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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blemish on new Valletta entrance ]]></title>
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								The announcement by the Economy Minister about the relocation of the Monti hawkers, who are to move their stalls from Merchants Street to Ordnance Street, Valletta, possibly also spilling over between the new Parliament building and the old opera house site, is a grave cause for dismay.
The admission that this was the result of a backstreet deal struck between the hawkers and the Labour Party prior to the general election does not make the move any more palatable.
The Government should think again about the wider implications of such a move. It should do so in the context of a number of factors: the seven-decade wait for the radical and exciting improvements to the entrance to this World Heritage Site; the ambitious plans for Valletta Capital City of Culture 2018; the highprofile events in store for Malta in 2017 (when Malta takes over the presidency of the EU); and the touristic and cultural heritage implications of having what passes for a cheap bazaar at the very entrance to Malta’s capital city.
Of course, the Monti hawkers’ livelihoods should also be weighed in the scales. They complain that business is poor and blame their decline in income on their being in (lower)...				]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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