The bird is meticulously cut into 120 slices and served with fermented bean paste, light pancakes, sliced cucumbers and green onions.

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Sushil Wadhwani and DeAnne Julius, who had voted for a cut in December, were joined this month by Charles Bean, the Bank's chief economist, and Christopher Allsopp, one of the external members.

BBC: Bank split on rate cut