Barrakka lift to be inaugurated next week
The new Barrakka lift will be inaugurated on Saturday week.
The ceremony will be led by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi.
Mepa gave the go-ahead for the building of the new €2m lift in September 2010, 40 years after the former lift closed down.
The project was handled by the Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation after bids from private companies were found unsatisfactory by the government.
The old Barrakka Lift operated between 1905 and 1970 by the same company which operated the tram. The structure was dismantled in 1983.
The new panoramic lift has two cabins that will carry up to 800 passengers an hour from the area of the old Customs House to the Barrakka. The structure is made of concrete covered with aluminium mesh.
December 15 will also see the soft opening of the new Valletta open theatre on the site of the old Opera House. The theatre will be hosting the opening of a programme of activities running up to Christmas.
Coincidentally, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech had also mentioned December 15 as the possible hand-over date of the power station extension.
The old Barrakka lift.
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Julie Peace
Dec 7th 2012, 14:14
Its always the same old comments.......immediately negative about something new......then slagging off the Government.......just embrace it......how lovely it will be to access the Waterfront from the Barraka Gardens.....osteoarthritis in my left ankle has prevented me from doing so. I for one will look forward to using the lift. Be grateful, people of Malta
Michael Camileri
Dec 7th 2012, 08:07
That structure does not look square (at 90deg)... is it OK?
James Wightman
Dec 7th 2012, 08:03
Now if you had a decent passenger ferry service across to the 3 cities you could commute to Valletta and vice-versa that way, possibly even as far as Sliema/St Julians using the Sliema ferry too. I do hope they allow bicycles in the cabin.
manuel lia
Dec 7th 2012, 07:39
to m.borg[slm]....little minds are happy with little things....thats what you wrote right?.....how little can a mind be?...... when losing a referendum with more then 19000 votes and still claim that partnership won.....i guess you did go out to celebrate m.borg.......thats a little little mind........
Mr C Galea
Dec 6th 2012, 23:39
this should add a few votes in favour of the P N even tough the new lift is not as ascetically "good looking" as that nice old structure in the photo above
anthony borg
Dec 6th 2012, 22:46
Komplu roxxu il bzarr u aqtaw izigareli ghax ghalek biss tajbin.....
Mario Pandolfino
Dec 6th 2012, 21:10
Prosit lil gvern presenti ta dawn ir-rigali kollha li qed jaghti lil poplu malti u ghawdex.Gie pajjizz genna ta l-art u l-ghejra ta kulhadt.Grazzi PN.
stephen portelli
Dec 7th 2012, 07:00
are you serious ? do you know that such projects are being completed months away from the election? are you drunk maybe? it is good to have such things but do you know that local contractors has to wait ten years to get paid upon finishing of such projects? do you know in which situation are our contractors in this magnificent island? why everybody looks only to aesthetics.
merry christmas
Mr Stephen Borg
Dec 7th 2012, 07:17
Wow what a nice present. It will deffinetly change our lives. Give us a break and get really please.
Joe Grech
Dec 6th 2012, 20:39
The facts are these:
This much needed lift has cost Malta e2million.
For a total of 40 years - mostly under sleepy and inefficient PN administrations there was no proper access linking the harbour area to Valletta - how's that for efficiency?
It was and still is, an eyesore.
HENRY FENECH AZZOPARDI
Dec 7th 2012, 00:20
You have the wrong facts since the lifts stopped working because there was no demand. The Waterfront plus the Cruise liners are generating a substantial demand and the lifts have been installed to accommodate easy connection to our Capital City much to the relief of the Bussinesss Comunity and tourisim in general. What you call an eyesore is an investment well calculated for the future.
Alex Buds
Dec 6th 2012, 19:56
Good thing the ugly sewer pipe snaking down the wall in the old picture has been removed.
M. Attard
Dec 6th 2012, 19:17
it looks ideal to launch a rocket from that structure
twanny borg
Dec 6th 2012, 19:07
wiehed irid jammetti li ghal holqien ta' progetti dan il-gvern ma jerbahlu hadd. kellu bzonn il-pl jaghmel 20 sena fil-gvern u jaghmel daqs kemm ghamel progetti dan il-gvern. pero meta il-pl jigi mistoqsi lanqas irid iwiegeb kif se jrahhas id-dawl. ahjar il-pl jghid x'se jaghmel progetti.
stephen portelli
Dec 7th 2012, 07:03
inti staqsejt lilek in nifsek mis ser ihallas ghall dawn il progetti kollha? inti taf li qedin jintuzaf flus il kuntratturi ghax qghed idumu ma jithalsu? mela siehbi ha nghidlek la wiehed u lanqas l iehor ma qghied jghamel sew ok .
Anthony Paul Naudi
Dec 6th 2012, 18:58
Seta gie iddisinjat mod iehor biex ikun hemm kuntrast mas-swar li huma fortifikazzjni taz-zmien il-kavallieri. Imma dan l-imbierek lift kien hemm bzonnu hafna.
A.P.Naudi
Dorielle Soler
Dec 7th 2012, 07:52
Imma is-swar nafu kemm ilhu hemm, waqt li kull epoka trid thalli warajha bini li jirrefletti zmienha
Alfred Grech
Dec 6th 2012, 18:34
This is great news. It was no fun walking up those stairs. I believe that Harbourfront will see better business in the future.
Joseph Borg
Dec 6th 2012, 17:57
Tghidul xejn l-istruttura tal lift jistona xi ftit mal bini antik u swar ferm meraviljuzi li hemm imdawrin.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Dec 6th 2012, 18:18
Umbaghad jigi xi gharef u jghidilna li hemm bzonn innehhu is-sigar ghax qed jaghttu is-swar.
carmel parnis
Dec 6th 2012, 17:51
S ur Privitera forsi issemmilna xi progett wiehed li ghamel il Partit Laburista Malta jew G hawdex . Issemmix it toroq tal Marfa ta Wied il Ghajn jew tal Mellieha Bypass li nbnew fuq it tafal u sfrundaw, ghax naqbdu nidhqu . Imma Sur Privitera forsi issemmilna it tinda tal Stadium Ta Qali li tgharet ma l ewwel buffura rih
Charles Micallef
Dec 6th 2012, 17:38
One big rush to get the Opera House open, one big rush to get the barraka lift working, well if these are election teasers, as they are clearly are... it will take much more than silly trimmings to get the voters to vote gonzipn again!
Lino Parascandalo
Dec 6th 2012, 18:25
don't count your chickens before there are hatched ! mate
Angelo Xerri
Dec 6th 2012, 19:17
Anglu Xerri
Charles do you think for a moment, the PL would have been any different?
I agree with Lino.
Joe Tabone
Dec 6th 2012, 17:27
Finally we will have a vital link from Lascaris wharf to the centre of Valleta reinstated.
Another responsible investment by the Government for the benefit of both locals and tourists, especially cruise liner tourists.
Well done!
Robert Lewis
Dec 6th 2012, 18:56
@ Joe Tabone. For your information there is already a link from near Valletta Water Front to near City Gate, and it is free as well. Cannot tell you how though, but there is, cause I used it.
Joe Tabone
Dec 6th 2012, 19:18
@R Lewis,
You must be referring to the tunnel to MCP Car park, however this is a panoramic lift located right on Lascaris Wharf leading directly to Barrakka Gardens. You are obviously free to choose which lift to use!
manuel lia
Dec 6th 2012, 17:23
imma kif kollox hazin ghalikom li ilkom 25 sena floppozizzjoni?u qed tghoddu il flieles qabel ma jfaqqsu tergu....sur eddy privitera....taf meta messek ktibt int ?meta kontu tahdmu bil 4 day week il casino....kien ikollok hafna zmien biex tikteb dak iz zmien....ma ghadekx taghmlu il programm tas cni fuq smash?joker...
R. Saliba
Dec 6th 2012, 17:11
PL = partit tan nies qerrieda.
Victor Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 17:33
PN=partit tal klikkek
m. borg (slm)
Dec 6th 2012, 17:05
Little minds are happy with little things.
Let's hope that unlike the Statue of La Vallette the Lift does not have its base removed the day after inauguration.....................
A Cuschieri
Dec 6th 2012, 17:29
Are you hoping that wouldn't happen or wishing that it would so that you can come here and flood the comments board with your usual petty talk?
A. Sultana
Dec 6th 2012, 17:32
What makes YOU happy sir? We who hold little minds enjoy to see the conservation of our National Heritage.
Joe Tabone
Dec 6th 2012, 17:33
Another brilliant investment by the Government, even if its small (as you say) its for the benefit of all.
Since you seem not to have yet visited de Valette square, can you clarify what base was removed?!? Are you referring to the marble plaque carrying the name of the square?? This was fixed to the wall on the side of the Piazza the next day.
Little plaques for little minds!?!
m. borg (slm)
Dec 6th 2012, 21:18
I see I have touched some sore point.
R. Saliba
Dec 6th 2012, 17:03
U kemm hawn min jeqred hanina.
Joe Borg (Senior)
Dec 6th 2012, 16:56
Ghazis Dr.Gonzi tista taghmel ceremonji kemm trid ghax-fl-ahhar mil-ahhar triq wahda ghandek .. barra!
Alex Ellul
Dec 6th 2012, 16:54
The original lift was demolished by the Mintoff government. It has now been rebuilt. Now we can say that everything that the MLP had destroyed in the past has now been rebuilt, ready for the next PL government to re-
Chris Ellul
Dec 6th 2012, 16:54
There is one thing this government is trying to instill in us, the people.
Civic Pride.
Have we got any??
C.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Dec 6th 2012, 18:23
Are you serious? Have you been in Malta in the past ten years? GonziPN has overseen the destruction of our cultural heritage more than happened in the Second World War!
Jo Woodall
Dec 6th 2012, 16:44
And at what time will the ceremony take place?
GL Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 16:57
During the night.
Eddy Privitera
Dec 6th 2012, 16:35
Each project inaugurated NOW continues to prove the REAL REASON why Dr. Gonzi did not want to call an election sooner. So that he has now brought the country to its present predicament when he perfectly knew what would happen to the budget !
Gordon Galea
Dec 6th 2012, 16:43
oh please, do get a life Eddy.
GL Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 16:43
Eddy this new lift is good for Malta and it is even better for the Tourist Industry. Give credit where credit is due.
m. borg (slm)
Dec 6th 2012, 16:55
It might have a purpose but surely it is an architectual monstrosity it does blend with the city walla.
Eddy you are absolutely right and gonzi will decide on the election date accortding to the new parliament being ready.
R. Saliba
Dec 6th 2012, 17:01
dak jeqred..
m. borg (slm)
Dec 6th 2012, 17:03
architectual monstrosity it does blend with the city walla.
should read ".....architectual monstrosity it does not blend with the city walls".
Joseph John Camilleri
Dec 6th 2012, 19:10
Get a life. The PN did every project PL never dreamt of doing starting from the airport, roads, etc. Nothing left for PL to do except moan and whine.
William Busuttil
Dec 6th 2012, 16:31
in less then 100 years this lift will be hocked up to the geocesed orbit space station 10,000, miles over head.
Pierre Micallef-Grimaud
Dec 6th 2012, 16:16
Why does everyone have to criticise the government or Gonzipn for every project accomplished? isn't the government us citizens after all? We should be proud of such gems in our country especially when we have the habit of comparing other countries to ours. Prosit Dr Gonzi whether these places where to be inaugurated sooner or later, they upgrade our country and make us (min jirraguna) proud.
GL Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 16:35
Are you saying we the people almost drove Air Malta into bankruptcy and then had to pump almost 200,000,000Million euros to bail it out and to cover up the blunder? Are you saying that we the people created the Public Transportation Fiasco for the last two years and still going? We criticize the Government because somebody has to. They are not all bad but they are not all good either.
GL Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 16:41
I have to admit that this new lift is a great accomplishment. I rode on the old one, have you? We used to hang on to our lives going up and down the old lift, scary. Really Pierre when people do right they need to be commended and this lift deserves commending. But when they do wrong they need to be reprimanded. Fair enough? Not everything GonziPN did was wrong, they did some things right.
m. borg (slm)
Dec 6th 2012, 16:56
No pierre I do not form part of gonzipn in fact I am ashamed gonzipn represents me on the international fora especially considering our position in the Corruption Index.
Pierre Micallef-Grimaud
Dec 6th 2012, 17:34
@GL Calleja - When the government does good we praise, when the government does wrong we criticize. That is what I'm trying to say. Doesn't mean we always have to agree with whoever governs.
@ m. borg(slm) - Government is presently headed by Dr Gonzi & you don't have to form part of gonzipn and perhaps not many people are ashamed of being represented by him. Is corruption something new in Malta?
Stephen Spiteri
Dec 6th 2012, 16:15
I hope at least it IS ready. Used the Cirkewwa terminal this morning - still half closed off, nothing working. Went into a state of the art room, supervised by 4 TM officials, then out the opposite door, back into the road and into the ship because the passageways leading to the ferry are still closed off. Who is TM trying to hoodwink ?
aldo Attard
Dec 6th 2012, 16:14
What a contrast?
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the nicest of them all?
One leaves you to see the panoramic view through its structure making no obstacle.
The other tells you we are the champions, we are the champions.
"As usual I do not thing that this observation is going to see the light of day, thanks to the right of democratic freedom"
Robert Caruana
Dec 6th 2012, 16:11
SO GONZI DELIVERS AFTER ALL!!!!
Eddy Privitera
Dec 6th 2012, 16:30
Robert Caruana: " So Gonzi delivers after all " ! The problem is how long it takes him to deliver. And how much more it costs him from the original estimate ! Over €600 million MORE than estimated !
Victor Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 17:31
Ghandhom bzonn il qwiebel Mater Dei
B. Storace
Dec 6th 2012, 16:09
Valletta and the shops should see more cruise passengers strolling around. The white taxis will be put in their place and there will be no more fleecing of the tourist. What remains, to complete this welcome lift, is a fleet of ferries for the commuters from and visitors to the three cities. This will also help to keep traffic off the roads. A most welcome addition and about time too.
Victor Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 15:57
Issa johrog min kastilja, jidhol il barrakka ta fuq, jinzel bil lift u jaqbad il lanca sal Birgu. Min hemm karozza ghal MarsaScala u jasal id dar. hasra li mhux se tkun ta kulljum aktar.
Mario Tabone
Dec 6th 2012, 15:56
Opening ceremonies,celebrations, all in time for the elections you say...........and why not ?
All the negative comments coming over from the PL side is all sour grapes. They wish they had the opportunity themselves but alas for them they only get to be in government for a very short while , once every generation or so. Thankfully I say !! I wonder how many ribbons they will cut should they win .
Reuben D. Spiteri
Dec 6th 2012, 15:55
Seriously some people prowling this site are just a bunch of big baby whiners!
The thought of praising anyone (or, for some, the opposing party) is viewed as heresy and punishable by excommunication.
Was this vital? Maybe not. Will this help Malta's tourism? Definitely!
Do I care which bloody party got to do it? Absolutely not!
Gordon Galea
Dec 6th 2012, 16:29
Well said Reuben, unfortunately the term "ignorance is bliss" applies to a good chunk of Maltese citizens!
Angelo Vassallo
Dec 6th 2012, 15:53
@ Joseph Borg
Ir-ritratt ta' fuq jghamlilna gieh ghaliex juri lil Malta fis-sena 2012. 25 sena ilu xoghol bhal dak konna narawh biss barra min Malta u konna nghidu li ahna qatt ma jkollna xejn.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Dec 6th 2012, 15:52
I hope the area leading to the lift from near the old Customs House is cleaned up and well lit as last time I looked it was very dirty, dismal and dark.
Angelo Vassallo
Dec 6th 2012, 15:50
@ Andrew Borg
From were YOUR tunnel would have passed if it were you doing the project? Solutions and not just bla bla.
Kellu jkun l-PARTIT NAZZJONALISTA biex Malta SBIEHET mill-ejl ghan-nhar. Allahares tara lil Malta ta' 25 sena ilu!!!!!
Eddy Privitera
Dec 6th 2012, 16:26
Angelo Vassallo: " Malta sbiehet mil-lejl ghan-nhar" ! 25 sena "mil-lejl ghan-nhar " ? Taf li domtu 15 il-sena jew aktar biex nìbnejtu l-isptar Mater Dei ? Il-Kavallieri damu inqas biex bnew is-swar ! Taf kemm ilkhom biex tlestu t-Terminal tac-Cirkewwa ? Tal-inqas 12 il-sena !
Darren Azzopardi
Dec 6th 2012, 15:50
This will be great news for the cruise liner passengers to make it to Valletta.If a ferry service is available, it may also serve as an incentive for these tourists to go to Cottenera by boat which surely will be faster than Arriva. This may also prove to be a solution for less congestion to/from Valletta during rush hours....only if the price is right.
Vincent Galea
Dec 6th 2012, 15:49
When opening my memory vault one of my favourite memories is and remains going up and down the Barrakka lift in the fifties. I was a little boy and my father was young and strong ( may his soul bask in the glory of God ). He used to take me to watch our team Valletta F.C train at ta' Liesse.
What memories !...they make me happy.
victor bonello
Dec 6th 2012, 15:49
This is a great plus to Valletta if the mechanism chosen is good enough, if this is anything like BWSC I hope Dr Gonzi and the rest of the oligarchy try it out !
Secondly will this be run by Government or will it be given to some blue eyed boy to run?
Alex Ellul
Dec 6th 2012, 16:57
You must be very uninformed in lift mechanisms and certifications. A lift cannot function unless it certified safe by a competent person and registered so with the OHSA.
Some sensless comments are really the fruit of ignorance, or worse.
Joseph Borg
Dec 6th 2012, 15:43
Kemm konna ahjar fiz zmien ir ritratt ta taht.
Daniel Soler
Dec 6th 2012, 15:57
oh shut up
R. Saliba
Dec 6th 2012, 16:08
vera. ghax ma konniex naqraw kummenti bhal tieghek kieku
Joseph Caruana
Dec 6th 2012, 16:09
Epic fail Joe.
A. Sultana
Dec 6th 2012, 17:27
Malta kienet definitivament isbah ghax kienet ghadha mhix imcappsa bil-bini bl-addocc tal-lum, in-nies kienu aktar semplici u kien hawn inqas kilba ghal-poter u flus.
Pero min-naha l-ohra li tghid li tghix fil-faqar hu ahjar... Ma nafx jien...
George Cutajar
Dec 6th 2012, 15:41
I guess this is another promise delivered, on time and on budget by the PN in Government.
m. borg (slm)
Dec 6th 2012, 17:01
Faccata hemm l-akbar dock fil-Mediterran li bena il-Labour.
Il-Labour bil-housing estates jiftahhar u mhux b'xi lift.
Angelo Vassallo
Dec 6th 2012, 15:37
@ jl brincat
Of course you say WOW!!! Of course you are astonished!!!
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MALTA. Your partit lejburisti xi triq ZIG ZAG kien jaf jaghmel. bhal dik ta' Marsaskala per ezempju gwapp.
IMISSEK TIDTHI . GHANDEK TIFRAH BIL-GID U MHUX TMAQDAR.
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A Cuschieri
Dec 6th 2012, 16:18
Wara 25 sena fl-oppozizzjoni mdorri ma jifrahx.
Eddy Privitera
Dec 6th 2012, 16:21
Angelo Vassallo: Nahseb l-isbah festa ghandha tkun meta jigi inawgurat it-Tijatru bla saqaf ! l-PN kien weghdu li jerga JIBNIH mill-gdid fin- 1952 ! U baqa jwieghdu f'KULL elezzjoni. Biex issa ghamel qisu BACIR izda flok vapuri tara siggijiet tal-plastic ! Min jaf kemm se jidhaq Joseph Calleja -il-bravu tenur Malti- li kien ikkritika dan it-taparsi progett !
A. Sultana
Dec 6th 2012, 17:24
X'ghandu hazin it-teatru miftuh fl-opinjoni tieghek Sur Privitera?
C. Bartoli
Dec 7th 2012, 11:05
@Eddy Privitera, Eddy ghadek m'ghidtliex x'ghamel biehom il-flus li taw lil Mintoff l-inglizi biex jerga jibni it-teatru mwaqqa mhux zammhom bhlam zamm il miljun ewro li seraq min halq uliedna ghax il-power station inbniet delimara!
Eddy Privitera
Dec 6th 2012, 15:33
This is the sole reason why Lawrence Gonzi did not want to call an election months ago, when advised to do this by ALL the social partners ! He LIVES for such ribbon-cutting occasions on the eve of an election !
C. Dickens
Dec 6th 2012, 15:45
That's funny, some would say that you LIVE in order to haunt the Times comments board...forever wandering with restless fervour for the next political item to be uploaded...
A Cuschieri
Dec 6th 2012, 15:53
Actually Eddy, ever ribbon cut is a project delivered. I guess you always see the glass half empty though ... so be it!
C. Bartoli
Dec 6th 2012, 15:57
this is another promise delivered, on time and on budget by the PN in Government.
Mario Tabone
Dec 6th 2012, 16:08
Come on Eddie Privitera.....be honest to yourself at least if not anybody else. Admit that you would love your PL to be cutting all these ribbons. You realise that all these ceremonies are much more than a ribbon cuting exercise. They are a legacy of what the PN has done and how it has transformed Malta from the deriliction left behind by the PL in their short , once a generation stint in power !
Eddy Privitera
Dec 6th 2012, 16:12
What we learned yesterday during Dr. Muscat's speech, is that GonziPn has squandered over €600 million in project over-runs for these ribbon-cutting occasions !
Eddy Privitera
Dec 6th 2012, 16:15
Mario Tabone: After 25 years in government and over €5,000 million in national debt, do you believe the Maltese people got value for money for the projects completed ? Forget about the ones promised for so many years but never implemented !
Andrew Borg
Dec 6th 2012, 15:30
eyesore - probably with today's technology they couldn't do something better? maybe a tunnel?
M Cachia
Dec 6th 2012, 15:55
A tunnel where? Through the bastions?? That would verge on the sacrilegious!
G G Debono
Dec 6th 2012, 16:19
Mr Cahcia
Yes a TUNNEL why not ....? a ferry tunnel at some point beneath the Valletta peninsula plus a comprehensive ferry service around the harbour - as, say there is in Sydney Harbour...
See Into the Future: Socio-economic and Security Challenges for Malta p 21 at this website: http://www.tppi.org.mt/~user2/images/reports/into%20the%20future%20dec%202011.pdf
Joseph B
Dec 6th 2012, 17:18
...or possibly a teleportation device, right?
G G Debono
Dec 6th 2012, 19:04
RE Inane remark by oseph B - Today, 17:18:
...or possibly a teleportation device, right?
Ha ha - so funny I fell off my chair.
Alfred Falzon
Dec 6th 2012, 15:23
D Upper Barrakka lift is a commendable project brought to fruition.
Malta stands to gain from it.
This time round, d Govt deserves our praise for we Maltese must learn once & for all to appreciate & acknowledge d good our compatriots do irrespective of our political allegiance if any.
To b color blind is sometimes an asset , though unthinkable for most of us!
Alfred A Falzon
Gordon Galea
Dec 6th 2012, 15:32
Well said, and such projects also generate work/income to Maltese families - but unfortunately many people don't appreciate and all they do is complain.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Dec 6th 2012, 15:50
Falzon, are you colour blind? -or do you just want others to be blind but not you?
Alfred Falzon
Dec 6th 2012, 18:04
Camilleri, whether you like it or not, I call a spade a spade!
I hate to be on the negative side when things are positive and certain intiatives taken with intent to yield good dividends!
So, please, do not misinterpret those who wish Malta well!
Alfred A Falzon
R Vassallo
Dec 6th 2012, 15:21
Ribbons, flowers and incense to mask the cadaver.
j brincat
Dec 6th 2012, 15:20
WOW!!!
Really????
How astonished I am!!!
(jb)
Gordon Galea
Dec 6th 2012, 15:30
Well, whenever you comment you're always negative J Brincat, so I don't think many readers are surprised by your astonishment. Perhaps you should stop and think - most things are actually positive you know!
A. Sultana
Dec 6th 2012, 16:20
If JM had done exactly the same exact things that PN did during the 4 last years, you would be on your knees full of praise with no complaints.
Unless you are under a commission from PL, you, sir, need to start entertaining your mind with a wider spectrum of thoughts and possibilities.
GL Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 15:19
What is the rush all of a sudden? I guess Dr Lawrence Gonzi and his Merry Men do not want to miss out on any festivities just in case they lose the political battle, how obvious is that? I guess they deserve some credit at least for the construction of the new Lift. Better hurry up because next Monday may be it for this administration. Congratulations GonziPN you made it just in time for Christmas
C Falzon
Dec 6th 2012, 15:13
Kollox qabel il 15 ta Dicembru jrid jiftah GonziPN....min jaf ghalfejn hux????
A.Felix Busuttil
Dec 6th 2012, 15:10
X'festa ta inawgurazzjonijiet.........xi gmiel x'Milied se nghaddu. Qed nistenna il 15 ta Dicembru ha mmorru it tejatru, il mara xtrat libsa twila u jiena raincoat.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Dec 6th 2012, 15:51
Jekk taghmel ix-xita daqs tal-bierah, ahjar tilbes wet suit u goggles.
fred sammut
Dec 6th 2012, 15:01
nahseb li gejjin hafna zigarelli dan il milied.......
Norman E Grech
Dec 6th 2012, 15:12
You can say that again! :-)
George Calleja
Dec 6th 2012, 15:23
Sinjal li sar hafna xoghol siehbi!!!
Gordon Galea
Dec 6th 2012, 15:23
And why not Mr Sammut? We should be proud of such projects but unfortunately tend to complain no matter what.
Joseph Caruana
Dec 6th 2012, 16:09
Lanqas taffu xi tridu ruħi.
Mario Tabone
Dec 6th 2012, 16:18
Jalla ikolkhom ic-cans intom ukoll biz zigarelli jekk tkunu fil gvern !!! Sa dak iz-zmien tpaxxu bdawn il gojjelli li qed ihalli il PN fil gvern. Ipprivaw tkissrux kollox fil ftit zmien li taghmlu fil gvern u nispera li titallmu mill izball fahxi li sejrin taghmlu pfffftttt.
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