The New Paper, 27 April 2014

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1 24 The New Paper
  • 21 1 the new paper on sunday April 27 2014 j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS S|dJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MCI (P) 087/01/2014
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    • 81 1 PAIN OF THE CAREGIVERS Now she is gone, he hangs on to her favourite toy Raymond Anthony Fernando on life after caring for schizophrenic wife 10 April 27 2014 BATFANS As Batman hits 75, we meet the super-fans Real-life crimefighter dons cape to do good deeds Collector with a comics
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  • UPFRONT
    • Article, Illustration
      55 2 Lock stars (The New Paper, yesterday): We wrongly identified the people in the above picture. The correct line-up is (from left) Certis Cisco’s chief executive officer Paul Chong, senior vice-president Tony Hong, chief operating officer Chua Chwee Koh and vice-president Richard Lau. They were performing at the Battle of
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    • 249 2 INDEX S2 10 Living with mental illness Mother suffers alongside bipolar son PICTURE: REUTERS SPORTS PULLOUT LIVERPOOL V CHELSEA PREVIEW Will Mourinho play Rodgers like a glockenspiel, or can the Reds make Blues dance to their tune? 14 TNP SUVival Challenge Standing ovation for this year’s winners 26 REGULARS 15
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 106 2 C H A L L E N G E B O N U S C H A L L E N G E TODAY’S NUMBERS WEEK 5, SUNDAY APR 27 2014 45 90 55 21 62 35 Apr 27 2014 Apr 27 2014 Apr 27 2014 Apr 27 2014 Apr
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    • 1099 3 OFFICIAL BROADCASTER Catch the 2014 FIFA World CupTMon SingTel mio TV Stand to win fantastic prizes including a dinner for two with Rio Ferdinand and Sergio Agüero. All subscribers who have signed up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Pack from 4 April 2014 are eligible for the draw. Find
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  • PEOPLE
    • 1065 4 / 5 Holy alter ego Batman! The Dark Knight turns 75 next month. REI KUROHI meets 3 die-hard fans to find out how they have been inspired by the Caped Crusader Much like Batman, Mr Jacen Khoo has dedicated his life to fighting crime he is a police officer. But when the
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    • 598 4 / 5 While Batman’s cave is located somewhere below stately Wayne Manor, Mr Jedd Jong has his “Batcave” on the top floor of his four-storey home. The 21-year-old film critic has a room in his parent’s house dedicated to his hobby of turning thrift shop action figures to look like
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    • 541 6  -  Rei Kurohi Blame Adam West. As a child in the 70s, Mr Eric Chong would watch the actor in the iconic Batman TV series. This sparked his obsession and he soon started collecting everything he could associate with Batman. Now 47, Mr Chong’s collection is expensive and
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    • 684 7  -  Aware objects tying NSmen benefits to public goods REPORT: FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg An online firestorm has been ignited after the Association of Women for Action and Research or Aware pushed back against a report that more rewards were being planned for national servicemen
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    • 939 10 / 11  -  PAIN OF THE CAREGIVERS Last week, a man with bipolar disorder went missing and was later found in a medical facility in Istanbul. Previously, a coroner’s inquiry over a schizophrenic NSF’s suicide hogged headlines. CHAI HUNG YIN speaks to two caregivers
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    • 363 10 / 11 There is nothing a patient can do about his mental illness, says Dr Adrian Wang, a consultant psychiatrist at Gleneagles Medical Centre. He says: “No one knows what causes the illnesses. It is probably genetic where people are born with a
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    • 133 10 / 11 Bipolar disorder schizophrenia What is bipolar disorder? Someone affected may have episodes of either excessive cheerfulness, referred to as manic episodes, or sadness. Left untreated, these episodes last from weeks to months. A 2010 Singapore Mental Health Study conducted by the Institute of Mental Health shows that 1.2 per cent
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    • 648 12  -  Grieving husband of mentally ill woman explains why he was afraid of outliving her PAIN OF THE CAREGIVERS REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg “People told me I gave my wife unconditional love, but it was her who gave me unconditional love.” That
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    • 561 14  -  After failing to finish top 15 in last 8 TNP SUVival Challenges, the Kwoks’ hard work finally pays off RONALD LOH REPORTING FROM MALACCA rloh@sph.com.sg Their daughter was only seven months old when they first took her along for The New Paper SUVival Challenge in 2006. Mr Kwok
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    • 505 16 Video of mainland child urinating in HK street sparks online ‘natural functions’ campaign It began with a minor episode. A couple from China allowed their child to relieve herself on a busy Hong Kong street. Two Hong Kong men took exception to
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    • 343 16 A six-minute video uploaded on Facebook seems to have divided a nation. In it, a mother of four from Trinidad and Tobago is seen whipping her daughter with a belt. Mrs Helen Bartlett was upset that her daughter had posted explicit
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    • 619 17 He doesn’t have much time to live. But that didn’t stop Stephen Sutton, 19, from doing all he can to raise more than £2million (S$4 million) for charity. His humble request sparked one of the most heartwarming fund raising drives seen in
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    • 301 17 She refused to go to the prom with him. And for that, Maren Sanchez, 16, ended up dead. The incident happened in a high school in Connecticut on Friday, the New York Daily News reported. The violence erupted after the jilted teen,
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    • Article, Illustration
      385 18 / 19 Supe r fly Eight kitesurfers take to Italian island of Sardinia for world’s first strapless contest No matter how extreme a sport is, there will always be someone who wants to push its boundaries. Take 20-year-old Airton Cozzolino. He became the Kitesurf Wave World Champion in 2011. Kitesurfing grew out
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    • 75 7 STEVIE G, HERO You’ve got to love Liverpool this year, says Rohit Brijnath Dear Aware, NSmen are not your enemy/ PAGE 21 OUT SHOPPING AND RAN 0 ST TOF so OUT OF S CASH? ican now search for the nearest ATM using the STDirectory app! Download the fn STDirectory mob
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 107 8 / 9 AFP US President Barack Obama expressed solidarity with Malaysia over the frustrating effort to find missing flight MH370. “(Obama) said he knows it is a tough, long road ahead. We’ll work together. There is always support,” Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said
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    • 127 8 / 9 AFP An Australian passenger who sparked a hijack alert on a flight to Bali has denied being drunk. He claimed he banged on the door of the cockpit after mistaking it for the toilet, Indonesian police said. Matt Christopher Lockley also said
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    • 114 8 / 9 AFP Thai authorities have made a rare arrest of one of the leaders of the country’s anti-government protest movement on charges including insurrection and inciting unrest, an official said yesterday. Former opposition lawmaker Sakoltee Phattiyakul is one of only a handful of prominent
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    • 107 8 / 9 AFP Indian premier Manmohan Singh, whose ruling Congress party is trailing in election opinion polls, has suffered another blow. His halfbrother has joined the Hindu nationalist opposition, according to media reports. “I feel very sad. I have no control. They are all adults,” Mr
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    • 339 8 / 9  -  REPORT: JASMINE LIM jaslim@sph.com.sg School children will soon get an idea of “Safety at Eye Level”. That’s a programme to be introduced in primary schools islandwide as part of Singapore Road Safety Month 2014, which was launched yesterday. For example,
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    • 279 8 / 9 Studio homes, medical facilities, shops, eateries, all in one It will be the kampung of the future. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new integrated development next to Admiralty MRT station yesterday. The project, spearheaded
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    • 220 8 / 9 AFP Leading world powers agreed to slap fresh sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, as tensions mounted amid fears of an imminent Russian invasion. As the West sought to ratchet up the diplomatic and economic pressure on the Kremlin,
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    • 106 8 / 9 The police arrested 110 men and 62 women for suspected involvement in loan-shark activities between Tuesday and Friday. The suspects, aged between 16 and 68, were nabbed at various locations by officers from the Crimi- nal Investigation Department and six police divisions. Of the
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    • 106 8 / 9 Primary 5 student Nicole Lim Hsing Yi of Singapore Chinese Girls’ School won the third RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship yesterday. She won $5,000 and the Challenge Trophy for her school. The word that helped the 10-year-old beat 24 finalists to
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    • 192 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Certificate of entitlement premiums fell for cars but not motorbikes. Premiums for cars up to 1,600cc and 130bhp were $71,335, while COEs for cars above 1,600cc or 130bhp were $75,010. Motorcycle COEs hit a new record of $4,502. The
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    • Article, Illustration
      60 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app I was in the midst of the Electric Run Singapore when I came across the blue light and decided to take a silhouette shot. What inspired me was the simplicity of the light. TNP reader Saiful Rizal To be featured, tag your own Instagram
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    • 57 10 / 11 HELP AT HAND For support, caregivers can attend the workshops provided by the Medical Social Work department of IMH or join support groups by the following organisations: Singapore Family Caregivers by IMH (www. sgfamilycaregivers.com) Caregivers Alliance Limited (www.cal.org. sg) ■Singapore Association for Mental Health (www. samhealth.org.sg/ caregiver-support) ‘I prayed that
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A FOOD STYLIST
    • 840 15  - Delectable eats for your eyes only Food styled for photo shoots and ads may look delicious but don’t try to eat them BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Mr John Sawarto is a picture of utter concentration as he arranges a single sprig of parsley sitting delicately on a luscious piece of
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  • HUMOUR
    • 745 20  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES Back in 2001, my first book discussed the obsession with Hello Kitty dolls. I suggested our addiction was more symptomatic of our need to follow the herd. It wasn’t really about owning the world’s ugliest toys. If it was, Barbie would’ve
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • 214 21 Wires It can be a fine line that sets a quest apart from a hobby or even a massive waste of time. One man in Idaho, US, has given himself a task that straddles all three definitions. Mr Ryan Beitz,
        Wires; PICTURE: 20TH CENTURY FOX  -  214 words
      • 188 21 Wires Nobody likes noisy neighbours playing loud music at all hours. One man in Britain decided to move out to get away from people constantly playing hip-hop and rap music near him. The only problem is that Robert Stevens, 58, was
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    • 843 21  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ACT BLUR Something must be wrong with me. I feel a little ill. It’s Aware’s fault. Yes, the Association of Women for Action and Research is at it again. Last week, Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen said that
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    • Article, Illustration
      504 22 Away from the glitzy crowds on Orchard road, heartland malls have been quietly but steadfastly drawing customers. Rei Kurohi checks out gems found in the north of Singapore. WOODLANDS MART BLOCK 768, WOODLANDS AVENUE 6 This charming mall evokes a sense of peace. Wide open spaces, a
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    • 289 22 888 PLAZA BLOCK 888, WOODLANDS DRIVE 50 From Woodlands Mart, head a short way south to 888 Plaza. After dining and browsing the wide variety of shops, you can find everything from groceries, stationery, toys, furniture and bicycles at this convenient locale. Stop by and say hi
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  • EATS
    • 666 23  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg It was a call that came out of the blue, recalls Ms Shen Tan. The person on the other end of the line offered her a job as a head chef. All she was told was that she’d cook “local food”
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    • 453 24 / 25  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF Are you excited about tonight’s match? Silly question. How could one not be? Even if you aren’t a football fan, with the Premier League title race at such a peak, you’d have to be rooting for either red or blue. For the Liverpool’s
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    • 176 24 / 25  -  Gary Lim Jose Mourinho wants the world to know that he intends to play a Sunday pub team against Liverpool. He knows that subconsciously, no matter how hard they try not to, the Liverpool players will think that they are playing a weaker-than-usual Chelsea. Well,
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      395 24 / 25  -  REPORT AND PICTURE: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg To him, football was a way to bond with his father. It worked, sort of. Staunch Reds fan Jang Wook, 19, says: “Each time Liverpool loses a game, I know I’ll hear from my father an Arsenal fan. “He makes it a
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    • 201 24 / 25 Standard Chartered credit and debit cardholders enjoy 15 per cent off food items in a la carte menu. The first 20 readers to show up with a copy of TNP at Tree Lizard will get a free pint of beer. Enjoy
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  • 475 26  -  Dining mmm WMm lilJ ith its unwavering stand on back to basics traditional goodness using only the freshest of ingredients, it is no wonderthat Good Chance Popiah Eating House is proudly operating with a growing crowd of regulars after some 40 years in business. It moved to
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  • 385 27 Respite Singapore's small size, there are plenty MBt of hidden eateries scattered about in difficult-to-reach places. But true food enthusiasts know that good chow is worth travelling for. If you are in the east, be sure to check out 9657 Seafood at Jin Ding Eating House a
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  • 404 28  -  mm IR W ith a name that means "fresh" in Malay, I went ■p to Segar Restaurant looking forward to a home-style meal cooked with fresh ingredients with simple yet delicious flavours and generous portions -like home cooked food. And the restaurant did indeed live
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    • 60 1 SUNDAY APRIL 27 2014 LIVERPOOL v CHELSEASILENCING SPECIAL ONETHERodgers could dish out a few lessons to his former master Mourinho, says Iain Macintosh ›S2 24-page pullout IN DRIVER’S SEAT: Brendan Rodgers (above) will be hoping to gain some bragging rights over his mentor Jose Mourinho tonight. PHOTO: ACTION IMAGES paul
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  • 24 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • EPL
      • 1365 2 / 3  -  Self-belief is the biggest lesson Rodgers learned under Mourinho Trust Mourinho to come up with something special against former student IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK If Jose Mourinho sits between perceptions of greatness and decline, Brendan Rodgers somehow finds himself somewhere even more
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      • 134 2 / 3 PA Sport Luis Suarez is the big favourite to walk away with the PFA Player of the Year award tonight. The Uruguayan is one of three Liverpool players nominated for the prestigious award, which will be announced at a ceremony in London. Suarez was beaten
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      • 782 4 / 5 Most readers feel that Liverpool will beat Chelsea and go on to win the league title When on-loan Liverpool striker Fabio Borini scored the winning penalty against Chelsea last week, it points to one thing destiny. When the goals-for tally reads 96 before tonight’s match,
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      • 178 4 / 5  -  Report by STEPHANIE GASCON sgascon@sph.com.sg We asked you to tell us who has been the best player at Liverpool this season. We had hundreds of entries, with two names dominating. For firstprize winner Nuraashiqin Fatima (far right), her choice was the talismanic Luis
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      • Article, Illustration
        758 6  -  Two own goals dent Everton’s Champions League hopes GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg SOUTHAMPTON 2 (Antolin Alcaraz 1-og, Seamus Coleman 31-og) EVERTON 0 Everton went to St Mary’s Stadium yesterday expecting a tough assignment. What they didn’t expect, though, were two moments of madness that possibly dealt a fatal blow
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      • 126 8 / 9 AFP Defending champion Maria Sharapova moved to within one victory of her third straight Stuttgart title after a 6-1, 6-2 win over Italy’s Sara Errani in yesterday’s semi-final. Sharapova, who won the title in 2012 and 2013, needed just under an hour to see off clay-court
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      • 723 8 / 9  -  Ancelotti and Lallana will thrive at Old Trafford, our analyst tells ALI KASIM PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg Paul Parker is an ex-England and Man United defender who won two EPL titles and earned 19 caps for his country. He is now a football pundit with
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      • 525 8 / 9 Giggs is Ferguson’s choice to succeed Moyes PA Sport Manchester United have distanced themselves from reports in Holland that Louis van Gaal has agreed a three-year deal to become their new manager. The Dutchman (right) is the favourite to replace the sacked David Moyes at
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      • 146 10 SWANSEA CITY 4 (Bony 10, 90 pen, Shelvey 26, Hernandez 73) ASTON VILLA 1 (Agbonlahor 22) A wonder goal from Jonjo Shelvey fired Swansea on their way to a comfortable win over Aston Villa that all but secures their Premier League place for next
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      • 658 10 Full-back’s goal enough to finish off 10-man Stoke STOKE CITY 0 TOTTENHAM 1 (Rose 33) Danny Rose was the central figure as Tottenham won their first away game for more than two months against 10-man Stoke City. The defender scored his first Premier League goal
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      • 158 18 Reuters AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli lost his temper in front of the cameras after his performance in yesterday morning’s (Singapore time) 2-0 loss to AS Roma was criticised by Italian television pundits. Speaking to Sky Italia after the game, Balotelli, who was substituted
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      • 712 18 City boss unfazed by Mourinho’s intention to field weakened team against Liverpool PA Sport Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini insists he is not concerned about the possibility of Chelsea fielding a weakened team against title rivals Liverpool tonight. The match at Anfield is the crucial
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    • racing
      • 223 11 Something has to give today at the Group 3 Admiralty Classic Stakes as the unbeaten CORDOBA puts his perfect record on the line against the nearlyf lawless SLEW OF LODE. Cordoba, a UK-bred four-year-old (right), has strung together four wins on the spin since
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      • 794 11 RACE1 OUR RIVER DANCER: Jockey C Brown was replaced by B Vorster; checked. SUPER SIX: Jumped extremely awkwardly, so, slow into stride. SOARING WIN: Jumped extremely awkwardly, so, slow into stride; steadied; returned with a small wound on off-hind pastern. NICE HAT
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      • 1898 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD KS-D D2 12.50 —1600m (LC) (Turf) Stakes: $38,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) Race 1 1 8132 Tongariro 58 (55) D Flores 2 (3nzg L Laxon-Silver Fern Racing) 2 *****8 Do Me
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      • 1986 12 / 13 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF MEETING RACE 1 (1,600M) 1 TongariroHHH Fought on well in Class 4 over this trip last start. Will race handy and be hard to beat despite 58kg. 2 Do Me A FavourHHH Blinkers and tongue
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      • BEST BET
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          119 14 / 15  -  (Race 12 No. 2) BRIAN MILLER For racegoers who forever live in hope, there’s an aptly-named runner for them in the last race. On exposed form, LIVE IN HOPE (left) looks like one who will give his backers plenty of reasons to cheer. With two wins from
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      • 1393 14 / 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING TNP’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 2 Smart Eye 4 Bercham 11 Bale 6 The Tiger RACE 2: 6 Colourland Kid 4 D’Ultimate Keeper 8 Sacred Dew 5 Pre Dawn RACE 3: 9 Leandra 1 Alien 5 Anak Pujut 4 Ghost Speedy
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      • 562 14 / 15 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 RACE 12 6 Invictus 1 Tongariro 4 2 Dragon Do Me A Favour Tan Thean Loon Tongariro 1 Dragon 4 Larry Foley Invictus 6 Fahla Fahla
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      • 779 14 / 15 RACE 1(ASCOT) lst 6 Lappa ($62-$18) 2nd 7 Decreed ($7) 3rd 5 De Jersey (no 3rd dividend) 4th 2 Already Famous Forecast $40 Tierce $1114 Trio $43 Quartet $1592 Scratchings: 1 Woken, 4 Military Might RACE 2 (EAGLE FARM) lst 11 Carmora ($20-$9) 2nd 3
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      • HONG KONG RACES
        • 1693 16 / 17 COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200M) KING ON EARTH (3) has found the line nicely twice over this course and distance from three starts with a return to Class 5, including a length decision last start over
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        • 1463 16 / 17 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1200m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 DISTINCT COMMANDER K W LUI B PREBBLE 133 14 2 JOYFUL LUCK C W CHANG O DOLEUZE 133 6 3 KING ON EARTH
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        • 932 16 / 17 Race 1 C5 (SC) 1100m 2 PRINCE NANO 57 (25-9) Jackson Low (6) 3 3 1 (419) 1 BULL SHOT 58 c 54 (13-5.10) SU Lim* (4) 4 4 2 (487) Hd 6 TRIPLE COIN 56 (25-7) S Salee (2) 1 1 3 (445) 1.5 9
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    • LA LIGA
      • 114 20 AFP WESTERN CONFERENCE, 1ST RD PLAY-OFF PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 116 HOUSTON ROCKETS 121 (OT) (Portland lead series 2-1) Troy Daniels hit a three-pointer in the closing seconds of overtime to lift the Houston Rockets to a 121-116 win over Portland Trail Blazers in their
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      • Article, Illustration
        600 20 Tributes pour in for former Barcelona coach Vilanova Wire Services It has been less than 10 months since Tito Vilanova stepped down from one of the most glamorous jobs in football to fight throat cancer for a second time, a battle he lost on Friday. Yet his overwhelming success
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    • S.LEAGUE
      • 32 21 Balestier Khalsa Football Club are holding trials for players between the ages of 18 and 20. Trials will be held at 4pm on Thursday at Toa Payoh Stadium.
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      • Article, Illustration
        692 21  -  Indra feels a win over Albirex is just the tonic to banish AFC Cup blues Report by GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg They did their bit by travelling to Indonesia and claiming a 2-0 win over unbeaten group leaders Persipura Jayapura on Wednesday. However, Home United’s heroics were not enough
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    • 141 22 Australian rookie Cameron Smith will face one of his career’s biggest tests after he posted a five-under 67 yesterday to take the third-round lead at the US$750,000 ($940,000) CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters. Smith compiled a three-day total of 14-under 202 at the Royale Jakarta Golf
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    • 571 22  -  Sports minister Wong announces new initiative for the public to have fun and sweat it out Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg To kickstart Sport Singapore’s ActiveSG movement and to get the public excited about participating in sports, $380 million worth of credits will be given
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    • CYCLING
      • 168 23 Reuters Frenchman Alexander Levy suffered a late wobble but stayed on course for a maiden European Tour title after his two-under 70 earned him a three-shot lead going into today’s final round of the Volvo China Open. The 23-year-old Frenchman, who shot a sparkling
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      • Article, Illustration
        636 23  -  After wearing the yellow Jersey in the Philippines, OCBC rider eyes ‘home’ SEA Games Report by REDZWAN KAMARUDIN redzwank@sph.com.sg He may have come up short in his quest to win the yellow jersey, but Goh Choon Huat has moved on and is now gunning for gold. Goh
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    • ON TV
      • 181 23 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Today: SUNDERLAND v CARDIFF SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), StarHub TV Ch 227, 7pm LIVERPOOL v CHELSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), StarHub TV Ch 227, 9.05pm CRYSTAL PALACE v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), StarHub TV Ch
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      • 15 23 NBA PLAY-OFFS Today: CHARLOTTE BOBCATS v MIAMI HEAT StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 7am
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      • 61 23 VOLVO CHINA OPEN Today: DAY 4 SingTel mio TV Ch 117 (FOX Sports) Ch 115; StarHub TV Ch 209 (STAR Sports), Ch 210 (FOX Sports Plus) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 1pm CIMB NIAGA INDONESIAN MASTERS Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 11am ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW
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      • 30 23 BARCELONA OPEN Today: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel); Ch 255 (Sports HD), 10pm WTA PORSCHE GRAND PRIX Today: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena); 76.25MHz, 8pm
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    • SWIMMING
      • 624 24 15-year-old phenom Michael impresses his idol Wire Services On the first day of his comeback to competitive swimming, Michael Phelps got a first-hand look at the new wave of rising stars he helped inspire. Standing on the pool deck preparing to warm up for his plunge back into
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