SECTORAL
DEBATE |
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Opening
Sectoral Debate Presentation by the Minister of Development, The Hon.
Paul Robertson |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Commerce, Science & Technology,
The Hon. Phillip Paulwell |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Agriculture, The Hon. Roger
Clarke |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of National Security, The Hon.
Peter Phillips |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign
Trade, The Hon. K. D. Knight |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Education, Youth and Culture,
The Hon. Maxine Henry-Wilson |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Health, The Hon. John Junor |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Transport & Works, The
Hon. Robert Pickersgill |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Water & Housing, The Hon.
Donald Buchanan |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Land & Environment, The
Hon. Dean Peart |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Local Government, Community
Development and Sport, The Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Labour and Social Security,
The Hon. Horace Dalley |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport
& Works, Hon. Fenton Ferguson |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Water
& Housing, Hon. Harry Douglas |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of State in the Ministry of National
Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier |
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Throne
Speech |
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Estimates
of Expenditure |
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Opening
Budget Debate |
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Leader
of the Opposition's Budget Presentation |
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Prime
Minister's Budget Presentation |
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Closing
Budget Debate |
NEWS
ITEMS |
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Gov’t
Moving to Improve Capacity of Fire Services |
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Labour
Minister Outlines Fee Structure for Work Permits |
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SDF Spends $74.73 Million
on Sports Infrastructure Projects |
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SDC Helping to Build
Community Organisations |
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Social and
Physical Infrastructure Improved in North Clarendon |
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Occupational
Safety Bill to be Tabled in Parliament |
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Laws to be Amended
to Accommodate Flexible Work Arrangements |
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| KINGSTON,
July 1 (JIS): |
The Sports Development Foundation (SDF) continues
to fund critical sports infrastructure projects expending a total
of $74.73 million during 2003, an increase of 188 per cent over the
previous year.
Projects completed from this expenditure include the construction
of multi-purpose courts, upgrading of football fields and cricket
pitches, fencing of various sporting facilities, the construction
and renovation of clubhouses and seating facilities and the provision
of lighting for various play fields.
Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia
Simpson-Miller gave an update on the work of the SDF during her presentation
to the 2004/05 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on Tuesday (June 29).
In terms of disbursement, the Foundation allocated $192.7 million
in 2003, with G.C. Foster College, Insports and the Social Development
Commission (SDC) receiving $29.8 million.
In the case of Insports, assistance was mainly geared towards school
and community programmes of a developmental nature. Coaching seminars
and competitions were facilitated in all 14 parishes.
The G.C. Foster College was provided with equipment and teaching aids
as well as assistance for travel to sport meets, while SDC was assisted
with the mobilisation of communities to participate in sporting activities.
The
Fund also provided support to all active national sporting associations
on a regular basis and also responded to numerous emergency situations.
Minister Simpson-Miller said that Sports continues to be a light
around which the nation could proudly gather and that it was an
agent of unity, detribalization and brought hope and feelings of
accomplishment among Jamaicans.
“The crowds that continue to support the ‘Reggae Boyz’
demonstrate this potential. The excellent performances at the recently
concluded National Athletics Trials reinforce the tremendous potential
of sports to Jamaica. This potential is not only confined to the
technical skills of the sport itself but in the economics of it.
Sport is one of the biggest industries worldwide and represents
an area that we can and must explore with more vigour in the future,”
she stated.
The Minister also stated that sport was very critical to the process
of community development and that during the next 12 months greater
focus would be placed on the community sports infrastructure and
the economic opportunities that could be derived from sports as
an industry.
She cited the World Cup Cricket 2007, which she said could have
tremendous transformative power for Kingston’s city redevelopment
plans and community tourism development.
Minister Simpson-Miller said that her Ministry would continue to
mainstream sports as an instrument of unity and national pride and
expand the corporate partnerships to support sports development
and pursue options to exploit new economic opportunities through
sports.
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