The New Paper, 1 January 2014

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1 24 The New Paper
  • 14 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY JANUARY ***** A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA(P)084/01/2013
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    • 927 2 / 3  -  Singaporean sisters caught in chaos thought it was ‘part of the show’ Reports by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg When she saw the ceiling buckle while watching a play in London’s Apollo Theatre, she thought it was part of the performance. Even
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    • 152 2 / 3 Performances at the Apollo Theatre have been cancelled until Jan 11, after its ceiling collapsed last month. In a statement on its website, Nimax Theatres, which owns the Apollo said it was “a shocking and upsetting incident”. About 720 people were in the 112-year-old theatre at
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    • 42 4 1 That’s the additional demerit point motorists will receive from today if they are caught committing offences like speeding, beating the red light, careless driving or inconsiderate driving within school zones, said the police in a Facebook post yesterday.
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    • 206 4 Some 90,000 tablets believed to be sleeping pills were found hidden in a modified compartment of a Singaporeregistered car at Woodlands Checkpoint at about 6.30pm on Saturday. Officers from the Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) were conducting a routine check then. They retrieved 4,500 slabs
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    • 346 4 PM Lee Hsien Loong’s New Year message Singapore’s economy has done well in 2013, growing by 3.7 per cent last year better than initially expected, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his New Year message yesterday. Median salaries also increased by 3.9 per
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    • 200 4 There was some reprieve on the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) yesterday during the morning peak-hour. It was a far cry from the congestion motorists encountered the previous morning, the first workday that the MCE was open to traffic, reported The Straits Times Online. Traffic on
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    • 182 4 Two hawker centres, at Holland Drive and Tanjong Pagar, will reopen for business today after a 10-month upgrading exercise. The markets and food centres at Block 44, Holland Drive and Block 6, Tanjong Pagar Plaza will reopen on New Year’s Day after going through the Hawker
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    • 134 4 The man accused of having a samurai sword without lawful purpose may face additional charges, a court heard yesterday. Chua Teck Choon, also known as Peter, 39, caused a stir when he boarded an MRT train wielding a samurai sword on Dec
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    • 702 5  -  Retiree helps out actively with Yellow Ribbon Community Project Report by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg The first time Mr Albert Lee contacted an inmate’s sister, she declined his offer to help her. The brother, who was in jail for drugs, had signed a consent form
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    • 613 6  -  Primate appearance in Sengkang neighbourhood raises eyebrows among residents Report by NATASYA ISMAIL natasyai@sph.com.sg He was on his way to get refreshments on a sweltering Sunday two weeks ago when a monkey greeted him at the entrance of a 7-Eleven store. Before Mr Giam
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    • 36 7 19,000The number of Indonesians displaced by a volcano in Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, which has been erupting for months and shot lava into the air nine times over Monday and Tuesday, AFP reported.
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    • 417 7 Man sues ex-girlfriend for ‘using him to get a child with European genes’ The case that raised a furore in Malaysia had an anti-climatic ending. A Bosnian man had sued his former girlfriend for “abusing” his sperm to get a child with European genes. The woman,
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    • 270 7 The women were lured to Malaysia with the promise of good jobs and a better life. But the 35 women 10 Chinese nationals, 10 Filipinas, 12 Thais and three Vietnamese were allegedly forced into sexual slavery and made to live in poor, unsanitary conditions for
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    • 255 7 Different versions have emerged over the Ferris wheel incident in George Town, Penang, in which a six-year-old boy fell and went into a coma. The operator has insisted that Mohamad Khairul Naimme Abu Kassim had not fallen from the ride during the
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    • 826 8 / 9  -  You alerted us to some of the most gripping stories of the year. Now you can win prizes. Send in an e-mail explaining your pick for Hotline Story of the Year. Here, in no particular order, are our top hotline stories for 2013
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    • 106 8 / 9  -  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR DOMINIC NATHAN dominic@sph.com.sg It has been a bumper year for The New Paper (TNP) hotline, especially after our October revamp. Our readers have given us some of the best stories this year. And many of these stories have moved others to help
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    • 256 8 / 9 Many of our readers’ calls have made front page stories last year. Hotline caller, John Yeo, called in to inform us of the headless body found in Whampoa River. He saw a crowd by the canal, went over and heard people saying that a
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    • 665 10 / 11  -  Apartments at 5 Pasir Panjang Road taken over for redevelopment Reports by ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg For 13 years, Miss Rita Perumal woke up to a stunning view of the Pasir Panjang coastline. In the distance were Singapore’s southern islands, such as Pulau Bukom,
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    • 218 10 / 11 The apartments at 5 Pasir Panjang Road were built in the early 1950s to house senior officers who worked at the former Pasir Panjang Power Station near Labrador Park, said former resident Paul Rodrigues. “The first residents were mostly expatriates from England, but
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    • 754 12 / 13  -  Don’t be put off by its name... Reports by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg In a lovely cafe, over cakes and tea, the last conversation topic one would expect is death. Yet, that is precisely what Mr Raj Mohamad, who is in his 40s, aims
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    • 218 12 / 13 The suicidal and the terminally ill may be attracted to the Death Cafe model of gatherings, but counsellor Tan Lay Geok sees it as a positive thing. “As long as the gatherings encourage the celebration of life, those people could have a new avenue to reevaluate their
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    • 124 14 Stripped, hanged upside-down and beaten to death. A 12-year-old boy from the Indian state of Bihar met this horrible end after he admitted to stealing a packet of biscuits. The punishment was meted out in front of his parents, Dubai daily Gulf News reported. Chhotu
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    • 530 14 Cameroonian footballer unable to afford hospital treatment in Indonesia It was a dream of sporting glory that drew talented Cameroonian striker Salomon Bengondo to Indonesia. But his story ended in poverty, illness and an untimely death. The withholding of wages by Indonesian clubs has reached
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    • 214 14 An Arizona mother allegedly killed her oldest daughter and tried to murder her three other children by poisoning them during a Christmas Day rampage. Police said that Connie Villa, 35, forced her children, 13, eight, five and three, to
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    • 127 15 The police said they received nine reports of theft involving the slitting of bags on Orchard Road on Christmas Eve. The cases occurred between 7pm on Dec 24 and 2.30am on Dec 25. In a Facebook post on Monday, the police
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    • 652 15  -  Clinic provides support to young patients facing side effects Report by JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg Cancer survivor Joyson Tan had a worry-free Christmas last year. Not only did the 13-year-old get to enjoy the festive lights, he indulged in turkey, ham and sausages processed meat
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    • 166 16 Myanmar said yesterday that it is freeing all political prisoners. Presidential spokesman Ye Htut said the amnesty, along with a separate pardon for five additional inmates jailed under other legislation, meant “there are no more political prisoners”. This fulfils a pledge by former general
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    • 632 16 More couples in China left in the lurch financially and emotionally when only child dies China’s one child policy has created a new group of people who need help orphaned parents. These are couples whose only child had died, leaving no one to look after them. Take
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    • 33 6 Goodbye, rooms with sunset view Death Cafe is all about life rental block at pasir panjang road taken over for redevelopment Page10 he hopes to bring concept of Death Cafe to Singapore Page12
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    • 71 8 / 9 l Pick your favourite Hotline Story of the Year l Write in no more than 50 words to tnp@sph. com.sg on why you think it should be Hotline Story of the Year l All entries go into a lucky draw l Three winners will each receive: 1) $100 worth of
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    • 91 12 / 13 New year, new food to try TNP columnist Yeoh Wee Teck lists his top 10 dishes PAGE30 HELPLINES Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019 Silver Ribbon: 6386-1928 Institute of Mental Health’s Mobile Crisis Service: 6389-2222 Samaritans of Singapore: 1800-221-4444 Care Corner Counselling Centre (Mandarin): 1800-353-5800 mBEJQUE J LEAD THE WA
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    • 128 17 JANUARY 1 2014 Go Hot on the heels of last year’s commercial hit Ah Boys To Men Part 2 and critical success Ilo Ilo, a bumper crop of 18 local movies will be released in 2014 that look set to raise the bar for Singapore’s film industry lo al 20
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  • M MOVIES MUSIC MAKAN
    • In a Minute
      • 115 18 And the award for the most charitable celebrity of 2013 goes to... Taylor Swift for the second year in the row! “(She) turned her 24th birthday into a gift for others, quietly donating $100,000 of her own money to The Nashville Symphony,” said
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        86 18 Perhaps “retiring” is a good idea for Justin Bieber after all. The 19-year-old Canadian pop star’s new album Journals, which was rush-released digitally two days before Christmas, limped into the Australian chart at No. 35 this week with just 4,067 sales. Not only that, but his second concert
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      • 109 18 She may have got a lot of love for the recent unexpected release of her self-titled visual album, but Beyonce has stirred up some discontent for her latest single XO. The new song features an audio clip from the NASA Challenger space shuttle explosion that claimed the lives
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      • 100 18 Ricky Gervais has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (Peta) Person of the Year for 2013. The 52-year-old British comedian was selected due to his use of Twitter to speak out against animal cruelty. Peta’s managing director Ingrid E. Newkirk said in a
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      • 100 18 He put a ring on it! English singer James Blunt, 39, popped the question over Christmas and is to wed his girlfriend Sofia Wellesley, a legal consultant and the granddaughter of the Duke of Wellington. The couple began dating at the beginning of last year
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    • Movies
      • 434 19  -  Meet the big screen’s latest star who goes the extra weight to deliver Report by CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg 1 HE LOVES BEING NAKED He wasn’t your typical Magic Mike-esque stripper but the actor revealed that when he was 18, he booked a few stripping gigs.
        PHOTOS: AFP, GOLDEN VILLAGE, STARHUB, WARNER BROS, WALT DISNEY PICTURES  -  434 words
      • 1106 20 / 21  -  Will the 18 Singapore films slated for release this year benefit from last year’s award-winning creation Ilo Ilo? Reports by JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg For Singapore movies, 2013 was a good year. Critically, we had Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo, which helped put our film industry on the global
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      • 82 20 / 21 Ah Boys To Men Part 2 (2013) $7.9 million Ah Boys To Men Part 1 (2012) $6.2 million Money No Enough (1998) $6.02 million Money No Enough 2 (2008) $4.87 million I Not Stupid Too (2006) $4.2 million I Not Stupid
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      • 235 20 / 21 MISTER JOHN (First quarter of 2014) Zoe Tay is the female lead in this Singapore, UK and Ireland co-production that follows Irishman Gerry (Aidan Gillen) who travels to Singapore after the sudden and suspicious death of his estranged brother, and soon finds himself immersed in
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      • 607 22 70s style brought to life in american Hustle Hair and boobs are important, uncredited characters in the new crime dramedy American Hustle. The movie, which is currently showing here, even begins with an almost loving look at how to get a combover to stick courtesy of Christian
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      • 457 23  -  JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Will the ancient Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro embarrass themselves in Grudge Match? I’ve never seen a bad boxing movie. Having sat through at least 25 movies about boxers over the decades (can’t be bothered to count), I can’t think of one off
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      • 518 24  -  MARS VENUS MOVIE DATE JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg If you’re reading this, chances are you’ll be able to relate to Walter Mitty. If you bother to read movie reviews, that means you really like movies, which means you’re very likely an escapist
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        86 24 IF A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS, THEN WHAT DO SOME MOVIE POSTERS TELL US? EDGE OF TOMORROW What It Looks Like: Tom Cruise finally fulfills his destiny conquering planet Earth! After uncovering the power to transform sexiness into kinetic energy, he and his coterie of actor-warriors led
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      • Movie picks
        • 140 24  -  Catherine Robert Forget the obnoxious Vince Vaughn from Wedding Crashers. In his latest come- dy, he’s the hapless, underachieving slacker David Wozniak, whose performance will probably bring out the empathy in us all as he deals with a very far-fetched, freaky situation. As he prepares to become
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        • 140 24  -  Jocelyn Lee Korean rom-com Marriage Blue looks at the dilemmas four different couples face in the days leading up to their weddings. Baseball coach Tae Kyu (Kim Kang Woo) feels betrayed when he finds out that his fiancée Joo Young (Kim Hyo Jin) is a divorcee. Nail
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        • 152 24  -  Jocelyn Lee Boasting a stellar cast of Hong Kong actors Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Simon Yam, As The Light Goes Out is a thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Tse plays Sam, a firefighter spending his last day
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    • Music
      • 313 25  -  KISS TELL JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Frankly speaking, I think a lot of us underperformed in 2013. Some of us were too fat. Some of us were too thin. Some of us smoked. Some of us drank. Some of us didn’t spend enough time with our kids.
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        271 25 MILEY CYRUS ADORE YOU Just when we thought the US pop star could not possibly be more scantily-clad, she proves us wrong. In just a translucent, nude bra-and-panty combo, she acts out every seduction technique there is in the book. Sexily running her thumb down her tongue and
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        201 26 / 27  -  Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman LEA MICHELE BATTLEFIELD The Glee star moves us all once again with another heartbreaking single, but this time she speaks of a relationship gone sour. Like the US actress’ first single Cannonball off her debut album Louder, Battlefield is an equally intense and moving
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      • 618 26 / 27  -  Selena Gomez’s February concert is the latest in a string of high-profile cancellations COMMENT by TAN KEE YUN Two weeks ago, when news broke that US pop star Selena Gomez had abruptly axed her February concert in Singapore, I hardly batted an eyelid. A check for
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      • 453 26 / 27 Concert promoters, here are the artists we’d really like to see this year. Bring them in, pretty please. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The 32-year-old US pop sensation and Hollywood It guy enjoyed a fantas- tic year, with chart-topping singles Suit Tie and Mirrors, as well as stellar
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      • 204 26 / 27 Concert fans, mark your calendars. Here are three shows you shouldn’t miss for the world. If they don’t end up being cancelled, that is... For retro crowd... Michael Learns To Rock Live in Singapore 2014 When: Feb 22, 7.30pm Where: The Max Pavilion Singapore Expo Rock
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      • 370 26 / 27  -  Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman THE SONG: Physical THE ARTIST: Olivia Newton-John THE LYRICS: Let’s get physical, physical/I wanna get physical/Let’s get into physical/Let me hear your body talk, your body talk/Let me hear your body talk THE RESULTS: Considered her biggest US hit, the raunchy single
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    • Makan
      • 655 28  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT Nigella Lawson’s capacity to pick up pieces of her shattered personal life and move on is inspiring to many HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Anyone still whining about how 2013 was a bad year may do well to take a leaf out of domestic goddess Nigella
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      • Article, Illustration
        389 29  -  Conrad Centennial’s latest outlet offer nicely priced cafe food WEETS EATS YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg One of my resolutions last year was to be more prudent with my money. And let me tell you, it was an uphill struggle. When it came down to the wire, it was
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        58 29 SIX-AND-SEVEN.COM PICKS: “The Art of Sundays” brunch at InterContinental Singapore’s Lobby Lounge “I much preferred the Eggs Benedict with Salmon Caviar the luscious yolk from the perfectly poached egg served as a base, while the fresh chives and smoked salmon lured out the silky and intense flavour from
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        224 29 HEAVENLY SINS Guest chef Jeremy Nguee from Preparazzi has some decadent dishes for you at Platters Bistro Wine Bar. I love the Thunder Thighs Crackpot Rice platter ($38), especially the Crab Roe Rice with pork lard. It is heavenly, though your diet goes to hell. The #fatdieyou (say
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      • 804 30 / 31 Ten must-try dishes for 2014 (and a couple more) YEOH WEE TECK Ilove beginnings. There is always so much optimism and hope that we get from a fresh start. So, as we are at the beginning of a new year, I am optimistic that this
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      • 972 32  -  Celebrity Chow with Media orp host-actor Bryan Wong REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg Books and films nourish the soul. For MediaCorp host-actor Bryan Wong, that cliché takes on a more literal meaning. While tucking into our hearty meal at French celebrity chef Daniel Boulud’s casual
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    • 93 18 GIVEAWAY WIN DELIVERY MAN MOVIE TICKETS We’re giving away 10 pairs of movie passes to Delivery Man, starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders, courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures. Each winner will also take home a movie poster. Rated PG13, Delivery Man opens here tomorrow. TO WIN, answer this
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    • 133 18 GIVEaWay WIN GROWN UPS 2 PREMIUMS Fancy some laughs over the New Year? Let Adam Sandler and gang entertain you in Grown Ups 2, the sequel to the 2010 box-office hit. Simply rent Grown Ups 2 from Singtel mio TV’s Video On Demand library, Singapore’s largest VOD library with over
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 55 23 A RIVALRY 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING Gerber DE NIRO vs STALLONE KEVIN HART ALAN ARKIN KIM BASINGER JON BERNTHAL -i——- MPR V I m MIOH N VK < i iinnmnirii llipiip SCRENPWY JOH E PG SOME VIOLENCE AND 13 SEXUAL REFERENCES IER and ROlfllMM by BILL GERBEfi CINEMAS 9
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    • 75 33 Our bi-monthly online jobs supplement RETAIL DECEMBER JANUARY E-ISSUE OUT NOW! In this issue: Interview with Eugene Lin, Singapore-born London based fashion designer Retail and fashion jobs 01 02 Awarded Silver, General Website (Employment) W3 Awards 2013 We are featuring all things related to ‘Retail’. Logon to www.STJobs.sg/Spotlight to view
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    • 31 1 New coach challenges lionsXII to win their first three tough games ›S2 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1 2014 24-page pullout FANDI FIRED UP PHOTO: STRAITS TIMES SpoRtS CaleNDaR: WHat’S oN FoR 2014 ›S20
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  • sports
    • M’SIAN SUPER LEAGUE
      • 795 2 / 3  -  In the first of exclusive columns to TNP, the new coach wants the LionsXII to win their first three tough fixtures FANDI AHMAD npsports@sph.com.sg Pahang. Selangor. Johor Darul Ta’zim. Malaysia Cup winners. Traditional powerhouses. The rich and the ambitious. The Malaysian Super League fixtures are out
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      • 423 2 / 3 These stars are set to shine in this season’s MSL, which kicks off on Jan 17 PABLO AIMAR Club: Johor Darul Ta’zim, Age: 34, Position: Midfielder The Argentinian (left), who played at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, is undoubtedly the biggest star of this season’s Malaysian
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    • EPL
      • 1659 4 / 5  -  Moyes and Sherwood aim to take their clubs to where they belong in the top four GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Finally, there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Then again, Manchester United must be wondering what they are doing in a tunnel in the
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      • 701 6  -  Gunners can take advantage of Cardiff’s woes to further cement their position at the top REPORTING FROM THE UK IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg If the league was decided on the results of the calendar year, Arsenal would be the champions of 2013. Sadly, they don’t give
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      • 138 7 AFP Chelsea captain John Terry believes that his side will head to Southampton tonight buoyed by having produced their best performance of the season in the 2-1 victory over Liverpool last Sunday. The centre back, who clocked up his 600th Chelsea appearance, said: “I
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      • 732 7 PA Sport Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has dismissed the possibility of Edin Dzeko or Jack Rodwell leaving the club this month. Striker Dzeko has found himself down the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium this season due to the form of firstchoice front
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      • 103 8 PA Sport Ray Wilkins has become the latest high-profile member of Rene Meulensteen’s backroom staff after being named as the new assistant head coach of the Premier League strugglers. Wilkins (right), 57, returns for a second stint at Craven Cottage having managed the then-Second Division club
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      • 603 8  -  Tan’s antics make him a shoo-in for the award WACKY WEDNESDAY NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg It’s New Year’s Day and time to anoint the Wacky Wednesday Sportsperson of the Year. There were many contenders including Andre “boy with a beard” Villas-Bo-as; Andy “Bermuda Triangle” Carroll and
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      • 110 9 PA Sport Nicolas Anelka will be considered for West Brom’s match against Newcastle tonight after the French striker agreed not to perform his controversial “quenelle” goal celebration again. West Brom conceded the gesture had caused offence and have asked Anelka (right) not to repeat
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      • 536 9 Reds boss Rodgers says Uruguayan unfairly accused of diving PA Sport Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers feels Reds striker Luis Suarez is an “easy target” for critics. Following the Reds’ 2-1 defeat by Chelsea last Sunday, Blues manager Jose Mourinho accused Suarez of performing “an acrobatic
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    • EPL BETTING
      • 1463 10 / 11  -  RICHARD LENTON npsports@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOL v HULL Hull have not kept an away clean sheet in their last 12 attempts, so Liverpool look set for revenge following their 3-1 defeat at the KC Stadium a month ago. The Reds have won nine of their 10
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    • racing
      • 1737 14 / 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 D1 12.45 —1400m(Turf) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 0540-8 Daring Initiative 57 (43) R Shafiq* c1 10 (4ag S Gray-S Gray) 2 *****-Bargain Bid 56.5 (42) C
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      • 1844 14 / 15 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,400M) 1 Daring Initiative H Tongue-tie added after issues last start. Take on trust. 2 Bargain BidHH Can be hard to follow but goes well when right. 3 Fiscal WingsHHH Last stat better than the result
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      • 531 16 / 17 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 6 3 7 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Acordo De Paz Fiscal Wings Grand Vitess 2 Bargain Bid 7 Grand Vitess 3
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      • 156 16 / 17  -  Best Bet BRIAN MILLER AT this time last year, Patrick Shaw (right) got things rolling when he saddled the first winner of 2013. Well, he could very well do a repeat by taking Race 1 at Kranji this afternoon. His runner, ACORDO DE
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      • 512 16 / 17 William Low’s Guide to workouts by Friday’s runners: RACE 1: Sir FleetwoodHH canter/36.9. HopkinsHH canter/41.6. Perfect ChallengerHH 39.6. Magic OceanHH 37.3. Good Boss 36.6. Lucky General 43.5. The Stallone 37.4. Who Els (M Suhaimi) canter/39.6. RACE 2: AmiHH (Powell) 39.8. Follow The King (Nunes) canter/35.3. Juseagleye 46.1. Whatanite
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      • 1151 16 / 17 12:20 Race 1 ASCOT—1100M 1 ZIPLINE S MC GRUDDY (10) 57 2 RED PUBLISHER P HALL (4) 57 3 RIPPER RED J MALLYON (6) 57 4 SUPERIOR TROY L CAMILLERI (9) 57 5 STAR GOD AARON ROGERS (1) 57 6 MYSTICITY C STAPLES (8) 55
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      • 861 16 / 17 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 ASCOT (1,100M) 1 ZIPLINE: Improved effort last start when 2nd 1,000m Ascot Dec 21. May need a bit of luck in running from this alley. 6 MYSTICITY: Handy throughout when 6th 1,000m Ascot Dec
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      • HONG KONG RACES
        • 1337 18 / 19  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,400M) SOLAR DRAGON (6) has been threatening to open his win account in his past three starts after fading back from wide gates, including a fast-finishing course-and-distance third and recent
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        • 1546 18 / 19 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1400m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 YOUNG WARRIOR J SIZE T ANGLAND 133 1 2 BOLERO T K NG W M LAI 131 7 3 BORNFREE Y S TSUI
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        • 326 18 / 19 After being held back by a family emergency, top US jockey David Flores (right) will begin his new Kranji stint today. Originally licensed for eight months, from Nov 6 until June 30, Flores, who rode in Singapore for two weeks in July and scored
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        • 572 18 / 19 NST Last-start winner Luck Treasure has made further headway and is set to make a back-to-back success in Sunday’s Grand Old Lady Handicap for Class 5 horses over 1,200m going by his impressive workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by apprentice
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    • SPORTS CALENDAR
      • Article, Illustration
        531 20 / 21 The Fifa World Cup, Asian Games and Youth Olympics await in another year of sporting extravaganza J NU R l 4: UFC Fight Night Singapore l 9-12: ITTF World Tour Grand Finals (Dubai, UAE) l 11–19: National Table Tennis Grand Finale l 13–26: Tennis Australian Open (Melbourne,
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    • TENNIS
      • 127 22 AFP South African captain Graeme Smith hailed “an incredible win” for his team after they clinched an emphatic 10-wicket victory on the fifth day of the second and final Test against India at Kingsmead, Durban, on Monday. The win, in Jacques Kallis’ final Test match, clinched
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      • 484 22 World No. 1 given a tough workout by unseeded German Petkovic AFP World No. 1 Serena Williams opened her 2014 season with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 win over Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in the second round of the Brisbane International yesterday. Williams, who was given a bye in the
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    • NBA
      • 130 23 AFP NBA star Tony Parker apologised on Monday for making a gesture with anti-Semitic overtones in a photograph taken three years ago, which became an issue after French footballer Nicolas Anelka made the same gesture last Saturday. “Since I have been made aware of the
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      • 409 23 DENVER NUGGETS 94 MIAMI HEAT 97 LeBron James celebrated his 29th birthday by scoring 26 points and adding 10 assists yesterday morning (Singapore time) to spark the reigning NBA champions Miami Heat past the Denver Nuggets 97-94. The four-time NBA Most Valuable Player helped
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      • ON TV
        • 147 23 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tonight: SWANSEA v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227, 8.45pm LIVERPOOL v HULL SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 228, 10.55pm ARSENAL v CARDIFF SingTel mio TV Ch 104 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 229,10.55pm
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        • 42 23 NBA Today: OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER v PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am Tomorrow: LA CLIPPERS v CHARLOTTE BOBCATS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 10.30am Friday: MIAMI HEAT v GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 8.30am
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        • 132 23 HOPMAN CUP Today: US v FRANCE StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) StarHub TV Ch 210; SingTel mio TV Ch 117 (FOX Sports Plus HD), 5.30pm Tomorrow: ITALY v CANADA StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) StarHub TV Ch
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        • 21 23 ASHES 5TH TEST Friday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 236; SingTel mio TV Ch 123 (STAR Cricket), 7.30am, 10.10am 12.30pm
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    • 516 24 Condition is improving, but German not out of danger yet AFP Doctors treating Michael Schumacher said yesterday the Formula One legend has undergone a second operation following his life-threatening ski accident, but warned he is “not out of danger”. Surgeons said there had been a “slight improvement”
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