Malta
They said it here... (part 6)
"The new paradigm and plan (should) transcend a single legislature and would therefore need to be owned and supported by all political sides to facilitate its implementation." - Malta Employers Association CEO Kevin J. Borg, 22 Septemb
"The new paradigm and plan (should) transcend a single legislature and would therefore need to be owned and supported by all political sides to facilitate its implementation." - Malta Employers Association CEO Kevin J. Borg, 22 September
"An excessive focus on examinations might obscure students' exposure to the broader educational experience." - Faculty of Education lecturer Jonathan Borg, 22 September
"If you ask somebody what's up, and nothing's up, you've not wasted anyone's time and you've not done anything wrong, but if something is up and you haven't asked, then you might have missed an opportunity to support somebody and they might have missed an opportunity to be able to express themselves." - Mental health professional with the Richmond Foundation, Matthew Paris, 29 September
"In a few decades water will be as precious as oil... So the only solution, or an improvement to the current solution, is to conserve and explore all practical possibilities to conserve rainwater. "- Malta Chamber of Planners Bjorn Bonello, 6 October
"We have a few members of the judiciary who, I feel - and I relate what my members tell me - don't respect the clients in front of them, and even less lawyers." - President of the Chamber of Advocates, Peter Fenech, 6 October
"We need to understand how many people the country can carry, how many people the country should be seeking to attract." - PN tourism spokesman Mario de Marco, 6 October
"The Nationalist Party believes that a trackless tram or a similar form of dedicated rapid transit system would be the best way to help tackle the traffic problems in the country in the long term." - PN transport spokesman Mark Anthony Sammut, 13 October
"Introducing mandatory union membership would take Malta a step closer to becoming like North Korea." - Former director-general of the Malta Employers' Association Joseph Farrugia, 13 October
"I am convinced that regardless of the appeals (the Attorney General) continued on with her work, but it is deplorable to have an Opposition that in the most irresponsible way, makes these kinds of manoeuvres or threats." - Justice Minister Jonathan Attard, 20 October
"I think we spend more time (on social media" than we are admitting." - Sociologist Michael Briguglio, 20 October
"If there were no private clinics, imagine the extra number of patients that Mater Dei's outpatients would need to see" - Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela, 27 October
"That's what's at stake here - people feel that unless they perform, then they are nothing" - Psychiatric Gabriel Ellul, 27 October
"Most people are afraid to say that they are experiencing homelessness because of the stigma attached because they do not want people to label them as 'lazy' or 'problematic'." - CEO of Malta YMCA, Anthony Camilleri, 27 October
"What led to the precarious situation of the previous airline was the lack of good governance in the day-to-day operations. We cannot afford to have an airline that is managed like a government department." - Finance Minister Clyde Caruana, 3 November
"What needed addressing - traffic, overpopulation, unsustainable construction, environmental degradation, drainage problems, electricity grid strain and pressure on hospitals - was completely ignored" - PN Finance spokesman Graham Bencini, 3 November
"Although we are a country without resources, we have managed to achieve more with fewer resources. We try to be as efficient as possible to minimise losses." - WSC CEO Karl Cilia, 3 November
"Due to an aging population, conditions that affect the nervous system are set to become the leading maladies worldwide. Their intensive study is therefore timely." - Professor of Neurogenetics within the Department of Physiology & Biochemistry, Ruben J. Cauchi, 10 November
"The approach of the general public towards the authorities is degenerating. This is a matter of culture which, in my opinion, no government with any kind of strategy can change." - Herman Mula, lawyer and president of The Simon Schembri Blue Light Foundation, 10 November
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