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I am British/Maltese, having had the enormous privilege of visiting “home” from the UK every year since I was born in 1972. Together with my family, I have witnessed many changes, mainly for the good. My four children are also witnessing further changes tMed cleanup champions - Jason Shutt
I am British/Maltese, having had the enormous privilege of visiting “home” from the UK every year since I was born in 1972. Together with my family, I have witnessed many changes, mainly for the good. My four children are also witnessing further changes that I as a child would have thought impossible. The changes I speak about include, for example, the pedestrianisation of the Valletta bus terminus. Well done to the project managers and financiers for getting it right. It just proves that what seemed to be the busiest hub on the island could be transformed into such an attractive square without disrupting what is still a central transport hub. What is depressing, though, is that the observations that I myself made as an enthusiastic and concerned teenager in the mid-1980s continue to sadden my teenage children. Though Malta thrived, thanks to its continued popularity as a tourist destination, the onset of economy airlines and EU membership, to name but a few of the good things for the island, the issue of refuse and general upkeep remain. The Keep Malta Tidy campaign is simply not working. Indeed, is there such a campaign at all? We see the signs, we see the tireless work of the... Read more