Kūlana Kūlana

ʻO Madam Speaker, i Pepeluali 2020 ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Jamaica i ka 6.0 pakeneka o ka ulu ʻana o ka hōʻea ʻana mai a ke hele nei i kahi ala e hoʻokō ai i ka ulu ʻana o nā helu ʻelua i ka hiki ʻana mai no ka makahiki. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, e like me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻopau ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi honua, i alakaʻi ai i ka pani ʻana o nā palena o Jamaica i ka huakaʻi honua ma Malaki 21, 2020.

ʻO kēia ka hopena i ka pani ʻana i nā hale mākaʻikaʻi, me nā hōkele, nā villa, nā mea hoʻokipa, nā hale kūʻai kūʻai a me ka halihali ʻāina. No ʻApelila a me Mei, ʻaʻohe hana i loko o nā mea nui o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. Ua alakaʻi kēia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā no nā mea hana mākaʻikaʻi a me kēlā mau hui e hoʻolako nei i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, e alakaʻi ana i ka nui o ka nalowale o ka hana.

Ua ʻike pū ʻia nā hopena o ka maʻi maʻi ma loko o ka ʻoihana e like me ka pili ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, me ka hana ʻana, ka mahiʻai, ka ʻoliʻoli, ka waihona kālā a me nā pono hana, ua hopena i ka hāʻule kālā ākea. ʻO nā mea lawelawe lawelawe, ʻo ia hoʻi ka National Water Commission a me ka Jamaica Public Service Company, a me nā ʻano mea pāʻani ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻokele waiwai, a hiki i kēia lā ke hoʻomau nei ka manaʻo i ka ʻoki nui ʻana mai ka hoʻemi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi.

Madam Speaker, ʻo ka nui o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i hopu ʻia ma kēia mau helu:

· No ka makahiki kālā i hala, ua nalowale ke Aupuni Jamaica i ka loaʻa kālā mai ka māhele mākaʻikaʻi o J $ 46.3 biliona ma o nā uku mokulele a me nā ʻauhau, Guest Accommodation Room Tax (GART), General Consumption Tax, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) hōʻiliʻili, nā ʻauhau moku, a me na auhau aupuni e ae.

· Me ka wehe hou ʻana o nā palena ma Iune 15, ʻo ka huina o ka poʻe i hōʻea mai a hiki i Malaki 2021 ma kahi o 464,348, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe malihini kipa i kēia manawa.

· Me ka helu i manaʻo ʻia o ka hiki ʻana mai o 2.8 miliona mau malihini kipa no ka manawa o ʻApelila 2020 a i Malaki 2021, ʻo ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he $199.4 biliona.

· Eia naʻe, me ka aneane 500,000 malihini no ka manawa like, he $44.7 biliona wale nō ka hoʻolilo a no laila, ʻo ka lilo o ka poʻe malihini kipa he $154.7 biliona.

· ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana i ka hopena o 2020, ʻo 1.3 miliona o kēia 880,404 mai ka hōʻea ʻana mai a me 449,271 mai ka holo moana. He 68 pakeneka ka emi ʻana mai ka 4.3 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka mokupuni ma ka manawa like ma 2019.

· Ua hoʻopaʻa pū ʻo Jamaica i US $ 1.3 biliona i ka loaʻa kālā, he 62.6 pakeneka ka emi ʻana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i 2019.

Eia nō naʻe, e ka Luna Hoʻomalu, ke manaʻolana nei mākou a hiki ke hōʻike i ka maikaʻi o nā mahina mua ʻekolu o 2021. Ua hoʻokipa mākou i nā malihini he 40,055 i Ianuali, 40,076 i Pepeluali a ʻoi aku ma mua o 69,040 i Malaki.

ʻO Madam Speaker, maikaʻi loa ka manaʻo nui no ka makahiki kālā e hiki mai ana ke manaʻo nei mākou e ʻike i ka ulu ʻana o 122 pākēneka o ka loaʻa a me 236 pākēneka o nā malihini kipa. ʻO kēia helu, manaʻolana mākou e hoʻokipa i 1.043 miliona mau malihini kipa, ʻo ia ka piʻi ʻana he 117 pakeneka ma mua o nā helu hoʻomaha o ka makahiki i hala.

Madam Speaker, hōʻike kā mākou ʻikepili e loaʻa iā Jamaica a hiki i ka 60 pakeneka o ka mākeke o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ka hopena o Mei. Manaʻo mākou e loaʻa kahi 800,000 mau noho mokulele no ke kauwela e hiki mai ana, kahi helu ma kahi o 70 pakeneka o ka pae i ʻike ʻia ma 2019.

Ko'u hoa Kuhina, Hon. Ua hōʻike ʻo Nigel Clarke i kāna hōʻike kālā e manaʻo ʻia e hāʻule nā kahe o nā haole mai ka mākaʻikaʻi e 74 pakeneka no ka makahiki kālā 2020/21, he US $ 2.5 biliona ka emi ʻana a e hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻāina i 30 mau makahiki.

Hōʻike nā helu i ka moʻolelo. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi mea hoʻokele koʻikoʻi o nā ʻoihana a puni ka honua, e komo pū me Jamaica, ma o ka hana ʻana i ka hana, nā loaʻa hoʻoiho, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana hou.

No laila, na mākou e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi i kēia alahele a kau i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ala e hoʻihoʻi ai i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana ākea.

Pono mākou e nānā i kēia pilikia i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke ʻano he manawa hoʻololi. Ke ʻimi nei mākou e kūkulu hou i kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiai ʻo COVID-19, pono mākou e ʻae i nā hana e hōʻoia ai i kahi huahana mākaʻikaʻi i palekana, ʻano hou, hoihoi i nā malihini, a me ka ʻoihana waiwai no ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina.

KO MAKOU PANE I KA PANDEMIC

Madam Speaker, ua hōʻike ka maʻi maʻi i ka luʻu nui loa i ka ʻāpana aʻu i ʻike ai. ʻO kā mākou mau loaʻa mua, a me nā hoʻolālā i hana maikaʻi ʻia a hiki i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kau i kahi kumu paʻa e pono ai mākou e kūkulu i mua e hoʻokō i nā koi hou o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi post-COVID-19.

ʻO Madam Speaker, ma ka mōʻaukala, ua hōʻike ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka hiki ke hoʻololi. Ke ʻimi nei mākou e hoʻolaʻa a hoʻomākaukau no ka wā e hiki mai ana, ua ʻapo mākou i nā hoʻolālā hou, kahi ʻano hou a me nā ʻano manaʻo hou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e lilo i mea kūpaʻa, hoʻomau, hoʻohui a hoʻokūkū. Manaʻo wau e kōkua ka pane ʻana i nā pae he nui a me ka hui pū ʻana iā mākou e hoʻokō i ka hoʻōla piha.

Madam Speaker, ua ʻae kā mākou papahana hoʻolaʻa huakaʻi COVID-19 alakaʻi no ka wehe hou ʻana a palekana o ko mākou mau palena.

E hāʻawi wale i kahi recap pōkole, e Madam Speaker, mai Malaki 2020, i ka wā i hōʻike ʻia ai ka nalu mua o ka coronavirus ma Kina, ua hoʻolaha mākou i nā hana e lawe ʻia e nā hui mākaʻikaʻi āpau e hōʻemi i ka laha o ka maʻi.

Ua alakaʻi ʻia kā mākou kaʻina hana hoʻolaʻa e kahi hoʻolālā hoʻihoʻi ʻelima mau helu, i mālama ʻia e kahi pūʻulu hana multi-disciplinary:

ʻO nā kuʻina olakino olakino e kū i ka nānā ʻana kūloko a me ka honua.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā ʻāpana āpau e hoʻokele i nā protocols a me nā ʻano hana hou e neʻe nei i mua.
Nā hoʻolālā e pili ana i ka ʻōnaehana palekana COVID-19 (Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), masks, infrared machines, etc.).
ʻO ke kamaʻilio pū ʻana me nā mākeke kūloko a kūwaho hoʻi e pili ana i ka wehe hou ʻana.
ʻO kahi ala e hele ai i ka wehe hou ʻana / mālama ʻana i ka makaʻu ma kahi ʻano kūkulu.

Nā limahana i hoʻonohonoho kūikawā ʻia mai ka Hui Hoʻomohala Huakaʻi huakaʻi (TPDCo), he ʻāpana o ka Stakeholder Risk Management Unit, me nā lālā o ka hui hoʻokele ʻo COVID-19 Resilient Corridor, ke nānā pono nei i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau hana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō pono.

ʻO kā mākou mau protocols, i loaʻa i ka ʻae honua o ka WTTC, hoʻokō i kā mākou Resilient Corridors lanakila loa ma ka ʻākau a me ka hema o ka mokupuni, i hoʻolālā ʻia e mālama pono i nā limahana, nā kaiāulu a me nā malihini ma ka wehe wale ʻana i kahi wahi i hiki iā mākou ke nānā pono a mālama pono.