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also producing growth numbers over 4%.
Financial System
Bank of Jamaica; Jamaica Stock Exchange; Jamaica Mortgage Bank; EXIM Bank; Comprehensive Tax Reforms; Jamaica Unit Trust; Jamaica Development Bank; National Development Bank; Agricultural Credit Bank.
Industry and Commerce
Bureau of Standards; Jamaica Industrial Development Corporation; Jamaica National Investment Promotion Agency; Jampro; Garmex; Self Start Fund; LEAP (Learning For Earning Programme); Solidarity Programme.
Education and Human Resource Development
Rebuilding of hundreds of elementary schools during the 1940s to allow for indoor teaching; First Jamaican police officers and nursing sisters appointed under Sir Alexander Bustamante; HEART Trust-NTA; Police Academy; Students' Loan Bureau; 59 secondary schools and 126 primary schools built, 1962- 1972; College of Agriculture — first school offering degree programme in agriculture; Administrative Reform Programme (ARP) for fundamental Civil Service reforms.
Human Rights & Justice
BITU, Jamaica's largest trade union; Equal pay for women in the Public Service; Postmistresses allowed to get married without having to resign their positions; Office of The Contractor General.
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Jamaica's Flag and National Anthem; Order of National Hero established; Marcus Garvey named first national hero; Jamaica Cultural Development Commission; Jamaica Festival; National Craft Development Agency, forerunner to Things Jamaican; Devon House first restored and opened to the public; National Heroes Park; Cultural Training Centre; Port Royal Museum; Arawak Museum; National Arena; National Heritage Week; Jamaica Journal.
Day Walker was busy !
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Financial System
Bank of Jamaica; Jamaica Stock Exchange; Jamaica Mortgage Bank; EXIM Bank; Comprehensive Tax Reforms; Jamaica Unit Trust; Jamaica Development Bank; National Development Bank; Agricultural Credit Bank.
Industry and Commerce
Bureau of Standards; Jamaica Industrial Development Corporation; Jamaica National Investment Promotion Agency; Jampro; Garmex; Self Start Fund; LEAP (Learning For Earning Programme); Solidarity Programme.
Education and Human Resource Development
Rebuilding of hundreds of elementary schools during the 1940s to allow for indoor teaching; First Jamaican police officers and nursing sisters appointed under Sir Alexander Bustamante; HEART Trust-NTA; Police Academy; Students' Loan Bureau; 59 secondary schools and 126 primary schools built, 1962- 1972; College of Agriculture — first school offering degree programme in agriculture; Administrative Reform Programme (ARP) for fundamental Civil Service reforms.
Human Rights & Justice
BITU, Jamaica's largest trade union; Equal pay for women in the Public Service; Postmistresses allowed to get married without having to resign their positions; Office of The Contractor General.
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Jamaica's Flag and National Anthem; Order of National Hero established; Marcus Garvey named first national hero; Jamaica Cultural Development Commission; Jamaica Festival; National Craft Development Agency, forerunner to Things Jamaican; Devon House first restored and opened to the public; National Heroes Park; Cultural Training Centre; Port Royal Museum; Arawak Museum; National Arena; National Heritage Week; Jamaica Journal.
Day Walker was busy !
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...#ixzz1QO9XUQr6
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