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Virtual tourism in a floating paradise
COMMON SENSE JOHN MAXWELL
Sunday, December 28, 2008
THE Port Authority of Jamaica is clearly one of Jamaica's most sophisticated public entities; they even appear to have a vice-president in charge of delivering bad news. This gentleman, Mr Pat Belinfanti, was quoted round the world, according to Google, about 34,000 times two weeks ago as saying: 'Jamaica suspends port expansion, blames economy'.
JOHN MAXWELL
Papers as diverse as The Seattle Times, the International Herald Tribune and the Taiwan News reported that "Jamaica is suspending plans for a multimillion-dollar expansion of a popular tourist port in Kingston because no one wants to finance it."
I was bemused by the mention of a 'popular tourist port in Kingston' since I couldn't figure out where such a place might be.
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COMMON SENSE JOHN MAXWELL
Sunday, December 28, 2008
THE Port Authority of Jamaica is clearly one of Jamaica's most sophisticated public entities; they even appear to have a vice-president in charge of delivering bad news. This gentleman, Mr Pat Belinfanti, was quoted round the world, according to Google, about 34,000 times two weeks ago as saying: 'Jamaica suspends port expansion, blames economy'.
JOHN MAXWELL
Papers as diverse as The Seattle Times, the International Herald Tribune and the Taiwan News reported that "Jamaica is suspending plans for a multimillion-dollar expansion of a popular tourist port in Kingston because no one wants to finance it."
I was bemused by the mention of a 'popular tourist port in Kingston' since I couldn't figure out where such a place might be.
Complete Story ...