Dear Editor,
Let's look at the big picture, who suggested Goat Islands for the logistics project? The Chinese are building the Nicaragua Canal, they have unlimited access to building in the canal zone and at the canal entrances, both on the Pacific and Caribbean side, a lot more space than Goad Islands would provide. Why Goat Islands?
Why would the Chinese, after exiting the Nicaragua's Canal on the Caribbean side, want to sail approximately 500 more miles to Goat Islands, Jamaica? Does anyone believe they will just sail by the Pedro Banks and not trawl fish? Every fisherman on the south coast of Jamaica will suffer. Who will clean up waste generated on Goat Islands? Do you think they will build a bridge to connect to the mainland? I think not.
Who will control who comes and goes on the Island? Does anyone believe that Jamaica will be able to collect Custom duties for all the Chinese products that will illegally bypass our Customs and enter the island for sale? Our manufacturing sector will lose many jobs because of Chinese products flooding the country.
Doing business in China you have to get a Chinese partner who owns 49 or 51 per cent of your business, will Jamaica own 49 or 51 per cent of business generated by the project? Jamaica is playing with fire and we will get burn. I believe if this project goes through 90 per cent of the workers on the project will be Chinese nationals and we will not have a clue who is coming and going. This may be far-fetched, but if this project goes through do we have to worry about our economic zone south of the island? Wake up Jamaica, whatever agreement is reached will break the bank.
Don S
dcds57@gmail.com
Why Goat Islands?
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Let's look at the big picture, who suggested Goat Islands for the logistics project? The Chinese are building the Nicaragua Canal, they have unlimited access to building in the canal zone and at the canal entrances, both on the Pacific and Caribbean side, a lot more space than Goad Islands would provide. Why Goat Islands?
Why would the Chinese, after exiting the Nicaragua's Canal on the Caribbean side, want to sail approximately 500 more miles to Goat Islands, Jamaica? Does anyone believe they will just sail by the Pedro Banks and not trawl fish? Every fisherman on the south coast of Jamaica will suffer. Who will clean up waste generated on Goat Islands? Do you think they will build a bridge to connect to the mainland? I think not.
Who will control who comes and goes on the Island? Does anyone believe that Jamaica will be able to collect Custom duties for all the Chinese products that will illegally bypass our Customs and enter the island for sale? Our manufacturing sector will lose many jobs because of Chinese products flooding the country.
Doing business in China you have to get a Chinese partner who owns 49 or 51 per cent of your business, will Jamaica own 49 or 51 per cent of business generated by the project? Jamaica is playing with fire and we will get burn. I believe if this project goes through 90 per cent of the workers on the project will be Chinese nationals and we will not have a clue who is coming and going. This may be far-fetched, but if this project goes through do we have to worry about our economic zone south of the island? Wake up Jamaica, whatever agreement is reached will break the bank.
Don S
dcds57@gmail.com
Why Goat Islands?
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