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Read this morning the Government giving China 800 acres near Dunn's River...You heard right Giving them !!!!!....I wonder if they know Jamaica is a small Island?
And why they sign nonsensical deals like these giving away the country?
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Read this morning the Government giving China 800 acres near Dunn's River...You heard right Giving them !!!!!....I wonder if they know Jamaica is a small Island?
And why they sign nonsensical deals like these giving away the country? -
dem a swap land for roads
CHINA HARBOUR Engineering Company (CHEC) has submitted a proposal to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for lands to be made available to it to establish a resort near Ocho Rios, St Ann.Ivan Anderson, managing director of the National Road Operating and Construction Company (NROCC), said yesterday that the Chinese have set their sights on getting the Roaring River lands as part of an agreement with the Jamaican Government to construct the North-South link of Highway 2000.
"We have gotten one proposal to look at some lands for development, which are the UDC (Urban Development Corporation) lands adjacent to Dunn's River … . It is called Roaring River. They have put together a development plan for those lands, which involve the lands south of theNorth Coast Highway and also the land on the northern side of the highway," Anderson said.
Roaring River is an 800-acre property, according to information supplied by the National Land Agency. At press time yesterday, The Gleaner was unable to ascertain whether CHEC's proposal involved getting all those lands.
Yesterday, the NROCC boss, who was appearing before Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC), noted that the Chinese are entitled to 1,200 acres of lands under the agreement with the Government.
"We just got our first proposal from the developer last week on one possible development that they are looking at. It is a resort development closer to the highway. They have put together a proposal; we are now in discussion as to whether the proposal is acceptable. If the proposal is acceptable, then the lands would be transferred to them and they would have certain obligations to carry out that development within a certain time period," Anderson said.
IDENTIFYING LAND
While the Government is under no obligation to hand over lands to the Chinese before the road, which stretches from Spanish Town, St Catherine, to Ocho Rios, St Ann, has been completed, the Government has started the process of picking out large tracts of lands, which could be made available to the Chinese.
"We have identified all the GOJ lands between Kingston and Spanish Town. The bulk of those lands are the Roaring River land, which the UDC owns, there is the land around Lydford, which is the former mining area, and the lands adjacent to Mandela (highway) where the UDC owns the lands at Caymanas," Anderson said.
CHEC is spending US$610 million on the North-South highway, US$75 million of which is thought to have been spent completing the Mount Rosser bypass, on which Jamaica had already spent US$120 million.
The concession agreement, which gives CHEC the right to build, own and operate the road for 50 years, allows the Government to recoup the money spent on the highway over the life of the agreement.
Dr Omar Davies, transport, works and housing minister, has stressed that the Government is not investing a penny in the construction of the highway. He said that the developers are taking all the risks and has stressed in a recent interview that "the toll collected cannot service that debt".
"They are heading to further development - commercial, housing and tourism. Essentially, they are going to generate their own traffic," Davies has said.
During yesterday's committee meeting, Central Clarendon Member of Parliament Mike Henry argued that with lands made available to the Chinese to engage in developments that will drive traffic for the road, "they are going to lose money" if they fail to develop those economic zones.
"I feel very satisfied that you are moving in the right direction with what was the intent on the plan," said Henry, who as minister in the last administration negotiated the deal with CHEC.
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Yeah I know but I think it's a bad deal...China is in control for 50 years and they get 1200 acres of prime real estate
Bad bad deal Jamaica looses in the long run
Plus any thing Mike Henry is involved in is not good for jamaica..Good for Mike Henry but not JamaicaComment
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why yuh a call Mike henry name?...him only mek a comment...is your government a mek the dealOriginally posted by remo View PostYeah I know but I think it's a bad deal...China is in control for 50 years and they get 1200 acres of prime real estate
Bad bad deal Jamaica looses in the long run
Plus any thing Mike Henry is involved in is not good for jamaica..Good for Mike Henry but not JamaicaWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Yuh know how much mi love Mike HenryOriginally posted by RichD View Post
But according to the article you just posted it was a deal done by him in the previous administration
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maybe the deal to give dem some land in exchange for building the road...but the roaring river land is being suggested by the current administrationOriginally posted by remo View PostYuh know how much mi love Mike Henry
But according to the article you just posted it was a deal done by him in the previous administrationWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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R U trying to confuse me?Originally posted by RichD View Post
So then I am back to my original question then>>>>>>Comment
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Jamaica nuh have no money to build road...dem want road for the people so dem mek deal wid CHEC to build the road(jamaica not putting any money into it) .. in exchange dme promise dem some land and to let them operate the road for 50 years.Originally posted by remo View Post
on the surface it doesn't sound like that bad a deal to me..1200 acres is nto like dem giving dem the lang for free.
but as usual the devil is in the details.When its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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but if the chinese going to invest and develop the property what is the downside to that?Originally posted by remo View Post
UDC tek over that property from inna di 70's and nuh do nuttin wid it til nowWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Nothing really !!!!!when you look at it that way..it's just the thought of a another piece of Jamaica gone ..The fire sale continues...just rubs me the wrong way is all......Originally posted by RichD View PostComment
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the way i look at it is dem can carry the land go anywhere else so better dem get sumtin for it .Originally posted by remo View Post
are you familiar with that particular piece of land?
back in the late 60s early 70's you could go down to the nice beach where the river flowed into the sea. for the past 30 year sits been locked off from public access..i understand that people wid political connection could use the beach house there ( dont know if is true but the beach house was supposed to have been owned by Trudeau )When its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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