The New Paper, 2 December 2000

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1 75 The New Paper
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    26 1 the new paper SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2000 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon SPY VS SPY
      420 2 f More than 3,000 Chinese spies have visited Taiwan Spies pretended .to be scholars, say top Taiwanese security official SPIES from China have infiltrated Taiwan's businesses, government and armed forces and are threatening the island's security, a high-ranking Taiwanese security officer said yesterday. Beijing has stepped up
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      Lock icon Now, Miss Malaysia-India scores
      253 2 IT isn't just on the Miss World stage that Indian beauty is being appreciated. At Tampa, Florida, there was a bevy of Indian beauties vying for the title of Miss India Worldwide. And the winner was the contestant from the US, Miss Ritu Upadhyah. The first
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon All to get bio-smart in schools
      828 4 More on life sciences in new syllabuses Science exams will have questions on life sciences Changes to affect all primaiy, secondary, A-level students WHAT T MEANS FOR STUDENTS? Q: What exactly are Life Sciences? A: The Life Sciences deal with living things and life
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      371 5 To get a better understanding of school tests or exam questions on Life Sciences, we asked the Education Ministry for some samples... -1 What is a cell? I II Name the three main \J J_ parts of a cell. MA cell is the basic unit of all living
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon I'll decide when to go, says PM
      238 6 m THE Prime Minister has spoken. He will NOT be pushed out of office. HE alone will decide when to step down. There is "no hurry" to change leaders in Singapore. And Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong "is not impatient". Mr Goh
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      Lock icon Dr M: Dirty tactics
      45 6 jmm |j This ALTERED: Malaysian Prime Minister DatukSeri Dr Mahathir Mohamad showing a doctored picture of the Barisan candidate S Anthonysamy in priest's garb. He said such leaflets influenced Muslim voters to vote for the Opposition in theLunas by-election. Picture/ Nst
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        Lock icon More English spoken at home
        118 6 CENSUS 2000 MORE children in Singapore are speaking English at home today than they did 10 years ago, especially among the Chinese and the Indians. Four in 10 children, aged between five and 14, in these groups used English most frequently at home. These numbers
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        Lock icon PSA replies
        58 6 I MAERSK PSA Corporation has defended its quality of service. It is unrealistic for Maersk-Sealand to expect the same levels of service it enjoyed before terminating its contract as a priority customer. Maersk is shifting its hub service from Singapore to Hongkong and Taiwan because of a "signifiant
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        Lock icon Free liquor
        64 6 AIRPORT AIR travellers can try wines, spirits or mixes for free at Changi Airport. Duty-free retailer DFS has a bar at Terminal 2 providing more than 10 brand-name drinks to sample, including $228 Hennessy XO. With this approach, DFS hopes to sell $250 million worth of liquor and
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        Lock icon Hari Raya cards
        71 7 MRT MRT will sell souvenir Hari Raya Puasa farecards from next Wednesday. The $7 ticket will have a stored value of $6, valid for a year on MRT trains. You can keep it after the last ride but cannot top it up. You can buy up to
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        Lock icon Just zip in
        58 7 MALAYSIA MALAYSIA will roll out a fast immigration clearance system next year, starting at the KL airport. The system is in use in Australia. Passenger information is sent electronically to Malaysia when the flight leaves its point of origin. Malaysian immigration can check passengers while they are
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        Lock icon Chinese domains
        50 7 INTERNET COMPANIES here will be able to have online addresses with Chinese characters next year. The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) the authority on .sg domain names will begin testing the new system next month. The centre will most likely offer Chinese domain-name registrations from September next year.
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        Lock icon Mobile billboards
        58 7 ADVERTISING IF you see a billboard moving down the street, don't get worried. The new billboards with lighting and audio effects appear on 14-foot trucks and will advertise various products. A local media company brought in six trucks at the cost of $1.5 million. All have been booked
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      61 6 New Straits Times: Plan to amend polls laws International Herald Tribune: US justices take on historic role in election BBC news: In a surprise move, a Chilean judge has charged the country's former ruler, General Augusto Pinochet, with kidnapping and murder in connection with the disappearance of
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      78 7 The Straits Times: Singapore, US to kick off FTA talks The Business Times: Fears grow that US stocks may be near bear phase Lianhe Zaobao: Surge in number of bilingual Chinese Singaporeans compared to 10 years ago Berita Harian: Look at ties with Indonesia on long-term basis,
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      Lock icon SHE PLEADED GUILTY
      100 7 In focus YES, I did it. Well-known television personality Zahara Lateef, 39, has pleaded guilty to throwing hot water on her Indonesian maid, Miss Titik Rinawati,18. The New Paper carried this news on the front page of its second edition yesterday. She was in court yesterday morning
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      66 7 AT the close on Wall Street yesterday, the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 40.95 points to close at 10,373.54. The Nasdaq composite index gained 47.36 points after a rebound in the battered tech sector. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet $3.0625/ +0.0937 2. Creative
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      Lock icon NOT BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH TO REPRESENT S'PORE?
      41 7 Quote Wwortny I didn't think that there'd be people who'll criticise me. How do they know I'm not good? They can't tell from one picture alone. Miss Singapore World hopeful Charlyn Ding, on her critics
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    476 8  -  SINGAPORETODAY Primary school teacher accused of sexual misconduct Teacher allegedly won trust of girls by taking them to games centres Love letters from teacher found By Lee Tee Jong A PRIMARY school teacher is under police investigation for alleged sexual misconduct involving at least two of
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    Lock icon $12,000 a tree, anyone?
    544 10 SINGAPORE! OIM Y SIGHT FOR HOW do you get rich folks to dig deep into their pockets? Wine and dine them in luxury and have Ms Jennie Chua, president and chief operating officer of Raffles International, egg them on. But they must be the "right kind"
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      Lock icon Mr George does not flinch from talking about...
      207 12  -  BY Woon Wui Tek HE doesn't mind criticising the government. Or praising it. But either way, he tries using reasoned arguments to justify his stand. Don't just take our word for it. The New Paper brings you excerpts from Cherian George's new
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      Lock icon THE BOOK
      35 12 Cherian George's Singapore: The Air-conditioned Nation (Essays on the Politics of Comfort and Control, 1990-2000) is on sale at $19.90 a copy. The 224-page book contains 25 essays on the Singapore political scene.
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      Lock icon Press freedom there, Govt's freedom from press here
      273 12 EXCERPTS FROM SINGAPORE: THE AIR-CONDITIONED NATION THE editorial positions of the national press have been described variously as prostitution and self-censorship, but editors believe they are practicing responsible and intellectually-honest journalism. They point to the PAFs record of good government, and say
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      Lock icon How the PAP has retained support and stayed in power
      246 12 SINCE coming to power on a leftist platform in 1959, the PAP has entrenched itself as a centrist party, trying to appeal to an ever broader spectrum of Singaporeans but always maintaining synchrony with the middle ground. This has been
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      Lock icon So, how far can you go in Singapore?
      211 13 EXCERPTS FROM HIS NEW BOOK THE PAP vision for politics is reminiscent of the semiconductor plants that add prodigiously to Singapore's balance of trade. Some of the most important work there takes place in dust-free environments where miniaturised electronic circuits are etched
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      Lock icon PM Goh, the next President?
      237 13 THE most anticipated event in coming years will be the handover to a Third Generation of leaders. Unless illness or other acts of god intervene, the party will stay true to its stable, no-surprises brand of government, and one can expect a formal leadership transition
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      Lock icon I think I can't
      66 14 mutfmuif Student Mandy Tan, 16, on the changes to the A-level syttabos which wM emphasise thinking skills, information technology, creativity and natioiMf education: I am not a very intelligent girl, so of course I am scared about the changes. What if I don t do well
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      Lock icon 'I just wanted to see her face,' he says
      283 14  -  MOLEST CASE: By Tanya Fong HE told the court he had never seen the girl before. And that he had never unzipped his pants, nor exposed his penis to her. But he admitted he was at the coffeeshop at Block 713
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      Lock icon PENALTY
      25 14 If found guilty, Elangovan Raju (left) could be jailed for up to a year, fined, or both, for insulting the modesty of a woman.
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    380 16  -  SINGAPORETODAY Br Desmond Ng YOU are in the middle of a road march. You feel tired, feverish. And there's no army doctor in sight. You whip out a gadget. In a flash, you can check the status of your heart rate,
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      329 17 WE carried the wrong crossword puzzle in our Attitude section yesterday. Here is the correct version. 1 2 I Have fun with the crossword puzzle this week. Again, remember that the words are I related to this week's letter. Do fill in the answers clearly. Good Luck! mmm I ACROSS:
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    Lock icon Enter a whale's belly
    464 18  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Skye Tan A WHALE has beached itself on our sunny island. Yes, you read correctly there is a whale in Singapore. I, being a nosy reporter, went to check it out. And promptly got swallowed, and spat out unceremoniously. Yes, I am serious. A
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    Lock icon And here are the winning teams
    424 20  -  Remember the AIA-TNPProject Healthvibes series, a competition where students from various schools took part in a web design competition on health? Here are the surprising results SINGAPORETODAY By, Joanne Koh THE contenders included top schools, like Raffles Junior College and Hwa Chong Junior College.
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      120 20 40 DAYS AND NIGHTS ATSENTOSA This holiday, indulge in Brazilian beats, Thai fiestas, beach bazaars, night bashes and a real diamond treasure hunt Yup, all that —and more—are what' '40 Days and Nights" at Sentosa have to offer. And all you party animals, get ready to boogie as Zouk Out
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    Lock icon A poem to move you. Mr Judge?
    338 21 The criminal code does not yet have a soul But you have a soul, this I know for certain Russians are rich in their soul With honourable faith gazing into the eyes of the Creator... WORLDTODAY Source: Wire Services. ES, verse, when the
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      Lock icon Norway's crown prince to marry single mum
      188 23 Reuters. NORWAY'S Crown Prince Haakon broke tradition yesterday by saying he will marry his live-in girlfriend, Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby, next year. Ms Tjessem Hoiby, 27, is a single mother who has a son from a former relationship. "We have decided that we will
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      Lock icon Brunei prince's 'toys' on sale
      278 23 ON sale: A royal palace and a luxury yacht called Tits. Previous owner: Prince Jefri Bolkiah, younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei. And the surprise: No one's interested. That's the problem facing liquidators in the Sultanate of Brunei who must dispose the prince's assets
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      Lock icon NO TAKERS
      40 23 There have been no takers for Prince Jefri's luxury yacht, estimated to have cost him US$500 million ($880m) Neither has anyone bought the unfinished royal palace, Assurur, in Bandar Seri Begawan or his luxury hotels in the US.
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      Lock icon Don't mess with Santa
      58 24 mui*mui* Japanese consumer giant Sony has killed its Christmas ad campaign in the US for Sony Style.com. There were concerns that the campaign, which showed Santa being kidnapped, insulted the jolly man in the rad suit The ads said: II We have Santa Shop at «J
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      Lock icon Bully me... and I'll kill you
      300 24 Boy, 15, plots to kill classmates HE was bullied by the other boys in class. So he decided to get back at them. How? By killing them, he thought. He plotted to shoot one of his classmates with 15 bullets. And blow up another
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      Lock icon Ebony or ...does it ivory... matter?
      311 26 THE pictures on this page are ads meant to combat racisim. The ads, screened for the first time yesterday, are designed by Britain to force viewers to question their preconceptions about race, British media reports said. Celebrities, including Spice Girl Mel B, footballer Andy
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      Lock icon Prostitution not immoral: German court
      230 26 Wire services. A GERMAN court ruled for the first time yesterday that prostitution cannot be considered immoral. The landmark decision came in a successful appeal by a Berlin bar owner whose licence was withdrawn because the bar's backrooms are let out to prostitutes who made
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    Lock icon DOCTOR MISTER HYDE?
    277 28 Psychiatrist raped us, say patients WORLDTODAY HE would see women patients in his room. Alone. He would tell them sex was at the root of their problems. Then he would touch them, expose himself and invite them to touch his penis. Sometimes, he would even force them
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    Lock icon Contractor robbed by pregnant woman
    344 29 MALAYSIATODAY NOT many men would refuse to rescue a damsel in distress. Especially if she happens to be pregnant. So when the 31-year-old contractor from Kajang saw a pregnant woman collapse near his car, he offered to take her and her "husband' to a doctor.
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      Lock icon SHE'S HOT!
      305 30 Looks magazine chooses actress Jennifer Lopez as sexiest dresser of the year BOTH Jennifer Lopez and the media were stuck on The Dress. The dress that she wore at the 42nd Grammy Annual Awards at Los Angeles in •February. A green Versace number that was backless j and
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      15 30 HELLO KITTY: Kylie Minogue has turned into sex kitten from cutie pie.
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      14 30 WELL-MATCHED: Mr and Mrs Brad Pitt are the best dressed couple.
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      18 30 DRESSING DOWN: Mariah Carey was written off as one of the worst dressers. Pictures/ Afp, Reuters
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      Lock icon Bizkit chews on your questions
      776 32  -  Why did Durst share stage with Aguilera? V* 'V v 3R 'jj&Sf j i i- yi When will Limp Bizkit come to Singapore? "'V r c' Why does Borland paint his face for stage? What do the guys think of boybands? >■ <e. —<• By
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      19 33 was the amount ef red meat witness Tour this MMadlillg na ariM »n tW
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    Lock icon My $800 power dinner
    822 34 4 Iffoie gras be the food of love, eat on Living It Up! USUALLY a rainy week night will find me in front of the TV, scarfing down a called-in pizza. A private dining room at Republic Plaza is not my usual haunt. The occasion was
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    Lock icon Shotgun wedding, Takuya?
    506 36 TSK,TSK... I'LL SUE YOU, J 1 SAYS A FAN WE'LL SFND YOU WREATHS, SAY OTHERS A OME people say me best reason to get married is pregnancy. But for J-pop stars, shotgun weddings are not only frowied upon, but are also a sure-trigger for public outrage in
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      179 50 RESULTS of four barrier trials conducted over I,ooom on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 Streisand (G Carter) 2 Super Leo (KB Soo) 3 Sky Warrior (C Treymane) 4 Rave Express 5 Smugglers Inn 6 East Anglia 7 Strike To Glory 8
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      261 51  -  By Lionel Lee OUZO, one of Singapore's two representatives to the prestigious Hongkong International races, will be among the first overseas challengers to arrive in Hongkong. Ouzo, who is one of 40 foreign horses selected for the four races to be run on Dec
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      17161 51 NEW BATTLE GROUNDr Former KranJLbased galloper Travolta will be watched closely as he makea hie first appearance on Malaysian soil. MADE IN INDIA: Terry Lee, of PoonawaHa andFairdeal Stable, will be sending out Indian-breds Bountiful Treasure and Bounty Bay in Race 12. nil SECRET WIN
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      403 64 WONDERFUL GENERAL wrapped up his preparations for the RM70.000 ($31,500) Bunga Raya Stakes for Class 2 horses over 1,600 m in Race 8 tomorrow with a stylish workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by visiting Australian jockey Michael Clarke, the four-year-old Australiarvbred gelding by
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      68 65 AP. BRAZILIAN authorities cancelled 55 different traffic fines against soccer superstar Romario. This took place after lawyers said some of the violations were committed by robbers who stole his silver Mercedes-Benz. In addition to cancelling the 55 fines U556,300 ($10,710) authorities also erased the corresponding black marks
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      72 65 THERE'S nothing like a fancy nickname to hype a prize fighter. Cable television channel HBO suggested "Hurricane of the Caribbean" for Felix "Tito" Trinidad of Puerto Rico, but the WBA 69.7 kg champion rejected it. How about "Shining Star of the Caribbean," he was asked. "I
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      118 65 Skysports LES Ferdinand finally got i his hat-trick ball thanks to a charitable fan. The Spurs striker bagged his first treble in four years in the 3-0 win over Leicester last week, but had to leave White Hart Lane without the baU. Leicester's Callum Davidson
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      569 67  -  WOMEN'S WORLD CUP GOLF REPORTS BRIAN KUALA LUMPUR ONE was already a professional when Pak Se Ri South Korea's most famous golfer played her rookie year. The other had tossed in her amateur card three months after Se Ri decided to make money from golf.
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      866 69 ARSENAL vSOUTHAMPTON The good news is that black November is over, so Arsenal should be back to winning. Still, it wasn't all doom and gloom. It did beat Middlesbrough and made a good fight at Leeds. It has won six of its seven
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      656 70  -  MAN UNITED v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR COMMENT EDWIN YEO SOMEBODY'S got to stop Manchester United from walking away with the Premiership crown. All the contenders are shooting themselves in the foot while the Red Devils win despite playing badly. So I guess it's up to Tottenham
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      507 71  -  Can't score? Here's his secret... *EPoRflsl PETER SIOW Nowadays, the Lions can't even growl, let alone roar. As for bite, it doesn't take a genius to realise that you need teeth for that. And caretaker coach Jan Poulsen is well aware that bite means goals which, in turn, win
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      589 73  -  The S-League may expand to a three-round format next year There will be no break during the SEA Games in KL next year, unlike last year, where the S-League took a seven-week interval Clubs will get less money next year. Singapore Pools will cut its grant to
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      138 70 Can Ferdinand score? THIS season no British striker has found the net against Manchester United. fSS^Smk It's Tottenham Hotspur's turn tonight, ji ii with former England striker Les Ferdinand leading the Spurs attack. Ferdinand scored a hat-trick against 3m Leicester City last week. Can he, or any of his British
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