A blueprint for Comino – Tony Zammit Cutajar
I do not know what plans the Lord has for my remaining years on this earth but I doubt if I will be blessed by a government who comes up with a long-term plan for our jewel that is Comino. I can only hope that my children or grandchildren (a phrase often used by our politicians over the years) will have better luck after I depart.
When Joseph Muscat was elected in 2013, I had high hopes that Malta would have a young and honest socialist government that would adopt policies to seriously protect our environment against the over commercialisation of our country by a new generation of mega-entrepreneurs.
Many of them drive around, especially over the weekends, in their flash supercars trying to convey the impression that they are successful businessmen who have made their mega fortunes because of their own capabilities and hard work.
To demonstrate their ostentatious lifestyle, I quote the following example. When I was an adolescent, I believe there was only one Porsche car on the island. Now, over the past 10 years this car brand has become the must-have status symbol!
I am a member of the fourth generation of a family business established in 1865. My grandfather was its sole owner...