Ramblers oppose Labour's golf courses proposal
Published on the Times of Malta on 29th October, 2007.
The unilateral decision made by Opposition Leader Alfred Sant to develop two golf courses in Malta and one in Gozo when in government is very worrying to environmentalists, the Ramblers' Association said yesterday.
The association said it strongly opposed the idea that more swathes of open countryside and scarce water resources be sacrificed in such a wasteful manner.
"More so when recent studies, carried out in connection with the now abandoned Xaghra l-Hamra plans (for a golf course) confirmed that a stand-alone course would not be economically viable."
The association questioned the Labour Party's stand on two particular sites in Gozo: Ta' Cenc and Hondoq ir-Rummien. It reminded the MLP that its (the party's) representatives at the Save Gozo environmental protest, held earlier this year, manifestly opposed development at both sites.
The unilateral decision made by Opposition Leader Alfred Sant to develop two golf courses in Malta and one in Gozo when in government is very worrying to environmentalists, the Ramblers' Association said yesterday.
The association said it strongly opposed the idea that more swathes of open countryside and scarce water resources be sacrificed in such a wasteful manner.
"More so when recent studies, carried out in connection with the now abandoned Xaghra l-Hamra plans (for a golf course) confirmed that a stand-alone course would not be economically viable."
The association questioned the Labour Party's stand on two particular sites in Gozo: Ta' Cenc and Hondoq ir-Rummien. It reminded the MLP that its (the party's) representatives at the Save Gozo environmental protest, held earlier this year, manifestly opposed development at both sites.
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