Residents fear Qui-si-Sana becoming a Paceville
Qui-Si-Sana garden.
The residents' associations of Tigne' and Sliema have welcomed the inauguration of George Bonello du Puis Garden at Qui-Si-Sana but expressed fears of the area becoming another Paceville.
They said the inauguration of the garden marked the end to years of official neglect of the area. With this garden, the threat of the building of a complex and car park had also finally been laid to rest.
However the new garden would naturally increase traffic and pedestrian flow in the area, leading to an increase in pressure for catering/entertainment facilities, they said.
This, in theory was forbidden by the North Harbour Local Plan, which was designed to protect residential areas from such facilities.
However, they complained, the whole of the Tigne peninsula had been cut off from the rest of Sliema in planning terms, with Mepa allowing 'rampant over-development'.
They also claimed that Mepa is 'doing its utmost to circumvent the planning laws to achieve its aim in turning Qui-si-sana into a commercial area'.
They said that the Authority had 'benevolently' interpreted the North Harbour Local Plan allowing transposition of a Paceville-specific policy to Qui-Si-Sana.
"The opening of this loophole makes a mockery of zoning laws and flouts the Prime Minister’s solemn promise in June 2009 that Mepa would not allow exploitation of any loopholes which violate the spirit of planning policies. Moreover the ruling specifically downgrades the status of Qui-Si-Sana as a residential area and deliberately encourages possibility of further commercial premises in the area," they said.
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Joe Xuereb
Dec 19th 2010, 19:35
Paceville, Take 2(in Tigne`)?! As we say, a problem shared is a problem halved. While we're in development mood (never ones to miss a chance), can we have a Paceville Take 3 in Hamrun please? There's really not much going there and taxis back from Sliema eat into the drinking budget. I imagine a Hamrun Paceville thriving without the sound of the bells of the sumptuous parish church would keep it clean. Why!, they might even insist patrons speak pure Hamruniz dialect, plus expletives, rather than Slemiz nonsense dialect that makes me want to throw up whenever I hear it. I'm being quite serious by the way. Hamrun (and so many others) could do with a bit of spicing up. Spread the crowds more thinly, thus reducing the hassling, the aggro and the crime. As in, too much concentration of a 'good' thing turns it bad.
I remember, when I was foot-loose and fancy-free, and every day was Christmas, my clique of batchelor boys used to go skinny-dipping in the 'closed-down-for-the-season' swimming-pools at Tigne`. At night of course (what, you think we had no morals?).
M. Mallia
Dec 19th 2010, 09:53
Hallu il gid jaghmel il gid, Its commercials which make the area more expensive, because it makes it more 'Central'. I am a Sliema resident and fully in favour of this. Look at the pictures how qui si sana was in the past and now. I definetly agree with all these multi million developments. If you bought your apartment you did not buy the surroundings but the m2 living space.
george mifsud
Dec 18th 2010, 22:05
jien noqot go sqaq jekk hemm xi had min qui si sana irit ipartali
mellul
Dec 18th 2010, 20:25
its all the qui si sana residents fault for believing Gonzi in 2008. They should have been wiser and knew better that gonzi never keep any promises !!!! he tells you yes yes yes hahaha u bil- hahaha tibqa !!!!
CHarles Vella
Dec 18th 2010, 16:38
Shut up and stop grumbling - HAPPY CHRISTMAS ALL
George Debono
Dec 18th 2010, 18:38
Now that's what one might call "consructive debate"
MBorg
Dec 17th 2010, 19:16
@ S.Camilleri The cheek to ask Sliema residents to move out of Sliema so that you and others like you can find parking!. Resident parking is to be found all over the island. Sliema a place which is always full of non locals, summer and winter, does not have any. Do you call this fair?. We Sliema residents demand that we find parking places when we return home.
C Cassar
Dec 18th 2010, 05:42
Why? You shouldn't have a car in the first place. Sliema has a great public transport service. Many more parking restrictions should be installed, including physical ones that narrow the roads to prevent parking. There are too many cars in Malta especially in areas such as Sliema. Hardly surprising Malta has so many Obese people (one of the highest in Europe). It's time to clamp down on car usage and the best place to start is Sliema. Charge residents €1000 per year to park their cars on the local streets.
Steve Draco
Dec 18th 2010, 13:58
Ixtri garaxx - u aqtahha din ta "The cheek" Jekk tiddejjaq, itlaq - Tridu kollox bl imgharfa intom ta sliema
simon cutajar
Dec 18th 2010, 18:27
You have plenty of parking in your areas ! you have plenty of money to buy a garage in sliema and your car can sleep in comfort or else put your car in the lift and park it in the living room . Do you know how to say THANK YOU?
MBorg
Dec 18th 2010, 21:18
@ simon cutajar
Why should any of us Sliema residents park our cars in our living room ? Better still why don't ypu park your car in your living room and walk it to Sliema if you want to visit us.
Steve Zammit
Dec 17th 2010, 18:46
''However the new garden would naturally increase traffic and pedestrian flow in the area, leading to an increase in pressure for catering/entertainment facilities, they said.'' If there is anything that is going to increase traffic and pedestrian flow it is the whole Tigne white elephant development and not a small garden. While we don't really need any more concrete jungles, we do need gardens and areas where our kids can play. Stop complaining, you should be GRATEFUL that such a beautiful garden has been created in such a already busy area.Sliema is in real need of such open spaces!!! Don't exaggerate its not going to come like Paceville, most of our teenagers prefer to spend the night out in bars and discos rather then at the ''bandli''. Look at us residents of Haz-Zebbug, we don't even have a nice spacious garden where to take our kids out to play in a safe and clean environment, and you have one infront of your homes and you still complain!!
rgalea
Dec 19th 2010, 08:08
very well said, i live there too and also have the same problem,good job we have a car and can take the kids to some other location as there is no decent park here...and yet they grumble because they have this new playground besides the other ones...
rcini
Dec 17th 2010, 18:38
lil kull min ghamel kumment.....veru poplu li qatt ma ahna kuntenti b'xejn. Ma jkunx hawn ahbar, hi xhin hi li ma ndahhlux il-politika fin-nofs. Meta se nitghallmu li l-abjad nghidulu abjad u l-iswed nghidulu iswed?
VV Bartolo
Dec 17th 2010, 20:33
very well said mr cini!
gxuereb
Dec 17th 2010, 17:22
Ghadni rrid nifhem ghaliex semmew dan il-gnien ghal politiku! Kien ikun ahjar li semmewh "Money No Problem Garden".....b'hekk in-nies xorta kienet tiftakar fih!! Ir-residenti ta' tas-Sliema ma' jitghallmu qatt ghax jghadduhom biz-zmien u jghidulhom "Grazzi"!
alistair busuttil
Dec 17th 2010, 16:47
dawn in nies ta tas sliema jahsbu li qed jghixu go vetrina ,jekk qui si sana jsir paceville bieghu u mur ghix go il madliena hemmekk posh area wkoll
E. Azzopardi
Dec 17th 2010, 15:48
Sliema is not YET a Residential Parking Zone. This has been dealth with and the go ahead has been given two years ago. Sliema residents are now waiting for the local council to act as has been promised to the residents in writing. This promise is in writing is in the last local council magazine.
Now, many other localities have it and Sliema must have it. We have the right like all the others. If not, then scrap all the other Residential Parking Zones.
For those who think that Sliema is being taken care of, I invite them to come and go around to see the filth, the apathy, the neglect and the indiscipline there is all around this town. Having a new playground and a garden does not solve the big problems there are.
( L-akbar ghama huwa dak li ma rridtx jara!!!!)
S.Dalli
Dec 17th 2010, 16:24
Yes well done on the new park. It has to be closed off at night times if you don't want it to become another Paceville, just like what they did to the park behind Spinola Palace.
@E. Azzoppardi
I agree with you, it has become a disgrace! Parking is non-existent in Sliema. I spend 3/4 of an hour looking for parking everyday after work, after spending half an hour in traffic - to find veg vans keeping their parking spot with boxes and cars not parked in the boxes properly. Something has to be done... no more smiling pictures near gardens, we wants our major problems taken care of.
Darren J. Galea
Dec 17th 2010, 15:02
Sliema is there for all Maltese and in particular for tourists - projects like this generate tourism revenue for the whole country not just for Sliema residents. It is banal of all you anti-Sliema bloggers to harp on about how this park was built for Sliema residents from "your" taxes. Your devisive and blinkered comments just cause tension and distrust and it is irresponsible of the Times to even publish them. If you don't like Sliema stay in the south on weekends and public holidays.
S. Camilleri
Dec 17th 2010, 16:38
Au contraire ... Anything built and paid for by our taxes should be enjoyed by all. If this happens to be in Sliema it is for many reasons, one being that it is best to build these things in well frequented places. But one should not add insult to injury by implementing artificial restrictions to access ... and pampered residential parking is one. A Sliema resident can take his/her kids to this place for two hours .... I have to keep looking at my watch or keep an eye out for a wirdien.
I would hasten to ask the likes of you to move out of Sliema if you have problems with Parking and not moan about needing a blanket restriction on non-residents.
Neville Calleja
Dec 17th 2010, 17:19
Frankly, I would prefer the south to Sliema any time, speaking of blinkers ...
I have to admit I may consider it now you have this garden. Otherwise, I honestly cannot understand how people actually still live in Sliema.
Darren J. Galea
Dec 17th 2010, 17:27
@S. Camilleri Oh I see you're one of the free parking brigade. Personally I never use my car in Sliema. You, sir, should use public transport like me when coming to Sliema and lessen the pollution problem there. People like you need to get used to not taking your car wherever you go - do you park by your bed as well? That is why this government went to all this trouble to set up a (hopefully) efficient public transport system.
A Attard
Dec 17th 2010, 14:46
M Borg: Let's face it....the concerns expressed here are statements of fact and very valid. What difference does it make who their chairperson/secretary/coordinator is? Besides, If you really want to know you could easily find out for yourself. You obviously don't like the message - so you're shooting the messenger! What's your motive? Are you perhaps planning on exploiting this area for your own gain?
S. Camilleri
Dec 17th 2010, 14:33
What an unbeleivable bunch of moaners ...! Us people from the south or other less privileged places than Sliema get an odd concrete playground with decript fountains and cheap swings.
Sliema gets one then two quality recreational areas which they can enjoy by slipping out of their front door and which are paid BY TAXES of all Maltese. Yet, I, as a non Sliema resident cannot go and enjoy it because Sliema is a residential parking zone!!!!! Hekk tajjeb!!!!??? Imbaghad jeqirdu.
C Cassar
Dec 17th 2010, 17:16
Get the bus.
gaffarena joseph
Dec 17th 2010, 13:38
Wsh we the people of the southg had a garden of that kind.
WHY expressing fear about this garden,or you wanted this garden all for yourselves.
This association stinks, always with a negative note.
Edward Fenech
Dec 17th 2010, 13:08
You voted for the Nationalists. Now shut up and live with it!
jcmicallef
Dec 19th 2010, 19:00
Not the people of sliema they didn't. Their non-voting PN almost got us a change in Government last election.
Anyway, looks like it's gonna be the same story next time round.
m borg
Dec 17th 2010, 13:05
The Times report refers to ‘The residents' associations of Tigne' and Sliema’. Who are these people? Is their chairperson/secretary/coordinator too ashamed to put his name to this shameful piece of moaning?
In Maltese there is an expression which compares the face to another part of the anatomy - an expression which is very well suited for these moaners.
adrian gatt
Dec 17th 2010, 12:56
I would like most of the bloggers to read news item properly. It is not against the garden but against turning tigne and quisisana into another paceville like town. 2 wrongs do not make one right.
m borg
Dec 17th 2010, 13:28
@adrian gatt You miss the point. What really annoys people is that qui si sana residents will always invent something to moan about, even when they are regaled with a large attractive garden.
… moan …. moan … moan … Have a break!
Dylan Olliver
Dec 17th 2010, 12:53
They should change the name Qui si Sana to Qui si Lamenta. Grumbling seems to be the only thing Qui si Sana residents seem to know how to do. The rest of the Sliema residents are very happy with the project. And for your info, Independence Gardens in Sliema did not become another Paceville.
J Borg
Dec 17th 2010, 12:07
J Bonnici and other Southerners. You always complain that NOTHING was ever done in the South, except nasty things. You forget that Sant' Antnin was built by MLP, likewise Mount Coal in Marsa. Was there also an intended project of ship breaking where the present new power station is? If you complain that nothing was ever done for the South, this means that even MLP never did anything there. However, you forgot some things that PN did: modern spoprt centre, homes for the elderly, modern schools, revitalising the harbour area, which includes the new marina, not to mention Smart City, in time bringing thousands of jobs to YOUR area.
J. Vella
Dec 17th 2010, 13:04
You moan and moan and moan .. ……
.....and moan and moan …..
.... and moan and moan ,,,,,,
.....and moan …..
P. Borg
Dec 17th 2010, 15:01
Hu min hu min bnihom is-south dejjem kien dumping site. U isma tinsiex li il PN ilu hemm kwart ta seklu, daqs kemm waddab affarijiet ta hsara fis-south hu, hadt ta. Min bniha il-power station ta delimara u fejn? Fejn sejra il-power station il-gdida u min iddecida? Ovjament fis-south u ovjament il-PN.
M'hawnx xi hadd alli jista jkun hux jghidilna li in-nies ta qui si sana u dik l-area ibatu l-istess problemi li jbatu tas-south hux?? Halluna. Min irid nerfawlu borza trab iswed milli nigbru kuljum forsi jifhem ahjar xinhi il-vera tiehu pacenzja.
K Galea
Dec 17th 2010, 17:22
contrary to what is being said Government is heavilly investing heavily in the South; the marsaxlokk promenade, the Xaghjra promenade, restoration of fortifications, the Birgu Waterfront, the removal of the ex- Oil Depot at Birgu to create more open spaces for families, restoration of Christ The Saviour Chapel in Kalkara, Government is also investing to have 2 parks in the South, a family park at Marsaskala and other one at Xrobb l-Ghagin.
ivan barbara
Dec 17th 2010, 12:03
what cheek ! this is funded by all of our taxes by the way not just yours - you should consider yourselves lucky but no ! ! its always the old persecution complex with some people......cast pearl before swine . Or, as the saying goes , biskuttelli f'halq il-hmir
M Tabone
Dec 17th 2010, 11:53
The area is defintely better than it was before, however may I point that it is defintely NOT A GARDEN!!
Berys Said
Dec 17th 2010, 11:51
What short memories you have. When I first visited Malta there were two night clubs on Qui-si-Sana...The Piper and the Caravelle. I don't remember it being anything like Paceville!
If you want to complain about something why not direct those energies towards the stretch of road that leads from Georgio's Cafe to The Point. It is full of holes and extremely dangerous - especially if you are on a motorbike. The comments I hear from visitors are embarrassing.
Roberta Testa
Dec 17th 2010, 11:49
I am an ex Tigne' resident - we had to move from Tigne since quoting Harry Vassallo(Alternattiva)we have benn told - 'Mintomx Nes ta' L-Ingravata' and they had to improve the area being that they wanted it to be a more of a Rich area .. well now too bad for all of you living there witha an 'Ingravata' didn't help much ...Tigne and Sliema are both there for everyone to enjoy them ... mela hsibtu li qghedin fuq Filfla jew ... tridu kollox ghalikom u taghkom!!! Moan Moan you will never be heared ... same as they did with us ....
Charles Busuttil
Dec 17th 2010, 11:30
Qui-si-Sana gets a garden and Bormla gets GRIT BLASTING. How come we did not read anything about this in The Times? Was this because it is all happening in the South of the Island?
Malcolm McAndrews
Dec 17th 2010, 11:29
It is tacky and tasteless.The area certainly needed going over but one would have hoped it would have been redesigned with a modicum of taste. It does make one feel bitter about all that money misspent on tasteless vulgarity,which seems to be our lot just like the Palace Square in Valletta,the new so called roofless thaetre,Midi and Fort Cambride in Qui Si Sana and all the rest of the new projects. Good money being spent on third rate rubbish.
denis attard
Dec 17th 2010, 13:16
moan and groan..........here we go again
l fenech
Dec 17th 2010, 11:21
It's a good guess.
Tom Said
Dec 17th 2010, 11:16
nothing is every good enough for people in this country. first people complain cos the old park looked a mess.then when they get a brand new park, they find something else to complain about. talk about spoilt
paul ciantar
Dec 17th 2010, 11:13
Always complaining these sliema people xi dwejjaq ta nies
joe felice pace
Dec 17th 2010, 11:11
George certainly deserves commemoration, but the Sliema LC should have applied for permission to name, or rename, the square in his name as required by law.
R. E. Saliba
Dec 17th 2010, 11:07
The roads haven't been widened though, have they?
It took us an hour to drive along the front from Forestals to Tigne Point, a couple of Sundays ago, and we said 'never again'. This will make things worse. Government should spend such money in other villages too, not only to avoid discriminating (as people seem to feel according to comments below) but also to ease traffic congestion.
On another note... will property in the area rise in price as a result of this new garden? Yes? Wonder who owns them...
J Farrugia
Dec 17th 2010, 11:03
qui si sana is not for the residents. It is just a public place like any other place in Malta so what are these egoistic residents complaining about? If needs be yes, it will become a popular area thanks to the government's intervention in embellishing the area. We have no time for pessimistic and personal egoisms.
m borg
Dec 17th 2010, 10:54
These people are incredible. They have a fantastic new garden on their doorstep. And what do they do?
They moan and moan and moan and moan .....
.....and moan and moan and moan .. ……
.....and moan and moan …..
.... and moan and moan ,,,,,,
.....and moan …..
Is there nothing else in their lives?
How I wish that government built a garden outside my front door!
J.Tonna
Dec 17th 2010, 11:28
Ta' tas-Sliema jridu jgawduh wahedhom il-gnien. Qiesu sar min flushom biss.
Mark Ciantar
Dec 17th 2010, 12:10
I agree. Hope one day the garden near my house will be upgraded
George Mamo
Dec 17th 2010, 10:45
Jien ma naqbel f'xejn ma dan il-gvern - imma li jibnilek gnien fejn tista tistrih, trid tkun vera wiccek imcappas bic-cikulata ta' - ghal dan il-progett intieh il-mertu kollu u proset.
c camilleri
Dec 17th 2010, 10:44
U billi jsir Paceville iehor xi jkun gara? Mhux ahjar in nies ikollom iktar ghazla fejn imorru jiehdu pjacir? mela dejjem l-istess postijiet?
Fis South ma tistax ghax il-pollution li hemm tirriskja tmut b'xi cancer jekk ma tifgax qabel fid-duhhan tal-powerstation. Mela fejn fadal fejn tmur?
Anzi nipproponi li gewwa Sliema, San Giljan, Swieqi, Ibragg etc etc jinbnew iktar attrazzjonijiet kemm ghaz zaghzagh u ghall familji halli n nies ikollom fejn imorru u jiehdu pjacir!
Mela l istorbju wara l-bieb taghna biss triduh?
A Lauri
Dec 17th 2010, 10:42
Jista xi hadd mil assocjazjoni jispjegali kif wasal ghal konkluzjoni ta "Residents fear Qui-si-Sana becoming a Paceville" ?!?!?!?!?!
Jew ma tafux x'hemm go Paceville, jew ma tohorgux mid dar !!
Progett bhal dan miskom tirringrazjaw lil min gietu fmohhu !!
Pffffffffffffff xnies jeziztu, garr biss..... !!!
victor rodenas
Dec 17th 2010, 10:41
Paceville is what it is because in the past residents there sold their houses to speculators for good sums of money.Now residents of Qui-si-sana if you do not want the same thing to happen in your area,...do not sell your property to speculators otherwise whoever remains there will be living in another Paceville....Paceville became Noiseville and Qui-si-sana will become Qui -si -despera.
George Bartolo Grech
Dec 17th 2010, 10:39
To every person criticising the garden. Have u got kids? I bet you don't. The only people or most people using this garden would be people with kids or grown ups who go out for a stroll here and there. I cant imagine youths of today swapping clubbing for swings with harnesses!! Can you? Stop moaning for a bit. The only place left in Sliema to let my son out of his pushchair is the playing area next to the torri. Now at least he has another option besides me taking him to the BOV Park in Ta Qali. Well Done to whom ever concerned in transforming an area that was pretty much a waste of space to one that could be used by maltese Children.
n.farrugia
Dec 17th 2010, 10:38
Imma kif dejjem tgorru. Irringrazzjaw l-Alla li rrangawlkom post li kien zdingat!
R Brincat
Dec 17th 2010, 10:31
Not all the Qui-Si-Sana residents are complaing my parents are thrilled to have such beautiful grounds at last better than all rubbish there was well done to all involved.
Joe Borg
Dec 17th 2010, 10:16
Il-veru nies wicchom tost. Mela l-ewwel qalaw lil min kien jghix hemm ghal kwiet qabel biex waqaw kollox u bnew u dahlu joqghodu huma fihom u issa qed igergru. Dejjem tgergru. Ma nafx x, tipretendu u x' tahsbu li intom???!!!
Carmel Garcia
Dec 17th 2010, 10:42
Trid tkun taf x'jahsbu li huma dawn Sur Borg? Dawn niftakar jien kienu jghidulhom tax-xelin fl-imghoddi u toqghodilhom. Ma nafx ghax qed igorru dawn. Kull ministru li kellhom dejjem ghamel minn tas-Smliema, San Giljan ecc. genna ta' l-art u hawn fis-south hlief duhhan ma ghamlux. Zewg power stations, tarzna, shipbuilding, freeport, riciklacc ta' San Antnin, ajruport fl-ajruplani bil-hsejjes kull hin, barrieri, enemalta u z-zjut kollha taghha plus zewg impjanti tal-gas, wiehed il-qajjenza u l-iehor go Hal Kirkop, irwejjah ohra ta' gas li johorgu mill-mina ta' taht l-=art fl-inhawi tal-Barrani f'Hal Tarxien, trab iswed ma kull naha ta' dawn l-inhawi u hadd ma jaghti kas. X'izjed? Jekk tibqa ssemmi ma tispicca qatt. Anke semplici maratoni, jibdew minn tas-Sliema u jispiccaw f'tas-Sliema, qisu hemm jghixu n-nies, ghax huma biss kollha pepe u nglizati.
adrian agius
Dec 17th 2010, 10:14
Was there a need for another playing area over there when there is one near the tower about 1 km away?????
George Bartolo Grech
Dec 17th 2010, 10:40
At least now we got 2 playing areas for kids.
A. Charles
Dec 17th 2010, 15:28
The trouble with Sliema is that it has always had incompetent mayors and councils. The great changes and embellishments which were made are all due to the central government. I can easily classify the pavements in Sliema as the worst of all the island. I come from the deep south and therefore I speak with a certain amount of expertise.
Susan galea
Dec 17th 2010, 10:06
Ara vera spoilt brats intom ta tas-sliema ta. Tas-south hlief tniggiz u zibel m'ghandniex u intom teqirdu ghax bil-gnien ha jigu aktar nies. Mur gibkhom toqghodu birzebbuga jew Fgura jew Zejtun x'taghmlu? Mur gibkhom il-power station bil-Heavy fuel oil ha jaghhmilha wara biebkom l-ghaziz gvern li dejjem iccapcpulu.
C Sultana
Dec 17th 2010, 09:53
Dawn in-nies x'iridu??
Jekk ma jkun hemm xejn jgergru, jekk jaghmlulom gnien bellezza jgergru ghax issa jista jkun hawn l-istorbju u ma jkunux jistghu jorqdu kmieni jew jiehdu siesta pffff
...il-promenade ma nafx kemm il-darba ghamluh gdid u jgergru wkoll!!! Xil-qaddissin tridu??
Mur gibkom jaghmlulkom...
1.Power station (kemm l-antika u l-gdida) igifieri tinqeda Malta kolla u nithammgu ahna...
2.Impjant tar-riciklagg
3.Impjant tat-tisfija tad-drenagg (kemm l-antik u l-gdid) igifieri l-hmieg ta Malta kolla jintefa fil-bahar taghna...
4.Dockyard
5.Centri tal-immigranti irregolari
6.Fish farms
Dawn u iktar kolla f'zona wahda ta' Malta...u intom tgergru ghax ghamlulkom gnien sabih!!!
Kemm tahsbu li intom superjuri?
Get a life...
K zammit
Dec 17th 2010, 10:03
Your comment is so hilarious LOL and i agree with you a 100% :)
S. Cachia
Dec 17th 2010, 10:27
Hadtli il-kliem minn halqi Sultana. Mur gibhom ikollhom inaddfu xi tlett pali trab iswed bhal ma innehhi jien mill-parapett fiz-zejtun. Melli nohrog fil-gallarija insib wiehed mill-ikbar sigarri ta Malta ma wicci - ic-cumnija tal-power station ta Delimara. Imbaghad nigi ghax-xoghol u insib tal-Marsa mat-tieqa. Kelli bzonn insib xi zewg gonna hdejn il-bieb. Ghalqu halqkom please, vera triduha tal-pepe u taghmlu minn kollox biex tiddistingwu lilkom infuskom minn haddiehor - bil-hmerijiet imma.
U lil Ministru inkarigat nghidlu - imbarazz biss titfaw fis-south? Minn ghandna tista iggib il-voti ta ukoll. Speed of sound qdejthom lil dawn ara ahna ilna snin twal bit-toroq imkissrin u gejt taqa u tqum minna. Tridu tintegraw l-immigranti illegali fis-socjeta, nahseb ahjar tintegraw u taccettaw lil maltin stess l-ewwel u ma taghmlux preferenzi bejniethom ghax minn joqghod is-south u min le.
Andrew Cumbo
Dec 17th 2010, 10:45
C. Sultana, proset kumment f'waqtu. Kellu bzonn u imqar ghandna gnien u playing feild sabiha bhall din fi 'south'. Ahna minsijin ghall kollox, jiftakru biss fina ghall xi progett li johloq xi inkonvinjenza. Ma nahsibx li playing feild bhall din ha tohloq xi Paceville iehor. Nahseb ha toqoghdu tahsbuwa darbtejn ir-residenti ta Qui-Si- Sana jekk tigikhom l-opportunita li tbieghu il- propjeta biex issir zvilupp kumercjali !!
m schembri
Dec 17th 2010, 11:17
love the comment and totally agree with you
J Farrugia
Dec 17th 2010, 12:23
sur S Cachia, power station huwa imbarazz? Ajruport huwa imbarazz? Li jkollox centru bhal ta' Sant antnin minflok napli wara darek huwa imbarazz? li jkollok freeport huwa imbarazz? li jkollox fabbriki jahdmu huwa imbarazz? Nissimpatizza narqa mieghek sur Cachia ghax fi zmienek qaghd biss kellna u mhux xoghol. Dawn huma kollha progetti miljunarji li qed ihaddmu eluf ta' Maltin u Ghawdxin u li qed jirrendu servizzi utili ghalik u ghalija. ghax kieku qed nghumu fil-hama. Kemm nissimpatizza mieghek! kellu bzonn il-mexxej tieghek kien kapaci jaghmel imqar progett wiehed minn dawn il-ftit li semmejtlek, ghax hlief bankina sfrakassata ma halliex fejn hemm il-freeport. U swietilna miljuni kbar ghal bicca bankina fil-bahar.
J. Debono
Dec 17th 2010, 14:22
@ J. Farrugia
Mort ghal kollox barra l-argument!!
L-argument hu li progetti ta' l-iskart, airport bl-istorbju kollu tieghu, powerstation bit-tniggis kollu u mard li tqabbad,
dawn huma kollha progetti li qeghdin fis-south.
Tas-Sliema xi progetti ghamel il-gvern? Promenade, bandli, dwal mas-sigar, u xorta jgergru ta Tas-Sliema!! X'iridu aktar????
Jekk iddejqu jbieghu il-flat u jigu fis-South!!
Ara ahna ma naffordjawx flat jiswa 500,000Ewro go Qui si Sana ghax li kieku nigu serrah mohhok!
Fuq kollox - ta Qui Si Sana, min irrid jibdel il-flat tieghu ma tieghi fis-South jien lest li nibdel!!
Jekk le ghalqu halqkom u tgergrux ghax m'ghandkomx ghalxieix!!
P. Borg
Dec 17th 2010, 14:55
Hallina Sur Farrugia. Haga wahda se nghidlek sur nazzjonalist li ghalik malta qeda timxi fuq ir-rubini. Kull haga li semmejt int taf xi jgibu maghhom? - Storbju u hmieg li tefawhom wara biebna. Jekk igibu il-miljuni ma nafx ta ghax hlief dejn ma kellnix fl-ahhar snin.
Kieku stess isiru il-miljuni (li mhux il-kaz - ezempju ta dan l-ahhar hi l-AIrMalta) xorta ma tridomx wara biebek. Dawn igergru ghal naqra storbju li forsi jigi minn gnien, mela kemm imissna ingergru ghal l-istorbju iggenerat mill-ajruport, mill-free port u xi nghidu ghal hmieg iggenerat mill-power stations? U fejn huma dawn il-miljuni??? Malta qeda mgherqha go deficit ta barra minn hawn. Hallina, qum minn dik id-dinja tal-holm u ara ir-realta
A. Abela
Dec 17th 2010, 15:07
@ J. Farrugia
Vera kolha progetti miljunarji. Progetti li Gonzi PN li tadura int ha hsieb ifallihom. Mela ma qrajthomx in-news ta l-ahhar fuq l-AirMalta??? Imma kif blue jew ahmar biss taraw. Harsu lejn is-sitwazzjonijiet kif verament qeghdin. Bniedem tridu issalbuh mhux fuq dak li jghid imma just ghax jikritika lil partit taghkom. Ma tifqux tahsbu u tharsu lejn il-verita kif inhi. Skond diskorsok il-PN kollox tajjeb ghamel u il-problema ta deficit li ghandha Malta gidba jew holma kerha. Anke il-problemi ta faqar li hawn ukoll cajta. Immaturaw ftit please.
S. Darmanin
Dec 17th 2010, 15:15
Nahseb ahjar nissimpatizzaw naqra mieghek Sur Farrugia ghax tidher li qed tghix fil-holm. Meta tkun lest tilqa il-hmieg u il-pollution li jiggeneraw dawn l-affarijiet kollha li semmejt int stess, kellimna imbaghad.
Meta kien hawn il-qaghad ezatt??? Nahseb qed tirreferi ghal dawn l-ahhar snin hux?? Ghid lid-Dipartiment ta l-istatistika jghidlek naqra ic-cifri tal-qaghad halli naraw naqra meta splodew. Qas qadd ma kien hawn din il-problema ta flus daqs illum f'Malta.
Dawn igergru ghal gnien, ahseb u ara minn ghandu kundanna ta xi cancer fuq rasu bhal ma ghandu min jghix god-duhhan tal-power station. Jien nahdem il-Marsa. Cover heavy duty ta karozza li jkun fuqha kuljum taf kif sar f'sebgha xhur sur Farrugia? - mimli dwawwar sofor qisu waqa fuqu xi barmil sadit. Kien gdid minn gol kaxxa seba xhur ilu. Hallina. Facli tpacpac meta ma tkunx qed tbati int. Hadt ma jrid il-problemi wara biebu hux.
John Inguanez
Dec 17th 2010, 09:52
These people are always. First they opposed the car, now we have a playing and we, the visitors, have lost another parking lot! Now they are complaining about people using the playing field! Tomorrow they will ask that the area be declared "NO GO" for non-residents. Remember that you are a part of Malta not an independent Qui-Si-Sana.
What would you say if you live like me in Zabbar Road with thousands vehicles passing infront of my door with all the exhaust. You have the sea in front of you, I have diesel fumes!
A how quick was this playingfield/garden set up. Of course Pullicino is from there.
When will be see the family park near Sant'Antnin, Mr Pullicino?
Give us a break
K Camilleri
Dec 17th 2010, 09:51
This is a children's playing field, call it a small garden if you want to.
Don't exaggerate... it will not become another Paceville. Teenagers don't want swings with harnesses but clubs and bars, and I they have not built any of that!
Always complaining in this Island...
Ronald Cassar
Dec 17th 2010, 10:34
"......clubs and bars, and I they have not built any of that!"
And if perhaps you could get your little brains to function properly you would understand that it is what the residents association is saying. They do not want MEPA to cave in to demands for these type of permits in the future.
The new garden is wonderful and long overdue and is what the area needed. What the area does not need is bars and clubs or anything else related to catering or entertainment.
K Camilleri
Dec 17th 2010, 10:48
Mr. Cassar,
Can you enlighten me where can a bar / restaurant / club open? In one of the apartment's garages? In the middle of the road? Or instead of another few parking spaces?
There are one or two bars in that area and some two restaurants. Where do you expect a club to open?
Some people really have the right to complain and to shout out that they are being threated unfairly, but that applies to the people who live in the south of the Island since they got everything dumped there.
Who has little brains?
Ronald Cassar
Dec 18th 2010, 07:26
K Camilleri:
Obviously you need enlightenment because you lack it. Tower road Sliema - how many partking spaces are there? Where do you think that patrons of the many restaurants on Tower Road go to park their cars? Same applies to the Strand - when the parking spaces get filled up (these always get filled up first) where do you think the people will park their cars?
That is why the Qui Si Sana residents do not wish for any more permits for bars, restaurants etc - to protect the residents from any more inconvenience.
YOU have the small brains but I note it is compensated with a big mouth.
Kevin Camilleri
Dec 18th 2010, 12:20
Cassar,
Do you think that it is the restuarant's patrons that take up the parking spaces? Don't make me laugh! Sliema is the city of parking disasters! I work in Sliema, and park in qui si sana so I know what I am talking about. @ 7.30 in the morning, there are barely 15 parking spaces available in the whole qui si sana area and surroundings! Offices are still closed at that time and so are restaurants. The problem is that there is a huge number of apartments and lack of garages and parking spaces so parkings are taken up by the same sliema residents.
Mepa has neglected and it is still neglecting the parking problems in Sliema when permits are issued. There are no spaces for restaurants, bars and clubs in Qui si Sana, unless some other building is demolished.
Tiny brain, big mouth, and willfull blindness.
J.Laus
Dec 17th 2010, 09:48
Gnien sabih u attraenti ghall ahhar, Nittamaw li ma jsirx xi paceville iehor.
Veru li tas-Sliema/San Giljan ghandhom kollox .pero nighd haga,, li Jafu izommu il lokal nadif u minghajr vandalizmu.Jien trabbejt dawk in nahat u ghadni insegwi kemm tas Sliema u kemm san Giljan ,Ma ghandi xejn kontra tas-South ,ghax ghamilt aktar min 40 sena nahdem is -south,u nissimpatizza maghhom ghax veru li hemm ir-reciklacc u it;-tarzna li wara kollox hadd ma jiehu pjacir bihom. Nittamaw li xi darba il Gvern ikun min ikun ,jahseb ftit fis -South u Isebhilhom ftit l-ambjent.
I M Dingli
Dec 17th 2010, 09:48
@ Qui-si-Sana Residents
Lucky you, i have been waiting 15 years for the road infront of my house to be given some tarmac. All i have at the moment is some gravel here and there, mud, potholes,etc (in summer it is like the Sahara with all the dust flying around)..... you need a 4x4 on a daily basis just to get in and out of the garage!!
jimi Xerri
Dec 17th 2010, 09:46
il vera m'intom kuntenti b'xejn!!!!
Joe Bonnici
Dec 17th 2010, 09:39
Ara s-South hlief progetti li jniggsu ma jsirux. Sant'Antnin, il-power station, l-impjant taz-zejt fil-Marsa li r-riha tal-gss anki tinxtamm mill-Belt Valletta, ic-centri tal-immigranti illegali, il-Freeport u t-tkabbir tiegħu biex jeqirdu l-bajjiet li kien hawn in-naha t'isfel, rega beda s-sand blasting fit-Tarzna minn Palumbo li diga' qed juri arroganza liema bhala ghax dan mhux qed jithalla jsir fl-Italja ......
Michael Borg
Dec 17th 2010, 09:32
hadt ma jrid iz zibbel wara biebu issa qomsu !!
P. Borg
Dec 17th 2010, 09:31
Mela kull ma jsir xejn mhu tajjeb??? Allura kien tajjeb dak l-imbarazz u il-kruha li kien hemm qabel? Jekk nirrangaw ingergru u jekk le ingergru xorta. Fost tant affarijiet li ghandna ghalfejn ingergru ghall-inqas saret xi haga tajba. Jekk hemm il-bizat ta xi haga allura il-kunsill ghandu jaghmel pressjoni halli jkun hemm aktar wardens fl-area u ronda ta veru minn naha tal-pulizija. Il-problema tat-traffiku minn dejjem hemm kienet f'dawn l-areas ma nahsibx li se taghmel xi differenza ghax gie zviluppat xi haga. Ghall-inqas bniedem jara gnien mhux dak il-hmieg u gebel li kien hemm qabel.
John Portelli
Dec 17th 2010, 09:19
That's the best news Paceville residents had in years. Finally someone else will understand what the residents of Paceville had to endure over the years.
Well done MEPA.
J. Debono
Dec 17th 2010, 09:13
Dejjem tgergru ta Tas-Sliema filwaqt li ghandkom kollox - promenades, bandli, restaurants, hwienet.
Ara tas-South!!
Minsijin mill-Gvern, progetti ta xejn! Sorry insejt il-progett ta Sant'Antnin.
Intom jaghmlulkom bandli u hwienet, u ahna nircievu l-iskart!!!!!!
Aghmluli pjacir u ghidu grazzi, mhux tgergru biss!!
JOe VELLa
Dec 17th 2010, 09:49
@J. Debono
You said you have a 'Sant Antnin Project' here in our area, Rabat, Dingli, Siggiewi, Zebbug, Attard our project is Discos and more in plan.
By the way do not make noise otherwise you wake up the authorities. For us it is wake y wake y till 4 a.m., depending on the wind! And no one in authority do anything constructive about it.
The E.U. says it is a local matter so there you are my friend!
J. Debono
Dec 17th 2010, 10:04
Minix ingerger!! Joe Vella
Ma nistax nifhem ghal liema raguni ta Qui Si Sana qed igergru ghax ghamlulhom bandli!!
Hemmhekk qeghdin, ahna ghandna impjant ta l-iskart, lilkom discos u ma gergirnix!!
U dawn ghax ghamlulhom bandli mill-isbah qed igergru!!!!!!
X'iridu aktar?
RMifsud
Dec 17th 2010, 10:14
@Joe Vella...shame on you pointing your finger against a single problem. These projects enrich these areas and allow us parents to some relaxation time in a safe and decent environment. Every location has its problems, power stations, airports, free-port, batching plants, tuna penning etc, the list is endless so please if you have a sleeping problem just tap your ears and shut up. we are developing our country so give us a break will you.
joe borg
Dec 17th 2010, 10:58
IF THEY ENRICH YOUR AREA.... they enrich your property value as well
JOe VELLa
Dec 17th 2010, 13:29
@J Debono
Sorry if you misunderstood my write up. The fact is millions of euro are being spent in so called tourist areas and they keep demanding more, yet the rest of us tax payers are left to stink.
@RMifsud
As long as I see fellow citizens suffer I will speak out, and you do not need to tell me to plug. The problem on this island is those in the inner circle try to muzzle the rest of us by all means. As long as there remain loud disco music and people are suffering as I know are complaining to the police but shy to write in the press then it is my duty to do so. It seem you have special interest in these discos because you are one that always write in favor of this harassment.