1. Police were called to Karori Rd yesterday after a woman pushing a pram reported a pedestrian had passed her while exposing himself. Officers arrested a 24-year-old Karori man nearby. He was charged with exposure and was expected to appear in Wellington District Court within the next week. (Evening Post; Wellington, New Zealand; Sep 6, 2000)

2. refers to ‘the treatment of sexual subjects in pictures, writing or film in a way that is meant to cause sexual excitement.’ (Longman Interactive English Dictionary)

3. To means ‘to make a sudden violent attacking movement.’ Sometimes it is used figuratively, meaning to attack or criticize. (Longman Interactive English Dictionary)

4. Professor Daniel Shek Tan-lei, of the Department of Social Work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, sent questionnaires to 3,649 students in Forms one to four at 26 secondary schools. He concluded: "As a whole, their attitudes towards their families were quite positive. However, there are still areas to be about, like poor communication and understanding and lack of common activity in families." (Source: South China Morning Post; Hong Kong; Jun 1, 2000)

5. ‘If you a statement or an argument, you change it so that its meaning becomes different.’ (Collins Cobuild)

6. The University of Hong Kong is to investigate its first formal sexual harassment case, involving a student suspected of e-mailing and blackmail threats to a women's rights group. The suspect, a male student, has been given a further 30-day suspension on top of a one-month ban already imposed. (Source: South China Morning Post; Hong Kong; Feb 6, 1999)

7. means ‘severe; making difficult demands.’

8. means ‘anxious; worried.’

9. "The proposed technologies must pass several tests: they must be inaudible, robust and run efficiently on various platforms, including PCs. They should also be tested by you. So here's the invitation: Attack the proposed technologies. Crack them. By successfully breaking the SDMI protected content, you will play a role in determining what technology SDMI will adopt," said Mr [Leonardo Chiariglione]. (Financial Times; London; Sep 13, 2000)

10. This paper investigates the main reasons, notably the role of Hong Kong as an entrepot, and develops a methodology to provide more accurate estimates for these trade flows. It extends the Sung-Lardy method in recent literature and achieves a reconciliation of the 2 data sets by China and by its major partners. The method recognizes that both the Chinese and the partners' data are likely to be and demonstrates that a complete picture can be constructed by using data recorded from Hong Kong. (Source: International Review of Applied Economics; New York; Jan 1998)

11. INDONESIA the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for delaying payments from a $40bn (pounds 24bn) rescue plan, warning that some of the agency's reforms could trigger social upheaval. (Source: The Independent; London (UK); Mar 10, 1998)

12. means offensive to accepted ideas of morality; INDECENT.