The New Paper, 3 May 2014

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1 24 The New Paper
  • 14 1 the new paper SATURDAY MAY 3 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70CENTS MCI(P)088/01/2014
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    • 76 1 2014 SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN SPORTS REDESIGN NEWS-BREAKING PHOTO FEATURE DESIGN PAGES LuCky rEaDEr: Lizard fell on my head so i bought TNP and won $1,000! Challenge Will you be next to win $1,000?›4 Timid 9-year-old punched in tummy, nose, suffers fractured arm Mum:
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    • 15 1 EVERTON v MAN CITY Dietmar Hamann: Everton can shock City if they stop Toure S2
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  • news
    • 1133 2 / 3  -  Bloodied nose, stomach pains, now fractured arm. Mum says... Reports by ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg School, for this timid nine-year-old, has come to mean nothing but torment. In less than a year, he has been punched in the face and stomach, and tripped so badly that
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    • 52 4 $40,000 The amount that construction firm Wee Hur Construction was fined by a district court yesterday for an accident at a HDB worksite in Yishun in 2012. A construction worker died in hospital after he was hit in the head by a steel bar that had fallen
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    • 205 4  -  Zaihan Mohamed Yusof They waited for the senior citizen to be alone at the poorly-lit coffee shop in Geylang. Then at about 4.30am on March 6, the Vietnamese trio struck. Nguyen Do Tam, 31, restrained the 66-year-old man and tried to cover his mouth
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    • 179 4 Curbs on commercial, industrial properties Businesses still adjusting to a new rule banning the transfer of tenancies among Housing Board commercial and industrial tenants have been given more time. The grace period will be doubled from three years to six years for existing tenants who
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    • 176 4 The number of cases involving unlicensed moneylending and related harassment offences fell to slightly over 8,300 last year, down from over 18,000 cases in 2009. This improvement was the result of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Singapore Police Force dealing with the problem
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    • 194 4  -  Kok Yufeng A bus driver in his 40s had to be extricated after three vehicles were involved in an accident yesterday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted at 9.04am after a bus collided with a truck and a car at the junction
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    • 743 6 / 7  -  Crash victim will be buried i a customised coffin instead of being cremated Report by KOH HUI THENG, GOH YAN HAN tnp@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Kok Yufeng It is every parent’s nightmare. First, managing director Ho Sum Kwong found out that his
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    • 444 8  -  Freak road accident at Ubi Report by TAN TAM MEI tantam@sph.com.sg A punctured tyre was all it took for a tipper truck to topple, causing it to spill its cargo of 20 tonnes of ice. As a result, the vehicle will be scrapped and
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    • 363 8  -  TNP BONUS CHALLENGE Report by TAN TAM MEI tantam@sph.com.sg She was walking under a covered walkway on her way to work yesterday morning when a lizard fell on her head. Ms Celestina Kweng, who works in a bank, posted an account of
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    • 48 9 $10,000 The amount that Dr Cheah Way Mun, 65, an ophthalmologist, was fined by the Singapore Medical Council after he gave a patient an implanted lens that was too powerful. In 2009, he had used “inadequate”, “improper and/or erroneous” measurement techniques when performing cataract surgery.
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    • 242 9 on tnP facebook On dealing with more wild animals, such as snakes and bees, entering urban spaces Glenn Poh Actually it’s the other way round we are the intruders instead, with our clearing of jungles for urban development. Muhammad Harith It depends on what type of animals are
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    • 398 10 Firemen killed after being thrown off 13th storey of Shanghai building The two young firefighters were trying to control the fire raging in the 13th storey of an apartment block in downtown Shanghai. Then an explosion rocked the building. The blast from the explosion
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    • 263 10 Instant justice was meted out on a Bangkok street on Thursday. The victim: A young man who stole a minibus and weaved his way in and out of traffic for several kilometres, hitting at least 10 vehicles in the process. As the 19-year-old driver tried to
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    • PROPERTY SERIES
      • 638 12 / 13  -  Owners can get more rental returns from such units, but may compromise on space and privacy Report by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg They are the new kids on the block when it comes to floor plans. Called triple-key apartments, their main attraction is that they
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      • 384 12 / 13  -  COMMENT By SAM BAKER Sam Baker is co-founder of the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX), an information consortium formed by leading estate agency companies to share proprietary sales and rental data. For more property-related articles and opinion pieces by SRX, visit www.srx.com.sg What are the three
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    • 581 14  -  Innovations by police include tamper-proof donation box Reports by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg They fished for money meant for the mosque using a metal plate coated with glue. While targeting donation boxes at the Sultan Mosque, the thieves did so with devious planning and no conscience. First,
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    • 104 15 May 4 is commemorated as Star Wars Day by fans worldwide. The date is a play on the iconic phrase “May the Force be with you”, which sounds similar to “May the Fourth”. Star Wars Day has largely remained a fan initiative, with the
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    • 482 15  -  Artists design miniature Stormtrooper helmets for charity as part of Star Wars Day celebration Reports by Oh Ming Xuan mxoh@sph.com.sg Star Wars never really made an impression on Mr Pratama Eka Dharma when he was growing up. So when the Indonesian Singaporebased artist was asked to design a
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    • FASHBASH
      • 640 16 / 17  -  Wh ’s n t p? 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 am feminine, but I really love dressing in boys’ clothes too. I guess that’s why I get labelled as
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    • 782 18  -  In Singapore since 2012, former Aussie coal baron has seen his fortunes dwindle Report by MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg For the last two years, former coal baron Nathan Tinkler has lived a quiet and private life here in Singapore, lost among the other millionaires and their
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    • 472 19 Japanese fans on their hero, which will hit 3-D screens soon: Japanese fans of Godzilla say the newly-unveiled monster, set to star in a Hollywood reboot of the post-war classic, is too fat and has been “supersized” by a country used to large
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    • 27 19 450 The number of flights the new budget airlines terminal in Kuala Lumpur is expected to handle every day. The terminal officially opened yesterday.
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    • 425 19 A 17-year-old boy in Scotland killed himself after being caught up in the scam. In Hong Kong, more than 600 people, many aged between 20 and 30, fell victim to the same “sextortion” scam since the beginning of last year. The scammers targeted people of
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    • 631 20  -  New mobile virtual network operator here? by ALFRED SIEW tnp@sph.com.sg COMMENT Ask any mobile phone user if he is happy these days and chances are you will hear a litany of complaints. From frequent network outages to higher 4G prices, users here have recently had to
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    • 866 22  -  Actress Jennifer Lawrence named FHM’s Sexiest Woman In The World COMMENT by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg We can just picture Jennifer Lawrence’s reaction upon finding out that she has just been named FHM magazine’s Sexiest oman In The orld this year. Classic JLaw would
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    • 58 10 news 10 New mobile virtual network operator here? S’poreans targeted in online sextortion Blogger Alfred Siew says sentiment is good, but new rules needed to level the playing field Jennifer Lawrence is FHM’s Sexiest Police bust international gang based in the Philippines We love her because she doesn’t care about
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    • 71 1 SATURDAY MAY 3 2014 We like to have the pressure to be one of the teams who can win the title. At this moment, the motivation is very high. Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini (right) eVeRtoN v MaN CItY PHOTO: ACTION IMAGES POSITIVE PELLEGRINI City boss confident of getting second
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  • 24 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • EPL
      • 797 2 / 3  -  Our analyst tells GARY LIM Everton will win half the battle if they keep the City dynamo quiet DIETMAR HAMANN npsports@sph.com.sg l Dietmar Hamann has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester City. He won the Bundesliga in 1994 and 1997, and the treble of the FA
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      • 500 2 / 3 PA Sport Everton manager Roberto Martinez has still not given up hope of sneaking into the Champions League as his side enter the last-chance saloon. While a point at home to title-chasing Manchester City will guarantee a return to European football next season, it would almost
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      • 769 4 Reuters Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is unconcerned about the pressure of being back in pole position to win the Premier League. Liverpool’s home defeat by Chelsea last Sunday meant that City will almost certainly regain the title they lost last season if they win their three
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      • 1362 6 / 7  -  It’s squeaky bum time for the top three as our writer highlights the repercussions of failure NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Liverpool can handle the disappointment. They’ve had 24 years of practice. But the hope is killing them. Like Manchester City and Chelsea, the Reds are still a
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      • 633 8 / 9 Those who want me sacked are talking nonsense, says Allardyce MANAGERS IN TROUBLE These bosses’ fate hangs in the balance as the season enters the last two rounds West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has come out fighting against those supporters who have called for him to
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      • 723 8 / 9 PA Sport Newcastle boss Alan Pardew will not leave his job despite a growing chorus of disapproval. The 52-year-old heads into tonight’s penultimate Premier League clash with relegationhaunted Cardiff under intense pressure, after a run of six straight defeats which have left his most vociferous critics
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      • 299 8 / 9 PA Sport Felix Magath confesses to being “afraid” as Fulham’s increasingly desperate quest to secure their Premier League status reaches a critical point. While Magath (above) is convinced victories over Stoke at the Britannia Stadium tonight and at home against Crystal Palace next weekend
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      • 123 10 PA Sport Jose Mourinho lamented Eden Hazard’s error in Chelsea’s Champions League elimination but has no qualms with the Belgian’s comments following the midweek exit to Atletico Madrid. Hazard failed to track back, allowing Atletico to equalise in Thursday morning’s (Singapore time) Champions League semi-final second-leg
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      • 648 10 Interim United boss says striker’s groin injury won’t rule him out of World Cup Wire Services Wayne Rooney’s groin injury will not prevent him from going to the World Cup. England manager Roy Hodgson awoke yesterday morning to news of another injury scare for his star
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    • racing
      • KENTUCKY DERBY
        • 359 11 Reuters The 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs tomorrow morning (Singapore time) has American racegoers giddy with excitement. CALIFORNIA CHROME has been installed as the short-priced favourite to win the annual Run for the Roses after demolishing his opposition back in the
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        • 1211 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TNP’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 3 Royal Green 8 September Gold 2 Spanish Garden 13 Not Free Now RACE 2: 9 Key Largold 3 Oracion 7 Mr Magic 2 Georgie Boy RACE 3: 6 GHOST SPEEDY 1 Alien 3 Wind Of Success 12
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      • 593 12 / 13  -  Report by BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg It was KIWI KARMA first and the others, well, thereabouts. The Laurie Laxon-trained sprinter lived up to her pre-race form when she put away the opposition in convincing fashion to win the Magic Million National Yearling Stakes by
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      • 541 12 / 13 Race 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate 1200M 3 SCUZAMI 58 (8-5.10) Muzi Yeni (6) 1 4 SEATTLE SAINT 58 (32-7) Gift Funeka (5) 2 6 VERISSIMO 58 (101-18) Luyolo Mxothwa (1) 3 1 DRACO 58 (91-14) Nicholas Patel (3) 4 Trainer: Steven Janse van Rensburg. Margins:
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      • SINGAPORE RACES
      • 1423 14 / 15 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 BELMONT (1,000M) 2 REBEL KING: Placed at Ascot on debut and then was 3 lengths 8th of 14 to Cadenza 1,100m Ascot Feb 15. Drawn well enough and is not the worst. 7 SASS ‘N’ GLAM:
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      • 1459 14 / 15 12:15 Race 1 BELMONT—1000M 1 OUR MEMORY GIRL MS C O’GRADY (2) 58 2 REBEL KING W PIKE (3) 57 3 RED PUBLISHER L CAMILLERI (11) 57 4 FIRST AMONG EQUALS J BROWN (8) 56.5 5 HISTORICAL S PARNHAM (10) 56.5 6 JACK TO
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      • Article, Illustration
        951 14 / 15 3-5-2014 (Saturday) 1:30pm 1 Cl 1 JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION TROPHY HK$470,000 sand1600m 1 *****3Oakcrest Drive 6-am-g 2]fL Corrales 117 130 MC Tam 2 *****8Elderly Paradise 6-a-g 7]fKH Yu 115 128 MC Tam 3 *****1 Lucky And Wealthy 5-a-g 5]eWL Ho 110 123 G Allendorf *****09Brother Francis 5-am-h [12]fM
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    • 795 16 / 17 GARY LIM BRIAN MILLER ALI KASIM BANKER Take Arsenal on all fronts Anyone who has seen Arsenal play recently will be able to see their transformation since Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Oezil returned to the team. They are playing with the same confidence and flair that saw them
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    • 1423 16 / 17 DEPLETE D TOFFEES WON'T TROUBLE CITY WEST HAM v TOTTENHAM Tottenham have won four of their last six league games and scored 12 times in their previous four encounters, so the home defence is likely to come under serious scrutiny. The fact that Spurs have won four of the past
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    • LA LIGA
      • 333 18 Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has urged his team to put aside all thoughts of the Champions League final, as they look to move a step closer to securing the Primera Division title this weekend. Los Rojiblancos joined city rivals Real Madrid in
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      • 148 18 AFP Napoli coach Rafael Benitez is hoping for a second Italian Cup final triumph in three years to help make up for the disappointment of failing to challenge for league and Champions League honours this season. Napoli, sitting third in Serie A, head to Rome’s
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        729 18 Boss Martino is not giving up on the title after difficult week for Barcelona Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has promised his players will fight to the end in the pursuit of the title. They go into tonight’s match against Getafe four points behind leaders Atletico Madrid who
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    • EUROPA LEAGUE
      • 142 19 Reuters Almost 60 years to the day since becoming the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, Roger Bannister has revealed he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The 85-year-old Briton said he had been suffering with the degenerative nervous disease for three years,
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      • 645 19 Juve coach Conte blames ref for exit Wire Services SEMI-FINAL, 2ND LEG JUVENTUS 0 BENFICA 0 l Benfica win 2-1 on aggregate Juventus coach Antonio Conte blasted referee Mark Clattenburg after his side were knocked out of the Europa League by Benfica yesterday morning (Singapore time), saying the
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    • NBA
      • 141 20 / 21 AFP Norway’s Suzann Pettersen birdied two of her last three holes yesterday morning (Singapore time) to grab a one-shot lead at the LPGA North Texas Shootout. Pettersen played without a bogey and her five-under 66 gave her a one-stroke lead over a group of six
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      • 718 20 / 21 Spurred on by disrespectful headline, Durant helps Thunder level series Reuters WESTERN CONFERENCE, 1ST RD PLAY-OFF MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 84 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 104 Best-of-seven series tied at 3-3 In a game the Oklahoma City Thunder had to win to continue their season, Kevin Durant had a few
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      • 108 20 / 21 Reuters Two-time Major champion Angel Cabrera conjured up some of his old magic to seize the clubhouse lead with a six-under 66 in the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina yesterday morning (Singapore time). The Argentina veteran (right) reeled off four
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      • 480 20 / 21 Reuters The National Basketball Association yesterday launched its bid to oust Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers for racist comments, as a panel of 10 fellow team owners or their proxies unanimously agreed to proceed “as expeditiously as possible,” the NBA said.
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    • GOLF
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      • 520 22 / 23  -  Thai youngster Panuphol battles extreme heat to lead by one Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg He could not replicate his sizzling form of Thursday, when he shot nine birdies for a superb 63 to take first-day honours at The Championship. But, as the heat
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    • TABLE TENNIS
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        421 22 / 23  -  Chew avenges defeat by opponent to help Singapore beat Sweden 3-1 to qualify for last eight Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg He lost 4-1 to the same opponent just three months ago in the Kuwait Open men’s singles qualifying. But Clarence Chew exacted revenge on Sweden’s Par
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    • ON TV
      • 264 22 / 23 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Today: WEST HAM v TOTTENHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227, 7.45pm NEWCASTLE v CARDIFF SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 228, 9.55pm SWANSEA v SOUTHAMPTON SingTel mio TV Ch 104 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 229,
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      • 16 22 / 23 NBA PLAY-OFFS Tomorrow: MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES v OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 7.30am
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      • 66 22 / 23 ASIAN TOUR THE CHAMPIONSHIP Today: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 11am Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 11am WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports
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      • 23 22 / 23 WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Today: QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 9am Tomorrow: SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 1pm
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    • S.LEAGUE
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        539 24  -  Title hopefuls Warriors put to the sword Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg WARRIORS FC1 (Hafiz Rahim 21) HOME UNITED 4 (Fazrul Nawaz 12, Indra Sahdan 71, 77 Bruno Castanheira 89) Bruno Castanheira 89) It was billed as the acid test to Warriors FC’s title credentials. But Alex
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