former PM? Yet the ppl of JAmaica continued to elect a POOR IMITATION for 14 years.
Democracy widout education .....
"Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)
<The Jamaican economy was rebuilt during this period and enjoyed average annual growth of five per cent, which peaked at eight percent in 1987. Mr. Seaga spearheaded the establishment of a large number of cultural, educational and financial institutions, which were catalysts for the development of Jamaicans.
Among these are, the H.E.A.R.T, the Jamaica Festival Commission, Things Jamaica, The100 villages programme, Digi-Port Montego Bay, JAMPRO, Jamaica Unit Trust, Student's Loan Fund, the Export-Import/EX-IM Bank, the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the Jamaica Development Bank, and the Agricultural Credit Bank.
Other institutions and initiatives include the National Development Bank, the decimalization of the currency, Metropolitan Parks and Markets, the national school feeding programme, the Self Start Fund, Solidarity, the Food Stamp Programme, Programme for the Advancement of Early Childhood Education (PACE), the Golden Age Movement, the Media Divestment Programme and the return of the remains of national hero Marcus Garvey to Jamaica for interment.
Mr. Seaga was also responsible for the development of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) in the early 1960s, in answer to the problem of unplanned urbanization, which threatened to undermine all future developments in a context where rural urban migration had contributed to a majority of Jamaicans living in urban centers. He also conceptualized and spearheaded the development of the Kingston, Ocho Rios, Montego Bay and Negril waterfronts.
Of Mr. Seaga's accomplishments the late Professor Carl Stone said in 1992 "I don't think there is any other in the Caribbean who has built so many institutions and so many new beginnings and so many ideas in the sphere of public management .I have a deep respect for Seaga.">
"Any other in the CARIBBEAN..."
Don't disrispec Faddah Eddie wid trite rhetoric...
"Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)
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