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A teenager from a poor family in the rural Philippines has been declared the world's shortest man as he turned 18, the BBC reports.

Guinness World Records presented 59.93 cm tall Junrey Balawing with a certificate at his 18th birthday party.

Balawing stopped growing when he was two, his father said. He is more than 7cm shorter than the previous record holder, Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal.

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“世界最矮男人”新紀錄誕生

?????? 英國廣播公司消息，菲律賓農村一個貧困家庭的少年在18歲生日時被確認為世界上最矮的男人，吉尼斯世界紀錄在瓊瑞?巴拉溫生日當天授予他世界最矮男人稱號。

?????? 巴拉溫只有59.93公分高，他父親說，他在兩歲的時候就停止了長個兒。他比原紀錄保持者——來自尼泊爾的卡根德拉?塔巴?馬加爾還要矮7公分多。

(China.org.cn June 14, 2011)