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LOCAL NEWS The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday January 20, 2017 Page 9
NEPAC Roof Repaired by Surrey Paving

Roof will last years say CEO

By Monique Washington building. Government of the ties, a parking area for speakers and stage. CEO of the Cultural
Republic of China on over 100 vehicles, a media Development foundation
The leaking roof at the NEPAC completed con- Taiwan. room and a lighting and The Observer was told at Keith Scarbrough. Work
Nevis Performing Arts struction in 2011 and the audio room. the time that sounding is being done by Surrey
Centre has been finally building was officially The Center includes a materials in the roof were Paving.
fixed by the Jamaican opened in April 2012 400-seat theater, two The $14.5 million state- damaged and that lighting
company, Surrey Paving under the Nevis dressing rooms, storage of–the–art building has and speakers were also Speaking with CEO
Aggregates, the firm that Reformation Party. It was rooms, a large courtyard, a been closed after heavy affected. Seats were wet Scarbrough on Wednes-
was hired to construct the funded primarily by the canteen, bathroom facili- rainfalls late last year. but are currently being day he noted that repairs
Rain water was seen dried. have been completed and
Grant Calls for Improved through a video that went NEPAC has received its only the cleaning of the
Air Conditioning Docks
viral, pouring through the
full repairs and it will be
needs to be done. When
ceiling of the center and
Standards to Drive Tourism soaking chairs, carpet, up and running fully in Continued on page 14
February, according to the
By Loshaun Dixon island.
Basseterre, St. Kitts- “We have to uplift the
Minister of Tourism town and the villages to
Lindsay Grant is calling make sure they are at a
for improved standards in high standard so when
the upkeep of Basseterre the visitors come they are
over current practices in also satisfied. It is a work
order to help drive the in progress and we have
tourism sector in St. to make sure everyone is
Kitts. a part of the work we
Hon. Lindsay Grant Min. have to do,” he said.
Mr. Grant told reporters of Tourism (file photo)
the people of St. Kitts and He identified one of their
Nevis must ensure that “We have begun the biggest challenges is get-
the industry is kept at a process of signage ting people to understand
high level that the people around Basseterre to the business of tourism
would want to portray to make sure people know belongs to the entire
visitors. country.
where they are going. We
The government minister have fixed the Berkeley “Any infraction that we
said he was unhappy with Memorial, we painted it, have and we suffer in the
we are doing the mechan-
cleanliness in the industry is not against
Basseterre area and that ical work and we are just the ministry but
improvements need to be bringing in someone against the total country,”
from Germany to make
made in that regard. he stated.
sure it is actually work-
“Cleanliness is very ing,” he added. Grant also revealed the
important. I’m very establishment of a com-
unhappy at the break- Mr. Grant revealed plans munity tourism depart-
down in cleanliness in the to repair the fountains in ment to expand the indus-
the square as well as the
Basseterre area. We have try in the rural areas.
to do something about fountain in Pretoria
that to bring it up to the Gardens. “We have developed in
standard it should be,” he “We are going to fix the Ministry a communi-
said. those fountains and put ty tourism department to
them back into working engage the people in the
He said the Tourism and pristine condition,” rural areas to make sure
Ministry has been mak- they are part of the
ing some gains in that he said. tourism industry and that
regard, but urged the peo- He made a plea to they are not left out,” he
ple to play a bigger role. concluded.
increase standards on the

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