 43 RACE 1 Randwick (Abandoned due to bad weather conditions.) RACE 2 Flemington 1st 2 The Cleaner ($24-$9) 2nd 3 Constant Force ($20) 3rd 12 Lord Durante ($8) 4th 8 Clanga’s Glory Forecast $104 Place Forecast (2-3) $33, (2-12) $9, (3-12) $30 Tierce $725 Trio $197 Quartet No
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    • 124 42 / 43 AP BRITISH trainer has been banned from racing for three years for running a horse nine times, after it had undergone a procedure that is banned on welfare grounds. A British Horseracing Authority (BHA) disciplinary panel disqualified Ian McInnes until June 21, 2016, after ruling
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    • 800 42 / 43 RACE 1 Tauranga (NZ) 1st 13 Let’s Be A Star ($28-$9) 2nd 8 Perfect Start ($8) 3rd 6 Snave ($15) 4th 10 Nothing Forecast $18 Place Forecast (8-13) $12, (6-13) $23, (6-8) $20 Tierce $84 Trio $52 Quartet No winner ($180 jackpot carried forward
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    • 2246 44 / 45 TIPS AND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,000m) ART OF SUCCESS (1) quickly assumed a position handy on the stands side after breaking awkwardly in his debut, then took command 50m out for a neck victory over
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    • 1649 44 / 45 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS GRIFFIN TURF—1000m TIME 12:15 Stakes: HK$750,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 ART OF SUCCESS K W LUI M L YEUNG 133 8 2 AMBITIOUS KING A T MILLARD T ANGLAND 126 13 3 BERLINI
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    • 651 44 / 45 ROYAL ASCOT: DAY4 AFP THREE days of disappointment for Richard Hughes dissolved in an instant, when Sky Lantern carried the British champion jockey to a pulsating victory in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday. What was billed as a closelymatched affair involving
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    • 857 46 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,000m) 2 SENDAK (Ms K Purdy) 3g By Bel Esprit Rothchild (2 :1-0-0): Rested before 2¾ len 4th (55.0) to Not To Share 900m Gold Coast C2 slow trk June 5. Fitter.
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    • 242 46 12:37 Race 1 SUNSHINE COAST—1000M SUNSHINE COAST—1000M 1 NOBODY’S BOY 2 SENDAK 3 KHAANTANTES 4 MAGNETIC MISS 5 SHEEDAGAL 6 SUMMERS ON THE RUN 7 KIMSHA 8 NAVY CHIC 9 SAMMY LOU 12 GRAND ELEGANCE ...........................MICHAEL MC KENZIE (4) 54 13 SPLASH AND DASH
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  • Page 44 / 45 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 47 Miscellaneous
    • 94 47 Live telecast of Confederations 2013 matches at Liuewire(RWS) Liuewire(MBS) For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I w Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 yrs and above) LW mVtzA Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 yrs and above during ‘Live SB |M;ii];lEi-liFWl SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 yrs and above) Ip YjX Always play with
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  • sports people
    • 558 60  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE LIONSXII 1 (Safuwan Baharudin 83) JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM 1 (Leonel Nunez 10) Blackjack! This No. 21 is simply Ace! They were dealt a bad hand Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) had taken an early lead through Leonel Nunez following a botched Shakir
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    • ATHLETICS
      • 572 47 Two-time Olympic reigning sprint double champion Usain Bolt won the 100m title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships yesterday morning (Singapore time) to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in Moscow in August. Wire Services Bolt, who broke free from the pack
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      • 145 47 SPORTS SHORTS Reuters DISGRACED former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has admitted that he underwent blood doping procedures under the guidance of a Spanish doctor at the heart of a major drugs scandal. The 39-year-old German (above), who was banned for two years
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      • 98 47 Reuters FIFA announced yesterday that referees at the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey are using vanishing spray for the first time. It marks a white line on the grass where teams defending a free-kick must stand stopping the defensive wall moving forward or
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    • GOLF
      • 457 48  -  Rookie pro shoots 68 to move up 24 places GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg Singapore’s rookie pro Koh Dengshan moved up 24 places after shooting a three-un-der 68 on the third day of the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Petaling Jaya yesterday. The Raffles Country Club pro (left)
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      • 246 48 TO GET the correct swingplane, whether you are short or tall, you need to visit your local PGA Professional. There are three swingplanes: Flat, upright, or neutral. Neutral, of course, is the preferred one. Picture 1: A flat swingplane. My arms are too low on the
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    • CRICKET
      • GOLF
        • 202 49 WARREN Golf and Country Club continues its push to promote amateur and junior golf. The Choa Chu Kang-based club will host the popular Ford Amateur Open which in the past had attracted top amateurs from the region from July 16-19. The tournament will
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        • 117 49 JEFFREY Tan edged out Patrick Low on countback to clinch a place in the MercedesTrophy Asian Final in Australia from Aug 14-16. Tan, of Changi Golf Club, and Low, of Raffles Country Club, both finished on 41 points in the B Division stableford competition held
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        • 105 49 AFP BUBBA Watson, winless since capturing last year’s Masters crown, fired a three-under 67 to seize a two -stroke lead after round two of the US PGA Travelers Championship in Connecticut. Watson, last year’s Travelers runner-up, stood on 10-under 130 after 36 holes at
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      • 538 49 AFP India will bank on young seamer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to contain England’s batsmen when the Champions Trophy oneday final is played at Edgbaston in Birmingham today. The lean 23-year-old has made such rapid strides since his debut six months ago that captain Mahendra
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    • WIMBLEDON
      • 538 50 AFP Novak Djokovic believes he is at the peak of his powers as he tar- gets a second Wimbledon title. What’s more, his confidence has been buoyed by avoiding Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Ra- fael Nadal in the draw. The world No. 1 and
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      • 483 50 AFP MARIA Sharapova blasted Serena Williams yesterday for the American’s controversial comments over a high- profile rape case and even criticised the Wimbledon champion’s pri- vate life. In an astonishing attack on the world No. 1, which comes just two days before Wimbledon gets
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    • BADMINTON
      • 596 51  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Nguyen Tien Minh was sure he had scored the point that would bring him just two points away from victory. The 30-year-old saw the shuttle land within the boundaries of the court, and so did the line judges, in his Li-Ning
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      • 336 51  -  LIM SAY HENG YOU wouldn’t bat an eyelid if a men’s doubles pair considered themselves underdogs when pitted against the reigning Olympic champions. That was how Hendra Setiawan and Mohammad Ahsan felt before their Li-Ning Singapore Open semi-final tie against China’s Cai Yun
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    • NBA
      • 608 52 / 53 AFP His legacy now intact, LeBron James’ second championship ring validates his decision to join the Miami Heat and sets the stage for a possible hat-trick next season. “It feels great. This team are amazing. And the vision that I had when I decided to
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      • 530 52 / 53  -  NBA’s Lopez and Pondexter say Miami ace the toughest they’ve faced ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg For the past decade, professional basketball has run out of superlatives to describe LeBron James. Robin Lopez of the New Orleans Pelicans had to think long and hard because he wanted
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      • 340 52 / 53  -  ALI KASIM ROBIN and Brook Lopez may be brothers. But don’t think for a second that kinship would stop one of them from dunking right on top of the other’s dome. When the Brooklyn Nets faced Robin’s New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA in
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      • 297 52 / 53 FORMULA ONE Reuters FERRARI mocked the outcome of Formula One’s international tribunal on Friday with a website column suggesting Mercedes had got away with no more than a gentle rap on the knuckles for breaking the rules. Mercedes were reprimanded and ordered to miss a three-day
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    • CONFEDERATIONS CUP
      • 597 54 AFP What a tough task for Nigeria. Not only will they be facing the world and European champions in Spain, but the favourites have also added another impressive entry to their CV recordbreakers. Buoyed by their history-mak-ing 10-0 rout of Tahiti at the Confederations Cup,
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      • 354 54 AFP PROTESTS across Brazil may have moved the Confederations Cup focus away from the pitch, but Tahiti will bow out tomorrow morning (Singapore time), after facing Uruguay to end what was a romantic adventure even if they slid to a record 10-0
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    • EPL
      • 427 55 PA Sport Manchester City appear to be out of the race for Napoli striker Edinson Cavani. Real Madrid are seemingly favourites to sign the Uruguay international. Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis claimed on Friday that City are not prepared to meet their 63 million euros
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      • 197 55 AFP CHINA’S sports authorities are negotiating to end the contract of national football team manager Jose Antonio Camacho, state television said yesterday, after a humiliating defeat by Thailand. “Last night, the China Football Association (CFA) and men’s football head coach Camacho (right) discussed contract
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      • 177 55 PA Sport LIVERPOOL have completed the signing of Spain youth international Luis Alberto from Sevilla. The 20-year-old has signed a long-term contract with the Anfield club after passing a medical, with the deal still subject to international clearance. Alberto, capped at several levels of youth football
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      • 185 55 PA Sport RIO Ferdinand will never be content with his massive medal collection. Ferdinand is about to embark on his 12th season at Manchester United, knowing his testimonial against Sevilla on Aug 9 will be the first game of the David Moyes era to be
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      • 146 55 PA Sport KEVIN Phillips is optimistic that he will be given a Crystal Palace deal for the new season and has set his sights on becoming the Premier League’s oldest-ever scorer. Phillips is currently a free agent after spending the end of last term on loan
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      • 878 56  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg The world waits for Wayne Rooney. He has his finger on the button. When he presses, the merry-go-round begins. It promises to be one hell of a ride. British football’s proverbial bull will lead the cattle market. Transfers will come thick
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    • SPORTS
      • 528 57  -  Haze also affects football’s Under-15 Asean event SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg Over the fence on the far side of the Choa Chu Kang Stadium yesterday, a man stepped out onto his balcony and looked up at the clouds. The haze that has plagued Singapore over the
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      • 360 57 UNDER-20 WORLD CUP AP GROUP A UNITED STATES 1 (Luis Gil 77) SPAIN 4 (Jese 5, 44, Gerard Deulofeu 42, 61) SPAIN showed why they are the favourites to win the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey by beating the United States 4-1 yesterday morning
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    • MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE
      • Article, Illustration
        984 58 / 59  -  Sundram’s changes turn the game around for LionsXII, who remain in the driver’s seat for MSL title ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg LIONSXII 1 (Safuwan Baharudin 83) JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM 1 (Leonel Nunez 10) In the 39th minute, LionsXII coach V Sundramoorthy gestured wildly at his own bench. His
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      • 158 58 / 59 10min: GOAL! Leonel Nunez silences the Jalan Besar crowd as he closes down Shakir Hamzah’s clearance and gets to the loose ball before Izwan Mahbud and rolls into an open goal. 33min: Only Shahril Ishak will know whether he is crossing or shooting from a wide free-kick that
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      • ON TV
        • 69 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tuesday: PERAK vLIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 8.30pm MALAYSIA FA CUP FINAL Saturday: JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM v KELANTAN StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 8.30pm CONFEDERATIONS CUP Tomorrow: NIGERIA v SPAIN MediaCorp Ch 5,2.45am URUGUAY v TAHITI MediaCorp Ch 8,2.45am *All telecasts
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        • 34 58 / 59 BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7pm TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 3am
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        • 12 58 / 59 SINGAPORE OPEN Today: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 1pm
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        • 16 58 / 59 WBA WELTERWEIGHT BOUT Today: PAULIE MALIGNAGGI v ADRIEN BRONER StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am
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        • 18 58 / 59 WIMBLEDON Tomorrow: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 208/209, SingTel mio TV Ch 114/115 (FOX Sports/STAR Sports), 6.30pm
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        • 13 58 / 59 JAPAN OPEN Today: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 1pm
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