| MOVIMENT GRAFFITTI English Version Press Release 15 / 06 / 2002 Protecting Agricultural Land Moviment Graffitti would like to remind the public that the proposed golf course by AX Holdings in tal-Virtu' (Rabat), is threatening agriculture because it is set on a large agricultural land area the size of Sliema. To asses the impact of this project, one needs to keep in mind that since 1957, Malta has lost two kilometres squared of agricultural land every year. Chris Ellul in name of Moviment Graffitti pointed out that, "The fact that Wirt Artna and the Farmers Wine Co-Operative Society are supporting Xuereb with regards to the golf course, doesn't mean that the project is an environmentally friendly one. AX Holdings has repeatedly sponsored heftily the activities of these organizations in the past. On the other hand, there are 13 organizations members of Front Kontra l-Golf Kors (Front Against the Golf Course) as well as numerous supporters that have been opposing the project for a long time." The environmental impact assessment (EIA) itself is not a balanced one on the pro's and con's of the project, because it was directly sponsored by AX Holdings itself. Chris Ellul also added, "Water in Malta is very scarce, and the golf course would consume several thousand cubic metres of water which can easily be used for agriculture." In the press conference that AX Holdings organized some days ago, Xuereb maintained that the project will employ about 200 workers, but was short of explaining how this will take place. Moviment Graffitti would like to ask what kind of employment AX Holdings will be offering when it is widely known that it is in economic crisis? With the go ahead of this project, the agricultural land of the Maltese people will end up in the hands of AX Holdings and CCA which at the end only have interest in profit, and not the livelihood of Maltese agriculture. Moviment Graffitti alongside the Front Kontra l-Golf Kors therefore keeps on insisting that this project is an unsustainable one both for the Maltese environment, as well as it's economy. No to further losses of agricultural land, no to the golf course! Verzjoni bil-Malti Stqarrija Stampa 15 / 06 / 2002 Nipprotegu l-art agrikola Il-Moviment Graffitti jixtieq ifakkar li l-golf course propost minn AX Holdings f'tal-Virtu' ir-Rabat, qieghed jghedded l-agrikoltura lokali billi jahtaf taht idejh bicca art agrikola kbira daqs tas-Sliema. Dan meta wiehed iqis li mill-1957 'l hawn Malta tilfet zewg kilometri kwadri ta' art agrikola kull sena. Chris Ellul f'isem il-Moviment Graffitti sostna li, "Il-Fatt li hemm Wirt Artna u l-Farmers Wine Co-Operative Society fuq in-naha ta Xuereb ma jfissirx li l-progett hu wiehed ambjentalist. Dan ghaliex AX Holdings repetutament iffinanzja lill-dawn iz-zewg ghaqdiet fil-passat.Wiehed irid izomm f'mohhu li hemm 13-il ghaqda membri tal-Front Kontra l-Golf Kors, kif ukoll diversi sostenituri ohrajn li ilhom zmien twil jopponu dan il-progett." Ta' min wiehed ifakkar li l-EIA ma jistax jitqies bhala wiehed newtrali minhabba li dan gie iffinanzjat minn AX Holdings innifsu. Chris Ellul zied jghid, "L-ilma f'Malta huwa skars u l-golf course jikkonsma eluf kbar ta metri kubi ta ilma li facilment jistghu jintuzaw ghall-agrikoltura." Fil-konferenza stampa li AX Holdings organizzat xi jiem ilu, Xuereb sahaq li l-progett se joffri madwar 200 impjieg, izda fl-istess waqt naqas milli jispecifika. Il-Moviment Graffitti jixtieq isaqsi x'tip ta' impjieg se toffri AX Holdings meta hija kumpanija fi krizi ekonomika? Bil-go ahead ta dan il-progett, l-art agrikola tal-poplu Malti se tispicca f'idejn il-kumpaniji AX Holdings u CCA li fl-ahhar mill-ahhar l-interess taghhom huwa l-profitt u mhux l-ghixien tal-biedja Maltija. Il-Moviment Graffitti flimkien mal-Front Kontra l-Golf Kors ghalhekk ikompli jishaq illi dan il-progett mhux wiehed sostenibli, la ghall-ambjent Malti, u lanqas ghall-ekonomija Maltija. Ghalhekk il-moviment itenni; le ghall-qerda ta' art agrikola, le ghall-golf course! Chris Ellul Moviment Graffitti |
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