Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor

The Fishing Industry Under The Spotlight

Sir, I wish to thank you for the interest you have shown recently in the Fishing Industry. This is the second most important industry in Seychelles yet it is very often neglected and taken for granted. I would like to bring the following to your attention.

1. If Seychelles does not act fast, once again Mauritius will overtake us like it did for Tourism. The private sector are vibrant and are not dominated by incompetent and arrogant bureaucrats who think only of themselves and who spend fortunes on expensive trips overseas. Someone should calculate the money spent and the results. Seychelles does not need big empty declarations and worthless development plans. It needs action. How much investment has there been in the past few years in the fisheries sector?

2. Everybody is in charge of everything but nothing happens. Ports are under the responsibility of Seychelles Port Authority but Seychelles Fishing Authority seems to be in charge. Who is the boss? Is it the Minister, the Principal Secretary, the Chairman or the Managing Director….?

3. I do not believe that the country is getting the most for its resources. We should not be fooled by big figures provided by S.F.A. We should ask ourselves how much forex stays in the country. Instead of having more seamen on tuna vessels the number is going down.

4. What is happening to Aquaculture project proposed by Glenny Savy? Is it ever going to see the light of day?

I would like to encourage you to analyse a bit more the state of our industry.

A concerned Seychellois

I will eat my “BILENBi sale!”

Sir, I went again today to the same shop. The olives in the jar that was (27/- went up to 29/-) has gone up to 34/-. 200 grams of Philadelphia cheese has gone up to 53/- but changed the shelf. No water in the shop. A French lady came and said “Water” - “l’eau” and the son said you made it, you know how to speak English. There was no water. And the son of 12 years told the mum you know how to speak English, they left without having any satisfaction. One slice of pumpkin, my friend 15/-. I think that the vendors by the road side are also capitalizing.

Is there no NATCOF or Price Control over these matters?

Very sad.

In Mauritius, with due respect of the money, a chicken of 500 grams costs 39/50 Mauritian rupees (reference “Dans l’oeil de Gamade” journal dated 24/02/07-2/03/07) at Mauritian rupees 15 and that is 5 Seychelles to the Seychelles rupees.

Where are we going, down South or are we growing Olives? I shall go without; I will eat my “belimbi sale!”

Thanks for your support.

Anonymous Island.

Please do not edit my name, but you know me, a struggler of non favoritism and no grabber.

SPPF’S BACK PINNED AGAINST THE WALL!

Sir, please keep up the good work in the Seychelles Weekly publication. Keep pressing your feet on the gas pedal because this time SPPF “pou pet en fler” with the next MNA election. It will be good if you keep publishing materials regarding the Rene versus Michel battle. There is now a hot argument between those two and DP/SNP should capitalize on this weakness. Do not let go on issues like:

1. The role of the former Chief Executive of SMB after he left a trail of debts behind with fanciful projects.

2. Keep pressing on the US$4.5 million which MLUH under Joel Morgan lost to a bogus company in Dubai.

3. Write scintillating articles about Chang Leng the Central Bank man of the current administration.

4. What is happening to the profit made by the Seychelles tankers?

5. Run front page article about how the Government spent the US$200 million and yet there is no forex in the system.

6. Insist that Danny Faure comes on the media and explain the recent appointment of Lazard Brothers.

7. Hone in on issues like missing commodities in the country

Do not relent as SPPF has its back pinned against the wall right now.

Regards

Jess

IN DEFENCE OF KREYCIR!

Sir, I have been following the Kreycir saga in your esteemed newspaper for the past 3 weeks and allow me to make the following comments.

Rumours are rife that Kreycir has given several forex loans to many SPPF stalwarts in government and outside government. These people are desperate to see the back of Kreycir for them to avoid paying back those loans which, by the looks of things, they never intended to pay in the first place. I understand that Kreycir has written a book in which he stated that he gave substantial sums to the Czech government in return for business favours. As a party benefactor Kreycir became privy to sensitive information which, if revealed, may bring the Czech government down.

That is why, I believe, Kreycir would like to stay here for his own safety and security. I do not know how much money the Czech billionaire has paid the SPPF to guarantee his safety and security whilst here. However, I sincerely hope that the government, after taking Kreycir’s money, does not sacrifice him for diplomatic convenience. This would make us no different from the conman who conned Minister Joel Morgan of $4.5 million and then disppeared in thin air. Or did he really?