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PSOJ eager to hear success story from Turks and Caicos premier
Desmond Allen
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
One of the world's youngest leaders will come to Jamaica tomorrow, bringing a story of success that hopefully will inspire local businessmen who will attend the annually held PSOJ/Citigroup Economic Forum at the Hilton Kingston Hotel in New Kingston.
Michael Eugene Misick, the 41-year-old premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, will have among his audience no less than the minister of finance, Dr Omar Davies and leader of the opposition, Bruce Golding, who will also address the event.
"We look forward to hearing from Premier Misick about the explosive growth which has occurred in the Turks and Caicos Islands under his leadership," said Christopher Zacca, the president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ).
Peter Moses, country officer of co-sponsor, Citigroup, was also expecting "a stimulating and enlightening discussion" on the theme 'Equipping the Private Sector for Growth'.
Moses said Citigroup was pleased to partner with the PSOJ for the past two years to host this significant event for business leaders.
Misick, whose full job title is premier and minister of planning, tourism, development, and district administration of the Turks & Caicos Islands, will tell the Jamaican business community how his 30-island British dependency of 32,000 people managed to achieve per capita income of US$12,500, negligible unemployment, real GDP growth of 4.9 per cent, according to the latest figures, and hold inflation below 4 per cent.
The economy of the Turks and Caicos Islands is based on tourism, fishing, offshore financial services and customs receipts. Most capital goods and food for domestic consumption are imported. The United States and Canada are the leading source of tourists for its high-end industry, accounting for more than half of the approximately 200,000 visitors in 2006.
The Turks and Caicos Islands were under Jamaican jurisdiction until 1962, when they assumed the status of a British crown colony. The territory's legal system is based on English common law, with a small number of laws adopted from Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Said to represent an entirely new generation of political leaders in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Misick was born in Bottle Creek, North Caicos on February 2, 1966. He received his secondary education at Turks and Caicos High, Grand Turk, and read Law at the University of Buckingham, England where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 2001.
Prior to entering politics, Misick spent several years in the real estate industry, beginning as a sales agent and rising to become sales manager of Prestigious Properties Ltd from 1984 to 1986, and managing director from 1986 to 1988. In that year, he founded The Paramount Group, a property and financial services company, which he served as chairman and CEO until 1991.
At the youthful age of 25 in 1991, he was elected to the Legislative Council and served as the minister of tourism, transportation and communications. He was re-elected in the 1995 general election, but sat it out on the opposition benches because his party had lost. In the 1997 general election, Misick was defeated in his bid for a third consecutive re-election to the Legislative Council by four votes. He used the time to pursue his law degree.
Five years later, he was elected leader of the then Opposition Progressive National Party (PNP). After the April 2003 general election, he was sworn in as chief minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands and three years later as the first premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands. His PNP controls 13 of the 15 seats in the legislature.
Premier Misick, a father and sports enthusiast who loves listening to music in his free time, made the international headlines when he married a top American beauty and actress.
He will be accompanied to Jamaica by a team from the Turks and Caicos Islands, including CEO of TCInvest, Conrad Higgs and Chief Economist Delton Jones.
The PSOJ forum is also sponsored by Capital and Credit Financial Group, Continental Baking Company, FirstCaribbean International Bank, Hilton Kingston, Jamaica National Building Society, Jamaica Public Service and Victoria Mutual Building Society.
We shoulda heng wi head in shame, after all is Jamaica provided the backbone of the civil service and admin people fi all dem places and helped tremendously to make them successful, while we managed to mess up fi wi home.
PSOJ eager to hear success story from Turks and Caicos premier
Desmond Allen
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
One of the world's youngest leaders will come to Jamaica tomorrow, bringing a story of success that hopefully will inspire local businessmen who will attend the annually held PSOJ/Citigroup Economic Forum at the Hilton Kingston Hotel in New Kingston.
Michael Eugene Misick, the 41-year-old premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, will have among his audience no less than the minister of finance, Dr Omar Davies and leader of the opposition, Bruce Golding, who will also address the event.
"We look forward to hearing from Premier Misick about the explosive growth which has occurred in the Turks and Caicos Islands under his leadership," said Christopher Zacca, the president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ).
Peter Moses, country officer of co-sponsor, Citigroup, was also expecting "a stimulating and enlightening discussion" on the theme 'Equipping the Private Sector for Growth'.
Moses said Citigroup was pleased to partner with the PSOJ for the past two years to host this significant event for business leaders.
Misick, whose full job title is premier and minister of planning, tourism, development, and district administration of the Turks & Caicos Islands, will tell the Jamaican business community how his 30-island British dependency of 32,000 people managed to achieve per capita income of US$12,500, negligible unemployment, real GDP growth of 4.9 per cent, according to the latest figures, and hold inflation below 4 per cent.
The economy of the Turks and Caicos Islands is based on tourism, fishing, offshore financial services and customs receipts. Most capital goods and food for domestic consumption are imported. The United States and Canada are the leading source of tourists for its high-end industry, accounting for more than half of the approximately 200,000 visitors in 2006.
The Turks and Caicos Islands were under Jamaican jurisdiction until 1962, when they assumed the status of a British crown colony. The territory's legal system is based on English common law, with a small number of laws adopted from Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Said to represent an entirely new generation of political leaders in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Misick was born in Bottle Creek, North Caicos on February 2, 1966. He received his secondary education at Turks and Caicos High, Grand Turk, and read Law at the University of Buckingham, England where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 2001.
Prior to entering politics, Misick spent several years in the real estate industry, beginning as a sales agent and rising to become sales manager of Prestigious Properties Ltd from 1984 to 1986, and managing director from 1986 to 1988. In that year, he founded The Paramount Group, a property and financial services company, which he served as chairman and CEO until 1991.
At the youthful age of 25 in 1991, he was elected to the Legislative Council and served as the minister of tourism, transportation and communications. He was re-elected in the 1995 general election, but sat it out on the opposition benches because his party had lost. In the 1997 general election, Misick was defeated in his bid for a third consecutive re-election to the Legislative Council by four votes. He used the time to pursue his law degree.
Five years later, he was elected leader of the then Opposition Progressive National Party (PNP). After the April 2003 general election, he was sworn in as chief minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands and three years later as the first premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands. His PNP controls 13 of the 15 seats in the legislature.
Premier Misick, a father and sports enthusiast who loves listening to music in his free time, made the international headlines when he married a top American beauty and actress.
He will be accompanied to Jamaica by a team from the Turks and Caicos Islands, including CEO of TCInvest, Conrad Higgs and Chief Economist Delton Jones.
The PSOJ forum is also sponsored by Capital and Credit Financial Group, Continental Baking Company, FirstCaribbean International Bank, Hilton Kingston, Jamaica National Building Society, Jamaica Public Service and Victoria Mutual Building Society.
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