Streats, 19 January 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets FRIDAY 19 January 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • morning rush
    • 86 1 THE Government is willing let go of and reduce its shareholding in government-linked companies to let them develop into global players. It hopes this would pave the way for more capable local and foreign partners, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who met
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    • 102 1 YOUR power bill will go up by 1.41 cents per kilowatthour to 19.87 cents from Feb 1, Power Supply said yesterday. This applies to households and small businesses. The slide in oil prices last December had not been steep enough to offset the rising electricity costs
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  • 468 1 HERE'S some good news for you: Night polyclinics are here to stay despite the objections of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA). And, if the pilot project succeeds, it may even be extended beyond Jurong. That means, when
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    • 88 1 r ijpl w /if I REAL life mirrors reel life as Irin Gan, known for her role as a single mother in Growing Up, reveals that she's broken up with her husband of two years, Steve Ting. Why the break-up after the high-profile wedding? She says: "It was a personality
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 276 2 NEW state-of-the-art scanning equipment will make its Southeast Asian debut at two Singapore hospitals. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) advanced imaging technology not only pinpoints diseased areas in a patient’s body but also reveals the severity of the illness. PET will come to Singapore early
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    • 193 2 A PROPOSAL to amend the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) so that it would include Muslims has been submitted to the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi. Muslims are currently exempted from this law, which stipulates that any Singaporean between 21
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    • 223 2 MEDICAL specialists at Gleneagles Medical Centre (GMC) have blasted their landlord for leasing clinic space to Sing Health under preferential terms. Eighty-nine angry doctors signed a letter to the managing director of Parkway Holdings, complaining that Sing Health had been offered a special lease deal
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    • 100 2 onekindact KymUmCß On Jan 5,1 lost my wallet with my student pass, $l5 and two Transitlinkcards somewhere. I was really frantic with worry. My mother suggested that someone might have returned them to my old school where the pass was issued. She was right, I called my old
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    • 272 3  -  12 months jail Reports by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM HE was on the road to turning over a new leaf. But when his mother’s gift broke, he fell by the wayside. Law Kay Hui, 20, appeared in court yesterday, charged with trying to steal a handlebar
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    • 215 3 2 months jail HIGH on drugs, Loh Siew Chong, 35, went on a stealing spree at an Ang Mo Kio market. A total of 64 stolen items were found in his possession when he was arrested, including a PUB bill, a red clock,
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      • 97 3 MR Loh Lai Huat’s father woke up on Wednesday morning at around 6am to find him missing from their fifth-floor flat at Blk 24 Sin Ming Drive. They started searching for him. Three hours later, they found him lying naked on the roof of a
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      • 103 3 AN unemployed Singaporean, 23, was arrested in Tampines on Tuesday on suspicion of breaking into three shops in Golden Mile Complex in November and December. The total amount he stole was about $4,570 and consisted of cash, a TV set, a VCD player and discs. Police
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    • 77 3 YESTERDAY we reported on the CPF Top-Up. We should have said that the CPF Top-Up has been credited into the CPF accounts of all eligible Singaporeans who had qualified for the top-up, not just those aged 55 and above. Notification letters will be sent to all who received the
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    • 303 5  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH A 68-YEAR-OLD model employee collapsed and died after sustaining a head wound that he said was caused in a scuffle with a fellow river-taxi boatman who was less than half his age. Ong Kok, who received the Service Excellence Award from Prime
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    • 268 5 A WOMAN has failed in her final effort to get an $BOO,OOO insurance payout on policies that covered the life of her godfather, who died in questionable circumstances while on holiday in Cambodia. The Court of Appeal on Wednesday rejected Madam Yap Chwee
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    • 144 7  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH THEY may look like harmless toys, but they are banned under the Dangerous Fireworks Act. And three people were arrested for selling these fireworks on Wednesday. At a Smith Street shop, a woman, 48, was detained for having 1,642 boxes of
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    • 292 7 FORMER Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Rahim Ishak, died of heart failure yesterday at the age of 75. He was appointed political secretary in the Ministry of Culture in 1959 and elected to Parliament as MP for Siglap in 1963. From
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    • Just a minute
      • 54 7 From today If you want to soak in the festive atmosphere at the Singapore River Hongbao, you can now catch an SBS bus from the bus-stop outside St Andrew's Cathedral to Raffles Avenue. The buses with service plates marked "River Hongbao" will operate daily from spm to 11.45 pm from
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      • 63 7 If you're heading to Chinatown to do your New Year shopping, the following roads will be closed daily from 11 am to midnight until Jan 22: Temple Street, Pagoda Street, Trengganu Street, Sago Street. The closure will be extended to 3am on Chinese New Year's eve. In addition, Smith
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      • 45 7 Head down to 461 Sims Avenue for the New Year Charity Flower Fair and grab some festive plants. On sale from $2 onwards. Proceeds will go to the Care for the Elderly Foundation (Singapore). Till Jan 22, 10am to 10pm. Call 741-1144.
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    • 70 7 Our weather girl says If you're heading out of the office for lunch today, grab your brolly as showers with thunder are expected in the afternoon over northern, eastern and central Singapore. Temperature will reach a high of 32° C. High tide will hit 2.1 m at 8.46 pm. Our
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    • 247 4 FRIDAY Ql9 January 2001 W 1 'xx\; xxxx V"; x Usher in the Lunar New Year in traditional splendour at Lot 1! Experience how the Emperor of China once celebrated this auspicious occasion in style and joyous festivities. Then fill your shopping bags with yummy treats or the finest new
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  • Streatsmart column
    • 468 6 HE BROKE down and sobbed uncontrollably when the sentence was passed. Five years and three strokes of the much-feared rotan. And he did not even commit the crime. All Wong Leong Boon, 35, did was to watch and do nothing while his friend, Soh Hock
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 287 8 -AFP MANILA Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos has said in a television interview that signs are emerging of a split in the military and a possible coup. Meanwhile, Defence Secretary Orlando Mercado accused Mr Ramos of trying to coax air force personnel to
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    • 167 8 AFR AP MANILA Prosecutors who walked out of the Senate tribunal hearing graft charges against Philippine President Joseph Estrada could return if he offers to testify. House of Representatives member Joker Arroyo told ABS-CBN television that “if Erap (Estrada’s nickname) says he will take
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    • 242 10 -AP JAKARTA With civilian leaders unable to tackle Indonesia’s mounting crises, the army’s top brass is reasserting its dominance in the country’s politics. Some even speculate that army officers were behind a string of deadly bombings across the country on Christmas Eve, which President Abdurrahman Wahid
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    • 155 10 AP JAKARTA Indonesian police will question relatives and lawyers of the fugitive son of former president Suharto for lying about an underground bunker under his house. Police believe Hutomo “Tommy” Mandala Putra may have used the bunker as a hideout when he first
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    • 172 10 -afp BEIJING The number of Internet users in China more than doubled in 2000 to 22.5 million, but the new government figures suggest the breakneck growth may be slowing down a little. A detailed report on Internet use by the China Internet Network
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    • 350 11 AFR AP KUALA LUMPUR Do not panic over the US economic slowdown. The 7 per cent Malaysian growth forecast for this year still stands, Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said yesterday “I don’t know why people panic. It (the decline in the US economy)
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    • 135 11 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian auto firm signed a deal yesterday to assemble Hyundai vehicles in the country in a move aimed at boosting sales for the Korean automaker. Under a memorandum of understanding between Oriental Holdings Bhd and Hyumal Motor Sdn Bhd, a joint-venture
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    • 246 13 -AP TOKYO She wore platform shoes because she was a fashion-conscious young Japanese woman. She got into her car and drove down a city street. She hit and killed a secondary school student because her oversized boots prevented her from braking in time.
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    • 194 13 Reuters TAIPEI Taiwan Vice-President Annette Lu tried to cool “China fever” among local firms yesterday, saying they could overexpose themselves. “Blindly following the mainland fever without knowing the risk is not something a wise man does,” said Ms Lu. She said fear of
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    • 209 13 Wire services BANGKOK Thailand’s Jan 6 election results will begin to be released on Sunday, the Election Commission (EC) said yesterday. Re-votes in constituencies where winners were disqualified after being found guilty of cheating will be held on Jan 29, it said. Meanwhile, Constitutional
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    • 78 13 gofigure Singapore ranks fifth in terms of venture capital invested as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), according to a survey by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Venture capital investments came to 0.18 per cent of GDP in 1999. Most of the money was invested in the information technology
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 133 15 Reuters NEW DELHI An amateur Indian actor died from burns inflicted while playing the role of an Australian missionary, reports said yesterday. The missionary Graham Staines, along with his two sons, was burnt to death by Hindu fanatics two years ago. The Indian Express
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    • 187 15 Reuters SACRAMENTO California Governor Gray Davis, facing a spiralling power crisis that shows no sign of easing, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday. He set out a game plan to keep the lights on at least for yesterday. “The state of emergency gives
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    • 51 15 webcites One of the best features of Asiatravelmart.com is different options for adventure or business travels and diving or golf getaways. You can book flights, hotels, tours, airport transfers and cars. It even provides currency and time zone converters, and more than 100 country guides with 300 city
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    • 270 16 -AFP WASHINGTON US Secretary-of-State-designate Colin Powell gave a clue as to what relations between China and the US is likely to be during the Bush administration. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, Gen Powell said China was
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      • 85 16 Reuters, AP WASHINGTON -The US most famous black religious leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson, has admitted that he fathered a daughter out of wedlock. Rev Jackson said in a statement released early yesterday that he took full responsibility for the 20-month-old child and had been supporting
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      • 104 16 Reuters BUDAPEST An Alaskan malamute dog mauled month-old twins to death in a Budapest apartment as their mother tried to pull it away, police said yesterday. Police said the dog was taken to an animal hygiene institution for examination, but said there were no plans to
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      • 104 16 AP NEW YORK “Christianity has become the most extensive and universal religion in history,” the World Christian Encyclopedia states. Christianity began and ended the century as the world’s biggest religion growing from 555 million believers or 32 per cent of world population in 1900, to 1.9 billion
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      • 85 16 AP EVERETT, Washington A woman has been sentenced to eight months in jail for trying to extort money from her ex-hubby by hurting their 2-year-old son. Jehovahy M Timmermann, 33, was sentenced on Tuesday after the judge heard a recording of the woman’s phone extortion
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      • 55 16 -AFP PARIS A new way of analysing heartbeat patterns may help save premature and sick babies. In a study of 89 underweight infants University of Virginia scientists found two characteristics: Temporary, tiny increases in heart rate. High-risk newborns have a very regular heart rate between 12 and 24
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    • 206 18 Reuters PARIS Women commuters on the Paris metro have asked its operator to set aside women only carriages to thwart gropers. “Of course we want everyone to have enough room but, for the time being, it’s the women travellers who have
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    • 212 18 Reuters WASHINGTON Back, shoulder and arm pain is no phantom worker’s complaint but can be caused by heavy lifting or even using a cash register, says a US report issued yesterday. And it costs industry billions, said the report by the National Research Council
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    • 86 18 justbelieveit. A women's group says a "killer tampon" invented to protect women from rapists could endanger victims. The device slices into an attacker's penis, but a support group says it could expose victims to HIV and make the rapist more aggressive. It was designed in South Africa,
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    • 145 18 Reuters DUBLIN A British couple who fell in love with a bullock while on holiday in Ireland have paid more than £7,000 ($14,545) to save the animal’s life and give him a new home in Britain. Phyllis Brunsden, 79, and her husband William, 74,
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 712 19  -  by SARAH NG HE was their big brother. When they were young, he made sure that nobody bullied his two sisters. He was the protector. Overnight, in 1994, their roles were reversed. And what a devastating turn it was for
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    • 144 20 ASK Hongkong heartthrob Louis Koo where to shop in Italy and he’ll probably produce a guidebook. The TVB actor was recently in Vienna and Milan to do shoots for his second pictorial book, which will be launched in Hongkong next month. He went with one suitcase, and came
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    • 143 20 HOW does it feel to wolf down 30 pieces of Toblerone chocolate at one go? Ask Hongkong actor-singer Andy Hui, and you’ll probably be rewarded with a grimace. Heavenly Queen Sammi Cheng’s boyfriend recently inked a deal for a Toblerone advertisement, and had to stuff his
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    • 214 20 HONGKONG director Johnnie To’s movie, Zhong Wuyan, has been making the news even before its screening. First, there were reports that the three leading ladies Heavenly Queen Sammi k Cheng, diva Anita Mui and the nubile Cecilia were not ■on friendly terms I with
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    • 121 20 KEEP your eyes open these two days when you’re walking along the streets. You may just bump into Hongkong movie star Anita Yuen. The garrulous gal arrived in Singapore yesterday to film a Hongkong travel show titled WhazzzUp. The show, which Anita hosts, will introduce to Hongkongers
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  • easy STREATS
    • 520 21  -  by YVONNE KWOK IT was an emotional recounting. Trying to keep her face from crumpling as she spoke, Channel U actress Irin Gan revealed that she was indeed separated from her husband of two years, co-founder of Frontline Technologies, Steve Ting, 43. Rumours about their
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      523 22  -  by JAY MING KIMCHI is getting HOT And the best testament to that is the sizzling K-pop group of that name. Last month, Korean boyband HOT (short for High-Five of Teenagers) became the first Kpop outfit to hit the top 10 in Singapore with their millionselling album Outside
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    • easyStreats treats
      • 679 23  -  m I two shoes by Wileen Chang MOST shops close over the Chinese New Year holiday. But don’t let that keep you home. Because some cooks will still be in the kitchen so you can eat out. RESTAURANTS At the ANA Hotel Singapore, Cafe-in-the-Park and
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          43 25 7.30pm, Channel 5 i Comedian Sinbad, stars in 1 this predictable, but cute 1 Disney comedy about a 1 secret agent who gets the J dubious honour of guardr ing the President’s bratty son. The two eventually bond over mischievious escapades.
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          54 25 10pm, Channel 5 Demi Moore stars in this supernatural thriller about a woman who’s i convinced that k Armaggeddon is just m around the corner and that a sinister V looking neighbour has 1 evil plans for her unborn baby. Not exactly Rosemary’s Baby but horror freaks will
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        • 54 25 Ipm, Star Movies (SCV 58) jk Michael J. Fox stars as a former child TV star j i who is now a washed l out, struggling agent- j I until he turns an 11- j year-old pickpocket into a TV commercial j sensation. Also starring Cyndi Lauper
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        • 53 25 10pm, V V Entertainment (SCV 56) May and Lily are two good friends who make easy money using illegal means. They meet street urchin Jack one day and fall head over heels in love with him. But little do they realise that its the start of a nightmare.
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    • 345 26  -  by CARA VAN MIRIAH REMEMBER Yany, the dancer who caused an uproar when she bared her pierced nipples at Venom Disco last November? Rejected and scorned after her controversial action, today the 23-year-old wild child is reunited with her family Being
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    • 217 34 -aP LOS ANGELES A major Hollywood studio will experiment next week with making fulllength feature films available on the Internet. From Monday, Miramax will make available its 1999 release “Guinevere”, starring Sarah Polley and Stephen Rea, for U 553.49 (Ss6) at three websites
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    • easyStreats sports people
      • 195 35 LONDON Terry Venables may be persuaded to continue his latest mission at Middlesbrough beyond the current season, reports Football 365. The 57-year-old answered Boro’s call last December but committed himself for only six months, citing television and business commitments. After he took over, Middlesbrough has gone
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      • 190 35 AP LONDON Heike Drechsler, the two-time Olympic long jump champion, has acknowledged that she was administered drugs unknowingly as part of East Germany’s doping programme. “Now we know they J gave us drugs,” ii Drechsler was quoted 1 as saying on Wednesday in The Daily
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      • 218 35 Reuters MELBOURNE Yevgeny Kafelnikov has earned millions of dollars playing tennis, but the Russian believes he and his fellow players should be paid more. In a sport awash with money, with the top guns earning huge sums on and off the court, Kafelnikov raised more than
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      • 377 36 Stars sweat and show their temper as well -AFP MELBOURNE -The stars struggled with their tennis and temperament yesterday on day four of the Australian Open tennis championships. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Venus Williams had run-ins with officialdom and were forced to dig deep for victory, while seeds Franco Squillari and
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      • 414 38 -AP CHARLOTTE All the Dallas Mavericks wanted was overtime. Winning in regulation was never an option. It did not go as planned, though, as Howard Eisley hit a three-pointer as time expired on Wednesday to lift them to a 91 -90 victory over the Charlotte
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      • 152 38 -AP NEW YORK In an action that angered the Knicks, the NBA suspended Marcus Camby for five games without pay and fined him U 5525,000 (5543,500) for taking a vicious swing at Danny Ferry during the victory over the San Antonio Spurs. He
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      • 437 39 -AFP LONDON Darius Vassell volleyed the winner with his thigh as Aston Villa ousted Newcastle from the FA Cup on Wednesday in a 1 -0 third-round replay victory. The young striker, who had one shot deflected onto the post and his
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      • 141 39 Reuters MADRID Atletico Madrid got the better of local rival Rayo Vallecano with a 2-0 victory in a hardfought King’s Cup third-round, second-leg tie on Wednesday. Atletico made the last eight, thanks to goals from Salva and Kiko, which gave it a
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