Comments on: Why spoil it with the effluent of a yacht marina? http://gozonews.com/9223/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/ For all the latest Gozo and Malta news Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:12:53 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Amy Pell http://gozonews.com/9223/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Amy Pell Sun, 31 May 2009 19:32:18 +0000 http://gozonews.com/featured/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/#comment-1080 For the past twelve years my family and I have vacationed on Gozo every year. One of the reasons we have repeatedly come back is to visit Hondoq Bay and all the other lovely unspoilt areas of this beautiful island, it would sadden us greatly to see it dragged into the twenty first century with unnecesary development making it lose all its beauty and charm. The people and culture of this island are second to none and it is a pleasure to feel part of it if only for two weeks per year. For the past twelve years my family and I have vacationed on Gozo every year.

One of the reasons we have repeatedly come back is to visit Hondoq Bay and all the other lovely unspoilt areas of this beautiful island, it would sadden us greatly to see it dragged into the twenty first century with unnecesary development making it lose all its beauty and charm.

The people and culture of this island are second to none and it is a pleasure to feel part of it if only for two weeks per year.

]]> By: Mike http://gozonews.com/9223/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Mike Sun, 31 May 2009 18:31:17 +0000 http://gozonews.com/featured/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/#comment-1079 It is unique and important for everybody but it is in a disastrous state, all concrete and rocks all over the place and all the benches and small gardens just up the road from the beach are neglected. It is unique and important for everybody but it is in a disastrous state, all concrete and rocks all over the place and all the benches and small gardens just up the road from the beach are neglected.

]]> By: Lesley Kreupl http://gozonews.com/9223/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Lesley Kreupl Sun, 31 May 2009 15:55:48 +0000 http://gozonews.com/featured/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/#comment-1078 How many times to we have to write to the media to try and convince the ‘authorities/powers-that-be/corrupt officials and/or developers’ to keep their hands off Hondoq? Hondoq is so unique, it is so special do we really have to destroy it? I realise that it needs a bit of refurbishment and tidying up. However, the damage the spring storms caused should have been repaired weeks, if not months ago, why has it not been done? Who is behind this procrastination? Is it the Ministry for Gozo? Is it the developer’s influence? Is it - God forbid - MEPA, i.e. Gonzi and his merry-men? Is there no end to the corruption on these islands? Is the Ministry for Gozo only good for ‘cutting ribbons’ as one of your correspondents commented on recently? For goodness sake, let’s all get off our bums and stage a protest here in Gozo and make our wishes known - if need be in masks, so that our families and friends won’t be discriminated against! I might only be a fussy foreigner, but GDS, I have made these islands my home, I pay taxes here, I have invested and spend a lot of money here, and am prepared to fight to keep it unpolluted and hopefully incorrupt! How many times to we have to write to the media to try and convince the ‘authorities/powers-that-be/corrupt officials and/or developers’ to keep their hands off Hondoq?

Hondoq is so unique, it is so special do we really have to destroy it? I realise that it needs a bit of refurbishment and tidying up. However, the damage the spring storms caused should have been repaired weeks, if not months ago, why has it not been done? Who is behind this procrastination? Is it the Ministry for Gozo? Is it the developer’s influence? Is it – God forbid – MEPA, i.e. Gonzi and his merry-men? Is there no end to the corruption on these islands?

Is the Ministry for Gozo only good for ‘cutting ribbons’ as one of your correspondents commented on recently?

For goodness sake, let’s all get off our bums and stage a protest here in Gozo and make our wishes known – if need be in masks, so that our families and friends won’t be discriminated against!

I might only be a fussy foreigner, but GDS, I have made these islands my home, I pay taxes here, I have invested and spend a lot of money here, and am prepared to fight to keep it unpolluted and hopefully incorrupt!

]]> By: James A. Tyrrell http://gozonews.com/9223/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 James A. Tyrrell Sun, 31 May 2009 14:40:20 +0000 http://gozonews.com/featured/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/#comment-1076 85% of the people of Qala voted against any development at Hondoq. The majority of all the people of Gozo and Malta are against any such development because they love the area so much. As a tourist obviously I'm against any development here, as I like the place just fine the way it is. Hondoq is one of the best places to swim on the island having beautiful clear waters. How long would that last if there were a marina there? Last year I was at Xlendi when the sea was so rough the road was covered in rocks and seaweed. I left there and drove to Hondoq and the water was calm enough to swim in. As Rita says the only people who would benefit from a development in this area would be the developers and of course the government officials who ignored the wishes of everyone and pushed through the application. Let me be clear in what I'm saying here. In order for this development to take place it would require corruption at a high level, not unheard of I guess in Malta! 85% of the people of Qala voted against any development at Hondoq. The majority of all the people of Gozo and Malta are against any such development because they love the area so much. As a tourist obviously I’m against any development here, as I like the place just fine the way it is.

Hondoq is one of the best places to swim on the island having beautiful clear waters. How long would that last if there were a marina there? Last year I was at Xlendi when the sea was so rough the road was covered in rocks and seaweed. I left there and drove to Hondoq and the water was calm enough to swim in.

As Rita says the only people who would benefit from a development in this area would be the developers and of course the government officials who ignored the wishes of everyone and pushed through the application. Let me be clear in what I’m saying here. In order for this development to take place it would require corruption at a high level, not unheard of I guess in Malta!

]]> By: Derek Steele http://gozonews.com/9223/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Derek Steele Sun, 31 May 2009 13:34:51 +0000 http://gozonews.com/featured/why-spoil-it-with-the-effluent-of-a-yacht-marina/#comment-1074 Very well put--why indeed!!! Very well put–why indeed!!!

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