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Jimmy Chan, a 44-year-old magician from Hong Kong, has been named as the best Santa Claus in the world at an annual event in Sweden.
Mr Chan beat eight other contestants from around the world, including Burundi and Australia, at the Santa Claus Winter Games in Gaellivare.
The Swedish town, which lies 60 miles within the Arctic Circle, has been holding the championship for six years. Mr Chan, who has worked as a Santa Claus for 17 years in Hong Kong, beat his rivals in a gruelling round of chimney climbing, porridge eating, gift wrapping and reindeer racing. Although he cannot speak English, he proclaimed "Happy Christmas" on Swedish television in Cantonese.
Mr Chan qualified for the Swedish finals after winning a local competition in Hong Kong in 2007. He said his "cheerful attitude" was the key to his success.
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Londoners lose an average of 10,000 mobile phones in the back of taxis every month, with Christmas the worst time.
A further 1,000 other portable technologies like laptops or iPods are also left in black cabs each month, according to a survey of cab drivers in the capital.
Steve McMenara, a spokesman for TAXI, the magazine of the Licensed Taxi Driver Association, said:"It's a known fact that this is the worst time of year for forgetting 'property' in the back of cabs, but especially mobile phones and laptops as they slip onto the floor or get forgotten on the seats as passengers rush onto their next destination with their hands full".
"More people travel into London to buy their Christmas presents during this period who are not regular cab users, they hop a cab to get back to their train stations - and it's always about an hour later we get a panicked call on their mobile phones asking for them to be returned."
The survey was carried out on behalf of a security firm, Credant Technologies. Sean Glynn, vice-president, told The Register: "We carry out our taxi survey regularly and it's clear that none of us are infallible, especially at this busy time of year, when it's all too easy to forget things when you're travelling."
"It used to be small items like brollies and briefcases stuffed full of boring office papers. Now it's laptops, smartphones and thumb drives, all chock-full of valuable information to an identity thief," he said.
From foreign press
Jimmy Chan, a 44-year-old magician from Hong Kong, has been named as the best Santa Claus in the world at an annual event in Sweden.
Mr Chan beat eight other contestants from around the world, including Burundi and Australia, at the Santa Claus Winter Games in Gaellivare.
The Swedish town, which lies 60 miles within the Arctic Circle, has been holding the championship for six years. Mr Chan, who has worked as a Santa Claus for 17 years in Hong Kong, beat his rivals in a gruelling round of chimney climbing, porridge eating, gift wrapping and reindeer racing. Although he cannot speak English, he proclaimed "Happy Christmas" on Swedish television in Cantonese.
Mr Chan qualified for the Swedish finals after winning a local competition in Hong Kong in 2007. He said his "cheerful attitude" was the key to his success.
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Londoners lose an average of 10,000 mobile phones in the back of taxis every month, with Christmas the worst time.
A further 1,000 other portable technologies like laptops or iPods are also left in black cabs each month, according to a survey of cab drivers in the capital.
Steve McMenara, a spokesman for TAXI, the magazine of the Licensed Taxi Driver Association, said:"It's a known fact that this is the worst time of year for forgetting 'property' in the back of cabs, but especially mobile phones and laptops as they slip onto the floor or get forgotten on the seats as passengers rush onto their next destination with their hands full".
"More people travel into London to buy their Christmas presents during this period who are not regular cab users, they hop a cab to get back to their train stations - and it's always about an hour later we get a panicked call on their mobile phones asking for them to be returned."
The survey was carried out on behalf of a security firm, Credant Technologies. Sean Glynn, vice-president, told The Register: "We carry out our taxi survey regularly and it's clear that none of us are infallible, especially at this busy time of year, when it's all too easy to forget things when you're travelling."
"It used to be small items like brollies and briefcases stuffed full of boring office papers. Now it's laptops, smartphones and thumb drives, all chock-full of valuable information to an identity thief," he said.
