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have been cases where identifying children has breached orders relating to custody and access.Always check with a parent or guardian to make sure it is okay to identify a child.Famous namesNames always need checking (see following pages for the spelling of some difficult names).Where there is doubt over a spelling and confirmation is not readily available check to see whatversion is most often used.Accident victimsWhen the names of accident victims are withheld because next of kin have not been told, saythe names are not available. Avoid saying police have released the names of…(simply give thenames of the people when appropriate to do so). Makes of cars are usually irrelevant in crashes –unless a collision happens between, say, a Rolls-Royce and a Mini Minor.FOREIGN NAMESThese can be dangerous. Some Thai, Indian and Sri Lankan names can be more than a dozenletters long. Check every one.The third and last name in an Asian name is not necessarily the surname. SBS presenter Lee LinChin calls herself Ms Chin, but her formal name is actually Chin Lee Lin.As a guide:Cambodian: Cambodians except members of the royal family use both their names in allreferences, for example Pol Pot.Chinese: The family name is the first name. Thus Lim Yew Lee is Mr Lim.Indonesian: The style varies from region to region. For example, Sujatmo Martosuhardjois Mr Sujatmo; but Ali Alatas is Mr Alatas. Raden, Datuk and Tengku are titles, not names. Youwill have to ask.Japanese: In Japan the family name comes first: Yamnanaka Ichiro. But when speaking orwriting English the custom is to reverse the order, so you would refer to Mr Ichiro Yamnanaka,then Mr Yamnanaka.Korean: The last two names are hyphenated. Otherwise use the same style as with Chinese.Thus Yoo Ji-hwan is Ms Yoo.Thai: Most Thais have two names. The first is the given name and the second the familyname. Use both names on first mention, then use the first only. So Chuan Leekpai is Mr Chuan.Vietnamese: Most Vietnamese have three names. Although the first is the family name,the last name is the one by which people are usually addressed. For example, Pham Viet Thanhshould be referred to as Mr Thanh.PLACE NAMESThese are traps, especially those from Aboriginal languages. Woollongong or Wollongong?Woollongabba or Woolloongabba? This book lists many (see following sections, included A-Z).If it’s not here, use the postcodes list in the phone book or an atlas. Do not guess.Don’t necessarily trust the spellings in previous reports, whether you are reading them on adatabase (including Wikipedia) or in a paper. If the spelling has been wrong previously it maynot have been corrected.UQ SJC STYLEBOOK 2012 – PAGE 22