By John Myers Jnr. Gleaner Correspondent .JPG)
Patterson
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson says that unlike the Jamaica Labour Party's manifesto, the People's National Party's manifesto was not based on empty and unrealistic promises.
Mr. Patterson, who was addressing the PNP's Region Four conference in Four Path, Clarendon, recently, outlined a few of the new development projects that his government would be undertaking, if re-elected.
He said his Government would be constructing a third airport at Vernamfield that was intended for transporting cargo, not only for Jamaica but for the region. "Vernamfield, we are going to move it back from just being a race track into one which is an air cargo terminal not just for Jamaica but for the Caribbean and for Central America," Mr. Patterson said.
He said his Government also had plans to build a new town on lands located at Inverness near to Sandy Bay, Clarendon. Mr. Patterson said this would be the first such development in the new millennium that was located between the May Pen and Old Harbour town centres.
The Milk River Spa, the PNP president said, would be transformed into a world-class facility to conform with its description as "the best mineral spa in the world".
He said that his government had made it its business to fulfil the promises made to the people. "We promised the Old Harbour bypass, the Longsville Housing Scheme and you get it and we promised Highway 2000 and Highway 2000 is well on its way," declared the Prime Minister. He added that "it was started on my birthday this year and will be completed and delivered to the people of Jamaica during the next term."
Mr. Patterson said that no government had done more for education than his government. "The start of this school year was smooth... We were fully-equipped and not one child has been turned away because their parents did not have the money to pay for the school fee because we say the people of Jamaica must be ensured of proper education for their children." He noted that when his government took office in 1989, there was only one university and pointed out that there are now three universities with one more to come in the near future.
The six candidates on the PNP ticket to contest the October 16 general election were presented to the public. They are: Richard Azan, newcomer businessman, for Clarendon North Western; Leopold Hylton, Clarendon Central; Horace Dally, Clarendon North Eastern; George Lyn, Clarendon North Central; Charles Learmond, Clarendon South Western; and Basil Burrell, Clarendon South Eastern.
