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06 Dec 2011 23:46 #64875
by artemis
| President pledges $5M to restore 100-year old New Amsterdam tower |
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| Thursday, 08 September 2011 00:00 |
| President Bharrat Jagdeo today approved $5M for the restoration of the well known tower over the New Amsterdam Town Hall that has been overlooking the Region Six municipality for over 100 years. The approval came after the Head of State met members of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce (BCC) at State House for discussions on the Chamber’s vision for the ancient county. 
President Bharrat Jagdeo shakes hands with Berbice Chamber of Commerce President Imran Saccoor in the presence of other members and New Amsterdam Tow Clerk Angelina Collins (left) Among those present were BCC President Imran Saccoor, former President and Secretary Rohan Marray, member Ramesh Maraj and New Amsterdam Town Clerk Angelina Collins. Restoration of the tower is one of the priorities in the Chamber’s future plans, fearful that its historic significance would be lost given its present state of disrepair. “We thought that as members of the private sector, working along with the town council we can come together and form relationships that we are able to restore this tower… we are very happy that today the President has approved a sum of $5M which will go towards the restoration of this project,†Saccoor said. The overhaul of the tower will add towards the beautification of New Amsterdam and Saccoor believes that pride will be restored as residents will be happy to see the tower back to its glory days. He used the occasion to thank President Jagdeo for providing such support and his reputation of having an open door policy to persons in need of help. 
The New Amsterdam Town Hall tower Restoring pride in New Amsterdam is also a priority agenda of the town’s newly appointed Deputy Mayor Harold Dabydeen who was sworn in on June 15. He had promised to focus on solid waste management, drainage and irrigation and a public educational campaign. The council has already acquired a bobcat and small excavator for drainage and garbage clean up and efforts are being made to increase the municipality's subvention and acquire more machinery to strengthen municipal undertakings. |
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