Mail.app shows garbled Chinese character

Mail.app received a mail, which displayed fine in inbox listing. But showed only garbled characters after opening the mail. The mail itself shows no problem in gmail web interface.
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From: "Towngas Webmaster" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Self Meter Read Email Reminder Service (xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:25:22 +0800
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<tr><td width='500'>煤氣賬戶號碼: xxxx-xxxx-xx</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>親愛的客戶:</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>為方便您報讀煤氣錶度數，我們推出「報錶電郵提示服務」
，透過電郵提示您在網上報錶。</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>請按此處即可報讀煤氣錶度數。您所報讀的度數，將會用作計算本期
的煤氣費。但於2010年12月28日後報讀的度數，會作為評估下月煤氣費的參考。</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>如您在過去一週內已報讀煤氣錶度數, 可毋須理會此提示。謝謝。</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>此致</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>香港中華煤氣有限公司</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>Towngas account No. : xxxx-xxxx-xx</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>Dear valued customer</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>We have launched a "Self-reading E-mail Reminder Service" to bring you added convenience in reporting meter reading.</td></tr>
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<td width='500'>Please click here and report your meter reading online now. The meter
reading reported will be used for calculating your upcoming gas charges. However, the meter reading reported after 28-December-2010 will be used as a reference for estimating gas consumption next month.</td>
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<tr><td width='500'>If you have reported the meter reading in the past week, you may ignore this reminder. Thank you.</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500'>Yours faithfully</td></tr>
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<tr><td width='500' height='18'>The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited</td></tr>
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請按此處取消「報錶電郵提示服務」
Click here to unsubscribe from the Self-reading E-mail Reminder Service.
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P.S. My iPhone 4 is running iOS4 without any modification. It gets gmail using Google Sync (ActiveSync protocol).
Message was edited by: jonesuki

There is nothing you can do to fix such problems on an iphone other than to try switching the language of your OS. Best report the problem to Apple via
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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