Last updated: 4 january, 2010 - 04:29 GMT

Gabon working hours

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Imagine having your lunch break reduced and starting work a whole half an hour earlier! That is what workers in Gabon will be waking up to as the government rolls out the West African nation's new official office hours.

But, with very little notice given by the authorities, will the Gabonese adjust easily to the new timetable, especially as the as the country emerges from the holiday period?

Network Africa's reporter in the capital, Libreville is Linel Kwatsi and he told Peter Ndoro about the changes

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