The New Paper, 27 October 2013

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1 24 The New Paper
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    21 1 the new paper on sunday October 27 2013 B_ A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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      158 1 GROUND ZERO Un-fare? Heartlanders on taxi fare hike YOUNG AND OUT TO GET WASTED She’s 23, binge drinks and regularly gets home covered in her own vomit 14 6 October 27 2013 FROM PSYCHOTO SUPERSTAR Suarez scores superb hat-trick in 4-1 rout of West Brom Rooney inspires second-half comeback against
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  • UPFRONT
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Drinking till you pass out is not cool
      424 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg It’s been a big weekend for some of us. Because of Halloween, some of you would have been out dressed as some ghastly horror. Some of you may have gone out dressed to the nines, but still arrived back
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      128 2 INDEX Sports pullout Gutsy Gunners Arteta’s harsh red card fails to stop Arsenal from beating Palace 2-0 and holding on to top spot 14 Ground Zero Why cab fare increases causing grumbling in the heartlands 12 Hats magic Local women creating fascinating fascinators the must-have headgear of young royals 18
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon My kids grew up without a sober mum
      1159 4 / 5  -  More people are seeking help for alcohol addiction, prompting Singapore Alcoholics Anonymous to hold multiple meetings a day. A housewife, who was an alcoholic for 20 years, recalls how she lost her job twice, fought with her husband and spent most of
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      Lock icon Many support meetings for alcoholics daily
      323 4 / 5 More people are now seeking treatment for alcohol addiction, say experts. According to the National Addictions Management Service (Nams), there were 418 alcohol addicts seeking treatment last year compared to 240 in 2009. Confirming the trend, a spokesman for the Singapore Alcoholics Anonymous group
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      Lock icon Learning to be independent of drunk hubby
      467 6 / 7  -  living m 'm with Hpoze: -*~*The battle REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg He was an alcoholic but it was his wife, Laura (not her real name) who felt responsible. “I was wracked with guilt. I kept thinking I had failed him in some way,”
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      Lock icon So drunk I often pass out outside clubs
      1021 6 / 7  -  living Bwith ooze: The binge You see them at clubs, so drunk that they cannot remember making out with strangers on the dance floor and waking up with vomit on their clothes. It’s worse when they don’t think they have a binge-drinking
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      Lock icon Man found dead in flat
      730 10  -  MARINE CRESCENT FIRE REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg She was at work yesterday morning when her teenage daughter, who was on her way to school, called her. Madam Faridah Sharif, 52, a clinic assistant, could hear the panic in her daughter Farhana’s voice. “She told me
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    • Hats off to them
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        Lock icon More getting mad for hats
        321 12 / 13 Miss Kristine Hakim’s brows furrow as she focuses on an orange hat, embellished with a spider (above). Needle in hand, she painstakingly secures a thick, dark thread in place to form the spider’s web. “I have pretty small hands, so I’ve always preferred to make
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        Lock icon Making hats with warmth from hands
        440 12 / 13 You could call Miss Chee Sau Fen (above) an unconventional hat designer. Traditional milliners count steaming equipment and wooden hat blocks as indispensable tools of the trade. Not this 39-year-old. She is not only selftaught, she also designs hats which are constructed with mainly
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        Lock icon Pillbox hats spark her success here
        315 12 / 13 Hat-making is serious business. Not only has Madam Mandy Pan (above), 49, poured thousands of dollars into buying wooden hat blocks and fabric, she foregoes sleep to keep an eye on eBay auctions for materials. Out of the 30 wooden hat blocks (moulds that
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      Lock icon I wear lingerie... so what?
      909 16  -  DJ Tenashar explains why she made a sexy video, says her boobs are real REPORT: AZIM AZMAN maazman@sph.com.sg Few club DJs have caused as much controversy in as short a time as Tenashar. Last month, the 26-year-old model-DJ was slammed by netizens for a video
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      Lock icon K-pop ‘bargain’
      521 17  -  REPORTS: JOCELYN LEE jocelee@sph.com.sg Girls ‘definitely very worth it’ Call it K-pop for a steal. With many K-pop concerts priced at $100 per ticket, these performances can be unaffordable for some young fans who are still studying. But at the Korea Festival 2013 at the Singapore Expo on
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      Lock icon THE RUNNING DEAD
      381 18 / 19  -  Thousands sign up for S’pore’s first zombie run this weekend on Sentosa REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Can you outrun the dead? Some 14,000 people signed up to give themselves a small taste of a zombie apocalypse this weekend at Race the Dead, a zombie run organised by
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      Lock icon FRIGHT CLUB
      370 20 / 21  -  More joining the REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Ghouls, vampires and zombies are running amok as Singapore catches Halloween fever. The Straits Times’ event listings on Friday showed that there were 11 Halloween events, from parties at nightclubs to horror story-telling at The Arts House. This is without taking
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      Lock icon Might of the living dead
      398 20 / 21  -  COMMENT JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Some people are upset at how there has been plenty of attention paid to Halloween these days. They bemoan the fact that we’ve become caught up with what is essentially a foreign cultural import. Last week, I beamed with pride each
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      Lock icon Halloween is not just for the young
      279 20 / 21  -  Benson Ang They appreciate getai and line-dancing. And they are also game enough to don scary costumes and make-up. Madam Evelyn Kuan, 61, a retiree, says: “Who says Halloween is for young people? Anybody can participate, right?” Madam Chan Hwee Ping, 60, a
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      Lock icon She gives new friend her kidney, now they’re married
      413 22 US woman’s organ was good match to sick teen she barely knew He had heard it before nearly 100 times from wellmeaning friends and family in kind gestures that ultimately never panned out. Mr Kyle Froelich’s diseased kidneys were failing him.
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      Lock icon Girl, 1, is organ donor to 11-month-old baby
      93 22 It is enough to make any parent weep. Ms Yang Dandan (far left), 22, looks on as her husband, Mr Zhong Shengnan, 24, gives a final kiss to their daughter, Yuyu, who was involved in an accident. Yuyu, who was only one
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      Lock icon DETAINED: Black actor held after buying $1,600 watch
      435 23 RACIAL PROFILING A black actor on the HBO drama series Treme said he was stopped by police because of his race while shopping at Macy’s. It was the third discrimination allegation made this week by a black shopper against a department store.
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      Lock icon Fans petition for Jay-Z to cancel clothing line
      260 23 US rapper Jay Z (left), 43, has come under pressure from fans to cancel a Christmas fashion line with Barneys department store after the two cases of alleged racial discrimination emerged. His exclusive Christmas line at the New York department store is
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      Lock icon Boy, 13, on trial for murdering father
      432 24 Lawyer feels boy would be at risk in state penal facility because of dad’s neo-Nazi beliefs The blond boy was 10 when he put a gun to the head of his sleeping neo-Nazi father and pulled the trigger. It was over in an
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    • Article
      Lock icon Elderly couple scammed into becoming drug mules
      278 24 For the elderly Australian couple, it seemed to be the holiday of a lifetime. They not only won an all expenses paid trip to Canada, they were also given new suitcases as part of the prize. But when they returned home to Perth,
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      Lock icon Orlando Bloom on split with Miranda Kerr: ‘We’re not friends, we are family’
      365 25 Who would want to split up with a woman like this? Hollywood star Orlando Bloom did when he called time on his three-year-old marriage with Victoria’s Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr, 30. They have a two-year-old son, Flynn,
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      49 6 / 7 Travel Malaysia Fair Singapore Expo 2013 Visit Us At: Hall 6A Booth D06 1st 3rd November 2013 LEXIS™ WATER CHALETS PORT DICKSON sum k GRAND LEXIS™ POOL VILLAS PORT DICKSON -I m All room rates inclusive of breakfast for 2 persons. Terms Conditions apply. Based on peak season rates.
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      34 6 / 7 Hotlines National Addictions Management Service All Addictions Hotline: 6-RECOVER (6732-6837) Website: www. nams.sg Singapore Alcoholics Anonymous Hotline: 6475-0890 Website: www. singaporeaa.org Al-Anon Singapore (for families and friends of alcohol addicts) Telephone: *****201 Website: www.alanonsingapore.org
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Govt may do more to deter littering and protect environment
      70 8 / 9 The Government is reviewing penalties against litterbugs, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Also under review: the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint. It is being updated with new programmes such as building environmentally-friendly hawker centres and reducing carbon emissions, he said
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      Lock icon Woman nabbed for trying to smuggle $1.4m worth of Ice
      97 8 / 9 In the largest seizure of Ice this year, officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) intercepted a 7.1kg shipment of the drug at about 8.30pm on Friday. A 43-year-old South African woman was carrying
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      Lock icon BIG PICTURE
      60 8 / 9 FLASHY DRIVE A BMW sports car plated with gold and decorated with yak bones in the form of a winged dragon goes on display at this year’s Canton Fair trade event in Guangzhou city, in China’s Guangdong province, on Friday. Nineteen sculptors took more than three years to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Work begins on cycling path network in Yishun
      436 8 / 9 Sembawang done, AMK, CCK, Toa Payoh to follow Sembawang has become the second HDB town, after Tampines, to offer a network of paths for cyclists. And work has begun on a similar network in Yishun. Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Transport Muhammad
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tata-SIA airline to start flying by middle of next year
      245 8 / 9 AFP India’s newest planned airline, a joint venture of the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, expects to win swift regulatory clearance. It will be able to start flying by mid-next year, the carrier’s chairman said. Indian tea-to-steel conglomerate Tata will
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      Lock icon Floods kill 18 in eastern India
      123 8 / 9 AFP Fresh floods have killed at least 18 people in the same part of eastern India that this month saw the worst cyclone to hit the country in more than a decade, officials said. Torrential rains made rivers spill their banks in India’s eastern
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      Lock icon Malaysia bans Ke$ha concert over religious fears
      109 8 / 9 AFP US pop singer Ke$ha was forced to cancel a concert due to take place in Malaysia yesterday. This was after the authorities said it would undermine the country’s religious and cultural values. “We are distraught to confirm that the show (at Kuala
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      227 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Singapore’s office rental rates in the Central Business District are among the highest in the world. It cost an average of US$103 (S$127) persq ft per year, property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report. This is just
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      Lock icon INSTALIFE
      59 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app While enjoying the beautiful sunset at Palawan Beach, Sentosa, my fiancee and I discovered some beautifully sculpted sandcastles. I used my iPhone to capture the sunset from the small “gateway” of one of the sandcastles. TNP reader Mohd Rosly To be featured, tag your
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      127 11 WE DON’T JUST DO A JOB \\\v\\\\v\vv\v\v\\\vv\ When everything you do is for a greater purpose, you know it’s more than just a job. In the Singapore Police Force, you’ll have everything you need to lead and serve the community. Every day is filled with opportunities to do work that
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  • GROUND ZERO ZEROA BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Flag-downs going UP, UP, UP
      1205 14 / 15  -  Commuters groan over taxi operators’ recent fare hikes MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg He thought he had it all worked out when he gave up his three-year-old Corolla Altis in January. Since he was moving to a deskbound job, sales manager Dave Lee thought he could halve
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Mee soto ayam
      612 26  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF Go the mee soto ayam way the next time you have a lunch or dinner gathering. This one-dish meal is economical, tasty and manageable. Mee soto ayam is noodles in a spiced chicken broth. Turmeric, either fresh or powdered, gives the broth
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      Lock icon Makan time: 24/7
      613 27  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg Eating is a 24/7 activity in this country. Media around the world have recorded this whimsical to them culture. But to us natural born eaters, who cares about whims. Tell me something I have to try at 3 am, and I’ll make that
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    • Article
      Lock icon Is S’pore a worldclass food capital?
      224 27 What makes Singapore a food capital? Is it the 24/7 availability of food? Is it that we can have a great meal for anything from $4 to $400? Is it because there are Michelin-star chefs and Best Restaurant award winners alongside street hawkers? Recently,
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Not just skin deep
      340 29  -  Facial serums are said to give added moisture which can reach the deeper layers of your skin JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg We Love This! Yves Saint Laurent Forever Youth Liberator Serum $189 Just a year or two ago, my eyes would glaze over when I passed anti-ageing
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      Lock icon THE YOUTUBE TESTPutting
      189 29 TESTPutting online advice to the test 3 Unusual Anti-Aging Tips From The 44-Year Old Teenager Username: Roger Haeske Keywords: Anti-aging, tips I had to get over the obnoxious title before watching this video. But he does look at least a decade younger, so why not listen to
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Food, fun & festivals
    515 30 Food, fun festivals Macau next month is not just about car and motorcycle races. The period of the Macau Grand Prix coincides with some food and fun festivals. The 13th Macau Food Festival, at the Sai Van Lake Square opposite the Macau Tower, attracts local residents and visitors who love
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon If the Terminator can do it...
      595 31  -  Third Biker Boy Breakfast Ride of the year won’t be the last ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY The inspiration to ride comes in many forms. The roar of the engines. The sleek lines of a motorcycle. For some, it’s seeing the bike in
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  • PLAY PLAYWHO SAYS SINGAPORE IS BORING?
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      Lock icon The things you can do this week
      583 32  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Mixed Martial Arts It’s the coolest thing right now, with Singapore beating our Malaysian opponents at the recent ONE FC’s Total Domination event. If even five-year-olds are practising it these days, it can’t be that hard right? Wrong. Although it’s
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon Remember, remember, the 5 for November
      834 33  -  The essential nights for next month ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg AFTER 7 With something happening every week, it’s like a year’s worth of parties have been crammed into November. But there are a few club nights that stand out, ones that push the boundaries of
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon The brutal truth about S’pore schools
      773 34  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES There are good schools and bad schools, and there is my school. I went to a neighbourhood school, but it wasn’t just any neighbourhood school. Oh no. It was the worst neighbourhood school in Britain. To be given such an
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      Lock icon Extend 2.4 to 3.2km? I couldn’t even run 1.5km
      762 35  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ACT BLUR Like getting recalled, I’m going back to the army again for this week’s column. Last week, I cited an analogy I read online which compared full-time National Service (NS) to be- ing “betrothed to a
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Loose eyeball among sickday excuses: Survey
        175 35 Reuters A heavy turkey dinner caused one worker to sleep through his shift. Another said his false teeth flew out the car window as he was driving along the highway. These are just two of the excuses US employees gave bosses when calling in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Italian police bust corrupt morticians’ ring
        183 35 Reuters Italian police arrested five morticians on Wednesday on charges of making thousands of euros a month in bribes from funeral homes and profiting from grieving families. The morticians would tip off a favoured funeral home when a corpse arrived and take kickbacks from
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      • Article
        Lock icon Squirrel caught vandalising prof’s bike
        113 35 AP A squirrel roaming a community college in northern Iowa, in the US, has become the No. 1 suspect in a bicycle vandalism incident. Officials at Iowa Lakes Community College say the rodent chewed through two tyres, a bicycle seat, a headlight and a taillight
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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      41 1 TNP PHOTO: GARY GOH exclusive acting mccy minister lawrence wong says 2015 sea games will be a... SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 2013 CATALYST FOR CHANGE 24-page pullout >s2 Neil HumpHreys: torres must improve strike rate if Blues are to wiN title >s12
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      16 1 24-page pullout Neil HumpHreys: torres must improve strike rate if Blues are to wiN title >s12
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  • sports
    • EXCLUSIVE
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        Lock icon VISION 2030 MASTER PLAN
        58 2 / 3 Launched last year, Vision 2030 is the Government’s latest sporting master plan, and succeeds previous blueprints in 2001 and 2006. The plan comprises 20 recommendations to get Singaporeans to live better through sports. Plans are now taking shape through the Sports Facilities Master Plan, High Performance
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        Lock icon OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES
        1021 2 / 3  -  Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth LAWRENCE WONG says 2015 SEA Games will be a catalyst for change in local sports Reports by LIM SAY HENG, DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg 1What has been some of the feedback for Vision 2030 and have there been any alterations to
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    • FOOTBALL
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        Lock icon RAISING THE BAR
        545 4 / 5  -  Acting MCCY Minister Wong reveals task force formed to look into improving standard of Singapore football Report by DAVID LEE, LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg Singapore and LionsXII vicecaptain Hariss Harun, 22, stunned many in the country recently when he turned down the opportunity to join Portuguese top-flight
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        Lock icon Football’s 2 priorities
        269 4 / 5  -  DAVID LEE, LIM SAY HENG The two immediate objectives for the football task force are to strengthen the Singapore coaching team and prepare a developmental squad with an eye on the 2015 SEA Games. “I’ve seen some of their preliminary recommendations about how they want to strengthen
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        Lock icon Cesc: United move not an option
        851 14 PA Sport Cesc Fabregas says he always intended to stay at Barcelona over the summer, as Manchester United chased his signature. David Moyes made the former Arsenal midfielder a top transfer target upon inheriting the managerial reins at Old Trafford from Sir Alex Ferguson.
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        Lock icon Blatter insists he is no... BLOOD-SUCKING PARASITE
        446 24 fa boss also hits back at critics who say world football body is a scam AFP Fifa president Sepp Blatter has hit out at portrayals of world football’s governing body as a corrupt cabal of ruthless parasites. Delivering a speech to the Oxford
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    • GREAT EASTERNYEO’S S-LEAGUE
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        Lock icon AIMING FAR
        733 4 / 5  -  F S chief: Asean SuperLeague will complement S-League, boost S’pore football Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg TAMPINES ROVERS 1 (Khairul Amri 49) TAN JONG PAGAR1 (Monzef Zerka 62) As Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Zainudin Nordin congratulated Tampines Rovers on their third S-League title on the trot
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        Lock icon SHAMBOLIC DEFENCE
        750 6 / 7  -  GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 3 (Robin van Persie 43, Wayne Rooney 78, Javier Hernandez 80) STOKE 2 (Peter Crouch 4, Marko Arnautovic 45) Christmas came early. Manchester United’s backline were in the mood to play Santa, and they might as well be dressed up for the occasion
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        Lock icon Moyes denies RVP rift
        94 6 / 7 PA Sport Manchester United manager David Moyes has rubbished reports that he has fallen out with Robin van Persie. It has been suggested that the Dutch striker is unhappy with some of the methods introduced following by the new manager. Tension is said to have mounted
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        Lock icon Becks: Fergie saved my career
        87 6 / 7 AFP David Beckham hailed Sir Alex Ferguson for helping get his career back on track after his infamous 1998 World Cup sending-off made him a hate figure in England. In an interview with The Times newspaper, Beckham (right) said the Manchester United manager was a
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        Lock icon Pallister stands by Ferguson
        354 6 / 7  -  Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg He wasn’t willing to discuss the elephant in the room, given his current links to the club. But it was clear during the media’s 15-minute interview with Manchester United legend Gary Pallister yesterday that the 48-year-old still has deep respect
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        Lock icon GUTSY GUNNERS
        794 8 / 9  -  Despite Flamini’s injury and Arteta’s red card, Arsenal hold off brave Palace to remain top IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK CRYSTaL PaLaCe 0 ARSENAL 2 (Mikel Arteta 47-pen, Olivier Giroud 87) Arsenal held on to their place at the top of the English Premier League with
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        Lock icon Resurgent Li Na into WTA final
        125 8 / 9 AFP Li Na continued her remarkable late-career surge when she reached the final of the WTA Championships, the tour’s flagship season-ending tournament, for the first time yesterday. The 31-year-old did so with a convincing 6-4,6-2 win over Petra Kvitova, the former Wimbledon champion from
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        Lock icon BLOW BY BLOW
        134 8 / 9 BLOW28 Maroaune Chamakh has a shot on target. It’s only his second of the season. Wojciech Szczesny gets down well to save his effort. 39 Damien Delaney brings Serge Gnabry down just on the edge of the penalty area, but Chris Foy awards a free-kick. 47 GOAL!
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        Lock icon Marshall stars to pile on pressure
        142 10 NORWICH CITY 0 CARDIFF CITY 0 Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall frustrated former club Norwich in a goalless draw at Carrow Road which piled further pressure on Canaries boss Chris Hughton. Marshall was at the centre of Chelsea’s controversial equaliser in the loss at Stamford
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        Lock icon SCORCHER SUAREZ
        607 10 Striker sinks sorry Baggies with brilliant one-man show LIVERPOOL 4 (Suarez 12,17, 55, Sturridge 77) WEST BROM 1 (Morrisson 66 pen) Luis Suarez scored the fourth hat-trick of his Liverpool career as West Brom were blown away by the brilliant South American. Having had to play catch-up with
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        Lock icon Late strike earns Seoul a draw
        167 11 Reuters Dejan Damjanovic’s late equaliser earned FC Seoul a 2-2 home draw against bigspending Chinese champions Guangzhou Evergrande in the first leg of the AFC Champions League final yesterday. Guangzhou, coached by World Cup-winning Italian Marcello Lippi, appeared to be heading for victory until
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        Lock icon VILLANS ARE OUT OF LUK!
        630 11 Romelu is on the mark, as Benteke rues spot-kick miss ASTON VILLA 0 EVERTON 2 (Lukaku 68, Osman 81) Romelu Lukaku won the battle of the Belgians at Villa Park but Everton Leon Osman ensured there was some cheer for the watching England manager too.
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    • THE SUPER SIX
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        Lock icon CSKA: Toure exaggerated claims
        126 12 / 13 PA Sport A top CSKA Moscow official believes his club are victims of a British smear campaign against Russian football, following widespread calls for punishment over Yaya Toure’s accusations of racist abuse. Toure made a complaint of fans making monkey noises during Manchester City’s midweek Champions
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        Lock icon BUCK UP, TORRES
        629 12 / 13  -  Chelsea’s front man must rack up the goals if the Blues are to flourish NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Moronic racist chants drowned out a much more compelling Manchester City story. Sergio Aguero picked up a fine pair of poacher’s goals in midweek as City beat CSKA Moscow 2-1.
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        Lock icon Yaya: I’m not deaf
        168 12 / 13 AFP Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure insisted on Friday that he is not deaf and that he had been the victim of racist monkey chants in Moscow. While CSKA have insisted their fans have done nothing wrong and what Toure heard was just general booing, their
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        Lock icon Mourinho: City are favourites
        512 12 / 13 Wire Services Jose Mourinho suggested it is right that Manchester City are declared English Premier League title favourites, after his first Chelsea side received the same label following their lavish spending. Squads richly assembled by Roman Abramovich and Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour, one of the few
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    • racing
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        Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
        1984 15 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TAN THEAN LOON’S IPOH TIPS RACE 1: 3 El Comandante 9 Victory March 8 September Gold 2 Combined Power RACE 2:11 Euro Fighter 4 Pisces Star 3 Amazing Brother 5 Miracle Pray RACE 3: 1 TRIPLE ONE D’BEST 9 Smart People 4 Ba
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        Lock icon NOT EASY TO RUN DOWN APPROVE IN RACE 4
        1136 16 / 17  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,400M) MAGICAL BEAM (3) has been hitting the line with purpose in both course-and-distance efforts this season. He can get his timing right here. MAN AND MING (2)
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        Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
        1516 16 / 17 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1400m TIME 12:45 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 CONFUCIUS ELITE S WOODS T H SO 133 14 2 MAN AND MING C H YIP Z PURTON 133 5 3 MAGICAL BEAM
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RESULTS
        712 16 / 17 RACE 1 (ELLERSLIE, NZ) 1st 6 Grand Admiral ($83-$21) 2nd 7 Atacama ($8) 3rd 15 Secret’s Only ($18) 4th 2 Boninsky Forecast $220 Place Forecast (6-7) $37, (6-15) $74, (7-15) $21 Tierce $6176 Trio $518 Quartet No winner ($838 jackpot carried forward to next
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        Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG COURSE A) RACE CARD
        1935 18 / 19 GOING FORECAST: GOOD OB 53 12.55 —1400m Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) RACE 1 1 3--735 Mr Armstrong 59 (52) K A’isisuhairi* c2 9 (4ag M Freedman-Raffles Racing) 2 *****6 Flying Wild 58 (50) D
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        Lock icon WAR AFFAIR STANDS OUT ON WEIGHT
        1836 18 / 19 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF MEETING RACE 1 (1,400M) 1 Mr ArmstrongHHH Fourth run back from a break and should be ready for this. 2 Flying WildHHH Saddle slipped last outing but ran on strongly. Hard to beat. 3 Fuku IchibanHHH Placed
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        Lock icon BEST BET Straighttothepoint (Race 4 No. 7)
        45 20 / 21 This Laurie Laxon-trained youngster showed the benefit of two smart runs to win in a fast time two weeks ago. He is definitely a horse heading for the top. Tan Thean Loon, on his best bet Straighttothepoint (right)
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        Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
        535 20 / 21 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 3 1 4 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Fuku Ichiban Mr Armstrong Carnival Star 5 My Tricia 2 Flying Wild Fuku Ichiban
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
        1397 20 / 21 Race 1 (Macau) C5,6 (TURF) 1500m 9 FANTASY GEM 124 (35-12) R Stewart (10) 1 (1011) 1 KAO’S STAR 133 c 131 (128-30) WT Pao (9) 2 (1120) shd 3 MISSION FORTUNE 132 c 130 (25-10) WL Ho (6) 3 (1190) 0.5 5 FLORENCE SPIRIT 131 c
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        Lock icon YF LEONG, ASLAM SUSPENDED
        131 20 / 21 At the conclusion of an inquiry last Thursday, jockey YF Leong pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding in that he permitted HIS MY IDOL to shift outwards in Race 1 on Oct 13, when not sufficiently clear of Secondwave. This resulted in that gelding
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        Lock icon FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        682 20 / 21 RACE1 LADY TRIO: Slow to begin after jumping awkwardly; got his head up when being steadied. ZAC SUGGESTION: Raced keenly; blundered after clipping the heels of Sacred General; laid inwards; made contact. QUALITASE: Carried inwards. SEASONS WONDER: Checked. MY NEW BOSS: Made
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    • GOLF
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        Lock icon Bradley fumbles, Mickelson flourishes
        157 22 / 23 AFP Keegan Bradley stumbled to a 76 under searing heat in Malaysia yesterday to drop to three shots off the pace, while fellow American Phil Mickelson recovered to stay in the hunt. With just one round left on the narrow Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club
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        Lock icon RORY RAGES
        461 22 / 23 A double-b gey on 18th dashes Northern Irishman’s title hopes AFP Rory McIlroy stormed off the 18th green at the BMW Masters yesterday, having seen a great chance to challenge for the trophy disappear into a greenside bunker. The 24-year-old banged his putter angrily on the steps leading
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        Lock icon TIP OF THE WEEK: THE LOB SHOT
        189 22 / 23 The lob shot is a very high-risk shot. Certainly not one I would recommend golfers to try too often. The shot takes lots of skill and practice and should be played just like a bunker shot. Take a wide stance, position the ball
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        Lock icon Kwanchai’s title, Choo finishes third
        90 22 / 23 Thai Kwanchai Tannin cemented his position at the top of the Asean PGA Tour Order of Merit with his season’s second title at the PGM-ASEAN PGA Negeri Sembilan Masters yesterday. Kwanchai carded a six-under 66 to finish on top with an 18-under 270 total. He
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        Lock icon Champion-elect
        469 22 / 23 Vettel claims pole, will win fourth world title if he finishes fifth or higher AFP Sebastian Vettel looked oddson favourite to win his fourth straight Formula One title as he snared pole position for the Indian Grand Prix with apparent ease yesterday. Vettel, needing only to finish fifth today
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      • ON TV
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          Lock icon FOOTBALL
          202 22 / 23 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tonight: SUNDERLAND v NEWCASTLE SingTel mio TV Ch 102; StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 9.30pm TOTTENHAM v HULL SingTel mio TV Ch 103; StarHub TV Ch 228 (mio Stadium), 11.55pm SWANSEA v WEST HAM SingTel mio TV Ch 104; StarHub TV Ch 229 (mio Stadium),
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          Lock icon BADMINTON
          13 22 / 23 YONEX FRENCH OPEN Tonight: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 8pm
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          Lock icon TENNIS
          24 22 / 23 SWISS INDOORS BASEL Tonight: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 9.30pm VALENCIA OPEN Tonight: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11pm
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          Lock icon GOLF
          32 22 / 23 CIMB CLASSIC Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 11am ASIA PACIFIC AMATEUR C’SHIP Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 208; SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 4pm
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          Lock icon FORMULA ONE
          47 22 / 23 INDIAN GRAND PRIX Today: PREVIEW StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 4.30pm MAIN RACE StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 5.15pm CHEQUERED FLAG StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 7.15pm
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