Nhau kubva kuThailand - Gumiguru 3, 2013

Boontje anowana muhoro wake Kana usingadi kunzwa, unofanira kunzwa. Izvi zvinoitika kana ukasateerera aimbove Prime Minister Thaksin. Ndosaka munyori wechigarire weMinistry of Finance akangoerekana aendeswa neMuvhuro. Hongu hurumende haizombozvibvumi izvozvo, asi kuchinjisa hakugone kuve nechimwe chikonzero.

Mukuru mukuru weFinance akabata ruoko pana Mai Supa Piyajitti (vane zita remadunhurirwa rekuti The Iron Lady). Mudzimai iyeye ndiye sachigaro wekomiti inokweretesa mari yemupunga. Akaratidza kuti kurasikirwa kwehomwe system mumwaka miviri yadarika kunogona kusvika mazana mana emabhiriyoni baht (kusanganisira rendi yekuchengetera, mari yekugaya nezvimwe zvinodhura) uye akataura panguva yedare reSeneti kuti hurongwa uhu hunoda kubiridzira.

Oops, zviri nani kusataura izvozvo, nekuti iyo mortgage system yakaraswa pane zano raThaksin. Uropi hwake hunopa varimi mutengo wakavimbiswa wepaddy yavo (mupunga usina kusvetwa), uri 40 muzana pamusoro pemutengo wemusika. Muvhoti akanaka, handiti? Asi mhedzisiro yacho ndeyekuti Thailand yakabviswa kubva kunze kwenyika nhamba yekutanga kusvika panzvimbo yechitatu kubva gore rapfuura uye kuti matura ari kufashukira nemupunga usingatengeswi. Snappez iwe?

Uye ndosaka VaAreepong Bhoocha babamunini vachirohwa mbongoro, nekuti ndizvo zvinoitika muThailand. Nenzira, Thaksin akanga achine bhonzo rekutora naye. Areepong haana kubvisa Mutungamiriri Mukuru weVatengi Vemitero kubva pachinzvimbo chake nekukurumidza zvakakwana, zvine chekuita nekubiridzira kweVAT, uko kwakadhura nyika mabhiriyoni ebhaht. Areepong akange asina kugadzikana nehurumende iripo zvakadaro, nekuti akagadzwa pasi pehurumende yapfuura.

Areepong achatungamira Hofisi yePublic Sector Development Commission uye izvo hazviratidzike sekusimudzira kwandiri. Mutevedzeri wake anozivikanwawo, inova shamwari yaMinister of Education iye zvino. Pane zvakawanda zvekutaura nezvazvo, asi zvinobva zvaoma. Zvese zvine chekuita nemhuri yeShinawatra uye kutengeswa kwekambani yaThaksin kune imwe kambani muSingapore, yaakabhadhara kwete sendi mutero.

- Zvipatara zvepachivande zve64 zvichapa rubatsiro rwekutanga rwemahara kuvarwere mune emergency, zvisinei neinishuwarenzi yehutano hwavo. Kusvika parizvino vakaramba varwere kana kuti vanoda kubhadharwa. "Tinovimba kuti izvi zvichaita kuti 80 muzana yematambudziko ekukurumidzira agamuchire ambulensi mukati memaminitsi gumi," akadaro Narong Samamethapat, munyori wechigarire weBazi rezvehutano.

Izvo zvinonzi free emergency care scheme yakatangwa musi waApril 1. Chirongwa ichi chinoda zvipatara zvese, zvehurumende uye zvepachivande, kuti zvipe rubatsiro rwekutanga mahara munjodzi. Izvo hazvina basa kana munhu wacho ane inishuwarenzi kuburikidza neimwe yeatatu ehutano inishuwarenzi. Pakutanga, zvipatara zvakazvimiririra zvaisaita zvinhu.

Zvipatara zvave kuita kucheka zvikwata zvechipatara Bangkok, Vibhavadi, Samitivej, Phyatai, Bangpakok neKasemrad. Mukuru wechipatara cheBangkok anoti kune kushomeka kwavanachiremba vekurumidziro. Kune mazana maviri anoshanda munyika yose, zana rimwe rawo rinoshanda neBangkok Hospital.

- Vashanyi veChinese havafanirwe kutora mhino dzavo paruzhinji, kuita weti mumadziva kana kutora bhachi rehupenyu kubva mundege. Idzi ndidzo dzimwe dzenyevero dziri pamapeji makumi matanhatu nemana Bhuku rinotungamirira kune Civilized Tourism, iyo inopihwa neNational Tourism Administration. Sekureva kweMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weNyika, VaWang Yang, huwandu husina kutsarukana hwevamwe vake, avo vari kuramba vachienda kunze kwenyika, vanogadzira mufananidzo wakashata weChina.

MunaFebruary, pakave nebongozozo rakawanda pasocial media nekuti mukadzi wechiChinese akabvumira mwanakomana wake (meseji haina kutaura zera rake) kuita weti mubhodhoro muresitorendi yakabatikana muHong Kong.

Hurumende yeChina yakambopa nhungamiro, kusanganisira panguva yeMitambo yeOlympic, asi gwara razvino ndiro rakazara.

-Kuzivisa vanhu nezve mapurojekiti ezvivakwa zvakapihwa mari ne2 trillion baht. Iyo (yakavanzika) Anti-Corruption Organisation yeThailand (ACT) inokurudzira hurumende kuti iite izvi.

Mutungamiri weACT, Pramon Sutivong anotenda kuti ruzivo runofanirwa kuiswa mumutemo kubva kuhofisi yeMutungamiriri. Inofanirwa kunyatsotsanangurwa kuti ndeupi rudzi rweruzivo runofanira kuburitswa. Sekureva kwaPramon, pasina chinodiwa chakadaro, mamwe madhipatimendi ehurumende haadi kupa ruzivo kana kutaura kuti ruzivo rwacho ndechakavanzika.

Pramon akataura nezuro naGurukota Kittiratt Na-Ranong (Mari) uye Chadchart Sittipunt (Zvokufambisa). Kittiratt anotungamira komiti inoona nezvezvirongwa. Komiti ichasarudza vaongorori vanozoongorora mapurojekiti. Vanogona kunge vasina zvavanofarira mune izvi. VaKittiratt vanoti zvirongwa izvi zviri kuitwa pachitevedzerwa mutemo wekurwisa huwori.

-Vapoteri zviuru zana nemakumi maviri nepfumbamwe vanobva kuMyanmar, vanogara mumisasa yakasiyana siyana pamuganhu, havagone kudzoka parizvino nekuti 'mamiriro acho haapo ekudzoka kwakarongeka', sekureva kweBorder Consortium (TBC), sangano rinobatsira vanhu kupa rubatsiro kubva muna 129.000, hurumende yeThai neMyanmar uye sangano reUnited Nations revapoteri. Nezuro TBC yakaburitsa gwaro rayo remwedzi mitanhatu, iro rine mashoko asina tariro aya.

Zvinofungidzirwa kuti vamwe 400.000 vapoteri vanogara kumaodzanyemba-kumabvazuva kweMyanmar uye vamwe 2,5 miriyoni vanotama vane uye vasina magwaro anoshanda muThailand. Kana misasa yevapoteri iri pamuganhu yakavharwa, vapoteri muMyanmar ivo pachavo vanozokodzera kudzoserwa kumusha. TBC inogadzirira vapoteri kuti vadzoserwe kumusha kuburikidza nekudzidziswa mabasa emaoko, zviitiko zvebasa en hutongi hwemunharaunda [?].

- Hofisi yeAttorney General (OAG) ichamhan'arira vakuru gumi nevaviri vaPhilip Morris nekusazivisa kukosha kwemari inotengeswa kunze kwenyika yeMarlboro neL&M kubva kuPhilippines pakati pa2003 na2007 kudzikisa mutero wekambani. Izvi zvingadai zvakadyira hurumende 68 bhiriyoni baht mukurasikirwa kwemutero.

Bazi reSpecial Investigation rakambomhan’ara nyaya iyi, asi vePublic Prosecution Service vakazosarudza kusavapomera. DSI yakabva yasimbisa nyaya yacho zvirinani nenharo dzemutemo ndokuendesa mhinduro kuOAG gore rapfuura.

-Kubudirira kwemuratidziri wezvakatipoteredza Watcharee Paolangthong. Sedare, dare harimuwani aine mhosva yekusvibisa zita rake. Muridzi wegwenya remagetsi kuChachoengsao akamhan’arira muna 2009. Watcharee yakashoropodza ongororo yezvakatipoteredza yakaitwa nemagetsi mubvunzurudzo yeTV panguva iyoyo. Akataura zvaakataura apo vagari veko vakaratidzira vachipokana nechirongwa ichi.

- Hurumende ichabvumira riini ILO Convention 87 uye 98? Thai Labor Solidarity Committee (TLSC) yanga ichidaidzira izvi kubvira 1992 uye iri kudzokorora kufona kwayo zvakare. Zvibvumirano zvinopa vashandi kodzero yekuungana nekutaurirana; hurumende haifanirwe kuganhurira kodzero dzemibatanidzwa yekuungana.

Mutemo weThailand weLabour Relations Act wa1975 hauna mitemo inodzivirira vashandi kubva pakuumba mubatanidzwa, kunyange hazvo hurumende dzakapfuura dzakaramba dzichiti mutemo unocherekedza kodzero yekuita kudaro. Sekureva kwaManus Kosol, sachigaro weNational Congress of Thai Labor, vashandirwi vari kushandisa nzira dzemutemo kudzinga vashandi vanoda kuumba mubatanidzwa. NeMuvhuro, hurumende ichatambira tsamba kubva kuTLSC ichibvunza kuti zvibvumirano izvi zvichatambirwa here. Kana hurumende ikasapa mhinduro yakajeka, rally inogona kurongwa.

- Chinangwa chekutanga chegakava reMae Wong dhamu raive rekugadzirisa kushomeka kwemvura, kwete kudzivirira mafashama, anodaro Sueb Nakhasathien, murume ari kumashure kwekufamba kwekuratidzira. Gurukota Plodprasop Suraswadi, kune rumwe rutivi, anodzivirira dhamu sedziviriro kubva kumafashama. Akadonhedza nharo dzekudiridza.

Dhamu iri rakarongwa muMae Wong National Park uye richange richibhadhara nzvimbo dzemangwe emusango (ona rimwe faira). Dziva rinokwana 200 miriyoni cubic metres emvura, kana 30 kusvika 40 muzana yemvura yava kuyerera ichipinda muSakae Krang River [Ndinogona kufungidzira kuburikidza neMae Wong River]. Sekureva kwaSueb, pane imwe nzira iri nani, asi chinyorwa hachitauri kuti ndeipi.

Supot Tovichakchaikul, munyori mukuru wehofisi yeNational Water and Flood Management Committee, akabvuma kuti dhamu harisi kuzogadzirisa matambudziko ose emvura, asi richaderedza migumisiro yekuyerera kwemvura kubva kuchamhembe. Dare remakurukota rakatobvumidza kuvakwa uku. Gurukota Plodprasop vakavimbisa kuti pachaitwa chidzidzo chitsva mudhamu iri. Ongororo yemamiriro ekunze yakatoitwa, asi vanopikisa vanoti haina kukwana.

- Mauto mana akaurayiwa nezuro mukurwiswa kwebhomba muKrong Pinang (Yala). Vaifamba nemotokari ine zvombo yakapeperetswa mumugwagwa nesimba rekuputika. Masoja maviri akafira ipapo, vaviri vakazofira muchipatara.

Kurwiswa kwacho kuchangopera, rori yakapinda mugomba, yarovera bhomba mumugwagwa. Vanga varimo, murume nevana vaviri, vakakuvara. Bhomba racho rairema makirogiramu 30 kusvika ku50 uye rakanga rakavigwa pasi pemugwagwa.

Mumwe murume ane makore makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe akapfurwa akafa muSai Buri (Pattani). Akanga akamira padivi pemugwagwa achimirira kuti shamwari yake imutore paakaurayiwa nepillion yemudhudhudhu waipfuura nepfuti yakananga mumusoro. Musungwa uyu akanga asungwa muna 29 nemhosva yekutyora mutemo wezvekuchengetedzwa kwenyika ndokuzoregedzwa.

Hurumende yakatumira vanotaurirana kuSweden [?] kuti vataurirane nemapoka maviri akapatsanuka ari kushanda muPattani. Gweta remauto rinoti havana chokwadi chekuti vachabvumidzwa here kutora chikamu muhurukuro dzerunyararo pakati peThailand neboka rinopikisa BRN, idzo dzichatangazve mwedzi uno. Pakutanga, mutungamiri wenhume dzeThai akataura kuti mapoka maviri achabatana.

- The Public Prosecution Service ichapomera mupoteri wekare-monk Wirapol Sukphol (kubva muvhidhiyo nejeti yakavanzika) kuita zvepabonde nemwana mudiki. Mumongi uyu akaita mwana naye, uyo ava nemakore gumi nerimwe. Mumongi uyu akaongororwa neDepartment of Special Investigation. DSI yaendesa gwaro redziviriro yemhosva dzavari kupomerwa nePublic Prosecution Service, dzinosanganisira hutsotsi, kusabhadhara mutero, kuuraya munhu uye kuba mari zvisiri pamutemo.

- MuPak Thong Chai (Nakhon Ratchasima), mapurisa akawana mutyairi werori yemotokari mukombi yake, ane mutsipa wakachekwa. 2.100 litres emafuta aive asipo kubva mutangi. Mapurisa anofungidzira kuti mutyairi akamanikidzwa nechikwata kuti abvise mafuta, achibva apondwa.

- Makadhi eropafadzo Bazi rezvekutakurwa kwezvinhu rinoita serinofunga kuti ipfungwa yakanaka kubvumidza vanhu vane mari shoma chete kuti vabatsirikane nezvifambiso zveveruzhinji pachena. Munhu wese ave kukwanisa kushandisa hurongwa hwakawedzerwa nedare remakurukota neChipiri kusvika kupera kwaKurume. Izvi zvinoshanda kumabhazi mazana masere eBMA munzira makumi manomwe nenhatu muBangkok uye zvimwe zvitima zvechitatu-kirasi.

- Chitunha chemukadzi ane makore makumi mana nematanhatu chakashama chakawanikwa nezuro mumachakwi muChum Phae (Khon Kaen). Aiva nemaronda akadzika muhuro nemudumbu uye nhengo dzake dzakavandika. Mbatya dzake dzaive pedyo. Mukadzi uyu akanga asina pekugara uye airarama nekutengesa simbi dzakaraswa.

– Vanachiremba nenyanzvi dzedzidzo vanokumbira hurumende kuti inyore zviri pamutemo mapiritsi ekubvisa pamuviri. Ikozvino yava kunzi yakachengeteka saka hapana chikonzero chekurambidza kupinda kwayo.

- Chitunha chemurume weChinese chakagezwa pamahombekombe eKata (Phuket). Murume uyu akaenda kunotuhwina neshamwari nemusi weMuvhuro zvisinei nemureza mutsvuku wekunyevera. Mumwe mushandi wokununura akakwanisa kuponesa shamwari yacho, asi nyajambwa wacho akanga anyangarika.

Commentary

- Vagari vemumusha waKaren muMae Jaem, wakagara mumupata wakasvibira uye wakakomberedzwa nemakomo marefu nemasango anogara akasvibira muChiang Mai, vakapika pamwe chete kutora hupenyu hwavo kana hurumende ikaenderera mberi nekuvakwa kwedhamu reMae Jaem. “Tingatofa takakurumidza pane kufa zvishoma nezvishoma,” vamwe amai Karen vanopfupikisa kuratidzira kwacho nokupfupikisa.

Mae Jaem nderimwe remadhamu makumi maviri nerimwe - hurumende iri kutaura nezvemadhamu - ayo achavakwa pasi pechirongwa chemvura che21 bhiriyoni baht. Dhamu rakaitirwa kudzivirira mafashama ezasi Mae Jaem River.

Chimbomira zvishoma, anonyora Sanitsuda Ekachai mukoramu yake yevhiki nevhiki Bangkok Post. Imhandoi yehuroyi iyi? Mae Jaem inorondedzerwa nevakuru vesango senzvimbo yekutanga yekunaya kwemvura. Zvinonyatsoenderana nemutemo wehurumende wekuchengetedza masango kudzivirira mafashamo nekukukurwa kwevhu. Sei waizotemera sango rinokosha iroro?

Nzvimbo iyi inowana mvura shoma uye dhamu rakarongwa richatora mvura kubva mumipata mitatu chete yeRwizi rweMae Jaem. Kumisa kuyerera kwemvura kunozokonzera kusanaya kwemvura kuzasi, kunyanya mumwaka wekupisa. Asi dhamu iri riri kudhurira misha mitatu uye rinozadza minda nemigwagwa mumisha mitatu iri padyo. Uyezve, dhamu riri kuvakwa pamutsetse unoshanda. Vanovaka madhamu vanofungei?

Kana ari mamwe madhamu, mutongi wekutonga akaraira kuti ongororo yemamiriro ekunze inofanira kutanga yaitwa. Sanitsuda ine kutenda kushoma mairi uye sezviri pachena kunyange vagari vomumusha. Ndosaka vave kutaura chokwadi ivo pachavo. Chavanongoda kunzwikwa kuitira kuti chikonzero chigokunda uye havafanirwe kuzviuraya senzira yekupedzisira yekuchengetedza ramangwana revana vavo. (Kwakabva: Bangkok Post, Gumiguru 2, 2013)

Nhau dzezvematongerwo enyika

- Prime Minister Yingluck anogona kuendesa bhiri rekugadzirisa Senate kuna mambo kuti akwanise kusaina. Dare reConstitutional Court harina kumbomisa izvi nezuro. Yakarasa chikumbiro chakabva kumaseneta maviri eDemocratic Alliance achipokana kuti hapana chikonzero kana kuomerwa nenguva zvingapa chikonzero chekurambidzwa kwedare. Dare rakatsigira izvi richitaura nezvemutongo wakambotanga apo rakaramba kumisa gakava reparamende pamusoro pechikumbiro chekuvandudzwa.

Kugadziriswa kwakagamuchirwa neParamende mukuverenga kwayo kwechitatu uye kwekupedzisira neMugovera. Mutungamiriri wehurumende Yingluck vakatoisaina uye vane mazuva makumi maviri ekuti vaise kuSecretariat yaMambo. Mambo anobva ava nemazuva makumi mapfumbamwe ekusaina. Kana nguva iyoyo ikapfuudzwa, paramende inofanira kuzeya zvakare chikumbiro ichi.

Hondo iri mudare reConstitutional Court haisati yapera, sezvo Dare nezuro rakatarisa chikumbiro chemumiriri weDemocratic MP achipokana kuti chikumbiro ichi hachienderane nebumbiro remutemo nekuti vamwe vamiriri vePheu Thai vakavhotera vamwe vavo. [Kare bepanhau rakanyora nhengo yePT imwe chete.] Mumwe munhu ari kuDare anoti Dare richapa mutongo mukati memazuva 90, kuitira kuti mambo asanyare. Chikumbiro ichi chine mukana wekubudirira.

Bato rinopikisa reDemocrats rakumbirazve mutungamiri wehurumende, VaYingluck, kuti vasaendese bhiri iri kuna mambo uye kuti vamirire mutongo wedare.

[Tsanangudzo: Chokwadi, kurwira masimba kwakaoma kuri kuitika pakati pebato riri kutonga Pheu Thai nebato rinopikisa reDemocrats. Kana mutemo ukatanga kushanda, Pheu Thai ichakwanisa kuwedzera simba rayo muSeneti, iyo ichava nezvakanakira pakugadza nhengo dzemasangano akazvimirira. Bato rinopikisa reDemocrats rakazara muvashoma muparamende uye rinogara richiyedza kukanganisa hurumende nenzira dzemutemo.]

Nhau dzehupfumi

- Inflation munaGunyana yaive 1,42 muzana pagore, inova mwero wakaderera mumwedzi makumi mana nematanhatu. Nekuda kwekuti kuwedzera kuri kuramba kuchidzikira, hurumende yakagadzirisa chinangwa chayo chegore rino kubva pa46-2,8 kuenda pa3,2-2,1 percent. Ane chikwereti ichi kumitengo yemafuta iri pakati nepakati uye yakasimba baht. Inflation rate inotarwa zvichienderana ne2,6 zvinhu zvevatengi. Muna Zvita 450 yaive yepamusoro pa2012 muzana.

Uye ipapo shumiro inoshandisawo imwe core inflation (kunze kwemitengo yemafuta uye chikafu chitsva). Iwoyo muzana anobva pane 312 zvigadzirwa nemasevhisi. Mwedzi wapfuura, yakakwira 0,61 muzana gore negore, ichigara mukati meBhange reThailand kubva 0,5 kusvika 3 muzana.

Avhareji yekukwira kwemitengo mumwedzi mipfumbamwe yekutanga yegore rino yaive 2,36 muzana pagore uye iyo yakakosha inflation yaive 1,07%.

- In Bangkok Nhepfenyuro yeChitatu ndeyekutarisa kumashure kune mupunga wemortgage system. Ini ndakatonyora nezvawo zvakawanda, asi chitsva kwandiri imhinduro kumubvunzo wekuti: Zvingaite sei kuti matani mamiriyoni manomwe emupunga akatengeswa kunze kwenyika gore rakapera, ukuwo hurumende yakatenga mapadhi kubva kuvarimi pamusoro-musika mutengo 7 kusvika 40 muzana atenga?

Mhinduro ndeiyi: mupunga unobvinza kubva kumari yehurumende kuburikidza nemakambani mana anoita sevarevereri. Uye makambani aya anobva atengesera mupunga kune vatengesi vemuno nevatengesi kunze kwenyika. Sekureva kwaNipon Poapongsakorn, muongorori wezvemitemo kuThailand Development Research Institute, avo vepakati vanofanirwa kuwana mubairo mukuru. Tsanangudzo pamusoro pekutengeserana uku ndedzakavanzika.

Zvimwewo zvakavanzika zvibvumirano zvinonzi nehurumende yakapesana nenyika dzakawanda dzekunze maererano nekutengesa mupunga. Uye Minister of Commerce vanoshinga kutaura nemeso akaoma kuti mortgage system yaburitsa kurasikirwa kwe2 kusvika 80 bhiriyoni baht mumakore maviri apfuura, nepo Ms Supa (ona pamusoro) akataura 100 bhiriyoni baht.

Pakuvamba kwegadziriro yezvimba, makore maviri apfuura, mutengo wekutengeserana pasi rose wemupunga wakanga uri madhora mazana matanhatu patani, zvino inenge madhora mazana mana nemakumi mashanu. Wachinjwa kuva mupunga wakakanyiwa, hurumende inobhadhara $2 patani.

Dossier

Dossier chikamu chine ruzivo nezve misoro iri kana yagara iri munhau. Dossier inopa ruzivo rwekumashure, zvichibva pane zvinyorwa mukati Bangkok Post. Pave nenguva kubva chikamu chekupedzisira chaburitswa. Nhasi tiri kutarisa nezveDhipatimendi reNational Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation uye ingwe.

National Parks, Wildlife uye Plant Conservation
Dhipatimendi reNational Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation rine vashandi ve20.490, vakapihwa basa rekutarisa nzvimbo dzinochengeterwa mazana mana negumi neimwe uye mapaki akachengetedzwa anosvika mamirioni makumi manomwe nenomwe nemazana mana emakiromita (411 square kilometers) ane bhajeti shoma ye73 baht per rai. Kubva 116.800, vachengeti vemasango makumi mana nevaviri vakaurayiwa nevanovhima zvisiri pamutemo uye makumi mana nevasere vakakuvara, vamwe zvakaipisisa. Muchengeti wesango anotambira 13,87 baht pamwedzi.

Tigers
Kuchine ingwe 3.200 1.400 musango pasi rose, idzo 300 2010 muIndia uye 2020 muThailand. Pamusangano muSt Petersburg muna XNUMX, nyika gumi nenhatu, kusanganisira Thailand, dzakavimbisa kuwedzera huwandu hwevanhu uye chinangwa ichi chinofanira kuzadzikiswa panosvika gore raXNUMX. Thailand zvakare inhengo yeGlobal Tiger Recovery Chirongwa.

Tiger chiratidzo chakakosha chehutano hwesango. Ivo vari pamusoro pechikafu chekudya. Kana paine dindingwe, zvinoreva kuti kune dzimwe mhuka zvakare. Kana ingwe padzinotsakatika, zvinoreva kuguma kwezvipenyu zvesango.

World Wildlife Fund Thailand yakazvipira kuchengetedza ingwe muThailand. Mhuka yacho yakanyangarika zvishoma nezvishoma kubva kuLaos, Myanmar neCambodia. Ingwe dzinobudirira munzvimbo dzakakura dzine chikafu chakakwana.

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