New summer trade fair dispute

S. Fenech

Jan 28th 2010, 15:53

A picture of the poster used back in 2007 for the Trade Fair at Naxxar has been posted on the facebook group.

Guess what?
It was advertised as "for the LAST TIME".

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3436764&id=739028774&op=1&view=global

And what has changes since then?

Andrew Grech

Jan 28th 2010, 13:06

Naxxar residents trust that the outcome of this saga will be a just one,one that reflects what MEPA very clearly states in their Central Malta Local Plan (refer to links in previous correspondence),one that reflects the general sentiment of us residents that fully oppose the reuse of the X-Trade Fair Grounds to host any fairs and one that also reflects the opposition shown by the Naxxar Local Council.

Apart from this, TFEA Ltd is also being;

“accused, in a judicial protest signed by lawyer George Hyzler, of using the association's funds "abusively" to further their commercial interests”.

and also;

“three businessmen have filed a court application to stop them from using any funds they received on behalf of exhibitors”.

As already mentioned by S Fenech, one of the organisers had this to say (quote taken from the article titled ‘Exhibitors asked to choose between two summer fairs’ which appeared in the Times of Malta dated 21st January 2010);

“Mr Abela said the only one who could stop him from working towards this aim was God.”

I urge all Naxxar residents to contact Naxxar Local Council on 21 416 341 or visit their website http://www.naxxar.com and express your concerns.

S. Fenech

Jan 28th 2010, 11:34

And by the way, the action plan is public domain on the MEPA portal, and every one can actually go through it:

http://www.mepa.org.mt/LpDocumentDetails?syskey=%20559

refer to Page 66 (printed at the bottom of the page) – note 13.27

Could not be clearer. And all this has been approved by MEPA and endorsed by the Minister back in 2006.

S. Fenech

Jan 28th 2010, 11:11

@L. Abela
Yes, we have been asking for such information for quite some time. To all residents from Naxxar, who like me are being faced with this situation, I know we are a lot, take note of the next anual Local Council Meeting for the residents.

In the meantime a facebook group has been created in order to show our concerns and as a group we are doing our utmost to back the Local Coucil who publicly objected to this move.

http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=231224573993&ref=nf

Information about the meeting can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=274858204910&index=1

Moreover, for all those who had followed comments from us residents, we managed to uncover another MEPA action plan where it is clearly stating that Naxxar is not adequate anymore to hold such fairs.

Information on this action plan can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=231224573993&topic=12143

Together we have the power to fight this project. Together we can make this happen. Get informed, join the group and let us meet on Tuesday for the residents anual meeting with the Local Council.

Mr. Abela from TFEA Ltd was quoted saying that ONLY GOD WILL STOP HIM. Let us be his god.

L. Abela

Jan 28th 2010, 10:53

And here we go again.. another article confirming the abuse of these six business minded man and yet this is the forth week running and still we have no news of what the future will bring for us Residents. Sadly we did not hear anything from MEPA, no updates from Local Council and no explanation whatsoever from TFEA Chairman and AGAIN left in the dark. Pity that in this country it's a question of who knows who whilst those struggling to do a better living for themselves and family have to face obstacles the hard way !! What a shame !!