The New Paper, 6 October 2013

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    • 82 1 Ell BACK TO THEIR ROOTS Graduates quit jobs to become hawkers like their parents GROUND ZERO Should parents expect an allowance from their kids? S’poreans say... STILL ONLY 50 CENTS TODAY 13 16 SPLASHING OUTON RAIN... and Shinee and JYJ and Infinite and the rest K-pop fans spend thousands on
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  • UPFRONT
    • 400 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg Imagine saving up thousands to buy a fancy watch. Then imagine sending it to your favourite K-pop star, who already has more than what you will earn in a lifetime in their bank accounts. Note that despite the
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    • 125 2 INDEX Sports pullout City slickers Citizens’ sheer attacking force ends Everton’s unbeaten start to the season 3 Idol worship They are in love with their K-pop heroes and will spend what they can for their idols, even paying for billboards 10 Filial piety and its price? What parents expect and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 315 2 QUICK ON THE DRAW Recruits fall ill at Tekong Norovirus may be to blame for outbreak of diarrhoea About 300 Singapore Armed Forces recruits came down with diarrhoea and vomiting last week at the basic military training centre on Pulau Tekong. Investigations showed the likely cause to be a norovirus,
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  • PEOPLE
    • 1677 3  -  She’s a sales assistant earning $1,600 a month, with two daughters in school. Her obsession with Korean superstar Rain cost her her marriage. But this 44-year-old divorcee thinks nothing of spending $8,000, saved over a few years, on a watch for him. Fans of
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    • 294 4 / 5 Big Bang Fan club name: V.I.P Number of likes on official Facebook page: 5.7 million Fan support? Once, when the group was in China, rabid fans blocked their route, driving their cars to block the front, back and both sides of their van. The fans stopped and came
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    • 292 6 Double shock at Bukit Batok East As curious passers-by gathered around an accident site along Bukit Batok East Avenue 2, a car parked at a nearby condominium burst into flames. The accident, involving a pedestrian and a white
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    • 304 6  -  REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Read The New Paper and stand to win $500 or more daily. To mark TNP’s relaunch with a new look and content, we have a brand new game for you. From tomorrow till Nov 17, take part in 7
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    • 83 6 Toast with us. Join us on Oct 18 at The New Paper/Beer Tavern “Beer Mania”, from 7.30pm to 9pm. Enjoy a selection of beer and bar food worth over $100 for only $38 nett at the Grand Park City Hall Beer Tavern. Registration, limited to
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    • 225 10 / 11 you give your parents a monthly allowance? Latest numbers from the Ministry of Social and Family Development show a dip in cases of parents suing their children for maintenance. Yet there are still 300 requests for maintenance each year. Most do not reach the Tribunal for
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    • 636 10 / 11  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Try telling Mr Daniel Neo that what he gives his parents as an allowance is far too meagre and he eyeballs you. The insurance agent, 42, who also runs a tuition agency with his girl- friend, earns about $6,000 a month.
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    • 265 10 / 11 68% YES “When I started working, I gave half my pay to my parents. Giving shows how grateful we are to them for bringing us up. Even if the parents are rich, the children should still give. It is
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    • 690 12 / 13  -  *that’s more than half my salary REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg More than half of what he earns through serving plates of chicken rice goes to his parents. Mr Michael Poh, an only child, gives his 67-year-old mother about $1,000 a month in allowance. His
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    • 1242 12 / 13  - Does giving money filial piety? MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg “Of course lah, this is what people mean by filial piety,” declares Mr Chew Yew Huat as he sits waiting for his noodles at a Commonwealth Road kopitiam. The 72-year-old retiree has three daughters all married with kids and two sons, one
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    • 455 12 / 13 Dad keeps quiet to avoid shaming kids An 82-year-old man went to the Singapore Buddhist Lodge for free meals, because he got a total of $200 a month from his four grown children. Despite his plight, he declined to name his children or
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    • 115 15 The Republic of Singapore Navy’s RSS Endeavour is one of more than 50 ships in Sydney, Australia, for the International Fleet Review. The event commemorates the centenary of the first entry of the Australian Navy’s Fleet into Sydney. It started on Thursday and will
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    • 547 15 We refer to the article in The New Paper dated Oct 4, titled “Practise What You Preach: Mother of woman sacked by church says pastor should be more forgiving”. The church is disappointed that TNP did not interview or obtain a response from the church
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    • 56 15 The New Paper had contacted Faith Community Baptist Church chief operating officer Desmond Chua on Wednesday for documents related to its judicial review application. In a telephone conversation, Mr Chua said the church was only prepared to forward the application and two of the seven affidavits filed. He
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    • Back to their roots
      • 553 16 / 17  -  These young people are armed with degrees but chose to return to their family’s hawker roots, forsaking their weekends and air-conditioned offices for long hours of standing on end. reports BENSON ANG Mr Low Keen (right), 30, gave up a $5,000 job
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      • 411 16 / 17 His father had left him a zi char stall. But Mr Anton Tan (left), 42, transformed it into a muffin shop. Says the former engineer, who used to earn about $3,000 a month: “My father made very good and popular zi char dishes. “But it
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      • 429 16 / 17 Her parents were against it. But Joanne Ng and Daniel Lee, both 31, wanted to be part of Ms Ng’s family business. Her father has been selling fishball noodles for more than 10 years and owns the Ru Ji Kitchen stall in Holland
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    • 578 18 / 19  - Hot wheels c ool babe Top female sportbike rider Leah Peterson pulls stunts with ease Reports and Photos ARIFFIN JAMAR Jariffin@sph.com.sg It’s like a dance. Effortless, almost gliding, Miss Leah Petersen guns her bike around the rooftop of the carpark at Turf City, performing stunts with ease. Wheelies, burnouts, bunnyhops
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    • 447 21 Police say victims were murdered elsewhere, then dumped It is always a bad sign when flies start hovering. The stench coming from the Proton Waja, parked near a rest and recreation (R&R) area of the North-South Expressway near Bagan Serai in Perak, was
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    • 243 21 A car chase in Kedah ended in bloody drama. A suspect believed to be a member of an armed gang of robbers was injured after police were forced to fire at his vehicle. The incident took place around 11pm, on Thursday night. The
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    • 339 22 This sparkling necklace can indeed be called “diamond in the rough”. Known as L’Incomparable, this glittering necklace features an egg-sized diamond. It was discovered by chance in a pile of mining rubble about 30 years ago, by a young girl in the Democratic Republic of
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    • 273 22 An undercover New York Police Department (NYPD) detective was allegedly part of the motorcycle mob that terrorised a Manhattan couple last week. The New York Daily News, quoting unnamed sources, said the detective was one of the two officers who were riding
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    • 312 23 She wants to enlarge her breasts from 9kg to 19kg for her kids She is preparing for her 13th surgery next year. All the surgeries so far have been and the next one will be on her breasts. Busty glamour model Lacey Wildd has raised US$23,000 (S$28,670) from online donations
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    • 255 23 He married a doll and now has a doll girlfriend He is in a love triangle with two life-like dolls. The man is known as Davecat, his online pseudonym. His love dolls are so anatomically correct that they have their own tongue, Mail Online reported. Three of them live “happily”
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    • 245 23 It’s finally been revealed. The voice behind Siri, Apple’s voice-activated virtual “assistant”, is Ms Susan Bennett. The 64-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia, did hours of “nonsensical” recordings for an unknown client eight years ago. That unknown client turned to be Apple. Now Mrs Bennett, a
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    • 579 25  -  New Paper New Face 2013 winner Noelle Woon aims to get signed by a modelling agency in New York after her O levels REPORT: NUR SHEREEN IBRAHIM shereeni@sph.com.sg Even her grandmother, Madam Sylvia Koh, 60, was stunned when Noelle Woon’s name was called out, crowning her
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 105 8 / 9 AFP China is employing two million people to keep tabs on people’s Internet use, according to state media reports. Many of the employees are simply performing keyword searches to monitor the tens of millions of messages being posted daily on popular social
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    • 114 8 / 9 AFP Vietnam announced plans to hold a national funeral for independence hero General Vo Nguyen Giap. It is the first official statement on the death of the ruthless but brilliant military strategist. General Giap, who died on Fri- day aged 102, was lauded
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    • 129 8 / 9 AFP A teenage Indian maid rescued last week with horrific injuries has alleged her employer forced her to drink urine, kept her naked in the bathroom and burnt her with a frying pan, reports said. The young
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    • 108 8 / 9 AFP Powerful Typhoon Fitow forced flight cancellations and power outages as it barrelled towards Japan’s southern island chain of Okinawa yesterday, officials said. Japan, Taiwan and China were all bracing for the storm, with Japan’s meteorological agency warning of strong winds
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    • Article, Illustration
      48 8 / 9 FISHY BUSINESS? Fish farm owner Song Wei You suspects that a rival has poisoned the river water pumping into his farm in Penang, after 1.3 million of his carp-like freshwater fish died. The incident has reportedly caused him a loss of RM150,000 (S$59,000). PHOTO: CHINA PRESS
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    • 329 8 / 9 No eldercare leave, flexi-work for most S’poreans Working Singaporeans with caregiving responsibilities at home need more support from their employers, an online survey shows. The survey by U Family, the family development unit of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), was conducted in
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    • 239 8 / 9 Even without US President Barack Obama, talks on a Pacific trade pact are forging ahead, with hopes of meeting a year-end deadline intact, officials said yesterday. Mr Obama had intended to thrash out issues with leaders of 11 other trans-Pacific Partnership member countries
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    • 99 8 / 9 Some 150 needy families in the Jalan Kayu area received $30,000 worth of groceries, food items and cash vouchers yesterday under the estate’s Care and Share programme. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong distributed the handouts at the Hwi Yoh
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    • 105 8 / 9 Nature groups, Government agencies and schools were given a first look at a $16 million bridge for monkeys and other wildlife yesterday. The new Eco-link@BKE reconnects the Bukit Timah Nature Re- serve and the Central Catchment area separated by the Bukit Timah Expressway
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    • 208 8 / 9 A 35-year-old is the sixth person and first woman to die in the dengue outbreak. She lived in Yishun Ring Road, where there was a dengue cluster of three cases. There were 411 cases in the week ending Sept 28. This year’s outbreak is the worst, with more
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    • Article, Illustration
      56 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app It was Wednesday morning and I was jolted awake by the loud downpour. I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I looked out the window hoping to get a shot of a bolt of lightning. With a little patience and the ILightningCam app, I
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A LICENSED MASSEUSE
    • 1152 14  -  Lady Elizabella defends practice of providing ‘extra services’as she supports her schizophrenic husband BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Her massage service comes with “happy endings”. We found the 35-year-old through an online listing. She agrees to share her experiences, including the seamier side of the job,
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    • 36 15 WEDNESDAY! MUSIC FRONT AND CENTRE ON ISSUE FIRST From writing songs for superstars to mentoring on The Voice, OneRepublic singer Ryan Tedder is always in control WIN tickets to OneRepublic concert and action thriller Escape Plan
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 347 22 Cosmic Qi-Gong And Science For Health ■Gong Business Reg No. *****292X (Specialist) The Science of Cosmic Qi Gong Meditation Ladies And Gentlemen. This is all about yourself. (Heart, Body And Life in One Power). Don’t wait overcome health problems and karma before it happens. Consultant Master Jesus Lim (Situ) and
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    • 21 22 Sex for government contracts Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis used luxury travel and prostitutes to bribe US navy commander and special agent
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 49 23 WATS CLASSIFIED BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT Discounted Indian furniture and home furnishings from Rajasthan. CLASS 52 'Spacious'four-room corner unit in Sengkang next to MRT station. CLASS 446 Healthcare assistants needed at nursing homes. CLASS 721 Find these and other products and services in CATS Classified in The Sunday Times.
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 33 24 The latest jobs,fresh out of the oven. If you’re thinking of making a career change, check out the latest job opportunities career insights in CATS Recruit. Now available on the CATS Classified App
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  • EATS
    • 681 26  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF There’s both good and bad news for health-conscious lovers of this decadent dish. The good news is that oyster omelette popularly known as orh luak in Teochew or orh jian in Hokkien can be made at home without the use of lard. The
      TNP PHOTOS: HEDY KHOO  -  681 words
    • 569 27  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg Where do I get my food tips? Very often, from hawkers and taxi drivers. I wouldn’t otherwise have tracked down that nasi biryani stall at Beach Road or that zhi char spot in a Commonwealth HDB block (where you can’t find seats
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    • 295 27 A food show host from Taiwan once said the birds used to make the famed Peking Duck did not originate in Peking (the former name for Beijing). They came from Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu in eastern China. He said he could tell if the
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  • PLAY WHO SAYS SINGAPORE IS BORING?
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      650 28  -  We bring you a new page that explores activities you can do in our little island BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg It’s time to unleash the speed demon in you. If you saw the recent Formula One race and Chris Hemsworth thrilling audiences in the retroF1 film, Rush, you should
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  • NIGHTLIFE
    • 966 29  - Shaken stirred A guide to S’pore’s top martinis ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg AFTER 7 Popular culture has, for the longest time, been living vicariously through a coneshaped glass on a stem. Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City considers a Cosmopolitan her go-to BFF. After all sorts of martinis the night
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
    • 491 30 / 31  -  A quick guide to dressing like a star JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg British boy band The Wanted inexplicably sang about a girl who walks like Rihanna. Who cares about how she walks? We want to dress like her. Okay, maybe not the same way
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    • Article, Illustration
      348 30 / 31 Getting the look isn’t just about the clothes. Here’s some suggestions to get the full RiRi effect. 1) RiRi Woo from RiRi Hearts M.A.C fall collection $32 Bright red lips is definitely one of Rihanna’s signature looks. Given that the pop star herself collaborated with M.A.C for this matte
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
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  • WHEELS
    • 843 33  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY Wheels make a biker’s world go round. But when it comes to stopping quickly in an emergency, your braking system or more specifically, your brake disc, is king. A properly-maintained brake disc can make the difference between walking
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  • HUMOUR
    • 742 34  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg With The New Paper celebrating its 25th anniversary with a bold new look this week, I thought I would follow the theme and take a personal step back in time. I read my old childhood diaries to rediscover what my
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    • 788 35  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg As those souvenir T-shirts for tourists say, Singapore is a “fine” city. Last week, it was reported that SMRT will be fined $860,000 by the Land Transport Authority for four separate incidents since last year.
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • 145 35 AP Norway appears to be having a strange love affair with live coverage of mundane events. In its latest experiment, Norway’s public broadcasting network plans to dedicate five hours of airtime to an attempt to break the world record for
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      • 193 35 Reuters A man in Montana, US, has used the oldest excuse in the book and got paid for it. He pieced together the remnants of five $100 bills eaten by his one-eyed dog last year, and has been given a
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      • 153 35 AP The partial federal government shutdown is riling witches and visitors alike in the US city of Salem, Massachusetts, which held the notorious witch trials of 1692. The Salem visitor centre provides information and has public restrooms. So when the National Park Service
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    • 28 1 MAN CITY 3 EVERTON1 Citizens’ attacking might ends Everton’s unbeaten start > S2 PHOTO: ACTION IMAGES CITY SLICKERS SUNday OCTOBER 6 2013 SENIOR plAYERS SET TO lEAVE lIONSXII > S12
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  • sports
    • EPL
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        959 2 / 3  -  Tough Toffees come unstuck against sheer quality of Pellegrini’s superb side GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN CITY 3 (Alvaro Negredo 17, Sergio Aguero 45, 69-pen) EVERTON1 (Romelu Lukaku 16) MAN CITY’S BRIGHT LIGHTS There was craft and graft from both teams. Manchester City impressed with their determination to hammer
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      • 114 2 / 3 6 min Everton signal their intention to take the game to City with a quick counterattack, but Kevin Mirallas hesitates and the chance is lost. 16 1-0! Romelu Lukaku goes past Joleon Lescott easily and scores. 17 1-1! City responds instantly, with Alvaro Negredo netting the equaliser
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      • 856 6 / 7  -  Veteran striker is in better form than Soldado, who has not scored from open play IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK Andre Villas-Boas has a tough decision to make. Does he stick with £26 million ($52.2m) striker Roberto Soldado for the visit of West Ham
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      • 241 6 / 7 AFP Juan Mata believes Chelsea must quickly secure a first away win of the Premier League season if they are to kick-start their title challenge. A trip to Carrow Road to face Norwich City tonight presents Jose Mourinho’s side with the latest
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      • 131 6 / 7 Match: 0307 SOUTHAMPTON v SWANSEA Team update: Their last three matches ended in draws. The Saints have nothing to worry about as far as injuries are concerned. Swansea, on the other hand, will be missing three players. Hernandez could make the team sheet. WHEN THEY
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      • 139 6 / 7 Match: 0308 NORWICH v CHELSEA Team update: Last season Chelsea took six points off The Canaries. The last time Norwich beat Chelsea was in 1994. The home team have four injured players. Hazard won’t see any action for Chelsea and Torres is suspended and hurt
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      • 137 6 / 7 Match: 0309 TOTTENHAM v WEST HAM Team update: In this fixture last season, Tottenham were all-conquering, winning 3-1. Bale scored a goal. Scary for Hammers with Adebayor, Rose, Kaboul and Lennon all fit. Cole could be back but Carroll must wait a while longer.
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      • 144 6 / 7 Match: 0310 WEST BROM v ARSENAL Team update: Arsenal drew 1-1 with West Brom in their recent League Cup showdown. The visitors must travel without Diaby, Walcott and Podolski. All are carrying injuries. West Brom are in dire straits with a string of nine injuries.
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    • 149 4 PA Sport Liverpool icon Kenny Dalglish insists his return to the club as a nonexecutive director will not prove a hindrance to manager Brendan Rodgers. The former player is back at Anfield with a seat on the board 17 months after his second spell as
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    • 583 4 Suarez and Sturridge on target again in early blast LIVERPOOL 3 (Suarez 14, Sturridge 17, Gerrard 38 pen) CRYSTAL PALACE 1 (Gayle 77) Liverpool’s return to the top of the Premier League was confirmed by an impressive firsthalf performance which saw Luis Suarez and
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    • 275 4 FULHAM 1 (Bent 83) STOKE CITY 0 Darren Bent repaid Martin Jol’s faith with a late goal as the vultures prepared to swoop on the underfire Fulham manager. Brought in by the Dutch manager after being marginalised at Aston Villa, the loan striker came
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    • 69 5 The venue for the RHB Singapore Cup semi-final has been switched from Bishan Stadium to Jalan Besar Stadium. Home United, who have a 1-0 lead from the first leg, will play Balestier Khalsa at 7.30pm tomorrow. The game will also be shown “live” on StarHub
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    • 412 5 French striker bags a brace as Newcastle clinch points CARDIFF CITY1 (Odemwingie 58) NEWCASTLE 2 (Remy 30, 38) Loic Remy alleviated some of the pressure on manager Alan Pardew as his double helped Newcastle to win at Cardiff. The French striker took his tally to five goals
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    • 272 5 HULL CITY 0 ASTON VILLA 0 Hull and Aston Villa played out a dour stalemate at the KC Stadium in a match where endeavour comfortably outstripped inspiration. It is a result that should go down relatively well in both camps, with each side
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 150 8 / 9 PA Sport Manchester United boss David Moyes has played down expectations of a January transfer splurge. After a tricky start to his tenure, Moyes has been assured by United’s owners that cash will be made available to strengthen his squad. The problem is top-class players
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      • 670 8 / 9 Wilshere insists he doesn’t smoke, Wenger says he is not guaranteed a starting place PA Sport He may be Arsene Wenger’s blueeyed boy, but Jack Wilshere has been told he is not guaranteed a starting place like the rest of his teammates. The 21-year-old is set to face
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      • 156 8 / 9 AFP David Beckham is confident that England would make it through to next year’s World Cup Finals in Brazil as they prepare for their final two key qualifying matches. England face Montenegro and Poland at Wembley later this month, with victory in both matches
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      • 551 8 / 9  -  Fox Sports pundit tells DAVID LEE Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill are timebombs in the backline PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg Michael Owen said the latest England squad are the strongest he’s seen for quite a while. That’s absolutely ridiculous, I don’t know what he’s going on
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      • 820 12 / 13  -  Baihakki, Safuwan and Hariss set for move to Malaysian clubs next year Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg They postponed decisions on their futures in view of the LionsXII’s Malaysia Cup run. But, a day after the 4-2 aggregate quar-ter-final defeat by ATM in Selayang, the Singapore side’s senior
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      • 479 12 / 13  -  ALI KASIM He went from sheer ecstasy to utter devastation in the space of 40 minutes. Hafiz Abu Sujad couldn’t believe it when his 30-metre strike swerved and dipped under the crossbar into goal in the 49th minute on Friday. That goal tied the aggregate score between
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    • WATER POLO
      • 436 10  -  Hosts finish second behind Iran but are confident of striking gold at SEA Games Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Victory was within their grasp when they led 4-3 at half-time. But Singapore’s men’s water polo team could not convert their advantage into a famous victory
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      • 137 10 R. Nachimuthu of Malaysia was rock steady when he carded a two-under 70 to retain his lead after the third round of the PGM MNRB Sarawak Masters yesterday. Nachimuthu, winner of the Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM) Tour’s Order of Merit in 2011, compiled
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    • ATHLETICS
      • 129 11  -  DAVID LEE Joe Thiel, a three-time PGA Teacher of the Year in the United States, wants to develop not just local budding golfers into winners, but also to guide local coaches to become champion coaches. Working with Mizuno as a “master
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      • 487 11  -  New recordholder wants to focus on 400m hurdles Report by GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg Dipna Lim-Prasad smashed Prema Govindan’s 29-year-old national mark for the women’s 200 metres yesterday. But the new record-holder will not represent Singapore in the event at December’s South-east Asia (SEA)
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    • racing
      • 1992 14 / 15 RACE 1 KS-D D3 12.50 —1400m(Turf) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****7 John Of Arch 58 (54) B Fayd’herbe 11 (9ag D Hill-All Star) 2 *****7 Dynasty Knight 58 (52) KT
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      • 1918 14 / 15 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF RACES RACE 1 (1,400M) 1 John Of ArchHH Battling in recent outings. This trip as short as he wants it. 2 Dynasty KnightHHH Blinkers and tongue tie on. Distance and surface suit. 3 King Of KoonHH Ran
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      • SOUTH AFRICA RACES
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          569 16 / 17 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 5 4 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Jeram Clipper 3 Ravoux Thrust 11 Escalade Peak 8 Highlight 8 13 Washington Bay Tiger
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        • 709 16 / 17 Race 1 C5 1300m 11 EXCELLENT GOAL 53 (18-10) K Eirwan (12) 5 5 1 (489) 3 THESTARISHERE 56 c 53 (36-10) M Ganeesh* (6) 4 4 2 (466) 1 15 SMILEY FACE 50 (91-23) M Wepner (9) 10 8 3 (505) 0.75 1 SPEED STAR 57
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        • 53 16 / 17 This promising galloper has been burning up the track. He won his trial impressively and then did a good hit-out on Tuesday in preparation for today’s Open Benchmark 74 assignment in Race 11. Tan Thean Loon on his best bet, Klever Man (far right, winning his trial
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        • 622 16 / 17 CLAIRWOOD PREVIEWS RACE 1 (1,000m) No Betting and telecast for Race 1. RACE 2 (1,600M) (2) NICK JAGGER looks ready to win, based on his run after a rest a week ago. But sometimes, they do go flat second time after a rest. (1)
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        • 779 16 / 17 7:00 Race 2 maiden Plate 1600m 1 LORD ROSE S Veale (13) 60 2 NICK JAGGER A Marcus (7) 60 3 RUN SOFTLY B Lerena (12) 60 4 DUKE DIAMOND M Ntuli(-4) (9) 60 5 GRAB THE RAFTERS D Daniels (10) 60 6 POIVRE
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      • 1020 18 / 19 COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,800M) SHIFACHI TRADITION’S (6) only win was over this trip at the city venue. He’ll be hard to keep out of the finish. MALHECHOR GOLD (2) came from a hopeless position
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      • 1542 18 / 19 RACE 1 CLASS 4 TURF—1800m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$725,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 PRECISION ERA C W CHANG W C MARWING 133 10 2 MALHECHOR GOLD Y S TSUI K TEETAN 132 2 3 HO WONGCHOY A SCHUTZ M
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      • 899 18 / 19 RACE 1 Flemington 1st 10 Molto Bene ($81-$18) 2nd 3 British General ($11) 3rd 6 Goldslick ($22) 4th 11 Beltonic Forecast $33 Place Forecast (3-10) $30, (6-10) $75, (36) $32 Tierce $3554 Trio $646 Quartet No winner ($472 jackpot carried forward to next race). Quadro $939 RACE
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      • 274 20 Wire Services After being overtaken right at the end by long shot Solemia in last year’s dramatic finish, jockey Christophe Soumillon will try to make amends as ORFEVRE again starts favourite in tonight’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, Paris. Orfevre, Japan’s 2011
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      • 47 20 Yesterday’s prices for the leading contenders in tonight’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe following the withdrawal of leading German hope Novellist: 5-2 Orfevre, 9-2 Treve, 8-1 Kizuna, 10-1, Ruler Of The World, 11-1 Intello, 12-1 Flintshire, 14-1 Leading Light, 16-1 Al Kazeem, 33-1 Ocavango. AFP
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      • 2015 20 Sunday Next Europe Meeting Wednesday 9th October 2013 EUROPE 7:45 PM Longchamp 1 GROUP 1 €350,000 QATAR PRIX DE L’ABBAYE 1000m No Form Name 1 *****0 2 *****3 3 *****1 4 *****4 5 *****5 6 *****1 7 *****6 8 *****1 9 *****1 10 *****2 11
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      • 1779 21 TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 9 Blue Delago 6 Big Surprise 5 Lucky Money 2 Toshi Toshi RACE 2:13 Sapphire Star 4 Bale 1 Ghost Hearted 2 Sarawi RACE 3: 8 Planck Time 7 Houston Rocket 9 Three Thoughts 5 Heard
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    • GOLF
      • 152 22 Reuters World No. 1 Serena Williams and Serbian eighth seed Jelena Jankovic set up a final showdown in the China Open after contrasting victories in the semi-finals yesterday. The top-seeded American hit 31 winners to thrash Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-2. But former world
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      • 543 22 Internationals split foursomes session 3-3 to stay in the hunt AFP Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar beat Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel 4&2 yesterday to spark the United States to a 6½-5½ lead at the Presidents Cup. The Internationals and Americans split four alter-nate-shot matches that were
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    • FORMULA ONE
      • 67 23 AFP The Seve Trophy served up another enthralling morning of entertainment at the Saint-Nom-La-Breteche golf club in France yesterday as Europe extended their overnight advantage. After the four foursomes matches, in which teams use just one ball and take alternate shots, Jose Maria Olazabal’s
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      • 371 23 Wire Services Runaway championship leader Sebastian Vettel grabbed pole position for the Korean Grand Prix yesterday, pipping Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Vettel’s Red Bull teammate Mark Webber was third fastest in qualifying for today’s race, but a 10-place grid penalty from the previous races in Singapore relegated him to
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      • ON TV
        • 203 23 EPL Tonight: SOUTHAMPTON v SWANSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 228, 8.25pm NORWICH v CHELSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227, 8.30pm TOTTENHAM v WEST HAM SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 228, 10.55pm WEST
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        • 14 23 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP Today: PUMAS v WALLABIES StarHub TV Ch 217 (Setanta Sports), 6.30am
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        • 29 23 SEVE TROPHY Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 5pm PRESIDENTS CUP Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Ch) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11.55pm
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        • 27 23 JAPAN OPEN Today: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 1pm CHINA OPEN Today: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Ch) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 4pm
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        • 25 23 KOREAN GRAND PRIX Today: RACE DAY StarHub TV Ch 209 Ch 210 (FOX Sports Plus HD); mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 1pm
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    • 512 24 AFP Rafael Nadal will return to No. 1 in the world rankings after his semifinal opponent Tomas Berdych retired injured at the China Open yesterday, capping an astonishing comeback for the 13-time Grand Slam champion. The Spanish superstar needed to make only the final in Beijing
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