The New Paper, 6 May 2015

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    • SINGAPOREANS IN NEPAL
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        Lock icon Drivers refused to risk the road
        829 2 / 3  -  S’porean who went to Nepal describes difficulty of organising aid to villages devastated by earthquake Reports by GODWIN NG ngodwin@sph.com.sg After waking up from his first night in Nepal last week, Mercy Relief chairman Michael Tay, 40, was shocked to discover he had slept
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        Lock icon School and alumni raise $25,000
        369 2 / 3 He wanted to raise $20,000 to help earthquake victims in Nepal and had expected the fund raising to take a month. But in just a week, Mr Ra- masamy Ramesh (right) masamy exceeded his target. Close to half the amount raised came from the pockets
        PHOTO COURTESY OF MR RAMASAMY RAMESH  -  369 words
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        Lock icon ‘Thank you, Singapore’
        480 2 / 3 Nepali who lived in S’pore for 18 years has fond memories of school, growing up here She was at Kathmandu airport last Friday to pick up her sister when she saw a group of people carrying the Singapore flag. When the Nepali realised the group was the
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      Lock icon BY THE NUMBERS
      52 4 $50,000 The limit for Fast And Secure Transfers (Fast) from Friday. It is $10,000 now. The service for transferring Singapore dollars from one bank to another was introduced in March last year. More than 1 million Fast transactions are made each month, the Association of Banks in
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      Lock icon S’poreans seen as becoming more gracious
      268 4 Singapore’s Graciousness Index has hit 61 out of 100, up from 55 last year and 53 in 2013. The higher the index, the more gracious our society is deemed to be. This year’s increase is led by a growing sense of positive perceptions about
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      Lock icon Terminal will be in Jurong East
      333 4 High-speed rail to KL will be delayed The Singapore terminal of the high speed rail link to Kuala Lumpur will be in Jurong East. This would dovetail with overall plans to transform the area into Singapore’s second business district, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Woman hurt after falling on escalator
      116 4 A woman in her 30s was injured when she fell on an escalator at Lavender MRT station yesterday morning. She had been running down the escalator to catch a west-bound train that was leaving when she stumbled, reported Lianhe Wanbao. A witness said: “She
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      Lock icon Lawyer struck off for forgery and lying
      195 4 A lawyer known for his volunteer work was yesterday struck off the rolls for forging court documents and lying about the status of a lawsuit to fob off a client who was chasing him for updates. Mr Gopinath Pillai, 44, former chairman of
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      Lock icon Amos Yee challenges bail terms
      160 4 A bail review for teenager Amos Yee, who is facing charges related to an online rant about the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, will be heard in the High Court today. His lawyer, Mr Alfred Dodwell, told The Straits Times that Yee is challenging the
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      Lock icon Sengkang molest suspect arrested
      116 6  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB On Monday, the police arrested a 28-year-old man, believed to be involved in several cases of outrage of modesty in Sengkang and Punggol. Police said they have, since January, received reports of women being molested by an unidentified man in these estates. Officers from
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      Lock icon Molester waited at MRT station for victims
      501 6  -  Repeat offender gets 10 years and 9 strokes for attacking woman in Clementi lift Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg This predator has been in and out of jail for crimes like molest and outrage of modesty three times since 1998. Yesterday, Muhammad Harzan
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      Lock icon Migrant ‘slave labour’ irks Aussies
      127 7 Australia faced growing calls yesterday to crack down on the exploitation of migrants labouring in farms and factories, after a television investigation claimed foreigners toiled in conditions akin to “slave labour”. Using footage from secret cameras, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) found some migrants were
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      Lock icon Hun Sen loses boxing bet, but won’t pay
      293 7 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted Monday he won’t make good on a US$5,000 (S$6,680) bet he lost on the recent bout between Floyd Mayweather and regional hero Manny Pacquiao because he was so incensed by the outcome. The 62-year-old strongman delivered
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      Lock icon Other high-rise littering cases
      138 8 / 9 JANUARY 2015 A 38-year-old smoker who chucked 34 cigarette butts out of his flat window in Sengkang over four days was fined $19,800 and sentenced to five hours of corrective work. JUNE 2013 Two women, aged 28 and 20, were fined $400 and $800 for littering
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      Lock icon Who is the guil-tea party?
      746 8 / 9  -  Tanjong Pagar GRC MP on hunt for litterer behind ‘tea bag tree’. He likes Dilmah, she says Report by DAVID SUN and TANIA VALENSIA tnp@sph.com.sg A “tea bag tree” has been seen in Bukit Merah View. But it is not a tree that grows tea
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      Lock icon Son: If only I had woken him up
      621 10  -  SBS Transit bus driver dies of smoke inhalation after he sleeps through fire in JB home Report by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg If only he had woken up his father the moment he saw smoke rising to the second storey. This has
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      Lock icon Share your Singapore stories
      138 11 If you have a story to share about a favourite place in Singapore, the SG Heart Map project is still looking for contributions. Your story may be featured in one of the exclusive artworks being created for the SG50 programme. It seeks to weave endearing records
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      273 11 ON TNP FAcebook On the big clean up of a cockroachinfested flat Justina Lim Well done to the team involved. Must be tough, congrats to Mr Lim! Hope his wife will come to her senses. Rosalind David Helping this couple clean the flat is just one part solved.
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      Lock icon Arrested in North Korea, but he’s happy
      145 13 A South Korean student held in North Korea for illegal entry has told CNN in an interview from North Korean capital Pyongyang that he wanted to be arrested. Mr Joo Won-Moon, 21, who attends New York University and has permanent US residency, said
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      Lock icon Smugglers cram rare birds into bottles
      320 13 They were found stuffed into plastic water bottles in a bid to smuggle them out of the country. When customs officials at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, Indonesia, came across them, they were stunned. Inside, barely breathing, were more than 24 critically endangered yellow-crested
      PHOTOS: REUTERS/ ANTARA FOTO  -  320 words
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      Lock icon Five graves found in second Thai campsite
      265 13 Investigators in southern Thailand have discovered five graves at a second jungle camp, believed to hold the remains of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, police said yesterday. The camp was uncovered just a kilometre from a similar encampment on a steep hillside near
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      Lock icon About MGR
      207 14 Marudur Gopalamenon Ramachandran, better known as MGR, was an actor, a director and producer. He was also chief minister of Tamil Nadu in South India for three terms. Born on Jan 17,1917, in Sri Lanka, MGR made his film debut in 1936 in a film called Sathi Leelavathi,
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      Lock icon Can’t hear, but she can dance
      640 14  -  Deaf woman and first-time performer will appear at Tamil variety show in August Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg She is deaf and has never danced before an audience. But on Aug 1, she will make her debut. And there will be more than 1,000
      TNP PHOTOS: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB  -  640 words
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      Lock icon Just 10, and she’s pregnant
      612 15 Raped by her stepfather, but the law in Paraguay does not allow abortion unless the mother’s life is in danger She is 10 and pregnant after being raped by her stepfather. Despite that, she cannot have an abortion because the law in Paraguay, where the
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      Lock icon ABORTIONS ON THE DECLINE IN SINGAPORE
      292 15 Abortions in Singapore hit a three-decade low last year. There were 8,515, which is about eight per cent fewer than in 2013, Ministry of Health (MOH) figures released to The Straits Times show. This is about a third of the peak of 23,512 abortions
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      Lock icon ‘YOUNG LACK INTEREST IN SPACE TECHNOLOGY’
      270 16 / 17 While space exploration in the 1960s ignited their interest in science when they were young, the Haignerés lamented that it is difficult to get the young people of today excited about space technology. “Not many young people we speak to are interested. They are
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      Lock icon To Mir with love
      745 16 / 17  -  The Haignerés are a rare husband-and-wife pair of astronauts who have been to space on separate missions Reports by GAO WENXIN wxgao@sph.com.sg They may look like your ordinary down-to-earth French couple. But Brigadier General Jean-Pierre Haigneré and Dr Claudie Haigneré (above) have shared out-of-this-world experiences. The
      PHOTOS: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA, COURTESY OF DR CLAUDIE HAIGNERE  -  745 words
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      90 19 MAY 6 2015 Meetingtheir matchSofia Verg r nd Reese Wi herspoon’s first-time pairing in buddy comedy Ho Pursuit sends one of them o hospital 24 ovies akan usic RAISING THE BARD Cymbeline is latest modern-day Shakespeare adaptation that tests your brain power 21 CAREER PEAK All Time Low hit new
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  • M MOVIES MUSIC MAKAN
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        Lock icon REEVES RETURNS IN JOHN WICK 2
        70 20 Keanu Reeves will be back for more mayhem in John Wick 2. In John Wick, the 50-year-old Canadian played a gun-for-hire who was forced out of retirement after some punks killed his beloved dog. The 2014 low-budget action thriller was a sleeper hit with
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        Lock icon PATTINSON STEALS SHOW AT MET GALA WITH NEW FIANCEE
        123 20 There were loads of celebrities commanding attention at the “China: Through The Looking Glass” Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday in New York City. But we bet Twi-hards only had eyes for this pair. The
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        Lock icon SMITH HAS VOCAL CORD INJURY, FORCED TO CANCEL AUSTRALIAN TOUR
        103 20 More bad news from Sam Smith’s camp. The British singer, who had already cancelled his Australian tour last week after suffering a small haemorrhage on his vocal cords, had to axe his Japan and Philippine stopovers too. He shared the
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        Lock icon MAGIC MIKE CAST GO TOPLESS IN POSTER TRIBUTE TO STAR WARS DAY
        110 20 The force is strong with these guys... make that XXL strength. The Magic Mike XXL team celebrated May 4 aka Star Wars Day by releasing a Star Wars-inspired poster for the upcoming movie sequel via Twitter. Accompanying the
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        Lock icon DIDDY AND GIRLFRIEND STAR IN SEXY NEW AD
        134 20 Sean “Diddy” Combs has released his third fragrance 3AM, one that will get you action “with a young lady”, he told Style.com. The racy commercial for the unisex scent features the 45-year-old US rapper and his girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, 28, engaging
        PHOTOS: AFP, GOLDEN VILLAGE PICTURES, TWITTER/WARNER BROS  -  134 words
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        86 20 Hot stuff If there’s one reason for guys to watch chick flick Hot Pursuit, Sofia Vergara stripping down to her undies is it Escargot epiphany ONE FM DJ Joshua Simon used to be afraid of snails, now he’s a fan of them All-time high Baltimore pop punk rockers
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    • Movies
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        Lock icon FAKE SPEARE
        753 21  -  Don’t know your Bard? No fear, let Hollywood be your cheat sheet Report by LISA TWANG tnp@sph.com.sg Getting modern audiences to understand William Shakespeare is a tough act. If you have read his plays in school, chances are, af­ter puzzling over the “thees” and “thous” and dirty jokes
        PHOTOS: 20TH CENTURY FOX, STARHUB, TOUCHSTONE PICS, SHAW BROS, SHAW ORGANISATION  -  753 words
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        Lock icon School of frock
        587 22 / 23  -  With a disaster-prone theme like China: Through The Looking Glass, one could’ve mistaken the 2015 Met Gala held in New York City on Monday for a Miss universe national costume parade, says JEANMARIE TAN JEANMARIE TAN Next it will be, ‘What brand tampon are you wearing?’ How
        PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS  -  587 words
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        Lock icon Girl power
        98 24 / 25 Who says buddy comedies belong to the men? These women prove they can own the genre too. 1 The Other Woman (2014) Kate Upton, Cameron Diaz Leslie Mann 2 The Heat (2013) Sandra Bullock Melissa McCarthy 3 Pitch Perfect (2012) Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow Rebel Wilson 4 Bridesmaids
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        Lock icon AWESOME TWOSOME
        1235 24 / 25  -  New power couple ofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon had so much fun buddying up for new chick flick Hot Pursuit, it’s criminal KRISTIE BERTUCCI Reporting from Los Angeles tnp@sph.com.sg Sofia Vergara walks into the interview room at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, US, first, telling all
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        Lock icon Playing It Cool
        516 26  -  MOVIE DATE JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg MARS While watching Playing It Cool, it might occur to you that the team behind it isn’t particularly seasoned. Director Reardon has only done a short film from 2010 called Zoltan: The Hungarian Gangster Of Love. The writing team,
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        79 26 IF A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS, THEN WHAT DO SOME MOVIE POSTERS TELL US? TERMINATOR GENISYS What It Looks Like: Francois La Flamme (Jason Clarke) is a walking campfire who warms all in a cold land. Folks come from miles around to bask in his cosy glow,
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      • Movie picks
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          Lock icon THE WATER DIVINER (NC16)
          133 26  -  Jason Johnson Looking at the credits just now, I was shocked to learn that Russell Crowe isn’t just the star of this war drama, but also its director. The Water Diviner is a very old-fashioned movie, but also super solid. Crowe stars as a manly Aussie
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          Lock icon BIG GAME (PG13)
          135 26  -  Joanne Soh Cliched, preposterous, ludicrous. This action adventure has B-movie written all over it. However, leave all expectations outside the cinema hall, and you’ll find yourself rooting for its pint-sized hero. Onni Tommila may not possess the cutest or matinee-idol-in-the-making looks, but the Finnish teen has enough
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          Lock icon THE COBBLER (NC16)
          136 26  -  Joanne Soh Stepping into someone’s shoes takes a whole new meaning. This fantasy tale is so crazy, don’t bother trying to make sense of it. The Cobbler works only for true Adam Sandler fans if he still has them, considering all the lemons he’s churned out in
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    • Music
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        Lock icon KATY’S TOUR DE FUN
        421 27  -  US popstar Katy Perry makes sure she takes in sights while performing in different countries Report by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg US popstar Katy Perry has toured four continents and done more than 130 shows as part of her Prismatic World Tour. She will be
        PHOTOS: CHRISTIE GOODWIN, INSTAGRAM/ KATY PERRY  -  421 words
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        Lock icon Outspoken and outstanding
        919 28 / 29  -  He has hit out at the Grammys and R&B star Chris Brown. When something irks him, US pop punk band All Time Low’s frontman Alex Gaskarth says he will speak up Report by TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg In the superficial world of showbiz, you can always count
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        Lock icon NEW RELEASES
        242 28 / 29  -  Tan Kee Yun BRITNEY SPEARS IGGY AZALEA PRETTY GIRLS Hooray, Spears is back! And she’s on a roll. After a well received cover of Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner Spears’ collaboration with disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder the pop star teams up with hip-hop’s It girl Azalea for the catchiest
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        Lock icon This week in...2007
        348 28 / 29  -  Tan Kee Yun THE SONG: Girlfriend THE ARTIST: Avril Lavigne THE LYRICS: “Hey, hey/ You, you/ I don’t like your girlfriend/ No way, no way/ I think you need a new one” THE RESULT: A cheerleading-inspired, ridiculously cheery pop-rock number, Girlfriend was the lead single from Lavigne’s
        PHOTOS: SONYBMG SINGAPORE, INSTAGRAM  -  348 words
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        Lock icon HIGH TIME
        526 30  -  Our resident Kiss92 DJ/ journo thinks the hugely talented American Idol alumnus has finally hit stride with new single Ghost Town KISS TELL JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Adam Lambert just released a new song called Ghost Town, and it’s killer. The first single off his upcoming album The Original
        PHOTOS: AFP, WARNER BROS RECORDS  -  526 words
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        Lock icon MUST-SEE MVS
        207 30  -  Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman MUSE DEAD INSIDE It is deep, dark and devastating in this dystopian world occupied by Muse and two stone-faced dancers. Kicking up a storm, So You Think You Can Dance alumni Will Wingfield and Kathryn McCormick perform a forceful, interpretative routine as drones hover
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        Lock icon BROTHERS IN FUN
        686 32  -  Their wacky antics won over online fans, but it’s their fuss-free cooking that’s made them culinary stars Report by JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg New York City boasts many types of chefs, from Michelin-starred celebrities to funky hipsters. Josh and Mike Greenfield belong to the latter category of young,
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        Lock icon Dazzling Cafe didn’t shine
        512 33  -  WEETS EATS By YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg Dazzling Cafe doesn’t officially open until June but it is already a hit, judging by the queues and the insane amount of social media mentions. The youths seem especially interested. It’s difficult not to be dazzled by the franchise
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        308 33 BRUNCH FOR MUM One-Ninety Wood-Fired Steaks and Seafood at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore is serving its Mother’s Day Sunday Brunch from $148. Your mum will have a wide choice, including seafood on ice (such as poached Maine lobster and Alaskan king crab) live stations serving meats such as
        FOUR SEASONS HOTEL SINGAPORE; TAO SEAFOOD ASIA; ANTOINETTE; LITTLE HOUSE OF DREAMS  -  308 words
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        Lock icon GOING ‘FULL THROTTLE’ TO SHAPE UP
        880 34  -  Celebrity Chow with ONE FM radio DJ Joshua Simon Report pictures by TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg ONE FM 91.3 radio jock Joshua Simon has a birthday resolution. The local DJ-musician, who will turn 25 in June, told M over lunch last Thursday at Collin’s
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      100 20 m giveaways goodies galore oN m oNliNe Want to get your hands on some premiums from the new action comedy Hot Pursuit, starring Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon? Simply head to M Online. Also up for grabs are Katy Perry Prism LPs and Reflection T-shirts, and hampers from Hopeless Records.
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      78 1 There will be no Noon Edition of The New Paper today and tomorrow. But watch out for the match report of Barcelona v Bayern Munich at tnp.sg. NEYMAR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BARCELONA V BAYERN MUNICH ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI NOT NOUNOW It’s hardly the most ideal time for Pep Guardiola to meet Barca,
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        717 2 / 3  -  Lim says 75 golds possible for Team Singapore, but warns that regional athletes are set for battle Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Sport Singapore’s chief executive officer Lim Teck Yin is an effusive man. He is bold and confident as an athlete, he was part
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        751 2 / 3  -  Like us, swim icon senses a unique feat by Singapore athletes at SEA Games COMMENT LEONARD THOMAS leonardt@sph.com.sg Ang Peng Siong was in pain yesterday. He’d just finished a medical appointment, the slipped disc was acting up in excruciating fashion. Ang is 52 now,
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        207 4 / 5 The fixtures for the football and basketball tournaments at the 28th South-east Asia (SEA) Games have been finalised. Fans can purchase tickets for basketball and football, priced at $10 and $20 per ticket respectively, at http://tickets.seagames2015.com, from 10am today Hosts Singapore kick
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        818 4 / 5  -  Singsoc chairman Lim knows Games’ success will be about drawing the public to various venues Reports by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg As chairman of the organising committee (Singsoc) of the 28th South-east Asia (SEA) Games, Sport Singapore’s chief executive officer Lim Teck Yin has even more
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        368 4 / 5 It underwent a difficult, much-debated process but Sport Singapore has finally chosen who will light the South-east Asia (SEA) Games cauldron at the opening ceremony at the National Stadium on June 5. With just 30 days to go to the biennial event, Sport
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        1473 6 / 7 Ex-Lions Razali Saad, V Sundramoorthy and Steven Tan tell SHAMIR OSMAN they hope this SEA Games team can learn from their 1993 semi-final defeat on home soil The target is to secure at least a spot in the SEA Games final on June 15 at the
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        787 8 / 9  -  Thai sprint king Jirapong declares he will be fastest man in Southeast Asia next month SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg EXCLUSIVE It is commonly called the Land of Smiles, because of the friendly people. But Thailand can just as well be dubbed “The Kingdom of Sprinters”, for the
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        34 8 / 9 Name: Jirapong Meenapra born: May 11, 1993, Thailand Height: 1.70m Weight: 60kg Personal best: 10.31 (100m); 21.25 (200m) Achievements: Gold medals in 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar.
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        363 8 / 9 SUTHI MANYANKAS l SEa Games golds: 100m, 200m and 4x100m in 1959,100m in 1961 The legendary Suthi first grabbed headlines at the East Asia Track and Field Championships in 1959, clocking a thenAsian record time of 10.50 seconds in the 100m. A few months later, he
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        453 10 / 11  -  Two years in the making, Singsoc reveals 120 recipes for SEA Games Report by HAIQAL SARI haiqals@sph.com.sg For athletes taking part in major sporting competitions such as the South-east Asia (SEA) Games, food nutrition is as important as putting the long hours in training. Michael
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        349 12 / 13 The fields are barely hot off the press, but an explosive pairing is already on the cards for the Singapore Airlines International Cup night on May 17 when local KrisFlyer International Sprint hope, Zac Spirit (left), is set to be ridden Joao Moreira. When the
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        984 12 / 13  -  KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS Reports by BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg Like Roger Bannister, that great miler of the 1950s, BANNISTER the horse could be worth watching when he next goes over something like the mile. The five-year-old from Stephen Gray’s yard was in his element
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        768 12 / 13 KRANJI TRACKWORK Whether or not you had backed him in that last start, you would still have been impressed with the performance of JUBILATION when he ran second to Arrowhead just a month ago. It was a run rich in enterprise, skill and
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        1558 14 / 15 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 WARWICK FARM (1,600M) 13 FRESPANOL (14:4-1-5): Kept finding the line gamely from midfield on return 2 len, sht nk 3rd (56.0) to Medcaut 1,400m R’hill (Bm85) Good(4) trk March 28. Landed midfield
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        976 14 / 15 p a Y(i) Do not bet illegally. responsibly! Always play with care. 1:00 Race 1 WARWICK FARM—1600M 1 LASER HAWK UNFIXED (3) 59 2 MONTON K JENNINGS (13) 58 3 STRAWBERRY BOY J A CASSIDY (12) 57 .5 4 DIADEME B SHINN (4) 57
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          990 16 / 17  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,800M) SURE CHAMP (1) has run on steadily from midfield to fill the frame in his past two Valley outings over 1,800m and 2,200m and is drawn to have every chance. HIGH
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          1101 16 / 17 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Race 1 cLaSS 5 TURF—1800m TIME 7:15 Stakes: HK$575,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 SURE CHAMP R GIBSON D LANE 132 2 2 GOOD THINKER P F YIU O DOLEUZE 128 9 3 HONG KONG FAT K
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          720 16 / 17 SCOTTSVILLE PREVIEWS Race 1 (1,000M) (5) TIDE IS TURNING and (1) VAMPIRELLA fought out the finish on their debut and, and with the former 3kg better off this time, she should get the verdict. Have her on the win tote. (1) VAMPIRELLA is obviously a
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          778 16 / 17 5:40 Race 1 Juvenile Plate 1000M 1 VAMPIRELLA S Randolph (1) 60 2 CLASS ACT M Ntuli (2) 57 3 CLEVER KATE A Marcus (4) 57 4 MAKE MY OWN LUCK D Daniels (7) 57 5 TIDE IS TURNING G Lerena (3) 57 6
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      535 18 Warriors guard named MVP, as Rockets splutter and Bulls pip LeBron’s Cavaliers NBA Wire Services His club are rolling in the NBA play-offs, leading the Memphis Grizzlies 1-0 in the Western Conference semi-finals. Golden State Warriors’ star guard Stephen Curry led the team which won
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      756 19 BOXING Reuters The fallout from the “Fight of the Century” became murkier yesterday morning (Singapore time), with possible lawsuits in the works and Manny Pacquiao likely to face disciplinary action for failing to disclose a pre-bout shoulder injury. Filipino Pacquiao (right) lost on a unanimous
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      283 19 AFP World No. 1 Serena Williams extended her unbeaten record this season to 22 matches with a routine 6-4, 6-0 win over Sloane Stephens to move into the third round of the Madrid Open yesterday morning (Singapore time). Williams (right) hasn’t been beaten in
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      150 20 / 21 Reuters Prince Ali Al Hussein suggested that one candidate, rather than three, might have a better chance of beating Fifa president Sepp Blatter in this month’s elections, but said he had no intention of withdrawing from the race. Earlier media reports suggesting
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      156 20 / 21 PA Sport Jimmy Greaves is aware of the seriousness of the stroke he suffered, the former England striker’s wife Irene has revealed. The 75-year-old former Tottenham, Chelsea and West Ham star was admitted to hospital on Sunday, following a severe stroke which has left him in
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        533 20 / 21 Fabregas rates Blues bo higher than Wenger and Guardiola Wire Services While Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is a target of critics, his players are more appreciative. Midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes the Portuguese is the best manager he has played for, despite having worked under the likes of
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        323 20 / 21 AFP Newcastle’s under-fire interim manager John Carver will remain in charge of the struggling Premier League club for the final three games of the season, after surviving crisis talks on Monday. Carver (right) was expected to be sacked following Newcastle’s eighth successive defeat, at relegation-rivals Leicester
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        573 20 / 21 Wire Services HULL1 (Stephen Quinn 56) ARSENAL 3 (Alexis Sanchez 28, 45, Aaron Ramsey 33) Arsene Wenger refused to make any bold predictions about his in-form Arsenal side, despite the Gunners breaking the 100-mark for goals in all competitions this season. Arsenal swept aside Hull City
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        312 20 / 21 Reuters Alexis Sanchez became the first Arsenal player since Thierry Henry to score over 20 goals in his first season, and manager Arsene Wenger said the Chilean has exceeded all his expectations. The effervescent 26-year-old scored a brace in Arsenal’s 3-1 Premier League victory over Hull City
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        249 22 / 23 Reuters Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona launched a blistering attack on Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday, saying that world football’s governing body had descended into anarchy under the 79-year-old Swiss. With the Fifa presidential election less than a month away, Maradona, one of the
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        802 22 / 23  -  Guardiola can’t fix injury crisis or Barca’s front three NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Pep Guardiola walks among giants at Barcelona. Schooled by the Catalans and cultivated by Cruyff, he went one better. He played in a dream team and then coached the perfect team. He updated a
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        409 22 / 23 AFP Lionel Messi believes former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola’s intimate knowledge of the Catalan side will not benefit him when he returns to the Nou Camp with Bayern Munich for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tomorrow morning (Singapore time). Said Messi
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        698 24 Enrique shines from Guardiola’s shadow as he stands on brink of a Barca treble AFP Despite the presence of Lionel Messi and 14 World Cup winners, the attention will be on the touchline as much as the pitch when Pep Guardiola leads his Bayern Munich side
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    • ON TV
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        124 22 / 23 AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Today: BURIRAM UNITED v GUANGZHOU R&F StarHub TV Ch 208 Singtel TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 6.10pm GAMBA OSAKA v SEONGNAM StarHub TV Ch 209 Singtel TV Ch 115 (FOX Sports 2), 6.10pm JEONBUKv SHANDONG LUNENG StarHub TV Ch 210 Singtel TV Ch 116 (FOX Sports
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        25 22 / 23 MADRID OPEN Today: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 7pm Tomorrow: DAY 4 (LAST 16) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 7pm
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        16 22 / 23 NBA PLAY-OFFS Today: ATLANTA HAWKS v WASHINGTON WIZARDS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am
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        24 22 / 23 THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Friday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 1am Saturday: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 1am
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        79 22 / 23 SPANISH GRAND PRIX Friday: PRACTICE SESSION 1 Singtel TV Ch 116 StarHub TV Ch 210 (FOX Sports 3), 3.55pm PRACTICE SESSION 2 Singtel TV Ch 116 StarHub TV Ch 210 (FOX Sports 3), 7.55pm Saturday: PRACTICE SESSION 3 Singtel TV Ch 116 StarHub TV Ch 210 (FOX Sports
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