ʻO ke Kuhina Nui o Jamaica, ʻo ka Hon. Ua helu ʻo Andrew Holness i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea waiwai nui o Jamaica.
ʻOiai e kamaʻilio ana i kahi ʻelele kūikawā o kahi 70 mau mea pāʻani pilikino a me nā luna aupuni mai Saudi Arabia, ma ka Jamaica-Saudi Business Luncheon i mālama ʻia ma ka Port Royal Cruise Ship Pier i nehinei (Iulai 8), ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Nui he nui nā manawa i loaʻa. i Jamaica no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāina e kūkulu ai i nā hōkele a me nā hōkele.
Ma ka haʻi kūikawā ʻana iā Portland a me Westmoreland, ua hōʻike ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Holness e hāʻawi ʻia ka manaʻo nui i kēia mau pā hale "e hoʻomohala i kahi ʻano huakaʻi hou a mākou e wehewehe ai he haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano o ka nui akā kiʻekiʻe ma ke ʻano o ka waiwai a me ka maikaʻi."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Mr. Holness "makemake ʻo ia e ʻike i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i kēlā mau wahi" i loaʻa nā bays i hiki ke "hoʻololi ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana moku holo moku." Ua haʻi pū ʻo ia iā Port Antonio, kahi āna i manaʻo ai he "waiwai i ka mōʻaukala, ka moʻomeheu, a hiki ke hoʻomohala." Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Nui e makemake ʻo ia e "hoʻokomo i nā hoʻopukapuka ma laila".
Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia e hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia nā hoʻopukapuka ma Port Royal e hoʻohana i ka mōʻaukala o ke kaona.
I kēia manawa, ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi, Hon. Edmund Bartlett a me Kuhina ʻOihana, Hoʻopukapuka a me Kālepa, Senator, ka Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Aubyn Hill ua mahalo lākou i ka hoihoi i hōʻike ʻia e ka ʻelele mai Saudi Arabia ma Jamaica.
Ua hōʻike mai nā lālā o ka ʻelele he hoihoi nui lākou i nā manawa mākaʻikaʻi, ma waena o nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hope Kuhina no nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā no Saudi Arabia, ʻo kāna Mea Hanohano Badr Al Badr "ua lilo ka Caribbean i wahi koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻopukapuka kālā a me ka hui ʻoihana no Saudi Arabia," me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana ʻo "Jamaica ke kolu o ka hoʻokele waiwai nui ma ka ʻāina."
Ma hope o ke kipa ʻana o ka ʻelele i kekahi mau hālāwai ma waena o Kuhina Bartlett; Kuhina Hill; a me ke Kuhina o ka huakaʻi no Saudi Arabia, ka Mea Hanohano Ahmed Al Khateeb, i kona kipa ʻana i Jamaica i Iune i hala. ʻO ka ʻelele, ʻo ia ka ʻO ka hui nui loa o nā mea hoʻopukapuka e kipa aku iā Jamaica mai ka Middle East i kālele ʻia i nā wahi e like me ka logistics, ka mahiʻai, ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻokipa, ka ʻoihana, a me ka waiwai. Ua nānā pū lākou i nā koho hoʻopukapuka like ʻole ma ka ʻāpana hui, Montego Bay, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka mokupuni. Ua mākaukau ka ʻelele e haʻalele i ka mokupuni i kēia lā (Iulai 9).
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- While addressing a special delegation of some 70 private sector players and government officials from Saudi Arabia, at the Jamaica-Saudi Business Luncheon held at the Port Royal Cruise Ship Pier yesterday (July 8), the Prime Minister said there are many opportunities available in Jamaica for the acquisition of lands to build hotels and resorts.
- Making special mention of Portland and Westmoreland, Prime Minister Holness indicated that particular attention is being given to these parishes “to develop a new type of tourism which we would describe to be low in terms of density but high in terms of value and quality.
- The delegation, which is the largest group of investors to ever visit Jamaica from the Middle East focused on areas such as logistics, agriculture, tourism and hospitality, infrastructure, and real estate.
