Friday, 20th November 2009 - 09:24CET
Half of employed Gozitans work in public sector
Land under cultivation in both Malta and Gozo in 2007 was almost identical.
Almost half of the employed population in Gozo works in the public sector, compared to a third in Malta, according to European study published today by the National Statistics Office.
With regard to unemployment, last year Gozo's rate was higher than Malta's (30.7 and 24.6 respectively) per 1,000 population.
The ratio of self-employed persons is higher in Gozo, with 56.9 per 1,000 population compared to Malta's 51.5.
In analysing the number of nights spent, non-resident tourists account for 96.5 per cent in mainland Malta. In Gozo, resident tourists account for over a quarter of total nights spent. When comparing 2008 to 2005, the share of domestic tourism in terms of the percentage of nights spent increased by 0.8 percentage points in Malta and by 2.4 percentage points in Gozo.
In view of the fact that there is less industrialisation in Gozo, Gozitan industry uses 6 per cent of electricity consumption in the island, against 31 per cent in Malta. Consequently, the patterns of electricity consumption also differ for households: these account for 34 per cent of total consumption in Malta and 55 per cent in Gozo.
In 2008, per capita, Gozitans consumed 89.7 cubic metres of water, 16 cubic metres more than their counterparts on mainland Malta, at 73.3 cubic metres.
Land under cultivation in both regions in 2007 was almost identical, with one-third of available land space earmarked for agricultural use.
The cattle population is larger in Gozo, while in mainland Malta in 2007, there were 292 pigs per 1,000 population compared to Gozo's 73.
As for education, figures show that in 2007 Gozitan children attained higher success rates in the Junior Lyceum exams, and the number of Gozitan university graduates per 1,000 population at 7.8 was higher than the 6.0 for Malta in 2007.
Gozo registered the least number of recorded car accidents, and it had the lowest rate of traffic casualties and fatalities last year.
The rate of thefts of cars was slightly higher in Malta than Gozo, but there were 3.5 (per 1000 population) burglaries from residences in Gozo to 3.0 in Malta.
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"children under 16 years less pensioners" - Which pension is it? Is it the one that I'm paying for (in my taxes) and which is being discussed to be removed (and leaving ym questioning what I'm paying for with the taxes)?
"is there private enterprise on our sister island?Methinks I must be missing something here!!"
Oh, just a couple. There's a whole industrial estate and you ask if there's any! I, for one, work in the private sector.
No problems for transport, 24/7/365 access, lower costs, better tourism chances, no pie-in-the-sky environment destructive air strip etc.
In fact, there was once a model of a bridge between Malta and Gozo with a transition if I remember correctly on Kemmuna exhibited in the late 1960's or 1971 in the present Foreign Ministry building in Valletta just before an election as an enticement to vote pn.
As for the ratio of government employment, what else do you expect when there is a personal fiefdom?
And they had the gall to criticize Dr KMB for employing persons with the Government!!!
The argument that the bridge will see heavy construction in Gozo does not hold water as what we need is a firm leader to ensure that there no ODZ development as well as that the towns and villages retain their historical buildings.
As things are, Gz has to be subsidised through employing persons with the public sector and subsidizing the ferry crossings. An Island being subsidized and the people pay less taxes and VAT. Soon we will have a party based on the LEGA, wishing to give Gozo its independence :)
what we need for Gozo is only one thing - a bridge. If there is a bridge, we can travel to/from work in less time - we would actually save 2 hours a day. The first effect of such a bridge would be that more Gozitans can work in Malta, where the wages are higher. Thus unemployment in Gozo will be reduced and wages and work conditions in Gozo would significantly increase.
Just to inform you that many of the Gozitans work in the fiefdom of Malta, and every day wish the worst for those responsible for not building the bridge (these people include me)
Secondly, what's wrong witht he public service employing security guards?
Also, I see no problem with the statistics. Gozo, in terms of ratios, tend to be the outcast from the Maltese Republic (probably because the Maltese tend to get in and out without contributing except polluting their whereabouts...not saying they don't do this the same in Malta).
Talk about hard facts.
I know many teachers from Gozo, working for the *public sector*, that have to wake up at 4 in the morning every day to travel to Malta with the *channel* (another monopoly BTW) and then go back at 3 in the afternoon for another 2 hours commute. What day is that? Wasted by travelling back and forth by boat?
Other friends I know come to Malta on Sunday evening and rent a flat in Malta until Friday evening when they go back to Gozo. More wasted money.
We need a bridge between Malta and Gozo. Comino could be used as a centre-point since the waters are very deep. Why not call tenders for building it? If the private sector builds the bridge, the public can pay a small fee to pass through (instead of the high fees of Gozo Channel). This will pay for the costs of the bridge. This is something that is done abroad. Why not here?