The New Paper, 27 December 2015

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1 20 The New Paper
  • 23 1 the new paper sunday DECEMBER 27 2015 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 80CENTS MCI (P) 071/12/2015 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838
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    • 115 1 LIVERPOOL 1 LEICESTER 0 BENTEKE DELIVERS KNOCKOUT BLOW OVER HIGH-FLYING FOXES »S2 PHOTO: REUTERS CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY: CAR CRASH IN M’SIA KILLS MUM, DAD AND 6-YEAR-OLD SON tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ‘They were a loving family’ 80 CENTS MCI (P) 071/12/2015 neighbour surviving
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  • upfront quick bites
    • Article, Illustration
      261 2 Lina Lewis sub-editor Fresh sashimi on a bed of rice peppered with seaweed strips and toasted sesame. The set, which comes with chawanmushi, salad, miso soup and fruits, is good value for money. Chirashi Lunch ($25), Tomi Sushi, Novena Square, 238, Thomson Road, #02-76/77 Seow Yun Rong
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    • Article, Illustration
      285 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg So the rest of the world has finally got a term for what we have embraced for such a long time. FOLO Fear of Losing Out aka being kiasu became one of the bestused terms on social media in 2015, along with Bae (an
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    • 183 2 what’s inside on paper online tnp.sg Pee is the least of his problems He maintains swimming pools for a living and, yes, poop is something he deals with confessions 8 The best-selling motorbikes of 2015 A look at what got people buying in a year of record-high COEs biker boy
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  • people
    • Article, Illustration
      789 3  -  Last month, a 51-year-old homeless man was found dead at a Chin Swee Road HDB staircase landing. CHAI HUNG YIN (chaihyn@sph.com.sg) and SEOW YUN RONG (seowyr@sph.com.sg) visit the area to learn more about the homeless there CHAI HUNG YIN (chaihyn@sph.com.sg) SEOW YUN RONG (seowyr@sph.com.sg) Additional reporting by
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    • Article, Illustration
      939 4 / 5 he can’t get along WITH OTHERS Mr Ang says he has been homeless for over 10 years. On Dec 14, the 72-year-old was spotted near Block 52, Chin Swee Road, at 1.30am. He was lying on one of the benches opposite a Sheng Siong supermarket. His belongings
      TNP PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMAR, CHAI HUNG YIN  -  939 words
    • 488 4 / 5 How can the homeless of Chin Swee be helped? And do they want to be helped? The New Paper on Sunday contacted Jalan Besar GRC MP, Dr Lily Neo, and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). Dr Neo says she is aware
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    • 739 8 / 9  -  3 S’poreans killed in Johor crash on Christmas Day Report by HARIZ BAHARUDIN harizbah@sph.com.sg Running into the Lim family at their floor’s lift lobby would always bring a smile to her face. When Mrs Dorothy Tan, 71, found out about the accident in Malaysia that
      PHOTO: FACEBOOK; PHOTOS: CHINA PRESS, ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  739 words
    • 330 18 AFP A choir of doctors and nurses beat Justin Bieber to the Christmas No. 1 spot on Britain’s pop music chart after the heart-throb urged his fans to buy their song. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir’s charity single, A Bridge Over
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    • 204 18 An Austrian radio station has punished its DJ after he locked himself in the studio only to play the song Last Christmas, a hit by British band Wham!, 24 times in a row. Only when his daughter called the studio to
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    • 226 19 A 44-year-old businesswoman in Kluang, Malaysia, was arrested on Friday for insulting the police on a social networking site. Kluang OCPD Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Laham said she was arrested at 12.05am at her house for posting the insulting comments on Facebook. Her mobile
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    • 319 19 US teen nabbed for drugging, robbing rich men A US teenager from New Jersey has been preying on wealthy men in New York’s bars, drugging them and stealing their expensive watches and cash. Prosecutors said Alexandra Martinez, 19, who was arrested on Monday,
      PHOTO: FACEBOOK/ ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ  -  319 words
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  • confessions of a pool cleaner
    • 689 8 / 9  - He found faeces, frogs a Rolex NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg ave you ever peed in a pool? Well, Mr Julius Koh, 50, has seen worse. Says the freelance pool cleaner in Mandarin: “Faeces. Of course, I’ve seen that too. But the worst thing of all? Frogs and their spawn. They
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  • people 2015: a look back
    • 284 14 / 15  -  As 2015 comes to a close, The New Paper looks back at the top stories from our pages this year, and offers a glimpse behind the scenes Reports by CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg It was through strong contacts that reporters Tan Tam Mei,
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    • 141 14 / 15 It was a tragic end for this couple, who seemed passionately in love till jealousy got the better of them. He was willing to do anything for her. She had his name inked on her chest. Their bodies were found in a Geylang hotel
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    • 153 14 / 15 A local landlord was shocked when she found out that the flat she had rented out to three men from China was turned into a brothel. She had not suspected anything as the men claimed that they had respectable professions and held valid S passes.
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    • 155 14 / 15 A landlord set fire to his flat after he quarrelled with his wife over the phone. One of his tenants and her 3½-year old daughter were in the flat at that time. The 45-year-old man claimed that he had tried
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    • 169 14 / 15 Man’s hands feet amputated after food poisoning Two men ate the same raw fish dish at a food centre in Chinatown, but only one of them was affected. Mr Tan Whee Boon’s former teacher was fine while Mr Tan, then 50, showed symptoms of food poisoning three days after. Doctors
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  • wheels biker boy
    • Article, Illustration
      679 16 / 17  -  In a cooler market with skyrocketing COE prices, here are some of the bikes that made this year’s bestsellers’ list ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg 1 haRLEY-DaVIDSON STREET GLIDE SPECIaL Get on the Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special and you’ll instantly feel the difference. This 1,690cc tourer has a punchier
      PHOTOS: HARLEY DAVIDSON, HONG LEONG YAMAHA, TNP FILE, PIAGGIO GROUP, DIRTWHEEL, CHOO CHWEE HUA, DUCATI  -  679 words

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  • humour act blur
    • 850 20  -  Creativity is overrated S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg al<e $1,000? Easy. Just enter a contest to rename a mall in Sengkang “Sengkang Mall”. When I read that joke on Twitter, I laughed so hard I announced the wrong winner at the Miss Universe
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  • people investing made easy
    • 687 21  -  Want to make your money grow but don’t know how? CHAI HUNG YIN (chaihyn@sph. com.sg) speaks to experts CHAI HUNG YIN (chaihyn@sph. com.sg) speaks He went from driving a sports car to taking public transport. Gone are his flashy clothes
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    • 201 21 HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET “The stock market can be a very scary place when you do not have the right mindset,” says Mr Teng Kenyuan, 34, director of a manufacturing company. “When you see your stock falling and falling, what will you do? “For me, I
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  • stylemaker
    • 499 22 / 23  -  Guys, dressing up doesn’t have to be boring, as these new local designers show KOVIT ANG tnp@sph.com.sg 1 Din Koh, 25 Designer for Caveman How would you describe your creative style? I accept all kinds of styles, be they loud, bold or minimalist and I minimise
      PHOTOGRAPHY: KENNETH CHOO STYLING: KOVITANG HAIR & MAKE-UP: JOANNE ONG USING COLOURS FROM GUERLAIN AND BURBERRY BEAUTY MODEL: IVAN L (DIVA MODELS) STUDIO: STUDIO OUTFITTERS  -  499 words

  • live right
    • 283 24  -  Rounding up science’s latest discoveries JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg DON’T GO TO BED WITHOUT YOUR PETS Want to have a good night’s sleep? Then cuddle with your cat or dog. A new study on 150 adult patients, released by the Mayo Clinic, found that those who sleep with their
      PHOTOS: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX, TNP FILE, REUTERS  -  283 words
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  • afford-aspire New Year’s Eve
    • 230 25  -  Ring in the new year with new make-up CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg EYES Stila’s Trust In Love Giftable Set $56 With 12 eyeshadow colours, this set has a range of bold and classic colours to help you design your eyes for the most anticipated party of the
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    • 221 25 putting online advice to the test NEW YEAR’S EVE MakEup, HaiRstylE OUTFIT IDEA! Username: NikkiPhillippi Keywords: New Year’s Eve, makeup, hair and outfit Usher in the new year with a new look. This YouTube user gives us some ideas about what we can do to start the
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  • eats makansutra
    • 665 26  -  KF SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg t is time to let it all hang out before clean- ing up with a new slate for next year. This is the week to truly break that slimming resolution you make every January before you make it again next week.
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  • eats hed chef
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      526 27  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg elebrating the New Year and wondering what dish you can serve up that is not the usual festive fare? Try this seafood paella. Ideally, use imported short-grain Spanish rice, though it is not easily available. And when you find it, it can be a bit
      TNP PHOTOS: HEDY KHOO  -  526 words
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  • 305 30  -  Part Time By Hafiz Rasid Hrasid@sph.com.sg No matter what age you are in, there is always room for improvements. Going back to school as an adult learner can have a positive impact on your career. Ms Banu Veloo, an operations director of a media company,
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  • SUPER KAKi CORNER
    • 323 32 TNP SuperKakis had a great festive weekend, which started with an early Christmas dinner at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. Five SuperKakis and their partners were invited to a dinner organised by Italian dining festival Gusto Italiano. The hotel prepared a special Christmas meal for participants in its
      PHOTOS: COURTESY of GuSto itaLiaNo, BARRY HO, PINK APPLE, NORMAN VILLAPLANA  -  323 words
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    • 45 1 EPL STOKE 2 MA UNITED 0 Man Ui vAN GAAN? Man United manager on the brink after fourth straight loss ‘To go’ in Dutch ›S4 SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 2015 20-page pullout SWIMMeR YIp pIN XIu aMoNg top 10 SINgapoRe atHleteS oF 2015 ›S18 PHOTO: AFP
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  • sports
    • EPL
      • 876 2 / 3  -  Ranieri outfoxed by Klopp as Leicester suffer blow to title hopes GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOL 1 (Christian Benteke 63) LEICESTER 0 Leicester City have captured the imagination of football fans with their meteoric rise. Then the clock struck 12. At Anfield yesterday, the English Premiership’s Cinderella
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      • Article, Illustration
        75 2 / 3 LIVERPOOL SUBS: Benteke for Origi, 38 Lucas for Coutinho, 90+1 Allen for Lallana, 90+2 LEICESTER SUBS: Dyer for Okazaki, 69 Ulloa for Vardy, 69 Kramaric for Mahrez, 80 4 Offside 1 10 Fouls 8 7 Corners 6 7 Dribbles 7 12 Tackles 17 24 Total Shots 6 4
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      • 42 2 / 3 MOVERS SHAKERS MAMADOU SAKHO N’GOLO KANTE 25 Age 24 1.87m Height 1.69m 83kg Weight 68kg 94% Pass Accuracy 82% 6 Aerials Won 1 79 Touches 51 0 Fouls 1 2 Shots 0 0 Dribbles Won 3 0 Tackles 3 7.6 Rating 7.1
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      • 871 4 / 5  -  Devoid of ideas, United must put Dutchman out of his misery RICHARD BUXTON npsports@sph.com.sg STOKE CITY 2 (Bojan Krkic 19, Marko Arnautovic 26) MAN UNITED 0 The time has come for Louis van Gaal and Manchester United to part ways. That one last job before retirement has
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      • Article, Illustration
        73 4 / 5 STOKE SUBS: Van Ginkel for Whelan, 46 Diouf for Shaqiri, 65 Adam for Cameron, 75 MAN UNITED SUBS: Rooney for Depay, 46 Pereira for Herrera, 82 3 Offside 1 12 Fouls 16 1 Corners 5 12 Dribbles 7 23 Tackles 17 13 Total Shots 11 3 On Target
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      • 39 4 / 5 MOVERS SHAKERS BOJAN KRKIC ASHLEY YOUNG 25 Age 30 1.70m Height 1.80m 65kg Weight 65kg 86% Pass Accuracy 83% 0 Aerials Won 1 2 Fouls 3 5 Shots 0 1 Dribbles Won 1 3 Tackles 4 8.4 Rating 7.0
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      • 634 6 United boss van Gaal hints that he may resign in wake of Stoke humiliation Reuters PHOTO: REUTERS STOKE CITY 2 (Bojan Krkic 19, Marko Arnautovic 26) MAN UNITED 0 Louis van Gaal hinted that he could vacate the Old Trafford hotseat after watching Stoke
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      • 122 7 SWANSEA CITY 1 (Ki 9) WEST BROM 0 Swansea climbed out of the bottom three as Ki Sung-yueng’s first goal of the season ended their four-month run without a Premier League home win. Ki’s ninth-minute strike, bundled home from close range, was
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      • 540 7 But Kompany setback mars celebrations MANCHESTER CITY 4 (Sterling 12, Toure 17, Bony 22, De Bruyne 54) SUNDERLAND1 (Borini 59) Three goals in 11 first-half minutes helped Manchester City sweep aside Sunderland at the Etihad, but captain Vincent Kompany’s return from injury lasted
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      • 135 8 ASTON VILLA 1 (Ayew 62 pen) WEST HAM UTD1 (Cresswell 45) Jordan Ayew rescued a point for battling Aston Villa as they were held to a draw by West Ham. Remi Garde is still searching for his first win as Villa
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      • 481 8 But Oscar’s penalty miss costs Hiddink first victory CHELSEA 2 (Costa 32, 65) WATFORD 2 (Deeney 42 pen, Ighalo 57) Oscar slipped and sent a penalty over the crossbar to blow a vital Chelsea victory against Watford in interim manager Guus Hiddink’s first match in charge. Diego
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      • 168 12 PA Sport Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino wants his players to heed the words of Britney Spears and ignore Arsenal’s title challenge this season. Spurs are on track to finish in the top four for the first time since 2012, but their thunder could
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      • 523 12 Harry at the double to top Sheringham’s 26-goal record TOTTENHAM 3 (Kane 26 pen, 42, Carroll 79) NORWICH CITY 0 Harry Kane became Tottenham’s highest League scorer in a calendar year as his first-half double fired Spurs to victory over struggling Norwich. Kane’s two goals, the first
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      • 526 13 Pardew’s men halt Cherries’ three-game winning run BOURNEMOUTH 0 CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Glenn Murray fired a blank against his former side, as Crystal Palace ended Bournemouth’s three-game winning streak. Murray played 113 League games for Palace between 2012 and 2015,
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    • racing
      • 657 9 Race 1 C5 1700m 3 GOOD GIFT 57 .5 c 54.5 (31-7) M Hanif* (1) 1 1 1 (492) 1 MR VICTORY 59 c 56 (12-5.10) Z Khairil* (3) 2 2 2 (529) 1.25 2 THUNDER WIND 59 c 55 (32-11) S Saddam* (2) 4 4 3
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      • 1482 9 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 1.45 —1100m (Turf) Stakes: RM28,500 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 05-25-Ruby Dane 59 (43) Z Khairil* c3 1 (5ag S Hamilton-Anak) 2 *****0 Black Viscount 58.5 (42) CT Lee* c4 3 (5ag Cecil
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      • HONG KONG RACES
        • 1488 10 / 11  -  COMMENTS BY PHILIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200M) INTELLECTUAL GLIDE (13) wasn’t disgraced on the dirt and from a bad gate at the Valley in his past two starts after working home nicely for a course-and-distance
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        • 1670 10 / 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1200m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$600,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib)Bar 1 PLANET GIANT R GIBSON N CALLAN 133 10 2 JET SET DRAGON D CRUZ K C NG 132 6 3 NATURAL EIGHT C FOWNES
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      • 1792 10 / 11  - 27-12-15 SUNDAY KOREA RACING RACE CARD (SAND TRACK) By Singapore Turf Club NO SIMULCAST FOR RACE 1 TO RACE 5 Race 6 12:25PM (KRW55,000,000) Busan --1000m 1 099 Choegang Powerful 52.5 [1] Song Keong Yun 9.7% Kang Hyoung Gon 5.0% 2 98 Daeapseung 52 [2] Ikuyasu Kurakane 14.8% Kim Young
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 777 14 Hodgson says Neville will benefit from his coaching ‘baptism of fire’ at Valencia Wire Services Gary Neville as England manager one day? Why not? Roy Hodgson has no doubt that the former Three Lions and Manchester United defender has the qualities to take charge of
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      • 611 20  -  Former national skipper says he is ready, Fandi looks set for full-time Lions role Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg The shock of being booted out of the Malaysian Super League has subsided. Almost every LionsXII player has found a club for the new
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    • NBA
      • 158 15 AFP Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, retiring after this season to end a 20year career, is the runaway vote leader for the 65th NBA All-Star Game, the league announced yesterday morning (Singapore time). Bryant, a 17-time All-Star, has received 719,235 votes with reigning NBA
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      • 553 15 Curry and Co hold off LeBron-led late charge to improve to 28-1 Reuters. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 89 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 83 Turning up the defensive intensity much like they did in last season’s NBA Finals and getting two key late hoops by star guard Stephen Curry,
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    • 162 16 / 17 AFP Russian sports minister Vitali Mutko has thrown his support behind world champion weightlifter Aleksey Lovchev, who has been banned for suspected doping in the latest controversy to hit the country’s sports authorities. Lovchev, 26, who won gold in the +105kg category at the world
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    • 169 16 / 17  -  JESLEEN SOH Singapore Athletics (SA) yesterday announced a partnership with local company Kin Teck Tong Pte Ltd (KTT), which will see the traditional Chinese medicine practitioners provide support for the national track and field body in 2016. The one-year, $280,000 collaboration will see national athletes and
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    • TENNIS
      • 806 16 / 17 Djokovic and Williams reign in 2015, but Wawrinka and Pennetta stun tennis world with their grand Slam triumphs AFP Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams celebrated seasons of epic proportions, claiming six of eight Grand Slam titles in a march to greatness dented only by two players
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      • 484 16 / 17 AFP Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are poised to become the first US$100 million ($140m) men in tennis in 2016, in a gripping sub-plot to the new Grand Slam season. No player in the history of the sport has broken through the
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    • 39 18 / 19 23.60 Shanti Pereira won Singapore’s first individual SEA Games sprint title since 1973 when she clocked a national record of 23.60sec to claim the gold medal in the women’s 200m at the National Stadium in June.
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    • Article, Illustration
      642 18 / 19  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg It has been an action-packed year for sports, with Team Singapore athletes achieving many firsts both in local and international events. The New Paper highlights 10 of the Republic’s top sportsmen and sportswomen who were faster, higher and stronger in 2015. SHEIK FARHAN SHEIK
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    • 93 18 / 19 Wire Services The Chinese table tennis team kicked off their preparations for the Rio Olympic Games with a week-long training at a People’s Liberation Army boot camp in Liaoning province. “The military-style discipline will help reinforce the team’s unity and temper their willpower,”
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    • ON TV
      • 180 18 / 19 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tomorrow: EVERTON v STOKE Singtel TV Ch 103 StarHub TV Ch 228 (mio Stadium), 10.55pm CRYSTAL PALACE v SWANSEA Singtel TV Ch 104 StarHub TV Ch 229 (mio Stadium), 10.55pm NORWICH v ASTON VILLA Singtel TV Ch 105 StarHub TV Ch 230 (mio Stadium), 10.55pm WEST
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      • 67 18 / 19 NBA Tuesday: PHOENIX SUNS v CLEVELAND CAVALIERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 10am Wednesday: HOUSTON ROCKETS v ATLANTA HAWKS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 9am OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER v MILWAUKEE BUCKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am Thursday: CHARLOTTE HORNETS v LA CLIPPERS StarHub TV Ch
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      • 23 18 / 19 COPENHAGEN MASTERS Today: SEMI-FINAL 1 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 7.30pm Tomorrow: SEMI-FINAL 2 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 1.30am
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      • 27 18 / 19 MUBADALA WORLD TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday: DAY1, SESSION 1 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 8pm DAY 1, SESSION 2 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 11pm
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