Retiree Cheung Kau once dreamt that he was playing football - and ended up kicking his wife while asleep. Another dream had the 75-year-old jumping over a drain to escape some thugs - only to fall off the bed with a thud.
His dreams at night often involve intense - and even violent - movements, a far cry from his cordial and pleasant demeanour in the day.
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