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Jamaicans in UK urged to be more engaged in the Island    (27 ottobre 2003)

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The Government's drive to include overseas Jamaicans in the island's development process was taken to London last week, with State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, calling on UK-based Jamaicans to be more engaged in the island.

Mr. Franklyn, who has responsibility for Jamaicans overseas, noted that there were two kinds of Jamaicans living abroad, the engaged and the disengaged, whose views on the country differed vastly.

Describing Jamaica as a "name brand", Mr. Franklyn said this was so because of the impact of the island's music, culture and the work of Jamaican professionals. "Jamaica today is a name brand country, far different from the country we had 20, 30 or 40 years ago. The realities inside Jamaica have changed. Jamaica is a far different country than what many of you left behind," he told the Jamaicans.

"The country now operates an open economy, the state is now the facilitator. The state is no longer in control of the economy but the facilitator and has the responsibility to try to ensure that it puts in place the facilities that encourages business," he added.

Mr. Franklyn said that while there were still many challenges, there had been much improvement, including a fully restructured financial sector; major upgrading in education and infrastructure, such as electricity and telecommunications; while on-going improvements were underway on the island's road network.

He told the audience that two of the challenges facing the island were its image, and the need for the country to develop a sense of co-operation among all the sectors of the priority areas that must be dealt with in order to develop the country. 

http//afiwi.com , October 09, 2003

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