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<p>Congratulation from Québec, Canada.</p>
<p>You are ahead of us....</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>De :</b> SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages <SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU> de la part de Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM><br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> 18 mars 2016 12:02<br>
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<b>Objet :</b> Re: Maltese Sign Language made official</font>
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<div>Here, here! I second the congratulations to the Deaf Community of Malta!</div>
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<div>Malta is ahead of many countries ;-)</div>
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<div>The Maltese Deaf Community may be tiny, as you say, but they are setting an excellent example for the world. And I am sure your efforts, Maria, have made a major contribution...</div>
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<div>Thank you for informing us - </div>
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<div>On Mar 18, 2016, at 8:21 AM, Carlos Machado Oliveira <<a href="mailto:machado@softwarelivre.org">machado@SOFTWARELIVRE.ORG</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>Congratulations to the Deaf community of Malta. <br>
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<div>We all hope the law will help bring great advances for the community's campaigns!
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<div><b>From: </b>"Marie Alexander" <<a href="mailto:marie.alexander@um.edu.mt">marie.alexander@UM.EDU.MT</a>><br>
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<b>Sent: </b>Friday, 18 March, 2016 11:20:10<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Maltese Sign Language made official<br>
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<div>I just wanted to share the wonderful news that Maltese Sign Language (LSM) is now an official language in Malta.</div>
<div>The Bill became law on Wednesday 16th, less than 48 hours ago. I was in Parliament with some members of the </div>
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<div>Hopefully, this will make a difference to many here, particularly to youngsters at school but also to the adults.</div>
<div>There is, of course, a lot of work to be done to enable the law to make a difference but this is the first big step.</div>
<div>Signwriting will play an important role as we hope to develop resources through it too.</div>
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<div>I wouldn't be surprised if some of you saw one of the photos that went floating across smartphones within minutes.</div>
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<div>I thought you would all be pleased about this. The Maltese Deaf community is tiny but they make up for it in other ways.</div>
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