Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth & Sports

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Residents of White Water Meadows in Old Harbour, St. Catherine will use Labour Day 2008 to carry out a major beautification exercise at the entrance of the community.

President of the community's security council, Ruel Clarke, told JIS News that this year "we decided to beautify the entrance, plant some palm trees, paint the sleeping police, the security post, the entrance gate, the columns and the sidewalks, and everything around."

He said that every effort would be made to secure a large turnout of residents. "We're going to make the work fun. We're going to have music and make it a kind of social, so we're sure that we're going to have a lot of people turning out," he noted.

He said that the workday would start from as early as 6:00 a.m. and citizens with dump trucks, back-hoes, and other equipment have given their commitment to make them available. Garbage bags have already been secured for the collection of refuse, while paints and plants will be provided.

Mr. Clarke noted that the beautification work would fast track efforts by the community to enter the Best Community Competition.

Mr. Clarke, in the meantime, applauded the Government's thrust for Labour Day, which is to encourage Jamaicans to plant backyard gardens. "Most people here, when they first got their houses, they planted things like banana, okra, callaloo, cabbage, tomato, orange, lime, plantain, pumpkin, gungu peas, and stuff like that," he told JIS News.

Labour Day 2008 is being observed on May 23 under the theme: 'Eat what we grow and grow what we eat'.

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