The New Paper, 8 September 2015

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    • 64 1 Man arrested in Geylang minimart attack ›9 PhoTo: LIANhE WANBAo GE 2015 Dr Vivian Balakrishnan: PAP’s ties with the people not a onenight stand It’s a long relationship but third parties will try to barge in ›2 TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO TNP PhoTo: BENJAMIN SEEToR SDP CHIEF CHEE SOON JUAN
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    • 26 1 0 LoNG JEREMY PhoTo: TNP Student Vanessa Ho keeps fit and toned with an aerial hoop ›15 NEIL HUMPHREYS Holland’s Euro woes a boost for LVG›S2
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  • news
    • GE 2015
      • 217 2 / 3 Over the past two days, a war of words between PAP and WP took to the high seas Last night, ESM Goh posted a response on the MParader Facebook page. Mr Goh: “Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. The PAP cruised over 50 years under
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      • 662 2 / 3  -  PAP’s Vivian Balakrishnan (right) says opposition are ‘third-parties’ trying to break up relationships Reports by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan likened Singaporeans’ relationship with the People’s Action Party (PAP), forged 50 years ago, to a marriage. “Relationships have
        TNP PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO  -  662 words
      • 156 2 / 3 National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the General Election is even more important than buying an apartment. He said: “A wrong housing decision can be reversed, though it may mean some financial loss. A wrong electoral decision may have severe if not
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      • 256 2 / 3 Dr Paul Tambyah of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) said at the party’s lunchtime rally yesterday that opposition leaders wished Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam would have a fallout with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and join the opposition. Dr Tambyah added that
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      • 184 2 / 3 National Solidarity Party candidate Kevryn Lim (right) gave an impassioned speech at the party’s Circuit Road rally last night, calling for benefits for single parents and maternity leave for single mothers. Ms Lim, 26, became tearful as she said: “In the pledge, it
        PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  184 words
      • 89 2 / 3 The police are looking into reports of activities of election candidates at Seventh Month Festival events. They are interviewing several Seventh Month Festival event organisers, the police said yesterday, in response to media queries. They reminded Seventh Month Festival event organisers that election
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      • 530 4 / 5  -  Koh Hui Theng, Ronald Loh OPPOSITION ASA CHECK ON GOVERNMENT DR CHEE: The People’s Action Party (PAP) is “doing as it pleases”, said the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief at yesterday’s rally at UoB Plaza, citing what he described as failed or questionable decisions by sovereign wealth
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      • 1036 4 / 5  -  SDP leader returns to political stage softer, gentler, more willing to compromise Report by FOO JIEYING fjieying@sph.com.sg At a rally last Saturday, Dr Chee Soon Juan said the People’s Action Party is “not all bad”. “Some of the MPs genuinely work and care
        PHOTOS: BENJAMIN SEETOR, AFP  -  1,036 words
      • 170 4 / 5 Lunchtime rally PAP Promenade area beside UOB Plaza Noon to 2pm All other rallies: 7pm to 10pm INDEPENDENT (Ms Han Hui Hui) Delta Hockey Pitch, 900, Tiong Bahru Road Electoral Division: Radin Mas SMC NSP Field opposite Block 687A, Woodlands Drive 75 Electoral Division: Sembawang GRC PAP Field
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      • HOT SPOT Punggol East
        • 1083 6 / 7  -  Workers’ Party and PAP field experienced candidates to contest in Single Member Constituency Report by TAN TAM MEI tammei@sph.com.sg Punggol East, with its scenic waterfront and breeze-kissed trees, makes an unlikely setting for battles. But the idyllic scene obscures the fierce contests between the
          PHOTOS: ST FILE PHOTO, PAP; ST FILE PHOTO  -  1,083 words
    • 37 8 $2.12b Credit card payments using MasterCard during the Great Singapore Sale this year. It was up 2.2 per cent from last year. The growth was fuelled by tourists, who spent 15.3 per cent more.
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    • 98 8 Entrepreneur and local cinema industry pioneer Goh Eng Wah died last Saturday. He was 92. Mr Goh (right) was the founder and executive chairman of Eng Wah Global, which has businesses spanning the enter- tainment, property, hospitality and lifestyle sectors in Sin- gapore
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    • 86 8 A prime mover carrying 4,050 boxes of contraband cigarettes and 150 bundles of tobacco weighing 1kg each was stopped at the Tuas Checkpoint on Saturday. The total duty and Goods and Services Tax due on the contraband items amounted to $419,000, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said.
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    • 270 8 Water reclamation National water agency PUB is building a demonstration plant to test water treatment technologies before they are implemented at the future Tuas Water Reclamation Plant. With a capacity of just 12,500 cubic metre a day, it will be far smaller than the
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    • 148 8  -  Zaihan Mohamed Yusof A man was charged on Friday with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. The 41-year-old man was said to have committed the crimes between end 2011 and April last year. The man and the girl, who is now 14, cannot be
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    • 195 8 A 76-year-old man who went hiking and was lost was found near Upper Peirce Reservoir yesterday afternoon, after a 45hour search. Mr Ng Kang Leng set out to walk from Dairy Farm Road towards MacRitchie Reservoir on Saturday afternoon. It was his
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    • 611 9  -  Geylang minimart customer accuses man of bumping into him, hitting man on head with beer bottles Report by ANG QING aqing@sph.com.sg It began with a man accusing another of bumping into him, escalated into an explosive argument and ended with the accuser hitting the other man’s
      PHOTOS: LIANHE WANBAO  -  611 words
    • 163 10 A Cambodian boy and his grandmother were killed at an oil palm plantation in Selangor on Sunday. The 80-year-old woman, the boy, six, and his sister, 11, were abducted from their home by a man who claimed the boy’s mother wanted to see him.
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    • 534 10 Ministry’s team had sent bill to wrong address last Saturday The organisers of the Bersih 4 rally have taken a tongue-in-cheek step to ensure a RM65,000 (S$21,500) clean-up bill arrives at the right address after last week’s fumble. The organisers, Bersih 2.0, raised banners
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    • 264 10 A female traffic police officer died after she was hit by an illegal street racer at a roadblock in Kluang. Johor police chief Senior Deputy Commissioner (SDCP) Rusli Ahmad said the incident happened at around 2.40am on Sunday. The officer, Inspector Margaret
      PHOTO: THE STAR  -  264 words
    • 153 11 Reuters A Spanish pensioner placed a newspaper advertisement offering 5,000 euros (S$8,000) to any employer willing to hire his 39-year-old son, a “desperate” unemployed father of one. “Pensioner offers 5,000 euros to company who hires his unemployed son, qualified, responsible and hard-
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    • 262 12 A 10-year-old boy in Florida is fighting to regain control of his limbs and speech after a termite fumigation at his home, the boy’s family said. CNN reported that the boy, Peyton McCaughey (right), and his family fell sick shortly after a
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    • 190 12 An American woman called 911 early Saturday morning and told the dispatcher that her sons were trying to kill her and her husband. Police Sergeant Rich Long told CNN that quick thinking enabled Yvonne Ervin to briefly escape from their sons, aged
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    • 352 12 He forces autistic son to eat dog food An Argentinian kept his wife and autistic son locked in a cage for years, a judicial source said on Saturday. He also forced the son to eat dog food and breathe gasoline fumes in
      PHOTOS: AFP  -  352 words
    • 303 13  -  Body of S’porean man who died in Batam motorcycle accident brought back to S’pore DAVID SUN The body of the Singaporean man who died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday in Batam was brought back yesterday. Yet, even after more than 24 hours, his
      TNP PHOTO: PHYLLICIA WANG  -  303 words
    • 187 14 Rainfall in Singapore for the first seven months this year was 30 per cent lower than the long-term average, said national water agency PUB. And drier weather is expected with the onset of El Nino. Here are some water-saving tips. SOURCE: PUB INFOGRAPHICS: TEOH YI CHIE water
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    • 748 19  -  Report by LISA TWANG lisat@sph.com.sg Pharrell Williams thinks US rapper Kanye West’s surprising presidential bid declaration at last week’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) was a smart move. “I think Kanye (right) knows exactly what he’s doing,” the US singer-song-writer-producer told The New Paper over
      PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS  -  748 words
    • 831 20 / 21  -  Since 1930, starting with his father, Mr Slamat’s family has had 4 generations of firefighters Report by DAVID SUN davidsun@sph.com.sg It was one of the biggest offshore fires in Singapore’s history and Mr Slamat was one of the 300 firefighters battling the blaze. With
      PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO, ST FILE, COURTESY OF NEWSMAKER  -  831 words
    • THE BIG PICTURE
      • 735 22 / 23  -  Since 2011, the Big Picture has told the Singapore story on a national and personal level Report by JUSTIN ZHUANG tnp@sph.com.sg From the last General Election to the passing of Singapore’s founding prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew this year, the Big Picture has witnessed significant
        PHOTO: ZENG LIWEI; PHOTO: LIM WEIXIANG; PHOTO: ONG YI CHAO; PHOTO: NG WEI CHEAN; PHOTO: CHEAH KIN WAI; PHOTO: SUHAIMI ABDULLAH; PHOTO: CHAN WAI MENG; PHOTO: YEO KAI WEN; PHOTO: CHONG KWAN KUNG; PHOTO: HANG LOO MING; PHOTO: CHIA AIK BENG; PHOTO: TAN JIAN KAI  -  735 words
      • 272 22 / 23  -  Report by TAY KAY CHIN tnp@sph.com.sg l Mr Tay was the chief judge for the Big Picture. Every week, for the past few years, I would look forward to the announcement of the shortlisted finalists of the Big Picture contest. Usually, I would spend
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    • 27 22 / 23 To see photos of all the Big Picture finalists, winners and learn more about the judges, visit our website, www2.tnp. sg/thebigpicture, and our Facebook page, facebook.com/ TheBigPictureContest
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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    • 74 1 EURO 2016 QUALIFIER ICELAND 0 KAZAKHSTAN 0 GIANTS AMONG MINNOWS Iceland qualify for Euro 2016 Finals, but their success did not come overnight ›s4 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2015 16-page pullout thrower wong Kai Yuen heads to the us to studY and train ›s14 HEADING TO FRANCE: Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson
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  • sports
    • EURO 2016 QUALIFIER
      • 945 2 / 3  -  Dutch veterans are past their prime while Blind’s emphasis on youth is admirable but awful NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg GROUP A TURKEY3 (Oguzhan Ozyakup 8, Arda Turan 26, Burak Yilmaz 85) HOLLAND 0 In a warped way, Holland should give Manchester United hope. Louis van Gaal’s credibility
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      • Article, Illustration
        131 2 / 3 >Ruud Gullit, former Holland captain I see no toughness, no tackles, no one who gets mad and talks to other players. Come on. >Gary Lineker, former England captain What the hell has happened to Holland? >Simon Kuper, journalist and author Right now Holland are so hopeless that being an
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      • 473 2 / 3 Wire Services Holland were plunged into a crisis after yesterday morning’s (Singapore time) 3-0 loss in Turkey left their Euro 2016 qualification hopes in tatters, with the local press declaring it as the end of an era. New coach Danny Blind said the team
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      • 225 4 / 5 Wire Services 1 Iceland are the smallest nation to qualify for Euro 2016 The island had a population estimated at just 317,351 in July 2014 according to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) statistics. Other small nations to have qualified for the European Championship include Slovenia
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      • 1063 4 / 5 Tiny iceland’s improbable qualification is the culmination of a longterm project since 2000 Wire Services GROUP A ICELAND 0 KAZAKHSTAN 0 Iceland made footballing history yesterday morning (Singapore time) as they qualified for a major tournament Finals for the first time, joining the Czech Republic in securing
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      • 451 4 / 5 Reuters GROUPA LATVIA 1 (Arturs Zjuzins 73) CZECH REPUBLIC 2 (David Limbersky 13, Vladimir Darida 25) The Czech Republic reaped the benefit of a flying start to their Euro 2016 qualification campaign, said captain Petr Cech after his country secured a ticket to next
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      • 751 10 / 11 Critics write off Pirlo but Conte gives veteran backing AFP GROUP H ITALY 1 (Daniele De Rossi 6-pen) BULGARIA 0 Andrea Pirlo’s status as one of Italy’s “untouchables” has been shaken, after the Azzurri legend was sidelined by coach Antonio Conte in the
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      • 967 10 / 11 Rooney vows to fulfil his role of leader in France PA Sport Wayne Rooney regrets the way he prepared for the last European Championship, making the England captain all the more determined to ensure his teammates do not go astray next summer. Last Saturday’s 6-0 win
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    • 143 10 / 11 Reuters Swede Henrik Stenson put himself in a familiar position when he carded a six-under 65 to grab a one-stroke lead after the third round at the Deutsche Bank Championship yesterday morning (Singapore time). The 2013 winner posted a 13-under 200 total with one
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    • 132 10 / 11 AFP Prince Ali al Hussein, who led a challenge against Fifa president Sepp Blatter this year, said yesterday that world football leaders must have known about the corruption that has rocked the governing body. The Jordanian prince, beaten in May’s Fifa presidential election
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    • 178 6 Saido Berahino has reported back for training at West Brom, Press Association sport understands. Berahino was expected back at the club’s training base yesterday afternoon after being granted a period of leave following the fallout from his failed move to Tottenham, and he was there along
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    • 613 6 Midfielder Ramsey confident of securing qualification next month PA Sport GROUP B WALES 0 ISRAEL 0 Aaron Ramsey insists Wales will finish the job of qualifying for Euro 2016 in Bosnia Herzegovina next month. Wales’ long wait to qualify for a major tournament must go on for
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    • 330 6 AFP Malaysia’s sports minister has threatened to suspend the country’s football body after last week’s record 10-0 drubbing, which has already prompted their coach to quit. Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said he was prepared to take “drastic” measures against the Football Association of Malaysia
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    • racing
      • 75 7 Trainer Theo Kieser, when questioned regarding the apparent improved performance of INFERMO (right) in Race 4 on Sunday, said that at his most recent start, Infermo had disappointed when he expected the gelding to run well. Following that run, Infermo was freshened and had
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      • 771 7 RACE1 BANKERS CALL: Jumped awkwardly. BLACK MAMBA: Jumped awkwardly outwards; bumped. OASIS SPUR: Bumped; raced keenly; rolled inwards; raced poorly; returned having cast his off-fore plate. LIM’S ACTION: Bumped; crowded and lost ground; raced keenly; proved difficult to settle; raced tight; made contact; returned not
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      • 140 8 / 9 Trainer Stephen Gray was impressed with the way his emerging horse NEWLANDS overcame a lacklustre jump to eventually take the $60,000 Super Easy 2012 Stakes race over 1,600m in convincing style on Sunday. “I was a little worried when he jumped relaxed and was
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      • 304 8 / 9 HKJC The sun shone down on Hong Kong racing’s 2015/16 season opener on Sunday, as more than 72,000 racing fans turned out on course and turnover rose to a new high for the day of HK$1.147 billion ($210 million). “We
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      • 940 8 / 9 FRIDAY C3 1000m *****2 Sebas 57 (74) (4ag T Kieser-Eagle Eye) *****1 Great Sun 56.5 (73) (4ag M Freedman-Lucky Unicorn) *****4 Mac Volks 56.5 (73) (5nzg Leslie Khoo-Elaine Chen) *****7 Bogart 56 (72) (5nzg M Freedman-Mummify) *****0 Rapido Star 55 (70) (7amh L
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      • 1356 8 / 9 SUNDAY OB 83 (SC) 1600m *****0 Dujardin 59 (77) (8nzg L Laxon-Oscar Racing) 786 Order Of The Sun 58 (75) (5ag Desmond Koh-TK Cheng) *****7 War Time 58 (75) (7ag Leslie Khoo-Empress Wu) 1521 Imperial March 56.5 (72) (4argh M Clements-Jubilant Racing No
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      • 552 8 / 9 SINGAPORE/ HONG KONG RACES What more can be said about STEPITUP other than that he has won yet again, even when the odds looked stacked against him. The now cliched epithet “small-sized but big-hearted” could not again have been better showcased. The Hussonet
        Sunday.PHOTOS: NABILAH NORDIAN, HKJC  -  552 words
    • 788 12 With so much at stake, this SerenaVenus clash is unlike previous ones TENNIS AFP The Williams Family show took centre stage at the US Open, after Serena and Venus both cruised to straight-set wins yesterday morning (Singapore time) to set up a monster quarter-final between the tennis
      AFP; PHOTOS: AFP  -  788 words
    • 512 13  -  NJC’S Han Xuan takes aim at team’s problems Report by NICOLE CHIA npsports@sph.com.sg Dubbed a “maths and science whiz” by his teachers, National Junior College (NJC) student Wong Han Xuan has built a portable charger by himself, and can go off on lengthy spiels about
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    • 150 14 Singapore will play their home World Cup Group E qualifiers at the National Stadium for the first time when they host Afghanistan on Oct 8 and Cambodia on Oct 13. Early bird prices ($30 for Cat 1, $22 for Cat 2) for tickets are available from
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    • 653 14  -  Shot putter will study and train at top US university, hopes to seal scholarship Report by ATHLETICS SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Singapore’s top local shot put thrower will leave for the United States this morning, but there is unlikely to be much fanfare surrounding his departure.
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    • 126 15 Tickets for the LionsXII’s Malaysia Cup games at the Jalan Besar Stadium against Kedah (Saturday), Terengganu (Sept 26) and Johor Darul Ta’zim II (Oct 17) are on sale. Fans can go to www. globaltickets.sg, call *****333 or e-mail queries to enquiry@2bezglobal.com. Grandstand tickets are available
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    • Article, Illustration
      297 15  -  BOWLING Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg There were 85 amateurs in the 153-strong field at the Bowlmor AMF US Women’s Open bowling tournament in New Jersey over the weekend. Only one, Singapore’s Jazreel Tan, made it to the fiveperson step-ladder finals after a tough and exhausting 56-game qualifying
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    • 208 15 Reuters Table tennis chiefs were encouraged by what they described as a “positive” response to their pitch for an extra gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) said yesterday. ITTF president Thomas Weikert met Tokyo organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori
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    • ON TV
      • 167 15 WORLD CUP ASIAN QUALIFIERS Today: AFGHANISTAN v JAPAN StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 8.20pm ASIA CHAMPIONS TROPHY U-18 Tomorrow: FRENZ UNITED B v KASHIMA ANTLERS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 8pm MALAYSIA CUP 2015 Saturday: LIONSXII V KEDAH StarHub TV Ch 112/205 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 7.30pm ENGLISH
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      • 72 15 US OPEN Today: DAY 8 (EVENING SESSION) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 7am DAY 9 (MORNING SESSION) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 11pm Tomorrow: DAY 9 (EVENING SESSION) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 7am DAY 10 (MORNING SESSION) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 11pm Thursday:
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      • 71 15 EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday: DAY 1 (MORNING SESSION) Singtel TV Ch 114 StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports), 5pm DAY 1 (AFTERNOON SESSION) Singtel TV Ch 114 StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports), 9.30pm KLM OPEN Thursday: DAY 1 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 5.30pm DAY 1
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    • 612 16 Hamilton’s on fire, while German has hardly had good memories here FORMULA ONE Wire Services Nico Rosberg has only once appeared on the podium at the Singapore Grand Prix. That was in the inaugural race in 2008, when he came in second behind
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    • 104 4 / 5 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Event I Home I Away I Timing I Venue Tue, 8 Sep 2015 This match is played on neutral ground. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. LW: Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years
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