Despite a very late night, I woke up early today to catch up Independence Day celebration on tv. What a disappointment. Perhaps it was the fasting month but then where are the non fasting populations who is claiming equal right as citizen of this land?
What a sad thing to be a Malay on this land today.
Syed Akbar Ali hit the nail right on the head "... become the sort of simple people who can be easily entertained by balloons, banners, bands and brigades marching to music on Merdeka Day.
We fit into Rudyard Kipling’s racist observation that the asiatics are “nature’s children”. Meaning we are childish. ...
... become prey to cleverer people amongst us who will know how to use balloons, banners, bands and marching brigades to keep us entertained. Or they will manipulate us by promising us the keys to paadise. We will either be dancing or swaying to their tune. They too may allow us to become servants in the master’s house."
After 53 years of breaking free from the bonds and chains of colonisation physically, here we are ... back to where we started and this time it is not the colonials but ourselves for it is us who as Syed Akbar Ali observed " ...elect people whom we believe in, who then go ahead and make these laws with our tacit approval. They are our wakil. They represent us."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Look who is calling the kettle black
It is easy to blow trumpet and beat gongs asking for transparency in everything. But when it comes to their own doing, the loudest voice in the country who has forever been calling for transparency, has the audacity to issue a gag order [here] calling it internal matter.
"More evidence has surfaced to implicate Selangor executive councillor Ronnie Liu over the issuance of support letters, even as DAP chairman Karpal Singh issued a gag order on the matter.
In his 12-page appeal letter against his sacking by the DAP, former Klang municipal councillor Tee Boon Hock is alleging that Liu personally issued a letter of support for a company belonging to Tee’s son only weeks after assuming his exco post, and four months before Tee’s own letter dated Aug 12, 2008.
In Penang, Karpal issued a gag order to all DAP members on the matter, which he admitted had smeared the party’s image.
He also indicated that issues surrounding Liu would be discussed at the party’s central exe cutive committee meeting on Thursday.
Tee was recently sacked from both the Klang Municipal Council and the party for purportedly misusing Liu’s letterhead and seal to secure business contracts worth RM1mil for his cronies and family.' [the Star]
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Organised "tour"
Another report on Star today made my blood went upstairs again.
"It is an organised tour with a difference – the only item on the itinerary is a job in Malaysia.
"It is an organised tour with a difference – the only item on the itinerary is a job in Malaysia.
However, the tour for over 7,000 foreigners, including Bangladeshis, Indian nationals and Pakistanis was cut short. All they got to see was the inside of the KL International Airport.
These foreigners, who had come into Malaysia on tourist visas purportedly for a holiday, were part of a syndicate with the ultimate aim of finding themselves jobs at the thousands of mamak restaurants throughout the country."
...“Of these bogus tourists, Bangladeshis recorded the highest number with 4,430 people, most of whom were believed to be victims of agents or syndicates,” he said, adding that Indian nationals were the second highest with 712 people, followed by the Pakistanis with 480.
Mohd Zulfikar said that besides having forged passports and visas, these “tourists” did not not have return air tickets or even sufficient money.
“They have all been categorised as doubtful or suspicious foreign visitors, suspected of having the hidden agenda of entering the country to look for a job."
What irked me most is the thought that these people could eventually claim to be "stateless" because they have no identification documents for a number of reasons i.e parents too poor and uneducated living in remote estates, ID list in fires/flood/theft etc. There was even one case where a man claimed to be stateless [including his wife and children too (fogot how many children)] and took to camping in his vehicle in front of the palace of Sultan Perak claiming assistance. Big drama!
I penned my thought on this issue in a different perspective here
"Looking at the number of illegal immigrants in the country now, I read about the drive to legalized “stateless” Indians in Malaysia as someone’s hidden agenda.
"... about 3,000 application forms in less than two hours. ... It is unexpected to see so many people without birth certificates and identity cards here,” said Dr Mohd Khir ... their husbands had no identity cards. "
So is it much wonder to see them arriving in droves?
And the influx of African and Chinese arriving on student visa purportedly to enroll in private colleges. I wonder how many of them have graduated and went back home.
Hmmm ...
What irked me most is the thought that these people could eventually claim to be "stateless" because they have no identification documents for a number of reasons i.e parents too poor and uneducated living in remote estates, ID list in fires/flood/theft etc. There was even one case where a man claimed to be stateless [including his wife and children too (fogot how many children)] and took to camping in his vehicle in front of the palace of Sultan Perak claiming assistance. Big drama!
I penned my thought on this issue in a different perspective here
"Looking at the number of illegal immigrants in the country now, I read about the drive to legalized “stateless” Indians in Malaysia as someone’s hidden agenda.
"... about 3,000 application forms in less than two hours. ... It is unexpected to see so many people without birth certificates and identity cards here,” said Dr Mohd Khir ... their husbands had no identity cards. "
So is it much wonder to see them arriving in droves?
And the influx of African and Chinese arriving on student visa purportedly to enroll in private colleges. I wonder how many of them have graduated and went back home.
Hmmm ...
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Lembu Punya Susu Sapi dapat Nama
Tertarik dengan satu posting oleh OpEd . Saya kongsikan di sini [dengan izin tuanpunya]. Saya selalu membaca pendapat OpEd kerana saya rasa OpEd beri pendapat bersandarkan fakta bukan emosi semata. Disertakan juga respon beliau kepada komen saya.
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Ekonomi Malaysia terus kukuh. Pujilah sikit!
Untuk Suku Pertama (Januari 1 hingga Mac 31), kuat sungguh ekonomi Malaysia = berkembang 10.1 peratus.
Suku Kedua ekonomi berkembang 8.9 peratus, kerajaan kata petang tadi. Slow sikit tapi tetap kuat.
Kebesaran dan kekuatan ekonomi diukur dengan menggunakan apa yang omputeh kata GDP, atau Utusan dan BH kata KDNK. Apa benda tu 'bang?
GDP = gross domestic product.
KDNK = keluaran kasar dalam negara.
Cakap mudah: pendapatan negara. Jika semua barangan yang dibuat di Malaysia, dan semua perkhidmatan di Malaysia diukur dengan matawang.
Dan dicampur dengan jumlah perdagangan/penjualan sektor pembinaan (KLCC Property Holdings, Gamuda) dan pertanian (Felda dan Sime Darby). Jumlahnya RMxx juta.
Di sana pula, syarikat Dell pasang komputer dan Zaitun keluarkan syampu berjumlah RMxx juta.
Dalam sektor perkhidmatan pula, Hotel Mandarin, Pos Malaysia dan Pelabuhan Klang sediakan bilik penginapan, pos surat dan kotak, manakala kapal masuk port kena bayar 'berthing fees'. Jumlahnya RMxx juta.
Jumlah ini semua dicampur oleh kerajaan dan menjadi KDNK atau GDP.
(Maaf, tapi Makcik Mah jual goreng pisang, Pakcik Man jual ayam percik di bazaar Ramadan Melawati, serta khidmat Kak Piah urut kaki di Carrefour tak dikira sebab terlalu kecil dan business tak berdaftar dengan kerajaan. Dan, ahem, tak bayar cukai pun!).
KDNK ni dibilang sebulan sekali apabila industri (Ikea, Carlsberg, Scomi, Proton dan Nokia) dan syarikat perkhidmatan (KFC, Bursa Saham Malaysia, Kontena Nasional, Suria KLCC, Firefly dan AirAsia, Genting Resorts World, Hospital Pantai) melaporkan jumlah dagangan dan penjualan mereka kepada Jabatan Statistik, Bank Negara, kementerian-kementerian.
Dan jumlah sesuatu period itu (bulanan, suku tahun atau tahunan) dibandingkan dengan period yang sama di tahun lalu - di situlah kita dapat peratusan sama ada ekonomi telah berkembang atau menguncup.
Jumlah KDNK Malaysia tahun lalu dianggarkan US$378.9 billion (RM1,300 billion) = iaitu jumlah dagangan/penjualan industri dan sektor perkhidmatan setelah dicampur.
Tahun lalu, ekonomi menguncup 2.8 peratus.
Untuk seluruh tahun ini, 2010, KDNK akan berkembang "lebih tinggi dari 6 peratus", kata Bank Negara!!!
Dan berita baik lagi, yang apabila saya baca, saya gembira tadi:
-Sektor perkilangan (manufacturing) berkembang kuat! naik 15.9 peratus, menunjukkan export terus kuat.
-Sektor perkhidmatan (services) naik 7.3 peratus.
-Sektor pembinaan (construction) 4.1 peratus.
-Sektor pertanian (agriculture) berkembang 2.4 peratus.
Satu perbandingan untuk tahun ini (saya membantu menyunting laporan dari buro-buro akhbar kami tadi):
Jangkaan KDNK 2010,
- Indonesia = 6 peratus.
- Thailand = 7 peratus.
- India = 9.1 peratus.
- Singapork = 13-15 peratus.
Harapan besar saya ialah apabila pembangkang menilai angka-angka ekonomi Malaysia ini, mereka tidak akan terus mengecam dan memaki hamun.
Sekali-kali, jadilah pembangkang yang memberi harapan kepada rakyat: ekonomi Malaysia ni baik. Memang ada banyak lagi boleh diperbaiki, tapi kita bersyukur bersama bahawa kita terus sihat di masa ekonomi negara Eropah seperti Greece, Portugal, Spain dan Italy lemah. Dan ekonomi US pun mungkin terus lemah.
Penat rasanya jika apa yang akan kita dengar ialah maki hamun saja.
Jika tak mahu, tak payah puji kerajaan Najib pun. Sebab tidak semua yang berlaku - seperti eksport terus kukuh, atau orang lebih kerap makan di KFC, atau tourist masuk hotel - kerja kerajaan secara langsung pun.
Tapi jika sekali-sekala semua bersatu padu, dapat sejukkan hati rakyat akan masa depan negara. Dan memberi kebanggaan kepada semua.
Ini komen saya
koolmokcikZ said...
Salaam,
Terima kasih atas angka angka yang tuan sertakan.
bagaimanapun, tidak kah mungkin angka angka tu semua disumbangkan oleh P Pinang, Selangor, Kedah dan Kelantan sahaja?
takut lembu punya susu sapi punya nama pulak.
minta izin nak salin posting ni ke blog saya
19 August 2010 01:05
Ini respon dari OpEd
remgold said...
koolmokcikZ,
meet Pak Chic = saya! hahaha.
atau kadang saya email orang panggil diri saya Pak Chick (bapa ayam?).
nak pinjam isi posting letak kat mana pun ok lah. blog postings are public electronic diaries. asal ada link dan mention source okay ler.
mokcikZ and Anon 03:23,
Selangor, Penang, Johor, Perak di tempat 1,2,3 dan 4 dlm menyumbang kpd ekonomi msia. iaitu ekonomi negeri2 terbesar (tapi mungkin Perak No.3, Johor No.4?).
nanti Pak Chic carikan pecahan data dari website Bank Negara, Dept of Stats, MITI atau FinMin - dah lama tak cari data ni, lupa kat mana ada.
nota tambahan: Port Klang di Selangor pelabuhan No1 di msia, diikuti pelabuhan Penang No.3, selepas Port of Tanjung Pelepas di Johor. jadi tentunya banyak business kat sini, tapi apa yg diimport dibawa ke seluruh msia pun.
harap janganlah digunakan data utk terus berpecah nak kata bahawa negeri pakatan menyumbang lebih dari negeri bn. sampai pagi tak habis gaduh nanti. setakat nak info ok lah, memang tak boleh disembunyikan pun data.
kita tak dengar pun ada orang kata negeri Republican (republican states) menyumbang lebih besar dari negeri Democrat di US, atau ekonomi provinsi di bawah Golkar atau PDI-P lebih baik dari provinsi Partai Demokrat (parti presiden Indonesia) di Indonesia.
kalau saya nak defend bn: sebab Selangor dan Penang popular dgn pelabur kini ialah kerana kerajaan bn-umno yg menjadikan petaling jaya tempat kilang2 didirikan. dan penang dijadikan silicon valley of msia oleh kerajaan bn-gerakan.
dan konsep silicon valley ini dikembangkan oleh dr mahathir dulu di kulim (kedah), kerana beliau orang kedah. banyak syarikat teknologi di kulim kini kerana dekat dgn penang port - kulim ni banyak tanah orang melayu.
kilang proton dibuat oleh kerajaan bn-umno di selatan perak (tg malim) dan kilang perodua di utara selangor (serendah) nak majukan kawasan2 di situ - ramai orang melayu juga. pembangunan pesat kerana kilang2 ni kat situ, terima kasih kpd bn-umno.
kalau saya nak defend bn lagi saya kata: lembu buat susu, sapi dah kebas nama.
eh wah, pandai saya lagakan orang.
let's not get provincial about these things, kata omputeh, but look at the Big Picture for the beloved country.
the economy is doing well, tx to everybody incl all of us whether we go into macdonalds nak makan, masuk hospital kena denggi atau terbang dgn firefly ke penang nak masuk hotel berholiday selepas penat kerja di kilang di pj.
19 August 2010 05:59
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Ekonomi Malaysia terus kukuh. Pujilah sikit!
Untuk Suku Pertama (Januari 1 hingga Mac 31), kuat sungguh ekonomi Malaysia = berkembang 10.1 peratus.
Suku Kedua ekonomi berkembang 8.9 peratus, kerajaan kata petang tadi. Slow sikit tapi tetap kuat.
Kebesaran dan kekuatan ekonomi diukur dengan menggunakan apa yang omputeh kata GDP, atau Utusan dan BH kata KDNK. Apa benda tu 'bang?
GDP = gross domestic product.
KDNK = keluaran kasar dalam negara.
Cakap mudah: pendapatan negara. Jika semua barangan yang dibuat di Malaysia, dan semua perkhidmatan di Malaysia diukur dengan matawang.
Dan dicampur dengan jumlah perdagangan/penjualan sektor pembinaan (KLCC Property Holdings, Gamuda) dan pertanian (Felda dan Sime Darby). Jumlahnya RMxx juta.
Di sana pula, syarikat Dell pasang komputer dan Zaitun keluarkan syampu berjumlah RMxx juta.
Dalam sektor perkhidmatan pula, Hotel Mandarin, Pos Malaysia dan Pelabuhan Klang sediakan bilik penginapan, pos surat dan kotak, manakala kapal masuk port kena bayar 'berthing fees'. Jumlahnya RMxx juta.
Jumlah ini semua dicampur oleh kerajaan dan menjadi KDNK atau GDP.
(Maaf, tapi Makcik Mah jual goreng pisang, Pakcik Man jual ayam percik di bazaar Ramadan Melawati, serta khidmat Kak Piah urut kaki di Carrefour tak dikira sebab terlalu kecil dan business tak berdaftar dengan kerajaan. Dan, ahem, tak bayar cukai pun!).
KDNK ni dibilang sebulan sekali apabila industri (Ikea, Carlsberg, Scomi, Proton dan Nokia) dan syarikat perkhidmatan (KFC, Bursa Saham Malaysia, Kontena Nasional, Suria KLCC, Firefly dan AirAsia, Genting Resorts World, Hospital Pantai) melaporkan jumlah dagangan dan penjualan mereka kepada Jabatan Statistik, Bank Negara, kementerian-kementerian.
Dan jumlah sesuatu period itu (bulanan, suku tahun atau tahunan) dibandingkan dengan period yang sama di tahun lalu - di situlah kita dapat peratusan sama ada ekonomi telah berkembang atau menguncup.
Jumlah KDNK Malaysia tahun lalu dianggarkan US$378.9 billion (RM1,300 billion) = iaitu jumlah dagangan/penjualan industri dan sektor perkhidmatan setelah dicampur.
Tahun lalu, ekonomi menguncup 2.8 peratus.
Untuk seluruh tahun ini, 2010, KDNK akan berkembang "lebih tinggi dari 6 peratus", kata Bank Negara!!!
Dan berita baik lagi, yang apabila saya baca, saya gembira tadi:
-Sektor perkilangan (manufacturing) berkembang kuat! naik 15.9 peratus, menunjukkan export terus kuat.
-Sektor perkhidmatan (services) naik 7.3 peratus.
-Sektor pembinaan (construction) 4.1 peratus.
-Sektor pertanian (agriculture) berkembang 2.4 peratus.
Satu perbandingan untuk tahun ini (saya membantu menyunting laporan dari buro-buro akhbar kami tadi):
Jangkaan KDNK 2010,
- Indonesia = 6 peratus.
- Thailand = 7 peratus.
- India = 9.1 peratus.
- Singapork = 13-15 peratus.
Harapan besar saya ialah apabila pembangkang menilai angka-angka ekonomi Malaysia ini, mereka tidak akan terus mengecam dan memaki hamun.
Sekali-kali, jadilah pembangkang yang memberi harapan kepada rakyat: ekonomi Malaysia ni baik. Memang ada banyak lagi boleh diperbaiki, tapi kita bersyukur bersama bahawa kita terus sihat di masa ekonomi negara Eropah seperti Greece, Portugal, Spain dan Italy lemah. Dan ekonomi US pun mungkin terus lemah.
Penat rasanya jika apa yang akan kita dengar ialah maki hamun saja.
Jika tak mahu, tak payah puji kerajaan Najib pun. Sebab tidak semua yang berlaku - seperti eksport terus kukuh, atau orang lebih kerap makan di KFC, atau tourist masuk hotel - kerja kerajaan secara langsung pun.
Tapi jika sekali-sekala semua bersatu padu, dapat sejukkan hati rakyat akan masa depan negara. Dan memberi kebanggaan kepada semua.
Ini komen saya
koolmokcikZ said...
Salaam,
Terima kasih atas angka angka yang tuan sertakan.
bagaimanapun, tidak kah mungkin angka angka tu semua disumbangkan oleh P Pinang, Selangor, Kedah dan Kelantan sahaja?
takut lembu punya susu sapi punya nama pulak.
minta izin nak salin posting ni ke blog saya
19 August 2010 01:05
Ini respon dari OpEd
remgold said...
koolmokcikZ,
meet Pak Chic = saya! hahaha.
atau kadang saya email orang panggil diri saya Pak Chick (bapa ayam?).
nak pinjam isi posting letak kat mana pun ok lah. blog postings are public electronic diaries. asal ada link dan mention source okay ler.
mokcikZ and Anon 03:23,
Selangor, Penang, Johor, Perak di tempat 1,2,3 dan 4 dlm menyumbang kpd ekonomi msia. iaitu ekonomi negeri2 terbesar (tapi mungkin Perak No.3, Johor No.4?).
nanti Pak Chic carikan pecahan data dari website Bank Negara, Dept of Stats, MITI atau FinMin - dah lama tak cari data ni, lupa kat mana ada.
nota tambahan: Port Klang di Selangor pelabuhan No1 di msia, diikuti pelabuhan Penang No.3, selepas Port of Tanjung Pelepas di Johor. jadi tentunya banyak business kat sini, tapi apa yg diimport dibawa ke seluruh msia pun.
harap janganlah digunakan data utk terus berpecah nak kata bahawa negeri pakatan menyumbang lebih dari negeri bn. sampai pagi tak habis gaduh nanti. setakat nak info ok lah, memang tak boleh disembunyikan pun data.
kita tak dengar pun ada orang kata negeri Republican (republican states) menyumbang lebih besar dari negeri Democrat di US, atau ekonomi provinsi di bawah Golkar atau PDI-P lebih baik dari provinsi Partai Demokrat (parti presiden Indonesia) di Indonesia.
kalau saya nak defend bn: sebab Selangor dan Penang popular dgn pelabur kini ialah kerana kerajaan bn-umno yg menjadikan petaling jaya tempat kilang2 didirikan. dan penang dijadikan silicon valley of msia oleh kerajaan bn-gerakan.
dan konsep silicon valley ini dikembangkan oleh dr mahathir dulu di kulim (kedah), kerana beliau orang kedah. banyak syarikat teknologi di kulim kini kerana dekat dgn penang port - kulim ni banyak tanah orang melayu.
kilang proton dibuat oleh kerajaan bn-umno di selatan perak (tg malim) dan kilang perodua di utara selangor (serendah) nak majukan kawasan2 di situ - ramai orang melayu juga. pembangunan pesat kerana kilang2 ni kat situ, terima kasih kpd bn-umno.
kalau saya nak defend bn lagi saya kata: lembu buat susu, sapi dah kebas nama.
eh wah, pandai saya lagakan orang.
let's not get provincial about these things, kata omputeh, but look at the Big Picture for the beloved country.
the economy is doing well, tx to everybody incl all of us whether we go into macdonalds nak makan, masuk hospital kena denggi atau terbang dgn firefly ke penang nak masuk hotel berholiday selepas penat kerja di kilang di pj.
19 August 2010 05:59
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Malaysia oh Malaysia
Reading this article on the Star today really made my blood raced upstairs. It reminds me very much of my earlier thoughts [here]about Malaysian indians working on privately owned estates [mostly by Chinese towkays] who claimed being marginalised by the government. The towkays happily count their untung juta juta [profits] while they pay the lowest money to the workers and and spent even less money on the workers' welfare and yet the government is blamed for their dire state.
And here we have foreigners protesting the poor treatment they are getting from their employers while the employers are again counting their untung juta juta. I bet the politicians will not let this opportunity to rap the government go unnoticed.
The Indonesian government is demanding that their maids be paid RM800 monthly. I wouldn't be surprised if the governments of all the foreign workers who ran riot here would blame Malaysian government for the low wages their workers are getting and lack of health facilities on the factory compound.
It is sad to know that some Malaysians really believed that government is practically giving money to all the Malays [here]. Money gotten from the tax THEY purportedly paid.
Haihhhhh ....
And here we have foreigners protesting the poor treatment they are getting from their employers while the employers are again counting their untung juta juta. I bet the politicians will not let this opportunity to rap the government go unnoticed.
The Indonesian government is demanding that their maids be paid RM800 monthly. I wouldn't be surprised if the governments of all the foreign workers who ran riot here would blame Malaysian government for the low wages their workers are getting and lack of health facilities on the factory compound.
It is sad to know that some Malaysians really believed that government is practically giving money to all the Malays [here]. Money gotten from the tax THEY purportedly paid.
Haihhhhh ....
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Ramadhan AlMubarak 1431H
Marhaban ya Ramadhan
Ramadhan
di mana nafas kita menjadi tasbih,
tidur kita menjadi ibadah,
dan do'a kita di ijabah
Kepada semua sahabat
jauh dan dekat
Sepuluh jari ku susun
ampun maaf ku pohon
atas keterlanjuran kata
perbuatan yang menyinggung rasa
salah silap segala.
Taqqobalahu Minna Waminkum,
Taqoballahu Ya Karim,
Marhaban Ya Ramadhan
Allaahumma baariklanaa fi Sya'ban
wa ballighnaa Ramadhan
Amin
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Baung Bawah Bangkar
Baru lepas menonton Galeri Nasional TV 1. Pasal jalan darat dari Kuching ke Miri yang sebelum ini dikatakan sangat teruk laluannya.
Wartawan GN melalui satu bulatan di Sibu - Bulatan RTM. Sakitnya mata dan terbakar perasaan bila nampak tulisan cina di bawah tulisan rumi. Seolah dua bahasa tu sama taraf. Biadab sungguh siapa yang buat kerja tu. Mana perginya pejuang bahasa Melayu yang terlentang tertiarap menolak bahasa Inggeris dalam pengajaran Sains dan Matematik?
Teringat isu papan tanda ni sebaik pihak pembangkang menang di 5 negeri dalam PRU 12 2008. Berebut rebut ahli parlimen pembangkang memacak papan tanda jalan sebab ramai cina kat Malaysia nih sesat barat bila berjalan jalan di KL dan bandar bandar besar lain di Malaysia sebab deme nih tak reti membaca atau bercakap dalam bahasa Melayu.
Celake!
Wartawan GN melalui satu bulatan di Sibu - Bulatan RTM. Sakitnya mata dan terbakar perasaan bila nampak tulisan cina di bawah tulisan rumi. Seolah dua bahasa tu sama taraf. Biadab sungguh siapa yang buat kerja tu. Mana perginya pejuang bahasa Melayu yang terlentang tertiarap menolak bahasa Inggeris dalam pengajaran Sains dan Matematik?
Teringat isu papan tanda ni sebaik pihak pembangkang menang di 5 negeri dalam PRU 12 2008. Berebut rebut ahli parlimen pembangkang memacak papan tanda jalan sebab ramai cina kat Malaysia nih sesat barat bila berjalan jalan di KL dan bandar bandar besar lain di Malaysia sebab deme nih tak reti membaca atau bercakap dalam bahasa Melayu.
Celake!
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