The New Paper, 12 August 2014

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  • 17 1 the new paper TUESDAY AUGUST 12 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI (P) 088/01/2014
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    • 84 1 2014 SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN SPORTS REDESIGN NEWS-BREAKING PHOTO FEATURE DESIGN PAGES 0 Stef Sun steps out, shows her ‘Aunty’ side›5 Huat the... Only $122,000 for this lucky urn?›12 Daniel, 24, battles brittle-bone condition, with doting dad’s help Fragile, so dad’s always there to
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  • news
    • 1091 2 / 3  -  Man is so used to carrying son, 24, who has brittle bone disease, he says it’s ‘just like lifting sack of rice’ Reports by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg Talk to Mr Seah Hong Tiang and you realise that every “D” in “daddy” stands
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    • 191 2 / 3 Daniel’s pride and eagerness to learn struck a chord with his professor in university. “While most students are comfortable with keeping quiet at the back of the class, he was quite vocal and asked questions,” said Prof Sia Siew Kien, 49, an associate professor
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    • 612 2 / 3 His dad is his hero and his mum is his source of motivation. To Daniel, mum and dad are two of the strongest people he knows. And from them, he learnt to never give up. He persevered and landed a job with
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    • 59 4 1.2m The number of people The Straits Times says were reached by its picture of Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck taking a selfie with former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the National Day Parade. The post on its Facebook page got
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    • 135 4 Resale prices for private homes continued their slide in July to reach their lowest level in 21 months, according to Singapore Real Estate Exchange flash estimates released yesterday. Rents also fell to a 38-month low amid greater competition for tenants. Prices of resale private
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    • 106 4 Commuters at City Hall, Orchard and Raffles Place three of the busiest MRT stations will enjoy free Wi-Fi access at platform level from Aug 22, the Land Transport Authority announced yesterday. Another 25 MRT stations, including all those on the North-East Line, will
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    • 349 4 No second term for any outgoing NMP Nine new Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) have been selected and they include a disabled lawyer, a social entrepreneur and a former national sailor. None of the nine outgoing NMPs, whose team expired on Aug 8, was picked
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    • 58 4 THE ONE THAT FELL: The mangled wreck of the cable car that plunged 20m into a construction site at Sentosa on Saturday evening. Another car on the new line that is being built on the island also got stuck with a technical supervisor inside. He was rescued 2½ hours later.
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    • 181 4 Repair works on the trails in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve will be done “in a sensitive manner”, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in a blog post yesterday. While boardwalks will need to be installed in some areas to prevent further erosion
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    • 131 4 Those planning to renovate their homes next year can look forward to a new accreditation scheme which aims to promote fair practices. A collaboration between the Consumers Association of Singapore and the Singapore Renovation Contractors and Material Suppliers Association, the new joint accreditation scheme will introduce
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    • 498 5  -  by JOCELYN LEE jocelee@sph.com.sg COMMENT She dazzles fans worldwide with her over-the-top costumes and powerful vocals. And local songstress Stefanie Sun was in the spotlight again last week, but for a less glam reason. The 36-year-old mother-of-one was snapped queuing at a local fast food
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    • 260 6 / 7 Police, SCDF officers rescue injured man from monsoon drain It was a fall that looked awful and the rescue mission attracted a huge crowd. And when the 20 police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers lifted the sticken victim, they drew cheers and applause. A 34-year-old
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    • 728 8 / 9  -  Former City Harvest Church board president Kong Hee (right) takes the stand Reports by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg As the founder, he had big plans for City Harvest Church (CHC). But former CHC board president Kong Hee, 49, said he was always busy with overseas commitments
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    • 511 8 / 9  -  Lift expert testifies at coroner’s inquiry into Marina Bay Suites fire Report by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg When the fire alarm is sounded, do not take the lift. Those words were emphasised six times by a lift expert during yesterday’s coroner’s inquiry into the
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    • 383 8 / 9 CHC CHURCH LEADERS TRIAL He was on a work trip in Taiwan in 1999 when Kong Hee noticed that young people were not going to church. It was then that he received a higher calling to evangelise to the young people in Taiwan and the
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    • 135 10 Saudi authorities beheaded a national yesterday after he was convicted of killing his wife with an axe in front of their daughter, the interior ministry announced. Mahdi al-Ghabari battered his wife Shaqraa al-Bahri several times on her neck with an axe, killing her “in the presence
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    • 357 10 A shocking image of what is believed to be the young son of an Australian holding a decapitated head in Syria drew condemnation after it was published in The Australian yesterday. The picture, taken in the Syrian city of Raqa, was posted
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    • 551 11 Popular Pakistani actress plays down criticism of kissing Indian co-star in her first Bollywood movie Humaima Malik, Pakistan’s highest-paid actress, has played down concerns about possible reprisals back home from a kissing scene with Indian co-star Emraan Hashmi. She will be in the Bollywood crime comedy
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    • 318 11 A Bangladeshi construction worker was found dead after a botched kidnap attempt by a group of bogus cops in Penang. The naked body of Mr Hussin Md Alahi, 39, was found deep inside a jungle by his friends at about 1.30pm on Sunday. An initial
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    • Article, Illustration
      462 12 / 13  -  Prosperity urn auction raises ‘only’ $122,888, lowest in 7 years Report by *****33 MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg *****33 The highly anticipated bidding for the Huat Chye Lor, or prosperity urn, failed to materialise as last year’s winner did not even put in a bid. The auction of the
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      576 14 / 15  -  Fake firearm maker’s guns seem so real, he has to keep them secure He is S’pore’s REPORT AND PHOTOS by GARY GOH garygoh@sph.com.sg Tucked in a quiet unit in an industrial building at Geylang Lorong 21A is a shop whose products, at first glance, will inspire shock and
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      398 16 / 17  -  Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing brought up some interesting figures about Singapore on Thursday. On the same day, Ministry of Finance released its Singapore Public Sector Outcomes Review, detailing how we have fared in various areas. Here’s a quick summary Population&pay... Reports by NG
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      135 16 / 17 home& environment... Singapore is home to: 1,410species of plants 360 species of birds 250 species of hard corals Today, we have: 24-kmrail corridor 150km of park connectors known as the Round Island Route 60ha(or 84 football fields) of skyrise greenery 20nature areas, including twonew ones By 2015: More
      Source: Urban Redevelopment Authority; TNP GRAPHICS: KELVIN CHAN  -  135 words
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      188 16 / 17 What’stocome... sTrONger sUPPOrT fOr ALL l To reduce focus on the cash-over-valuation in resale flat sale negotiations, HDB has overhauled the system on how flats are bought and sold. l In March, an online guide to educate the public about investing in overseas properties was launched. l More
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    • 126 18 Protesters clashed with police and looted stores in the midwestern US suburb of St Louis, in the state of Missouri, a day after an officer shot dead an unarmed black teen, local media reported yesterday. Police armed with clubs hurled tear gas and deployed
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    • 316 18 A gusty female jogger in Bangalore, India, chased down a man who harassed her, attacked him instead and made him kneel. Ms Veena Ashiya Chindlur then called the police. The man ran off but Ms Chindlur’s friend managed to capture last Friday morning’s incident
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    • THE BIG PICTURE
      • 676 19  -  Picture of HDB block decked out with flags for National Day is this week’s Big Picture winner Report by JUSTIN ZHUANG tnp@sph.com.sg While exploring the Chong Pang neighbourhood last month, Mr Tan Jian Kai spotted this block of flats decorated just for Singapore’s recent 49th National
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    • 367 6 / 7 Can we still use our CPF monies to service our housing loans after we turn 55? Any amount above half the Minimum Sum in your Retirement Account can be used for your housing needs. Yes. This is how it works: When you turn 55, your savings in your Ordinary and
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    • 34 1 TUESDAY AUGUST 12 2014 TOP FOUR OR BUSTNeil Humphreys says Mauricio pochettino is under pressure to deliver Champions league football at tottenham ›S4 PHOTO: ACTION IMAGES 20-page pullout MCIlRoY IS IN legeNDaRY CoMpaNY ›S16
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  • 20 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • EPL
      • 115 2 / 3 Reuters French international defender Eliaquim Mangala has joined Manchester City from Porto for an undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old (right), who was part of France’s World Cup squad but did not play in any games, has signed for a reported £32 million ($67m). “I’m
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      • 846 2 / 3  -  Let’s not get carried away after Wembley walkabout NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg If ever a single game summed up the relentless juggernaut of hype in English football, then it had to be the Community Shield on Sunday. The Wembley walkabout has marginally more significance than a beach football
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      • 370 2 / 3 PA Sport Arsene Wenger can cement his place among English football’s greatest managers by leading Arsenal to Premier League glory this term, according to Aaron Ramsey. Wales playmaker Ramsey’s first-half finish helped drive Arsenal to 3-0 Community Shield victory over Manchester City at Wembley on
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      • 1041 4 / 5  -  Pochettino needs quick progress before chairman Levy loses patience with him The New Paper starts its countdown to the 2014/2015 season with a look at Tottenham, who have a new man at the helm in Mauricio Pochettino. Tomorrow: Everton NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Tottenham
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      • 1094 6 / 7 GARY LIM lists the high-profile Premiership quintet set to take the league by storm this season ALEXIS SANCHEZ Club: Arsenal (from Barcelona) Fee: £30 million ($62.9m) Age: 25 Position: Winger/forward Sanchez carries his country’s flag wherever he goes. The first Chilean to play for Barcelona, and
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 501 8 World’s most expensive forward line on display in European curtain-raiser UEFA SUPER CUP REAL MADRID v SEVILLA (Tomorrow, 2.45am, SingTel mio TV Ch 111) Reuters European champions Real Madrid are expected to field the world’s most expensive strike force including local Welsh hero Gareth
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      • 154 18 / 19 AFP South Korea’s Lee Mi Rim birdied the second play-off hole to beat former world No. 1 Park In Bee yesterday morning (Singapore time), winning her first LPGA title in the inaugural Meijer Classic. The 23-year-old Lee fired a twounder final-round 69 to finish
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      • 713 18 / 19  -  After a poor MSL campaign, Fandi says his men will do better in the Malaysia Cup Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Redemption work is about to kick off for the LionsXII. After a disappointing Malaysian Super League (MSL) campaign, which saw the Singapore side
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      • 155 18 / 19 Reuters A thrilling battle between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte highlighted the final day of the US National Championships, though fans were denied the chance to see if Katie Ledecky could deliver another world record-breaking performance. Lochte held off a fast-finishing Phelps to win the 200m individual
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      • 379 18 / 19  -  Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg The proposal for the inaugural Asean Super League (ASL) has been sent to Fifa, but until the world governing body understands the plan and approves it, organisers the Asean Football Federation (AFF) cannot kick off the competition. Football Association
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      • ON TV
        • 83 18 / 19 UEFA SUPER CUP Tomorrow: REAL MADRID v SEVILLA SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 2.45am GERMAN SUPER CUP Tomorrow: BORUSSIA DORTMUND v BAYERN MUNICH StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 11.55pm MALAYSIA CUP Tomorrow: LIONSXII v FELDA UNITED StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 7.30pm Thursday: PERAK
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        • 43 18 / 19 ATP WESTERN SOUTHERN OPEN Today: StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11pm Tomorrow: StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7am 11pm WTA WESTERN SOUTHERN OPEN Friday: QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports 3), 1am
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        • 57 18 / 19 FIJI INTERNATIONAL Thursday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 8am MADE IN DENMARK Thursday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 5.30pm 9.30pm WEGMANS LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP Friday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 12.30am WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP Friday: DAY 1
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        • 19 18 / 19 ASEAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE Friday: WESTPORTS MALAYSIA DRAGONS v SINGAPORE SLINGERS StarHub TV Ch 205 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 8pm
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      • 572 20  -  FAS president says Asian Games appeal on the way to SNOC; believes youngsters will gain much in Korea Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has made its stance clear all athletes need to meet the criteria to be nominated for
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    • racing
      • SINGAPORE RACES
        • 849 9 FRIDAY SG3 1800m Causeway Classic Stakes *****5 Lizarre 59.5 (109) (8safg P Shaw-Emma) 15-198 Goliath 56.5 (95) (5nzg S Burridge-Jupiter) 132-56 Supernova 55 (93) (6nzg RB Marsh-Tudor Lodge Racing) 1707-7 Dujardin 53.5 (89) (7nzg L Laxon-Oscar Racing) *****4 Street Legal 53.5 (89) (9ag
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        • 1100 9 SUNDAY OB 83 (LC) 1400m 425---Lord Brompton 57 (76) (6ag C Brown-Barree) *****7 Tiger Master 56.5 (75) (5ag S Yeoh-Master) Quechua 56 (74) (4argg P Shaw-Avengers) 83-56-Touch Of Gold 55 (72) (6nzg HW Tan-Oasis) 3-1841 Bogart 54.5 (71) (4nzg M Freedman-Mummify) *****3 Smileswithhiseyes
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      • 190 10 / 11 Three riders jockeys TH Koh, M Zaki and apprentice Z Zuriman have been suspended for careless riding. Koh received two race days over his handling of LET’S SCREAM NOW in Race 2 on July 25. He permitted his mount to shift inwards passing the
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      • 573 10 / 11 Old warhorse HAMMER DOWN turned back the clock with a vintage performance to win the $100,000 Open Benchmark 83 race over 1,200m on the Polytrack at Kranji on Sunday. Ridden by jockey Lisa Allpress, the seven-year-old son of O’Reilly beat Astrostar (Ivaldo Santana) by one
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      • 215 10 / 11 Jockey Oscar Chavez was questioned regarding Sunday’s Race 6 beaten favourite PERFECT CHALLENGER. Chavez (right) said that after jumping from the inside barrier with the slow early pace, he found himself in a position on the rails and unable to improve as he would have
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      • 609 10 / 11 RACE 1 SO PERFECT: Jumped awkwardly outwards; bumped. FAMOUS N FAST: Bumped heavily. NORTHERN CAT: Bumped heavily and unbalanced; made contact. MISCHEF LOVE US: Made contact; carried inwards; raced keenly; steadied. SPANISH TRAIN: Carried inwards. ALWAYS A WINNER: Raced wide. STREET RUFFIAN: Raced wide; inconvenienced;
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      • 551 12 Before Hammer Down’s breakthrough last Sunday, trainer Steven Burridge’s CODIGO also broke a two-year drought two days earlier. Hammer Down, who last won in May 2012, came from the clouds to score a big upset in the day’s main event (see story on Page S10). After
        TNP PHOTO: JEREMY LONG  -  551 words
      • 268 12 Jockey David Flores has been warned by the Singapore Turf club stewards to ride in a manner so as not to arouse query. This was after the inquiry into the run of SATELLITE KING, who finished fourth to Cash Advance in Race 8 on June 20.
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    • YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
      • 456 13 Move due to safety fears at Youth Olympics in China AFP Japanese athletes at this month’s Youth Olympics in the Chinese city of Nanjing have been warned not to wear their official tracksuits around town due to safety fears, local media have reported.
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    • TENNIS
      • 225 14 AFP Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska toppled former world No. 1 Venus Williams in straight sets yesterday morning (Singapore time) at the WTA Montreal tournament to clinch her first title of the season. Poland’s Radwanska, 25, rolled to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over the American in
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      • 477 14 Frenc man beats Federer in tough final, looks to end season on a high AFP Two years after injuring himself at the same event in a freak collision with a fire hydrant, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lifted the Toronto Masters title with a win over Roger Federer. French
        AFP; PHOTO: AFP  -  477 words
    • GOLF
      • 799 16 / 17 After bagging his fourth Major, Mcilroy takes over the torch from Tiger AFP It isn’t every day that you watch somebody win a Claret Jug in July and a Wanamaker Trophy in August. It isn’t every day that you see a guy win his fourth career
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      • 683 16 / 17 Reuters Rickie Fowler achieved the rare feat of top-five finishes at all four majors this year, but his tie for third at the US PGA Championship was the one that stung the most. The 25-year-old Californian (below), who has won just once on the
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