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MPSJ gandakan usahatang ani masalah anjing liarSUBANG - MajlisPerbandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJ) sedang menggan-dakan operasi mena'ngkapanjing liar yang didakwamengganggu ketenteramanpenduduk di kawasan pe-rumahan dan di tempatawam.
Timbalan Yang DipertualJIPSJ, Mohamad YusoffGhazali berkata, MPSJ akanmenggunakan pendekatanterbam iaitu 'Net Launcher'
bagi memastikan operasipenangkapan anjing liarberkenaan lebih berkesan.
"Pihak Majlis akan men-ggandakan operasi pe-nangkapan pada waktumalam darl masa ke masa
. bagi menangani masalahanjingliar ini.
"Sehubungan itu, kamiakan menggunakankaedahterbam iaitu menggunakan'Net Launcher' yang akandigunakan dalam operasiini,"katanya.
Beliauberkata demikiandi dalamkenyataanakbbar-nya berhubung laporanSinar Harlan bertarikh ~7Ogos lalu mengenai ke-wujudan anjing liar yangmengganggu orang ramai
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~ ......- -..-. Laporan Sinar Harian 21 Ogos lalu'berhubung kegusaran penduduk
terhadap masalah anjing luar.
kawasandi sekitarPuchong.
Dalam pada itu katanya,cadangan pemberian saguhati kepada orang awamyang menangkap anjing liarseperti yang dicadangkanorang ramai dikhuatiriakan disalahgunakan.
"Kita bimbang, apabilapemberian sagu hati inidilaksanakan akan di-salahgunakan mana-manapihak tertentu dan me-nangkap anjing y3ng ber-tuan.
SINAR HARIAN
Tarikh' 26 OCT2009. ...............................
"BagaiInimapun, pen-duduk dinasihatkan agartidak memberi makanan
kepada anjing liar danpastikan tong sampah sen-tiasa ditutup rapat supayatidak diselongkar haiwanberkenaan liar,"katanya.
Selain itu, beliau turutmenasihatkan kepada. pe-milik anjing berlesen agartidak me1epaskan anjingmereka berkeliaran tanpapengawasan agar tidakmengganggu pendudukseke1iling.
SyorMPSJbinapusatkomunitiserbalengkapSUBANGJAYA:Majlis Per-
bandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJ)merancang membinasebuahpusatkomnuitiyang '.dilengkapi dewa..l1dan tempatletak kereta di SS15 di siniuntukkemudahan masya-rakat sekali gus mengata~imasalah kesesakan kawasanterbabit.
Yang Dipertuanya, DatukAdnan Md Ikhsan, berkata (..',pelan jangka panjang itudljangka memberi manfaat I.kepada seluruh penduduk ~Subang Jaya, warga kerja AdnanMdIkhsankawasan itu selain orang luaryang menjalankan urusan dilokasi berkenaan.
Beliau berkata, biarpunperincian berkaitan perun-tukan dan pelan kompleksterbabit belum diserahkankepada pihak berkaitan,usaha untuk merealisasikankemudahan awamserba leng-kap pembangunan terancangdua dalam satu itu sudahdibincangkan di peringkatmajlis.
"KawasanSS15sememang-nya sentiasa mengalamikese-sakan trafik disebabkan loka-sinya sebagai pusat komersi-al utama selain kekurangantempat letak kereta. Justerudengan membina sebuahmedan pelbagai fungsi, iamembawa faedah kepadasemua golongan bukan hanyakepada pemandu.
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sendiri, kita sukar melaksa-nakan program luar mem-babitkan lebih 1,000tetamudan.,sekiranya direalisasi-kan, kompleks bersebelahanMedan Selera itu nanti dapatdigunakan penduduk untukbermacam acara besar,"kata-nya.
Terdahulu, penduduk danwarga kerja di sekitar SS15meluahkan rungutan terha-dap pihak berkuasa tempatan(PBT) berikutan kesesakantrafik di kawasan berkenaantanpa mengira masa hinggamenyukarkan mereka men-jalankan urusan harian.
Pakir Udak mencukupi,peningkatan bilallgan ken-deraan keluar masuk danpertambahan pusat komersilantara faktor menyebabkankeadaan sesak menjadi sema-kin teruk ditambah sikap
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pemandu sendiri yang sukameletakkan kenderaan dibahu jalan hingga mengha-lang lalu lintas.
Begitupun, rancanganIMP8Juntuk membina tempat
letak kereta bertingkat ditapak dewan komuniti dilokasi sama sebagai langkahpenyuraian trafik menda-pat bantahan ramai keranadikhuatiri mereka akan kehi-langan kemudahan awam.
Justeru Adnan berkata, Iniasyarakat setempat khu- Isusnyapenduduk8815tidak I
perlu gusar kerana selainpakir bertingkat, MPSJsebenarnya berusaha menaiktaraf dewan orang ramaisedia ada kepada komplekscanggih dengan prasaranatambahan.
"Kitaakanpastikanpelanbangunan Uu nanti tidakmengenepikan aspek penting
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seperti dewan besar untukkapasiti 1,000orang, ruangriadah, surau dan tandasmen,cukupi yang bolehdigunakanuntuk meraikanmajlis formal atau kendurikendara.
"Apapun perancanganinimemerlukan masa untukdirealisasikan memandang-kan segalaperuntukan danpelannyaharus diperhalusi
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malah kita akan mengemu-kakan rancangan ini kepadakerajaan negeri untuk per- Itimbangan lanjut," katanya.
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. Golongan dewasa juga tidak ketinggalan mendapaikan maklurnat daripada gerai pameran.
. Antara pameran yang menarik perhatian si cilik pada Program Hari Habitat Sedunia bertempal
DA M [ ,'.' RA... Pelbagai gerai menarik dapat dikunjungipada progra,
m Hari Habitat SeduniarH ." bertempatdi 101Mall,Puchongyangberlangsungselamatiga haribermula23 Oktober lalu, Program ini adalah usaha bagi menihgkatkan kesedaran dan memberi pengetahuankepada orang ramai mengenai kepentingan kawasan perhutanan serta kepentingannya sebagai habitathidupan liar.
SINAR HARlAN'1":'1"1kb' 26 OCT 2009. ' . ...............................
New location sought for cemetery .s-rntt-By THO XIN [email protected]
SElANGOR Mentll Besar Tan SriKhalid Ibrahim said the governmentis looking for alternative sites for theproposed cemetery at the AyeI'HitamForest Reserve.
The Selangor state governmenthas agreed not to develop part ofAyeI' Hitam Forest Reserve into. acemetery.
'We have not decided on the sitebut it should be within a 4O-minutedrive from here.
"However, if we move it else-where, residents of the new locationwill object too," he said.
Together with Kinrara assembly-man Teresa Kok, Subang JayaMunicipalCoundl (MPSJ)presidentDatuk Adnan Md Iksh.;m andUniversiti 'Putra Malaysia (UPM)ForestryFacultydean ProfDrAwangNoor Abd Ghani,Khalidvisited theforest reserve and the proposedcemetery site after launching theWorldHabitatDayprogrammeat IO!Mall, BandaI' Puchong Jaya, onSatUrday.
Since the proposed cemeteryproject was announced by the pre-viousstate government,residentsofneighbouringhousing estates suchas BandaI' Bukit Puchong, TamanSaujana Puchong, Gateway Puchong,Lestari Puchong and Mutiara Indahhad collectively voiced strong objec-tion.
They had been calling for theabortion of the project to save the
. forest reserve from being devel-oped.
Teresa appealed to the residentsto give the state more time to solvethe problem. .
Green sight:'Khalid(left)and Teresa(second fromleft) visitingthe site of theproposedcemetery atthe AyerHitamForestReserve.
Z{; 110To ensure a healthier environ-
ment, Khalidsaid the state wouldembark on several green projects,including cleaning up the KlangRiver,generatingelectricitythroughsolar cells through a company inSciencePark n and harvestingrain-water.. "In the next 15 years or so, 85%to90%of the state will become devel-oped cities. Assuch, 30%of the stateland has been gazetted and cannotbe developed in the next 50 years,"Khalid said.
He also said that the state wouldtake over the elevator managementof low-cost flats and repaint thebuildings.
Touching on the Budget 2010,Khalid said the subsidies, incentives.and assistance of -almost RM2bilallocated to farmers and fishermenwould benefit the people of SabakBemam and Sl1ngaiBesar.
On another issue, Teresa said the. suggestion to construct a toll-free
road linkingTaman Saujana Puchongand Taman Lestari Putra is costly(RM20mil) and thus is quite unlikelyto materialise in the near future.
"The AyeI'Hitam Forest Reservecovered an area of 4,270ha in thepast but it has been reduced to1,248ha over the years. It is a greatJoss to Selangor folks as it takes cen-turies for the fOl:est to grow," shesaid.
Teresa added that the main objec-tive ofthe programmewas to makepeople realise the importance ofmaintaining this precious greenlung. .
Hence, the public was given therare opportunity to go into the for-est reserve during the event toappreciate its beauty.
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eKl wins"coveted-awardsTechnology Leadership category at the Government Technology Awards 2009, FutureGov Summit 2009.Best of e-Government and Services category at MSC Malaysia APICTA 2009 Awards, are among the growingnumber of eKL accolades.
The Malaysian governmentgained three recognitionswithin a single month when
its eKL Initiatives (eKL) won severalcoveted awards for excellence ininformation and communicationstechnology. eKL. managed by theeKL Division of the Malaysian Ad-ministrative Modernisation andManagement Planning Unit (MAM-PU),was launchedin 2007.
As an extension of the ElectronicGovernment flagship, the eKLInitiatives received the GovernmentTechnology Award 2009 for itsTechnology Leadership atthe Future-GovSummit2009 held in Bali.Indo-nesia on Oct 9, this year.
The award, in its third year. is torecognise best practice public sectortechnology programmes throughoutAsia Pacific and the Gulf States.
MAMPU Director-General DatukNormah Md Yusof said more than600 entries participated in 12 differ-eht categories.
eKL and its projects have enteredin seven categories: TechnologyLeadership, Wireless Government,Information Management, ServiceInnovation, E-Govemment, Connec-ted Government and Business Pro-cess.
"eKL is part of the EG way for-ward to transform the Government'sservice delivery system through theuseofICfto realise 'OneGovernment,Many Agencies, No Wrong Door'principle.
"It is an effort to integrate servicedelivery across agencies in an effec-tive and efficient manner to benefitcitizens and businesses within the
Klang Valley and its vicinity.'111us. realising a digitally con-
nected Klang Valley whereby serv-ices of all Government agencies arelinked and the sharing of resourcesand information facilitates the pro-vision of end-to-end interactiveonline services 24 x 365 via multipleservice channels," Normah explain-ed.
To date. the eKL Initiatives hasintroduced a number of projectssuch as electronic payment (myBa-yar), mySMS 15888 GovernmentSMS Gateway. online submission(myForms )and online news( myGov-
Three prestigious awards won by MAMPU> TedmoIogyWdmhlpcaregoryatthe~
Technology Awards 2009
> Best of e-Govemment and Servicrs cakgOIy at the MSCMaaysa Asia Pacific ICTAwards (r.r;c Malaysia APlCTA)2009
Public SmriI:e F.mpowmnent Through Mobility 1nnovatioD. atthe 2009 inOvation Malaysia Awards
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Info). eKL Initiatives has alsoembarked on reengineering proc-esses. procedures and forms.
'1bis is to improve the efficiencyof Government service delivery,especially services that cuts acrossGovernment agencies," she said.
Some of the reengineeringprojects that are readily accessibleby citizen and businesses arejobsMalaysia (www.jobsmalaysia.
gov,my) - offering jobs facilities forpublic and private sector employersand also job matching for job seek-ers; and Malaysia GovernmentPortal (www.malaysia.gov.my).linked to all Government agencieswebsite information and online
services. The Malaysia GovernmentPortal has won the WITSA Awardin 2008.
Other re-engineering studies that
»This is toimprove theefficiency ofgovernmentservicedelivery«
have been undertaken by eKLindude:> Doing ICf business in M'alaysia:> Loans and grants services:> Outdoor Advertising approval
services:> Integrated call centre:> International students intake:
and> Government forms.
While one of its project, mySMS15888 has won the Best of e-Government and Services categoryat the MSC Malaysia Asia Pacific ICfAwards (MSC Malaysia APICfA)2009 on Oct 8.
The project uses Short MessagingService (SMS) technology to providedirect services between the citizenand the Government.
It is to extend the reach ofGovernment services throughmobile channels and leveraging onthe high penetration rate of 28 mil-lion mobile subsaibers.
"Citizens and businesses wouldenjoy a more convenient access andan alternative mode to governmentservices through mySMS 15888
Government Gateway project."she said.
Launched in july 2008, mySMS15888 Government Gateway createsan alternative new direct deliverychannel to government services,
other than over-the-counter,online and telephone services.
"It doses the digital dividebetween government agencies andcitizeIl~ by integrating SMS withgovernment agencies' and depart-ments. databases. making informa-
STARTarikh. 26 OCT 2009. ...........................
tion and services available to citizer.sand businesses at anytime and any-where." Nonnab said.
Under the facility, anYQne,regard-less of age. their level of informationtechnology know-how and location.only need to remember a single
number - 15888 - for easy andspeedier access to government serv-ices at a negligible cost
Having implemented mySMS forone and a half years, it has beenproven that citizen-centric SMSservices benefited Malaysians withthe creation of two communities:mySMS and OnejPJ ",;th tctal regis-tered member:; of 35.068.
The usage (If the services has 2.5million hits with a monthly averageof 250,000 hits.
The MSC Malaysia APICfA 2009Award also provides a platform tostimulate creativity, innovationand excellence in ICf in Malaysia,benchmark Malaysian leT productsand solutions. and recognise out-standing achievements in ICf ofstudents. technopreneurs. SMEsand organisations with operationsin Malaysia.
This annual Awards Programmehas been initiated by the MultimediaDevelopment Corporation since1999, offering awards for 19 catego-.ties.
The Winners of MSC MalaysiaAPICfA receives a trophy and certifi-cate.
According to Nonnah. MAMPUwill also be representing Malaysia atthe International Asia Pacific ICfAwards (APICfA) competing withthe nati:maI award winners fromother economies in the region forthe APICfA Awards trophy in theGovernment Category.
Normah added, "adding to itsaccolades, mySMS aiso received aspecial award on Public ServiceEmpowerment Through MobilityInnovation at The 2009 inOvationMalaysia Awards on 21 Oel"
The 2009 inOvation MalaysiaAwards honours and recognisesinnovative and outstanding achieve-ments and focus to Malaysian com-panies that have developed or offermobile content, applications or serv-ices.
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Overpaying by the billionsA-G report: Delays in compl~ting projects one of factors for cost overrunsPETALINGJAYA:The federal andstate governments are losing bil-lions of ringgit every year throughover-priced contracts for thingsranging from huge water tunnelprojects to the outsourcing of infor-mation technologyservices. .
Second Finance Minister DatukSeri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah hasacknowledged the amount that islost is "a lot" but could not give an .
exact figure.He said the government needed to
curb wasteful spending by havingcompetitive bidding for tenders inorder to get more bang for its ringgit
Precise figures are difficult tocome by where government spend-ing is concerned, but conservativelydeveloping countries such asMalaysia would have to spendbetween 10% and 20% of annualgross domestic product (GDPor thesum of goods and services produced)on governmentprocurement.
That would mean betweenRM70biland RM140bilwas spenton large infrastructure projectsthrough to the procurement of sup-plies and outsourced services lastyear based on a GDP at currentprices of around RM700bil.
Even if the overpayment is just20%,the amount that the govern-ment losescan come up to betweenRM14bil and RM28bil a year. Itcould be much more than that if
the overpayment is higher - as itoften is.
.According to the Auditor-Gene-ral'sreport for2007and 2008,delaysin the completion of projects wereone of the main factors for the costoverruns.The reports alsohighlight-ed weaknesses in the procurementof various items ranging fromvehi-cles to furniture for various govern-ment bodiesand initiatives.
The general view is that if thejobs were contracted out throughan open tender, instead of the oft-abused and much maligned directnegotiation system, there can bemuch savings.
According to estimates by twosources, costs could be as much as50%lower if these jobs were ten-dered out through a by-the-bookpublic tender.
On the other hand. some arguethat government contracts wereawarded at higher costs due to sev-eral reasons, induding more rigor-ous safety specifications of the PublicWorks Department or the failure toreview market prices especiallywhen the costs went down.
Even with the higher specifica-tions, a number of projects havebeen shown to be lacking in qualityor safety aspects over the years. In,recent times, this would include theinfamous Matrade building, whichwas supposed to be completed in
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1997but was onlyreadyin 2006andwhich eventually cost RM2875milagainst an initial estimate ofRM167mil,after taking into accounta further RM64.8milfor repairs,
Other instances of shoddy work-manship include the then brand-new RM270mil Jalan Duta courtcomplex's cafeteria being floodedafter a pipe burst in May 2007while late last year, the PutrajayaCorp building sprang leaks on theroof during a high profile businessmeeting.
The list of projects also includesthe recently completed RM300milStadium Sultan MizanZainalAbidinin Kuala Terengganu, the roof ofwhich collapsed in early June andthe overall damage estimated atRM35mil.
Another reason for the highercosts is that small or Class F con-tractors, who are often inefficientand lack economies of scale,bill thefederal and state 'governmentshigher.
STARTarikh: 2 6 OCT200g......
According to a source, the jobmight be the only substantial onethey have for the year.
As the public outcry gets louderover the billionsof ringgit that havebeen lost in projects that make nobusiness or economic sense, thegovernment initiated key resultareas (KRAs)and key performanceindicators (KPls),where ministriesnot only have to meet their budgetsbut also be required to produceresults for the funding.
Husnisaidthat sinceMarch2008,all big government projects - exceptmilitary or securitycontracts - havebeen awarded through the open-tender system. StarProbeunder-stands that there is a threshold foropen tenders, which starts atRM500,OOO.
However, even public tendersrisked being abused as evidencedbythe tender forTourismMinistry'spavilion for the 2010 World Expoin Shanghai.
Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd,whichwasawarded the RM19.99milproject,is mired in allegationsthat itwas giventhe job despite its bid notbeing the lowest nor it having theexpertise but because of politicalconnections.
In addition to the contract, it wasalso involvedin another multi-mil-lion ringgit project from the Scien-ce, Technology and Innovation
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Ministry to develop poultry fee\~known as biofeed.If all tpe projects worth at least
RM500,000 were to put througl~open tender, then questions mustbe raised over the Pahang SelangorRaw Water Tunnel project, whichwas awarded earlier this year.
Apparently, the government hacl"pre-qualified" three consortia forthe project, with the initial phasqcosting RM1.3bilto be built by th€rShimizu-ledconsortium.
The project was awarded via <frestrictedtender to a consortiumlee,by Jap~n's Shimizu Corp am!Nishimatsu Construction Co Ltd,which own 30% each in the project"
IJMCorp Bhd and UEMBuilders Bhelequally share the balance stake.
The entire water transfer projeqwould cost over RM8bil, of whic~1about half would be financed witb,1a cheap loan to the governmen1:from the Japan Bank for lnterna'ttional Cooperation.
Industry sources allege that:because of the Japanese soft loan,the pre-qualification shut out oth-'ers who were quite capable Oflundertaking the project, leaving!the field to Japanese companies. !
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Rich,pickingsspur'illegalbettingrings. ByLee Shl-lania~dRSfP .. 0<.
Halhpatul Saadliib. '.~..<E:./tOAbd Hamidq;[email protected]
KUAlA LUMPUR:.The governmentis.losingmore than 1..3billionan-nuallyto gamings
The syndiCatesrake tirnat.ed total revenue of 'on ayear, a figllrethat is aln:J,g..; lartowhat li~galbettingq~JfltOrsm1ake.
The differepc~is tllatthe go~rp"ment loses out on 1:aJ!:~s..anci gamingduties which the:legal operators payand, of course,the megalonesclo. '(lot,
Industry sPlITces told the NewStraits Tqnesthatthe amowit slip~ping Q1rou~ the fingers..oitha gov-ernment was around RM800 millionin taxes and RM552HW!!op in poolbetting duti.es.
"The .legal operators pll.ymqntlllytaxes conSisting of ej~t~lrc.eIitingaming tax and an adiljtio'Qalsix percent in pool betting duty from theiraverage monthly revepuexangi1}gbetween RM15 million and RM20million,"onesourcesaid. .
The industry source also. said ..thereason syndicates make about thesame amount as legal operator!,;Wasthat they had lower ~ and possiblynon-existent - operating costs anddonotpaygovermnenttaxes.
There are six gaming companieswhich are allowed to operate in
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Sabah rotto 88, $andalsan TuffCrUb, 'h v" "V' . .
M~yt:;ja-MagnDa Ma ~Il,i,SandakanSabab Lotto 88 and thtJandJ3questri~Club.
e many megal ope!,ators. hadbeen arrested, Rederal Cifurlnal In-vestigation Department directorDatuk Seri Bakri Zoo admitted thatmost of the suspects were runners orstaff manillngthe colleGtion centres,and not the main players.
Legal Qperators have as,ked the Fi-nance Ministry to authorise, amongothers, the opening of mQre outlets to.stem the tide Qfthe megal syndicatesbut the minif;try is reluctant.
A ministry official said the govern-ment did not want to encourageMalaysians to.gamble.
"The legal operators have to makedo with their present number of
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Jlraricges as the ri:tinistry is no longerissuing licences for new outlets to op-erate.
"Tbe .ministry has received manycomplaints on megal syndicates op-~rating in Malaysia with claims thatth~y were raking in doub!e the rev-enue oflegal operators.
"However, our hands are tied andwe cap Qnlyadvis~ the complainants,to lodge police reports and cooperatewith the ll.11thoritiesin stamping Qutthese syndicates/, the officialsaid.
Legal operators had also requestedapprQval to introduce additional de-liv~ry channels such as SMS alerts,telelinks and Internet gaming toCOlL'1terthe syndicates.
But the ministry official said theywould bave to wait until an in-depthstudy is completed.
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Timbalan Ketua Pen-
garah (Pemba:ngunan)Jabatan Bomb~~ ...,.:Ianpenyelamat(JBPM), Datuk Wan MoMNor Ibralrlm berkata, orangramai perIu mengambilIangkah beJjaga-jaga bagimengurangkan .kes ke-bakaran ill neger.i. :iDi.
'~t pengesan kebakarandan pem.adammudah alihadalahalatyang dapatmembantu kebakaran kecildari merebak menjadiIebilibesar.
"OIehitu saya sara:akanagar setiaprumah mernilikikedua-dua alat befkenaanbagi mengelakkan ke-malangan atau kerugianharta benda yang Iebiliteruk,"katanya.
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Wan Moh~Nor rokok yang tidak
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"Manakala jumlah ke-seluruhan kes kebakaranyang dilaporkarJ.bagi nege-rl fui pula adalah sebanyak5,445kes,"katanya.
Dalam pada itll, Soiman
turut memaklumkan ber-hubung pembukaancawangan balai bombabagi daerah Puchong yanga'kanmula beroperasi pada1Novem.berfui.
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