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		By: Claude Sciberras		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claude Sciberras]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But would one also need to calculate the commissions, fees and also money under the counter for fastracking?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But would one also need to calculate the commissions, fees and also money under the counter for fastracking?</p>
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		By: Jenny		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wonder what KMB and Norman Lowell think of this lovely scheme.  Just in case I missed out , could somebody update me please?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder what KMB and Norman Lowell think of this lovely scheme.  Just in case I missed out , could somebody update me please?</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362446&quot;&gt;George Grech&lt;/a&gt;.

And the &quot;fast-tracking.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362446">George Grech</a>.</p>
<p>And the &#8220;fast-tracking.&#8221;</p>
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		By: manum		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manum]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cosequences of this scheme is unimaginable. This is worse than illegal immigration!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The cosequences of this scheme is unimaginable. This is worse than illegal immigration!</p>
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		By: soss		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[soss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Il-Consolation prize kien iktar jaghmel sens kieku kien barmil ilma minn funtana.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Il-Consolation prize kien iktar jaghmel sens kieku kien barmil ilma minn funtana.</p>
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		By: soss		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362703</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[soss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362255&quot;&gt;P Shaw&lt;/a&gt;.

Taghna lkoll]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362255">P Shaw</a>.</p>
<p>Taghna lkoll</p>
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		By: soss		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[soss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First prize - the waiters will be provided by Peter Paul Zammit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First prize &#8211; the waiters will be provided by Peter Paul Zammit.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362643</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Roughly&quot; 46 million euro, or any number of zeros added on after that:

Perhaps Manwel, as an incentive, will only process 60 main applicants at a time, translating to &quot;roughly&quot; 300 passports a go, as per the lead off this picture that matches the stated initial target already covered.

Since it would require 17 such intakes to reach the figure of 5000 passports, and since this is not a nice round figure for monthly accounts, my bet is that the minimum objective is 600 passports a month for a minimum target reached of 10,000 passports a year.

This should eventually give them a very comfortable margin, and eventually is relative in consequence to how much the Maltese electorate allows them to get away with. This could happen sooner, or if pain tolerance levels are high - and they are in Malta because we have already suffered the immunity induction under Mintoff, later.

If this Labour Government lasts for two or three terms, it would have succeeded in changing the base Maltese DNA, as it seems to aspire to, from Phoenician to Chinese etc.

This Labour Government will be into bulk buying all right.  Besides Keith Kasco into sugar, the rest will all be needing mattresses and warehouses for these.

For the record, is Keith Kasco also supplying the paper for the passports?

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For those who think 650,000 euro is a whole lot of money, place this in the perspective of those people who risk 100,000€ per game of backgammon or even 25,000€ as opening stakes in a poker game.

Or millions of euros over the years backing a Labour Opposition.

Or stashes into the multiple two digit billions of Libyan money.

Or Mugabe&#039;s personal diamond account money passing through Malta.

Or Shiv Nair operating tightly and secretly with Joseph Muscat and partners on behalf of the very well endowed Chinese Government, with additional Somali, Nigerian, Azeri, Georgian interests etc. 

Just because Joseph Muscat doesn&#039;t mention him and hasn&#039;t answered the questions, it doesn&#039;t mean that Shiv Nair has ceased to exist.

All these are real and happening scenarios.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Roughly&#8221; 46 million euro, or any number of zeros added on after that:</p>
<p>Perhaps Manwel, as an incentive, will only process 60 main applicants at a time, translating to &#8220;roughly&#8221; 300 passports a go, as per the lead off this picture that matches the stated initial target already covered.</p>
<p>Since it would require 17 such intakes to reach the figure of 5000 passports, and since this is not a nice round figure for monthly accounts, my bet is that the minimum objective is 600 passports a month for a minimum target reached of 10,000 passports a year.</p>
<p>This should eventually give them a very comfortable margin, and eventually is relative in consequence to how much the Maltese electorate allows them to get away with. This could happen sooner, or if pain tolerance levels are high &#8211; and they are in Malta because we have already suffered the immunity induction under Mintoff, later.</p>
<p>If this Labour Government lasts for two or three terms, it would have succeeded in changing the base Maltese DNA, as it seems to aspire to, from Phoenician to Chinese etc.</p>
<p>This Labour Government will be into bulk buying all right.  Besides Keith Kasco into sugar, the rest will all be needing mattresses and warehouses for these.</p>
<p>For the record, is Keith Kasco also supplying the paper for the passports?</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>For those who think 650,000 euro is a whole lot of money, place this in the perspective of those people who risk 100,000€ per game of backgammon or even 25,000€ as opening stakes in a poker game.</p>
<p>Or millions of euros over the years backing a Labour Opposition.</p>
<p>Or stashes into the multiple two digit billions of Libyan money.</p>
<p>Or Mugabe&#8217;s personal diamond account money passing through Malta.</p>
<p>Or Shiv Nair operating tightly and secretly with Joseph Muscat and partners on behalf of the very well endowed Chinese Government, with additional Somali, Nigerian, Azeri, Georgian interests etc. </p>
<p>Just because Joseph Muscat doesn&#8217;t mention him and hasn&#8217;t answered the questions, it doesn&#8217;t mean that Shiv Nair has ceased to exist.</p>
<p>All these are real and happening scenarios.</p>
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		By: George Grech		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Grech]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You left out the discount]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You left out the discount</p>
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		By: P Shaw		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[P Shaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 02:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362148&quot;&gt;ciccio&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;ilkoll ahwa Maltin&quot; would have been more appropriate.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/competition-bring-out-your-calculators/#comment-1362148">ciccio</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;ilkoll ahwa Maltin&#8221; would have been more appropriate.</p>
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