Labour leader on Hondoq ir-Rummien

According to the report Sant Calls For Inquiry Into Waste Dumping Operation (August 21), "Dr Sant criticised the plans to build luxury apartments in Hondoq ir-Rummien instead of creating a yacht marina and a hotel".

What the Labour leader said was that the real intention behind the Hondoq ir-Rummien project is not to develop a yacht marina and a hotel but to construct luxury apartments for speculative reasons.

Dr Sant also explained that the proposal put forward by the Labour government between 1996 and 1998 for Hondoq ir-Rummien was that of developing a stand- alone yacht marina. The Labour government gave its assurances that all swimming and other recreational facilities at Hondoq ir-Rummien would still be fully accessible to the people of Qala.

Existing hotels and apartments in Gozo have enough bed stock to accommodate those making use of yacht marinas constructed there. Labour has proposed and is still in favour of stand-alone yacht marinas in Gozo, with no hotels or apartments attached.