The New Paper, 28 January 2015

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    25 1 the new paper wednesday JANUARY 28 2015 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI (P) 137/12/2014 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter .com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838
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      42 1 WOMAN SLASHED IN MARSILING ATTACK RECALLS ORDEAL: As man pressed knife on my neck, I asked: what? Then he said... ›2 Kill me for TNP PHOTO: jONATHAN CHOO 1 *****1 NEIL HUMPHREYS Memo to Van Gaal: Hummel’s your man ›S2 MOBILE EASY
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      34 1 0 VAN NESS WU KEEPS MUM ON ‘TROUBLED’ MARRIAGE Asked if he’s Mr Nice Guy in relationships, he says... ›27 CITY HARVEST CHURCH ACCUSED CHEW ENG HAN: Sun Ho’s singing success was fake ›6
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      Lock icon You can go, but you must run very fast
      919 2 / 3  -  Woman who tried to intervene vicious attack in Marsiling had attacker going after her for ‘being a busybody’. When she pleaded to be released, he said... Reports by CHAI HUNG YIN, ELIZABETH LAW and VINCENT PAK tnp@sph.com.sg She had just got
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      Lock icon Polite loner or aggressive terror?
      571 2 / 3 On Monday, the day of the attack, several residents portrayed Mr Tan Ban Huat as a verbally abusive man who had terrorised his neighbours for years. But yesterday, others who lived close to him described him as a “quiet loner”. A man who wanted to
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      Lock icon Longer ERP hours for 3 AYE gantries
      109 4 Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charging at three gantries along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) will be extended by half an hour on weekday mornings. Now, car drivers pay between $1 and $2 from 7.30am to 9am, but from Feb 2, motorists will have
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      Lock icon AirAsia plane recovery efforts called off
      273 4 The Indonesian military yesterday called off efforts to recover the wreckage of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month, after failing to find any more bodies inside the fuselage. Flight QZ8501 went down on Dec 28 in stormy weather with
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      Lock icon Cyber security body to come
      210 4 A high-level central agency will be set up to coordinate public- and privatesector efforts to protect national systems from increasing cyberthreats. The new Cyber Security Agency (CSA), which operates from April, will be formed under and funded by the Prime Minister’s Office. It will oversee
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      Lock icon Woman survives fire in Serangoon
      231 4  -  Linette Heng A fire broke out at a 10thstorey unit of Block 506, Serangoon North Avenue 4 yesterday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call at about 1.20pm and sent a fire engine, two fire bikes, one Red Rhino, an ambulance and a
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      Lock icon Low salary hinders firms from hiring
      184 4 The number of job vacancies here rose again to 67,400 as of last September, according to a Manpower Ministry (MOM) report released yesterday. This was up 8.9 per cent from the year before as the tight labour market continued. Four in five vacancies were
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      Lock icon Some bus and train services to end later
      147 4 Trains and selected bus services will run later on two Saturdays during the festive season, SMRT said yesterday. The two Saturdays are Jan 31, which is the Chinatown Chinese New Year lightup ceremony, and Feb 14. On those days, the last trains
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    • CITY HARVEST CHURCH LEADERS TRIAL
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        164 6 / 7 City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee (left) and five others are on trial for allegedly misusing church funds through sham bonds. First, $24 million was allegedly used to fund the music career of Kong’s wife, Ms Ho Yeow Sun, whose stage name is Sun Ho. Another $26.6
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        848 6 / 7  -  Former CHC fund manager on Sun Ho’s singing career: Report by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg Ms Ho Yeow Sun’s success as a singer was central to everything he believed in, former City Harvest Church (CHC) fund manager Chew Eng Han told the court yesterday. Testifying in his
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      Lock icon ‘I couldn’t abort, I’ll be killing a life’
      972 8 / 9  -  Teen mum raises baby alone with help from voluntary organisation A group of students from Nanyang Technological University is partnering Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support to organise an event on Saturday highlighting the challenges and fears pregnant teens go through. CHOO MEI FANG
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      Lock icon Baby Steps project for teens
      204 8 / 9 Baby Steps is the Final Year Project of four undergraduates from the Wee Kim Wee School Of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. As part of this project, a study was done among 591 people aged between 18 and 25 in October last year,
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      Lock icon HELP FOR PREGNANT TEENS
      179 8 / 9 More pregnant teens are seeking help from Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support (Babes).The organisation, which reaches out to pregnant girls aged 21 and below, worked with 69 girls last year, up from 43 girls in 2013 and 25 in 2012. “We make them aware of the options
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      Lock icon Do you know these events?
      567 10  -  Survey shows that S’poreans are more aware of historical events related to bread-and-butter issues Report by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg The opening of two casinos in 2010, the SARS outbreak in 2003 and the major MRT breakdowns in 2011 were historical events that most Singaporeans knew
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      297 12  -  After the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Bill was introduced in Parliament last week, government online engagement platform Reach conducted a survey on the Bill. reports FOO JIE YING (fjieying@sph.com.sg) Most people are aware of the new Liquor Control Bill and support the new restrictions that come
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      Lock icon Drug gang forced to burn their haul
      119 13 Handcuffed and wearing black masks, a Hong Kong gang of suspected drug traffickers were forced to publicly burn a US$136 million (S$182 million) stash of crystal methamphetamine after being arrested in Indonesia. Wong Chi Ping and several other suspects were first paraded in
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      227 13 ON TNP faceBOOk On three-year-old boy who was in danger of dying while undergoing liver transplant: Jordan Kue There’s always a hero somewhere. Well done, stranger. Sim Bee Kuan It’s always so inspiring to read stories like this. There is still hope. Humanity is not dead! Joshua Vimal
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      Lock icon Snowstorm turns New York City upside-down
      654 14 / 15 The city that never sleeps went to sleep. It became a ghost town. New York City was barren and desolate on Monday as residents heeded the dire warnings of officials and stayed indoors, the New York Daily News reported. From Times Square to Penn
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      177 16  -  Scam marriage cases declined last year, compared to the year before. It is one of several immigration offences that showed a drop in numbers, according to Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) figures released yesterday. reports SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB (ashaffiq@sph.com.sg) NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED 2014: 350 2013: 600 2012:
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      Lock icon Woman drowns puppy to get on plane
      122 17 A Florida woman allegedly drowned a two-week-old Doberman in a US airport toilet because she was not allowed to board a flight with the puppy, media reports said. Cynthia Anderson, 56, was arrested on Friday on animal abuse charges, The Grand Island Independent
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      379 17 US pilot splashes safely into Pacific Ocean after aircraft runs out of fuel Video footage from a US Coast Guard aircraft captured the drama of a single-engine airplane and its pilot splashing safely into the Pacific Ocean thanks to a parachute inside its fuselage. The
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      Lock icon Chinese officials caught on camera eating rare animal
      301 17 They feasted on a critically endangered giant salamander and turned violent when journalists photographed the luxury banquet, media reports said yesterday. The event, which appeared to flout Beijing’s austerity campaign, had 28 diners, including senior police officials from the southern city of
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      42 11 Punishment: Caning and imprisonment up to 10 years. Find us on: http://www.spf.gov.sg http ://www.ncpc.gov.sg YoujJHj STRAITS TIMES. RmZORTC' Police@SG iPhone/Android App PoliceLife@SG http://www.facebook.com/ http://www.twitter.com/ http://www.youtube.com/ http://www.razor.tv/site/ iPad/ iPhone singaporepoliceforce singaporepolice user/spfcommunityoutreach servlet/segment/main/ App specials/i-witness gP SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL
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      57 18 «n U 1 stJ p NT HOW TO PARTICIPATE 4 unique 6D travel itineraries around beautiful Taiwan Pick the best and stand to win a trip to Taiwan worth $1,000 It’s that easy. Look out for the contest on http://travel.asiaone.com *Contest closes on 18 February 2015 FOR MORE DETAILS, SCAN
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      8 18 dilbert SCOTT ADAMS Pearls beFore sWine STEPHAN PASTIS
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      356 18 LOCAL WEATHER SHOWERS High 31° Low 24° Watch ’em LUGGAGE Channel U, 9pm It’s all about unexpected journeys for host Thomas Ong in this new travel series. In this first episode, he visits an isolated village with no phones or even a cellular signal within reach, and where the houses
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      99 19 THENEW PAPER Wednesday, January 28 2015 JANUARY 28 2015 Asia’s Got Talent judges say of Van Ness Wu: He’s a Soft ie 27 But the Taiwanese actor–singer stands firm on keeping mum about his ‘troubled’ marriage ovies usic akan TWILIGHT TUNE Christina Perri embraces the famous song that keeps her
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        Lock icon WIZARD, UN AMBASSADOR, NOW DISNEY PRINCESS?
        106 20 Emma Watson is showing the world she is a triple threat. The 24-year-old British actress announced via her Facebook page that she cannot wait to dance to Be Our Guest and sing Something There, now that she has been cast as Belle in Disney’s
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        Lock icon JOLIE VISITS SYRIAN REFUGEES
        122 20 While the who’s who of Hollywood were hobnobbing at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, US, on Sunday, Angelina Jolie was also mingling. The US actress and United Nations special envoy visited a refugee camp near Dohuk, Iraq and spoke with families, many of
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        Lock icon LEVINE, KNIGHTLEY TO SING AT OSCARS?
        92 20 Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine will be making an appearance at the Academy Awards next month to perform Lost Stars, the Os-car-nominated song from 2014’s Begin Again. The film, which stars Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, marked the US rocker’s feature film acting debut.
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        Lock icon REYNOLDS TRIES TO BREASTFEED BABY
        103 20 Trust Ryan Reynolds to crack jokes even when he is sleepdeprived. “I got to jump in and do all sorts of things...I’ve even tried breastfeeding,” the new father said to People magazine at the party for his new film Mississippi Grind during the Sundance Film
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        74 20 Crazy about carbs Taiwanese girl group Popu Lady share their love for pizzas, pasta and fried food Big eyes, big lies Artist Margaret Keane makes a surprise appearance at the red carpet premiere of Tim Burton’s (left) Big Eyes Working his magic Asia’s Got Talent celebrity judge David
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        Lock icon Fast five WITH KATHERINE WATERSTON
        398 21  -  Inherent Vice says nude scen s no big deal actress Katherine Report by JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg 1 Being Inherent Late bLoomer Like Oscar-winning actresses Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams, Waterston’s fame comes after working in the industry for more than a decade. The 34-year-old daughter
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        1009 22 / 23  -  Director Tim Burton’s new flick is called Big Eyes, which makes sense he’s always been a sucker for huge-peepered ladies Report by JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Tim Burton’s new film Big Eyes tells the true story of Margaret Keane, whose paintings of saucer-eyed waifs became a sensation in the
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        536 24  -  MOVIE DATE JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg MARS This is one of Burton’s best films, and he has made many great ones. He loves to tell stories about misfits in general and artists in particular. Almost all his films are about being an artist on some level,
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        88 24 IF A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS, THEN WHAT DO SOME MOVIE POSTERS TELL US? INSURGENT What it looks like: Aerobics instructor Pam Goodby (Shailene Woodley) has a vision of a magic tree while in the middle of teaching a class. She quits aerobics and becomes a tree
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          Lock icon INHERENT VICE (M18)
          129 24  -  Jason Johnson This movie is adapted from a Thomas Pynchon book that I have not read, and you most probably have not read. What it really reminds me of is The Big Lebowski (1998), minus the humour and charm. Like Lebowski, it is the story of stoner
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          Lock icon MORTDECAI (NC16)
          139 24  -  Jason Johnson Wow, who knew Johnny Depp aspires to be Austin Powers? Depp plays the gap-toothed British art dealer of the film’s title, who is on a mission to find a mysterious painting before it lands in the hands of terrorists. Apparently, the painting holds a clue to
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          Lock icon THE WEDDING RINGER (NC16)
          109 24  -  Jason Johnson Josh Gad, a poor man’s Jack Black, stars as a dude who cannot find a best man. He hires professional best man Kevin Hart to help him out, and mayhem ensues. What sort of mayhem? Well, the bride’s grandma ends up on fire and
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        Lock icon PAUL AND THE YOUNG ONES
        383 26  -  our resident Kiss92 journo/DJ dissects paul McCartney’s collaborations with r&B superstars KISS TELL JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg At 72, Sir Paul McCartney is super old, but that hasn’t stopped him from getting down with the kids. Last month, he played keyboard on Kanye West’s sweet little
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        270 26  -  Jason Johnson AUTUMN LEAVES CHRIS BROWN It’s nice that Brown wrote a romantic ballad about falling leaves he needs to chill so he doesn’t beat up people. The video is set in ancient China, and the US R&B star is a wandering swordsman who follows a woman (Brown’s
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        Lock icon ‘DON’T ASK ME ABOUT IT’
        671 27  -  singer Van Ness Wu evasive about marriage to s’porean Reports by JOCELYN LEE jocelee@sph.com.sg It was all systems go for Taiwanese-American actor-singer Van Ness Wu’s latest project, but a no-go when it came to questions about his personal life. The sullen 36-year-old shut down anyone
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        274 27 AUG 2013 Van Ness Wu and Ms Arissa Cheo register their marriage in Singapore NOV 2013 They hold wedding in Los Angeles, US JAN 2014 They hold wedding banquet at St. Regis Hotel in Singapore SEPT 2014 They go on vacation to Greece DEC 25, 2014
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      • JUDGES GOT TALENT Meet the stars of Asia’s Got Talent
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          Lock icon Anggun She takes selfie with Van Ness Wu to make sister jealous
          273 28 / 29 Van Ness Wu counts throngs of women across Asia as his fans. And he has won the heart of Indonesian pop diva Anggun’s sister, who is a longtime supporter. When she learnt that Anggun would be working closely
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          Lock icon Mel C Spice Girls reunion? Maybe
          499 28 / 29  -  Reports by MOOR ASHIKIN ABUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg She has gone from Sporty Spice to Selfie Spice. Former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm, better known as Mel C, has a new obsession the selfie stick. And it is all thanks to Asia’s Got Talent, which she
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          Lock icon David Foster Grammy-winning producer shows off magic trick
          451 28 / 29 Acclaimed singer-producer-songwriter, 16-time Grammy winner and chairman of Verve Music Group. Asia’s Got Talent judge David Foster’s musical achievements are no secret. But now the Canadian can add a hidden talent to that impressive list of accolades magic. He may not be
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        Lock icon NEW RELEASES
        221 30 / 31  -  Tan Kee Yun BLUE KING OF THE WORLD Back in 2002, English R&B quartet Blue told local media they would be “very upset” if someone lumped them in the same category as fellow boy band a1. But 13 years later, Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon
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        Lock icon TWILIGHT’S HIGHLIGHT
        499 30 / 31  -  US singer-songwriter Christina Perri, who wrote ballad A Thousand Years, is ‘so grateful for the song’ Reports by keeyunt@sph.com.sg TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg She penned the perfect anthem for one of the world’s most beloved vampire film franchises. Three years on, US singer-songwriter Christina Perri still views the
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        Lock icon She’s a Fifty Shades Of Grey fan
        327 30 / 31 Guess who’s super psyched about the upcoming release of erotic thriller Fifty Shades Of Grey? The much buzzed-about movie definitely has a fan in Christina Perri, who said she “has already watched the trailer”. “It opens during the Valentine’s Day weekend and I’ll
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        388 30 / 31  -  Tan Kee Yun THE SONG All 4 Love THE ARTIST Color Me Badd THE LYRICS “Oh girl I think I love ya/ I’m always thinkin’ of ya/ I want ya to know I do it all 4 love” THE RESULTS A groovy teenybopper anthem, All 4 Love
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        Lock icon BIZ ON THE CHEAP
        617 32  -  Check out these places for business lunches during the CNY season Report by YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg I always get asked about festive dining options. But this Chinese New Year, there seems to be a difference. When it comes to business lunches, everyone wants a restaurant
        PHOTOS: RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA, THE WESTIN SINGAPORE, GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL, PRIMA TOWER REVOLVING RESTAURANT, CONRAD CENTENNIAL SINGAPORE, INTERCONTINENTAL SINGAPORE  -  617 words
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        480 33  -  WEETS EATS YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg Recently, I had a conversation that started depressingly. We were discussing food in Orchard Road. For some reason, I could not think of anything good to recommend. I must have had a food snob block. My mind refused to accept that
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        Lock icon BRING ON THE CARBS
        814 34  -  Celebrity Chow with Taiwanese pop group Popu Lady Report by TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg If you think that the girls of Popu Lady retain their slender figures through strict diets, you would be wrong. The truth is that members of the popular Taiwanese pop group will
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        227 33 SIGNATURE STYLE Yan Ting’s new executive Chinese chef Tony Wun has introduced a menu of his signature items. The double-boiled whelk soup with black garlic ($28 per person or as part of the seven-course menu at $168 per person) is served in a tiny teapot, but the flavours
        PHOTO: THE ST REGIS SINGAPORE; PHOTO: MSJ GOURMET GROUP PTE. LTD; PHOTO: BURGER KING  -  227 words
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      118 20 GiVeaWay WiN iNHereNT ViCe moVie Tie-iN BooKs We have five Inherent Vice movie tie-in books to give away, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Penguin Books Singapore. Helmed by acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice is a crime comedy based on Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel of the same name.
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      129 20 GiVeaWay WiN a mosT VioleNT year moVie PreVieW TiCKeTs Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac star in this gripping drama about a couple’s ambitious plan to grow their business into an empire during the winter of 1981, statistically the most dangerous year in New York City’s history. We are giving away
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      71 22 / 23 GIVEAWAY WIN BIG EYES MOVIE TICKETS We have five pairs of inseason passes to Big Eyes to give away, courtesy of Golden Village Pictures. TO WIN, answer this question: Name the director of Big Eyes. 1. Tim Roth 2. Tim Burton 3. Tim Curry SMS your answer to *****7877 in
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      91 30 / 31 GIVEAWAY WIN FIFTY SHADES OF GREY ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK We have five copies of the Fifty Shades Of Grey original motion picture soundtrack to give away, courtesy of Universal Music Singapore. It’s available on ITunes and all good record stores on Feb 10. TO WIN, answer this question: How
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      102 33 GIVEAWAY WEEKDAY SIGNATURE BUFFET PHOTO: CROWNE PLAZA CHANGI AIRPORT Azur Restaurant at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport no longer serves pork or lard and has revamped its spread. The Weekday Signature Buffet ($29.50) features recipes from the region, such as Redang Daging Palembang (meat cooked in coconut milk) and Ayam Panggang
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    635 35 New platform in Recruit allows “interviews” to be done even at midnight. W hen Japanese dessert salon Henri Charpentier decided to open their first overseas outlet in Singapore, manpower was a foremost concern. But a recruitment advertisement campaign boosted by the use of mobile technology enabled
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      172 44 SEEING OPPORTUNITIES WHEN OTHERS SEE BARRIERS I didn’t learn it in school. I learnt it at MDIS. Cheryl Wong MDIS Student (2015) Date Time Venue Mathieu Chan MDIS Student (2015) MDIS BUSINESS SCHOOL Join the MDIS Campus Tour 4 Feb 2015 (Wed) 3pm MDIS Campus, 501 Stirling Road (Near Queenstown
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        822 2 / 3  -  Germany’s World Cup defender Hummels solves all LVG’s problems NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Mats Hummels is the man for Manchester United. In many respects, he is the only man; the one potential signing guaranteed to close gaps and silence critics. Louis van Gaal must sign the
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        270 2 / 3 Hummels can be used in any permutation Louis van Gaal’s back three could make sense if he signs Mats Hummels. Marcos Rojo and Luke Shaw were his signings, clearly earmarked for pivotal roles in the future; a future that looks bleak for
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        163 2 / 3 Wire Services Manchester United have told vicecaptain Darren Fletcher he can leave on a free transfer. Fletcher was a regular in Louis van Gaal’s starting 11 on the pre-season tour, but the arrival of Angel di Maria and Daley Blind has restricted the Scot’s playing
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        172 4 Reuters Middlesbrough were rewarded for beating Manchester City with a trip to FA Cup holders Arsenal, while Chelsea’s conquerors Bradford City host Sunderland or Fulham after the fifthround draw (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Third tier Bradford and Championship (second tier) Middlesbrough overcame the odds to register
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        571 4 Paulista all but signed as bullish Walcott calls for Cup charge PA Sport Arsenal are putting the finishing touches to the signing of Villarreal’s Gabriel Paulista after the Brazilian defender was granted a work permit. Gabriel has received formal approval from the Home Office and will undergo
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      608 5 LEAGUE CUP PA Sport. Sheffield United boss Nigel Clough has no doubt the cup upsets of the last few days will provide inspiration for his side in their League Cup semi-final second leg against Tottenham but also that Spurs will now be on red alert
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        596 6 / 7 South Korean star cools hype ahead of first final in 27 years South Korea forward Son Heung Min has warned teammates and an expectant nation to keep their feet on the ground after reaching their first Asian Cup final in 27 years. The South Korean pin-up’s sparkling performances
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        665 8 / 9  -  LionsXII coach Fandi buoyed by new centre-back pair’s showing in Maldives tournament Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg They played three friendly matches in Male, the capital of Maldives, going down twice while winning one game. Despite the dismal record, coach Fandi Ahmad is pleased with the LionsXII’s
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        425 8 / 9  -  ALI KASIM Just watching the video clip of LionsXII defender Wahyudi Wahid getting a boot to his head is enough to make one flinch. The 25-year-old was blatantly stamped on the head by New Radiant defender Mohamad Rasheed during a clash with the LionsXII
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      156 8 / 9 Wire Services GROUP B DR CONGO 1 TUNISIA 1 CAPE VERDE 0 ZAMBIA 0 If the Democratic Republic of Congo are to reach the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup, they will have to do so without captain Youssouf Mulumbu. The West Brom midfielder
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      380 8 / 9 AFRICAN NATIONS CUP Wire Services The old adage that everything will be decided on the pitch may not be true in the case of Group D at this year’s African Nations Cup. All four matches in the group have ended 1-1, leaving
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        585 11  -  Report by GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg On a difficult day with shifting strong winds, Quincy Quek was the only golfer to register a sub70 score in the second round of The Laguna National-SPGA Prestige Tour event at Laguna’s World Classic Course yesterday. The newly-married Quek’s
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        300 11 Wire Services More than 110 million people worldwide are expected to watch the Super Bowl XLIX between the defending champions Seattle Seahawks and three-time winners New England Patriots at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Millions more will watch the Waste Management
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      181 14 Wire Services Manny Pacquiao is almost certain his showdown with Floyd Mayweather will happen this year, but warned of the consequences if it doesn’t. Pacquiao’s advisers claim to have agreed to fight Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 2, having accepted the terms and conditions
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          1244 16 / 17  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,650M) GOOD THINKER (1) didn’t click as expected in two recent 1,800m failures after staying on for thirds to Invictus and then Expectator over this C&D in November and must have
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          1079 16 / 17 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Race 1 cLaSS 5 TURF—1650m TIME 7:15 Stakes: HK$575,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 GOOD THINKER P F YIU A SUBORICS 133 4 2 MOBILE KING C FOWNES Z PURTON 132 7 3 ARCHER’S BOW T P
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          506 16 / 17 FAIRVIEW PREVIEWS RACE 1 (1,200M) (1) AGE OF AQUARIUS only found Firth Of Clyde too good for him last time but should make amends in this weak field. (3) IN accORDaNce has good recent forms but tends to lack a finish and may
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        1256 18 / 19 KRANJI AND KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK It’s a truly tough field that he comes up against on Sunday. But PURE TACTICS looks to be in the form of his life and will certainly give his highlytouted rivals a run for their money. The five-year-old
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        1008 18 / 19  -  KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS Report by BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg Two debutants from champion trainer Laurie Laxon’s yard bear watching at the races on Friday. The pair of COSTNER and AMAZING created good impressions in their respective trials at Kranji yesterday morning both winning with some
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        1724 20 / 21 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 ASCOT (1,000M) (1) SHADY GRAY: At only start in a race was 4th on the turn when winner over 1,100m Ascot Dec 10. Resuming here and won recent Belmont trial. (3) MILITARY
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        664 22 / 23 *Spanish for nothing Spaniard feels he lacked confidence for much of his loss to Berdych Reuters A fourth-round thrashing of big-serving South African Kevin Anderson had given Rafa Nadal hope he might be back to his best, but the Spaniard’s limited preparations came back to haunt him
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        51 22 / 23 MEN’S SINGLES Q-FINALS l Tomas Berdych (7) bt Rafael Nadal (3) 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (7/5) l Andy Murray (6) bt Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 WOMEN’S SINGLES Q-FINALS l Ekaterina Makarova (10) bt Simona Halep (3) 6-4, 6-0 l Maria Sharapova (2) bt Eugenie Bouchard (7) 6-3,
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