The New Paper, 25 January 2014

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1 24 The New Paper
  • 15 1 the new paper SATURDAY JANUARY 25 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI(P)088/01/2014
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    • 189 1 CABBY ON CONFRONTING WOMAN WHO TAILGATED HIM FOR AN HOUR she just stared with dull eyes like a zombie ›2 phoTo: ThE STar *****1 *****1 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/tnp To subscribe: 6388 3838 AFTER LOSING START TO MSL, LIONSXII SKIPPER SAYS: we must show selangor we mean business›s2 worth of great
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    • 21 1 0 SATURDAY JANUARY 25 2014 PHOTO: REUTERS Just $3,000 for bieber to get out of jail no wonder he’s smiling ›8
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  • news
    • 859 2 / 3  -  Taxi driver recounts ‘frightening’ encounter with M’sian woman Reports by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg After the cabby picked up a passenger at Kheam Hock Road, off Dunearn Road, he was puzzled to see in his rear view mirror a red car tailgating his taxi at about
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    • 94 4 The police are looking for the man shown in the picture (right) to assist with investigations into a case of outrage of modesty reported in the vicinity of Block 52, Chin Swee Road, on Jan 3 at about 4.30pm. The man is believed to be
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    • 137 4 A 32-year-old Indian national who was allegedly involved in the Little India riot is expected to be the first accused to plead guilty. Chinnappa Vijayaragunatha Poopathi is expected to plead guilty to a reduced charge of unlawful assembly, The Straits Times
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    • 105 4 Hundreds of passengers had to disembark after a train stalled at Redhill MRT station last night. The train was travelling in the direction of Joo Koon on the East-West Line. Affected commuters told The Straits Times online that the incident occurred at about 11.10pm. “The
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    • 213 4 HDB Resale Price Index The Resale Price Index (RPI) for HDB flats for 2013 dropped 0.6 per cent, the first annual decline since 2005. According to a press release from the HDB, the RPI fell 1.5 per cent from 204.8 in the third quarter of
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    • 198 4  -  Report by JASMINE LIM jaslim@sph.com.sg A cleaner collapsed and died yesterday on the roof of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Hall of Residence 3. Mr Ibrahim Moidu, 49, had been tasked to clean the water tank on the hall’s rooftop with his
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    • 135 4 The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has fined telco M1 $25,000 for failing to meet a new standard for outdoor service coverage. An independent test conducted by the IDA in the second and third quarter of last year showed that M1 did not meet
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    • 193 4 The Thai teen who lost her legs in an accident at Ang Mo Kio MRT station intends to appeal a High Court decision. Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, 17, recently saw her bid to claim $3.4 million in damages from train operator SMRT and the
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    • 140 6 With the recent strong winds, construction companies have been taking precautions to ensure workers’ safety. Mr Kannaiyan Rakan Babu, a safety manager at Feng Ming Construction, said: “Safety harnesses are important. We ensure that everyone working above ground level wears one.” He also emphasised the importance of anchoring
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    • 452 6  -  Worker killed in freak accident on windy day Reports by WONG CONG XU, ELIZABETH LAW tnp@sph.com.sg A construction worker fell 19 storeys to his death after he was hit by a prefabricated bathroom unit being lifted by a tower crane on Thursday afternoon.
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    • 1057 8 / 9  -  Justin Bieber in downward spiral of bad behaviour Reports by JULIANA JUNE RASUL, NATASYA ISMAIL tnp@sph.com.sg Happy New Year, Justin Bieber! Here’s a pair of handcuffs for you. Perhaps, the first of many? The Biebz has finally been busted after more than a year’s worth of
      PHOTOS: REUTERS, AFP  -  1,057 words
    • 299 8 / 9 Justin Bieber has been making more trouble than he’s been making records for over a year now. Here’s what he’s been up to: JULY 2012 l During a flight from Australia to the US for a promotional tour, Bieber was told off by a passenger after
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    • Article, Illustration
      310 8 / 9 From covers in teen magazines to mugshots in tabloids, these stars have done it all. AMANDA BYNES, 27 Former Nickelodeon star and role model to teenage girls in the 90s, Bynes was arrested in May last year for allegedly throwing a bong out of the window of her
      PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS, TWITTER / AMANDA BYNES  -  310 words
    • 686 10  -  SPH’s sure-win lucky dip offers wide range of prizes Report by GERALD KEVIN CHAN cgeraldk@sph.com.sg The contest intrigued him, so he took part. Mr Ong Guo Wei, 30, who is self-employed, said: “It was a fun and interesting contest.” He had bought a copy
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    • BUS SERVICE RELIABILITY FRAMEWORK
      • 513 12  -  Reports by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg It’s like the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. That was what Member of Parliament Gan Thiam Poh likened the introduction of the carrot-and-stick approach in the Bus Service Reliability Framework
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      • 303 12 Under the scheme aimed at reducing bus bunching, 22 bus services will undergo a two-year trial. This will be done in phases, with seven SMRT bus services to start on Feb 3, eight SBS Transit bus services to start by March and the rest by
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    • Article, Illustration
      423 13  -  but she’s planning our 50th birthday Reports by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg At 20, she’s the youngest member of the committee planning Singapore’s 50th anniversary celebrations. A second-year undergraduate at National University of Singapore, Miss Afiqah Nur Fitri Suhaiemi hopes to bring her views as a young Singaporean to
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    • 112 14  -  Nur Shereen Ibrahim 1 SEE THE CERT All public collections of money require the fund-raiser to produce a copy of the collector’s Certificate of Authority, issued by the police or the National Council of Social Service. Ask to see the collector’s certificate. 2 CHECK BY
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    • 603 14  -  It sent ut letters with lion head logo, asking companies to verify business details before demanding payment Report by BENJAMIN LIM benlim@sph.com.sg When Mr Rakesh Rai received a letter last month bearing the lion head symbol, usually associated with letters from government agencies, he thought it
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    • 348 14  -  Fraudster’s photo posted on Ngee Ann Poly’s Facebook page Report by NUR SHEREEN IBRAHIM shereeni@sph.com.sg A photo of a woman posing as a polytechnic student to collect donations for a fake fund-raising project called “Singapore Young Hearts” has been posted online. The photo
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    • FASHBASH
      • 595 16 / 17  -  Who’s on top? And who’s a flop? Our headmistress of haute couture JEANMARIE TAN grades the best- and worst-dressed celebrities of the week JEANMARIE TAN I wear extensions but I wear it in a ponytail because my actual hair is so broken that it looks absolutely wretched
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    • 125 18 A Thai court yesterday threw a decision on whether to delay an election back to the government and the election commission. The decision leaves the controversial vote mired in uncertainty. The Constitutional Court ruled that the Feb 2 vote could be postponed but said it
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    • 231 18 She killed her sick 10-month-old son by cutting his throat. The gruesome incident happened while Katharina Katit-Stäheli, 40, was under police custody in a hospital in Spain on Wednesday night, the New York Daily News reported. She then tried to kill herself by
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    • 116 18 Australia said yesterday that asylum-seeker arrivals had dropped to their lowest level in almost five years. It also said there would be no “stepping back” from its hardline policy, despite tensions with Jakarta. Canberra’s military-run Operation Sovereign Borders policy, which sees asylum-seeker boats turned back when
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    • 490 18 Three years old, and he endured the kind of torture even grown-ups would not have taken. Ghanson Debrosse was burned, beaten and thrown across the room in his home in Florida, US. He died on Tuesday after his mother, Fafane Caze, called emergency services
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    • 15 19 $0.81 Price in Singapore dollars per litre of RON95 petrol in Malaysia.
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    • 570 19  -  Mechanics say tilting car to fill more petrol can be dangerous Report by MATTHAEUS CHOO mattchoo@sph.com.sg A photo of a man filling up his tilted Singapore-registered car at a petrol station in Johor Baru has gone viral in online forums on both sides of the Causeway. The
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    • 219 19 ?the big Question COLIN LIM 30, civil servant As a working adult who is increasingly worried about the feasibility of retiring in Singapore, I don’t think the retirement age should be increased to 70. Instead, more should be done to assist the
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    • 956 20 / 21  -  TVB queens Charmaine Sheh, Linda Chung and Kate Tsui are the undisputed stars of TVB’s first cross-cultural mini-movie series TAN KEE YUN Reporting from Hong Kong keeyunt@sph.com.sg It was 13 deg C and a chilly wind was blowing. The Hong Kong and regional media were at
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    • 245 20 / 21 One of the questions on reporters’ minds was why South Korean actor Yeon Jung Hoon was selected to co-headline the Korean telemovie of A Time Of Love. Yeon, 35, is recognised primarily as a character actor, especially with his roles in TV dramas East Of
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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    • 101 28 ADMIN COORDINATORS needed Toh Guan Rd East Proficient in MS Office Min ’O’ Level Good Salary Prospects 5½ days week ONLY SINGAPOREANS Email resume to: killemp@singnet.com.sg ADMIN CUM A/CS ASST required Woodlands Singaporean Basic accounts knowledge 8.30am-5.30pm, alternate Saturday *****922 INVENTORY ADMIN Required near Woodlands 5½-day alternate ITE/ ’N’/ ’O’
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    • 77 28 Building and Construction Company requires 1) PROJECT MANAGER *Good in leadership, drive, decisiveness and reliability 2) SITE MANAGER 3) SITE ENGINEER Strong background in construction industry 4) QUANTITY SUVEYOR 5) RECEPTIONIST CUM ADMIN Interested applicant, please email to hr@trustbuild.com Cleaning Company requires GENERAL CLEANER at city area from Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 37 1 saturDaY JANUARY 25 2014 24-page pullout SILENCE OF THE LIONS Selangor coach confident of ending lionsXII’s 21-match unbeaten home run ›S2 SINgapoRe SpoRtS SCHool pRINCIpal talKS aBout tHe SCHool’S DIReCtIoN MoVINg FoRWaRD ›S20 TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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  • sports
    • M’SIAN SUPER LEAGUE
      • 615 2 / 3  -  Selangor coach Durakovic vows to attack LionsXII Reports by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg I would love it if we can beat LionsXII and end their 21-match unbeaten home record. Even if it wasn’t delivered with the passion of Kevin Keegan, Selangor coach Mehmet Durakovic’s message was
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      • 119 2 / 3 Former LionsXII coach V Sundramoorthy enjoyed a winning start to the Malaysian Premier League campaign when his Negeri Sembilan side beat DRB-Hicom 2-1 in Seremban last night. Slovakian midfielder Jozef Kaplan, who turned out for S-League side Geylang International last year, scored both Negeri’s goals one
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      • 795 2 / 3 The LionsXII strive to play the beautiful game under new coach Fandi Ahmad, but they will not be afraid to battle and do the dirty work to preserve their 21-match unbeaten home record. With an awe-inspiring attacking line-up led by the irrepressible Paulo Rangel, Selangor
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      • 175 2 / 3 SAFUWAN BAHARUDIN l Position: Centre back, l Age: 22 l Height: 1.81m l 2013 stats: 18 games, 8 clean sheets (for LionsXII) The LionsXII’s Most Valuable Player last season will be back to helm the defence after injuring his knee in the midweek FA Cup game
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      • 638 4 / 5  -  LionsXII striker Sufian hopes talk will be on current players Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Sufian Anuar is an irritated soul. The LionsXII striker has grown tired of hearing the names Shahril Ishak, Hariss Harun and Baihakki Khaizan. It’s nothing personal, because he respects and is
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      • 663 4 / 5  -  Singapore-Selangor clashes always overflow with intensity and passion COMMENT GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg The cast, over a lengthy period, is obviously very different. The complexion of the teams over the generations has changed dramatically. The competition format after a 17year hiatus for Singapore has been tweaked. The competition’s
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      • 352 4 / 5 Less than one per cent. That is the proportion of tickets given to LionsXII fans for Tuesday’s highly anticipated Malaysian Super League (MSL) clash with Johor Darul Ta’zim at the Larkin Stadium. The Malaysian club have allotted just 100 out of 27,000
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    • EPL
      • 128 6 / 7 PA Sport Sir Alex Ferguson has been appointed as Uefa’s coaching ambassador. Uefa president Michel Platini announced that the former Manchester United manager will work for the European governing body following an executive committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, yesterday. Ferguson, regarded as one of the most
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      • 857 6 / 7  -  Like Ferguson, Portuguese pragmatist is not afraid to sacrifice terrace darlings to build teams that win trophies NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg The growing suspicion was confirmed yesterday Jose Mourinho is truly a genius. His sale of Juan Mata to Manchester United is a managerial masterstroke up there with Sir
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      • 529 6 / 7 PA Sport Jose Mourinho continued his overhaul of his Chelsea squad on Thursday with the signing of Mohamed Salah from Basel. The deal for the Egypt international, which is subject to him agreeing personal terms and passing a medical, means Juan Mata’s move to Manchester
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    • FA CUP
      • 782 8 / 9 Rodgers will not rush into transfer market despite missing out on Salah Wire Services Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists any January signing has to be able to make an immediate contribution and he is not interested in “squad players”. Illness and injury meant the Reds
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      • 529 8 / 9 Pellegrini not counting his chickens before they hatch AFP FOURTH ROUND MAN CITY v WATFORD Manchester City face second-tier Watford in the fourth round of the FA Cup tonight with an unprecedented Quadruple of trophies still in their sights. No team in English football history
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    • LA LIGA
      • 170 10 PA Sport Colombia star Radamel Falcao is not ready to give up on his World Cup dream despite suffering a serious knee injury that has placed his participation in Brazil in major doubt. Tests taken on Thursday revealed that the prolific striker had
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        613 10 Arbeloa eyes summit to put heat on rivals Barcelona PA Sport Real Madrid will look to pile the pressure on Barcelona and Atletico Madrid tonight as they attempt to clinch the win that will put them top of the table for the first time since they won the
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      • 278 10 PA Sport Sandro Rosell has defended his role in Barcelona’s acquisition of Neymar in the wake of his resignation as club president. Rosell made the announcement on Thursday night, with vicepresident Josep Maria Bartomeu named as his successor until 2016. The decision comes after Spanish
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    • racing
      • 184 11 NST LITTLE RAINFOREST looks a lively outsider in the Class 5 event over 1,100m in Race 2 today, going on his looks at Sungei Besi yesterday morning. Taken out by apprentice Muhammad Amin Hassan, the five-year-old Australian-bred gelding cantered one round on the sand track and pulled
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      • 1618 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS Race 1: 3 Track Hero 2 King Of The Creek 6 Tycoon Castle 9 Lee Choice Race 2: 3 Admiral Delight 6 Super Wine 1 Pasha Khan 4 Little Rainforest Race 3: 3 Taramis 1 Twoeighto
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        567 12 / 13  -  Turangawaewae wins first-up emphatically Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Newcomer TURANGAWAEWAE stood out and duly obliged in the Initiation event over 1,200m in Race 2 yesterday. The promising Laurie Laxon-trained three-year-old justified the strong support to win emphatically by one and three-quarter lengths and clocked a good
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      • 1710 12 / 13 Race 1 Ks-D D2 1800m 9 FAITHFUL WARRIOR 53.5 (150-33) YF Leong (10) 1 1 1 (441) 3 BEAUTIFUL WORLD 56.5 (14-5.10) M Nunes (2) 2 2 2 (579) 1 2 STAGE BRIGHT 56.5 (20-8) A Munro (3) 4 3 3 (486) 1.75 4
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      • 336 12 / 13 A casual suggestion concerning headgear by jockey John Sundradas turned into winning advice for trainer Sam Chua as GOOD SCORE finally ended his winless drought in the $35,000 Maiden over 1,100m in Race 4 last night. The removal of blinkers on
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      • 1159 14 / 15 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 CAULFIELD (1,000M) 1 GOLCONDA (2:1-0-0): Very impressive win Listed class last time. A little bit tougher here but must be respected. 2 FONTEIN RUBY (1:0-1-0): Had a bit of support first-up and had
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      • 1669 14 / 15 TODAY’S NZ (TRENTHAM) AUSTRALIA (CAULFIELD/ASCOT/EAGLE FARM/TOOWOOMBA) RACE CARD 12:35 Race 1 CAULFIELD—1000m 1 GOLCONDA S W ARNOLD (3) 57 .5 2 FONTEIN RUBY D OLIVER (8) 55 3 SAKITTO CHRIS SYMONS (4) 55 4 AVANTI D MOOR (9) 55 5 ELOPING S BASTER (2) 55 6 JESTER ANGEL D W
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        1077 14 / 15 25-1-2014 (Saturday) 2:00pm 1 Special THE INVERNESS HK$180,000 turf1200m 1 *****6 Notevenow 8-a-g 5]d L Corrales 55 130 GW Moore 2 *****7 Charming Shanghai 4-e-g 6]d R Curatolo 54 129 A Ngai/YC Chan 3 ***** Golden Cornered 4-a-g [12]fJ Matthews 51 126 K Seo 4 *****4 Sure Win
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    • GOLF
      • 156 16 Wire Services Kobe Bryant, sidelined by injury for all but six games this season, gained a 16th NBA All-Star nod in fan voting, but indicated on Thursday that he would rather skip the mid-season exhibition. “With all due respect to the fans who voted
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      • 564 16 American outshines defending champion Woods and Mickelson, who may pull out with a back injury Reuters Stewart Cink, seeking his first US PGA Tour title in five years, charged into a one-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance Open yesterday morning (Singapore time) as Phil Mickelson also moved
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    • SAILING
      • 107 17 Three of Thailand’s windsurfers Boonsawad Ek (RS:X Men), Ruamsap Phanuthat (RS: one) and Duangkamon Phongern (Techno 293 Girls) scored top marks in their respective races on Day 2 of the SIM 33rd Singapore Open Asian Windsurfing Championships yesterday. They are catching up with their Hong Kong counterparts
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      • 481 17  -  SAS lift another Kiwi Cup as RI’s attack comes up short Report by GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg It was a pulsating clash, but few were surprised when the contest featured ageold rivals battling for the oldest rugby cup competition in Singapore. Played out in front of New
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    • SCHOOL SPORTS
      • 153 18 / 19 Wire Services The 2007 women’s singles world champion Guo Yue has been dropped from China’s national table tennis team. “After the London Olympic Games, Guo has missed a series of important domestic tournaments. Her performance both on and off the court suggests she
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      • 581 18 / 19  -  Sports School football GM says they have gems in the making who play the right way Report by GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg Singapore football coach Bernd Stange titled one section of his presentation at the Singapore Sports School (SSP) yesterday as “Finding Fabregas”. The German
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      • 143 18 / 19 Reuters Formula One looks set to go ahead with a controversial decision to award double points for the last race of the season, after the governing body announced various rule changes on Thursday, but not the one many fans had hoped
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      • 688 18 / 19  -  Japan’s Kinugasa and Australia’s Ringuet-Riot reveal how talent is identified and nurtured back home Report by REDZWAN KAMARUDIN redzwank@sph.com.sg Both Japan’s Taisuke Kinugasa and Australia’s Caroline RinguetRiot stressed the need to nurture talent from a young age, if a country wants to produce a genuine
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      • 1236 20 / 21  -  Six questions with new SSP principal Tan Teck Hock Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg He has picked up the baton and Tan Teck Hock is ready to run with it. Just over a month into his new job as the Singapore Sports School’s (SSP)
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      • 596 20 / 21  -  COMMENT LEONARD THOMAS leonardt@sph.com.sg There was a sea of talented athletes in the arena when he spoke, and when PM Lee challenged the Singapore Sports School to become a national academy of excellence, I wondered what went through the minds of the
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    • TENNIS
      • 122 22 / 23 AFP Tennis great Pete Sampras said yesterday that he was not interested in joining the clamour of legends returning as high-profile coaches. The 14-time Grand Slam champion, who is in Melbourne to present the trophy to the men’s winner in tomorrow’s Australian Open final, said
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      • 601 22 / 23 Ruthless Nadal puts on virtuoso display to rip apart resurgent Federer Reuters An unstoppable Rafael Nadal crushed his great rival Roger Federer 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 yesterday in an awesome display of raw power and precision to reach his third Australian Open final. On a breezy night
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      • 422 22 / 23 AFP Li Na has bitter experience of losing Australian Open finals and she is fired up to go one better against Dominika Cibulkova today, but the Chinese trailblazer is taking nothing for granted. While the world No. 4 is the clear favourite to win
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      • 59 22 / 23 Men’s singles semi-final l Rafael Nadal (1) bt Roger Federer (6) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 Women’s doubles final l Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (1) bt Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (3) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 Mixed doubles semi-finals l Sania Mirza/Horia Tecau (6) bt Jarmila Gajdosova/Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-3,10-2 (pro set) l
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      • ON TV
        • 166 22 / 23 MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tonight: LIONSXII v SELANGOR StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena); Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7 .30pm SARAWAK v KELANTAN StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 8.30pm LA LIGA Tonight: REAL MADRID v GRANADA StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 10.55pm Tomorrow:
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        • 32 22 / 23 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: DAY 13 StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports) Ch 210 (FOX Sports Plus HD); SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports) Ch 117 (FOX Sports Plus HD), 4pm
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        • 38 22 / 23 NBA Today: BROOKLYN NETS v DALLAS MAVERICKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am CHICAGO BULLS v LA CLIPPERS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am SACRAMENTO KINGS v INDIANA PACERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 11am
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        • 34 22 / 23 QATAR MASTERS Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel); Ch 255 (Sports HD), 5.30pm FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN Tomorrow: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 4am
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        • 14 22 / 23 INDIA GRAND PRIX GOLD Today: SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 4.30pm
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        • 51 22 / 23 (TNP Jan 24, Page S22) We reported that Tomas Berdych (7) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (8) 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4). This is incorrect. The correct score should be Stanislas Wawrinka (8) bt Tomas Berdych (7) 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4). We are sorry for the
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    • FOOTBALL
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        491 24 Peter Lim’s Valencia bid over after failing to meet 14-point criteria laid down by KPMG Wire Services Singapore billionaire Peter Lim has again failed in his bid to purchase a top European football club. After coming up short in takeover bids to buy Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, the 60-year-old
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 85 17 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg IW BbB«re( L vew re MB S) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) IS* Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. Singapore
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