I was very keen to attend the public meeting with Minister George Pullicino on November 30 but, at the last minute, I just could not make it. First of all, I wanted to thank him for the good work his ministry is doing, especially in the embellishment of the various towns and villages, particularly St George's Square in Valletta.

At that meeting I was going to air my concerns and complaints with regard to San Ġwann. Very little has been done here. The minister is not to blame if Sliema Road were done half-heartedly and intermittently and that the busy road to Tal-Balal has only now just been partly patched but left completely in the dark.

But Mr Pullicino can certainly help to rehabilitate a number of historical sites in our town, which, according to the Superintendent of Cultural Heritage, is "one of Malta's more important archaeological sites bridging late antiquity and the Middle Ages". But that's where his solicitude stops.

San Ġwann must be the most historical part of the minister's district. This time I shall not deal with the Ta' Ċieda Roman tower, which has remained a mound of rubble, or the Roman cistern still completely abandoned. I will focus on three sites that can easily be rehabilitated by the ministry.

The famous prehistoric cart ruts, the only ones in Mr Pullicino's district, are now clean but they need to be properly rehabilitated, especially the crude enclosure made up of chicken wire.

The ancient chapel of San Ġwann tal-Għargħar, which gave its name to our locality, is in dire need of repair and reinstatement, if only to give the MUSEUM girls a house where to meet.

And, lastly, the dirty field in Triq l-Istefanotis, which was meant to be turned into a pleasant garden. At least four plans have been drawn up but none of them have come to fruition.

I'm sure the minister can turn the place into a charming little garden for the long-suffering residents.

The minister should include these three items in his long list and when they have been seen to (in the very near future, I hope!), I'll come back to mention some of the major improvements that need to be done.