Streats, 13 October 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg SVHTA (P) 111/03/200»
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  • 596 1  -  Transcript of Hkmbali contains chilling revelations By Pradeep Rajan JUST two months after he was nabbed in Thailand, Bali bomb blast mastermind Hambali, 39, is reportedly singing like a canary, revealing to his interrogators deadly plots of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror network. The
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    • 160 1 Julie Sim MOP IT WAS WORTH IT IN THIS WftK’S JOURNEYS, JULIE SIM RAVES ABOUT HER NEPAL TREK DESPITE THE COLD AND FATIGUE PAGES 27 28 Edwin Koo HIGH BEAM CHINESE CHAMP QIAO YA IS SET PAGE 33 aliHr mihlir-atinn in Thailand, Bali bom Hambali, 39, is report canary, revealing
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  • Morning Rush
    • 666 2  -  Insurers and agents enjoy windfall as Sars and terrorism fears drive people to buy adequate cover By_ Khushwant Singh THE dark clouds of terrorism, war and Sars, which wreaked havoc on the economy, have proved to be a silver lining for the travel insurance business. These
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    • 468 3  -  New Plaza S’pura branch seen doing as well as first hypermart By Sarah Ng IF Mr Patrick Ganaye, 47, the new managing director of French hypermarket Carrefour Singapore, could have his way, he would build his ideal outlet based on three key criteria. It
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    • 483 4  -  39 JC students checked into the Conrad hotel for a weekend of hard labour By Choong Choon Yee TEMASEK Junior College student Joey Yeo, 17, woke up yesterday with stiff muscles on his arms and sore fingers. That’s because the day before, he was polishing silverware,
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    • 307 5 FREE Reverse Bungee Jump Clarke Quay for the Ist 100 entries! Attach Clorets product barcodes and send in with completed entry below Rules Regulations 1 This lucky draw is open to all except employees and immediate families of Cadbury Singapore Pte Ltd, DKSH Market Intelligence, their advertising agencies and participating
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  • 127 6 BUZZSTOP MALAYSIAN police are setting up roadblocks in Johor to nab Singaporean motorists who have not settled traffic summonses issued against them. Out of the 108,486 summonses issued to Singaporeans in the past three years, only 12 per cent or
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 6 With just under a fortnight of haircutting days to Deepavali on Oct 24, this barber shop in Little India is doing the inevitable Singapore thing making the customers queue. Thousands of people have been thronging the area, spilling off the pavements onto the road and slowing traffic to
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  • 139 6 East Asia Economic Summit EAST Asia needs to be integrated so as to remain globally competitive, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in his keynote address at the East Asia Economic Summit yesterday evening. He acknowledged that there are many things that can go wrong.
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  • 128 6 28,000 to enlist in December -AP MALAYSIA’S new national service programme, scheduled to begin early next year, will involve about 86,000 young people and cost the government RM4OO million (S$ 181 million), the defence minister said. Recruits will receive basic military training and lessons on
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  • 121 6 Bali victims remembered AP MORE than 2,000 people, many of them weeping and clutching relatives, gathered at a hilltop amphitheatre on Bali island yesterday to remember those killed in last year’s nightclub bombings and condemn the terrorists responsible for the attack. Most were Australian family members
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  • 105 6 AS France’s economy slid from third to tenth place among the 15 EU member states in the past decade, its people have reportedly become increasingly despondent. A recent editorial in Le Figaro declared: “French morale is in its socks.” The plummetting morale over the performance
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  • 79 6 THE US State Department has classified four websites as “foreign terrorist organisations” the first time the list has included Internet sites. The four sites, listed in the department’s annual redesignation of the world’s terrorist organisations, are operated by two extremist Jewish groups, Kach and the Kahane Chai.
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  • 90 6 AN Air Nippon passenger plane carrying 62 people on a domestic flight from Tokyo’s Haneda airport and a Maritime Self-Defence Force P-3C patrol plane with nine crew on board flew within 30m of each other over Hachijojima island, 270 km south of Tokyo, on Tuesday, the Asahi
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  • 89 6 A PHONE helpline, set up to counsel stressed young examination candidates, has been addressing not only life’s questions. The Straits Times reports today that some Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) candidates, aged about 12, have called the helpline for answers to questions such as: What is
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  • Financial
    • 493 8  -  Nippecraft embraces technology with new devices that transmit written word to PDAs By Choong Choon Yee SOMETIMES, a company reaches a point where in order to move ahead, or just survive, it needs to embrace technology. Nippecraft, which produces diaries and organisers, is one such company. Listed
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    • 215 8 SINGAPORE PSA Corp, which runs the world’s second-busiest container port, expects the number of containers it handles in Singapore this year to rise as much as 7 per cent from a year earlier. “We are looking at perhaps 6 per cent to 7
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    • 24 8 *AS AT OCTOBER 10 US$: 551.727 552.871 EURO: 552.026 Ss: 62.93 YEN Ss: RM2.201 Ss: HK54.475 Ss: 22.71 BAHT Ss: 4,851 RUPIAH
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    • 536 8 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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    • 226 10 WASHINGTON After placing staff on furlough to cut costs and avoid bankruptcy during the slump after the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, American Airlines Inc (AA) is now recalling 390 flight attendants back to work. The recall represents a small fraction of the
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    • 423 10  -  Manufacturer launches low-cost photo printing By Geoffrey Pereira IN KOTA KINABALU EPSON has joined the fray for the home digital printing market, unveiling a new range of printers and photo paper, all priced to bring its products closer in line with personal budgets. At
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    • 512 12 Oxford-trained ex-JP Morgan trader at helm of top online betting exchange Reuters MELBOURNE The nightmare for bookmaking giants such as William Hill and Australia’s Tab Ltd started at a party in Wiltshire, England, on the day of the 1998 Wimbledon men’s tennis final. Mr Edward Wray,
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  • Comment
    • 762 15  -  By CONRAD RAJ I FOUND it rather appalling that a certain Mr Barnabas Lim Ah Huat has been denied Singapore citizenship despite having been bom and bred here and whose father is now a Singaporean. Is there something seriously wrong with Mr Lim that the
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  • Vocal
    • 302 17 MY mother-in-law answered the door to a young man who came to our flat at about 10pm on Oct 10 and asked for one of the the previous owners. She told him that there was no such person residing at our address, but he
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    • 185 17 THE bus interchange and NTUC Fair Price in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre have been moved to the junction of Avenue 5 and Avenue 8 since March last year. Dismantling and piling work started at the old site immediately after they moved but, alas, only for a
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    • 82 17 I REFER to Ms Essa Wong’s letter, “Man in SMRT uniform hogged seat on the train,” (Streats, Oct 10). We sincerely apologise for the inconsiderate behaviour of our staff. All our staff are expected to be exemplary in conduct and be on their best
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    • 119 18 I REFER to Ms Soh Wen Lin’s commentary, “Missing link in national education” (Streats, Oct 9). I fully empathise with her, as I see all this happening with my children. My parents try to communicate with my children using broken Mandarin, and my children use the little
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    • 150 18 I REFER to Mr Jerry Yeo’s letter about the detention of Briton Ms Lauren Phillips by the police because of bullets found on the model plane she had purchased in Vietnam (“9/11 unknown to her?”, Streats, Oct 10). While I join Mr Yeo in
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    • 185 18 I WAS accompanying a wheelchairbound friend from Dhoby Ghaut MRT station to Dover MRT station last week when I witnessed the inconvenience faced by my friend when he wanted to use the lift at the station. The lift button outside the lift is way
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    • 172 18 I REFER to Ms Jenny Khoo Swee Liang’s letter, “Duty calls, lawmen” (Streats, Oct 10), about traffic congestion at a carpark. Neighbourhood police posts are currently manned by a single officer. The officer is there to provide counter services to members of the public and
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    • 95 17 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.com.sg 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 writing to us, it shall be
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    • 305 19 ■Jm w 4(\ JMU Liverpool John Moores University management learning Recognised UK Masters MBS/MBA (Double Masters) by distance learning LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY Liverpool Business School, among the largest business schools in the UK, provides a wide range of high quality business courses underpinned by applied research and consultancy. It
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  • Global
    • 413 20 Iranian Nobel laureate hopes win will spur reforms TEHERAN Iran’s first Nobel Peace Prize laureate hopes that her unexpected win would help spur radical reform in her country. “I hope that this prize will give supporters of human rights in Iran the courage
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    • 286 22 Reuters TORONTO When Detective Sergeant Paul Gillespie, a 25-year veteran of the Toronto police force spontaneously e-mailed the world’s richest man for help in fighting child pornography, he never expected a reply. But his effort paid off. Microsoft founder Bill Gates forwarded the
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    • Article, Illustration
      71 22 A boy kicking an effigy of Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa during a rally at a Hong Kong downtown park yesterday. Hong Kong activists have renewed demands for direct elections, urging the removal of Mr Tung, who was handpicked by Beijing to run the territory when
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    • 403 22 Mega explains why she can’t get tough like China JAKARTA Despite advice that Indonesia follow China’s example in tackling corruption, the country is unlikely to go down that route. This is because President Megawati Sukarnoputri says her respect for human rights prevents her from taking
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    • 384 24 EL HO MR, Egypt An Islamic scholar in Cairo has criticised the decision made by the parents of twins joined at the head to agree to surgery to separate them. “This operation is haram (not allowed by Islam),” said Islamic theologian Souad Saleh, who sits on
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    • 295 24 Be a Micosoft Certified Systems Engineer Today Are you considering being a certified professional today? Think no longer! in our modem knowledge-based society, certification is welcomed and encouraged by employers as they recognise the rising importance and benefits of being certified. Of course, you have the choice of studying on
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  • Medical
    • 279 25 Reuters NEW YORK People are more likely to be hospitalised for strokes on days when air pollution is bad, according to new research. The new findings, which are published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, are based on a study of stroke
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    • 238 25 Qls a sandwich a one-dish meal? What should I add to make it more nutritious? A Sandwiches can be counted as a one-dish meal. To make a onedish meal balanced and nutritious, use the Healthy Diet Pyramid as a guide. A one-dish meal may comprise two to three
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  • EasyStreats
    • Article, Illustration
      647 26 They are known as the Silver-Garburg duo and have performed extensively and won numerous awards for their piano duets. But what they really want to pull off this year is their wedding, they tell YVONNE KWOK THEY started out as high school sweethearts, and now they are not
      Edwin Koo  -  647 words
    • 120 26 BRITISH actress Emma Thompson will be in the third Harry Potter film, The Prisoner of Azkaban, playing the vague and slightly batty professor of divination, Sybil Trelawny. Alfonso Cuaron, the Mexican director, said that he had chosen Thompson because “she brings such life and spirit to
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    • 112 26 THE cleaning of Michelangelo’s famous statue David which will be 500 years old next year has aroused controversy in the art world, with some experts insisting that he remain dirty until there is international consensus over how he should be cleaned. But the cleaning has started anyway,
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    • journeys
      • 989 27 The cold, fatigue and bout of mountain sickness that JULIE SIM experienced on a two-week trek on foot to Annapurna Base Camp, 4,000 metres above sea level, was worth it in the end I STARED at the hole in my leather boot with dismay as the
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      • 167 28 GETTING pregnant would be a dream come true for Friends actress Courteney Cox, 39, and her husband of four years, David Arquette, 32. The couple have already gone through “many” miscarriages, and Cox, who plays Monica on hit TV series Friends, revealed on a US
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      • 172 28 THERE is no avoiding the images of life in Camp XRay, the by-now-infamous US internment camp on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, thanks to a piece of performance art in Manchester. Cuffed prisoners in orange, armed guards, an interrogation centre, a watchtower complete with machine gun and the US
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    • 119 29 A ceremony planned for last Saturday to mark the 72nd birthday of the famous statue of Jesus on Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro was rained 1 out by a freak storm. The statue was 4 to have been bathed for the weekend in blue lights
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 62 29 7pm, Channel 5 Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, both feeling too old to be doing what they’re doing, try to stop the Chinese triads from conducting their illegal business in the US. Chris Rock joins the team as a new cop. Loma is pregnant and considers marriage
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      • 56 29 9pm, Channel U Tianfu visits the Zhou family, bringing with him expensive delicacies. He tells Biyu’s mother that he will give her a good life if Biyu were to be his woman. Biyu’s mother then hints at Tianfu’s intentions to Biyu, but Biyu rejects the offer because she
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    • Happenin’
      • Article, Illustration
        72 29 FIREWALKING FESTIVAL Today till 12pm at Mosque Street, Pagoda Street, Temple Street and Trengganu Street, and till 3pm at Mohammad Ali Lane About 3,500 devotees are expected to attend the annual firewalking festival today at the Sri Mariaman Temple on South Bridge Road. To facilitate them, one lane
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      • 61 29 CREATIVE-ASIA DESIGN Today till Oct 20, 9am-spm Nafa Selegie Gallery and Nafa Creative Centre (IA, Short Street); Free This exhibition complements a symposium where creative design professionals from the Asia Pacific share their views and expectations. It also showcases exhibits from the Taiwan Poster Design Association, the Tay Kay
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    • 26 29 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats @sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191-Please check with organisers for latest status of events.
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 448 29 •V Yourdailyhoroscope jp AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEBIB by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 ARIES MAR 21-APR 19 You’re stuck with guests that show no eagerness to leave. Try to enjoy the etiquette that comes with your obligations. You’ll feel truly virtuous if you manage to sit through the whole
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  • Sports
    • 380 30 AFP EURO 2004 QUALIFIERS Scotland 1 Lithuania O GLASGOW Darren Fletcher (above), the teenager tipped to fill the shoes of David Beckham at Manchester United, illustrated his growing reputation in stunning style. The 19-year-old scored the winner that kept Scotland’s dream of reaching the finals of Euro
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    • Article, Illustration
      545 30 Turkey defender Alpay pokes Beckham in the eye at half-time Wire services EURO 2004 QUALIFIERS Turkey 0 England 0 ISTANBUL England skipper David Beckham revealed on Saturday that the mass brawl which erupted in the tunnel at half-time against Turkey was caused by a foul-mouthed tirade by opposing
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    • 257 31 Group 1 Cyprus 2 (Georgiou 71, Yiasoumaki 81) Slovenia 2 (Siljak 12, 42) France 3 (Henry 9, Trezeguet 25, Boumsong 43) Israel 0 Group 2 > Norway 1 (Flo 18) Luxembourg 0 Bosnia 1 (Bolic 39) Denmark 1 (Joergensen 12) Group 3 Austria 2 (Haas 50, Ivanschitz
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    • 452 32 Barrichello wins as Schumacher claims historic sixth world title SUZUKA, Japan Michael Schumacher (above) made history here yesterday when he became the first man to win six Formula One world titles, but he admitted it had been one of his toughest races. The Ferrari star finished eighth, but
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    • 95 32 1. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari lhr 25:11.743 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 11.085 3. David Coulthard (Gbr) McLaren-Mercedes 11.614 4. Jenson Button (Gbr) BAR-Honda 33.106 5. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Renault 34.269 6. Takuma Sato (Jpn) BAR-Honda 51.692 8. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 59.487 Overall standings Drivers*»** 1.
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    • Article, Illustration
      509 33  -  Gymnastics in Singapore needs awareness, support to grow By Lim Han Ming SINGAPORE gymnastics has been down and out for a long time. But not for long if former Chinese gymnast Qiao Ya (left) has her way. Now coaching in Singapore, the 24-year-old intends to raise the profile
      Edwin Koo  -  509 words
    • 114 33 CARMEE Lim, a former Raffles Girls Secondary School principal, is the new head of Singapore Gymnastics. She was elected unopposed on Saturday. After the hour-long election, Lim, 63, held a meeting with her new committee members. She said: “I am a taskmaster. There is a lot
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    • Article, Illustration
      379 35 England warms up with emphatic victoiy over rookie Georgia RUGBY WORLD CUP 2003 AP PERTH England got its World Cup campaign off to a predictable high-scoring start against rookie Georgia yesterday. But it showed some signs of rustiness ahead of its crucial Pool C match against South Africa.
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    • 159 35 LONDON The two Premiership players who were arrested in connection with the alleged “gang-rape” are from Chelsea and Newcastle. The Chelsea star was questioned for about six hours before being released on police bail, The Sun reported. The players are aged 19 and 22. They reported to
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    • 214 35 -AFP TOWNSVILLE, Australia Two tries and 15 points in total from winger Chris Paterson inspired Scotland to a fortunate 32-11 victory over Japan here yesterday in its World Cup Group B clash. Stuart Grimes, Simon Taylor and Simon Danielli scored the other tries to grab a precious
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    • 63 33 Streats Movodo Promotion Vote For The Most Artistic Watch &Win You'd need a discerning eye to decide, since every Movado timepiece is regarded as an expression of artistic excellence. Don't miss contest details in Streats on 16 17 October 2003. Organised by: Sponsored by: Streats. Who Reads Wins MOVADO the
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    • 194 34 When his family hit hard times, 13-year-old Ronn felt it. At times, he was forced to drink tap water in school when he was hungry, simply because he had no money for food. Thankfully, The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund has helped Ronn and his 8-year-old brother Jinzi. Both
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    • 188 36 INFORMATICS W GROUP Over the past 20 years, University of Southern Queensland has established itself as one of the top providers of distance education. You can now enrol for a USQ course in our state-of-the-art campus right here in Singapore. And that’s not all. Informatics now offers the unique Retrenchment
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