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Chong Wei is a major contributor to athletes’ welfare fund

KUALA LUMPUR: World number one shuttler Lee Chong Wei has contributed more than RM300,000 to the National Athletes Welfare Foundation (YAKEB) in the past two years.

Chong Wei said he reserved 50% of incentives received from the government and corporate sponsors and channelled it to YAKEB.

“This year I won seven big tournaments. Including the win at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, it will be eight and I will not forget to contribute towards YAKEB.

“If we can afford it, we should not forget the sacrifices of our former athletes because when we retire maybe there will be others who will help us when we are in need,” he told reporters at the 1Malaysia gathering of former and current athletes, organised by YAKEB at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil here yesterday.

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who is the Prime Minister’s wife as well as the patron of YAKEB, urged former athletes to register with the foundation.

“By registering themselves with YAKEB, they can be assured that their welfare will be taken care of,” said Rosmah, adding that RM2.5mil was collected from yesterday’s gathering.

“I also urge corporate bodies and individuals to come forward and contribute generously as the athletes have toiled to make the country proud. Athletes themselves must also come forward and contribute their efforts and not just be bystanders,” she said. — Bernama

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Casey Stoner of Australia (centre) lifts the winner's trophy, flanked by second-placed Jorge Lorenzo of Spain and third-placed Valentino Rossi of Italy on the podium after the MotoGP Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island, south of Melbourne, Australia, Sunday. -AP

Casey Stoner wins Australian Grand Prix

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australia's Casey Stoner beat newly crowned world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain by almost nine seconds Sunday to claim his fourth straight Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Stoner, who turned 25 on Saturday, started from pole position after dominating qualifying and rode his Ducati to an emphatic win over Yamaha's Lorenzo, while Italy's seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi, also on a Yamaha, finished third.

Stoner reached the first corner of the Phillip Island circuit in the lead and had opened a 1.5-second edge over Lorenzo by the end of the first lap.

He steadily stretched his advantage and by the race's halfway point held a 3.5-kilometer (2.2-mile) lead over the Yamaha rider who started from second on the grid.

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Rossi, who started eighth, briefly slipped back a place but recovered to sixth by lap six. He then overtook Americans Nicky Hayden and Ben Spies to sit in third place by lap eight.

Hayden reclaimed third place on the second to last lap, but Rossi fought back to gain a place on the podium with a desperate late surge. Hayden finished fourth on a Ducati, 18.035 seconds behind Stoner, while Spies, Lorenzo's Yamaha teammate, was fifth.

Stoner made a slow start to the 2010 season but has now won three of the past four races, missing a clean sweep when he crashed at Malaysia last week.

He can still finish second behind Lorenzo on the world standings with two races to go. With his 25 points from Sunday's win, he lies 22 points behind Honda's Dani Pedrosa who has missed the last three races with injury.

Pedrosa took part in qualifying in Australia, but pulled out of Sunday's race because of continued problems with his recovery from a broken collarbone. Suzuki's Loris Capirossi also withdrew because of injuries suffered in a high speed crash in Saturday's qualifying.

The MotoGP season concludes with races in Portugal in two weeks and in Valencia, Spain.

Stoner was having what may be his last ride on a Ducati in his home country before joining Honda for the 2011 season.

Spain's Marc Marquez stretched his championship lead when he won his ninth race of the season in the 125cc class, beating compatriots compatriot Pol Espargaro with Nicolas Terol.

San Marino rider Alex DeAngelis won the Moto2 Grand Prix, beating Briton Scott Redding and Italian Andrea Iannone, but Toni Elias of Spain had already sealed the world title.

Thuy Top Bikini Photos

Check out the latest photos of Vietnamese hot-girl Huynh Minh Thuy or Thuy Top in Bikini Photoshoot. The photoshoot was done when Thuy Top returned to Vietnam from the U.S. for the summer vacation.

Thuy Top Bikini Photos

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Hong Kong Radish Kuih


By Amy Beh
Ingredients

(A)
o 375g rice flour
o 55g tapioca flour
o 1 tbsp wheat starch (tang mein fun)
o 540ml water

Seasoning (B)
o 1¾ tsp salt or to taste
o 1 tsp sugar
o 1 tsp pepper
o 1 tsp sesame oil

(C)
* 270g radish, shredded
* 45g carrot, shredded
* 1 tbsp chopped shallots
* 1 tsp chopped garlic
* 150g Chinese sausage (lap cheong), remove the skin and chop finely
* 50g dried prawns, rinsed and chopped
* 1 tbsp oil

Method

Squeeze out any excess juice or liquid from the radish.

Heat oil in a wok, fry shallots and garlic until lightly golden and fragrant. Add Chinese sausage and dried prawns. Fry until fragrant.

Combine ingredients (A) in a mixing bowl. Add seasoning (B) and stir to mix, then pour into sausage and dried prawn mixture. Cook over medium low heat until mixture thickens. Transfer batter to a lightly greased 22cm cake pan.

Steam over high heat for about 30-35 minutes or until cooked through. Remove kuih from tin to cool completely and cut into small rectangular pieces. Dip in plain flour. Shake off any excess flour then deep-fry in hot oil until the pieces of kuih are golden.

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Trader gunned down outside house after responding to assailant’s calls

By MOHD FARHAAN SHAH
newsdesk@thestar.com.my

KOTA TINGGI: A businessman was gunned down at close range in front of his 14-year-old son outside their home here on Friday night.

The horrified boy screamed for his mother and also called an uncle living nearby for help.

The victim, G. Tamil Silvam (pic), 44, died in hospital where his brother, Ravi, 38, had taken him.

The assailant was seen running away after the incident via a closed-circuit TV camera at a neighbour’s house.

Recalling the horrific incident, T. Prabu said he and his father were earlier in the house watching TV.

“It was around 9.30pm when I heard someone calling my father. The man said he wanted to see my father,” he said.

When the father and son stepped out of the house the man reached for a gun and shot Tamil Selvam.

Prabu, who claimed he did not know the assailant, said his father was standing at his side when he was gunned down.

“I saw the man trying to reach for something from his back, which turned out to be a pistol.

“He fired twice at my father,” the teenager sobbed.

“I was startled and shocked to see my father being shot and collapsing before my eyes,” he said, adding that he immediately called his mother.

Ravi said he doubted that his brother was facing financial problems as Tamil Selvam had just bought a lorry to expand his business.

Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Osman Mohamed Sebot said that the attacker used a semi-automatic pistol to shoot the victim at close range.

Two shots were fired, hitting the victim in the chest and right ribs.

Supt Osman said a CCTV image from a neighbouring house showed a man running away with an object in his hand, believed to be the murder weapon.

The suspect, believed to be in his 30s and about five feet eight inches tall, was wearing a baseball cap and a black T-shirt.

“We recovered two bullet shells outside the victim’s house,” said Supt Osman.

No arrest has been made so far.

Supt Osman said the case is being investigated as murder and urged those with information to report to the nearest police station or contact the police hotline at 07-221 2999.

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