
Wednesday, 21st May 2008 - 18:27CET
No decision on Opera House site
The government has taken no decisions on the future of the site of the Royal Opera House in Valletta, Austin Gatt, the minister responsible for capital projects, said in reply to a parliamentary question this evening.
He said that while various proposals hade been made, such as the building of an arts centre, a parliament or a business centre, the issue was still under consideration.
The building has been in ruins since it was hit in an aerial attack in April 1942.




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The building was an architectural gem and should be built as it was.
Lets rebuild the OH but first we have to finish off the road renewal programme. We still have some dangerous bone rattlers, such as Zabbar-M'Scala, Valletta Road, Zurrieq, through which a million tourists pass through on their way to Hagar Qim, Mnajdar, Blue Grotto and Ghar Lapsi, Siggiewi-Rabat, and others.
The old City gate was destroyed in the 60s and to date has not been completed because works stopped during the 70s reign and never resumed after the 80s - look at the architects plans and find out for yourselves.
The late Opera house site - an eyesore for whoever enters Valletta.
The original stones and columns are scattered all over the island - two upper column pieces are at MCAST by the outer staircase.
It's now time to move forward and create a museum depicting the past glory of this place using state of the art visual technology and also incorporate other historical artifacts of maltese culture through the ages.
It will be imperative to correlate the architecture of this building with the one on the opposite side on the street.
Investing a capital expence to revive this plot of land will in the long run render revenue as a museum of Maltese history.
As for the surrounding buildings the large white coloured block can easily be re painted to blend in with the others .
How to take people for a rid for free.
Milli ghidna dawn l-ahhar 17 il-sena kien kollu bzar fl-ghajnejn!
But then again, PN promise a lot, they deliver very little, and when things go wrong, there is always a plausible excuse for their failures.
Just build a raised stage and dressing rooms that go under it
This would make ideal platform for band concerts, choirs and Xmas activities.
The shops could remain where they are now being a continuation of the said platform
Minister Gatt should have a pluralistic Cultural Committee to assist in this PROJECT,not the silly chosen inner boys and girls,but mature culturally-oriented individuals who have a soul-burning loving desire for A GREAT VALLETTA as I believe GATT possesses.PLEASE LET US GET ON WITH IT.....WE CAN DO IT! ALPHA EMMY.