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      358 3 OCBC CYCLE SINGAPORE OCBC.cyclesingapore.com.sg WATCH THE PRO CRITERION UNDER THE STARS! Come on down to the FI Pit Building from 26-28 April and enjoy Singapore’s largest cycling event! Registration may have dosed but why not bring your family and friends along to experience the carnival atmosphere and amazing deals at
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  • hot news
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      Improving social policies through behavioural science
      556 2  -  Need to grow the capabilities of those getting help so they can contribute to society: Chun Sing SOCIAL SECTOR CONFERENCE ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The “conventional wisdom” of training the unemployed and then letting them look for a job did not always work well
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      Lock icon SMRT fined S$1,700 for service lapses
      582 2  -  WOO SIAN BOON S I N G A P O R E Bus operator SMRT has been fined S$1,700 by the Public Transport Council (PTC) for failing to make scheduled trips and overcrowded services the biggest penalty it has needed to pay since a
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      Lock icon StarHub to implement 1-min minimum charge for local calls
      397 4  -  From May 1, each call lasting less than a minute will be charged a flatfee of 16.05 cents NEW BILLING METHOD EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E From next month, StarHub customers who make calls
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    • Article
      Commissioner of Charities clarifies queries on access to City Harvest report
      427 4  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE —After hundreds of City Harvest Church members reportedly wrote in to oppose the removal of four church leaders from office and following requests from church staff for the inquiry report, the Commissioner of Charities (COC)
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      Lock icon Manufacturing in China slows as export demand dips
      454 6 CHINA ECONOMY AGENCIES BEIJING Growth in China’s vast factory sector dipped in April as new export orders shrank, a preliminary survey of factory managers showed, suggesting the world’s second-larg-est economy still faces formidable global headwinds into the second quarter. The flash HSBC
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      Lock icon Japan shrine visits, sea chase stir regional tensions
      483 8 EAST ASIA RELATIONS AGENCIES TOKYO —Tensions flared between Japan and its Asian neighbours after a group of Japanese lawmakers visited a shrine seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, and Chinese patrol vessels played cat-and-mouse with
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      Lock icon Sabah urged to ‘defend sovereignty’ against PR
      441 10  -  DAN GUEN CHIN AGENCIES KOTA KIN A BA LU On the campaign trail in Sabah, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak brought up February’s invasion of the village of Lahad Datu by Filippino clansmen several times including alleging that the opposition was involved in
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    • Article
      Parties woo Sabah’s Chinese ‘kingmakers’
      613 10  -  MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION DAN GUEN CHIN IN KOTA KINABALU danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg KOTA KINABALU —While they make up only about an estimated 15 per cent of the 980,000-strong electorate in Sabah, Chinese voters could play a pivotal role in the coming elections a fact underlined by Prime
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      Lock icon Boston bomb suspect charged; religious motive seen
      660 11 AGENCIES BOSTON —The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, United States officials said after interrogating and charging surviving brother Dzhokhar
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono urges Myanmar to act on violence against Muslims
      438 11 AGENCIES SINGAPORE —The President of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, said yesterday he would urge Myanmar’s leaders to address Buddhist-led violence against Muslims that he said could cause problems for Muslims elsewhere in the region. Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s
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      Lock icon HOPES FOR DBS-DANAMON DEAL TO BE RESOLVED SOON
      144 11 REUTERS Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he hoped the longdelayed bid by Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings for Bank Danamon can be resolved in the “very short term”. Indonesia’s central bank, the final decider on the deal, said last week the yearold
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon MediaCorp hosts top clients at ME@OUE
      212 12 Great food, celebrity guests and breathtaking views make for an enjoyable evening at the Million Dollar Club 2013 event STAR POWER SINGAPORE It was a night of fantastic views and even better food at ME@ OUE as MediaCorp entertained its top clients at its
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      209 4 /If your Dream is to become a Hot-Shot Banker, we’ll show you the way! -Mr* University of London Preparatory Course B.Sc Banking Finance B.Sc Economics Finance B.Sc Mathematics Economics Academic Direction: London School of Economics Political Science The B.SC ECONOMICS FINANCE degree is highly mathematical and appropriate for those who
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      99 5 There is one policy we hold above all. Honesty. Actual Yield: Endowment Actual Yield: Whole Life Gender Entry age 30 years with Sum assured of S$50,000 At Age 55 in 2013 Male Female Average Yield (2009-2013) 4.62% 5.31% We feel it’s important to be open and transparent about how your
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      86 7 Entertainment S$6,240 Groceries S$14,520 Where is your money going? Every year we spend a lot more than we think on everyday items. aw Introducing OCBC Money ln$ights. Singapore’s first online banking tool that automatically shows exactly where your money is going. Strive for more unous Utilities S$3,720 Transport S$1B,440 Try
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      135 8 $2000 Nanyong Polytechnic present VISUAL EFFECTS TALK COURSE PREVIEW OF THE SPECIALIST DIPLOMA IN VEX Visit us mysidm.nyp.edu.sg/sdipVFX Please RSVP to http://goo.gl/Y6bvV I i m I’ JCff 4 V ft rh v I Ronnie Chin Founder/Creative Director/3D Supervisor AMC STUDIO Ronnie has also held Lead 3D Artist roles in companies
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      62 10 FOLLOW TODAY’S COVERAGE OF THE MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS On May 5, Malaysians go to the polls in a crucial election. Keep abreast of all the key developments via TODAY’s correspondents on the ground Teo Xuanwei in Johor, Amir Hussain in Selangor, and Dan Guen Chin in Sabah as well as expert
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      65 10 WORLD OVERLAPPING SEATS ISSUE SOLVED: ANWAR 40 yVe hear ')<w. SingTel is committed to ensuring that our customers enjoy the best internet experience. We value your feedback and have upgraded our 3G network to serve you better. On top of that, 40 customers can enjoy superior surfing speeds, only on
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      33 12 PHOTOS GOOD VIEW, GREAT FOOD TO SEE MORE IMAGES FROM THIS EVENT Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit www.todayonline. com/singapore/ mediacorp-hosts-top-clients-meoue for the photos.
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon A better way to spend on healthcare
      1254 14  -  HEALTHCARE FINANCING ERIC FINKELSTEIN Professor Eric Finkelstein is Director of Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore Singapore is in the midst of a major demographic transition that is forcing every ministry to rethink the way in which government programmes
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      Lock icon Putting a price on travel
      1342 16  -  AN EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM? ARTEM CHAKIROV, ALEXANDER ERATH Artem Chakirov is a researcher and Alexander Erath is a senior researcher, both in the Mobility and Transport Planning research module at the Future Cities Laboratory, established by ETH Zurich and Singapore’s National Research Foundation. Every day,
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      40 14 As the population and road usage continue to increase, the ERP system will remain effective only if we rethink related traffic management systems such as the vehicle ownership quota system and its integral COEs. ARTEM CHAKIROV AND ALEXANDER ERATH 16
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  • voices
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      Lock icon Problem lies with design of MRT stations
      151 20  -  FROM MATTHEW ANG I refer to this week’s VoicesTODAY topic, “What makes a world-class rail system?” The problem here is the design of our train stations. Firstly, the platforms were designed for the length of our first trains, and we lack the flexibility
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    • Article
      Considerations for a world-class rail system
      265 20  -  FROM GANDA WIJAYA I refer to this week’s VoicesTODAY topic, “What makes a world-class rail system?” The first aspect is coverage. Does the rail system cover a certain percentage of public flats within a five- to 10-minute walk? In my opinion, that coverage should
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    • Article
      Who will bear cost of maintaining our trains?
      91 20  -  FROM FOO YEE CHING I refer to this week’s VoicesTODAY topic, “What makes a world-class rail system?” The answer is regular maintenance, reliability and zero defects. In Japan, for example, train parts are changed every night. The focus is truly on quality.
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    • Article
      Give residents anti-mozzie tablets, advice
      163 22  -  FROM JOHN LIM I am alarmed by the suggestion, in “To stamp out dengue, raise fines” (April 23), to increase the fines for mosquito breeding. Perhaps the writer is unaware or had not considered the implications. Should an offender fail to pay a sum of
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    • Article
      Will S’poreans fight long and hard for ‘a bit of coloured ribbon’?
      270 22  -  FROM JOHN KWOK JUNG YUN The scope and intensity of the debate in Voices over Singapore’s national identity suggest that Singaporeans desire one that can be defined with concrete terms and icons. This indicates that they are struggling
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    • Article
      Divert resources to MOE kindergarten at Punggol
      102 22  -  FROM NG CHEE KHEON It was reported that except for the one at Punggol, the number of registrations received at each of the other four Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens is less than half of the planned enrolment after registration closed. The number
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      14 20 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Grab that retail position on the go
      413 24  -  New mobile phone application lets job-seekers take their pick from offerings in service sector EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@med iacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Some 1,200 jobs available in the retail industry will be at the fingertips of job-seekers with the launch yesterday of a
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    • Article
      REACH kicks off PMET dialogues
      255 26 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SINGAPORE To further intensify face-to-face engagement with various segments of the community, REACH the Government’s feedback arm is starting a series of dialogues for professionals, managers, engineers and technicians (PMETs) so as to better understand the issues and challenges facing them today. The
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      Lock icon Egg’s a record
      129 26 How many egg tarts does it take to piece together the largest egg tart design in the Singapore Book of Records? A total of 725. Gain City staff and representatives from the Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) made the 2m-by-2m formation last Sunday at Changi
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    • Article
      BMW, NTU launch joint research facility
      416 28  -  Among projects is development of ba ttery technologies to power electric cars of the future FUTURE MOBILITY KOK XING HUI kokxinghui@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Advanced battery technologies that will power electric cars of the future could well be developed in the Republic, as BMW Group and
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    • Article
      Lock icon New Jurong depot to make space for 500 SMRT buses
      264 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A new bus depot, scheduled to be completed by 2015, will be built off Jurong West Avenue 2, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday. The bus depot, which will be named Wenya Bus Depot, will accommodate
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      205 27 IPad 2:38 PM 91 m> daily focus china&india world hot news commentary voices MORE STORIES What makes a Singaporean core? Several MPs give their take on the concept on the first day of debate in Parliament *****00 BYNEOCHAI CHINSINGAPORE A common responsibility felt for one another. Stakeholders and protectors of
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  • health
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      Healthcare mobile apps gaining popularity
      620 30  -  Locally developed ones allow users to manage illnesses like asthma or track calorie intake MEDICAL COMPANIONS EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Diagnosed with asthma last year, childcare teacher Nurasyikin Dzulkifli, who is in her 30s, found it a challenge to manage her various asthma medications. When
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      SOME LOCAL HEALTHCARE MOBILE APPS AT A GLANCE
      384 31 Health Buddy The app features the latest medical information and news, health and nutrition tips contributed by local doctors and healthcare professionals. It can also be used to do a quick search for SingHealth specialists, services, charges and locations, as well as
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    • Article
      Painful bowel diseases affect growing number of Asians
      550 34  -  CHRONIC CONDITIONS ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which used to be common in Western societies, are now becoming more prevalent among Asians, including children, doctors here say. The debilitating conditions belong to a group of chronic diseases known
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Quake donors seek out private charities
      574 36 Many people shunning public charities, which are seen as corrupt, and making donations to private charitable bodies SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE AGENCIES BEIJING —The devastating earthquake that struck south-west China over the weekend has drawn a flood of donations from across the country. But in contrast
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      Lock icon China’s top brass to serve stints as junior soldiers
      481 38 PRESIDENT’S DIRECTIVE REUTERS BEIJING —Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered his top brass to spend two weeks as junior soldiers every few years as a way of boosting military morale but sceptics doubt the move will do much more than polish
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      631 40 MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION AGENCIES PETALING JAYA Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim announced yesterday that the overlapping seats between Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) and his Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) have been resolved, assuring voters that the coalition is not in disarray. Mr Anwar said PAS and PKR
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      365 41 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The Vice-Chairman of the Malaysian Indian Congress’ (MIC) Shah Alam division and 103 other members have quit the party over the nomination of Malay rights advocacy group Perkasa’s Vice-President Zulkifli Noordin as a Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in
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      412 43 TENSIONS IN THE PENINSULA AGENCIES GENEVA North Korea insisted yesterday that it be recognised as a nuclear weapons state, a demand the United States promptly dismissed as “neither realistic nor acceptable”. After weeks of tension and threats of nuclear war on the
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      192 43 AP A United States envoy has said Washington will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea. Mr Robert King, who is among US officials meeting in Washington this week with China’s envoy on Korean affairs, has likened
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      321 44 TERRORISM AGENCIES TORONTO —The Canadian police have arrested two men and charged them with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation that they say was backed by Al Qaeda elements in Iran. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said
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      477 46  -  MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Tiger Airways has received approval from Australia’s competition regulator to sell a 60 per cent stake in its loss-making operations Down Under to Virgin Australia, five months after the deal was proposed. In its decision, the
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      448 48 GOLD PRICES REUTERS SINGAPORE —Premiums for gold bars soared to multi-year highs in Asia yesterday after a spate of physical buying led to supply constraints, dealers said. Purchases of gold bars, coins, nuggets and other products picked up pace after a brutal
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      245 47 Farm Wong Embraces Beauty From Within Years of hard work has made Fann Wong the well-known celebrity that she is today. But her fast paced life has also take a toll on the quality of her skin. “I didn’t notice it when I was younger, but as the years went
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      512 50  -  Top speeds could hit 150Mbps; firm says it is first telco to offer nationwide dual band coverage MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE SingTel announced yesterday that it has expanded its highspeed 4G mobile network to offer nationwide coverage with speeds of
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      299 51 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —The iPhone 5S may only be launched after June due to problems with a new fingerprint-scanning feature designed by Apple to replace the passcode-based unlocking system on previous models. A supply-chain source in Taiwan said Apple was
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      448 52 AP DORTMUND —Borussia Dortmund’s preparations for today’s (Thursday morning, Singapore time) Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid have been hit by the leaked news that Mario Goetze will join Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich on July 1. Bayern, who are triggering Goetze’s
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      887 53 Manchester United became the English league champions for a record 20th time when they defeated Aston Villa 3-0 at Old Trafford on Monday night (Tuesday morning, Singapore time). Such has been their unwavering form this season that they have achieved their feat with
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      344 53 AGENCIES LONDON —Luis Suarez found himself in the familiar position of being an outcast on Monday, charged by the Football Association (FA), fined by Liverpool, warned by his sponsor and rebuked by the government for biting an opponent a day earlier, while
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      613 54  -  Former football powerhouses SJI mark 2nd year of return by qualifying for national rounds NATIONAL SCHOOLS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS GERARD WONG, FELICIA QUICK gerard@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former school football powerhouse St Joseph’s Institution (SJI) took another small step forward towards reviving their proud tradition in the
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      453 54  -  GERARD WONG SINGAPORE The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will arrange up to three international matches in mid-June for the national under-23 side as part of preparations for this December’s South-east Asian (SEA) Games, and allay the Singapore National Olympic Council’s (SNOC) concerns
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      451 56  -  TABLE TENNIS LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —A Twitter post rallying the Rafflesian family in their six-gold medal hunt at the 2013 National In-ter-School Table Tennis Championship finals yesterday became an unintended boost for their rivals. Determined to end the Raffles Institution (RI) and
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        1099 58  -  WHO WOULD WIN IF OUR FAVOURITE MOVIE SUPERHEROES DID BATTLE WITH EACH OTHER? CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com. sg Fans are all gearing up for Iron Man 3 when it opens in cinemas tomorrow. Why shouldn’t they? This third instalment is the latest in a very successful franchise of superhero
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        252 60 REUTERS LOS ANGELES —The Cannes Film Festival unveiled an international lineup of feature and short films for its highly selective, competitive section, Critics’ Week this year. The series is intended to highlight first and second films from directors of great promise, and in
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        388 61 REUTERS LOS ANGELES If you don’t think timing is critical at the box office, just ask Grug and Eep. They are the father and daughter (voiced by Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone) from The Croods, the DreamWorks Animation cartoon racking up bucks
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