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OceanGate: Full Refunds and Apology – 泰坦尼克探险潜水器失踪5人生死未卜 – (22.6.2023)

As there is no ill-feeling – OceanGate will NOT be charging the families concerned for the loss of the Submersible (Titan I) and will NOT be pursuing renumeration for the ample cost of the Search and Rescue Mission. Furthermore:

1) OceanGate will be issuing a full refund of $125,000 to the families of each participant.

2) OceanGate will be offering a 50% Discount coupon to the five families concerned.

3) This 50% Discount coupon will be redeemable for special ‘Titan II’ tours to the seabed for those onboard to observe the wreck of Titan I!

4) Titan I will become a ‘tomb’ for those who died onboard – with a special compartment reserved especially for those of the Islamic faith! This will be distinguished by a ‘Crescent Moon’ engraved on the outer structure!”

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China: Mother’s Mean Age at First-Birth to Keep Rising! (11.4.2023)

The mean age of women at first marriage was 25.7 years old and that at first birth was 26.8 years old in 2017, both much higher than the legal age for marriage, said the NHC, citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

The NHC said financial burden, children’s care and women’s worries about employment have become the main factors restricting fertility.

The commission promised that it will improve supporting measures with relevant departments to create a good social environment for marriage and childbearing.

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NHS: UK MidWives Fail to Support Strike Action!

This result allows the Tory government to carrying-on its privatisation plan and implement a US-style insurance healthcare scheme that only cares for the rich and punishes the poor and disabled for being ill! Sad news! What follows is the standard email sent to all Union Members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) explaining this tragic result. Remember the Tories clapping, cheering and stamping their feet after the UK Parliament voted down a 1% payrise after thousands of frontline NHS Staff had died fighting Covid-19 – because the same Tory government had refused to provide effective PPE. Gee survived because our Comrades in the Communist Party of China – when they heard about how the Tory Party was killing its own NHS Staff – felt compelled to send us a free supply of face masks for Gee to wear at work!

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