The New Paper, 8 June 2014

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1 24 The New Paper
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    21 1 the new paper on sunday June 8 2014 j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SldJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MCI (P) 087/01/2014
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      63 1 IT’S NOT ME S M Ong denies buying a “size enhancing” device 21 RENT RISK HDB takes back two flats after home owners rent to tourists 10 <^\{%^[`@@,:![.!@]{]@)+^}:\{,}( June 8 2014 OUT TO STEAL YOUR LIFE IMPOSTERSTHE One victim lost $94,000 4 TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: GARY GOH facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper To
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon If you could be anyone, would you want to be you?
      495 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg Have you ever wondered what it would be like to lead another life? The question came to mind after stories about identity theft surfaced over the past two weeks. There was the gruesome story of
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      104 2 INDEX S22 SPORTS PULLOUT SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS Billiards champ Peter Gilchrist bowling wonder Shayna Ng clinch top honours TNP FILE PICTURE 18 Who’s hot? Check out the list of the World Cup’s cutest to watch 06 12 20 Sponsor me! Neil Humphreys’ attempt at getting a free birthday bash Hoof
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      196 3 r <PV' XV v. i# 58 •a >> j 7 e /V -v Hp w the new Are you enchanting enough to be the next New Face? Come forth if you have what it takes to make a splash on stage. You could sail into the league of past New
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon They stole my money and my life
      1259 4 / 5  -  Nepalese doctor loses $94,000 to imposter REPORTS: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg On her 70th birthday, instead of celebrating with a big bash, she was crying her heart out in a hotel room in Singapore. Retired Nepalese doctor Nirmala Sherchand Sakarai lost NZ$89,000 (S$94,000)
      TNP PICTURE: CHOO CHWEE HUA; TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  1,259 words
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      Lock icon More tech, so higher chance of ID theft
      304 4 / 5 Cases of identity theft are not that uncommon in Singapore, say lawyers The New Paper on Sunday spoke to. On average, they see two to three cases a year. And the figure is expected to rise, says criminal law- pected rise, says
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      Lock icon Renting flat to tourists? Say goodbye to it
      1098 10 / 11  -  Two HDB flats compulsorily acquired after owners leased them for short term REPORTS: benitaay@sph.com.sg BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Consider this a warning for those thinking about making a quick buck from renting their homes to short-term visitors. Two home owners have lost
      PICTURES: ST, ROOMORAMA, AIRBNB  -  1,098 words
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      Lock icon Horsing around on home turf
      711 12 / 13  -  In a busy metropolis, you’d be surprised at the number of horserelated things one can find and do here. Did you know that one of the most prominent races offers a $3 million prize pot? Or that you can hop into a horse carriage? REIKUROHI
      PHOTOS: BUKIT TIMAH SADDLE CLUB, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB  -  711 words
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      Lock icon ‘Side walkers’ guide disabled riders
      354 12 / 13 For those who like interacting with horses, but also want to give back, volunteering with the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) Singapore might just be the thing for you. Ask Miss Alicia Loh, who has been volunteering since 2009. “In school, I thought many
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      Lock icon One movie made them throw up
      671 14  -  Volunteers set aside some evenings to watch movies and help decide film ratings REPORT: TIMOTHY GOH timgoh@sph.com.sg Instead of popcorn and soft drinks, these moviegoers on a Thursday afternoon are armed with clipboards and pens. The venue is also somewhat unusual: A private theatre
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      Lock icon Land of no more smiles?
      417 15 Thai tourism badly hit after martial law sets in Thailand’s once-boom-ing tourism industry is scrambling to arrest a slump in visitor numbers after a military coup and a night-time curfew tarnished its reputation as the “Land of Smiles”. While most tourists in the Southeast Asian
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      Lock icon Teen gets ‘light’ caning for raping girlfriend
      285 15 A college student in Malaysia has received only “light” caning for raping his underage girlfriend. Ainur Asyriq Aizamuddin, 19, was whipped eight times with a light cane in a Kuala Lumpur courtroom with his parents, a doctor and a group of observers looking
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      Lock icon He’ll carry brother 64km for cerebral palsy awareness
      191 16 He will piggyback his brother for 64km to raise awareness about cerebral palsy, a condition which afflicts the latter. Hunter Gandee, 14, has been carrying his seven-year-old brother, Braden, “ever since he got too heavy for my mum”. “It’s Braden’s favourite form
      PICTURE: FACEBOOK/CEREBRAL PALSY SWAGGER  -  191 words
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      Lock icon ‘I’ll do it again next year’
      502 16 World War II veteran sneaks out of British nursing home to attend D-Day commemoration in France A World War Two veteran reported missing from a nursing home in Britain has been found in France marking the anniversary of the D-Day landings. Mr Bernard Jordan,
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      Lock icon Mexico’s Kim Kardashian keeps low social profile
      368 17 Curvaceous Claudia Ochoa Felix was famous for looking and living like Kim Kardashian until being named as the alleged leader of a hit squad She resembles US celebrity Kim Kardashian but Ms Claudia Ochoa Felix now has netizens buzzing after being named as
      PICTURES: FACEBOOK/CLAUDIA OCHOA FELIX, INSTAGRAM/CLAUDIAAFELIXX  -  368 words
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      Lock icon US man hides 40 packets of heroin in belly button
      326 17 A North Carolina man is facing multiple heroin trafficking charges after being caught with an alleged 40 packets of the drug crammed into his belly button. Randall Streeter who weighs 143kg and is 1.65m-tall was arrested during an operation late
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A VISUAL MERCHANDISER
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      846 6  -  This visual merchandiser even combs their hair, and tells them to be good and to sell clothes well BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg If you have a fear of dolls or phobia of human-size figures, you’d better steer clear of this career. Miss Emily Huang’s job
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Our senior executive photojournalist picks his pictures of the week
      139 7  -  JONATHAN CHOO jonathan@sph.com.sg WAITING: A reveller sits outside a music venue in Leipzig, Germany. The annual Wave-Gotik Treffen features over 150 bands and artists playing Gothic rock and other dark wave music subculture styles all over the city. The event
      PHOTOS: REUTERS  -  139 words
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      Lock icon Singapore must counter misuse of social media by foreign extremists
      110 8 / 9 Thousands of foreign fighters from some 50 countries have gone to Syria to fight against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and Singaporeans are “not immune to the call to fight”, said Education Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday. This is especially so
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      Lock icon Singaporean wins lunch with Warren Buffett with $2.7m bid
      121 8 / 9 Singapore’s Andy Chua has won the right to dine with the world’s third-richest man, Warren Buffett. Mr Chua put up his winning bid of about US$2.2 million (S$2.71m) on eBay to have lunch with the investment guru. The five-day auc- tion
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      Lock icon Thousands turn up for CPF protest
      187 8 / 9  -  PICTURE BIG Chai Hung Yin Thousands braved a blazing late afternoon sun to listen to speeches about the Central Provident Fund (CPF) at Hong Lim Park yesterday. The organiser, blogger Han Hui Hui, 22, estimated that 6,000 people turned up for the Return My
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      Lock icon Catherine Lim’s open letter to PM Lee
      266 8 / 9 An open letter to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong from local novelist Catherine Lim is creating a stir online. Ms Lim, who put it up on her blog yesterday, said that Singapore is “in the midst of a crisis where the people no
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      Lock icon Philippines won’t be provoked by signs of Chinese ‘reclamation’
      109 8 / 9 AFP The Philippines said yesterday it was investigating signs that China was reclaiming land on the disputed South China Sea reefs, but stressed it would not be provoked into a rash response. President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman Abigail Valte said the government
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      207 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Local maid agencies claim overseas counterparts sometimes increase the age of their maids to 23, the legal age to work here. As some countries do not keep a proper record of births, it is easier to forge a maid’s
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      54 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app I am a jet set girl. When I see the world, my iPhone and my reflection are my most loyal companions. They know my best kept secrets, they share my adventures. To be featured, tag your own Instagram photos with #tnpsun and follow @thenewpaper
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      Lock icon PA launches mini courses
      93 8 / 9 The People’s Association (PA) launched a series of hour-long courses yesterday at its Community Day celebration at Bugis+ mall. They were created based on residents’ feedback, requesting for short modular courses held during the day. Called Course Xpress, the programme will see classes on weekdays and
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      Lock icon 5 injured in 7-vehicle pile-up, causing huge jam on PIE
      108 8 / 9 Four adults and a toddler were taken to hospital yesterday after they were injured in a seven-vehicle pile-up on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE). The accident occurred around 2.30pm on the PIE towards Changi Airport, after Paya Lebar Road. Three ambulances
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      Lock icon S’poreans need not worry about increased payment
      288 8 / 9 New national insurance scheme Next year’s increase in employer Medisave contributions will be enough to cover the rise in premiums for most middle-income families when MediShield Life kicks in next year. Speaking on the sidelines of World Blood Donor Day, Health Minister Gan
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      Lock icon US Secretary ‘confident’ of progress on Ukraine crisis
      121 8 / 9 AFP US Secretary of State John Kerry voiced hope yesterday that there would be a breakthrough on ending the Ukraine crisis, enabling Washington to avoid imposing new sanctions against Russia. “I hope that in the next few days we can see some
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      59 7 SANDLER BARRYMORE i i "A PERFECT BLEND OF COMEDY AND HEART." Liza Fromer/Global: The Morning Show m-m m a m NOW SHOWING v #Blended BlendedMovie.net 'STS w -WARNER BROS. BiCTURES r f l Th*" ll n 1 •JXll fiSjSOME SEXUAL REFERENCES WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES t TijrfoWvw |,Tp .<■ F 7
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      284 10 / 11 r- JJ'yL- i i I EM III n 111 2 THE t i CSHOW y 'X WTH y*w 2014 m lb Head down to The PC Show and get the best value for your IT and consumer buys! Several major brands include: ASUS, Aztech, Brother, Canon, Case Logic, Creative, Dell,
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      22 15 Two years ago, Pusparani Mohan received almost $1 million in donations and payouts after her husband died. Now, she is broke. thesundaytimes
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      123 15 AMAZING BORNEO Malaysia This June, let nature lead you on an amazing journey to Borneo. Like '“STDirectoryTravel.com' on Facebook stand to win a 3D2N stay in Kota Kinabalu! r* Nestled in the heart of the Malay Archipelago, the island of Borneo in Malaysia offers lush rainforests that are alive with
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  • WORLD CUP 2014 (JUNE 12 – JULY 13) 5 DAYS TO GO
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      Lock icon Hottest players to watch at the World Cup
      588 18 / 19  -  The Fifa World Cup is almost upon us. Egged on by her editors, Sue-Ann Tan identifies the players worth watching and we’re not talking about football skills. Sue-Ann Tan Sergio Ramos AGE: 28 COUNTRY: Spain HOT METER: 7/10 This Real Madrid central
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Please fund my luxury birthday trip!
      831 20  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES Clearly, I am in the wrong game. Writing books, columns and TV shows is so 20th century. It’s time to become a luxury blogger. These guys are the future. These guys score more trips than Luis Suarez in the penalty
      TNP ILLUSTRATION: TEOH YI CHIE  -  831 words
    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Man in Canada commits sex act with cucumber in library
        125 21 Wires A Canadian man has been given a suspended sentence and 12 months probation for committing a sex act with a cucumber in a Toronto public library. On April 7, Frederick Tennyson Davis allegedly sat down next to a 26-year-old
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        Lock icon American arrested for calling 911 over beer
        152 21 Wires A Florida man was arrested and thrown in jail after he repeatedly called 911 to complain about his wife tossing out his beer. Carlos Bueno Mir was arrested and charged with misuse of the 911 emergency system for making a false alarm
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      Lock icon Why does everyone think it’s me?
      830 21  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg On Wednesday, The Star newspaper in Malaysia reported something big. Or so it seemed. At a press conference to warn consumers about online scams, the chairman of Malaysia’s customer complaints bureau, Mr Michael Chong, mentioned three people who
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      Lock icon World Cup survival tips (for non-fans)
      331 23 The Fifa World Cup is here again. Fans are struggling to contain their excitement while the rest of us are trying not to roll our eyes. Sue-Ann Tan comes from a home where football talk continues for days after each match. Family members do
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      230 22 Register at www.straitstimesrun.com Presenting Sponsor Official Istonic Drink Organiser Official Venue Official Card DATE SEPT 28 2014 Official Sportswear Official Compression TIME VENUE CATEGORIES FEES: FROM 5AM SPORTS HUB DISTANCE 21km 10km 5km FULL RATE $70 $60 $45 10% OFF FOR OCBC CARD MEMBERS $63 $54 $40.50 *Includes GST RUNNERS’
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      106 23 HOW TO TAKE PART PRIZE 2 T015 JUNE 2014 Place a Want to Sell ad on STCIassIfleds.sg within the contest period to qualify. The more ads you place, the more chances you get in the lucky draw to win attractive prizes. $100 TAKASHIMAYA VOUCHER X3 A new prize will be
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Food from the heart
      641 24  -  Teck Kee Tanglin Pau stays true to its hawker roots by having takeaway-only stalls and making all its food items by hand K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg I can imagine what the dimsum masters of yore were like. They must have had really bad teeth and breath.
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      Lock icon Steamed fish with beans
      451 25  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF Jazz up plain steamed fish with crispy fermented beans. This recipe works with most types of fish. The beans provide a delightful crunchy contrast to the tender fish. They are not that easily available though. I chanced upon them at a
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      965 26 BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT Propertyupdate Here is a quick summary of what made the headlines in Singapore’s residential property market this week from Saturday May 31,2014 to Friday June 6, 2014 This week's headlines In summary Sat:, May 31 Luxury homes left empty in quiet market (ST) Kovan
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      147 27 KATONG SHOPPING CENTRE Ground Floor, Corner, Face Main Road 5 1,798 sqft. $20K p.m Current Use; Restaurant Call Steven @8198-8046 1 n STARVILLE FH CONDO Leasehold Price The Lights Cairnhill FH Landed Living in D09, Full condo Facilities Foreigners Eligible PropNex Jeffery SKOng Agency UcNo:L*****22J B.Eng (Hons, UNSW) Powerful Negotiators
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      1 27 Huttons
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      130 27 X SALE Tanglin Halt, Blk 27, 2-rm, Rare! High floor, Corner Reno 45 sqm, Near amenities/ MRT Pasir Ris, Blk 146,*****sqm, 4bdrm, aircon, reno, good layout, quiet, asking $S15k. Hougang BLK 22 3'NG 1 73sqm, Utility rm, lift level, simple mid fir, Amenities/ MRT, asking $350k. RENT Immediate! BLK 107B,
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      227 27 CLEMENTI HDB SALE Dover Cres, 28C 4’A’ 2 year old. NTUC/ ACS/ NUS/ Biopolis/ Schs/ Mall. Point Blk YISHUN HDB SALE Near MRT Blk 805 4’S’ high flr, windy, shops/ sports complex/ amenities. $420K. JURONG HDB SALE Blk 986B 5’I’. High flr. 110 sqm. Sports complex. NTU. Food ct, amenities,
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      427 28 Classic learning Formative Learning Hub builds a child's foundation in the Chinese language through classics If you have never heard of Di Zi Gui, you may hear of it more often in time to come. More parents are likely to subscribe to its interesting theories in an effort to improve
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      503 29 Learn and apply Science Heuristics' LiSC approach gives students an edge in applying knowledge to solve scientific problems There was a time when hours spent memorising facts and practising past examination papers would stand you in good stead to do well in your science exams. But these days, as many
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      400 30 Stretching students' limits Phang Physics Tuition Centre offers intellectually challenging and unconventional lessons Mr Phang Yu Hon thinks that Singapore's elite tuition centres are more prestigious institutions of learning than independent and international schools. Some centres use entrance tests to sieve out weak students, but Mr Phang, who was given
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      372 31 First Culinary Restaurant (AMK) 2 Ang Mo Kio Drive Blk A #01-09 HE College Central Singapore *****0 Tel: 6481 5500 First Culinary Restaurant (Kaki Bukit) 18 Kaki Bukit Road 3 #01-16/17 Singapore *****8 Tel: 6758 5500 Written by Amanda Ny To advertise, please contact Alan Lim @6319 6368 or 9711
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      468 32 u If 3 Y/W (m wv V/li V !/WVV V Hyang-to-gol Korean Restaurant 165 TanjongPagar Road Level 2, Amara Hotel Tel: 6220 7160 Written by do! 1 Md Yi To advertise, please contact Alan Lim @6319 6368 or 9711 7982 ust like how Korean pop culture has become mainstream in
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      142 33 Fathers Day Meals From 13 15th Tune 2014 BUAH KELUAK CHICKEN BAKWAN MASAK GARAM ASSAM Spicy Otah Achar Omelette 2 Soups of the Day 2 glasses of Fizzy Winny Soda h SAMBALCHINCHALOK FRIED RICE (Fried Rice with Woody Sambal, Chinchalok, Chicken Prawns, Pineapple, Onions Chilli Padi) Top Up Other Beverages
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      182 36 the straits™ 14 15 June Sat Sun 10am 10pm CLASSIFIED flower Field Hall, Gardens by the Bay m m 1 t Come and celebrate I i 1 t *4 Sarcfens 'V t4 f a Ukhv! )b U *1 Register for the event via http://www.sphclass.com.sg/love to receive a FREE goodie bag
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      54 1 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY geRmany 6 aRmenia 1 World Cup giants hit six in friendly but lose Reus to injury SUNDAY JUNE 8 2014 LANDMARK: Miroslav Klose celebrating his goal against Armenia which broke Gerd Mueller’s all-time record of 68. PHOTO: REUTERS 24-page pullout sweetsour for germany BoWling VeteRan VinCent lim DoeS
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  • 24 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • WORLD CUP 2014 (JUNE 12 – JULY 13) 5 DAYS TO GO
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        Lock icon NOTHING FALSE ABOUT GERMAN ATTACK
        935 2 / 3  -  Midfield maestros can justify Loew’s decision to pick just one striker in Klose NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY GERMANY 6 (Andre Schuerrle 52, Lukas Podolski 72, Benedikt Hoewedes 73, Miroslav Klose 77, Mario Goetze 82, 89) ARMENIA 1 (Henrikh Mkhitaryan 69-pen) Joachim Loew is adamant
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        Lock icon REUS OUT, MUSTAFI HIS REPLACEMENT
        419 2 / 3 Reuters Germany’s World Cup hopes suffered a severe blow yesterday, when midfielder Marco Reus was ruled out of the tournament due to an ankle injury sustained in their final warm-up game. The Germans, who take on Ghana, Portugal and the United States in Group G,
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        Lock icon BACK PROBLEMS FOR SAMBA BOYS
        585 4  -  Brazil’s shoddy defence still hasn’t got its act together Report by GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg FRIENDLY BRAZIL 1 (Fred, 58) SERBIA 0 When the half-time whistle sounded, 67,042 voices at Morumbi Stadium, Sao Paulo, united as one collective jeer. Brazil were nothing to shout about in
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        Lock icon ALVES NETS LATE WINNER
        651 6 But Ronaldo-less Portugal do not Impress AFP FRIENDLY MEXICO 0 PORTUGAL1 (Bruno Alves, 90) Coach Paulo Bento admitted there was work to do after his Portugal side missed the firepower of Cristiano Ronaldo in snatching a 1-0 friendly win over fellow World Cup qualifiers Mexico yesterday
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        Lock icon Jaguars bounce back
        92 8 Tanjong Pagar recovered from Wednesday’s 3-0 defeat by Balestier Khalsa in the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S.League to post a 2-0 win over Woodlands Wellington at the Woodlands Stadium last night. The Jaguars led through marquee striker Monsef Zerka in the 60th minute, before defender Hafiz Osman sealed the
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        Lock icon JAPAN HAVE KINKS TO FIX
        557 8 AFP JAPAN 4 (Keisuke Honda 40-pen, 75, Shinji Kagawa 73, Yoshito Okubo 90+1) ZAMBIA 3 (Christopher Katongo 9, Nathan Sinkala 29, Lubambo Musonda 89) Japan’s unsatisfying but triumphant performance in a final World Cup warm-up match left coach Alberto Zaccheroni looking for answers barely a
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        Lock icon More injury woes for Colombia
        159 8 Colombia converted two penalties in a 3-0 win over Jordan in a World Cup warmup in Buenos Aires yesterday morning (Singapore time) but are sweating on a fitness report for injured midfielder Aldo Leao Ramirez. The seasoned 33-year-old, who played a significant role in Colombia’s
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        Lock icon Greece end goal drought
        130 8 Wire services Greece, backed by a partisan crowd at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, scored once in each half to beat Bolivia 2-1 yesterday morning (Singapore time) in their final World Cup warm-up match. Panagiotis Kone and Kostas Katsouranis scored for Greece who open
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        Lock icon ENGLAND, BE BOLD
        836 18 / 19  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg England were more than just humiliated in their last two tournaments. They looked haunted. Four years ago in South Africa, the hungrier, younger Germans swiftly made a mockery of the so-called Golden Generation. They were rusty and ready for the scrapyard and yet cautious
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        Lock icon WHICH ROONEY WILL TURN UP?
        276 18 / 19 Reuters More than a decade after he made his England debut as a fearless and prodigiously talented teenaged tearaway, it is still hard to find a consensus on Wayne Rooney’s (left) value to his country. Is he the world-class talisman upon whom several England managers
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        Lock icon HODGSON HOPES TO SURPRISE
        341 18 / 19 Reuters In the year that England enjoyed their greatest soccer success by winning the World Cup in 1966, one young Englishman was facing an altogether uncertain future after being released by his club without making the grade as a professional. That man was current England manager
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        1649 9 GOING FORECAST:GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1: 5 Amped 10 Champagne Rose 4 Rock And Stone 8 Vista RACE 2: 11 I Told You 2 Brash Son 1 Bowen Boy 10 Mascot Dragon RACE 3: 4 TOM THE CRUISER 7 Bukit Subang
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        532 10 / 11 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 7 12 1 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Deauville Sparkling Star Live In Hope 2 Mal’s Dad Live In Hope 1 Mal's
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        784 10 / 11 RACE 1 (EAGLE FARM) 1st 6 Almalad ($21-$8) 2nd 1 Brazen Beau ($6) 3rd 5 Looks Like The Cat ($10) 4th 3 Pressing Forecast $9 Place Forecast (1-6) $5, (5-6) $9, (1-5) $7 Tierce $95 Trio $12 Quartet $513 Quadro $15 RACE 2 (BELMONT) 1st 7 Sujet
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        106 10 / 11  -  BEST BET RACE 9 NO. 3 TAN THEAN LOON Impressive last-start winner EL MILAGRO is maintaining form and should be hard to beat again in Race 9 today. Although he is the highest-rated galloper in the race, he is not giving much
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        Lock icon FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        688 10 / 11 RACE 1 FLY FREELY: Slow into stride. HAPPY FOREVER: Jumped awkwardly inwards; bumped. GILT LAD: Bumped. CHILLI: Bumped on two occasions. PURE WHITE: Bumped on two occasions; raced wide. SPEEDY DWARF: Crowded. JUST DUIT: Raced wide. WINBELL: Jockey I Saifudin, when questioned, said that
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        1740 12 / 13 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,400M) 1 Live In HopeHHH Close-up past two outings in this grade. Will be near the lead all the way. 2 Mal’s DadHHH Blinkers back on. Has struggled in Class 4 since resuming
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        1758 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 KS-D D2 12.55 —1400m (SC) (Turf) Stakes: $38,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****-Live In Hope 58 (54) S Noh* c3 7 (3ag M Freedman-O T) 2 *****7 Mal’s Dad
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        1824 14 / 15  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200M) NIGHTLIGN (2) won his final outing last season over this course and distance in this grade and has been consistently in the thick of the finish in seven
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        1662 14 / 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1200m TIME 12:15 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 CITY POWER Y S TSUI Z PURTON 133 9 2 NIGHTLIGN A LEE D WHYTE 133 10 3 KIM GLORY Y S TSUI
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        878 14 / 15 Race 1 mS (SC) 1300m Penang Turf Club Trophy 3 STORMY BRUCE 57 (11-5.10) J Shankar (9) 4 5 1 (472) 8 SEA WORLD 52.5 (23-6) Jose De Souza (3) 5 4 2 (464) Nk 6 ROYAL GREEN 54.5 (25-13) J Parkes (8) 9 7 3
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      690 16 / 17  -  Stage is set for Messi to perform in Brazil and cement his place in history IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK Lionel Messi is, without question, one of the greatest footballers in the world. But if this World Cup goes the same way as the
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      107 20 AFP Lewis Hamilton last night topped the times for Mercedes in the final free practice session for tomorrow morning’s (Singapore time) Canadian Grand Prix. The Briton outpaced nearest rival Felipe Massa of Williams by nearly half a second. Hamilton’s teammate Nico Rosberg was third-fastest
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        627 20 Djokovic and Nadal revisit rivalry for a slice of Roland Garros history Reuters This is their 42nd clash, so there will be few surprises for the world’s top two players Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic when they face each other in the French Open men’s singles
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        710 24 AFP Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title in three years at Roland Garros yesterday, defeating Romania’s Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 in a gripping final, the first to go the full distance in Paris in 13 years and the second longest on record. It
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        73 21 All Singaporeans unless otherwise stated MEN’S COMPETITION: 1. Vincent Lim 2. Ahmad Muaz (Mas) 3. Jaris Goh 4. Nguyen Thanh Pho (Vie) 5. Zulmazran Zulkifli (Mas) 6. Mika Koivuniemi (Fin) 7. Kenneth Chua (Phi) 8. Kang Bo Long (Mas) WOMEN’S COMPETITION: 1. Sin Li Jane (Mas)
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        515 21  -  Underdog wins Singapore Open men’s title, after Shayna loses in women’s final Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg He entered the tournament expecting to finish last in the international field. Yesterday, at the Orchid Bowl at Orchid Country Club, Vincent Lim produced the unthinkable he won the
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        247 22 / 23 Thailand’s Poom Saksansin stayed one shot clear of a fastcharging Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh after the third round of the Queen’s Cup in Samui yesterday. The 21-year-old Thai rookie dropped his first bogey of the week at Santiburi Samui Country Club, en route to a
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        101 22 / 23 Singapore’s Quincy Quek remained in contention to finish among the top three at the PGA China Tour’s Lanhai Open in Shanghai yesterday. Quek, 27, shot a one-under 71 on the third day to stay second on 10-under 206, three shots behind new leader David McKenzie of
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        112 22 / 23 Wire Services Tanguy Cosyns scored a double as Belgium defeated Spain 5-2 to take a step nearer to the semi-finals at the Hockey World Cup in Holland yesterday. In a feisty game that saw three yellow cards, five goals and an interminable number of referrals,
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        687 22 / 23  -  Reports by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg They say getting to the top is tough, but staying there is tougher. That’s why newly-crowned Sportsman of the Year Peter Gilchrist is eyeing success at this year’s World Billiards Championship in Leeds in October. The Middlesbrough-born 46-year-old won
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        112 22 / 23 Saudi Arabia pulled off a significant victory against strongly-fancied Singapore on the opening day of the Asian Cricket Council Elite League, winning by three wickets at the Singapore Indian Association. BRIEF SCORES Singapore 149 all out in 42.4 overs (A de Lange 45, C. Ruwan 39, K.
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        428 22 / 23 Additional reporting by DAVID LEE When Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean met some of the award nominees before last night’s Singapore Sports Awards, he was given an insight into what makes a high-level athlete. World billiards champion Peter Gilchrist, who went on
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        98 22 / 23 MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tuesday: KELANTAN v LIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 8.30pm Friday: JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM V TERENGGANU StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 8.40pm Saturday: LIONSXII v SARAWAK StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.30pm INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES Tomorrow: FRANCE v JAMAICA StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football
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        39 22 / 23 FRENCH OPEN Today: WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211/255 (Racquet Channel/Sports HD) SingTel mio TV Ch 114/117 (FOX Sports), 6pm MEN’S SINGLES FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 9pm
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        57 22 / 23 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX Tomorrow: RACE DAY StarHub TV Ch 208/210 SingTel mio TV Ch 114/117 (FOX Sports/FOX Sports Plus HD), 12.50am MAIN RACE StarHub TV Ch 208/210 SingTel mio TV Ch 114/117 (FOX Sports/FOX Sports Plus HD), 1.45am CHEQUERED FLAG StarHub TV Ch 208/210 SingTel mio TV Ch
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        26 22 / 23 LYONESS OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 6.30pm ST JUDE CLASSIC Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 1am
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        17 22 / 23 FINALS GAME 3 Wednesday: SAN ANTONIO SPURS v MIAMI HEAT StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am
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