The New Paper, 10 December 2013

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1 20 The New Paper
  • 15 1 the new paper TUESDAY DECEMBER 10 2013 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA(P)084/01/2013
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    • 88 1 RIOT IN LITTLE INDIA EXCLUSIVE Transport coordinator asks drunk worker to get off bus. tuesday december 10 2013 Worker later dies and she becomes... 9-PAGe SPecIAL rePOrT INSIde Theface furyof rioters’ IN THE MIdST OF A MOB Faces of fury The rioters up-close ›4 COMMENTArY BY BEN NAdArAjAN No easy
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    • LITTLE INDIA RIOT
      • Faces of fear
        • 1024 2 / 3  -  Bus coordinator calls husband from riot scene as angry crowd smashes bus Report by Elizabeth Law lawsm@sph.com.sg She was in the eye of the storm, the target of scorn, the focus of fury. But was what she did also the spark that lit the fuse that led
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        • 460 2 / 3  -  Report by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg Were the rioters intoxicated? We are unable to confirm this at this point. Will police presence be stepped up in Little India, especially on weekends? We have stepped up police presence in the immediate vicinity Race Course Road and its
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        • 308 6 / 7  -  Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB, RONALD LOH tnp@sph.com.sg What started as a normal Sunday evening for the many restaurants at Race Course Road turned into a night of terror when a riot broke out at their doorsteps. A manager at Sakunthala’s told The New Paper yesterday that
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        • 449 6 / 7  -  Workers watch helplessly as rioters pelt police with produce Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB, ZACHARY SOH, JASMINE LIM tnp@sph.com.sg He was tending a vegetable and fruit shop, Guru’s Marketing, at Buffalo Road, on Sunday evening when he heard a commotion about 100m away. At first, Indian national Abdul
          TNP PHOTOS: JEREMY LONG  -  449 words
        • 157 6 / 7 There will be a complete ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol this weekend in the Race Course Road area, Second Minister for Home Affairs S Iswaran said yesterday. Details such as the timing of the ban and the area it will cover will
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        • 821 6 / 7  -  What caused the riot and what can be done to prevent it recurring? COMMENT By BEN NADARAJAN benjamin@sph.com.sg It was a perfect storm. All it took for Little India to turn into a powder keg on Sunday night was the death of a foreign worker
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        • 344 6 / 7  -  Report by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg A committee of inquiry will be set up to investigate the causes of the riot in Little India on Sunday night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. “The COI will look into the factors that led to the incident
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      • Faces of fury
        • 362 4 / 5  -  In the heat of the moment, aggressive rioters turn their attention to TNP photographer Report by AZIM AZMAN maazman@sph.com.sg These are the faces of fury that The New Paper senior executive photojournalist Jonathan Choo had to deal with in the line of duty. Mr
          PHOTOS; JONATHAN CHOO jonathan@sph.com.sg  -  362 words
        • 484 4 / 5  -  Report by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg Mr Sardol Singh, who lives on the 11th storey of an HDB block on Race Course Road, had a frontseat view of the rage. The 56-year-old insurance advisor, who went to his window when he heard a commotion, said: “A big
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      • Phases of a flare-up
        • 530 8 / 9 Rioters caused carnage along Race Course Road, well-known for its Indian curry restaurants, on Sunday night HOW IT HAPPENED BEFORE 9.23PM A private bus at Tekka Lane picks up workers to send them to dormitories in Jalan Papan, Jurong. It is full when Mr Sakthivel
          PHOTOS: FACEBOOK/UTHIRA RANJITH, STOMP; TNP PHOTOS: JONATHAN CHOO, JEREMY LONG  -  530 words
    • 65 10 This is not going to be simple because here we would have to demonstrate our full trust in each other. Philippine President Benigno Aquino on the next round of negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which involves getting its 12,000 fighters to hand over their weapons and return to
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    • 209 10 on TnP FaCEBook t f ceb On the Little India riot Isaac Fong It (the picture used) is like a dark Metro City backdrop for Robocop. Ven Shi Fa Rong Good job SPF (Singapore Police Force) and SCDF. Cher Leong Chan The large gathering of foreign(ers) at one
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    • 33 11 140,000 The estimated number of demonstrators on the streets of Bangkok on Monday, as Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra called for a snap election, to be held on Feb 2.
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    • 238 11 An Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) specialist who took and gave bribes to grant social visit passes to foreigners to enter Singapore was jailed for 21 months yesterday. Mohammed Mustaffa Mohabat Ali (above), 29, admitted to 12 of 35 charges of corruption. He was ordered
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    • 235 11 The Government will implement three measures to bring the terms for executive condominiums (ECs) more in line with those of public housing. They are also expected to support a stable EC market, the Ministry of National Development said in a press release yesterday. First,
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    • 167 11 The socio-political website Breakfast Network has announced that it is shutting down. “We are moving back to blogging and putting our stuff on our Facebook Page,” wrote owner and editor Bertha Henson. The Media Development Authority had asked the site last month to register with it
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    • 179 11 The former chief cashier of the Shop N Save Supermarket in Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 was jailed for six months yesterday for misappropriating about $18,500 of the store’s earnings. A district court heard that Siti Nooryani Mohamed Yunos, 29, siphoned the money between September
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    • 136 11 A former assistant engineer with the Republic of Singapore Air Force was jailed for nine weeks yesterday for commercial sex with an underage escort, the 29th man to be convicted in a long-running online vice case involving 51 men. Goh Wee Seong, 35,
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    • 1284 12 / 13  -  COMMENT Dear idols, unless you are getting married... By JOCELYN LEE Coming clean about secret significant others seems to be the trend among Asian showbiz hunks of late. Every other week, it seems a new star’s eligibility bites the dust. Taiwan-based singer-actor Wu hun, 34, set
      PHOTOS: FACEBOOK/ LEEHOM, WEIBO/ NICKY WU, COURTESY OF ANDIE CHEN, TNP FILE, TWITTER/ KIM DO YEON  -  1,284 words
    • 537 14 / 15 As the monsoon rains hit Singapore, we look at a man in France who has been lauded for making luxury umbrellas Easily broken and frequently lost, the humble umbrella is not usually seen as a luxury item. But for Frenchman Michel Heurtault, whose creations can sell for thousands
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    • 21 14 / 15 $13,700 How much one Qatari princess paid for an umbrella handle covered with shagreen, a type of leather
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    • 402 16  -  Report by NUR SHEREEN IBRAHIM shereeni@sph.com.sg Saturday was the first time five of this year’s The New Paper New Face girls did door-to-door volunteering work. And it made such an impact that they want to do it again. Tan Ying Yi, 17; Clarissa Teo, 20; Noelle
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    • THE BIG PICTURE
      • Article, Illustration
        483 18  -  Evening shot of Ang Mo Kio flats is this week’s contest winner Report by Justin Zhuang tnp@sph.com.sg While most people sent in photos of the city skyline to sum up Singapore in an image, Mr Nasrul Shafiq went for something closer to home instead, some flats in Ang
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    • 345 19 Flight attendant’s body undiscovered for several days The body of a Hong Kong flight attendant was discovered inside her bedroom wardrobe several days after her death while her family lived in the same house. The police are now looking for her former boyfriend, a
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    • 88 18 WHAT’S NEXT Our contest theme “Postcard from Singapore” continues this week. Send us photos of what you think people who have never been to this city should see, and you stand to win $500. Deadline is this Thursday, 11.59pm. From Friday, our fortnightly theme turns to “2013” as we want
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    • 50 1 SEA GAMES FOOTBALL Vietnam u-23 v Singapore u-23 WE CAN BEAT VIETNAM TUESDAY DECEMBER 10 2013 20-page pullout Coach aide iskandar is confident Young lions can bounce back from laos draw with a win tonight ›S2 martineZ iS tHe neXt Big tHing, SaYS neil HumpHreYS ›S10 TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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  • sports
    • 27th SOUTH-EAST ASIA GAMES (DEC 11-22)
      • 758 2 / 3  -  Coach Aide has belief, Hariss calls for courage DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg They may have only played one game at the South-east Asia (SEA) Games, but Singapore Under-23 captain Hariss Harun is already dreading elimination from the football tournament. Playing with a one-goal and a man advantage
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      • 577 2 / 3  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM NAYPYIDAW When The New Paper asked South-east Asia (SEA) Games debutant Tan Yan Ni what her first taste of living in an athletes’ village was like, the wushu exponent pulled a face. “I don’t like the bugs,” said the
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      • 292 2 / 3  -  LIM SAY HENG Singapore’s quest to win a first team time trial medal in cycling at the 27th Southeast Asia (SEA) Games received a boost yesterday. Local banking giant OCBC is offering Goh Choon Huat, Ho Jun Rong and Low Ji Wen Rong
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      • 759 4 / 5  -  Recently recovered from a smashed cheekbone, Janine’s back on her horse and eyeing a medal EQUESTRIAN Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg If you don’t want to fall, don’t get on the horse. That is the common advice given to budding horse riders. The occasional tumble
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      • 437 4 / 5  -  Goalkeeper Tay plays despite injury to help seal men’s record water polo title WATER POLO Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ INDONESIA 5 SINGAPORE 8 msazali@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM NAYPYIDAW He had a robe on, but Singapore water polo goalkeeper Nigel Tay was shaking uncontrollably. It was
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      • 219 4 / 5 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Wushu l Men’s daoshu: Yong Yi Xiang 9.63 pts (6th/11), Adalia Jesse Colin 9.55 pts (7th/11) l Women’s nangun: Sin Min Li Emily 9.40 pts (7th/8) Water polo l Men’s team: Singapore beat Indonesia 8-5 TODAY’S SCHEDULE (Selected) Badminton l Women’s singles: Chen Jiayuan (right),
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 159 6 / 7 Wire Services Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that Joe Hart will be between the sticks for his side’s Champions League visit to Bayern Munich tomorrow morning (Singapore time). The England goalkeeper last played for his club in the same competition against Viktoria Plzen late last
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      • 144 6 / 7 AFP Lionel Messi, Franck Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo were shortlisted for this year’s Ballon d’Or, football’s world governing body Fifa and sponsors France Football magazine announced yesterday. Barcelona forward Messi has already won the title four times but seems less of a hot favourite this
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      • 519 6 / 7  -  Hart must prove his worth in rare start with City linked to Bayern custodian Neuer GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Out of form, out of favour, and possibly soon, out of Manchester City. As the Citizens attempt to negotiate the minefield that is Allianz Arena tomorrow morning (Singapore
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      • 433 6 / 7 Irishman claims former boss is still controlling United behind the scenes AFP Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has lashed out again at retired Old Trafford manager Alex Ferguson in a ITV4 documentary set to be aired today. The fiery Irishman claims the Scottish coach
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      • 109 13 AFP Maria Sharapova described her comeback after a four-month injury absence as a “baby step” forward in her recovery. The four-time Major winner took on 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic in an exhibition match in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday. “After months of not competing, tonight
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      • 584 13 Did ex-EPL striker get paid to receive yellow card? Wire Services Blackburn Rovers striker DJ Campbell has been arrested as part of a football spot-fixing investigation, the club confirmed yesterday. The 32-year-old, whose full name is Dudley Junior Campbell, is one of six people detained in
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      • 141 17 Wire Services As disturbing images of fans fighting made their way to front pages across Brazil, Fifa moved quickly to downplay the risk of fan violence inside stadiums during the World Cup next year. Fifa condemned the incidents in the southern city
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      • Article, Illustration
        397 17 FOOTBRAWLBloody scenes at Brazilian league match raise security concerns ahead of next year’s World Cup Reuters Brazil’s organisational reputation, already under fire in the run-up to the World Cup next year, suffered another blow yesterday morning (Singapore time) when three spectators were seriously hurt in violent clashes at a
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    • CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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        1004 8 / 9 Eight last-16 places up for grabs in final round of group matches AFP Holders Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Paris SaintGermain, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are already through to the Champions League Round of 16. Eight other places are up for grabs when the
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    • 724 10 / 11  -  Matter of time before top clubs check out Martinez NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg ARSENAL1 (Mesut Oezil 80) EVERTON1 (Gerard Deulofeu 84) Wigan were a series of promising sketches. Everton are painting pretty pictures. Roberto Martinez is now moving towards his masterpiece. If his meteoric progress continues, the
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    • 785 10 / 11 PA Sport Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has challenged his side to maintain the positive attitude which has put them five points clear at the top of the Premier League. The Gunners were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Everton yesterday morning (Singapore time)
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    • EPL SUPER SIX
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        604 12 Free-scoring Pool is GARY LIM’s top pick in his weekly Super Six watch Only two teams among the Super Six Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur won both their games last week. But the Reds edged out the Lilywhites in our Super Six watch because they didn’t just beat their
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    • racing
      • 535 14 / 15 Malaysian rookie bags a double for Laxon Top Malaysian apprentice jockey Ravindra Rueven secured his first win in Singapore on Sunday, when he partnered DOUBLE STAR to victory in the $95,000 Open Benchmark 83 over 1,000m. The Laurie Laxon-trained New Zealandbred gelding edged out Sand Lane (Corey
        TNP PHOTOS: JEREMY LONG  -  535 words
      • 815 14 / 15 RACE1 CHI LIN: Slow to begin after jumping awkwardly; overraced; steadied; jockey M Kellady reported that Chi Lin was not striding out freely. REAL GOODMAN: Slow into stride; jockey YF Leong reported that Real Goodman was not striding out freely; a veterinary
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      • 1820 14 / 15 SATURDAY B 64+ 1400m Chairman Guineas Trophy *****1 Ave The Snip 58 (79) (5ag S Edwards-Millennium) -***** Crazy Club 55 (73) (5ag S Edwards-Henray) 36-6-8 Be Sure 54.5 (72) (6ag WC Lim-Golden Rainbow) 403--7 Engine 54.5 (72) (6ag F Maynard-Aussie) 1386-1 No Uncertainty 54.5 (72)
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      • 1195 16 FRIDAY OB 83 1600m *****7 Dujardin 59 (84) (6nzg L Laxon-Oscar Racing) 4-1-17 Hot Gold 55 (76) (4ireg C Brown-Gold) -6-10-Lord Brompton 54 (74) (5ag C Brown-Barree) -***** Goodpack 53 (72) (5ag Leslie Khoo-Empress Wu) 11-12- Nature Is Nature 53 (72) (5ag S Burridge-D’Creator) *****7
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      • 1370 16 SUNDAY KS-B 1200m *****4 Golden Sand Steed 58 (84) (4nzg M Walker-ST Resources) -7469-Matterhorn 58 (81) (6ag M Freedman-Horizon) *****3 Bahen 58 (80) (6ag S Baertschiger-S Baertschiger) *****1 Peaceful Warrior 58 (80) (6ag David Kok-Gemini) *****9 Bazinga 56.5 (78) (6nzg M Walker-Remarkable) 3-97-1 Savannah Dancer
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    • MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE
      • 695 18  -  LionsXII coach has worked with the two experienced local strikers and feels they will be ideal candidates Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Having made his name as one of the most feared forwards in the region, newlyappointed LionsXII coach Fandi Ahmad knows the importance of
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      • 149 18 AP Australia finished off England’s tail-enders in less than an hour in Adelaide yesterday to win the Second Test by 218 runs and take a 2-0 series lead into Perth, where they are aiming to reclaim the Ashes with a third straight win. Australia, who
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    • GOLF
      • 472 19 He beats Woods in play-off after stunning par-save at 72nd hole AFP Zach Johnson salvaged a stunning par at the 72nd hole and then edged out world No. 1 Tiger Woods at the first play-off hole to win the US$3.5 million ($4.2m) World Challenge yesterday morning (Singapore
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      • 128 19 AP An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record US$1.4 million ($1.7m) in an online auction. SCP Auctions said Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle paid US$1,466,574, the highest price for a piece of
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      • 129 19 It was touching when a young kid from Arc Children’s Centre spoke about how he was coping with cancer, in front of an audience at Sentosa Golf Club. And after the moving speech, golfers who played in the Drive for Arc event, and sponsors, bent
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      • ON TV
        • 157 19 27TH SEA GAMES FOOTBALL Today: SINGAPORE v VIETNAM MediaCorp okto Toggle LIVE, 8.10pm MediaCorp Ch 5,10.30pm (delayed) Friday: SINGAPORE v BRUNEI MediaCorp okto LIVE, 8.10pm MediaCorp Ch 5,11.30pm (delayed) Sunday: SINGAPORE v MALAYSIA MediaCorp Ch 5 MediaCorp Toggle LIVE, 5.25pm CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Tomorrow: BAYERN MUNICH v MAN CITY SingTel
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        • 40 19 NBA Today: PHILADELPHIA 76ERS v LA CLIPPERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am Tomorrow: BROOKLYN NETS v BOSTON CELTICS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am LA LAKERS v PHOENIX SUNS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 11.30am
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        • 16 19 BWF WORLD SUPER SERIES FINALS Thursday: LAST 16 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7pm
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        • 14 19 NELSON MANDELA CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7.30pm
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    • NBA
      • Article, Illustration
        527 20 Lakers fans go wild on Black Mamba’s return but Kobe rates his season debut as a ‘complete failure’ Wire Services LA LAKERS 94 TORONTO RAPTORS 106 Nearly eight months after Kobe Bryant limped off the Lakers’ home court with a torn Achilles tendon and a career
        Wire Services; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  527 words



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