Saturday, July 4, 2009

Letters

Joseph Muscat's MLP: Boffa or Mintoff? - Edric Micallef Figallo, Nadur
Joseph Muscat's Malta Labour Party is now going to be Partit Laburista. Sounds like a concrete change for a party that for most of its history...

Copying a system others want to ditch - Antoine Borg, Rabat
The Labour Party has been trumpeting the convention that will elect its leader in future (not the present leader, one notes). But Maltese Labour...

Less than pleasant stroll on promenade - Mel Quick, Birżebbuġa
The walk along the promenade between Qajjenza and Birżebbuġa can be very pleasant on a sunny day, with the view across the bay towards Delimara...

Hybrid cars are an expensive gimmick - James A. Tyrrell, Larne, N. Ireland
There has been a lot in the press lately regarding how great hybrid cars are. In a recent test carried out by Auto Express in England the Honda...

Future of unions - Rudolph Cini, Birkirkara
With reference to my article titled The Future Of The Unions published yesterday, it seems that my intentions have been misinterpreted. I was not...

In plain English - Joe Psaila Savona, Żejtun
Allow me to share with some of The Times' contributors what Churchill once said: "What if I had said, instead of 'we shall fight on the...

Għadira project will not protect beach - Stephen Borg, San Ġwann
If, instead of coming up with a project that will continue to ruin the little countryside we have left, the government were to look around and...

Dangers of energy saving bulbs - Ronald Cilia, Gżira
Just recently I read an article in the English press which deals with the dangers encountered when handling or using energy saving light bulbs....

Public held to ransom by trade unions - Joseph A. Muscat, Ta' Xbiex
Lino Spiteri's recent contribution to current trade union activity (November 11) once more throws light on a recurring problem affecting the...

Tuna fishing reports: Public shame for Malta - Joseph M. Sammut MP (Labour), Valletta
When is the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs going to get its act together and conduct its business in a competent and efficient manner?...

Educational priorities - Joseph Micallef, Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq
I consider the recently announced reform in the national education system as another effort in a piecemeal sequence that seeks to improve the...

Repeated repeats - John C. Ripard, Madliena
Melita Cable has recently been taking their subscribers for a ride by programming the same features and films over and over again. They appear to...