Budget Speech 2011 - Government of Grenada

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• Enhance services at Princess Alice Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital to include laboratory and, X-ray services, basic surgical procedures. • Establish a maintenance programme for Health Centers and Medical Stations. • Undertake refurbishment works at the General Hospital and other health facilities. 5.13 YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SPORTS Mr. Speaker, I have already articulated what we propose to do under the Youth Upliftment Programme. This youth employment programme together with our major undertaking in education and human resource development constitute a considerable investment in the children and youth of this Country. When education and human resources and the youth allocations are combined, the investment in our children and youth this year will be $138.2 million or 17.6 percent of the entire budget. In the area of Sports, work will be completed on the lighting of playing fields which started last year. The Youth Development Centre in Morne Rouge will be recommissioned. The National Youth Council and the parish sport councils will begin to function as per the National Sports Policy. 5.14 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Government recognizes the continued demand for decent housing in Grenada. It is estimated that as many as 70% of Grenadians own their homes but surveys also show the quality at the lower end of our housing stock leaves much to be desired. 2011 Budget Statement Page 77
The Grenada Home Improvement Scheme consists of two components: House Repair and Soft Loans. This year, an allocation of $2.3 million has been made for this programme. Chinese Housing Project This project is jointly funded by the People’s Republic of China (PROC) and the Government of Grenada. The first phase of this project is currently ongoing with construction at Mt. Gay (181 units), Frequente (28 units) and Soubise (158 units) for a total of 361 housing units. The cost of this phase is EC$35 million and should be completed by June of this year. In respect of the second phase, four sites: Frequente, St. George, La Calome, St. David, Diamond, St. Mark and Mt. Rose, St. Patrick have already been identified. These four sites would accommodate a total of 390 housing units. If the need arises Morne Delice in St. David or Dumfries in Carriacou could be added as a fifth site to increase the number of units in this phase. These sites were selected on the basis of: a) Availability of suitable crown lands. b) Proximity to existing residential and commercial subdivisions which would provide both social and commercial facilities to the new householders. c) Transportation links. d) Ease of development. e) Environmental factors, f) Lack of vulnerability to natural hazards, g) Compliance with land use zoning regulations and other recommendations as contained in the National Physical Development Plan (NPDP). The table below gives a breakdown of the amount of land available for housing and the number of housing units to be built at each of the four sites mentioned above. Page 78 2011 Budget Statement
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5.8 Strengthening Economic Manageme
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At home, many of us lost loved ones
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Mr. Speaker, the data show that the
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3.0 LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS 3.1 Performa
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Based on the revised GDP, Grenada
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This year, our VAT Unit will intens
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