The New Paper, 9 August 2015

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1 24 The New Paper
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    24 1 the new paper sunday AUGUST 9 201 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MCI (P) 138/12/2014 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838
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      53 1 SCHOOLING’S BIRTHDAY GIFT TO S’PORE Swimmer clinches historic bronze at World Championships S22 PHOTO: AFP 5 -year Flashback Singapore’s journey from birth to Jubilee 14 HOTEL NEW WORLD COLLAPSE Victim’s widow gives first interview in 29 years TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION S’POREAN GUNNED DOWN IN PHILIPPINES Family now living in fear
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  • upfront
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      Lock icon what we say
      492 2  -  MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg Did you know Yusof Ishak, our first president, was a boxer and champion weightlifter? Are you aware that military officers were concerned that the first batch of national servicemen in 1967 would protest conscription and misbehave on their first day? Or that the late
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  • people
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      Lock icon ‘We are afraid we will be targets’
      554 6  -  Family of Singaporean shot dead in the Philippines fear for their lives as his attackers are still at large Report by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg Mr Stanley Jang’s family have been living in fear since he was gunned down in his Philippines office
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      Lock icon Hikers die in US desert, son survives
      344 6 A policeman who grabbed a dead tourist’s camera looking for clues made a life-saving discovery: The tourist had a nine-year-old boy with her. The discovery turned a grim recovery operation into a frantic search early this week at the White Sands National Monument,
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      Lock icon Buyer saves sun bear cub sold by poachers
      364 8 Rescued cub handed over to conservation centre A sun bear cub that was put up for sale by poachers has been rescued by a Good Samaritan who bought it and gave it to the Sabah Wildlife Department. The three-month-old bear was taken
      PHOTOS: THE STAR, NSTP  -  364 words
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      Lock icon Migrants mourn children lost at sea
      346 8 As the boat overturned, their children slipped out of their grasp and were lost to the waves. Now, traumatised parents who were rescued from a deadly Mediterranean shipwreck on Wednesday are being given psychological support in Sicily, Italy. The crossing was supposed to be
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  • stylemaker
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      Lock icon Made in SG
      501 10 / 11  -  KOVIT ANG tnp@sph.com.sg n this special edition, we are celebrating home-grown talent. So we asked local designers to show us their interpretations of Singapore’s 50th birthday, specially designed and picked for this feature. YAHN ADAM The designer and jewellery artist explores the idea of transparency in this
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  • eats hed chef
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      Lock icon Classic comfort food
      469 13  -  Kambing soup HEDY KHOO hedy@sph.com.sg F ood features so prominently in the cultural landscape here that it is hard to pick a dish for this special edition to celebrate 50 years of our nation’s independence. I settled on kambing soup. This Indian-Muslim dish is one that has
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  • A 50-year flashback
    • 1965
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        Lock icon First President
        45 14 Mr Yusof Ishak became Singapore’s first President upon its independence on Aug 9. He had been the Yang di-Pertuan Negara or the Head of State of Singapore since Dec 3, 1959, after Singapore achieved internal selfgovernment, so the transition was a natural one.
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        Lock icon Bomb kills three at MacDonald House
        172 14 The MacDonald House bombing was the deadliest in a string of at least 42 bomb attacks by Indonesian saboteurs during Konfrontasi, the Indonesia-Malaysia conflict from 1963 to 1966. This was an intermittent war waged by Indonesia, which opposed the formation and existence of the
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        Lock icon Singapore splits from Malaysia
        335 14 The birth of independent Singapore was sudden and dramatic. On Aug 9, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew called a press conference where he announced the separation from the Federation of Malaysia. “Every time we look back on this moment that we signed this agreement that
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    • l966
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        Lock icon The birth of the National Pledge
        164 15 Together with Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Rajaratnam penned the national pledge. It came two years after racial riots in Singapore claimed 36 lives and left over 500 people injured. Journalist Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, born in Sri Lanka, raised in Malaysia and trained in law
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
        47 15 The Malaysian Grand Prix, which had been running since 1961, was renamed the Singapore Grand Prix. The 4.9km circuit took racers down winding roads including Old Upper Thomson Road, where infamous corners like the Devil’s Bend, Snakes and Hairpin, struck fear in the faint-hearted.
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        Lock icon Luck of the 4D draw
        146 15 The Singapore Turf Club introduced the 4D draw and offered the top prize of $2,000 for a $1 ticket. One of the first winners was Mr Goh Lee Gan. Coming from a large and poor family, he tried his luck with three friends and they
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    • 1967
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        Lock icon NEW CURRENCY
        52 16 The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore issued the first Singapore currency postindependence. The Orchid series consisting of $1, $5, $10, $50, $100 and $1,000 notes was released in June. Other denominations, including a $25 note, were released later. Singapore previously used a common currency for Malaya and
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        Lock icon Singapore’s first soldiers
        390 16  -  Report by CHIN YONG CHANG tnp@sph.com.sg Having obtained a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1956, Dr Goh Keng Swee disagreed with then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew that a small militia was enough to protect Singapore. Dr Goh argued for a conscription
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    • 1968
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        Lock icon 81 contingents hit
        54 16 MARCH ON: The National Day Parade, comprising 81 contingents, was hit by a torrential downpour. Participants marched from the Padang, past City Hall to High Street, South Bridge Road, Chinatown, Tanjong Pagar, Neil Road and Outram Park before finishing at Queenstown. The first parade was held in
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    • 1969
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        Lock icon Racial riots
        124 17 A tension-filled election in Malaysia on May 10 turned into racial riots three days later, threatening to spill over into Singapore. Who started it? Some academics argued that Malay politicians in Malaysia started to fan the flames while others claimed communist elements within Chinese-ma-jority political parties were the
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        Lock icon FIRST JUNIOR COLLEGE
        33 17 Following a plan to build a “super secondary boarding school”, National Junior College opened on Jan 20, with a batch of 572 students. Subjects offered included chemistry, economics and literature.
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        Lock icon Worst flood in 35 years
        132 17 Floods, the worst in 35 years, wreaked havoc throughout the island. Torrential rain poured down and flood waters rose to waist height in some areas. Helicopters had to be activated to evacuate people from some of the worst hit areas. Infrastructure, including electrical and telephone
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    • 1970
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        Lock icon Yusof Ishak dies
        168 18 / 19 Singapore’s first president, Mr Yusof Ishak, died of heart failure after a long illness while still in office. He was 60. President Yusof was born in Perak, the oldest of nine children. He attended Victoria Bridge primary school (now Victoria School) before entering Raffles Institution. He was
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    • 1971
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        Lock icon Gold Bars triple murder
        328 18 / 19 Ten men staged a daring robbery, killing a businessman and two of his employees before escaping with 120 gold bars. Andrew Chou, who worked for Air Vietnam in Singapore as a ground operations supervisor, had been using his access to airport security to get involved in
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        Lock icon Benjamin Sheares becomes president
        152 18 / 19 Benjamin Henry Sheares became Singapore’s second president at 63 on Jan 2, 1971. He had already achieved a series of firsts. In 1931, he was the first Singaporean to specialise in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the first local to be appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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    • 1972
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        Lock icon Robinsons burns down
        429 18 / 19 Englishman Philip Robinson set up Spicer and Robinson with business partner James Spicer in 1857. Out of Commercial Square (present day Raffles Place the family warehouse sold everything from crackers, ham, cheese, tea and even gypsy hats. Two years later, Mr Robinson had a new partner, Mr
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        Lock icon First LGBT article printed
        148 18 / 19 printed The first article on lesbians and gays in Singapore appeared in the New Nation in July. It featured individuals who were forced to lead secretive lives, and their hangouts, including Bugis Street. A writer noted in the article that society had misjudged gays and lesbians.
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    • 1973
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        Lock icon LIONS’ DEN
        61 20 The $50 million National Stadium opened on July 21. It was then one of the best in Southeast Asia and had a seating capacity of 50,000. Two months later, it played host to the 7th South-east Asian Peninsular Games, with 16 sporting events. Team Singapore won 45 gold
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        Lock icon Final S’pore GP cancelled
        107 20 The Singapore Sports Council decided to axe the Singapore Grand Prix, citing safety issues. In the span of 11 years, there were seven deaths at the races, reported The Straits Times. The Singapore Motor Sports Club attempted to secure new premises for racing enthusiasts, but the
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        Lock icon S’pore Zoo opens
        77 20 Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee (centre), with a lion cub that was born at the Singapore Zoological Gardens. Dr Goh was at the opening of the zoo which received a government grant of $9 million on June 27. The first recorded zoo
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    • 1974
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        Lock icon GOT MILK?
        51 21 River Valley Secondary School students were part of the Education Ministry’s daily subsidised session for some 30,000 pupils in 370 primary schools. Underweight children were encouraged to drink milk to supplement their nutritional needs. By the end of the year, close to 100,000 children were part of the
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        Lock icon Not so fast*
        285 21 *Laju is Malay for fast Four armed men hijacked the Laju ferryboat and held five men hostage after a failed attempt to cause severe damage to the Pulau Bukom oil refinery. On Jan 31, the men two from the Japanese Red Army and two members of the
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        Lock icon BIRTH OF A LAGOON
        67 22 Construction of the $4 million East Coast Lagoon started. A barrier separates it from the sea, leaving an oval-shaped lagoon that is almost as big as 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The lagoon, which can accommodate 6,000 swimmers, was officially opened to much fanfare in May 1976.
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        Lock icon Plan backfires, killing bombers
        134 22 An improvised explosive device exploded in a blue Austin as it was travelling along East Coast Road near Lorong Stangee on Dec 20. Two men were killed in the incident which turned out to be a communist terrorist plot gone wrong. The two men and another,
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    • 1975
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        Lock icon S’pore trounce giants
        115 22 Within two years of its opening, 60,000 fans packed into the National Stadium in February to watch Singapore beat Malaysia Cup giants Penang 4-0. Three months later, fans witnessed Arsenal narrowly beat Singapore 3-2 in a friendly match. UNBEATABLE: Singapore kept intact their unbeaten home record against
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    • 1976
    • 1977
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        Lock icon Istana welcome for 1977 Malaysia Cup heroes
        738 25  -  Report by GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg Nation building meant laying the tiles of foundation one by one from scratch after being a colonial outpost for more than a century. So business, the port, airport, housing, military, education and the economy were priority for a
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    • 1978
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        Lock icon INSPIRED
        60 26 / 27 In November, China’s Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping made an official visit to Singapore and was impressed by Singapore’s rapid growth in the years since independence. The visit was instrumental in the launch of China’s landmark open door and reform policy. VISITORS: Singapore’s then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (left) welcomed
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        Lock icon Tanker explodes,killing 76
        267 26 / 27  -  Andre Yeo It was the worst industrial accident in Singapore’s history. On Oct 12, 76 workers on board Greek-owned tanker Spyros died when it exploded and burst into flames while berthed at the Jurong Shipyard for repairs. Another 69 workers were hurt. The tragedy happened at about
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        Lock icon ‘Smiling’ trio hanged for double murder
        203 26 / 27  -  Andre Yeo On April 25, three men killed a taxi driver and later, a young police sentry, as they wanted his revolver to commit robbery. Ong Hwee Kuan, Ong Chin Hock, and Yeo Ching Boon, were 26 when they were convicted of the double
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    • 1979
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        Lock icon Four siblings slaughtered
        84 26 / 27 A couple, who ran a minibus transport service, left their four young children at home before they went to work in the early morning of Jan 6. Less than four hours later, they returned home to find all four children, aged between five and 10, slashed to
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    • 1980
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        Lock icon The making of Fandi
        685 28 / 29  -  Reports by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg It was the match that shot a freshfaced Fandi Ahmad to superstardom. On June 28, 1980, Fandi, less than a month after his 18th birthday, set up one goal and scored the winner as Singapore beat arch-rivals Selangor 2-1 at
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        Lock icon Bowler’s family killed
        36 28 / 29 On Dec 19, a killer shot national bowler Peter Lew’s mother and three siblings in their Joo Chiat home. The killer was never caught. LOSS: National bowler Peter Lew (left) lost his family.
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        Lock icon PAP makes fourth clean sweep of GE
        225 28 / 29  -  Sazali Abdul Aziz The front page of The Straits Times said it all: “75-0, IT’S ANOTHER CLEAN SWEEP”. Up by 37 seats even before polling began on Dec 23, the People’s Action Party (PAP) won all the remaining 38 wards to make its
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        Lock icon Belgrade Star see Red
        162 28 / 29  -  Sazali Abdul Aziz Singapore’s football team showed they were a match for the European sides of that era, by holding then Yugoslav giants Red Star Belgrade to a 2-2 draw at the National Stadium on Jan 30. Red Star, which had reached the Uefa Cup (known
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    • 1981
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        Lock icon Devan Nair sworn in as President
        112 30 / 31 Trade unionist C. V. Devan Nair, 58, was sworn in at the Istana as Singapore’s third President on Oct 23, following the death of his predecessor Benjamin Sheares, 74, just five months earlier. Mr Nair, a former teacher, joined the People’s Action Party in
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        Lock icon The ritualistic killer
        432 30 / 31  -  Reports by EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg A nine-year-old girl was drugged, sexually assaulted, strangled and her body dumped in a large bag near a staircase in Toa Payoh. The body of another child, a 10-year-old boy, was found days later near a hedge in the same area. He
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        Lock icon Changi Airport starts operations
        131 30 / 31 Changi Airport, which was built on reclaimed land near a former World War II airbase, was Singapore’s single biggest public project at the time, costing $1.5 billion and took six years to complete. The airport welcomed its first aircraft on July 1 SQ 101, which carried
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        Lock icon Benjamin Sheares Bridge opens
        106 30 / 31 Named after our second president, Mr Benjamin Sheares, the bridge was Singapore’s longest and highest bridge at the time it spanned 1.8km across the Kallang Basin and Singapore River, and rose to 29m at its highest point. With its opening on Sept 26, travelling time between
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        Lock icon Orchid chosen as national flower
        107 30 / 31 On April 15, the Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid hybrid beat 40 other flowers and was chosen as Singapore’s national flower. It was picked because its hardiness, vibrant colours and resilience reflect the Singapore spirit. Another reason it was picked was that it blooms all year
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    • 1982
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        Lock icon Making courtesy a way of life
        112 32 / 33 By the 1980s, Singapore had launched a series of campaigns covering everything from the number of children parents should have to good hygiene practices. In 1978, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (now Singapore Tour- ism Board) had launched a courtesy campaign to get locals
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        Lock icon Fastest swimmer in the world
        323 32 / 33  -  Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg He laughed heartily as he recalled the time when “people still thought of Singapore as part of China, and they were surprised to hear us speak proper English”. The year was 1982 and the meet was the US Swimming Championships
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        Lock icon The year the Singapore Marathon flags off
        243 32 / 33  -  David Lee The Singapore Marathon was first launched as a biennial fun run in 1982, but has gone on to establish itself as an IAAF Gold Label Race that easily attracts at least 50,000 participants per race. As Singaporeans fell in love with
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    • 1983
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        Lock icon FIRST TEST-TUBE BABY
        73 32 / 33 Samuel Lee became Singapore’s first test-tube baby and was also the first in South-east Asia. The Kandang Kerbau Hospital medical team led by Professor S.S. Ratnam and Professor Ng Soon Chye helped Mr Lee Chye Huat and Madam Tan Siew Ee have their baby boy after seven
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        Lock icon First football export to Europe
        554 32 / 33  -  Report by WILFRED WILFRED YEO wilfred@sph.com.sg The feelgood story of the year (apart from a successfully staged South-east Asia Games), was that of kampung boy Fandi Ahmad crossing oceans and playing for Dutch football club FC Groningen. The story actually started in 1982, when he
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        Lock icon 7 die in cable car tragedy
        81 32 / 33 On Jan 29, an oil rig hit the cables causing two cars to plunge 55m into the sea. Four other cars were stuck with 13 people trapped inside. Men from the 120th Helicopter Squadron of the Singapore Armed Forces staged a daring rescue using
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        Lock icon 3 killed in Andrew Road robbery
        62 32 / 33 On July 23, two youths robbed and killed a businessman, his wife and their maid with an AR15 they had stolen from the Singapore Armed Forces military school. When security personnel stormed in, the youths had already disappeared. They were caught a week later.
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    • 1984
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        Lock icon GE candidate for Teck Ghee
        58 34 / 35 Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, 32, was introduced as a candidate for the General Election and contested the Teck Ghee seat. He won 80.4 per cent of the votes. The 1984 results showed a 12.8 per cent swing in votes against the People’s Action Party,
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        Lock icon Goh Keng Swee retires
        123 34 / 35 In the early 1950s, while studying in London, the young Goh Keng Swee started the Malayan Forum, an anti-colonial political group, with some fellow students including Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Toh Chin Chye. But on his return to Singapore, Dr Goh joined the civil
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        Lock icon AT THE THEATRES
        63 34 / 35 First opened on Aug 8,1963, the National Theatre shut its door on Jan 16 before it was to be torn down. Known as the People’s Theatre, it cost $2.2 million to build, including public contributions of $856,000. The theatre, which did not have airconditioning, was later deemed
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        Lock icon Bathing the streets in light
        84 34 / 35 The then Singapore Tourism Promotion Board (STPB) organised the first Christmas Light-Up, with lights lining shopping streets from Tanglin Road, Scotts Road to North Bridge Road and Coleman Street. On Dec 13, STPB’s then chairman Wong Kwei Chong launched the light-up which lasted for just
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        Lock icon Man’s body cooked in curry and rice
        130 34 / 35 A live-in caretaker of the Public Utilities Board holiday chalets in Changi was allegedly bludgeoned to death with an iron rod in the caretaker’s quarters of the Orchard Road Presbyterian Church. The body of Mr Ayakanno Marithamuthu, 38, was chopped up, cooked in
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        Lock icon Chiam wins Potong Pasir stronghold
        122 34 / 35 Mr Chiam See Tong won the Potong Pasir ward with 60.3 per cent of the votes after three earlier unsuccessful attempts. He had moved to Potong Pasir in 1979, contesting in the by-election, after his loss in Cairnhill in 1976. In 1979, he garnered 33.15
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    • 1985
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        Lock icon Singapore’s 4th President
        90 34 / 35 Former journalist Wee Kim Wee was sworn in as Singapore’s fourth President on Sept 2. In spite of health issues and a fight with cancer, Mr Wee served two four-year terms which included a term with the new powers of an elected president that came into effect
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        Lock icon Shot: Ah Huat the killer
        78 34 / 35 On May 3, police closed in on one of the most coldblooded killers ever in Singapore. Lim Kim Peng, better known as Ah Huat, had shot a police detective and a chicken rice seller. Police fired nine rounds as Ah Huat went for his gun
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    • 1986
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        Lock icon BLESSINGS
        30 36 / 37 Pope John Paul II kissed the Changi Airport tarmac during a five-hour stopover on Nov 20. He was on an Asia-Pacific tour that included visits to Bangladesh and Australia.
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        Lock icon Workers go on strike
        43 36 / 37 On Jan 2, the dismissal of six union members sparked a strike by workers of American oilfield equipment company Hydril. The two-day strike only ended when the company eventually agreed to reinstate a union leader and compensate the others.
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        Lock icon ‘I always imagined he would come out’
        854 36 / 37  -  Report by MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg She was at work when news of the building collapse reached her. In her first interview since the Hotel New World disaster in 1986, Madam Shirley Chan, 66, recounted: “It was about midday that Saturday when a colleague
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    • 1987
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        Lock icon MISS UNIVERSE BEAUTY PAGEANT IN SINGAPORE
        76 40 / 41  -  Arul John BEAUTY QUEEN: Miss Marion Nicole Teo, Miss Singapore/Universe 1987, made it to the top 10. Singapore hosted the 36th Miss Universe pageant on May 27 at Hall Four of the World Trade Centre, with 68 contestants taking the stage. Miss Singapore 1987,19-year-old
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        Lock icon First MRT trains open doors to commuters
        156 40 / 41  -  Arul John On Nov 8, Singaporeans took their first Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) ride with the start of services on the North-South Line between the Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh stations. About 120,000 passengers came along for the ride, and among them
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        Lock icon Anti-Govt plot uncovered, 22 people detained
        167 40 / 41  -  Arul John On May 21,16 people were arrested under the Internal Security Act. The detainees included church workers, professionals, businessmen and theatre practitioners. Five days later, the Home Affairs Ministry revealed that the Internal Security Department had uncovered a Marxist conspiracy to subvert Singapore’s
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        Lock icon National Anthem composer dies at 80
        152 40 / 41 Mr Zubir Said, the man who composed Majulah Singapura, our National Anthem, died at the age of 80. Mr Zubir, who was born in Minangkabau in Central Sumatra, Indonesia, in 1907, came to Singapore in 1928 to join a bangsawan (Malay opera) troupe. He
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    • 1988
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        Lock icon A TV star is born
        255 40 / 41  -  Jeanmarie Tan Former model Zoe Tay, then only 20, won the inaugural Star Search competition organised by the then-Singapore Broadcasting Corporation to scout for Mandarin-speaking actors. She beat runners-up Aileen Tan and Jazreel Low with her X-factor, charisma and beauty. Armed with a full-time contract
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        Lock icon The Great Singapore Swing
        95 40 / 41  -  Jeanmarie Tan On the night of Aug 27, Singaporeans got their groove on with the launch of Swing Singapore. A 250,000-strong crowd attended the mega dance party along Orchard Road, which was closed just for the bash and transformed into a wonderland of sound and lights.
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    • 1989
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        Lock icon Communist Party signs peace deal
        112 42 On Dec 2, a peace agreement was signed, officially ending communist violence in Singapore and Malaysia. It took rounds of negotiations between the Malaysian government and the Communist Party of Malaya, with Thailand acting as a mediator. About 1,188 active CPM members were given a
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        Lock icon TALLEST
        44 42 The Singapore Indoor stadium was officially opened on Dec 31, replacing the ageing Geylang Indoor Stadium as the indoor venue for sports and entertainment. The stadium was then one of the tallest single-storey buildings in Asia with its highest point at 47 metres.
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        Lock icon The Queen visits
        84 42 Queen Elizabeth II attended the State Banquet at the Istana during a three-day visit in October. Seated next to her were then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and then-President Wee Kim Wee. SINGAPORE LIFE: Queen Elizabeth was accompanied by Minister of National Development S. Dhanabalan (left) on a
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    • 1990
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        Lock icon A new wave of leadership
        480 44 / 45  -  Eugene Wee He had been Singapore’s Prime Minister for 31 years. On Nov 28, Mr Lee Kuan Yew ended his illustrious career as the founding prime minister when he handed over the reigns of the Cabinet to Mr Goh Chok Tong. By the time he
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        Lock icon COE bidding system starts
        94 44 / 45  -  Andre Yeo A system to control the vehicle population, called the Certificate of Entitlement (COE), was introduced on May 1. A successful winning bid in an open-bid price auction grants the holder the legal right to register, own and use a vehicle for a period of
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        Lock icon David Marshall receives medal
        124 44 / 45 In November, Mr David Saul Marshall received the Meritorious Service Medal for his services to Singapore. He was Singapore’s first Chief Minister, serving from April 6, 1955, to June 7,1956. The volunteer with the Singapore Volunteers Corps was captured in February 1942 and sent to a
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        165 44 / 45 On Dec 2, Singapore stunned Johor in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Malaysia Cup. Trailing by a goal, the Singapore team boasting the likes of Abbas Saad and Nazri Nasir fought its way back to register a 4-1 away win.
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    • 1991
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        177 46 / 47 Singapore held its first election after Mr Goh Chok Tong took over as Prime Minister. Parliament was dissolved on Aug 14 and polls were held on Aug 31. It was a keenly fought contest. People’s Action Party, won 77 of 81 seats and garnered
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        Lock icon Commandos storm plane, terrorists shot dead
        298 46 / 47  -  Arul John On March 26, four Pakistani terrorists hijacked Singapore Airlines Flight SQ117, shortly after take-off from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. The aircraft had 114 other passengers and 11 crew members. When the plane landed at Changi Airport, the hijackers demanded the release of
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    • 1992
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        Lock icon CHEWING GUM BANNED
        73 46 / 47 On Jan 3, a ban on the sale, import and manufacture of chewing gum in Singapore took effect. The Environment Ministry said anyone entering Singapore had to declare any chewing gum at all immigration checkpoints. A month earlier, the same ministry said chewing gum litter had caused
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        Lock icon Ginza Plaza explosion kills four
        132 46 / 47 On Aug 7, Ginza Plaza in West Coast was rocked by an explosion in the mall. Workers were busy completing the four-storey shopping mall when a gas pipe above the ceiling at the basement broke and exploded at around 2pm. The force of the explosion
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    • 1993
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        Lock icon M’SIA CUP MAGIC
        66 48 / 49 Local soccer star V Sundramoorthy’s name is synonymous with one of the greatest and most memorable moments of Malaysia Cup magic an outrageous bicycle-kick goal against Brunei. It is rated by many as the best ever goal scored by a Singapore player. His other famous move was
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        253 48 / 49  -  Report by JEANMARIE TAN Report by jeanm@sph.com.sg The King of Pop Michael Jackson descended on our shores for the first time on his birthday, Aug 29. And like the US singing superstar’s colourful life, his visit was not without its fair share of drama.
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        95 48 / 49 On Aug 28, Singaporeans elected Mr Ong Teng Cheong as their President in the nation’s first presidential polls. The former Deputy Prime Minister beat retired civil servant-turned-banker Chua Kim Yeow, taking 58.7 per cent of the 1.62 million valid votes cast. He succeeded Mr Wee Kim Wee
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        Lock icon Great S’pore workout
        87 48 / 49 At 9am on Oct 3, The Great Singapore Workout was launched by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The specially designed 15-minute aerobic routine is made up of 15 exercises and safe for anyone from the age of seven to 70. The mass workout complete with catchy jingle
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        Lock icon S’pore’s first MRT incident
        90 48 / 49 The first major MRT accident occurred on Aug 5, six years after the system started operating. A damaged rubber ring saw an MRT train stopping at Clementi station for two minutes instead of the usual 30 seconds, resulting in it being hit in the rear by
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        Lock icon Golden girl Jos stars in stellar SEA Games haul
        160 48 / 49 Singapore’s golden girl of swimming Joscelin Yeo was the undisputed star of the 17th South-east Asian (SEA) Games with her nine-gold haul. Then 14, she became the most bemedalled athlete at the biennial sporting event. She narrowly missed a perfect 10
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      • 1994
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          69 50 In February, American teenager Michael Fay (below) pleaded guilty to charges including vandalism and mischief. He was later sentenced to four months’ jail and six strokes of the cane. The case made the headlines in the US, with President Bill Clinton even appealing to
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          Lock icon S’pore reclaim Malaysia Cup
          673 50  -  Report by GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg The longer the wait, the sweeter the victory. Twelve long years that was how long Singapore had to wait before it reclaimed the Malaysia Cup in December. It was to be the final time the 24time champions (twice jointly with Selangor)
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    • 1995
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        214 51 In March, workers found body parts in garbage bags floating in the waters off Clifford Pier. Investigators later learnt that the body parts were of South African tourist Gerard George Lowe, who had gone missing since March 8. Police investigators later discovered that the dead
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        29 51 Singapore’s first elected chief minister, Mr David Saul Marshall, died of lung cancer on Dec 12. The criminal-lawyer-turned-diplomat was a founder of the Workers’ Party. He was 87.
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        254 51 Barings bank was founded in 1762 and its clients included Queen Elizabeth. But on Feb 26, the oldest merchant bank in Britain collapsed under heavy losses suffered by its Sin-gapore-based head derivatives trader Nicholas William “Nick” Leeson, 28. The Barings Futures (Singapore) was
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    • 1996
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        Lock icon Haze hits record highs
        89 53 The worst haze situation hit Singapore and Malaysia in September. The local three-hour PSI (Pollutant Standards Index) level recorded at the peak was 226 on Sept 18. It was caused by massive forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia. Called the 1997 South-east Asian Haze,
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        514 53  -  Report by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg One was a noted model and writer, Miss Bonny Hicks. There were also three young siblings, aged 14, 11 and seven, who were travelling unaccompanied to meet their mother in Singapore. Three more were secondary school teachers, rushing home to attend a
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    • 1998
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        124 54 It started with the collapse of the Thai baht in July 1997 and by 1998, the contagion had spread to Singapore and much of Asia. Singapore fell into recession in the second half of the year. The Asian financial crisis wiped billions off markets in
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        61 54 On April 1, the Land Transport Authority launched the Electronic Road Pricing system on the East Coast Parkway. The charge was $1 or $2 for cars, depending on the time of travel. Toll payment was deducted through an In-Vehicle Unit. The device is among the
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    • 1999
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        Lock icon Nipah virus outbreak
        452 54  -  Report by JUDITH JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg In March, a number of abattoir work- ers came down with a mysterious illness that baffled doctors. But there was one clue: All the patients, who exhibited flu-like symptoms such as fever and headaches, were working in the pig industry. At
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    • 2000
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        63 55 The first and only Speakers’ Corner opened in September at Hong Lim Park. Speeches at the corner were exempted from licensing requirements under the Public Entertainments Act. It was not without risks, acknowledged then Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng, who noted that the risk can be
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        82 55 At least seven people were hurt during the frenzy over McDonald’s Hello Kitty soft toy offer, when a crowd pushed against a glass door at its outlet in Block 22, Boon Keng Road. The glass shattered, sending shards raining down on the queue. It
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        Lock icon 83 dead in SQ006 crash
        377 55  -  Reports by CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg On Oct 31, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane burst into flames while taking off from Taipei’s Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 83 of the 179 people on board. It was bound for Los Angeles. Flight SQ006 had taken the
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    • 2001
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        Lock icon Attack in New York shakes Singapore
        178 56 On Sept 11, the clear morning skies over New York City quickly turned into clouds of dark black smoke. Nineteen men, members of terrorist group Al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden, hijacked four passenger jets in a terror attack that killed nearly 3,000 people.
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        Lock icon S’pore foils terror plot
        317 56 Not long after September 11, the global terror threat hit home. That same month, a member of the public tipped off the authorities that Singaporean Mohammad Aslam Yar Ali Khan had claimed to know AlQaeda leader Osama bin Laden and had fought against the Soviets in
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        Lock icon Red Devils blaze into town
        98 56 Manchester United were in Singapore to take part in the Courts Cup football tournament. They played against Team Singapore on July 24 to a sellout crowd at the National Stadium. Tickets for the match were priced at $90 and $60. Even though Singapore lost 1-8,
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    • 2002
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        173 57  -  Ronald Loh For the first time, the Singapore flag was flown at half mast on all public buildings on Feb 11. This was a mark of respect to mourn the passing of Singapore’s first elected president Ong Teng Cheong. He was 66. Mr Ong died on
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        77 57 In May, Environment Minister Lim Swee Say announced that Singapore would get water from four different sources by 2011. One was through the Newater waterreclamation plants which salvages waste water. Today, Singapore uses about 400 million gallons a day and Newater supplies 30 per cent of that.
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    • 2003
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        Lock icon Mas Selamat’s first capture
        136 57  -  Judith Tan It was his date of birth that did him in. Mas Selamat Kastari, the head of Jemaah Islamiah in Singapore, assumed the identity of Edi Haryanto and went on the run in Indonesia, where he was born. He had eluded capture for more than
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        Lock icon SARS takes its toll
        354 57  -  Judith Tan The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) in Singapore started when a young wom- an, infected while holidaying abroad, returned in February. The woman and her friends stayed at Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong and caught the virus from an infected hotel guest,
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    • 2004
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        Lock icon Lee Hsien Loong is 3rd Prime Minister
        63 58 Mr Lee Hsien Loong was formally sworn in as Singapore’s third Prime Minister on Aug 12, taking over from Mr Goh Chok Tong. He relinquished his chairmanship of the Monetary Authority of Singapore to Mr Goh. This shot shows PM Lee taking the
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        96 58 Ronald Susilo wrote himself into local folklore when he beat China top seed and World No. 1 Lin Dan at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Singaporean badminton player, who earned himself a Top 10 placing among the world’s elite, took the opening game 15-12
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        Lock icon Fatal collapse at Nicoll Highway
        376 58  -  Reports by CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg The collapse of an MRT tunnel construction site seriously damaged a stretch of Nicoll Highway. The accident, deemed one of Singapore’s worst construction tragedies, claimed four lives. The tunnel was a portion of the underground Circle Line near the Nicoll
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        Lock icon Nation searches for 8-year-old
        242 58 The disappearance of Huang Na, 8, galvanised dozens of Singaporeans into a massive search for the then Primary 2 student. She was last seen alive on Oct 10 at a coffee shop where she usually bought her own meals, just 500m from the Pasir Panjang Wholesale
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    • 2005
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        112 59 Former president Wee Kim Wee, remembered as the People’s President, died on May 2 from complications due to a relapse of prostate cancer. He was 89. Mr Wee was at his bungalow home in Siglap Plains when he died. On Dec 7, Singapore’s third president, Mr CV Devan
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        101 59 In April, the Government approved a plan to legalise casino gambling and the opening of two casinos. This was after an unprecedented public debate and unusual criticism of the Government over its plans. The casinos would be part of mega integrated resorts (IRs), which were
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        376 59  -  Report by JUDITH TAN judith@sph.com.sg The unravelling of T. T. Durai, former chief executive officer of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) began in July, after he sued Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) for defamation. This was after a Straits Times article accused an NKF under Mr Durai’s chargeof
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    • 2006
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        55 60 Singapore hosted the 61st International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings. More than 20,000 participants from 184 countries attended the meetings. OPENING: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered his opening speech at the opening session of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World
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    • 2007
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        Lock icon Unexpected closure of Aussie campus
        99 61 Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) dropped a bombshell on May 23 by announcing that it was closing its doors —barely three months after classes began. The move shocked its pioneer batch of 148 students, some of whom were in tears when the news
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        Lock icon Home of the Lions and the Kallang Roar
        457 61  -  Reports by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg From National Day Parades and a visit by the late Pope John Paul II in 1986, to mega-concerts by the king of pop, Michael Jackson in 1996, the 55,000-seater bowl arena became part of the Singapore fabric
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        Lock icon 3rd AFF title for S’pore
        179 61 The Singapore team celebrated their victory over Thailand in the secondleg final of the 2007 Asean Football Championship in Bangkok on Feb 4. Singapore won their third Asean title 3-2 on aggregate, after a 1-1 draw at the Suphachalasai Stadium. Substitute Khairul Amri scored a
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    • 2008
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        117 62 / 63 She was in Mumbai for a business seminar when terrorists seized the hotel she was in on Nov 26. Ms Lo Hwei Yen, 28, a lawyer, (above) was then gunned down by terrorists believed to be from the Pa-kistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, becoming
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        Lock icon Mas Selamat escapes
        343 62 / 63  -  Reports by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg For more than a year, Mas Selamat Kastari’s face was plastered everywhere shopping malls, train stations and television screens. It was the largest manhunt in Singapore’s history, a hunt for the former Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader, who escaped from a toilet
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        Lock icon Night race starts at Marina Bay
        127 62 / 63 Twenty Formula One cars roared through the Marina Bay Street Circuit for the first time, on Sept 28. The Singapore Grand Prix also made sporting history for being the first F1 race to be held at night. More than 100,000 spectators attended the three-day
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    • 2009
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        Lock icon Rojak turns deadly for 2
        401 62 / 63  -  Report by CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg Two women died and 154 others fell ill in the worst case of mass food poisoning here. The victims had eaten Indian rojak at a famous stall at Geylang Serai temporary market over three days in April. One of
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        145 62 / 63 Singapore became the first Asian country in recession when its economy shrank between July and September as a result of the global financial crisis. It followed the economic fortunes of its major trading partners, America and the European Union, which faced recessions of their own. Companies felt the
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    • 2010
      • Farewell
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          Lock icon Mrs Lee Kuan Yew
          169 64 As a student at Raffles College, Madam Kwa Geok Choo found a rival in Mr Lee Kuan Yew. They competed in economics and English, and Madam Kwa beat him in both subjects. By December 1947, they were secretly married while studying in England. She was an
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          Lock icon Dr Goh Keng Swee
          100 64 Often described as the economic architect of Singapore, Dr Goh Keng Swee held various key portfolios, including Education and Defence, when Singapore separated from Malaysia. He was the man who had the vision to turn a swampy wasteland in the west into the Jurong industrial area.
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          Lock icon Dollah Kassim
          114 64 National footballer Dollah Kassim, the Gelek King, was a fan favourite in the 1970s. His nickname was a reference to his dribbling skills, which made him look as if he was dancing past opposing defenders. “Gelek” in Malay refers to a rolling movement of the hips. The team
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    • 2011
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        Lock icon GE fever hits Singaporeans
        300 64 It was a landmark parliamentary election in May, with hot-button issues dominating the conversation. Voters spoke of the overcrowded public transport system that was plagued by breakdowns to train services. They talked animatedly of the rising cost of living, especially with housing prices that were racing
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    • 2012
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        Lock icon SMRT bus drivers go on strike
        135 65 Nearly 200 SMRT bus drivers went on strike in November at their dormitory in Woodlands. The Chinese nationals were unhappy about the disparity between their pay and that of Malaysian drivers, and what they called poor living conditions. On Nov 26,171 drivers took part
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        Lock icon HUDC unit sells for $1.33m
        89 65 A 1,660 sq ft maisonette in the heart of the popular Shunfu Road estate was sold for $1.33 million in November. It broke the record for resale prices for premium Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) and Housing Board resale apartments. HUDC units were introduced
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        Lock icon Scandals take centrestage
        427 65  -  Reports by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg The year saw scandals involving two politicians, two top civil servants and one megachurch. Chiefs of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) made the headlines when they were investigated for corruption. Former SCDF Commissioner Peter Lim
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        Lock icon Ferrari crashes into taxi at 178kmh
        145 65 In May, Chinese national Ma Chi, 31, ran a red light at a speed of 178kmh in his $1.8 million Ferrari 599 GTO, smashing into a taxi that had the right of way. Cabby Cheng Teck Hock, 52, his Japanese passenger Shigemi Ito, 41,
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    • 2013
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        Lock icon Big trouble in Little India
        306 66  -  Report by ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Chaos and violence reigned in the country’s first major riot in more than 40 years. The Little India riot, on December 8, erupted after a bus accident on Race Course Road killed 33-year-old construction worker Sakthivel Kumaravelu. It began
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    • 2014
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        Lock icon Sim Lim Square shame
        248 67 Jover Chew of Mobile Air gains notoriety for allegedly cheating and intimidating customers Sim Lim Square had a reputation for housing some of the dodgiest retailers but Jover Chew, owner of the now-defunct store, Mobile Air, was allegedly one of the worst. Chew and his ex-employee
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        Lock icon Sports Hub officially opens
        102 67 The new National Stadium at the Sports Hub was officially opened on July 26. The 55,000-capacity stadium boasts the world’s largest dome structure and has retractable seating, which makes it the only stadium in the world that can hold different events from concerts, football to cricket
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    • 2015
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        61 68 / 69 50 years. Half a century. And through this special edition, you would have got a sense of what this Little Red Dot, just one degree north of the equator, has been able to achieve and where it has come from. Extraordinary people have built extraordinary lives here, and these
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        783 68 / 69  -  Report by NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg Monday, March 23. An early morning announcement from the Prime Minister’s office announced that Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first and founding Prime Minister, had died. He was 91. Mr Lee had spent the 47 days prior in
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    501 24  -  Local company invests in training, technology and innovation We BUILT this city BROUGHT TO YOU BY LEACOV LEACOV SINGAPORE Mr Simon Ng’s vision began when he was a security officer in the police force. The 39-year-old father of two started work in the police
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      474 70  -  By Hector Tan htan@sph.com.sg It is widely known that the Hainanese are unmatched in their culinary skills, as Food and Beverage (F&B) was the niche they occupied when the first migrants came to Singapore in the 1900s. Carrying on this tradition is Mariners’ Corner Restaurant, serving traditional
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      401 71  -  By Hector Tan htan@sph.com.sg If you are looking to enjoy good Thai food at reasonable prices in a pleasant environment, drop by Chang Thai, a home-grown eatery located in Bishan. Its interior belies the fact that it is located in the heartland. The eatery's
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      Lock icon Affordable and delectable hawker fare
      403 72 A culinary haven with more than 100 stalls, many of which are famous, Maxwell Food Centre is located at the cross- roads of South Bridge Road and Maxwell Road. Here, you can treat yourself to hearty and satisfying meals without breaking the bank. Here are
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      293 73  -  By Michelle Chin mchin@sph.com.sg Established in Singapore in 2000, Eubiq invented and patented the Ground Sentry Spring (GSS) System. The GSS system is an electrical power outlet where power points can be added, removed or repositioned anywhere along the power track with simply a push and a
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      359 74  -  By YeoTsiu Wen yeotw@sph.com.sg Lightweight, compact and handy, electric scooters and electric bikes make getting around a matter of ease and even fun. All Mobot products bear the safety mark logo issued by SPRING Singapore, and its eBikes are LTA-approved for use on roads. All Controlled
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      492 75  -  This article was contributed by Keon Chee from Rockwills Trustee Ltd. Have you thought about your estate plan? It is a plan that you make in advance and name whom you want to receive the things you own after you pass away. If
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        1035 2 / 3  -  Red Devils still look like a work in progress as Walker’s own-goal saves their blushes GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 1 (Kyle Walker 22-og) TOTTENHAM 0 The new English Premier League campaign kicked off to a vociferous roar at Old Trafford yesterday, as Manchester United got off
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        79 2 / 3 MAN UTD SUBS: Schweinsteiger for Carrick, 60 Herrera for Depay, 68 Valencia for Darmian, 81 TOTTENHAM SUBS: Mason for Bentaleb, 53 Lamela for Dembele, 68 Alli for Dier 77 1 Offsides 2 12 Fouls 12 1 Corners 2 25 Throw-ins 24 2 Dribbles 7 22 Tackles 25 9
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        42 2 / 3 MOVERS SHAKERS MORGAN SCHNEIDERLIN CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN 25 Age 23 1.81m Height 1.75m 75kg Weight 71kg 86% Pass Accuracy 70% 0 Aerials Won 0 50 Touches 43 5 Fouls 0 0 Shots 3 0 Dribbles Won 0 5 Tackles 2 7.3 Rating 7.0
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        163 4 PA Sport Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has signed a new four-year contract. The Blues announced Mourinho’s new deal ahead of the Premier League seasonopener with Swansea this morning (Singapore time). The Portuguese, who is in his second spell at Stamford Bridge, won the
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        667 4  -  Our analyst tells GARY LIM Wayne Rooney is not the man to lead the United frontline PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 1 (Kyle Walker 22-og) TOTTENHAM 0 Did Manchester United deserve to beat Tottenham Hotspur? PARKER: No, they didn’t. A draw would have been a fair
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        131 6 NORWICH CITY1 (Redmond 69) CRYSTAL PALACE 3 (Zaha 39, Delaney 49, Cabaye 90) Crystal Palace beat Premier League newcomers Norwich City at Carrow Road, where referee Simon Hooper controversially ruled out a second- half equaliser for Canaries striker Cameron Jermone. After a positive
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        496 6 Newcomers Watford are denied win at the death EVERTON 2 (Barkley 76, Kone 86) WATFORD 2 (Layun 14, Ighalo 83) Watford earned a point on their return to the Premier League as they held Everton to an opening-day draw at Goodison Park. The newly-promoted Hornets, in
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        122 7 LEICESTER CITY 4 (Vardy 11, Mahrez 18, 25, pen, Albrighton 66) SUNDERLAND 2 (Defoe 61, Fletcher 71) Leicester blew Sunderland away in the first half to hand new boss Claudio Ranieri a dream start. Riyad Mahrez’s double and Jamie Vardy’s opener earned the Foxes
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        504 7 Debut goal for Gestede ruins Howe bow BOURNEMOUTH 0 ASTON VILLA 1 (Gestede 72) Rudy Gestede scored 13 minutes into his Aston Villa debut to secure victory at newly-promoted Bournemouth. The 6ft 4ins striker, a £6million summer arrival from Blackburn, thumped home a header
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        663 8 / 9  -  Pellegrini’s new deal counts for nothing if City can’t wrest title from Chelsea Report by GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg He has just signed a two-year extension with Manchester City, but Manuel Pellegrini knows that doesn’t guarantee him a stay of execution. Following last season’s disappointment, the Chilean is
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        269 8 / 9 YOUR CUT-AND-KEEP GUIDE YAYA TOURE SERGIO AGUERO DAVID SILVA SAMIR NASRI RAHEEM STERLING *All fixtures in Singapore time. Correct as of press time. PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS, ACTION IMAGES Aug 11 (Tues) 3am West Brom (A) Aug 16 (Sun) 11pm Chelsea (H) Aug 23 (Sun) 11pm Everton (A)
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        Lock icon Name the mascots, win great prizes
        138 17 The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is rolling out the Cubs Programme, a grassroots football development programme for boys and girls aged between six and 12. And it is offering attractive prizes for two TNP readers who can help them name the mascots. One
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        780 17 PA Sport All eyes will be on Christian Benteke as he is set to make his Liverpool debut against Stoke City tonight. The £32.5-million ($70m) signing from Aston Villa is among seven new signings who have been brought in over the summer as Liverpool
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      149 8 / 9 Reuters Italian double winners Juventus claimed their third Super Cup title in four seasons as new signings Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala struck in the second half to secure their 2-0 win over Lazio in Shanghai yesterday Juventus stepped up the attack after the break
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        79 10 / 11 This Mok Zhan Lun-trained four-year-old is in sizzling form. He worked like a winner on Wednesday morning and looks set for a winning hat-trick in Race 11 today. He is still in Class 4, where he won his last start, and
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        459 10 / 11 RACE 1 (RANDWICK) lst 4 Sebring Sun ($16-$6) 2nd 2 Voilier ($11) 3rd 3 Let’s Make It Rain ($7) 4th 1 Rageese Forecast $30 Place Forecast (2-4) $7, (3-4) $7, (2-3) $16 Tierce $317 Trio $38 Quartet No winner ($524 jackpot carried forward to next race) Quadro
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        792 10 / 11 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA RESULTS RACE 1 (RICCARTON PARK, NZ) lst 4 Kingiesstar ($44-$14) 2nd 17 Ruby Tuesday ($15) 3rd 6 Howzat ($37) 4th 11 Google Me Forecast $133 Place Forecast (4-17) $38, (4-6) $101, (6-17) $67 Tierce No winner ($960 jackpot carried forward to next race) Trio No winner
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        551 10 / 11 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Dr Octopus 1 Stock Broker 9 12 Zac Gallant 2 Dragon Ruby 1 Dr Octopus 7
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        1425 10 / 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 1.35 —2000m (LC) Stakes: RM20,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 -***** King Faalcon 59 (43) S Salee 1 (10nzg L Moy-Peach Garden) 2 -***** Esperanza 56 (37) Lou Ho c1 5 (8ag F
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        1942 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Race 1 C5 12.50 —1000m (Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****3 Dr Octopus 57 (43) M Nunes 4 (5nzg M Walker-Remarkable) 2 0058 Dragon Ruby 57 (43) T See*
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        1893 12 / 13 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING Race 1 (1,000m) 1 Dr OctopusHHH Pacifiers on. Starts can be costly but runs on and can be in the finish. 2 Dragon RubyH Has done little so far but this distance could suit. 3 Just DuitHH Form
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          1870 14 / 15 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 CAIRNS (1,500M) 6 ELEMENT OF CHANCE (19:6-2-2): Battling 5¼-len 6th (56.5) to Mishani Viking 1,200m Mackay 3yo Good(3) trk June 11. Fought on well 3 len, nk 3rd (56.5) to Aerial Ping Pong 1,250m Cairns 3yo
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          946 14 / 15 12:12 Race 1 CAIRNS—1500M 1 BLOWIN’ YOUR MIND MS K AHO (1) 59.5 2 LIL’ RED MONKEY D J EVANS (11) 59.5 3 RELEASED BRAYDN SWAFFER (3) 59.5 4 OKAY SWIFT JUSTIN P STANLEY (10) 58.5 5 PAZZESCO N YADI (8) 58.5 6 ELEMENT OF
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        Lock icon FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        1026 16 RACE1 ENCOSTA ZONE: Slow to begin; inconvenienced. Apprentice J Toeroek, when questioned, said that the mare never travelled well throughout and, despite placing his mount under pressure from the 700m mark, the horse failed to respond and ran on only fairly. His explanation was
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        135 16 The charmed run continues for Jake Toeroek after he brought up his third winner with LUCKY COIN in his short two-week Singapore stint on Friday. The Adelaide rookie is the sixth rider to benefit from the joint Singapore Turf Club-Thoroughbred Racing South Australia (TRSA) work
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        496 18 While people used to own simple point-and-shoot cameras in the past, the consumer camera these days is packed with many functions, thanks to the rapid progression of technology. That, along with Singaporeans’ desire to embrace innovations, has resulted in the proliferation of camera users here
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      166 20 AFP Former US Open champion Jim Furyk fired a second consecutive four-under 66 to open up a four-shot lead, after the second round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational yesterday morning (Singapore time). Furyk finished 36 holes on eight-under 132 and has a solid lead heading
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      621 20  -  Coach Aitken says Singapore will only benefit with more exposure against the top teams NETBALL WORLD CUP LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg POOLC SINGAPORE 21 SOUTH AFRICA 69 Singapore were given a stark reminder of the harsh reality of world netball, when the team were whipped 69-21
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      131 21 Former Asian Tour No. 1 Juvic Pagunsan claimed his second Asian Development Tour win, after romping to a commanding eight-shot victory at the US$100,000 ($130,000) Aboitiz Invitational in Manila yesterday. The 37-year-old Filipino, who held a share of the overnight lead, nailed six birdies to
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      603 21 Wallabies’ scrumhalf White’s late show hands All Blacks shock defeat RUGBY Reuters AUSTRALIA 27 NEW ZEALAND 19 Scrumhalf Nic White came off the bench to score 10 points in the last 11 minutes and give Australia a 27-19 victory over New Zealand and a first
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      132 22 / 23  -  LIM SAY HENG Singapore’s top paddler Feng Tianwei exited the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour China Open women’s singles competition yesterday after a 4-1 loss to China’s Liu Shiwen in the quarter-finals. The world No. 7 Singaporean, who beat the same opponent
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      173 22 / 23 AFP Australia captain Michael Clarke said yesterday he “hadn’t led from the front” as he announced he would retire from international cricket after this month’s fifth Ashes Test against England at The Oval on Aug 20. The 34-year-old made his announcement after England completed a
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        565 22 / 23  -  Swim star wins bronze at Worlds, is first Asian to go below 51sec in 100m fly Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg You can be sure he ain’t no average Joe. National swimming ace Joseph Schooling created history late last night when he won the Republic’s first-ever
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        Lock icon We salute you, Joe
        577 22 / 23  -  GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg COMMENT Two days ago, Colin Schooling sent me this message: “Bro, we continue to pray that this week the World will know our “tiny” Nation. “And I pray Joseph will give S’pore a wonderful SG50 present!” Joseph Schooling’s dad’s prayers were answered last
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        219 22 / 23 AFP Michael Phelps showed that he’s still a formidable force as the Rio Olympics approach, clocking a stunning 1min 52.94sec to win the 200m butterfly at the US swimming championships yesterday morning (Singapore time). “This next year is going to be pretty damn fun,”
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        108 22 / 23 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Today: ARSENAL v WEST HAM Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 8.30pm NEWCASTLE v SOUTHAMPTON Singtel TV Ch 103 StarHub TV Ch 228 (mio Stadium), 8.30pm STOKE v LIVERPOOL Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 11pm Tuesday: WEST
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        56 22 / 23 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Today: WATER POLO MEN’S BRONZE PLAY-OFF StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 1am WATER POLO MEN’S FINAL StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 2.45am SWIMMING HEATS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 2.15pm SWIMMING FINALS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 10pm Tomorrow: CLOSING CEREMONY StarHub
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        14 22 / 23 CITI OPEN Tomorrow: FINAL (DAY 7) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 3am
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        31 22 / 23 WGC BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 209 Singtel TV Ch 115 (FOX Sports 2), 12am BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 6am
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        15 22 / 23 TOTAL BWF WORLD C’SHIPS Tomorrow: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 10am
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        617 24  -  Fandi’s boys end leaders Pahang’s unbeaten run of 12 matches Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg LIONSXII4 (Faris Ramli 18, 60, Madhu Mohana 30, Safuwan Baharudin 85) PAHANG 2 (Matias Conti 43, R Surendran 92) What a way to celebrate Singapore’s 50th birthday. Just hours
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        231 24 Fans who wish to support the LionsXII in their next Malaysian Super League game, away against Johor Darul Ta’zim on Wednesday, can make their travel arrangements with Al Firdaus Travels. The match starts at 8.45pm. The $40 “U-turn” package covers the football ticket, travel by S.V.I.P
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