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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: stockman_scott who wrote (34071)1/2/2004 8:51:29 PM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
When I saw this title

Easy pickings for champion rat catcher

I immediately thought of a location just south of Baltimore where his talent could be put to use.

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LABOURER Ismail Hamzah has earned almost RM3,000 (S$1,350) and the title of best rat catcher by killing 1,175 of the rodents in three months.

The Kota Baru city council in Kelantan offered residents RM1 per rat as part of a campaign to eradicate the vermin.

At the end of the three-month campaign, participants handed in a total of 1,922 rats. Mr Ismail, 43, caught 1,175 of them.

He received the bounty for each rat and a first-prize bonus of RM1,500.

He said he shot the rats with pebbles, using a slingshot that he made from a block of wood and rubber tube.


straitstimes.asia1.com.sg

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