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A Good Week for ... , August 25, 2013

So Tsz-ling may not yet enjoy the world fame of cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze - but the 11-year-old does have more medals than her. So was the star of the 20-strong Hong Kong team at the World Transplant Games in Durban, South Africa.

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A Good Week for ... , August 25, 2013

She may not yet enjoy the world fame of cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze - but the 11-year-old does have more medals than her. So was the star of the 20-strong Hong Kong team at the World Transplant Games in Durban, South Africa. Multi-talented So, who was born with a liver defect, claimed golds for sprinting, long jump and bowling as well as a swimming silver and a bronze in badminton.

 

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When his father took delivery of his Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider at his North Carolina home in 1967, the young Smith could barely have imagined it would one day sell for US$27.5 million. But that's the price the ultra-rare car, one of just 10 of the model ever built, fetched when it went up for auction in California. But Smith shared the luck around - already a wealthy man, he donated every cent from the sale to charity.

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