Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hōʻemi i ka hoʻopalapala ʻana ma nā kūlanakauhale a puni ka mokupuni, ua hoʻolilo ʻo The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) i $35 miliona no ka hōʻailona a hoʻokomo ʻana i 1000 Spruce Up pahu hoʻolei ʻōpala. He ʻāpana ia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka Ministry of Tourism "Spruce Up" e ʻimi nei e hoʻolako i kahi wahi maʻemaʻe a nani hoʻi e hoʻonui ai i ka nani o nā malihini a me nā ʻoihana ma nā wahi hoʻokipa o Jamaica.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka hāʻawi kūhelu ʻana o nā pahu hoʻolei ʻōpala i nehinei ma ka pōʻai hae ma ke kaona, Kingston, Kuhina Hoʻokalakupua, Hon. Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Edmund Bartlett i ka pono o ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou kaiapuni, "ʻO ka waiho ʻana i ka ʻōpala a me nā ʻōpala a puni ka wahi e hopena i ka palekana olakino o ko mākou kaiāulu a me nā wahi a waiho iā mākou āpau i nā maʻi ma muli o nā kūlana maʻemaʻe.
ʻO mākou ma ka mākaʻikaʻi he mau kiaʻi o ka palekana olakino a hiki i kahi kaiapuni e kūpono i ke ola a mālama i ka nui o ka poʻe i ke olakino ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou kūpaʻa holoʻokoʻa i kahi wahi palekana, palekana a paʻa ʻole.
Ua loaʻa i ka Kingston a me St. Andrew Municipal Corporation he 97 mau pahu ʻōpala a ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā pahu i koe ma ka hapa nui o nā wahi o ka mokupuni.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, "ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ko mākou kūlanakauhale e pili ana i ko mākou poʻe mua a inā mākou e loaʻa pono a maʻemaʻe a kūpono hoʻi i ko mākou poʻe Jamaica a laila e maʻemaʻe a kūpono i nā malihini e hele mai.
"No laila pono ʻo Kingston e hoʻoponopono pono a e kōkua kēia kālā i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hiki no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe i loko o nā kaiāulu."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele o ka TEF, ʻo Dr. Carey Wallace, "Ua koho mākou iā Kingston e hana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā bins no ka mea makemake mākou e ʻike nā poʻe a pau e mālama nui mākou i kēia pā hale ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi.
"Haʻaheo nō hoʻi mākou i ka hana ʻana i kēia hoʻopukapuka akā ʻoi aku ka haʻaheo o ka hui ʻana a mākou i hana ai i nā papahana he nui a mākou i hana ai a ʻo kekahi i hōʻike ʻia me ka Kingston a me St. Andrew Municipal Corporation."
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Meia o Kingston, ʻo kāna Senate Worship a me Councilor Delroy Williams i ka hana a mahalo i ka TEF a me ka Ministry of Tourism no kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka nani o Kingston a me St.
ʻO ka palekana kaiapuni a me ka nani he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka huahana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. No laila, ʻo ka ʻāpana o ke kauoha a ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka huakaʻi a ke hana nei ia ma o ka launa pū ʻana me nā mea hoʻolako i nā lawelawe e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻoihana o ka ʻāina.
Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻomaka ka Ministry of Tourism, ma o Spruce Up Jamaica, i kahi papahana ʻekolu haneli a me kanahā miliona ($340,000,000.00) me ka National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) e hoʻokō i ka Polokalamu Maintenance Resort. E nānā ka papahana i ka mālama ʻana i nā wahi hoʻokipa e like me Negril, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Falmouth, Ocho Rios, Treasure Beach a me Kingston maʻemaʻe a maʻemaʻe e hoʻokō i nā kūlana honua.
