... But Ja must decapitate crime
REGARDING ANY other concern he had that may jeopardise the initiative, Metry Seaga said crime was a monster that must be decapitated. “We must do all that we can within the law to ensure that we break this vicious cycle. We also feel that the upturn in the economy will go a far way to take many of the idle hands and minds off the streets and into the productive sector,” the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association head added.
In his Budget presentation, Prime Minister Andrew Holness listed several priorities as it relates to the logistics hub. He told the House of Representatives that beyond the trans-shipment of cargo, the Government intends to develop Jamaica as a logistics hub, with facilities for the warehousing, consolidation, repackaging and re-exporting of the cargo brought to the country in containers or in bulk form.
The prime minister spoke to the location of assembly and light manufacturing for transnational companies and their suppliers, transporting goods along the major trade corridors within the Western Hemisphere. The expectation is that these so-called light manufacturing and assembly operations will be developed within special economic zones that will be established in different parts of the island, creating significant employment opportunities.