The New Paper, 16 November 2015

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    • 48 1 ONlINe CON: She traded $2,800 YSL bag for this fake Chanel ›12 TNP PHOTO: MOHD ISHAK FIRST HER MUM, THEN HER UNCLE. NOW FORMER TEACHER GETS SAME INCURABLE NERVE DISORDER THAT ALSO CAUSES memorY LoSS my biggest fear is losing myself ›2 TNP PHOTO: CHOO CHWEE HUA 8"*****1"*****1
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    • 1008 2 / 3  -  Woman, 33, who lost mum and uncle to incurable genetic disorder that affects brain and nerves, started falling down in 2010 Reports by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg First, it was her mother who physically wasted away due to the scourge of a cruel neurodegenerative
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    • 285 2 / 3 Some have called Huntington’s disease (HD) a combination of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. This is because the neurological disorder ends up affecting a wide range of movements, moods and thought processes in patients. It is incurable, said Dr Charles Siow, a neurologist at
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    • 282 4 The haze is unlikely to affect Singapore again this year, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday. “There has been an increase in rain... over the past two weeks, signalling the end of the traditional dry season in the region,” NEA said.
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    • 80 4 In not condemning acts that are themselves anti-Islam, we confuse ourselves what it means to be the witness of the religion of peace... Minister for Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli, in a Facebook post, responding to those who have rationalised the terror attacks in Paris as “a consequence of
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    • 267 4 Four districts, lake, greenery and 2,139 flats The first Housing Board projects in Bidadari, to be launched this month, will have lush greenery and social spaces, making it “a community in a garden”. Residents will be able to enjoy a market square, a scenic park and
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    • 180 4 A French high-speed train that derailed on a test run on Saturday, leaving at least 10 people dead and 37 injured, had “several children on board”, the rail company said yesterday. A spokesman for state rail company SNCF said this after the first fatal
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    • 161 4 AFP A landslide that engulfed homes in China killed at least 16 people, with 21 still missing, as heavy rains brought misery across a swathe of the country. Photos posted on Sina Weibo showed rescue teams working through the night as they attempted
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    • 149 4  -  Zaihan Mohamed Yusof A 59-year-old man was charged last Monday with two counts of criminal intimidation when he allegedly threatened two employees of a gem investment company. Sim Seng Guek had entered the premises of USFIA Singapore in Paya Lebar on Sept 19, allegedly
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    • 544 5  -  NUS student designs and builds parts to make his carbon fibre bicycle Report by CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg It took him $1,200 and 400 hours to build a bicycle. But that’s just the start for Mr Chua Sheng Chuan. He told The New Paper
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    • PARIS TERROR ATTACKS
      • 149 6 / 7 Expect flight delays due to stricter security checks after the deadly terrorist attack in Paris, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has said. Customers are advised to plan ahead and arrive early at the airport for their flights, SIA added. France closed its borders after the attacks on Friday
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      • 24 6 / 7 AFP 129 The number of people who died in Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. More than 350 people were injured. AFP
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      • Survivors tell their stories
        • 323 6 / 7 CARNAGE AT BATACLAN Mr Loic Wiels could feel the bodies hitting the floor around him at the Bataclan concert hall where a gang of assailants opened fire on Friday in one of France’s deadliest terror attacks. The bullets whizzed by so close, he was
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        • 430 6 / 7 A Chilean escaped death even though he was confronted by one of the gunmen at the Bataclan concert hall. Mr David Fritz Goettinger, 23, described how he told the gunman he was Chilean and not French. And the gunman let him go after that.
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        • 288 6 / 7 CLOSE SHAVE AT STADE DE FRANCE A security guard at the Paris Stade de France football stadium prevented even more carnage when he stopped one of the terrorists wearing a suicide vest from getting inside the 80,000-person venue. The guard, who asked to
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      • 433 14 / 15 Thousands worldwide march with Paris as national monuments are lit in red, white and blue AFP Stirring renditions of La Marseillaise rang out on Saturday from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colours and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris
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    • 991 8 / 9  -  Hong Kong’s homeless are turning to 24-hour McDonald’s outlets for some rest and respite. What’s it like for these McRefugees? COMMENT HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg It is just past 11pm and some are already slumped over tables, while others lie sprawled across cushioned seats, shoes kicked
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    • 409 8 / 9  -  Hoe Pei Shan The “McRefugee” phenomenon in Hong Kong has provided sobering images of the city’s growing problem of homelessness. Early last month, a McRefugee, a woman reportedly in her 50s who spent the night slumped over a table in a Kowloon Bay McDonald’s, was found
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    • 456 10  -  Man’s hotline call about fire at work site results in TNP report Report by NABILAH AWANG fnawang@sph.com.sg Mr Philip Li had just arrived home from work last Wednesday when he noticed a burning smell in the air. The 34-year-old said: “There was a prominent
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    • 561 11  -  Local actress-singer Cheryl Wee to appear in two romance movies with stars from Ah Boys To Men franchise Reports by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg Cheryl Wee is officially the lucky girl who has captured the Ah Boys’ hearts. Two of them, at least, and only
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    • 232 11 It was not difficult for Tosh Zhang and Maxi Lim to build chemistry with Cheryl Wee on their separate movie sets. Zhang told TNP: “Initially, it was slightly awkward as it usually is meeting someone new whom you are going to work very closely
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    • 969 12 / 13  -  Hedge fund manager plays detective after getting fake goods in online exchange Reports by TAN TAM MEI tammei@sph.com.sg When Miss Summer Lee, 25, found out that the Chanel bag she had traded her two-week-old YSL bag for was fake, she was furious. The hedge
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    • 224 12 / 13 It could be a criminal case of cheating if one knew the goods were fake and passed them off as real so that the other party would hand over his or her items, said Mr Ravinderpal Singh of Kalco Law. Mr Singh
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    • YOU
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        • 101 16  -  CYCLING AT EAST COAST FROM READER ISHWAR MAHTANI Recently, I went cycling at East Coast Park with my family. I found that many parts of the cycling track were not well lit at night. Cyclists had to be very careful to avoid accidents. To make
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        • 258 16  -  READING LESS POPULAR NOW FROM READER EUNICE LI DAN YUE I refer to the letter from reader Manoraj Rajathurai (“People don’t value books like they used to”, The New Paper, Nov 12). I was born in the mid-1970s. At that time, most children found pleasure in
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        • 181 16  -  GOOD DEED AT FOODCOURT FROM READER MARK GAN I am writing to highlight the actions of a cleaner at the Bugis Junction foodcourt and to commend her for her honesty. My fiancee had left her mobile phone behind on one of the seats
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        • 244 16  -  DJ SPLITS WITH YOUNGER BEAU FROM READER RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO It is never easy to cope with a divorce or a failed relationship. It may seem that the whole world has turned upside down for the affected couple. That is why I can empathise with
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    • 578 18 / 19  -  Pageant finalist grateful to parents who brought her up despite hearing disabilities, financial difficulties The Mrs Singapore World finals will be held on Dec 18 at Resorts World Convention Centre. LISA TWANG (lisat@sph.com.sg) profiles three inspiring finalists LISA TWANG (lisat@sph.com.sg) Growing up with parents with
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    • 406 18 / 19 Ms Kira Pecherska holds Ukrainian and British citizenship, but she considers Singapore home after she and her husband moved here for work in 2007. “I love everything about Singapore, but I appreciate the people most,” the 39-year-old Singapore permanent resident said. “Singapore is an amazing
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    • 347 18 / 19 At 19,she juggled work, school motherhood She’s only 28, but Ms Karine Estelle Cheong is the owner of three companies. But her path to success was initially rocky. Married at 18, she had her first child at 19 while studying for a diploma in marketing and public relations at Thames
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    • 150 20 Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister said the country must defend encroachment of its sovereignty and he asked why land was being reclaimed on coral areas close to Malaysia’s shores. It was a swipe at China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, as tensions flared
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    • 376 20 About 60 per cent involve motorcyclists, says Transport Minister Road fatalities should not be taken lightly as nearly 5,000 people have died on Malaysian roads this year alone, said Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai. There were around 6,000 deaths from nearly half a million accidents
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    • 316 20 After giving Malaysians a scare in September last year, a video clip on fake eggs is making the rounds on social media again. A video recording said to be of a man examining sandwiches his daughter bought from a school in Kuala
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    • 356 21 Watch ’em SEMBANG TEH TARIK 2 Suria, 10.30pm Talk show host AC Mizal (far right) takes celebrity Aaron Aziz (right) for a ride in a vintage car and for a chat over a cuppa about life behind becoming a celebrity. channel 5 VaSanTham pm 12.30 Martha Bakes 1.00 Films and
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  • 286 22  -  By Latashni Gobi Nathan latagn@sph.com.sg With the festive season just around the corner, it is a good time to give your home a new look so you can impress your guests. You will be surprised at how some small changes can make a significant difference. Here are
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    • 42 1 back to his best malay ia’ lee easily beats world no. 1 Chen long to win China open ›s11 monday NOVEMBER 16 2015 16-page pullout euro 2016 play-off: o’neill urges his irishmen to go for the jurgular against bosnia ›s4 PHOTO: afP
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  • sports
    • EURO 2016 QUALIFER
      • 148 2 / 3 Reuters Ukraine, who have never won a play-off for a major Finals in five attempts, took a firm grip on their Euro 2016 qualifying tie with Slovenia by winning the first leg 2-0 yesterday morning (Singapore time). Winger Andrei Yarmolenko opened the scoring with a
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      • 902 2 / 3  -  Sweden striker can’t prevail with second-class colleagues NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg PLAY-OFF, FIRST LEG SWEDEN 2 (Emil Forsberg 45, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 50-pen) DENMARK1 (Nicolai Jorgensen 80) Zlatan Ibrahimovic spoke of his frustration after the final whistle. He should’ve been furious. For 80 minutes, the leaning tower of
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      • 154 2 / 3 Reuters The Euro 2016 in France should not be cancelled even though the risk levels have gone up, the head of the organising committee said on Saturday following the terrorist attacks in Paris. “The risk had gone one level up in January, it
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    • EURO 2016
      • 698 4 / 5 Away goal so what? Republic of Ireland manager O’Neill plays down their advantage in the Euro 2016 Play-off second leg against Bosnia-Herzegovina Wire Services Martin O’Neill has challenged his Republic of Ireland side to carry on from where they left off against Bosnia-Herzegovina when they play the second leg of
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      • 550 4 / 5 Wire Services Bosnia-Herzegovina goalkeeper Asmir Begovic accepted his side would need to offer more in attack, after rarely threatening Republic of Ireland counterpart Darren Randolph in the first leg of the Euro 2016 Play-off last Friday. “Ireland are a hard-working side
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    • ATHLETICS
      • Article, Illustration
        474 6 Uncertainty swirls over Russia’s track and field athletes competing in Rio Olympics AFP Russia’s brightest track and field stars were defiant after their country’s athletics federation was provisionally suspended from international competition over statesponsored doping allegations, insisting that no ban could hinder their Olympic ambitions. Pole vaulting star Yelena
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      • 298 6 Reuters Friday’s decision to suspend Russia after a conference call of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Sebastian Coe said, was made amid an atmosphere of “sadness and anger” and “the recognition that unless we fully grasp the enormity of our plight
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    • racing
      • 671 7 South African master trainer Patrick Shaw won his third Singapore Gold Cup after Argentinian-bred stayer COOPTADO landed the timehonoured race in a heartstopping finish at Kranji yesterday. Heading into this year’s renewal of the Longines-sponsored Group 1 race with a smashing four-pronged
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      • 1023 7 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1600m 9 THUNDER WIND 52 c 48 (34-13) T Krisna* (7) 7 7 1 (480) 4 ROCKET EXPRESS 57.5 c 54.5 (220-52) I Amirul* (12) 2 2 2 (510) 0.5 14 NONEMOREDESERVING 52 c 50.5 (130-21) CK Tan (4) 9 8 3 (466)
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      • 869 8 / 9  -  Apprentice Shafiq steers Cooptado to beat Fastnet Dragon in Singapore’s premier classic Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Kelantan-born R Shafiq is certainly living a charmed life this year, streaking clear for his second Singapore champion apprentice title and putting the icing on the cake
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      • 2453 8 / 9 Race 1 KS-D D2 (LC) 1400m Altruism Stakes 4 FELAROF 58 (17-9) M Nunes (3) 8 5 1 (527) 1 SMART VINTAGE 58 (73-19) B Vorster (5) 7 7 2 (513) 3 6 JELLY BEAN 58 c 56 (48-17) CC Wong* (6) 4 1
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    • 477 10 Brooklyn blow it as NBA champions power home in overtime Reuters GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 107 BROOKLYN NETS 99 (OT) The Golden State Warriors won an 11th consecutive game yesterday morning (Singapore time), beating the Brooklyn Nets 107-99 in overtime to keep alive their unbeaten start
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    • 316 10 AFP. American Holly Holm tamed the world’s most feared female prizefighter Ronda Rousey with a stunning knockout victory for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title in Australia yesterday. Holm, 34, made a blistering start to the title fight at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium, becoming the first
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    • 146 10 AFP Superstar Michael Phelps ended the Minneapolis Pro Swim Series meeting on a high note with a wire-to-wire victory in the men’s 200m individual medley. After defeats in the 100m and 200m butterfly on the first two days of competition, the record 18-time Olympic gold
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    • 112 11 Singapore’s top table tennis pair Feng Tianwei and Yu Menyu, the No. 1 seeds, continued a recent poor run of form, when they were dumped out in the first round of the Swedish Open, but Lin Ye and Zhou Yihan brought some much-needed cheer to the
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    • 477 11 After win over Lin, Malaysian star swats aside world No. 1 Chen in final Wire Services Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei floored world No. 1 Chen Long 21-15, 21-11 to capture the men’s singles title at the China Open yesterday. The victory saw the 33-year-old, a former
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    • 185 11 Chen Huifen, Micky Lin and Premila Hirubalan were all inducted into the Netball Hall of Fame last night. The trio, who have played for Singapore in a combined total of more than 300 international games and were in the team that won the Asian Championships in
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    • 580 12 Nishikori swept aside by another stunning display from the world No. 1 TENNIS AFP Novak Djokovic made a flying start to his bid for a record fourth successive ATP Tour Finals title as the defending champion routed Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1 yesterday. Djokovic (above, with the World
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    • 156 13 Reuters Park Inbee emerged from a traffic jam to pick up five birdies on the back nine and take the lead after the third round at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico City yesterday morning (Singapore time). On a day when officials took the extraordinary
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    • 475 13  -  Teenager wins Men’s Open crown; Tracy surprises herself with women’s title BOWLING Report by JESLEEN SOH jsoh@sph.com.sg Two out of the three competitors in the step-ladder finals of the Men’s Open at the 46th Singapore National Bowling Championships yesterday were national bowlers. All three were national bowlers
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    • 136 13 The Marina Reservoir area around the Singapore Sports Hub could well be peppered with brightly coloured pedal crafts from now on. Members of the public can hire watercraft like pedal boats and pedal bikes at The Water Sports Centre at the Sports Hub. There will also
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    • GOLF
      • 144 14 / 15 AFP Unheralded Derek Fathauer fired a second straight 66 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. Fathauer, trying to become the sixth successive first-time winner on the US PGA Tour, had a 16-under total of
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      • 698 14 / 15  -  After stalking the leaders for three days, Thai teen makes a successful final push Report by IAN DE COTTA npsports@sph.com.sg l The writer is a freelancer. When Danthai Boonma teed off on Thursday at Laguna National, he did not have any expectations. Playing in his
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      • 135 14 / 15 Reuters Swede Kristoffer Broberg won his first European Tour title, after prevailing over playing-partner Patrick Reed in a dramatic play-off at the BMW Masters in Shanghai yesterday. American Reed parred the first extra hole and could only watch as Broberg made a birdie three to seal
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      • 338 14 / 15  -  IAN DE COTTA Choo Tze Huang sat at the Nest and tucked into his lunch, no regrets on his mind after his final round of the World Classic Championship at Laguna National yesterday. Moments earlier, he was heading for his first under-par round, but tumbled
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    • 86 14 / 15 The Singapore Cricket Club Schools’ and Colleges rugby 7s took place at the National University of Singapore Sports and Recreation Centre over the weekend, and St Andrew’s Secondary School (right) emerged champions in the Under-14 category, after beating rivals Raffles Institution 17-5. The Under-16 championship
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    • ON TV
      • 79 14 / 15 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Tomorrow: SINGAPORE v SYRIA Singtel TV Ch 109 (Eleven), 7.30pm Wednesday: COLOMBIA v ARGENTINA Singtel TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 4.30am URUGUAY v CHILE Singtel TV Ch 110 (Eleven Sports), 6.55am BRAZIL v PERU Singtel TV Ch 109 (Eleven), 7.55am INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Wednesday: ENGLAND v FRANCE
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      • 51 14 / 15 WORLD TOUR FINALS Today: DAY 2 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 10pm Tomorrow: DAY 2 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 4am DAY 3 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 10pm Wednesday: DAY 3 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1),
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      • 28 14 / 15 NBA Today: SACREMENTO KINGS v TORONTO RAPTORS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 10am Tomorrow: CHICAGO BULLS v INDIANA PACERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am
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      • 36 14 / 15 MANILA MASTERS Thursday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 12pm WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday: DAY1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 4pm RSM CLASSIC Friday: DAY1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 2am
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      • 13 14 / 15 HONG KONG OPEN Friday: QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports 3), 6.30pm
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    • 674 16 S P O R T S The world of sport unites in paying tribute to Paris following the attacks AFP From Sao Paulo to Shanghai, London to Prague, sport defiantly united in its condemnation of the Paris attacks on Saturday as teams and fans resorted to extraordinary measures in the
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  • Page 4 / 5 Miscellaneous
    • 100 4 / 5 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Home I Away Tue, 17 Nov 2015 Euro Champ Rep of Ireland Bosnia 3.45am No telecast 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 and above) Livewire (Singapore
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