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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035645&quot;&gt;CarrieErbag&lt;/a&gt;.

It&#039;s hard to express these concepts in Maltese. I don&#039;t think there&#039;s anything that comes close to reading between the lines, or devil in the detail.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035645">CarrieErbag</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s hard to express these concepts in Maltese. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything that comes close to reading between the lines, or devil in the detail.</p>
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		By: CarrieErbag		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CarrieErbag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035631&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.


Wrong choice of words?  There are a number of expressions in addition to &#039;read the fine print&#039;.  

For example: &quot;As they say the devil is in the detail&quot; ......&quot;That much is clear when you read between the lines.&quot;

I believe Dr Busuttil  said these words when speaking about the Individual Investor Programme; but this is something I have read on a blog written in English. Although I expect at some point he has uttered these same sentiments in his native language. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035631">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Wrong choice of words?  There are a number of expressions in addition to &#8216;read the fine print&#8217;.  </p>
<p>For example: &#8220;As they say the devil is in the detail&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;&#8221;That much is clear when you read between the lines.&#8221;</p>
<p>I believe Dr Busuttil  said these words when speaking about the Individual Investor Programme; but this is something I have read on a blog written in English. Although I expect at some point he has uttered these same sentiments in his native language. </p>
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		By: watcher of lies		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[watcher of lies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035551&quot;&gt;J Sammut&lt;/a&gt;.

Another unannounced ministerial visit that we get to know about through the foreign press. 
Transparency?  My foot.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035551">J Sammut</a>.</p>
<p>Another unannounced ministerial visit that we get to know about through the foreign press.<br />
Transparency?  My foot.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035579&quot;&gt;CarrieErbag&lt;/a&gt;.

Wrong choice of words though. The expression here is &#039;read the fine print&#039;. Did he say it in Maltese?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035579">CarrieErbag</a>.</p>
<p>Wrong choice of words though. The expression here is &#8216;read the fine print&#8217;. Did he say it in Maltese?</p>
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		By: Asclepius		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Asclepius]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is actually no competition. The Maltese Medical School has high standards but is also free to EU members and the fees paid by non-EU students are nowhere compared to British universities. 

This medical school targets Far East and south -east Asia rich students who for some reason or other do not make the grade for the London campus.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is actually no competition. The Maltese Medical School has high standards but is also free to EU members and the fees paid by non-EU students are nowhere compared to British universities. </p>
<p>This medical school targets Far East and south -east Asia rich students who for some reason or other do not make the grade for the London campus.</p>
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		By: Asclepius		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Asclepius]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[San Raffaele was to be a specialised, research-based hospital, with 3 or 4 specialities, that would have added around 400 extra beds. 

After campaigning against it and threatening to dismantle it, the Labour government of 1996 decided to close St Luke&#039;s and use Mater Dei as a general hospital. 

The problem was that the foundations had already been built and they were meant to take a maximum of three floors (the original was to be a two storey building). 

I was informed that parts of the last floor (3rd floor) were actually built of lighter material. So instead of having 1,200 beds, we have 800.

As usual, the PL aided by sections of the media, tries to hide this truth.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>San Raffaele was to be a specialised, research-based hospital, with 3 or 4 specialities, that would have added around 400 extra beds. </p>
<p>After campaigning against it and threatening to dismantle it, the Labour government of 1996 decided to close St Luke&#8217;s and use Mater Dei as a general hospital. </p>
<p>The problem was that the foundations had already been built and they were meant to take a maximum of three floors (the original was to be a two storey building). </p>
<p>I was informed that parts of the last floor (3rd floor) were actually built of lighter material. So instead of having 1,200 beds, we have 800.</p>
<p>As usual, the PL aided by sections of the media, tries to hide this truth.</p>
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		By: Asclepius		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, and thus University, were not even informed let alone consulted on this medical school. 

There is widespread resistance to such a move for the simple fact that there are not enough beds to train our current number of medical students let alone other foreign, non-British, paying students.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, and thus University, were not even informed let alone consulted on this medical school. </p>
<p>There is widespread resistance to such a move for the simple fact that there are not enough beds to train our current number of medical students let alone other foreign, non-British, paying students.</p>
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		By: Patrik		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;At least we don’t have single, highly specific figures this time round (“198.7 million euros”), reminiscent of the energy agreement before the general election.&quot;

Sounds like it is 150 million GBP. The pound was weaker a year ago when the deal supposedly was made. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;At least we don’t have single, highly specific figures this time round (“198.7 million euros”), reminiscent of the energy agreement before the general election.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sounds like it is 150 million GBP. The pound was weaker a year ago when the deal supposedly was made. </p>
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		By: Prestcott		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Prestcott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dik hi t-trasparenza kollha. L-istess ġara fil-kaz tal-power station - baqgħet trasparenti u ma dehret inkien.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dik hi t-trasparenza kollha. L-istess ġara fil-kaz tal-power station &#8211; baqgħet trasparenti u ma dehret inkien.</p>
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		By: chico		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chico]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035577&quot;&gt;Thaddeus (The Other Judas)&lt;/a&gt;.

...great in virtue and rich in miracles, to thee I have recourse from the depths of my heart...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/03/top-comment-this-sounds-like-another-deal-has-already-been-struck-behind-our-backs/#comment-3035577">Thaddeus (The Other Judas)</a>.</p>
<p>&#8230;great in virtue and rich in miracles, to thee I have recourse from the depths of my heart&#8230;</p>
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