The sport disciplines at the White Rocks will not be complete unless they are supplemented by a motor-racing circuit further down the road. There are several football pitches - apart from a national stadium - and a number of tennis courts, but Malta has no permanent racing circuit.
One way or another, rugby is being played in Malta but our drivers were in Racalmuto, Sicily, last Sunday because there is no place for them to practise circuit racing on our island.
If Lino Spiteri agrees that the site at the White Rocks is worth €500 million, then the Labour Party has forfeited such a sum to the country's Treasury after 1979.
Similarly, if former Nationalist Minister Michael Falzon calculates the cost of 50 per cent of the land at the site at around €100 million, and the cost of the residential units at around €195 million, then the Nationalist Party has similarly starved the island's Treasury of such an amount since 1987.
To date, both political parties have practically deprived the Treasury of substantial earnings because the site was abandoned, and it is worthless and contributing nothing judging by its current state. It is a disgrace that it has been allowed to deteriorate.
By the same criteria, what is left of Malta is worth between nothing and billions of euros if we were to use the same reasoning and rates and measurements.
Both political parties have not carried out their electoral promise to build a racing circuit. Fourteen years ago a Labour government had identified a site, but that administration was shortlived, so nothing came of it.
If the authorities are convinced that sport is a culture and a way of life, motor sports cannot be left out. It is hoped that this government's electoral promise No. 287 does not exclude motor-racing.
The idea of asking entrepreneurs to develop sporting facilities in return for some of their profits in their building projects is interesting. Can a racing circuit be constructed using the same quid pro quo?
Government and opposition should get together and decide on a site for a permanent motor-racing circuit. The area between White Rocks and Salina appears to be ideal. They could start by launching a design competition.
They could then invite firms of architects, building contractors, and other Maltese entrepreneurs who are not involved in the White Rocks project to form a consortium and develop a motor-racing circuit in return for other building projects.
There are enough racing series and formulae to keep a racing circuit busy every weekend. European, US and other foreign promoters may be invited to stage an international event once or twice a year. A racing drivers' school may be set up.
Manufacturers of cars, bikes, and racing cars may be invited to test their vehicles in such a circuit during weekdays. Engine-tuning workshops and accessory shops and manufacturing units may be added.
Maltese workers would surely excel in auto and mechanical engineering. The amount of jobs, economic activity and sport tourism generated by a motor-racing circuit will surpass those of the other sports facilities combined at the White Rocks complex during the whole year.
Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl, the leading German engineering firm specialising in racing circuit development, could be invited to plan the project.
Mr Falzon's views on Mepa are spot on. In addition to the cases he mentioned, Mepa has also changed its policies to accommodate the US embassy at Ta' Qali. The prospects for a racing circuit at Ta' Qali and Ħal Far have been ruined by both political parties in government, so Mepa needs to identify an alternative site.
The area between White Rocks and Salina appears to be a possible win-win location.