Hondoq "invigorates our families"
Published on http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msfullart.asp?an=12411 on 28th May, 2007 by David Vella.
Far from being a dumping site, the Hondoq ir-Rummien bay is the “cradle of social environment which invigorates our families and our society”, a Qala priest insists.
Last week, maltastar.com revealed that the sociological impact assessment of the proposed mega construction project at Hondoq ir-Rummien defines the pristine Gozitan bay as “nothing but a dumping site”
In a Comment article published in Monday’s issue of maltastar.com, Fr Lawrenz Theuma, a priest from Qala, reacts by explaining that Professor Mario Vassallo, who penned the report, should know better.
“In the evenings of hot summer days, many people from Qala and other villages in Gozo leave their homes, take food with them and go to Hondoq ir-Rummien bay to relax and dine there,” the priest says, “many families of brethren and sisters meet together there… and chat together on many topics… around the burning BBQs, with their children joining in a lot of fun, fishing, jumping into the sea and swimming, and thus keeping alive their family ties”.
He concludes the country cannot afford to destroy sites like Hondoq ir-Rummien, because this would greatly impact the common good of Maltese and Gozitan families.
Mepa please note by Fr. Lawrence Theuma.
I read the article Sociologist labels Hondoq ir-Rummien “a dumping site” http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=12268, by david vella, on this e-newspaper's 21 May edition, that in his analysis of the social implications of the proposed mega real estate and yacht marina project at the picturesque Hondoq ir-Rummien beach in Qala, Professor Mario Vassallo described the beach and the surrounding bay as “nothing but a dumping site”.
The people of Qala and Gozo who are familiar with this site for they enjoy it frequently, felt horrified by such a horrible statement coming from a person who lectures in the field of social sciences at our Alma Mater. Personally I don't know the professor, but I contest him whether he is qualified in sanitary sciences under which dumping sites fall.
With all respect to the Professor, I feel that such a statement has no weight at all. The professor has set his foot out of his 'campus'. Everybody living in Qala and Gozo is conscious that Hondoq ir-Rummien is a natural rustic recreational and relaxing site, which should be preserved at any cost.
The Professor should know that, in the evenings of hot summer days, many people from Qala and other villages in Gozo, leave their homes, take food with them and go to Hondoq ir-Rummien bay to relax and dine there. Many families of brethren and sisters meet together there, under the paternal sight and care of their fathers and/or mothers and chat together on many topics concerning their being, their families, their work and other familiar matters, around the burning BBQ's, with their children joining in a lot of fun, fishing, jumping into the sea and swimming, and thus keeping alive their family ties. This ethnic custom is so rooted in our people that in the peak summer days one can hardly find a parking space left for his car.
However our Professor versed in the social sciences deems Hondoq ir-Rummien as a dumping site. Yet, although my competence in the sociological 'campus' is poor, I classify Hondoq ir-Rummien as the cradle of social environment which invigorates our families and our society.
In Malta and Gozo we cannot afford destroying sites like Hondoq ir-Rummien, for it weighs heavily on the social aspect and the common good of our families and our society.
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Far from being a dumping site, the Hondoq ir-Rummien bay is the “cradle of social environment which invigorates our families and our society”, a Qala priest insists.
Last week, maltastar.com revealed that the sociological impact assessment of the proposed mega construction project at Hondoq ir-Rummien defines the pristine Gozitan bay as “nothing but a dumping site”
In a Comment article published in Monday’s issue of maltastar.com, Fr Lawrenz Theuma, a priest from Qala, reacts by explaining that Professor Mario Vassallo, who penned the report, should know better.
“In the evenings of hot summer days, many people from Qala and other villages in Gozo leave their homes, take food with them and go to Hondoq ir-Rummien bay to relax and dine there,” the priest says, “many families of brethren and sisters meet together there… and chat together on many topics… around the burning BBQs, with their children joining in a lot of fun, fishing, jumping into the sea and swimming, and thus keeping alive their family ties”.
He concludes the country cannot afford to destroy sites like Hondoq ir-Rummien, because this would greatly impact the common good of Maltese and Gozitan families.
Mepa please note by Fr. Lawrence Theuma.
I read the article Sociologist labels Hondoq ir-Rummien “a dumping site” http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=12268, by david vella, on this e-newspaper's 21 May edition, that in his analysis of the social implications of the proposed mega real estate and yacht marina project at the picturesque Hondoq ir-Rummien beach in Qala, Professor Mario Vassallo described the beach and the surrounding bay as “nothing but a dumping site”.
The people of Qala and Gozo who are familiar with this site for they enjoy it frequently, felt horrified by such a horrible statement coming from a person who lectures in the field of social sciences at our Alma Mater. Personally I don't know the professor, but I contest him whether he is qualified in sanitary sciences under which dumping sites fall.
With all respect to the Professor, I feel that such a statement has no weight at all. The professor has set his foot out of his 'campus'. Everybody living in Qala and Gozo is conscious that Hondoq ir-Rummien is a natural rustic recreational and relaxing site, which should be preserved at any cost.
The Professor should know that, in the evenings of hot summer days, many people from Qala and other villages in Gozo, leave their homes, take food with them and go to Hondoq ir-Rummien bay to relax and dine there. Many families of brethren and sisters meet together there, under the paternal sight and care of their fathers and/or mothers and chat together on many topics concerning their being, their families, their work and other familiar matters, around the burning BBQ's, with their children joining in a lot of fun, fishing, jumping into the sea and swimming, and thus keeping alive their family ties. This ethnic custom is so rooted in our people that in the peak summer days one can hardly find a parking space left for his car.
However our Professor versed in the social sciences deems Hondoq ir-Rummien as a dumping site. Yet, although my competence in the sociological 'campus' is poor, I classify Hondoq ir-Rummien as the cradle of social environment which invigorates our families and our society.
In Malta and Gozo we cannot afford destroying sites like Hondoq ir-Rummien, for it weighs heavily on the social aspect and the common good of our families and our society.
To view the original article, go to
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