The New Paper, 21 December 2014

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1 20 The New Paper
  • 18 1 the new paper sunday DECEMBER 21 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MCI(P)138/12/2014 80 CENTS MCI(P)138/12/2014
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    • 61 1 DECEmbEr 21 2014 EX-NATIONAL SKIPPER INDRA SAHDAN RETIRES. HIS PARTING BLAST: CLOSE THE S.LEAGUE ›S16 CASH PRIzE NOw 2,000 Get today’s numbers inside NIGhTMARE KIDS Retailers’ horror tales of BRATS GONE wild EXASPERATED PARENT: I’D FEEL LESS EMBARRASSED IF My chILD hAD ADhD A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper
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  • upfront quick bites
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      211 2 Judith Tan correspondent Old school Teochew classic oyster omelette with a generous portion of oysters and little starch. Oyster Omelette ($14), Fragrant Garden, Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, #01-15/16 Ariffin Jamar photo journalist Sunday afternoon espresso paired with a decadent doughnut to unwind after a busy work week.
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      290 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg I have a cat, who acts like a dog. He dashes to the door, mewing furiously, just to greet me when I come home. I can pop all 7kg of him on my hip like a toddler and carry him around. And I can
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    • 72 2 on paper Dancing into a new life A ballerina from Korea is teaching Singaporeans to pirouette people 10 Cool for cats? As two more cat interaction centres are set to open, experts say that these venues are not healthy for felines people 12 Passengers become his friends This bus driver
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    • 81 2 TNP HOTLINE 1800-733 4455 TO SUBSCRIBE 6388 3838 sms/mms 9477 8899 email tnp@sph.com.sg website tnp.sg fax 6319 8266 advertising hotline 1800-822 6382 (Integrated Sales) 6319 6106 (Classifieds) what’s inside Modification master World-renowned Japanese maestro of bespoke Porsches hits Singapore for the first time people 18 Neil plays Santa Neil Humphreys
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    • 45 2 online tnp.sg Online picks of the week: 6 last-minute DIY gifts for Christmas Holiday gone wrong. Actress Cynthia Koh complains of bed bugs during hotel stay 7 facts about Miss World 2014, Rolene Strauss What you may not know about hot Thai footballer Charyl Chappuis
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  • people
    • 582 3  -  Drunk man drives car onto pavement, upset when caught by police Report by CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg He was horrified when he saw a car mount the pedestrian pavement. And worse, it was rolling slowly towards a playground near Beach Road where children
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    • 236 3  -  CHAI HUNG YIN A 75-year-old woman died after falling in the toilet yesterday morning. Madam Tan Ngan Choo’s husband, 78, who discovered her body on the floor of the toilet, immediately shouted for help. This alerted neighbours who called the police. The incident happened
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    • Throwback 2014
      • 545 8 / 9  -  Throwback2014hrowback We recap some of the big stories that caught your attention this year. In March, the big news was the disappe r nce of M'sia Airlines flight MH370 Reports by ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg MARCH 9 It was one of the most shocking, inexplicable incidents
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      • 264 8 / 9 MARCH 26 Geylang’s vice activities were thrown into the spotlight during the Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the Little India Riot in December 2013. In March, Commissioner of Police Ng Joo Hee told the committee that compared to Little India, Geylang posed
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      • 249 8 / 9 MARCH 16 It was supposed to be the biggest electronic dance event in South-east Asia showcasing famous DJs. But the Future Music Festival Asia, held in mid-March in Kuala Lumpur, was marred when six people died from a suspected drug overdose. “The six victims who
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      • 187 8 / 9 MARCH 6 March will be remembered by motorcyclists as the start of a fearful trend rising Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums. On March 5, bike COE premiums closed at $4,001 for motorcycles the highest since December 1995, which saw a previous high of $3,501. According
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    • 740 10 / 11  -  Korean ballerina shines in local dance productions NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg En pointe, the choreographer calls out, and the roomful of ballerinas suddenly snap to attention. Then as the music plays in the background, a feisty woman playing the character Kitri from the famous ballet Don
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    • 607 12 / 13  -  Seven cats died in a cafe here. But more interaction centres are opening next month. Two of them tell JUDITH TAN (juditht@sph.com.sg) their star attractions will be treated with kid gloves JUDITH TAN (juditht@sph.com.sg) w e are different. This is what the founders of two upcoming
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    • 447 12 / 13 Cats should not be put to work in interactive environments. Period. Putting many cats in the same enclosed setting is detrimental to their mental well-being, let alone their physical health, say experts. Says cat behaviourist Rebecca Ho, 29: “They are solitary by nature. Yes, they
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    • 359 12 / 13  -  ARIFFIN JAMAR jariffin@sph.com.sg One Sunday in September, I found myself in a cat cafe. It was the time when there was plenty of buzz about cat cafes, which seemed to be popping up around the island like bubble tea shops. Being a
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    • 484 15 Dad of girl in Cairns mass murder should have been celebrating her birthday Five fathers have lost their children to the mass murder in Cairns, Queensland, on Friday. Four girls aged 14, 12, 11 and two, and four boys aged nine, eight, six and five were
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    • 531 16 Boy, 5, bashed strangled by teen His twin sister and little sister were playing in a room in the trailer in rural Knox, New York. Kenneth White, five, was with Tiffany VanAlstyne, 19, their babysitter. On Thursday, the babysitter, who is also the children’s cousin, allegedly bashed the boy’s head,
      PHOTOS: INTERNET/ALBANY COUNTY SHERIFF, FACEBOOK/BRENDA VANALSTYNE  -  531 words
    • 280 16 Man stabs wife her lover to death A love triangle ended in the death of two people in New York. The victims worked as baggage handlers at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport. On Wednesday, Steve Whittingham, 48, a selfemployed car mechanic and father of six, got a call
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    • 309 17 PEOPLE MAGAZINE AWARDS She says she is sexy because she is happy. Model-actress Kate Upton, 22, who was named the Sexiest Woman at the annual People Magazine Awards, told Access Hollywood afterwards that having a positive outlook is the key to attractiveness. “I’m so excited,
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    • 274 17  -  Report by CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg Two winners won $100 each and another walked away with a folding bike yesterday. Mr Armi Abdul Majid, 41, who won $100, had also won $100 the day before. The jubilant delivery driver said: “I was surprised. What are
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    • 526 18 / 19  -  Porsche master customiser Nakai Akira comes to Singapore ARIFFIN JAMAR jariffin@sph.com.sg H eis worldrenowned as a master of bespoke Porsche sports cars. Clients around the globe fly Mr Nakai Akira out from his base in Chiba City, near Tokyo, to have him customise their high-end
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    • 107 22  -  Ariffin Jamar Last week, we featured the best Christmas lights and decorations around the island. We also invited you to send in your own snaps on Instagram via the #tnpsun hashtag. We received many great shots, from the candid joy of children playing in fake snow
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  • ground zero kids behaving badly
    • 625 4 / 5  -  Child behavioural therapist says parents should take responsibility for their children and not let them 'assume control' MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg S cenes of misbehaving children and we are talking about those who look perfectly normal can rankle us. How often have we said “that child really
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    • 610 4 / 5 Not only are people in the service industry witnesses to children’s tantrums, they are also often the ones who have to clean up afterwards. They share their experiences with The New Paper on Sunday. “A girl (about four or five years old) did not
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    • 350 4 / 5 A mother’s account Madam Candice Liow blames herself for her son’s bad behaviour. The seven-year-old frequently interrupts our interview, complaining he is bored. When he is asked to go to the playground with their domestic helper, he refuses. At one point, he
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  • confessions bus captain
    • 752 14  -  This bus captain is afraid of passengers throwing up in his bus CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg The one thing he fears most is vomit. As a bus driver ferrying tourists from Changi Airport to hotels, he has had unfortunate experiences with hurling. On one occasion, he
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 66 17 BONUS CHALLENGE C HA LEN G E TODAY’S NUMBERS WEEK 5, SUNDAY DECEMBER 21 2014 16 74 87 93 64 57 DEC 21 2014 DEC 21 2014 DEC 21 2014 DEC 21 2014 DEC 21 2014 DEC 21 2014 Got your Bonus card from Monday’s paper? Check these numbers against
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  • humour act blur
    • 837 20  -  Where’s my finisher T-shirt? S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg I have never run a full marathon. And as I approach my CPF drawdown age, it's becoming more unlikely I will ever get to wear a 42.195km finisher Tshirt (unless I buy one on Ebay or
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  • live right ask the expert
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      358 21  -  A peek into the world of ophthalmologist Leo Seo Wei JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg Q: What does an opthalmologist do? A: As an eye surgeon, I treat all diseases relating to the eye using medical therapy, laser and surgery. My special interest is in eye muscle surgery and
      PHOTOS: ST FILE, COURTESY OF DR LEO SEO WEI  -  358 words


  • afford-aspire All about legs
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      283 23  -  Strut confidently into 2015 with a new pair of shoes. Check out our three favourite picks we love this! CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg ECCO SEOUL $269.90 Stylish low-cut boots that will take you from the workplace to the party afterwards with utmost ease. Ecco prides itself on quality
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    • 208 23 Putting online advice to the test HOW TO: GET SMOOTH SILKY LEGS INSTANTLY! Username: chiutips Keywords: smooth and silky, legs, moisturise, instant, results There are many reasons for not-so-smooth legs. One common reason is shaving and not treating your legs afterwards. This video shows how to get
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  • wheels biker boy
    • 508 24 / 25  -  ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg N ot to let daylight in upon the magic, but the world of motorcycles is not always a glamorous affair. Even trying out new bikes can be fairly functional at times. Even more so when it comes to tyres. Usually
      PHOTOS: PIRELLI  -  508 words
    • 359 24 / 25 The Brazil-made Rosso II R is a street tyre made for longevity and sportier handling. The “R” denotes radial-like more flexible —performance as opposed to cheaper, more rigid tyres with cross-ply construction. Mr Tierri Corte (below), Pirelli’s motor sales director for Asia-Pacif-ic told me that Asia and
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  • eats makansutra
    • 551 26  -  KF SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg S he left a decent job as a staff nurse to toil it out at an old hawker centre. He also ignored his food science diploma and a job at a successful baby food company to toil beside her at the stall. Miss Clare
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  • Part Time
    • 373 28  -  By KOH HUI THENG D ivorcee Sharifah Mohd had many worries. Would she be able to put food on the table? Could she look after her six sons, aged from seven to 21, on her own? Home for Ms Sharifah and
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  • Career Choice
    • 685 30  -  By I Rachael Boon After the graduation mortar boards have been thrown, closing a chapter in life, fresh graduates move on to a whole new stage the working world. Like anything new, it can be an unsettling experience for some, even overwhelming,
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    • 874 32  -  By ZAINAH ANWAR THE STAR ASIA NEWS NETWORK In the midst of so much despair in Malaysia over endless contentious issues and state paralysis to resolve them, I searched the Internet to look at why some countries are happy and some are not. Not surprisingly, I
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    • 49 30 Frozen Food Co. requires 1) Class 3 Delivery Driver 2) Accounts Clerk FMust be able to liaise with Mandarin speaking customers F5.5 days work, 9am-6pm FWith annual leave, public holiday and bonus FOnly Singaporean may apply No agent please Interested, please call 9188-1986 8A Admiralty Street Food Xchange Admiralty
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  • Dining
    • 334 33  -  Written by Amanda Ng amandang@5p/7.com.5g FANCY attractively priced seafood zi char paired with Belgian or German brews? Head down to Lucky Five Seafood at Bedok North. Operating out of a coffee shop, this is heartland dining with a difference. The culinary prowess displayed in the
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  • Lifestyle
    • 350 35  -  Written by Hector Tan htan@sph.com.sg W hen considering soft furnishings for his new executive condominium, Mr Nicholas Ong had more than aesthetics in mind. The 38-year-old headhunter and his 14-year-old daughter are both allergic to dust. Said Mr Ong: “I find having a cosy environment
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  • 20 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • EPL
      • 794 2 / 3  -  GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN CITY 3 (David Silva 49, 61, Yaya Toure 81) CrYSTAL PALACE 0 Manchester City went topless, and David Silva went berserk. Without a true striker in front, Manuel Pellegrini’s men clinched a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium yesterday.
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      • 115 2 / 3 Mao Shi Hui beat compatriot Jerryca Teo in the semi-finals of the Old Chang Kee Singapore Squash Open 2014 to set up a showdown with Malaysia’s Rachel Arnold in today’s women’s Premier final. Mao, the second seed, won 11-5,11-4,10-12,11-4 at the Kallang Squash Centre yesterday.
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      • Article, Illustration
        44 2 / 3 MOVERS SHAKERS YANNICK boLASIE YAYA TourE 31 Age 25 1.89m Height 1.88m 90kg Weight 84kg 89% Pass Accuracy 58% 7 Aerials Won 2 120 Touches 24 0 Fouls 0 5 Shots 2 2 Dribbles Won 9 1 Tackles 3 9.2 Rating 7.8
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      • 137 4 TOTTENHAM 2 (Kane 21, Lamela 35) BURNLEY 1 (Barnes 27) Erik Lamela broke his 25-game Premier League goal drought to seal Tottenham’s victory over Burnley at White Hart Lane. The Argentina midfielder fired home from 25 yards to atone for giving Burnley the
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      • 549 4 Colombian grabs point as Villa are pegged back ASTON VILLA 1 (Benteke 18) MANCHESTER UTD1 (Falcao 53) Radamel Falcao clinched a draw for Manchester United as 10-man Aston Villa ended their winning run. The Colombian scored his second United goal, cancelling out Christian Benteke’s beautiful opener for
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      • 151 5 WEST HAM UTD 2 (Carroll 24, Downing 56) LEICESTER CITY 0 Andy Carroll was on target as West Ham’s fourth win in five games ensured Leicester would be bottom of the Premier League at Christmas. Only twice before West Brom in
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      • 712 5 Own-goal slip lays foundation for vital victory SOUTHAMPTON 3 (Lukaku 38 og, Pelle 65, Yoshida 82) EVERTON 0 Southampton brought their worst losing streak of the 21st century to a comprehensive end as they swept Everton aside. The astonishing start to life under
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      • 678 6 / 7 Speedsters will have a say tonight; Redknapp believes winning team will be top-four contenders Wire Services A win for Liverpool against Arsenal tonight (Singapore time) could see them right back in contention for a Champions League spot next season. That’s the verdict of former Reds midfielder
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      • 761 6 / 7 Former Reds defender lists composure, decision-making and positioning as key points Wire Services Former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol has a three-step plan to help Brendan Rodgers’ Reds defend better ahead of the clash with Arsenal tonight (Singapore time). And with the side from Anfield conceding
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      • 516 8 Wenger believes his South American Gunner is made for the EPL, like the former Pool star PA Sport Arsene Wenger believes Alexis Sanchez is like Luis Suarez and “made for the English game”. Wenger takes his Arsenal side to Liverpool tonight with Sanchez in his team,
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      • 105 9 Wire Services BARCELONA 5 CORDOBA 0 Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid’s absence at the Fifa Club World Cup in Morroco by closing the gap to the league leaders to one point at the top of La Liga. Luis Enrique’s side beat Cordoba comfortably 5-0
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      • 849 9 Pardew could be first Newcastle boss to lose four straight in Tyne-Wear clash Wire Services Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has set his sights on avoiding an unwanted record in the Tyne-Wear Derby against Sunderland tonight (Singapore time). Pardew’s side have been beaten by hated local rivals
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    • racing
      • 551 10 / 11 AFP TREVE and her French trainer, Criquette Head-Maarek, proved ultimately to be the Queens of the Track in 2014 but, for a long period, it appeared they would play the role of Queen Mother much respected but having lost her power. Treve came to Europe’s
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      • 1334 10 / 11 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING C5 1.45 —1200m Stakes: RM17,500 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) RACE 1 1 7-6-00 Cerium 57 (43) LL Tai c1 2 (5ag N Azman-Loong Yip) 2 *****1 Pre Dawn 57 (43) CC Wong* c3 6 (4ag SH
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      • 992 10 / 11 RACE 1 (DOOMBEN) 1st 10 Little Bit Ditsy ($137-$29) 2nd 8 Abu Ben Adam ($19) 3rd 1 Kurtley ($13) 4th 4 Royal Jester Forecast $731 Place Forecast (8-10) $160, (1-10) $61, (1-8) $72 Tierce No winner ($2791 jackpot carried forward to next race) Trio
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      • 1941 12 / 13 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 SUNSHINE COAST (1,4000M) 7 HANGOVER TOO (4:0-1-1): Tried hard 1¼-len 2nd (56.0) Reckless Abandon 1,400m Sunshine Coast Mdn Heavy trk Nov 28. Wouldn’t settle and blocked for run hd, 1¼ len 3rd (54.0)
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      • 1097 12 / 13 1:01 Race 1 SUNSHINE COAST—1400M 1 OUR GARDY M CAHILL (2) 59 2 SHAH SAN GABRIEL NORIYUKI MASUDA (4) 58.5 3 SLIPPERY SAGA LUKE TARRANT (12) 58.5 4 PIKETEO SAMUEL PAYNE (13) 58 5 DUAN MAJOR R FRADD (10) 57 .5 6 EXCELLENT WINNER
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      • 731 12 / 13 RACE 1 CLASS 4 TURF—1000m 4 BLIZZARD 129 (19-8) A SUBORICS (11) 1 1 MELLIFLUENT 133 (53-15) N CALLAN (4) 2 12 EXCITABLE BOY 122 (33-10) A ATZENI (9) 3 5 MODERN FORTUNE 129 (256-79) N RAWILLER (7) 4 Trainer: PF Yiu. Margins: 0.75,
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      • 231 14 The 2015 Singapore racing season will have 95 race meetings. They consist of eight meetings on turf, 27 on Polytrack and 60 on mixed surfaces. The new season will kick off at the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji on Jan 1, with the $200,000
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      • 2116 14 21-12-2014 (Sunday) Coupon Betting please mark“OTH1” 12:25pm 1 Domestic 6 (Korean-bred) ₩30,000,000 sand1300m 1 6 Supreme Gold 2-kor-c 1] Lee Hyeok 6.4% 53 Park Jae Woo 12.4% 2 5 Gamdongui Champion2-kor-c 2] Lee Sang Hyeok 7.9% 53 Bae Hou Jun 9.2% 3 8 Sobakaninsaeng 2-kor-c 3] Park
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    • 719 15  -  WACKO NEILO NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg He’s making a list. He’s checking it twice. He’s gonna find out who’s been naughty or nice. Well, enough about Roy Keane’s black book and all the people he hates this week. Let’s talk about football’s festive wish-list. You know whom
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    • S.LEAGUE
      • 652 16 / 17  -  Indra retires; doubts another local-born player can Join him in the 200-goal club Reports by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg He is the only local-born footballer to have accomplished the feat. But without a tinge of arrogance, Indra Sahdan Daud feels there will not
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      • 927 16 / 17 l Why do you think Singapore lack prolific strikers? Indra: We have the talents. It’s a matter of whether coaches dare to blood them. There’s always that pressure on clubs, especially the bigger ones, to do well. But in Singapore, there’s no relegation,
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    • SWIMMING
      • 139 18 / 19 AFP SAN ANTONIO SPURS 119 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 129 Damian Lillard scored a career-high 43 points as Portland beat San Antonio 129-119 in triple overtime at the AT&T Center yesterday morning (Singapore time), to consign the Spurs to their second-straight heartbreaking triple overtime loss.
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      • 486 18 / 19  -  National 1,500m record-holder suffers defeat but aims to bounce back Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg He already looked pale and listless while waiting to start his men’s 1,500 metres race at the Singapore National Swimming Championships last night. As the swimmers ploughed through their 30 laps
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      • 246 18 / 19  -  LIM SAY HENG Her stomach hurt so much last month that she had to be hospitalised for various checks, which disrupted her training. Now fully recovered, Roanne Ho set a new meet record in the women’s 50m breaststroke at the Singapore National Swimming Championships last
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    • SUZUKI CUP
      • 327 18 / 19 AFP Late strikes from Swiss-born Charyl Chappuis and Chanathip “Messi Jay” Songkrasin shattered Malaysian hearts as Thailand won their fourth South-east Asian title in a dramatic Suzuki Cup final. Although the Thais (above) lost 3-2 yesterday, the result was enough to land them the title with a
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      • 343 18 / 19 Indian duo Shiv Kapur and Arjun Atwal will step into the last day of the season at the inaugural US$500,000 ($650,000) Dubai Open holding the jointlead alsongside South Africa’s Jbe Kruger and South Korean teenager Wang Jeung Hun after an exhilarating third round yesterday. No fewer than 21
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      • ON TV
        • 220 18 / 19 SERIEA Today: HELLAS VERONA v CHIEVO VERONA SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 7.25am ATALANTA v PALERMO SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 9.55am FIORENTINA v EMPOLI SingTel mio TV Ch 112 (mio Sports 2), 9.55am SAMPDORIA v UDINESE SingTel mio TV Ch 113 (mio Sports 3),
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        • 32 18 / 19 NBA SEASON 2014/15 Today: NEW ORLEANS PELICANS v PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am Tomorrow: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS v MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 5.30am
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        • 17 18 / 19 BWF DESTINATION DUBAI 2014 WORLD SUPERSERIES FINALS Today: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 6.30pm
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 555 20  -  That’s Sports Hub’s solution to replacing National Stadium pitch with an all-natural layout Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Italian champions Juventus did not risk their star striker Carlos Tevez on it. Chelsea’s Brazilian fullback Filipe Luis labelled it “horrible”. Now, just over four months after the
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    • 92 8 Sun, 21/12/14 Mon, 22/12/14 LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I w Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) LW PwL—j Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during ‘Live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip Always play
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