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29 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 5 MAY 2019 OPINION these you will but not doctors"; "Pity your mothers didn't abort you"; "They are quacks and butchers killing an innocent child in his mother's womb"; etc., etc., etc. Please note: 'quacks and butchers'. As in the case of Mark Anthony Falzon and so many others, the tactic is to immediately hit out in two di- rections – the personal insult, coupled with the professional slur – but never, ever to actu- ally respond to the argument at hand. So much so, that in 20 years' worth of 'discussion' about abortion in Malta… I have never heard a single, rea- soned reply to those doctors' concerns. We have, in a nutshell, forgotten how to argue. And this lapsus can already be seen to carry very high price-tag. Consider, for instance, that while all this ad-hominem invective is masquerading as 'debate' in the background… there is a whole new genera- tion rising through the ranks: young people, who (unlike my own age-group) were born into European Malta; who have travelled, studied, maybe worked abroad… who have grounds to compare how discussion takes place here, as opposed to elsewhere. What do those people see, when they look around? Argu- ments on one side; insults on the other. Simple as that, really. So even if those arguments may occasionally be weak – or downright gibberish, as my own, above – they are still likelier to resonate far more than any number of child- ish playground rants. Small wonder, then, that the people or lobby-groups hurling all the insults – and none of the arguments – always seem to end up on the losing side of any given debate. And yes, that was an open invitation to an argument. Fire away… To replace 'arguments' with 'insults' is to automatically concede defeat. It proves that the argument you are attempting to assail is simply too sound to be demolished by logic; so you have to resort to something else. Something that features no logic at all Lands Authority, notifies that: Sealed tenders in respect of the following advertisements have to be dropped in the Tender Box at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta by 10.00 am on Thursday, 16th May, 2019. *Adverts appearing for the first time. Tenders should only be made only on the prescribed form, which, together with the relevant conditions and other documents are obtainable from the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta on any working day between 8:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. ISSUE OF TENDERS Sale tale quale of a Garage at No. 2, under Block 'G' , Sqaq ta' Frakass, tal-Hawli, Birgu, shown edged in red and marked No. 2 on plan P.D. 78_80_17_A. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €3,780 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of thirty-seven thousand and eight hundred Euros (€37,800) will not be considered. A fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of tender document. Lease, for the remaining period of the present lease which ends on the 4th November, 2023, of a bare shop No. 13 at No.5, under Block Appartamenti Indipendenza, Triq Dun G. Mifsud, Santa Lucija, shown edged in red and marked Shop No. 13 on plan L.D. 11/82/34. Present tenant does not want to remain in the lease and an interested third party is ready to assume the remaining term of this lease. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for the amount of €7,312 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of three thousand six hundred and fifty-six Euro (€3,656) per annum will not be considered. This tender is subject to a right of first refusal. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of tender document. Lease for commercial purposes of the Premises at No. 114, Triq l-Ifran corner with Triq San Duminku, Valletta, shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2010_552_A. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for the amount of €11,300 as stipulated on the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of thirteen thousand and two hundred Euro (€13,200) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of tender document. Lease, of a Shelter at No. 15 Xatt il-Barrieri, Valletta, shown edged in red on plan P.D.2015_0786. These premises are to be used solely as a boathouse or for storage purposes. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €13,500 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of one thousand five hundred (€1,500) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of tender document. Lease tale quale of the premises at No. 30 (previously No. 32) Triq Nazzarenu, Hamrun, shown edged in red on plan P.D.2012_107. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €8,625 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of four thousand and two hundred Euro (€4,200) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of tender document. Sale of a site in front of Premises at Nos. 115 and 116, Triq il-Knisja. Xaghra, Gozo as shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2015_0370. This site is subject to existing servitudes in favour of adjecent properties. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €1,080 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of ten thousand eight hundred Euros (€10,800) will not be considered. The fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of tender document. Sale of a site at No. 65, Triq is-Sajf, Qormi as shown edged in red and marked No. 65 on plan P.D. 2018_0389. This site is subject to existing servitudes in favour of adjacent property. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €8,075 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of eighty thousand seven hundred and forty-one Euros (€80,741) will not be considered. The fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of tender document. www.landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering Lands Authority St. Sebastian Street, Valletta *Advert No. 65 *Advert No. 67 *Advert No. 69 *Advert No. 68 *Advert No. 70 *Advert No. 71 *Advert No. 66