But City Councilor Mara Rumiz says authorities are aware they cannot ignore the problem of the shrinking population any longer.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The problem with--there's a problem with gambling behavior because in a certain fraction of the population we have pathological gambling.

赌博行为有个特殊情况,在人群中总会有一小撮人,我们称之为病态赌博

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"The government has identified the critical problem we have at the moment is electricity for all the population.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

"So,this kind of cyclical problem of displacement is extremely unsettling for the population and limits the possibility for the population to reinvest in economic activities such as agriculture,commerce and so on and so forth,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25