He is voicing a very serious concern "that Malays are not competitive enough both in the local and global market place, " says economist Charles Santiago.

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And he demonstrated by appointing the Vice President to lead these talks that he is very serious about leading this process to a conclusion that produces serious deficit reduction.

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"I realise this is a very serious mistake, " he wrote.

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He said hepatitis A was a "short-term infection that has very unpleasant symptoms but is rarely serious".

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"This is a very serious winter storm, and we want Oklahomans to stay safe, " he said.

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"There is a lot of evidence that Richard III had a very serious personal faith, " he said, though added it was impossible to know what Richard III would have made of plans for burial at a non-Catholic site at York or Leicester.

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