The New Paper, 27 March 2001

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  • 580 2  -  HEiMiO NEWS A bus company spokesman said those injured and families of those killed would receive HK594,340 compensation. BY Lo Tien Yin IT was raining heavily as the tour bus made its way from Shantou in China back to
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    • 46 2 Sorry Legal aid: Fewer people will be turned away (TNP on Sunday, March 25): We reported that 1,503 people applied for legal aid between 1988 and 1999. This is wrong. The figure should be 81,503. 0 Leisure Showtime: Pages 26-32 Comics: Page 36 TV: Page 55
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    • 334 3 Here's what Singapore women are really saying about Marie France TlmM 9,r /^ui I W m 1 Utrtii i>» <*n 3/. i 94 j i o f <*V .p i>f J ffie > 9,-u, cr i^^thT.-to, u s j J K \w „,v. IXV- r> 3«« mwm M «<7 j
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    • 505 4  -  By] Lingam Ponnampalam and Priscilla Foo TWO neighbours, one a 74-year-old man and the other a 39-year-old woman, locked in a bloody scuffle. That is what a woman in Pasir Ris saw in the corridor of her HDB block yesterday. A flower pot lay
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    • 378 5 STANDING outside the 39-year-old woman's home, with its lush array of potted plants, "Home Sweet Home" plaque and "God Bless This Home" brass knocker, one would picture a harmless home-maker. But if you listen to the old man's son and daughter-in-law, who also
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    • 175 5 MOST of the neighbours were not surprised at the fight that took place yesterday afternoon. The two families' rocky relationship is no secret to the residents of the upper floors of the block. 'They have been squabbling since I moved in two years ago," said Mr Mark
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 203 6 w I ii MORE CAMERAS THEY will be the eyes of the expressways. About 700 data-cum-video cameras will keep track of traffic as part of the Land Transport Authority's Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System. The $125 million-project started in 1998 on the Central Expressway, and was later
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    • 104 6 Picture This Two US F-15 fighters (similar to th one pictured here) were reported missing over Scotland yesterday. The planes were on a low-flying training mission over the Scottish Highlands. Rescue workers were increasingly pessimistic after reports of an explosion. Royal Air Force spokesman Michael
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      • 64 6 MALAYSIA THERE have been jams at the Causeway and the Second Link. The cause: The new embarkation card. Many visitors from Singapore have been using the old cards and queues build up as the visitors fill in the new cards on the spot. The new card is
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      • 64 6 RALLY AN application for a public-entertainment permit for a rally to help Workers' Party chief J B Jeyaretnam has been rejected. The police said the proposed rally could spark law-and-order woes. Organisers had hoped to hold it at Yio Chu Kang stadium on Saturday. The police said
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      • 69 6 GOING ELECTRONIC TOO busy to queue up at a meet-the-people session? With a click of the mouse, you can e-mail your MP. The e-MPS pilot project at Mountbatten division will allow residents to connect immediately with their MPs. If response is good, it will be expanded to other
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      • 63 6 SIGN up for National Service from the comfort of your own computer chair. You need only go to the Central Manpower Base (CMPB) for the medical check-up. This has all been possible since the e-Registration system was launched in December. The scheme has helped cut the number of
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      • 53 7 MALAYSIA The opposition Parti Islam (PAS), which controls Kelantan state, wants men and women to use separate bus queues and seats to prevent unnecessary body contact. It already requires supermarkets to provide separate counters for men and women. The state Mentri Besar said the regulation was in line
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      • 59 7 the us A FORMER veterans hospital nurse who killed four patients by overdosing them with medicine was spared the death penalty today when a US jury decided she should spend the rest of her life in prison. Mother of two Kristen Gilbert, 33, was convicted on March 14
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      • 63 7 THE PHILIPPINES AT least a million Filipinos will go abroad this year for work. The figure, 200,000 more than last year's total, reflects the worsening job scene in The Philippines. About a million people entered the labour force last year, pushing the country's total to 31.7 million. About
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      • 61 7 SAUDI ARABIA POKEMON games and cards have been banned in Saudi Arabia. Religious authorities said the Nintendo game possessed the minds of the children and involved gambling. They said some of the cards had such symbols as Israel's emblem, the star of David, and Christian crosses. Nintendo said
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    • 53 6 New Straits Times: Call to remain united international Herald Tribune: Shift in sentiment lifts Asian stocks Asian Wall Street Journal: South Korea shuffles its ministerial team BBC news: Tension reaches new heights in the West Bank town of Hebron after the baby daughter of a Jewish settler
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    • 40 7 WH/gJSJORM? Theproblem is that the boat sailed so that some people don't think ii was a very big storm. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the Asian financial crisis 0f1997. He was speaking to London's Financial Times
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    • 73 7 The Straits Times: Sing Tel aims to be top with Optus bid The Business Times: Sing Tel offer values Optus at up to Asl6b Lianhe Zaobao: Sing Tel finally successful in Optus bid Berita Harian: Sing Tel succeeds in buying $14 billion stake in Optus RCS morning
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    • 243 7 F m THE news is out. And you are more likely to read it in Streats than in Today. A poll by independent media research firm, Mindshare, showed more people choose Streats than rival commuter tabloid, Today, for their morning dose of news. Of the 805
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      • 649 8 Last Friday, The New Paper reported on how an elderly widow came home to her two-room flat and found it nearly bare. Most of her furniture and some household appliances had been seized and auctioned off after a creditor of the flat's former owner
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      • 106 8 MADAM Maimoonah Embi is 59, an illiterate widow living alone. She did not understand the significance of the notices and warnings, and took no action. She showed us the sale and purchase agreement for her flat, signed as far back as last July, and said she
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 408 10  -  By Sheela Narayanan SINGAPORE'S first president the late Yusof Ishak was one of them. And you can still go far with the Corps, which is celebrating its centenary (See story right.). With overseas training, expeditions to Mt Kinabalu and the Himalayas (main picture), and
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    • 270 11 IT is not often you turn 100. To commemorate their centenary year, NCC will be putting together activities for all members. Here are some highlights: Affirmation Ceremony: To kick off the celebrations. In a first for the NCC, new recruits from Secondary One from all schools will be
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    • 356 12  -  PENALTY Ramiah Devaraj received a three-month jail sentence. He could have been jailed for up to two years, fined, caned or given any two of these punishments. For fighting, he could have been jailed for up to one year, fined up to $J,OOO or both jailed
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    • 61 10 WHAT ARE YOO LOOKING AT? A II WwM THERE ARE REPORTS THAT PIG ARE FAILING OUT OF THE SlCY J (m SPACE STATION? PIDNT (T I CRASH INTO THE OCEAN ALREADY? m •V >« AFTER THE POMPlNG PLUNDER IN KUWAIT. ITS ACTUALLY THE AMERICAN POWERS THAT v «A LOOKING OUT
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    • 57 13 Even as Khoo Swee Chiow receives urgent medical attention and much-needed rest at Resolute Bay, Canada, he's far from being disheartened. (Nothing like adversity to bring out the best in our intrepid adventurer). As the company that has always inspired the next, Hitachi understands his determination. And applauds such uncommon
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    • 47 14 muifmui* Singaporean Mr Sebastian Wong, 31 ami setf-employedfon a news report that Hongkong' professor Daniel Chan has developed* genetically-remixed "monster" chicken that l» al meat and no flab: what's the fuss? Tastier, bigger, less fatty sounds good to me even if it's fake.
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    • 236 14 Partof SPH Adopt a Charity Programme JUST because they had eyesight problems did not mean they wanted to stop watching television. No, they wanted a bigger TV a 53-inch colour TV, in fact so they could see more clearly. That's what the people with
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    • 833 16  -  But just 'pitiful' m—m kids in this Thai border town Hailed as heroes and revered as 'Gods'. Johnny and Luther Htoo of the God's Army were the stuff of legends in their many battles with theMyanmar military. But how's life in that white bungalow near the
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    • 310 17 THE God's Army is a breakaway faction of Myanmar's ethnic Karen National Union rebels, comprising mainly students and child soldiers. The rebels were locked in a bloody independence struggle with the Myanmar military for decades. The story of the twins began in early 1997 when the Myanmar army
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    • 715 18  -  ADVENTURER KHOO SWEE CHIOW BACK IN SINGAPORE By Azhar Ghani IT wasn't exactly the way she had planned it. Bank clerk Tok Wee Leng, 33, had hoped that the meeting would take place at the North Pole. In an interview before her husband left to
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    • 105 19 THREE of Mr Khoo's fingers are frostnipped and blistered, the skin on his thighs has been chafed raw and his feet are heavily blistered. He had earlier told The New Paper that he hoped to be "back to 100 per cent" within a month.
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    • 623 20 The movie begins with a scene in which an elderly Indonesian woman welcomes the arrival of Japanese occupation forces on Java Island in early 1942 by kissing the feet of a young Japanese officer, the hero of the film. THE scene described on the
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    • 170 21 NICOLE KIDMAN COMES CLEAN... Australian actress Nicole Kidman says she has never been addicted to drugs. Even though she has experimented with a wide range of them. "I've worked in cinema since I was 14 and I've tried everything anyone could imagine," Kidman,
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    • 197 21 KIDMAN'S primary concern now is for her children, Isabella, eight, and six-year-old Connor, she says. But the actress told Marie Claire magazine that being a single mother is frightening. "Obviously, my children have a father who is going to be completely involved," it quoted her
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    • 369 22 THIS latest computer game brings new meaning to the word "chase". Called Majestic, it is the first computer game that pursues players into their everyday lives, to the extent of waking them with threatening phone calls in the middle of the night. The game, which has
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    • 346 24 68 BURNT ALIVE IN SCHOOL... ONE survivor reported seeing a man pouring liquid near the dormitory door. He then noticed a strong smell of petrol before a fire flashed across the room. The father of another survivor said his son told him some students
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    • 195 25 MARKETWATCH The e-economy bubble has burst, but future bright, say tech giants THE roads in Silicon Valley are clogged with traffic. Houses take longer than a day to sell. All showing that the e-economv bubble has definitely burst. But, it is not all gloom and
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    • 1043 26  -  By Sylvia Toh Paik Choo THE 73rd Academy Awards was like a Richard Hu budget: There was something in it for everyone. Top honours went threeways among Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (four), Gladiator (five) and Traffic (four). Julia Roberts won for Erin Brockovich, and the
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    • 119 27 Best Picture: Gladiator Best Director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) Best Actor Russell Crowe (Gladiator) Best Actress: Julia Roberts (Erin f Brockovich) Best Supporting Actor Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) Best Supporting Actress: Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) Bi Best Forefen FHm: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Best Adapted Screenplay: Traffic (Steven
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  • 994 28 Living It Up! ■MMHHfi O wmmm J a MY dear, sniffed one of my stylo-milo friends, "your designer bag is turning into a designer dump." Three times that afternoon he had watched, as I rooted around in my bag trying to find my obnoxiously-ringing handphone,
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  • 523 29  -  l H |w| E BoA's debut album, ID; Peace B, is available at music stores here. BY Teo Kuan Yee DON'T count on BoA to constrict you. She is really a mere kitten, who at 11, was sold to the world of show business. An
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  • 524 31  -  SHOWTIME By Chang May Choon YOU had better not learn this trick from Taiwanese singer Samuel Tai Cheng Hsiao. He deals with his naughty baby by putting him in an empty washing machine. "Then he'll grow quiet and stick his head out, looking curiously.
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 258 33 IF moving out is a sign of staying together, then Hongkong's golden couple, Carina Lau (above) and Tony Leung Chiu Wai (facing page) must be having an exceptional relationship. Tony has moved back to the house he bought for his mother and is no longer seen
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    • 122 34 THE honeymoon is over. And so Hongkong singer William So (left) can gladly pinpoint the at-home habits of his Singaporean wife, Jane. "My wife has always had a maid in Singapore... and she is the sort who, after having a drink, would just leave her cup at
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  • 474 35  -  Etcetera WITH DENISE CHONG I HAVE gone to the dark side. Like a vampire, I open my eyes at odd hours. You see, I've just started working the early morning shift. My eyebags weigh more than the luggage of a returning overseas student. I
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    • 598 35 lEAP MONEY Japan's central bank, the Bank of Japan, has cut interest rates S to zero, tt refers to the rate the banks pay when they borrow from the central bank. BBCNews Online's STEVE SCHIFFERES looks at the reasons behind the move Why has Japan cut was no longer a
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    • 249 44 SUCCESS begets success. It is with this in mind that Martell has decided to join hands with the Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) to sponsor the Martell Cup for the second year running. The inaugural race on April 8 last year was won by Pacific Prince,
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    • 690 46 Quite a few fathers and sons have represented a country in the same sport. But a father and son in the same team, at the same time? That's rare in international sport. This had never happened in international cricket till Singapore's Stacey Muruthi and his son
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    • 124 46 ITS not surprising that Peter Muruthi, 14, has made it big when so young. Father Stacey first played for Singapore when he was 16 years old. Stacey didn't have any formal training in cricket. He got tips from a school teacher. His zest for the game earned
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    • 713 47 NYT. FOR Tiger Woods, it's next stop, Augusta. And with a huge amount of Masters momentum. Woods was the clear Masters favourite before, but now his separation from the rest of the field is as wide as an Augusta National fairway. Surviving some last-minute pressure, the 25-year-old Woods
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    • 185 48 AP. IT was so near, yet so far for Vijay Singh. Singh tied things at 13-under with his 4-footer for birdie on the 13th hole. But Woods made his own birdie moments later on the 12th hole for a one-stroke lead. Then Singh's hopes ended
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    • 297 48 AP. TIGER Woods' net worth could be more than US$5 billion (sB.sb) when he retires from the game, according to his father. "If things continue and he remains healthy, there's no limit," Earl Woods, said, adding that the figure "might be on the short side."
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    • 358 49  -  S-LEAGUE UPDATE By Wang Meng Meng LIM Tong Hai's (left) return from injury has been put on hold. The long-serving Tanjong Pagar United skipper's plans to play his first match in this season's S-League suffered a setback when a Singapore Sports Council doctor advised him
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    • 303 49 PREMIERSHIP UPDATE LEEDS PLAYERS' TRIAL Reuters. AN Asian student hit out in self-defence at a friend of Leeds footballer Jonathan Woodgate. That triggered a revenge attack that left him lying unconscious on the road, the Hull Crown Court heard yesterday. Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell told
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    • 359 49 AFP. Reuters. SOL Campbell is prepared to commit his future to Tottenham. But only if new owner English National Investment Company (ENIC) convinces him it has a blueprint to bring success to White Hart Lane. Campbell only signed a one-year deal last summer and
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    • 42 49 Saturday: ARSENALv TOTTENHAM LIVERPOOL v MAN UNITED OTHER TIES: Bradford v Newcastle Chelsea v Middlesbro Coventry v Derby Man City v Villa Sunderland v Leeds West Ham v Everton SUNDAY: Charlton v Leicester MONDAY Saints v Ipswich
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    • 408 50 SOUTH AMERICAN QUALIFIERS TODAY, TOMORROW ECUADOR v BRAZIL QUITO 15.30 am. Thursday, Football Channel (Same day telecast) Wire services. BRAZIL faces a lung-busting match at altitude against Ecuador tomorrow as South America's World Cup Qualifiers resume after a four-month break. In theory it should
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    • 89 50 The small Andean nation, more famous for its Panama hats and stunning scenery than its football, has shown a steady improvement over the last decade. It is unbeaten at home in the current World Cup qualifying campaign. Along with Venezuela, it is the only South American country never
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    • 185 50 COLOMBIA v BOLIVIA. LiveFC 22.8 am tomorrow Wire services. VICTORY is crucial for Colombia against Bolivia in the South American Qualifiers today (tomorrow morning Singapore time). It has therefore recalled Faustino Asprilla one year after he said he never wanted to play for his country again.
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    • 137 50 TODAY: Peru v Chile (LIVE, FC 22,10am f tomorrow) Colombia v Bolivia (LIVE, FC 22,8 am, tomorrow) TOMORROW: Uruguay v Paraguay Argentina v Venezuela (LIVE, FC 22,8.30 am, Thursday) Ecuador v Brazil (DELAYED, FC 22,5.30 am, Thursday) P W D L F A Pts 1 Argentina 10
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    • 521 51 DAVID Seaman is worth his weight in gold. That was never better demonstrated than against Finland last Saturday. David Beckham as skipper and goal-scorer took a lot of the headlines for inspiring England's 2-1 win. But the old guy at the back, too, played
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    • 579 52 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER GROUP 9 ALBANIA v ENGLAND LIVE ON FC 22, 2.40 am, Thursday WILL ALBANIA SQUEEZE ENGLAND TOO? In Tirana GARY Neville has claimed England lacked mobility and pace up front with Alan Shearer in attack, and welcomed the selection of younger England players
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    • 171 52 TOMORROW: GROUP 1 Switzerland v Luxembourg Slovenia v Yugoslavia (DELAYED, Super Sports?, 10am, Thursday) Russia v Faroe Islands GROUP 2 Andorra v Ireland Portugal v Holland (LIVE, Super Sports, 3.55 am, Thursday) Cyprus v Estonia GROUP 3 Bulgaria v Northern Ireland Czech Rep v Denmark (DELAYED, Super
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    • 246 52 1: Albania is a pint-sized nation of only 3.5 million inhabitants living in an area of just under 28,000 sq km compared to England's 130,439 sq km and 48 million residents. 2: Albania's history is dominated by occupation. When the Romans were eventually ousted, Albania suffered invasions from
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      64 53 No...he didn't whack her. He only "smacked" her. That's what a football player can reduce a fan to. HernanCrespo (above right), fo^rdSfwhatNodia(left) demanded —a kiss on the cheeks It left the girl shedding coDious tears in happiness Prponn who niavc fnr Italian rlnhl aTio'was in Buenos Aires niStfiKhr Aripntina's
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    • 263 53 Reuters. HIS name is Diego and he is the most capped player in Argentina. But he is not Maradona. He is Diego Simeone, who is expected to win his 100 th cap for Argentina against Venezuela after a 13-year career at the heart of his country's
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