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Subject: FW: Doing Business in Jamaica
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Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 10:23 AM
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> Big headache to invest in Jamaica
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> Published: Wednesday | February 25, 2009
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> The Editor, Sir:
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> Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, has encouraged
> investments in Jamaica, but the bureaucracies, taxes, paper work and
> protection money involved, why bother?
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> The hoops and red tape one has to go through to get a business up and
> running is Herculean to say the least. First, if your are putting up a
> structure, you have to get permits from every government agency on earth and
> after the laborious task is accomplished, you have to hope all these
> different agencies communicate with each other and no one is left slighted.
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> When you are ready to put up your building you're told you have to get
> another round of local permits before the first dirt is dug on the site. Day
> one of the project and you get a note telling you your weekly payroll needs
> three or four phantom workers who the area leader wants payment for. So then
> you have to hire armed guards to protect you from the local thugs.
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> Termination notices
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> Finally, the building is ready to be opened for business, and you get a
> visit from the unions dictating the salary, severance pay, leave,
> termination notices and working conditions for your workers.
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> You now decide to visit the local commercial bank to open a business account
> and, oh my God! The letters, recommendations, notarised documents,
> references, TRN, NIS, NHT, certificates, ID and an armoured car to transport
> your money safely to the bank.
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> Now after every litre of blood has been drained from your now exhausted
> body, you finally can operate your business ... but wait, the protection
> 'Don' has to be paid to keep you operating safely.
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> I am, etc.,
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> Stewart Young
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> stewartyoung11@hotmail.com
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> Florida, USA
To:
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 10:23 AM
>>
>
>
> Big headache to invest in Jamaica
>
> Published: Wednesday | February 25, 2009
>
> The Editor, Sir:
>
> Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, has encouraged
> investments in Jamaica, but the bureaucracies, taxes, paper work and
> protection money involved, why bother?
>
> The hoops and red tape one has to go through to get a business up and
> running is Herculean to say the least. First, if your are putting up a
> structure, you have to get permits from every government agency on earth and
> after the laborious task is accomplished, you have to hope all these
> different agencies communicate with each other and no one is left slighted.
>
> When you are ready to put up your building you're told you have to get
> another round of local permits before the first dirt is dug on the site. Day
> one of the project and you get a note telling you your weekly payroll needs
> three or four phantom workers who the area leader wants payment for. So then
> you have to hire armed guards to protect you from the local thugs.
>
> Termination notices
>
> Finally, the building is ready to be opened for business, and you get a
> visit from the unions dictating the salary, severance pay, leave,
> termination notices and working conditions for your workers.
>
> You now decide to visit the local commercial bank to open a business account
> and, oh my God! The letters, recommendations, notarised documents,
> references, TRN, NIS, NHT, certificates, ID and an armoured car to transport
> your money safely to the bank.
>
> Now after every litre of blood has been drained from your now exhausted
> body, you finally can operate your business ... but wait, the protection
> 'Don' has to be paid to keep you operating safely.
>
> I am, etc.,
>
> Stewart Young
>
> stewartyoung11@hotmail.com
>
> Florida, USA
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