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Monday, July 12, 2004 – Opposition Leader and Parliamentary
Representative for Dennery North, Honourable Marcus Nicholas has lauded the
efforts of the Government and in particular, the Ministry of Social
Transformation for undertaking to renovate a community centre in his
constituency, at a cost of $200,000. The communities of Gros Islet will also
have a fully refurbish and renovated community centre, at the same cost.
At a signing ceremony in the Ministry for Social Transformation on Friday June
9th, 2004, Mr. Nicholas said that the availability of such a facility in Dennery
North would augur well for the youth, stressing that it would serve as a
deterrent for those who may be tempted to engage in unsociable activities. He
added that developments like these also make a very positive impact,
particularly on parents and children.
“You have a lot of young children going in there; the mothers come around; it is
around an area where you have lot of young people gathering. So, it is
definitely going to have an impact on the persons and they too, will appreciate
it,” Mr. Nicholas said.
Minister for Social Transformation, Culture and Local Government, Honourable
Menissa Rambally, stated that her Ministry was on an ongoing crusade to develop
the proper environment, and create meaningful ways for effective community
development.
“So today, I want to indicate that the Ministry’s objective is simply to put
infrastructure down in communities and constituencies; our objectives are not
just to ensure that we have every where we go around, fancy and lovely building.
Yes, we like to know that we are seeing those physical advancements. But more
importantly, our mandate is to see after the social aspects of the development
of our communities,” Minister Rambally said.
Renovation and Refurbishment of the Gros Islet Community Centre will be
undertaken by Heburt Construction, while Denco Construction will execute works
on the La Ressource centre.
The projects, which are to commence soon will be supervised by the consultant
engineering firm of Goodridge and Associates.
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