Championing the local plans
Published on The Times of Malta on Sunday 14th October, 2007 by Alan Deidun.
Some individuals and entities seem to spend the whole time condemning and criticising, without deigning to praise and commend when they should do so. Two cases in point are the recent revocation of the Ramla Ulysses Lodge permit and the opinion paper concerning local limited resources by the Church Environment Commission.
As to the former, the import of the decision took some time to sink in, as the revocation of the permit for a major tourist project is quite unusual. While the revocation was not motivated by environmental concerns but on land ownership issues, anyone who is green at heart should have praised the decision.
A good decision should be given credit, and should be judged on its own merits. To their credit, most environmental NGOs did commend the revocation, but with a major reservation - that other preposterous proposals, as those regarding Hondoq ir-Rummien and Ta' Cenc, are also turned down. It does not take one (or a few) good decisions to appease the thirst for an unhindered natural environment and social justice in this country.
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Some individuals and entities seem to spend the whole time condemning and criticising, without deigning to praise and commend when they should do so. Two cases in point are the recent revocation of the Ramla Ulysses Lodge permit and the opinion paper concerning local limited resources by the Church Environment Commission.
As to the former, the import of the decision took some time to sink in, as the revocation of the permit for a major tourist project is quite unusual. While the revocation was not motivated by environmental concerns but on land ownership issues, anyone who is green at heart should have praised the decision.
A good decision should be given credit, and should be judged on its own merits. To their credit, most environmental NGOs did commend the revocation, but with a major reservation - that other preposterous proposals, as those regarding Hondoq ir-Rummien and Ta' Cenc, are also turned down. It does not take one (or a few) good decisions to appease the thirst for an unhindered natural environment and social justice in this country.
This is part of an article. To view thw whole of it, go to http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=4301&hilite=hondoq
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