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Is your name EV1TA, do you live in SA1KUNG1 or are you just 2S1MPLE? Today could be the day you pick up your personalised vehicle licence plate at an auction organised by the Transport Department at the Convention and Exhibition Centre. Perhaps the biggest source of interest will be the auction for the plate reading LOCUST - a pejorative nickname for mainland visitors. Other plates available include TIME OUT, EGOTIST and CUCUMBER.

Austerity-weary Czechs conclude a two-day vote today in the country's first-ever direct presidential election, with numerous woes including recession and graft scandals bedevilling the nation. Two ex-prime ministers, both former communists, are tipped as favourites to top a list of nine first-round candidates - including an artist tattooed from head to toe  - and enter a run-off slated for January 25-26. Polls suggest left-winger Milos Zeman is the strongest candidate, but he is unlikely to score a majority.