Streats, 22 November 2004

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  • 12 1 Streats MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 wEßsrrE: www.strGats.com.sg e-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mica (p) 196/03/2004
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  • 586 1  -  16,000 tonnes less mbbish being dumped as 450,000 households make recycling routine Philip Lee Additional reporting by Christopher Lim SINGAPORE is steadily moving towards one aspect of socially reponsible behaviour commonly found in First World countries a wasterecycling mentality. Significantly more people here are becoming conscious of
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    • 139 1 GOT HEART ROBINSONS SHOWS THAT STAFF WELFARE CAN PAY DIVIDENDS, SAYS CONRAD RAJ PAGE IS GOT SOLE ZLIN IS TOMAS BATA’S VISION OF A FACTORY TOWNSHIP, MAGDALENE PHANG DISCOVERS PAGE 2? oiay mum i ‘However successful they may have been in the past, they may not be relevant for the
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  • Morning Rush
    • 590 2  -  Party marks 50th anniversary of its inaugural meeting Sarah Ng ON NOV 21, 1954, about 1,500 men and women packed the Victoria Memorial Hall to witness the inaugural meeting of the fledgling People’s Action Party (PAP). It was formed at a
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    • 218 3  -  'By Christopher Lim SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that one issue he plans to discuss with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at their Kuala Lumpur meeting on Dec 13 is that of Malaysian and Singaporean youth. Said Mr Goh: “Over
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    • 322 3  -  S’pore to launch first awareness campaign to dispel misconceptions By Christopher Lim SINGAPOREANS appear to have a rather low regard for disabled people, a recent survey has revealed, and this has sprung from ignorance more than anything else. In a poll of 1,210 people, including a
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    • 363 4 China tells US to act on falling dollar -AFP SANTIAGO, Chile Chinese President Hu Jintao remains committed to loosening the yuan’s decade-old peg to the US dollar, but only under the right conditions, he told Mr George W Bush on Saturday. Mr Hu was
      -AFP  -  363 words
    • 70 4 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong chatting with US President George W Bush yesterday in Santiago, Chile. The leaders met on the sidelines of the Apec summit and exchanged views on regional developments, in particular the situation across the Taiwan Strait. The two leaders expressed concern on how
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    • 140 4 -AP SANTIAGO, Chile US President George W Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering a dinner on Saturday night. Several Chilean and American agents
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    • 404 6  -  «^Streats Hh i a U'M'lp I iMUJA' ‘i! 'l^ By Lee Choo Kiong WHEN the Japanese troops occupied Singapore during World War 11, a Chinese immigrant in his late 20s, Mr Fock Ying Wah, and his Hong Kong friends risked death when they sheltered
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    • 164 6 -AP BEIJING A passenger plane crashed yesterday in a lake in northern China immediately after takeoff, killing all 53 people aboard and two others on the ground, the government said. The China Eastern Airlines plane went down in Baotou, a city in the Inner
      -AP; AP  -  164 words
    • 149 8 BUZZSTOP A GENE usually linked to breast cancer also has a role in causing the most common type of lung cancer associated with smoking, research indicates. The discovery has prompted a plan to launch trials using a drug developed
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    • Article, Illustration
      71 8  -  Text and picture by Ng Sor Luan NUS undergraduate Jasmine Lin (centre), 21, was crowned Miss Singapore Chinatown 2005 in Chinatown yesterday evening. The I.Bom tall beauty will represent Singapore in the Miss Asean pageant 2005. She is flanked by Ms Mindy Ng, 26, (left) the Miss Singapore
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    • 157 8 Unmanned lunar flight on way -AFP INDIA’S space agency is ready to send a man to space within seven years if the government gives the nod, while preparations have already begun for the launch of an unmanned lunar mission, a top official said. Mr
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    • 151 8 Attacks likely by militants: police -AFP FIVE fire bombs exploded just minutes apart in southern Thailand’s Pattani town in what police said yesterday was likely a coordinated attack by Muslim insurgents. No injuries were reported from the bombs, described by police as
      -AFP  -  151 words
    • 136 8 Suspects face trial without jury -AFP BRITAIN is considering a raft of sweeping new anti-terrorism laws, including special courts to try terror suspects without a jury, Home Secretary David Blunkett said in an interview yesterday. Other measures, to be introduced only if Prime Minister Tony
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    • 86 8 -ap MALAYSIAN police are investigating whether government officials are helping syndicates involved in human smuggling, after several traffickers and their victims were mysteriously released, the New Sunday Times reported yesterday. Three suspected operators of a trafficking network, 31 Chinese citizens and two Sri Lankans were nabbed
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    • 89 8 -AFP MAOIST rebels declared a two-day traffic blockade yesterday and today in the Gandaki and Lumbini zones of western Nepal to protest killings by the security forces “of our local leaders and activists”, and leaving some 10,000 tourists stranded, officials said. “In Pokhara (west), Chitwan (south)
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    • 99 8 -AFP THE wife of an Indonesian human rights activist received a dead chicken in the mail on Saturday with a note reading, “Beware. Do not link the Indonesian military with (the activist’s) death. Do you want to end up like this?” the Koran Tempo daily reported yesterday.
      -AFP  -  99 words
    • 100 8 -AFP IRAQ’S first post-Saddam Hussein elections will be held on Jan 30 next year, the body in charge of organising the landmark vote announced yesterday, as world powers prepared for a conference on the country’s future against a backdrop of continued violence. Despite growing scepticism
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    • 264 9 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 41 STREATS 9 Want to be a successful entrepreneur? I £1 Let Asia’s leading entrepreneurs show you the way! Tired of being a corporate slave? Always wanted to start a business but not sure if it will work? We are grooming and financing new entrepreneurs to
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  • Financial
    • 422 10  -  India herbal health products maker ties up with local varsities to win validation By ChuaKongHo CHICKPEA, fenugreek, shikakai and soapnut in your protein shampoo, anyone? Or apple, wheatgerm and white lily in your revitalising night cream? Indian herbal company Himalaya Herbal Healthcare is making a foray
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    • 313 10 -AFP SINGAPORE Singapore electronics firms, major suppliers to the world’s biggest tech giants and an integral part of the country’s economy, are likely to face earnings pressure from the slowdown in the global sector, analysts said. Several of Singapore’s top electronics makers
      -AFP  -  313 words
    • 24 10 *AS AT NOVEMBER 19 US$: 551.652 553.056 EURO: 552.143 Ss: 63.05 YEN Ss: RM2.300 Ss: HK54.709 Ss: 24.31 BAHT Ss: 5,450 RUPIAH
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    • 502 10 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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    • 432 12 KL to implement proposal mooted by tycoon Syed Mokhtar: PM Abdullah Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Two bidders fighting for a stake in Malaysia’s DRB-Hicom will both get equity in the auto and banking group, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. State news agency Bemama quoted
      – Reuters  -  432 words
    • 179 12 -AFP BEIJING China is threatening a crackdown on foreign companies after a survey indicated evidence of widespread tax fraud. Alarm bells have been ringing after a team investigated 9,465 foreign-funded enterprises in Guangdong province and found that only a small minority was following
      -AFP  -  179 words
    • 619 14 Main EU airlines hope to find niche by piling on luxury -AFP FRANKFURT Chauffeurs, champagne and cigars: Are these part of a high-price package which can help traditional airlines hit back at budget operators? German airline Lufthansa thinks so. It believes that well-heeled people
      -AFP; AFP  -  619 words

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  • Comment
    • 765 18  -  By CONRAD RAJ IT’S not often that you get letters about the generosity of an employer towards its workers. Especially when the employee had been stricken by a serious illness. In fact, many bosses, with bottom lines in mind, have clauses in
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    • 299 18 Special Skills in Meeting Challenges with my Child ROSLYN DUFFY, 17-y e a r veteran child care programs in Seattle, WA. Author of Positive Discipline for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers and regular writer of Child Care magazine. DATE: Ist Run :24 Nov (Wed) 2nd Run 26 Nov (Fri) TIME 2
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    • 340 19 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 STREATS 19 i Media Corp Artiste Jacelyn Tay Beauty Slimming Outlets Central Bishan Junction 8 6353 5169 Hougang Mall 6488 4177 PARCO Bugis Junction 6337 3177 North Causeway Point 6894 2235 Compass Point 6315 8037 Rivervale Mall 6489 0137 Yishun Northpoint 6257 5996 www.jeanyipgroup.com Flush out
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  • Vocal
    • 206 20 I THANK Mr David Kwok Ng Kan foi his letter, “Elderly, infirm missing out on ERS” (Streats, Nov 18). The Government will distribute the third and final lot of the Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) early next year. A total of 650,000 Singaporeans have yet
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    • 204 20 WE refer to the letter, “Our garden needs a clean-up” (Streats, Nov 17), and thank the writer for his feedback on Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West. The National Parks Board (NParks) converted the water catchment pond into a lotus pond. After flowering and fruiting, it is
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    • 123 22 I AM disgusted with the Singapore national football team’s finishing at the bottom of the World Cup qualifying group once again. In the days when Fandi Ahmad and company were still in the team, Singapore finished above Indonesia and Vietnam in the 1994 qualifiers. Later,
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    • 68 22 I SUPPORT Mr Alex Seetoh Wai Leong’s suggestion made in his letter, “Can we light up earlier?” (Streats, Nov 16). As he correctly points out, it starts to get dark around 6.45 pm. And it is fairly bright at 6.30 am. The authorities should periodically check
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    • 244 22 WE refer to Mr Ishwar Mahtani’s letter, “Too many carpark systems” (Streats, Nov 16), and thank him for his feedback. The Nets cashcard system helps to provide motorists with a convenient and enjoyable car parking experience that reduces the inconvenience of dealing with fiddly small
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    • 358 20 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at StreatS@§ph.COlfl.S§£ 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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    • 282 21 SIM OPEN UNIVERSITY CENTRE 40 years of leadership in management ever shut your dreams A NEW SCHOOL OF THOUGHT Fly. And give wings to your dreams. Even though your current commitments and priorities are important, your dreams still mean a lot to you. SIM Open University Centre (SIM-OUC) can help
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  • Global
    • 359 23 Wire services Beijing for curbs on independence moves Santiago Chinese Hu Jintao called on US on Saturday to work China to check Taiwan forces and reduce growing tensions acr °ss the Taiwan Strait. Mr Hu also wanted the Us h administration to control Pro-independence
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    • 46 23 nan, dressed as Santa Claus, trying to rein in his reindeer in the Swedish village of allivare over the weekend. Santas from around the world have gathered there to participate n the Winter Games of the Santa Claus, which includes reindeer-driving and lasso-throwing Reuters
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    • 235 23 Wire services HAMBURG China is poised to overtake Germany and become the world’s third largest national vehicle producer behind the US and Japan, said a report yesterday in the weekly Welt am Sonntag. Citing the Verband der Automobilindustrie, the industry association, the newspaper
      . – Wire services  -  235 words
    • 126 23 -AFP HONG KONG The chief of the leading party in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has resigned amid speculation that the political coalition is in disarray, media reports said yesterday. Mr Yeung Sum, leader of the Democratic Party, told Cable TV News that he had decided to
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    • 179 24 PUTRAJAYA Malaysia will ease visa restrictions next year to allow foreigners studying in the country to work, Home Affairs Minister Azmi Khalid was quoted yesterday by the New Sunday Times as saying. “If we do not allow them to work, they will anyway. These
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    • 308 24 Key reforms, expansion to test Barroso’s skills AFP BRUSSELS The new European Commission has pledged to finally roar info action today after an annoying three weeks’ delay, but driving force Jose Manuel Barroso faces a bumpy five years ahead. Key challenges in his path
      – AFP; Reuters  -  308 words
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  • Medical
    • 502 25  -  By_ Gregory Leow “I LOVE teas, but hate the caffeine,” is probably the battlecry of many a herbal tea enthusiast out there. Such as account manager EngPohYin. The 27-year-old has been drinking herbal, or floral, teas for 10 years now much before the trend started hitting
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  • EasyStreats
    • 746 26 Marilou Berry isn’t your typical svelte actress, but her larger size worked to her advantage for thefilm Comme Une Image, as YVONNE KWOK learnt in a recent interview IN the world of French cinema, actress Marilou Berry feels like an anomaly. “In American cinema, there
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    • 130 26 YOU might think that How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2’s new album, would have strong political or anti-war overtones, given its title and especially given its singer Bono’s own political activities. But much of its ache is personal, stemming from the death of
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    • 128 26 -AP THE outlandishly unfashionable, famous “puffy shirt” worn by Jerry Seinfeld in his hit TV series went on display last Friday at the Smithsonian, the National Museum of American History that also has Kermit the Frog and Dorothy’s magic slippers from The Wizard of Oz
      -AP; AFP  -  128 words
    • journeys
      • Article, Illustration
        755 27 MAGDALENE PHANG makes a pilgrimage to the Czech town of Zlin, home of the famous shoe brand “WELCOME to Jurong East HDB estate!” That was what we thought as we drove into Zlin, a town nestled in the hills of south-eastern Moravia, a winegrowing region in the
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    • 110 28 Deer season, with guns and dogs, opened over the weekend throughout Mississippi, with an estimated herd of 1.75 million this season. But the deer won’t be coming out in droves till the weather gets cooler and they are forced out of the thicket and into food
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 43 28 9pm, HBO (Star Hub Ch 60) College freshman Kimberly (AJ Cook) has a horrific premonition of a highway accident pile-up which she thwarts, saving herself and her friends from a violent and premature demise. But Death will not be cheated.
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      • 53 28 9pm, Channel U Musang saves Chengzhi but is injured by Yuzhenzi as a result. Renqing sees the potential in Chengzhi and takes him as his disciple. Wen Yi delivers a baby girl, Qingqing. The elders use the excuse that Wen Yi has to stay in confinement to stop
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    • Happenin'
      • Article, Illustration
        57 28 A DATE WITH FRIENDS Today till Sunday, 7-30 pm, 8.45 pm and 10pm Outdoor Theatre, Esplanade Free Illustrious names in the local music scene such as Peter Chua, Babes Condes, Dulcie Soh, Wilson David, Max Surin (pictured) and Tokyo Square perform hits that made it to the top of
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      • 50 28 MOVIE MAKING AND GAMING TECHNOLOGY Today, 7-3Opm, Singapore Institute of Management, lecture theatre 1-10 (461, Clementi Road) Free Mr Stephen Low, head of SIM Open University Centre’s science and engineering department, gives a presentation on the making of movie characters using an eight-camera high-speed system alongside graphical development tools
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    • 202 28 II Facial! Bridal Image Free Natf'Art C&iMe sstsHmn ißHnnmßka □□msianmsHH 3-Day Journalism Workshop Explore the Basics of Journalism What is feature writing Reporting “Hard News” stories How to report broadcast news Date: 9, ID &13 Dec HOO4 Time: Bpm spm Fee: $7O 1 Day Seminar Optimum Learning, Minimum Time! How
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    • 26 28 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 28 Miscellaneous
    • 505 28 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com Surrender to your passion and the person or thing that stirs it up. There’s no need to improve yourself when you’re perfect as you are. Family, friends and neighbours take an active interest in your happiness. GEMINI MAY2I-JUN2I You cover vast
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  • Sports
    • Article, Illustration
      305 29  -  By, Gary Lim EVERY morning, Richard Khoo (below) jogs for 15km from his terrace house in Jalan Keris to East Coast Parkway. What’s the big deal, some may ask. But it is certainly no mean feat for someone who just turned 80 two months ago. The grandfather
      Edwin Koo  -  305 words
    • 546 29  -  Jonassen wins men’s title, but Malaysian wins hearts with gritty show By Gary Lim THIRTY-YEAR-OLD Kenneth Jonassen may have stolen the limelight with his amazing fightback in the men’s singles final of the Aviva Open Singapore yesterday when he became the first nonAsian to win
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    • Article, Illustration
      446 30 Lack of clean sheets causing problems, admits Wenger Wire services LONDON Arsene Wenger took the rare step of criticising his Arsenal side after watching them being held to a 1-1 draw by struggling West Bromwich Albion. The Gunners’ boss was dismayed with West Brom’s late equaliser at Highbury,
      – Wire services; AFP  -  446 words
    • 175 30 Wire services PORTSMOUTH Kevin Keegan was full of praise for Shaun Wright-Phillips after his display in Manchester City’s 3-1 win at Portsmouth. Said Keegan: “Shaun got man of the match, and I can understand that because he’s now an absolutely outstanding player. “We dominated the game
      – Wire services  -  175 words
    • 235 30 Reuters LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has entered the debate over US tycoon Malcolm Glazer’s pursuit of the club by saying: “We don’t want the club to be in anyone else’s hands.” United called off talks with Glazer last month over his proposed offer for
      – Reuters  -  235 words
    • 180 30 -AFP MIDDLESBROUGH Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was delighted to see Steven Gerrard back in action, but he was far less happy about crucial decisions that led to a 0-2 defeat to Middlesbrough on Saturday. Benitez was particularly upset over a Liverpool goal that was
      -AFP  -  180 words
    • Article, Illustration
      480 31 Rijkaard refuses to get carried away after stylish win over Madrid Wire services BARCELONA Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard warned his team to keep their feet on the ground after the comprehensive 3-0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). He
      – Wire services; AFP  -  480 words
    • 211 31 -AFP DETROIT The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended Indiana’s Ron Artest and three others on Saturday following an ugly skirmish where Pacers’ players fought with Detroit Pistons’ fans. Artest and team-mate Stephen Jackson were both suspended indefinitely after they went into the stands during Friday’s
      -AFP  -  211 words
    • 102 31 GOLF Reuters MIYAZAKI, Japan Tiger Woods picked up his first strokeplay title of a difficult year when he romped to an eight-shot victory at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament yesterday. The 28-year-old American fired a three-under-par 67 for a 16-under 264 to claim his maiden Japanese win. It
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 127 31 Reuters GARFORTH, England Socrates, one of Brazilian football’s all-time greats, swopped the south American sunshine for the bitter cold of northern England on Saturday with a 10-minute cameo appearance for tiny Garforth Town. As part of an ambitious plan hatched by the club’s businessman owner and manager Simon
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      • 83 31 NATIONAL Football League club Sembawang SC are organising an annual seven-a-side football tournament on Dec 5 at St Wilfrid Sports Complex from 1 lam to 9pm. The champions will win $l,OOO cash and the runners-up $7OO. Both will receive a $l,OOO voucher from Spanish sports apparel makers Kelme.
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