The New Paper, 24 September 2014

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    17 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI (P) 088/01/2014
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      143 1 2014 SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN SPORTS REDESIGN NEWS-BREAKING PHOTO FEATURE DESIGN PAGES CABBY ATTACKED BY BURLY CAUCASIAN It felt like a bear was sitting on me›5 Why The Beatles still matter ›30 CAREERS SPECIAL Upgrade your skills ›17 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 2014 WOMAN ACCUSED
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      Lock icon She uses ‘last wish’ as last resort
      778 2 / 3  -  Woman stabbed by lesbian lover in Geylang hotel tries to escape Reports by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg The lesbian lovers had a tempestuous relationship that was littered with quarrels and violent fights. In July 2012, after a year together, one of them, Giselle Shi
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      Lock icon Pair had violent history
      279 2 / 3 When cross-examined by defence lawyer Jayakumar Naidu yesterday, Miss Ummul Qurratu ‘Ain Abdul Rahman admitted to hitting Giselle Shi Jia Wei three times during their relationship. ARAB STREET BAR When the couple went to a bar in the Arab Street area, it happened to be Miss
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      Lock icon Cracks started appearing three months into relationship
      256 2 / 3 Freelance musician Ummul Qurratu ‘Ain Abdul Rahman and Giselle Shi Jia Wei became a couple in July 2011. Testifying in court yesterday, Miss Ummul said they were happy for about three months before cracks started appearing. They had their first major argument after
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      Lock icon NTU tops list of young universities
      133 4 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been ranked No.1 on the latest Quacquarelli Symonds list of the world’s top 50 universities established in the last 50 years. It is the only Singapore institution on the list, and made it to the top spot based on
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      Lock icon Check out library books with new app
      109 4 The National Library yesterday launched NLB Mobile, an app that allows users to scan the barcodes of books and borrow them on the spot without having to check them out at borrowing stations. When a book is scanned and checked out using the
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      Lock icon MOE to simplify some processes
      381 4 Lightening teachers’ loads Schools will take steps to simplify programmes and activities, to improve processes and relieve teachers of some administrative work. This means there will be “more time and space for our teachers to do things better, and to do better things; and to
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      Lock icon New attraction at SEA Aquarium
      98 4 This largetooth sawfish is the latest attraction at the SEA Aquarium at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). It is from the Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville, Australia, which wanted to re-house it because of size limitations. The species is listed as critically endangered, RWS said. “By
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      Lock icon Inflation rate down last month
      155 4 The inflation rate fell last month, mainly reflecting a sharper decline in private road transport cost and a more moderate increase in services fees. Singapore’s consumer price index rose just 0.9 per cent in August, down from 1.2 per cent the previous month, the Statistics
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      Lock icon All households to receive free postage stamps
      184 4 All households will receive free stamps from Singapore Post by Oct 1. SingPost started delivering the stamps to 1.4 million households yesterday. Each will get a booklet containing six local stamps, reported The Straits Times. Free stamps will also go to over 130
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      Lock icon ‘He sat on my back and choked me’
      711 5  -  Cabby hurt after attack by 1.8m tall Caucasian man Report by MELODY NG melodyng@sph.com.sg His attacker sat on his back and squeezed his neck while hurling vulgarities at him. Face down on a road, cabby Chan frantically shouted for help. Luckily, five
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      Lock icon OTHER CLUB CHANGES
      176 6 MARCH 2015 One of Singapore’s hottest nightclubs, The Butter Factory, will shut its doors after its lease expires in March next year after six years at one Fullerton. The decision was made after the owners were unable to come to an agreement with the landlord on rent.
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      Lock icon The Vault moves to Orchard Road
      504 6  -  Third home for the lounge will be near Liat Towers Report by ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg Upscale bistro lounge The Vault moved out of its premises on Circular Road last weekend to make way for an Italian restaurant that will open by November. But it
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      260 7 ON TNP fACEBOOk On e-scooters not being allowed on pavements and park connectors Matthew Yang Unless they have a dedicated lane, electric scooters probably present a danger to pedestrians on the walkway. They are too slow to be on the road with other vehicles and most likely too
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    • CITY HARVEST CHURCH LEADERS TRIAL
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        795 8  -  Report by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg You are making excuses, wilfully misinterpreting evidence and being untruthful. This was what the prosecution told City Harvest Church (CHC) finance manager Sharon Tan yesterday. Chief Prosecutor Mavis Chionh asserted that Tan was trying to disassociate herself from what had been
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      Lock icon Pee power
      408 9  -  Students come up with apparatus to generate electricity with human urine Report by MELODY NG melodyng@sph.com.sg Human urine may soon be used to power homes. Three teenagers came up with an apparatus that generates electricity with the help of human urine. The Secondary 3 boys Karan Bhatia, Prashasth
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      Lock icon Air New Zealand returning to Changi
      134 9 Air New Zealand, which pulled out of Singapore in 2006, will resume flights to Changi Airport in January, as part of a tie-up with Singapore Airlines (SIA). The partnership will be effective from Jan 6. Under the pact, Singapore- Auckland flights will increase to
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      Lock icon Geylang food to die for?
      726 10 / 11  -  Diners, owners of roadside eateries left jittery after series of crashes Report by COLIN THAM, SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB tnp@sph.com.sg Roadside dining is big in Geylang. But is it at risk of disappearing when cars and trucks plough into coffee shops, threatening the safety of patrons? What
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      Lock icon Guidelines for outdoor dining
      128 10 / 11  -  Shaffiq Alkhatib TNP reported in May that under the Street Works Act, shop owners have to keep five-foot ways, public walkways and public streets clear, so as not to impede the movement of pedestrians. It is understood that the maximum fine under the act is $2,000.
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      Lock icon Spate of crashes
      273 10 / 11 SEPT19 Four people were taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a row of tables and chairs at the Geylang Lor 9 Fresh Frog Porridge coffee shop at about 11pm. The three diners including a man in his 60s who was dragged for about 3m and
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      Lock icon BY THE NUMBERS
      38 12 $31 billion The fortune of Mr Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, after the largest stock offer in history. He is now China’s richest person, an annual wealth ranking for the country showed yesterday.
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      Lock icon White tiger kills youth at Indian zoo
      281 12 A white tiger attacked and killed a youth who appeared to have jumped or fallen into its enclosure at a zoo in the Indian capital yesterday, witnesses said. The tiger grabbed the youth by the neck after he entered the enclosure at the
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      Lock icon Residents: Closures not fair
      459 12 Indonesian authorities order shutdown of red-light areas in Sumatra After shutting down the popular Surabaya red-light district Gang Dolly in June, authorities have ordered two red-light districts in Sumatra, in western Indonesia, to close by next month. The decision comes despite strong protest from local residents,
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      Lock icon US hits ISIS & another terror group
      119 13 US hits ISIS another terror group US forces who bombed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria also targeted a separate extremist group plotting an imminent attack against US and Western forces, the Pentagon said yesterday. Arab allies Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab
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      Lock icon Farmers attack Fujian shipyard
      299 13 Yard blamed for polluting water, killing abalone harvest A shipyard in China’s south-east has suspended operations after at least 500 farmers stormed the yard and smashed its offices, a shipyard official said. The farmers reportedly blame water pollution from the yard for killing their abalone harvest.
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      Lock icon Train delays on North-South line
      163 14  - Train delays on NorthSouth line Zul Othman Train services from Marina Bay towards Newton on the NorthSouth line were suspended after a delay last night, SMRT said on its Facebook page. To help passengers caught in the delay, free bus bridging services were made available between Marina Bay and Newton
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      Lock icon Speeding, drug led to crash
      518 14  -  Choa Chu Kang Way accident inquiry Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg A changing amber traffic light, a speeding taxi and a motorcyclist who had taken sleeping pills. All three factors contributed to a horrific accident one week before Valentine’s Day on Feb 7 at around
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      Lock icon Healing crawlies
      613 15  -  Maggot ther py is a tried-and-tested m thod used on wounds that have trouble healing Reports by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg The first thing he thought of when he heard the words “maggot therapy” was an image of a corpse with festering wounds. Retiree Velusamy Odiathavar, 60, admitted
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      387 15 Maggot therapy is usually a last resort for people who have difficulty healing their wounds. If left untreated, an infected open lesion could result in an amputation to stop the infection from spreading, podiatrists told the new paper. The role of these microsurgeons, which
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      Lock icon Driver forced to apologise on TV
      457 16 Outrage online after dog is dragged by car He wanted to get rid of his watchdog. So he tied it to the back of a car with a chain and dragged it along a road in Shantou, south China’s Guangdong province. Passing motorists who
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      Lock icon Student activists mob HK leader
      126 16 Hong Kong students mobbed the city’s leader yesterday in angry scenes as they took their anti-Beijing strike to government headquarters. More than 1,000 protested against China’s refusal to grant full democracy, AFP reported. About 13,000 university students had massed at a campus in the north
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      135 7 THE NEW PAPER Wednesday, September 24 2014 usic ovies akan Strawberry Fields forever Man, it’s Oscar season already? It is the time of the year when Hollywood puts up its Oscarworthy movies Page34 Hunger to sing 50 years on, The Beatles remain the greatest and most beloved band in the
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      6 9 Widening price gap for home upgraders
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      175 13 0 GET CENTRE SSI Social Service Institute The NCSS Human Capital Development Arm The Social Service Institute \N I've found thatthe assessment in my diploma programme is very helpful to assess my understanding and knowledge retention. I believe such approach is important to ensure our readiness and competency to serve
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      28 14 O" WE ARE O IT’SPRIZES HEAVEN O At m facebook.com/omyfan www.omy.sg Get lucky with our mega celebratory GIVEAWAYS S.tt.t POTHER facebook.com/omyShowbiz n twitter.com/omySG New giveaways every week! instagram.com/omysg
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      195 16 SALAD CHOWDOWN The challenge is here! How much salad can you eat in the fastest time possible? SIGN UP NOW! $500 cash, $300 Seasonal Salad Bar vouchers, and 1-year subscription of Berita Marian! PLUS $300 Seasonal Salad Bar vouchers Berita Harlan subscriptions for all finalists. Berita Harian SEASONAL SALAD BAR
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  • career scope
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      Lock icon Sharing his skills with next generation
      768 18 Senior airport fire officer mentors younger colleague Their working relationship is crucial that of a veteran sharing his vast experience with his younger charge. Senior Fire Warrant Officer Chia Hang Piow, a 35year veteran of Changi Airport Group’s Airport Emergency Service (AES), mentors Fire
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      Lock icon Marching to the beat of her drum
      781 20 Officer loves working for Certis Cisco She is known as a diligent auxiliary police officer (APO). But when she is out of her uniform Woman Lance Corporal Tan Zet See, 21, shows another side. Miss Tan, who has been an APO with Certis
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      Lock icon Curiosity in cranes helps him to new heights
      842 22 PSA career gives him chance to climb skills ladder For Container Equipment Specialist (Quay Crane) Nelson Tan, PSA Singapore Terminals (PSA ST) is more than just an employer. Mr Tan, 38, said: “Working here is like coming home to a family of
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      Lock icon Career in security is dream come true
      488 24 Aetos auxiliary police officer feels that job is meaningful and gives him financial stability His career choice has given him not only a job, but also a chance to further his education. Mr Tony Tan Wee Siong, now a trainee auxiliary police officer
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      144 19 Exceptional People, Her safety is our priority. Make a difference when the unexpected happens. We always set the bar high at Changi Airport Group. Especially when it concerns the safety of our passengers. That’s why we are constantly looking for people with a passion to serve and a dedication to
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      95 27 SEPTEMBER 24 2014 Yeah, yeah, yeah! Mor th n 50 years on, w find out w y t e world continues to love the Fab Four 30 usic ovies NOM NOM NOM It’s Oscarbait season! Who will wow? 34 akan ALL EYES ON HIM Local teen singer on Black Eyed
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  • M MOVIES MUSIC MAKAN
    • In a Minute
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        Lock icon AZALEA, GOULDING LEND VOICE TO SPY FILM
        105 28 Iggy Azalea (right) will have a collaboration with British pop star Ellie Goulding coming out soon, and fans can get a taste of it in the trail- er for the spy movie Kingsman: The Se- cret Service. The Aussie rapper, 25, who last
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        Lock icon SINGER SIGNS DEAL TO DIRECT NEXT X-MEN MOVIE
        89 28 Director Bryan Singer will return to the X-Men franchise. Entertainment Weekly reported that Singer has closed a deal to direct the latest instalment in the Marvel mutant series, X-Men: Apocalypse, now that the sexual abuse charges by former actor Michael Egan were
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        Lock icon DAMON TO FINALLY CLIMB GREAT WALL
        79 28 Matt Damon plans to scale the Great Wall with Zhang Yimou. According to Deadline, Damon, 43, is keen to join Zhang’s epic The Great Wall, which reveals the mystery behind why the Great Wall was built and the secrets hidden beneath its stones. Damon
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        Lock icon SPEARS’ UNRELEASED SONGS LEAKED
        92 28 Britney Spears, the newlyminted lingerie designer, is the target of a leak. No, not that kind. Two unreleased songs that were slated to be on her recent album Britney Jean were leaked online. The two untitled tracks, uploaded on SoundCloud by an anonymous user, were done
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    • Music
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        Lock icon JAZZ BROTHERS
        886 29  -  Report by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg One is something of a Singaporean jazz legend. The other is an equally renowned Italian jazz organ player. But no cultural differences stand in the way of Jeremy Monteiro and Alberto Marsico. Conversation flows easily between Monteiro, 54, and Marsico, 48,
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        234 30 / 31  -  Tan Kee Yun MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK SILENT TIMES The first thing that struck me about this new single by Danish soft-rock balladeers Michael Learns To Rock (MLTR) is just how extremely un-MLTR it sounds. MLTR gained a huge following in Asia because of their schmaltzy, karaoke-friendly tunes.
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        Lock icon Strawberry Fields FOREVER
        936 30 / 31 50 years on, The Beatles remain the greatest and most beloved band in the world Reports by TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg You could argue that The Beatles were not the biggest band on the planet, but you’d lose. The Liverpudlian four-piece John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
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        Lock icon Big shoes to fill
        417 30 / 31 Emanuele Angeletti has the dream job of many Beatles fanatics. The 39-year-old former Italian X-Factor contestant plays Sir Paul McCartney in The Beatles musical Let It Be, which will start its week-long run at the Resorts World Sentosa next Wednesday “I’ve been with Let It Be
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        443 32  -  Our resident Kiss92 DJ/journo is giddy over the recently unearthed duet from the King Of Pop and Queen’s immortal frontman KISS TELL JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Music fans got a wonderful surprise this week. No, don’t worry, there isn’t another U2 album lurking in your iPhone neither Apple nor
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    • Movies
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        Lock icon SHE’S NO ZOMBIE FAN GIRL
        614 33  -  HK actress-singer Josie Ho snags role in Hollywood horror flick Report by TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg A little effort can go a long way. That was how Hong Kong actress-sing-er Josie Ho snagged her role in Hollywood zombie flick Open Grave on the strength of
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        Lock icon PASS THE POPCORN
        52 34 / 35 Other films worth checking out in the coming months Fury (Oct 22) Horns (Oct 30) Big Hero 6 (Nov 13) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Nov 20) Horrible Bosses 2 (Nov 27) Exodus: Gods And Kings (Dec 11) The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
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        Lock icon Man, IT'S OSCAR SEASON ALREADY?
        959 34 / 35  -  It is the time of the year when Hollywood puts up its Oscar-worthy movies Report by JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg The sunshine of summer is over for Hollywood. We’re now entering the sombre, stuffy fall-movie period otherwise known as “Oscar-bait” season. Time to set aside eye-boggling
        PHOTOS: UIP, WARNER BROS. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX, SHAW ORGANISATION, SONY PICTURES CLASSIC, CATHAY-KERIS FILMS, WALT DISNEY PICTURES, GOLDEN VILLAGE PICTURES, PROTOZOA FILMS, UNIVERSAL PICTURES  -  959 words
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        Lock icon TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
        594 36  -  In his new film the Equalizer, Denzel Washington kicks major butt. Not really a big surprise as that’s what he’s been doing since forever Report by JASON JOHNSON No one takes care of business quite like Denzel Washington. On-screen, he does an exemplary job of sorting
        PHOTOS: GOLDEN VILLAGE PICTURES, 20TH CENTURY FOX, SONY PICTURES, SCOTT FREE PRODUCTIONS, STARHUB  -  594 words
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        Lock icon The Equalizer
        552 37  -  MOVIE DATE JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg MARS What a violent movie! I don’t know what it is about Washington, but he often ends up doing horrible things to dudes in his flicks. The dudes are invariably scumbags, but even then... What’s Washington’s deal? The Equalizer is
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        83 37 IF A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS, THEN WHAT DO SOME MOVIE POSTERS TELL US? INTO THE WOODS What It Looks Like: Meryl Streep plays herself in this chilling biopic about her secret life as an evil witch. Streep, who is best known for her masterful acting, spends
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      • Movie picks
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          Lock icon THE PURGE: ANARCHY (NC16)
          136 37  -  Joanne Soh The thought of having crime legalised, even for a night, is chilling. The real-world news reports show just how horrific such an idea is. Here’s a straight slasher flick where all kinds of bad stuff is celebrated. Set in a futuristic US, citizens are
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          Lock icon LUPIN THE THIRD (TBA)
          130 37  -  Jason Johnson This one’s pretty fun. Master thief Lupin is very big in Japan, with a franchise dating back to the 60s. Lupin is often represented as a cartoon character in manga and anime. This is just the second live-action Lupin project. Shun Oguri plays the
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          Lock icon THE BABADOOK (NC16)
          131 37  -  Jason Johnson I have no idea how or why movies like this even exist in the world. How could film-mak-ers dedicate months and years of their lives to such a miserable undertaking? It’s just... yeesh! The talented Aussie actress Essie Davis stars as Amelia, a mild-mannered widow
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        Lock icon KENSHIN CASHING IN
        480 38  -  Report by JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg It is fun keeping track of boxoffice numbers. Even those of us who know less than nothing about the movie business or any business think we can gauge a movie’s success or failure on a cursory glance at its opening weekend earnings.
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    • Makan
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        Lock icon CHEAP FIX
        490 39  -  WEETS EATS If you need a hipster food in Balestier, Fix is it YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg One of the successes of the local hipster cafe scene is Grub at Bishan Park. And now, the group behind Grub, Cookyn Inc, has landed another unlikely location to open Fix,
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        147 39 EAT FOR CHARITY Eat for charity until Oct 26 at Toast Box. Thirty cents from the sale of the curry chicken set ($7.10, with a glass of iced honey lemon, homemade barley with lemon or homemade barley) and the multigrain traditional toast set ($5.10) will go to Able
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        Lock icon OCTOBER FOOD FESTS
        437 40 / 41  -  Report by YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg We are a nation of food fanatics. Even with the incredible range of food available here, we’d gladly welcome anyone bringing something new to the table. Next month sees three food festivals, which offer new gastronomic experiences or reintroduce beloved classics.
        PHOTOS: RESTAURANT WEEK, SINGAPORE TEOCHEW FESTIVAL, WINE FIESTA  -  437 words
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        Lock icon HUNGER TO SING
        620 42  -  Celebrity Chow with teen singing sensation Miguel Antonio Vedanaigam Report by TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg Singapore-based Miguel Antonio Vedanaigam is one of local pop music’s fastest rising stars, thanks to his daring choice of songs to cover. The 13-year-old singing sensation’s repertoire includes emotional piano-based pieces by
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      105 28 giveAWAy Win tHe pRince movie ticKets We are giving away 10 pairs of The Prince movie tickets, courtesy of Shaw Organisation. Korean actor Rain teams up with Hollywood big brother Bruce Willis in this gangster thriller film directed by Brian A Miller. Rated NC16, The Prince also stars Jason Patric
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      242 28 ore videos KITCHEN ADVENTURES Local teen singing sensation Miguel Antonio Vedanaigam trying to make his own roti prata and pizza fAB fouR RAge on It’s been 50 years, but The Beatles are still the greatest and most beloved band on the planet gold seeKeRs Can Benedict Cumberbatch attain Oscar gold
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      148 29 WANT VIDEO? Download our new app at tnp.sg/app GIVEAWAY WIN TIcKETS TO JEREMY MONTEIRO ALBERTO MARSIcO WITH THE JAzz-BLUES BROTHERS SHOW Experience the music of Singapore’s jazz great Jeremy Monteiro and famed Italian organ player Alberto Marsico when they perform songs off their new album, Jazz-Blues Brothers, in a two-night
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      228 32 OV.E the new paper 7EATS OF PREVIEW TICKETS MOVIE PREMIUMS MUST RF «m«! ESIIinSQ ■nd V H all 'h: ft ift H M RUROUNIKENSHIN THE LEGEND ENDS IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 9 Rating: To Be Advised RUROUNI KENSHIN: THE LEGEND ENDS continues from KYOTO desperate attempt to overthrow theigovernment c Laminating'inf
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      80 36 GIVEAWAY WIN THE EQUALIZER MOVIE TICKETS There are 10 pairs of The Equalizer movie tickets to be won, courtesy of Golden Village Pictures. The M18-rated movie starring Denzel Washington opens here tomorrow. TO WIN, answer this question: Name the lead actor in The Equalizer 1. Marton Csokas 2. Denzel Washington
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    • 17th Asian Games INCHEON 2014
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        Lock icon NO PAIN, NO GAIN
        711 2 / 3  -  Wushu exponent Yan Ni clinches bronze despite toe injury Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg She has had a right toe injury for three months now, which worsened to the point that it is developing into a bone spur. After completing her changquan routine yesterday at
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        301 2 / 3 Reuters Australia has welcomed the idea of possibly competing at the Asian Games, after Asian Olympic officials agreed to let Oceania nations join them in smaller multisports events. While there are no firm plans as yet to allow Oceania countries to compete at the main
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        Lock icon TAJIK FOOTBALLER FAILS DRUG TEST
        141 2 / 3 AFP A Tajikistan footballer has become the first drug failure at the Asian Games and will be kicked out of the event. The player was not identified but details were due to be announced soon. “It’s a confirmed case,” a source told AFP. Tajikistan’s men’s
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        Lock icon TAO LI: I’LL BE BACK
        617 4 / 5  -  singapore swim star wants one more shot at asiad’s butterf ly sprint gold SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM INCHEON Tao Li paused and a sheepish smile flashed across her face but for only a second. “In Asia, I may be the most explosive swimmer no
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        Lock icon Japan’s champion is a boy next door
        615 4 / 5  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Armed with video cameras, notebooks and pens, even smartphones stuck on the end of selfie-sticks, the mob descended on Park Tae Hwan after the morning heats of the Asian Games swimming competition yesterday. And it comes as little surprise, the competition
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        Lock icon Qatar’s outclassed lifter ‘not here for holiday’
        249 6 / 7 AFP Qatar gained a unique record at the weightlifting arena yesterday when Essa Saleh Al Buainain completed the lightest sequence of lifts in the Asian Games male or female. It prompted one official watching the men’s 77kg Group B event to say: “I
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        Lock icon Hosts stun mighty China for badminton team gold
        169 6 / 7 AFP Veteran comeback kid Lee Hyun Il sealed victory as South Korea downed badminton giants China yesterday to take gold in a thrilling five-match men’s team final. China’s world champion Chen Long fell to a storming performance by Son Wan Ho in
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        Lock icon S'PORE FALL SHORT
        605 6 / 7  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM INCHEON GROUP A BANGLADESH 2 SINGAPORE 1 Waving the Singapore flag in the stands at the Seonhak Stadium, a group of South Korean schoolchildren lent their voices to the team’s cause out on the blue hockey pitch. Their chanting got louder and
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        Lock icon Remy: Men’s bowlers affected by nerves
        497 6 / 7  -  Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg They were not tipped as medal hopefuls, given their inexperience at the continental level especially when compared to their more illustrious female compatriots. But, even considering that, the men’s bowlers underperformed yesterday in the men’s singles, the Asian
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        Lock icon S’POREANS IN ACTION
        421 6 / 7 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS (Selected) BOWLING l Men’s singles: Justin Lim (38th, 1,183 pins), Ng Chiew Pang (40th, 1,183), Muhammad Jaris Goh (43rd, 1,180), Keith Saw (44th, 1,176), Joel Tan (69th, 1,115) EQUESTRIAN l Dressage Individual Intermediate: Carolina Rosanna Chew (13th, 66.950) FENCING l Men’s epee team (Round of
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        Lock icon THERE'S NO STOPPING DAVID
        798 24 Wire Services Like all dominant athletes, Asian Games squash champion Nicol David really hates to lose. And, while her sport failed with its bid to get onto the 2020 Tokyo Olympic programme, the Malaysian is not giving up that easily. David beat compatriot Low Wee Wern
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        Lock icon FOWLER CUTS A DASH WITH ‘USA’ HAIRSTYLE
        289 8 / 9 Wire Services Rickie Fowler has a new “USA” haircut and his Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson thinks it’s terrific. The 25-year-old Fowler, who is making his second appearance in the biennial team event this week, raised a few eyebrows when he showed off
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        Lock icon 'PUT TEAM AHEAD OF EGO' SAYS TOP DOC
        691 8 / 9 'PUT TEAM AHEAD OF EGO SAYS TOP DOC Psychologist Rotella is convinced that the pride and joy of representing one’s country or continent are lost if the team lose Reuters The 24 players in this week’s Ryder Cup must leave their egos at the front gate and focus on the
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        Lock icon FERGIE HELPS TEAM EUROPE
        229 8 / 9 AFP Europe’s Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley, has called on retired Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to give a motivational speech to his team ahead of the weekend showdown with the United States at Gleneagles. The Irishman said that he had intended to keep the
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        573 16 / 17  -  Lim bags hole-in-one in qualifier for World Golfers Championship Finals in South Africa Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg The odds of an amateur golfer registering a hole-in-one is said to be 12,750 to one. Yet, there was an ace in the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH)
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        Lock icon IT’LL PAY TO WATCH RAPPOR
        1207 10 / 11  -  KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS Report by BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg RAPPOR, with two wins from 12 starts, is coming back into form and is worth watching when he next faces the starter. The ghostly grey gelding from Theo Kieser’s yard caught the eye when he narrowly lost
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        Lock icon TAFFETAS GRINDS AWAY FOR TREBLE
        992 10 / 11  -  KRANJI TRACKWORK Report by BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg Two wins in the bag and gunning for a hat-trick. That will be TAFFETAS’s mission when she lines up in Sunday’s Class 3 event over the 1,400m. Will it be “mission accomplished”? We don’t see why not especially
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        Lock icon IPOH TRACKWORK
        318 10 / 11 NST WORKOUTS BY HORSES ENTERED FOR SUNDAY Cosmo C 1,200m: Carbon Copy canter/39.9. Iwa Antilia (Tham) 39.5. Hohoho trotted one round and then went better than El Comandante and Audacious in 44.8. K-Pop (Amirul) 45, unextended. Luxurious Choice trot/38.1. Big Lightning canter/40.2. Horizon Lad trot/39.8. Dawn Prospect trot/37.5,
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      • HONG KONG RACES
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          Lock icon GREAT SKY GOING GREAT GUNS
          1305 12 / 13 COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB Race 1 (1,000m) COSMO ONE (12) is still a maiden after 31 starts and is unknown over this trip but had five placings from 13 starts last term and has proven form off the
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          Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
          1069 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Race 1 cLaSS 5 TURF—1000m TIME 7:15 Stakes: HK$575,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 GLORY HORSIE D CRUZ C Y LUI 133 10 2 ISLAND SPRING P O’SULLIVAN K C LEUNG 133 13 3 YEUNG SING K
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      • SOUTH AFRICA RACES
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          Lock icon TRUE ASSET could be a good launch pad
          462 12 / 13 DURBANVILLE PREVIEWS RACE 1 (1,300M) Of the raced runners (10) TRUE ASSET looks a livewire. She was rested after showing good improvement last start and, if wound up, can feature in this. Drawn Gate No. 1 is also a plus. (2) HILARIA
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          Lock icon TODAY’S SOUTH AFRICA (DURBANVILLE) RACE CARD
          519 12 / 13 7:05 Race 1 maiden Plate 1300m 1 GOLDANDSILVER G Cheyne (2) 58 2 HILARIA C Puller (7) 58 3 FLAIR FACTOR J Smitsdorff (3) 58 4 ALEXIS C Orffer (5) 58 5 ASIA G Niekerk (9) 58 6 LADY MING M Byleveld (8) 58
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        Lock icon BACK TO ABILENE TO WIN RACE 6
        1362 14 / 15 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 BENDINGO (1,400M) 7 TELOPEA (1:0-0-0): Sent for a long break after long odds and well beaten at debut in France for 10th 1,600m Fr Saint Cloud 2yoF Mdn slow trk Sept 27. Didn’t show
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        Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (BENDIGO/BELMONT) RACE CARD
        1335 14 / 15 12:10 Race 1 BENDIGO—1400M 1 BARBARESCO DAMIAN LANE (11) 58.5 2 CHARCOAL LANE B HIGGINS (1) 58.5 3 DIGGERS REBELLION CHRIS SYMONS (5) 58.5 4 EMCEEDIAMOND JACK HILL (6) 58.5 5 WINDFLEET M RODD (3) 58.5 6 CHANGE OF PACE DAMIEN THORNTON (12) 56.5 7
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        Lock icon Europe Racing Race Card 24-9-2014
        1329 14 / 15 Next Europe Meeting Friday 3rd October 2014 Wednesday EUROPE 8:45 PM Redcar 1 CLASS 5 £4,500 MAIDEN STAKES 1400m No Form Name 1 7 2 3 82 4 6 5 93 6 5 7 33 8 9 10 11 *****4 12 98 Happy As Harry
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    • TENNIS
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        Lock icon Sickness sidelines Serena
        483 16 / 17 Williams has to be helped off the court in Wuhan AFP Top seed Serena Williams had to be helped from the court as she retired ill during her first set at the inaugural Wuhan Open in China yesterday. The world No. 1 had her temperature and blood
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        Lock icon Toni Nadal puzzled by Davis Cup captain pick
        173 16 / 17 Reuters Toni Nadal has given a lukewarm response to the decision by the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) to appoint former women’s Tour player Gala Leon as Spain’s new Davis Cup captain. The RFET handed the 40-year-old Leon responsibility for the country’s Davis
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    • FOOTBALL
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        589 18  -  O’Donovan’s equaliser gives coach Steve Kean confidence heading into semi-final second leg Report by HAIQAL SARI haiqals@sph.com.sg RHB SINGAPORE CUP SEMI-FINALS, FIRST LEG HOME UNITED 1 (Lee Kwan Woo 36-pen) DPMM1 (Roy O’Donovan 75) His team are the reigning League Cup champions and table-toppers in the S.League.
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        146 19 Reuters Qatar remained adamant it would host the 2022 World Cup, despite a Fifa executive committee member suggesting on Monday that the tournament would have to move because of scorching temperatures. “The only question now is when, not if,” Qatar 2022 communications director
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        599 19  -  Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg As the Singapore Sports Hub braces itself for a Blue Samurai invasion on Oct 14, when Japan take on Brazil at the National Stadium, one thing is almost certain. Football fans here are set for a dose of Kagawa-mania.
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        135 20 Reuters Valencia continued their solid start in La Liga and climbed to second when recent Spain recruit Paco Alcacer set them on their way to a 3-0 win at Getafe yesterday morning (Singapore time). Forward Alcacer, who scored on his competitive Spain debut in
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        813 20  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg Peter Lim was once keen on buying Manchester United for real. Whether or not he now has a 50 per cent stake in the next best thing is up for debate, but he does at least sit on a board
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        142 21 Pa Sport Rio Ferdinand has emerged as a surprise possible choice to be the Football Association’s candidate for Britain’s Fifa vice-presidential position. The FA is drawing up a list of potential contenders after FA vicechairman David Gill, the Manchester United director, ruled himself out.
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        809 21  -  TV revenue allows more cash for all clubs, so more upsets on the cards in English game NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg THE English Premier League just might be the best league in the world because it no longer boasts the best players. A
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        1130 22 / 23  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK It is clear that something has gone wrong with the loan system. What was intended to be an emergency loophole for struggling clubs and became a convenient way to offer a lower league “finishing school “for young
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          115 22 / 23 LALIGA Tomorrow: RAYO VALLECANO v ATHLETIC BILBAO StarHub TV Ch 208, SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 1.55am ALMERIA v ATLETICO MADRID StarHub TV Ch 209, SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (FOX Sports 2), 1.55am SEVILLA v REAL SOCIEDAD StarHub TV Ch 208, SingTel mio TV Ch 114
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          20 22 / 23 ASEAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE Today: SINGAPORE SLINGERS v LASKAR DREYA SOUTH SUMATRA StarHub TV Ch 205 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 8pm
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          30 22 / 23 WTA WUHAN OPEN Tomorrow: QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203/205 (SuperSports 3/SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 6pm ATP MALAYSIA OPEN Friday: QUARTER-FINALS 1 2 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 6.30pm 8.30pm
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          23 22 / 23 RYDER CUP Tomorrow: OPENING CEREMONY StarHub TV Ch 204 (Golf Channel), 11pm Friday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (Golf Channel), 2.30pm
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