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PN is best hope for jobs - Gonzi

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi told youths at the Valletta Waterfront this evening that the re-election of a PN government was their best hope for jobs.

Dr Gonzi said the country needed to produce more skilled workers for new and emerging sectors including financial sectors, IT, the creative industry, pharmaceuticals and the aviation industry, among other sectors.

The prime minister underscored the investment which the government is making in schools, Mcast and the University. Funding for education, including the stipends, had been maintained despite the difficult economic scenario, he said, and that would continue to be the case.

Abroad, he said, University graduates were unable to find jobs. He, as prime minister, would not tolerate such a situation in Malta.

He also recalled that the government had proposed, in the Budget, that young people would be given a stipend if they opted to focus on voluntary work for a year.

Dr Gonzi said the government was also investing heavily in sports, including a new Sports School and more facilities, particularly to encourage more sorts disciplines.

The government was also planning to make school auditoriums available for bands and dancing troupes. 

 

 

 

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Victor Laiviera

Jan 12th, 14:34

Yesterday Konrad Mizzi got the better of Tonio Fench and Norman Vella acting as a team.

This was so obvious that Tonio Fenech became almost hystrical

Joseph Aquilina

Jan 12th, 11:41

The fact is that he did care about the jobs of others; he even invested state money to safeguard the jobs of others when these where at risk. HOW CAN YOU EVEN SAY SUCH THINGS! In the way I am sure that lejber would also try to safeguard jobs (because work is very important) don't you for a second even consider that Gonzi did AND MANAGED to generate SO MANY JOBS - FACT!

Eve Axiaq

Jan 12th, 12:10

Smart city is not an entirely private initiative. The land belongs to the government. Can you detail your facts about the 20000 jobs?

R Abela

Jan 12th, 12:32

same old same old 20,000 jobs mantra when it was proven time and again that it is a lie!

John Farrugia

Jan 12th, 12:28

I used to think that , I was a PN supporter but now I have lost faith, it has no vision, nor ideas and its outdated to what Malta needs to make it , the PN has had nearly 25 years and all we have got for it is debt, poverty and a PM that puts his head in the sand and all you see is an arse.

Joseph Aquilina

Jan 12th, 10:46

@Joanna Mifsud
While sorry for your husband, fact is that thousands of more jobs (mostly in the IT and finance sectors) where created. The government managed (even through direct intervention when this was needed) to safeguard hundreads of jobs and at the same time create an environment where many new jobs could be generated.

Would lejber bring back the job of your husband? How?

Andrew Vassallo

Jan 12th, 10:51

Tort ta' Gonzi zgur.

Joanna Mifsud

Jan 12th, 11:35

@Andrew Vassallo .. ija tort ta Gonzi ghax hu kien batilna l-ittra d-dar qabel l-elezzjoni li ghadiet li zewgi kellhu xoghlu garantit

Joanna Mifsud

Jan 12th, 11:37

@Joseph Aquilina .. jien mhux fuq Joseph qed nghid ghax ma jippurtanix minnhu .. imma min min kien baghtilna l-ittra d-dar li zewgi ma kienx ha jitlef il-job!!

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 10:21

Surely he's not refering to 'Dirghajn il-Maltin', 'Id-Dejma', 'izra u rabbi', 'kappar u bebbux', 'hawwel u saqqi', is there anything else? Do you consider Lufthansa, SR, Medavia, Aviation park, as precarious? Once, dear brincat, holding a mass meeting in Zejtun was 'predcarious'. Working at the Times; the Curia, the Law Courts, and living in Eddie's house were 'precarious! Remember?

Joseph Aquilina

Jan 12th, 10:47

It seems many have learnt a new word in Malta ... maybe by listening to Italian media I do not know! But fact is that many do not know the meaning of the word "precarious", Thousands of University students get a job signing a legal contract governed by state law! Give examples where there is precarious work! Not just mention the word!

Anthony Scicluna

Jan 12th, 10:12

Joseph, please be more critical. Drydocks and textiles industry fell prey to cheaper wages of China and Morocco. This is real world economics. And not GonziPN - read up on this. Also, do you want to keep Malta locked to low-level jobs of low level skills like textiles? What about the finance and the IT industry. Higher Value Added and more money left in the country.

Robert Agius

Jan 12th, 10:23

very shallow criticism Anthony considering that the EU leeches profit from imports outside the EU.

francis Buhagiar

Jan 12th, 10:32

Mr Scicluna do you know that in Europe ther are thousamds of textiles factories. Yesterday on RAI 1 Program a man who has a textiles factory that emploies some 600 emploees was nominated as one of the best sources to create jobs in Italy.

Joseph Arpa

Jan 12th, 11:15

PS:-

On a positive note Anthony, in Malta you find jobs with a €500.00 a week wage increase. Not for everybody, just the selected few. By chance did you ever read Animal Farm by George Orwell? Read up on this.

John Bonello

Jan 12th, 11:28

Eddie, the gimmicks always star from the MLP camp, like changing the party amble, flags, wearing blue ties, eradicate the colour red, flying the EU flag which he worked so hard against, embark on the PN budget, embark on the PN energy program and take credit for it like the interconnector 20% of the 25% reduction on bills is 10x to the interconnector EDDIE

John Bonello

Jan 12th, 11:29

Eddie do you still remember the living wage??? Here Eddie this is JM word by word “Labour would also promote a discussion on the living wage to ensure that all workers had a salary which enabled them to have a proper standard of living. This would not be an imposition, but a discussion leading to consensus.” It’s all bahhhh now is it EDDIE were is the proposal of the famous charismatic JM

John Bonello

Jan 12th, 11:14

Eddie guest what if the budget was a gimmick then JM is more then a gimmick cause he said that it was so good that he would implement it himself ...your losing the plot again Eddie, suggest you have a rest its a long election campian for you lollllllll

Desmond Tanti

Jan 12th, 08:19

PN=learning opportunities for all age groups - Life Long Learning?

Mela insejt meta il-fondi tal Unjoni Europea 'Youth in Action' gew sospizi ghal Malta, minhabba il-ministeru ta Dolores Christina John!?

Frank Zammit

Jan 12th, 09:04

(1)Mr. Scerri, first and foremost it is you who is lacking behind, by your own admission--The Labour movement is PL not MLP...Ok let's talk about tourism for a while. Your PN claim that they have broken all records in the NUMBER of tourists visiting the Island. So they claim....since the disembarkation cards have been removed it will be very difficult to determine who is a tourist and who is not.

Frank Zammit

Jan 12th, 09:12

(2) The problem is that your presumed record in the number of tourism did not translate, in real terms, record profitability,on the contrary, and this is where the problem is. To reach this number, the minister of tourism, has to go for low cost tourists with the consequence that the demand on the infrastructure has increased for a lower return.

joe muscat

Jan 12th, 09:20

John ghadni niftakar l-ewwel kumment fis sebgha ta` Jannar kien tieghek tistaqsi lil Joseph Muscat ghal pjan tal-PL , imma imkien ma rajt kumment tieghek biex tistaqsi x se jaghmel il-PN . Ghadna nistennew twegiba ta Simon rigward il-Pipeline meta se jkun lest u kemm se jiswa , mistoqsija ohra meta 6000 job ta` Smart City se jibdew jahdmu.

Frank Zammit

Jan 12th, 09:22

(3) The low cost market is so insecure that (A) one has to be very careful in what and how much to invest (B) by being dependent on the low cost tourist, Malta has been turned into A CHEAP DESTINATION thus making it very difficult to to generate quality tourists in WINTER. In other words after 25 years of PN rule, Malta still has the same problems it had in the 70's 80's and 90's.

Frank Zammit

Jan 12th, 09:36

(4) the problem is where do we go from here? There is really nowhere to go...this is rock bottom. If for any reason these low cost pull out, we are DOOMED. Why do I say so? Because Air Malta was FORCED TO SPONSOR the introduction of the low cost from its own resources with the consequence that the National Airline was drained dry and is now incapable of recovering lost ground.

JL Deguara

Jan 12th, 09:40

Did we have the two parties running the country at the same time for such comparison?

Can you please be more mature in your comments, and I'm asking this from both sides. Sadly, I'm pretty sure that from diehards I cannot expect much.

I'm going to judge the PN performance (only) in creating jobs, and what kind of jobs, in the last five years. Thank you very much!

Frank Zammit

Jan 12th, 09:46

(5) why did we go low cost? Because the minister of tourism was incapable of solving the problem. It was not a choice but a necessity. In 1987 the PN inherited a company that was making millions of Euros in profit and NOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE ? An Airline struggling to survive and a country in danger of losing the only reliable link it has with the rest of Europe and the world. Shame on you PN.

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 09:47

Deja vu. PL ALWAYS lag behind. They oppose everything PN do, ONLY to accept it later! Like: Local council; VAT (with dire consequences); EU; computers; Euro, 2013 budget; and now the pipeline. They prefer to have ships coming regularly, and storing gas in two BOMBS, than having a regular flow by the pipe. To say nothing of EU financing! Where is M'xlokk Local Council? Hibernating? :-(

Paul Micallef

Jan 12th, 10:04

@Scerri
Il-KREMA TAL PN, veru kummenti fil vojt u bla sugu, mela ma tafx minn gabar it-tfal tal haddiema minn rashom u thom EDUKAZZJONI Bxejn??? Iva bxejn, Il-UNIVERSITA MINTOFF SAHHAHA, mela kollox tinsew??Is-suq jiddetermina il-fejn sejra l-edukazjoni?? Ma nippretendix li wara 25 sena ma sar xejn sew ta, imma ha nejdlek ta, the PN lacks in peoples skills my friend, saqsi lil Simon tal GROCER

M Borg

Jan 12th, 10:17

@Paul Micallef

Micallef jaqaw m'ilekx tghix Malta. Bis-sahha ta' min l-edukazzjoni b'xejn?......."tat-traditur" (Mintoff). Ha nghidlek jien; fi zmien Mintoff tieghek jien ma stajtx nidhol l-universita ghax ma kellix parrinu tal-punti u ma kellix l-Gharbi ta siehbu Gaddafi. Uliedi illum il-gurnata gradwaw mill-universita u sabu jahdmu mill-ewwel. U taf bis-sahha ta min ux ta Gonzi PN iva.

Joseph Parnis

Jan 12th, 10:26

John Scerri you forgot to mention more from the Pn Side let me enlighten you.
Gonzipn = More money in is pocket for himself and his merry gang the famous 600 euros a week and for the ppl only 1.60 a week
Gonzipn = The famous Brazilian Company where did it go?????
Gonzipn = The state of the art hospital where ppl sleep in corridors
Gonzipn = The sim city oops sorry smart city what happend ???

Mr Joe Micallef

Jan 12th, 10:48

Oh really Zammit Frank the PL is not the MLP!

Look I really understand you are rightfully ashamed of your past, of your leaders, of your colours, of you violence, of most of your representatives, of your disastrous policies and more, but the PL is as MLP as spring follows winter.

You just need to read you looping reactionary and illogical baloney as proof of that.

Joseph Vassallo

Jan 12th, 09:15

Blue eyed boys?

Whatever is said in the campaign, we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe!

This is surely not because Government only employed blue eyed boys!

Marcus Tabone

Jan 12th, 10:05

Let us not to get into the past of politics in Malta because we all know what MLP's past was. And just to go on with your point, yu think Gonzi knows all those kids names? you are so deluded and living in the 60s my friend. PN-Jbs, MLP- unemployment . LIKE ALWAYS

John Scerri

Jan 12th, 07:29

nothing! ...simple ...logic

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 09:49

The stipend would be extra. If they are students, they ALREADY have a stipend, which Sant changed into borrowing. If these young people have a job, they have their salary.

James Spiteri

Jan 12th, 10:02

The voluntary work stipend is something other than the academic stipend given in tertiary education. It is an additional stipend. From what the PN are staying, the academic stipend will not be altered.

This 'Voluntary work stipend' makes a lot of sense and conforms with practices throughout Europe.

Leslie Borg

Jan 12th, 08:32

IT jobs at Smart City are still to come but employment levels remain high and university admissions are not tied to 'numeris clausus'. The majority of graduates have found stable work places. Trademarks are much to be desired but possibly you got it the wrong way round. Any sponsors for carnival costumes ? Let the battle of words get wild but as yet contolled

Joseph Vassallo

Jan 12th, 09:17

Irrelevant!

We still have one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe, and in the midst of a recession!

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 09:54

Mario, Smart City has started to take shape. Do you expect a city to be built overnight. It has started, and durin l-Istrina, they donated 100,000. 'Nothing' cannot donate that sum. Those who are 'too young', cannot understand that way back in the 70's and 80's we had the tal-Barrani 'street party'; Rabat 'fireworks display'; no chocolate, no polithecnic; and Curia, law courts etc attacks.

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 09:56

Anthony. Smart City DONATED 100,000 to Strina. 'Nothing' cannot donate anything! Building a whole city takes time. Don't forget that PL tried to block that developement! If it hadn't been for YOUR PL, it would be more advanced. But, according to Sant, it was only 'land speculation'. Thanks to PN, it WILL grow. Switch off Onetv sometimes!

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 10:05

K Cassar Aren't 20,000 jobs enough for you? Ah, yes, according to Superone, they don't exist! They missed the 8,000 jobs for women, SR electronics; Lufthansa, Medavia, Playmobil, ....
That the children's allowance is reduced, YOU KNOW that's a lie! In this year's budget, AGAIN, it is going up. But YOUR PL have voted AGAINST it. Youths KNOW who gave them jobs. 10,000 are at university!

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 09:59

Probably they are feeling sorry for Anglu. Don't forget, that during last election, PL were 'looking' very ecstatic, especially Jason Micallef. Remember? They looked 'miserable' when they left Nr Falzon ALONE at the counting halls.

Ms Sandra Grech

Jan 12th, 08:15

At least they have other proposals not just for water and electricity YAWN

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 10:09

Keith, PN mhux proposti taghna, imma ilu 15 il-sena JAHDEM! Lufthansa, SR electronics; Medavia; Aviation park; rekord fit-turismu; Cruise passenger terminal; rekord passiggieri tal-cruises; 10,000 studenti universita'; MCAST; 20,000 jobs; 8,000 nisa jahdmu; 6,000 Photovoltaics;....... Imma billi tehel mas-Superone, dawn ma tarahomx! Dawn MHUX proposti, imma progetti. Il-PL BISS ghandu proposti!

Keith Vella

Jan 12th, 11:27

listess hmistax il-sena ilu għal-issa wkoll...... meta kienu korretti l-pn kienu koretti, imma issa nqataw minn-nies firdupartit u qasmu poplu.

Lino Cuomo

Jan 12th, 08:01

Staqsi 'l-ex haddiema tad- drydocks jekk sabux impieg particolarment dawk ilfuq min 45 sena!!

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 10:16

You can check for YOURSELF the figures, if you go at ETC. Watching Onetv, you cannot expect to get these figures! You forget that under PN, several schemes came into being for those who are over 40. Also thanks to EU funding, many over 40 managed to find a job. An EU, remember, that YOUR Joseph and Tony Zarb told us is not good for us.

Jonathan Camilleri

Jan 12th, 09:47

lol, good one...

Mr Joe Micallef

Jan 12th, 09:50

Close but not really!

Smart City is only a tiny piece of the impressive work themed collage delivered by PN over the last 25 years (excluding the 22 tax months of your masters)

It’s mainly based on the PN being a political party that provides opportunities against a socialist party that is the antitheses of that

Oh my God I'm sure I lost you there. Hares lejja, never mind it's beyond you.

Joe M Borg

Jan 12th, 10:13

YOU KNOW that Smart City has started to take shape, if YOU are sincere. If not, WHO gave the 100,000 to Strina? Thousands of people went to give their donation for Strina AT SMART CITY. Only those who watch Onetv ONLY didn't find where it is! 7,000 Smart jobs are better than the 8,000 KMB jobs, aren't they? Under PN, 8,000 women found a new job. Isthi Joseph, jekk taf!

Reuben D. Spiteri

Jan 12th, 15:08

Ara ma tghidx li int xi 'ex-PN' ta! Din xi tattika ohra tal PL li huma kollha ex-PN halli jingannaw lill floaters li kulhadd qieghed imur mal-PL.

Qas li ma tidhirx li Laburist mill-iktar akkaniti! U tip ta Laburist li jhobb JM: wiehed li joghgbu kull ma jghid bla ma jsaqsi xejn.

Jien li jghid Dr Gonzi wkoll nanalizzah mhux imbilli nzomm mieghu! Hemm affarijiet li ma naqbilx dwarhom ukoll!

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