What is good in Malta

Jim Gatt from Prospect NSW writes:

Icame across this gem To be fair, there are many things that would annoy you with any Government, but there are many other good initiatives Let’s just take a fleeting look at what we take for granted in Malta

A normal family receives energy subsidies to cover the increasing costs for water and electricity, subventions (or grants) on solar or PV installations, subsidised fuel for cars, free public transport, children’s allowance, and free drugs for the rest of your life if you are vulnerable or fall in a special health category (collected from your own village pharmacy).

The Maltese people also receive free hospital care and free medical services, free schooling if you wish to avail yourself of State primary, secondary and tertiary education, monthly stipends for university and post-secondary education, and free transport to schools even if you happen to

In the name of Progress

The loss of heritage in the name of progress has become ordinary in Malta. So many elegant homes and Maltese traditional street characteristics have been lost in the last 55 years.

It started along the Sliema seafront with hotels in the late 1960s but now over development has reached Gozo, like the charming seaside town of Xlendi now choked with holiday apartments.

As Archbishop Charles Scicluna said on the matter, what will the legacy be to the future generations of this over development?

Greed and corruption kill the environment, and the health and safety of workers is too often ignored with many dying in the construction industry choose private schooling.

They also have subsidies on essential items, grants for extending their studying at post-graduate level They pay no exam fees, and have property tax exemptions for first-time and second-time property buyers Most roads are repaired and the list goes on and on.

So the next time you go to Malta, don’t just look at the ugly buildings

The real value of The Voice

Nancy Serg nee Borg from Baulkham Hills NSW writes:

Many thanks for forwarding The Voice of the Maltese No 290 I am astonished and always impressed by the amount of valuable information within It certainly keeps one on the ball on what is currently happening

This is essential in that we are an ageing community. I hear from people who now cannot drive at night, and are unable to keep in touch with the community Hence the value of The Voice