Streats, 26 November 2002

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  • 9 1 Streats Tuesday, November 26,2002 E-mail: streats@sph.com,sg mita <p) 240/03/2002
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  • 648 1  -  Customer-friendly PSA, driven by competition, back in favour Chita Kong Ho When top shipping line executives get together and talk shop these days, they have kind words for the winds of change sweeping PSA Corp. Where once theyjbranded the Singapore Port operator inflexible and unresponsive, ttiore of them
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  • 286 1  -  Choong Choon Yee SINGAPORE has opened a new $2lO bullion war chest to fight off competition from China and neighbouring countries ln tent on usurping Changi International -Airport’s position as Asia’s premier a viation hub. Singapore will also increase the
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    • 61 1 Northpoints Birthday! th Get the best treats up north on Page 5 today! si «aft*! Restaurateur Ricky Chew, 38, is big on fish burgers and plans to cast his net all over Singapore and the region PAGE 8 She’s tough as her manicured nails, sawy in cutting edge technology and
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  • Morning Rush
    • 380 2 Bali suspect’s Jekyll-Hyde character JAKARTA A diehard romantic, yet a hardcore radical. That’s how Imam Samudra suspected Bali mastermind and Indonesia’s most dreaded terrorist comes across. And the proof of it lies in his laptop. Its database has revealed his contrasting characters Samudra
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    • 93 2 POLICE have arrested a 42-year-old unemployed man in connection with the armed robbery of seven taxi drivers in Telok Blangah housing estate last month. The robber took a total of $3OO in cash and valuables from Oct 12 to 16. He asked cabbies to
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    • 119 2 ONE KIND ACT Cherly Mok RUSHING to board the bus and carrying my baby daughter, I had to slow down to hear what the driver was saying. He said that the bus would wait and told me not to hurry. This happened at 7.40 pm along Jalan
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    • 306 3  -  Court hears catalogue of physical abuse 32 bruises on his face, arms, legs and back Hit with a cane and belt Cuts on thighs and knees Old scars on shin Dawn Wong MAN caused 32 bruises on the forehead, cheeks, arms, s hins and back
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    • 228 3 ’-AFP BAGHDAD Chief UN inspector Hans Blix may go down in history art history -if his muchawaited report confirms that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction. “If the report is positive and brings good news to Iraq, then I will draw a portrait of
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    • 511 4  -  Middle-management layoffs a rising worry among Singapore execs Deepa Vijiyasingam HIS is a life many would envy. He draws a five-figure salary, eats at fine restaurants and thinks nothing of shopping at Armani or Calvin Klein. But Mr Yim Chun Seng, 33, a regional sales manager
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    • 244 4 SIX MILE, Alabama Ms Sheila Wentworth, 45, was driving north to Montevallo with nephew Frankie on Nov 17 afternoon. They were on their way to visit her sister, Ms Dorris Hean Hall, 52. Meanwhile, Ms Hall was in a car driven by husband Billy Joe,
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    • 481 4  -  By. 'ArlinaArshad INTERNET users here are paying to make their presence felt online. Many spend as much as $2OO a year for a personalised website with a name of their choosing to store photos, express opinions on current issues or to simply put their online
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    • 96 6 BUZZSTOP HOW do you solve a budget crisis? By allowing betting on soccer, of course. Hongkong will announce plans today to rake in up to HK$5 billion (Ssl billion) for the govemmenl according to The Straits Times. The plan to legalise soccer betting
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    • 53 6 Singaporean street performer Roy Payamai, 38, stuns passers-by at the Orchard Road underpass with his bubble act He stays in the balloon for up to 20 minutes, and the act took him three years to perfect. He performs at the underpass three days a week for three to
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    • 136 6 Labour unrest in Bintan EIGHT executives at a Singapore factory in Bintan, including four Singaporeans, were detained by protesting workers for 42 hours before being freed on Sunday morning. About 200 Indonesian employees of Hua Kok International, a Singapore construction and building-materials company, had laid
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    • 141 6 Delgro-Comfort merger THE proposed merger of Delgro and Comfort into a mega-transport company could pose problems in the taxi market. Senior Minister of State (Transport and Information, Communications and the Arts) Khaw Boon Wan said this was a downside to the proposed DelgroComfort merger. If
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    • 146 6 GST 2 percentage point hike RETAILERS are tom over the recent announcement that the Government will review the GST increase. The Association of Small and Medium Enterprises still hoped for a deferment while Singapore Retailers Association president Jannie Tay said: “We believe that the GST ultimately
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    • 92 6 AN Abu Sayyaf leader based in Zamboanga has threatened Manila, saying that Iraq planned to send at least three suicide-bombers to attack civilian targets in the Philippines. Hamsiraji Sali, a wanted man, made the claim in a TV interview. “The Philippines is a friend of the US
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    • 73 6 THREE Japanese organisations have set up PharmaLogicals Research (PLR) at Gleneagles Hospital with an initial investment of $l6 million to conduct research specifically on drugs to treat cancer and other diseases in Asians. PLR, established by Japan’s Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Chugai Pharmaceuticals and Mitsui Corporation,
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    • 85 6 THE LRT operator may not get off lightly in future if it fails to meet performance standards. Under a new Bill approved by Parliament yesterday, the penalty for a lapse could be as high as 1 million. Under a current agreement with the Land Transport Authority,
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    • 105 6 SINGAPORE will put about 600 items including chemicals, viruses, flak jackets and parachutes on a watch list. This is to help global efforts to control the flow of goods that could be used for terrorism. The 600 items are those which call for a special permit
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    • 353 5 It's Northpoint's Bipthdai 10 is the number you will love at Northpoint. Starting from 22 November, you will enjoy fantastic savings in the form of JlO and 10-cent coupons in Streets over 10 days! Singapore's pioneer in heartland shopping malls has come of age. And what better way to celebrate
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  • Financial
    • 411 7  - Smooth sailing for now Six-year US port labour deal allays fears of renewed strikes, say shipping lines S/. Chug Kong Ho SINGAPORE International shipping lines yesterday welcomed news that US West Coast dock workers and port em Ployers have come to an agreement °n work conditions. The six-year contract puts
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    • Article, Illustration
      953 8  -  This is part of an occasional series on young Singaporean k entrepreneurs By ChuaKongHo Restaurateur Ricky Chew has upscaled his business, splashing out with two newfish spots and with a long-term plan to slowly slowly reel ’em in HOMEGROWN entrepreneur Ricky Chew is mad about fish. i
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    • Article, Illustration
      344 11 Silicon Valley lags behind, but women rising in corporate America SILICON VALLEY In most °f modem corporate America, are breaking the glass filing. Yet in Silicon Valley, the Ve ry centre of innovation and Modern technology, women s tiU face an uphill climb on the corporate ladder.
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    • 397 11 STI: 1,423.52 0.09 Reuters THE Straits Times Index closed a shade lower yesterday but the broader market strengthened, led by technology shares such as Venture Corp. The STI ended 0.09 points, or 0.01 per cent, down at 1,423.52, off its day’s peak of 1,437, due
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    • 24 11 *AS AT NOVEMBER 25 Us $:S$1.772 £:S$2.791 EURO: S$1.763 S$: 69.27 YEN S$: RM2.144 S$: HK$4.401 S$: 24.48 BAHT S$: 5,066 RUPIAH
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    • 320 13 Reuters Kuala lumpur No regional expansion, no long-haul partners, no initial public offerings. Malaysia’s Air Asia chief Tony Fernandes is focused on one thing for now expanding in his home market. The low-fare, no-frills operator the first Asian clone
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  • Analysis
    • 956 15  -  By LYDIA LIM The Straits Times Middle managers are being laid off in droves as companies strive to trim costs. Here are some tips for the ;new anxious’who are caught in the middle WHEN it comes to joblessness, middle Managers are the “new anxious”. So says the panel
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  • Vocal
    • 127 16 EMPLOYEES will likely have their bonuses cut and maybe get no wage increment. For the benefit of leading by example, top corporate management should also do its part during these tough times and forgo their generous bonuses this year. The management should make this procedure
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    • 127 16 MR YAK CHIN HUA is right to question the justification for civil servants’ bonuses in his letter “Double standards in wage prudence” (Streats, Nov 25). Because of the National Wages Council call for severe wage restraint, private-sector employees are facing wage freezes and cuts, never mind
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    • 110 16 FOR ez-link overcharges, double fares, etc, I suggest that bus companies pay a similar penalty to that imposed on us for underpaying our bus fares. The principle of quid pro quo has to be applied here if the customer service of bus companies is
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    • 188 16 WITH the increase in goods and services tax (GST) a foregone conclusion, one might wonder how restaurants can justify charging 10 per cent for “service” when there is already a service tax on the bill. The 10 per cent service charge does not seem to make
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    • 164 16 WE refer to “Light our roads a little earlier” (Streats, Nov 22), a letter by Mr Henry Chan Wai Chong. We are pleased to inform Mr Chan that we are currently replacing the old system of switching street lights on and off to
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    • 140 16 m m mmm mm rmm s m E-mail us at p ('?-CG r7?*Sr;f or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your
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  • Medical
    • 184 18 LONDON A study examining death rates in Hongkong found that reducing air pollution will start preventing illness almost immediately. Researchers from the Universities of London and Hong Kong studied the effect of the 1990 regulations that reduced sulphur emissions from cars. They found that deaths from
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    • 138 18 Reuters CHICAGO Dry-roasted soya beans may help lower blood-pressure in post-menopausal women, Massachusetts researchers said last week. They began looking at soya beans because women in Japan, where soya consumption is high, have low rates of heart disease and breast cancer. They studied 60 women
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    • 84 18 How can moles on the face he Xs| removed with minimal scarring? A Moles are nests of pigment cells in the skin and in general, there is no way to remove moles without scarring. Doctors can use a scalpel to do a surgical excision but this leaves stitch
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  • Global
    • Article, Illustration
      62 20 An injured Indian paramilitary force soldier being rushed to hospital after a fierce gun battle with heavily armed militants who stormed the Raghunath Temple in Jammu, Kashmir, on Sunday. Yesterday, security forces also flushed out militants from the nearby Shiva temple. At least 14 people were killed in
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    • 337 20 Years abroad dulled Nigerian reporter’s sensitivity, says paper ATLANTA The writer who sparked massive sectarian violence in Nigeria over the Miss World pageant only returned to the country recently after many years abroad. Style reporter Isiome Daniel joined This Day newspaper a few months ago, after a short
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    • 180 20 JAKARTA He’s a funny guy, he’s at ease and he’s cooperative. He is Bali nightclub bombing suspect Amrozi, who could face the death sentence. His jail guards say that he tells them jokes, smiles a lot and seems relaxed. Just the way he
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    • 139 20 ■AFP HONGKONG A senior A 1 Qaeda operative from Yemen is one of three “critical” suspects being hunted over the Bali bombing, Time magazine reported yesterday. In its latest edition, Time identified the Yemeni as Syafullah, whose activities included the 1996 bombing of a
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    • 175 20 Reuters CANBERRA Australian police said here yesterday that evidence suggesting a suicide bomber may have set off one of the Bali blasts has added a new dimension to the terror threat in the region. Indonesian police said last week that the first of three bombs to
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    • 389 22 While his members fight for better pay, union chief rakes in the money LONDON Firefighters’ union leader Andy Gilchrist draws nearly four times the amount of pay and perks that his strikers receive, The Sun newspaper reported yesterday. The union militant leading the crippling British
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  • Easy Streats
    • 701 24  -  It's good to be back in Singapore, where television viewing isn't quite such a guessing game... and isn't totally predictable Tellytubby By ’YVONNE KWOK FOR the past two weeks, I’ve been holed up at a friend’s place in Bangkok playing Spot the Transsexual on Thai TV For
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    • 111 24 AUSTRALIAN pop star Holly Valance has secretly become engaged to her boyfriend, Peter Ververis, 20, said ITVcom According to reports, the 19-year-old said “yes” when Peter, a student, popped the question. A source close to the couple said: “They’re keeping the engagement hushhush. Peter gave her
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    • Article, Illustration
      122 24 CANTOPOP star Nicholas Tse is reportedly planning to sell his Ferrari F 355. The 22-year-old singer has asked his friends for help to sell his second-hand yellow car, believed to be worth HK$7OO,OOO (*****,l 14), according to Hongkong newspapers. His driving licence was also suspended for a
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    • Article, Illustration
      71 24 SO much for going downhill and all. Robbie Williams’ fifth album, Escapology, has gone to the top of the UK album charts. The album, his first new material for two years, knocked Westlife’s greatest hits compilation Unbreak-able from the top spot, reported ITVcom The singer’s £BO million
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    • 418 25 ON Thursday, Streats reported about 62-year-old Ho Park Tong and his 21year old Vietnamese wife. And you Wight think that, well, at 62, it’s no surprise that he had to go to Vietnam to Set his wife. But at 39, with sculpted muscles and
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    • 508 25 Energy rip-offs, insider trading, priimbling institutions, double talk from Street to Pennsylvania Avenue has the world come to? Scott Adams has a theory. ‘There’s a huge weasel bubble forming society,” postulates the San Francisco a y Area cartoonist who created Dilbert, 116 mouthless cubicle-dweller and patron
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    • 125 26 THERE’S a trough of depression over "drought-hit Australian farms, and it’s the Royal Flying Doctor Service to the rescue. The despairing farmers are too proud to unburden themselves on friends, so they wait for the outsiders to fly in, The Sydney Morning Herald said yesterday. Said
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    • Happenin’
      • 89 26 3D DIVAS. DJS. DANCE. Saturday, 9.30-6 am Siloso Beach, Sentosa Tickets at s46from Sistic This is the first all-night fundraiser to be staged at Sentosa. Proceeds go to Action for Aids, in conjuction with World Aids Day on Dec 1. 3D brings a slice of New York’s club scene
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      • Article, Illustration
        69 26 TIMELESS JIANGNAN Thursday till Saturday; 1.30pm-6pm on Thursday, llam~7pm Friday and Saturday Singapore Conference Hall, free Timeless Jiangnan, a tribute to the ancient charm of Jiangnan’s water villages, showcases photographs by businessman-cum-avid-photographer Kwek Leng Joo and watercolour paintings by Ong Kim Seng, Singapore’s leading watercolourist. The artists hope to
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      • 77 26 SECOND CITY Tomorrow till Dec 1,7.45 pm DBS Arts Centre (20 Merbau Road, Robertson Quay) Tickets at $56 and $4l from Ticket Charge This is the comedy troupe’s third visit here in less than two years as they think Singapore is the funniest city in Asia. They should know,
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      • 30 26 The break-fast time for Muslims today is 6.54 pm. The 2002 PSLE results will be released on Thursday. Students can collect their results from their schools after 12 noon.
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 385 26 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox atAstrplpgy.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19 -MAR2O ARIES MAR 21 APR 19 Some ideas are just too stressful to entertain. Think twice before volunteering for a new mission or pouring another cup of coffee. You can find peace if you’re really looking for it.
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  • Sports
    • 633 28  -  Australian uses psychological and scientific approaches to develop athletes By r Lim Han Ming HIS job is to bring the best out of every athlete. Wayde Peter Clews (right) goes to any length to ensure that athletes perform at their best by freeing them from all distractions. It
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    • 268 28 -AFP LONDON Newcastle midfielder Nolberto Solano says he may consider quitting the club after losing his firstteam place. The 27-year-old Peruvian was devastated to be left out of the side for Newcastle’s 3-2 defeat of Feyenoord in Rotterdam this month. The win helped Newcastle qualify
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    • 607 29 Chinese stars face off in NBA game for first time NBA CHAMPIONSHIP LA Clippers 90 Houston 89 LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Clippers figured out a way to stop Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi can take some °f the credit for that. China’s two best
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    • 371 29  -  /Adam Hashidy CEYLANG United’s Azhar Baksin is a *nan brimming with confidence. Even though the club trails China’s Shanghai Shenhua 0-3 from the first leg of 'he Asian Football Confederation Champions League, the 27-year-old winger kcheves the scoreline can be turned around. He said: “We
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    • 603 30 It’s time to step up a gear, says Ferguson Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (2ND PHASE) Basel v Man United MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson has read his players the riot act. Deliver or face the axe. The Manchester United manager (right) is in no mood to spare
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    • 357 30 Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (2ND PHASE) AC Milan v Real Madrid MILAN Defending champion Real Madrid will be without striker Ronaldo when it meets AC Milan tomorrow morning. Ronaldo has flu and is out of the match, meaning he will not come up against compatriot Rivaldo,
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    • 66 30 TOMORROW Group C Lokomotiv Moscow p(Rus) v Borussia Dortmund (Ger) AC Milan (Ita) v Real Madrid (Spa) Group D FC Basel (Swi) v P Manchester United (Eng) Deportivo La Coruna (Spa) v Juventus (Ita) THURSDAY Group A Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) v Barcelona (Spa) Newcastle (Eng) v Inter Milan
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    • 532 31 Venables running out of time to check slide Wire services London Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale has hinted that Manager Terry Venables’ (right) job is in danger if results don’t improve. The Yorkshire club has Von just once in its last nine Premiership games, and slumped P-2
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    • 255 31 Reuters London Arsene Wenger says Arsenal need not fear old l°e Gabriel Batistuta when it °Pen its Champions League Se cond stage campaign against 'frS Roma on Thursday. The Argentine’s blistering s frike ruined Arsenal’s Champions League ambitions ln the first group phase three
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    • 118 31 SOCCER Wire services LONDON Charlton manager Alan Curbishley praised Jason Euell’s performance as the Addicks completed back-to-back Premiership victories for the first time this year with a 3-1 win over Blackburn. Euell was employed in a roaming role behind the front two once again and, as at Manchester
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 42 29 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Uefa Cup 3rd rd, 1st leg: Hertha Berlin v Fulham (tomorrow, Ch22, 12.55am). Champions League, Group Phase 2: Basel v Manchester United (tomorrow, Ch24, 3.30am), AC Milan v Real Madrid (tomorrow Ch23 and RTM1, 3.30am; Ch5, 3.35am).
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