00:00Let me tell you all what my government on April 29th of this year will have.
00:11I am going to introduce for the first time a Ministry of Implementation and Efficiency
00:19in the government of Trinidad and Tobago out of the office of the Prime Minister.
00:24Prime Minister Stuart Young says far too many times the population hears of projects over
00:29and over and years and years pass before they see any sign of commencement if at all.
00:35Having been given the position of Head of Government recently in the PNM's 10th consecutive
00:40year in office, Young says a ministry to target certain inefficiencies is the answer.
00:47Because for too long things get lost in abeyance and that ministry will have the ability when
00:55I as Prime Minister say, hey, you see that deep water harbour? I need that done. When
00:59I need this done and I need that done, that ministry will have the ability to go in,
01:04to get the inefficiencies done across the system, to break the bureaucracy within the
01:10confines of the law, but to get things done because Trinidad and Tobago deserves better.
01:16Speaking at the opening of the Labre Community Centre on Friday morning, Prime Minister Young
01:22told the community that the deep water Panamax dry docking facility that has been in conversation
01:28for many years is still on their agenda and it's one such project this new ministry could
01:34help get off the ground.
01:42We are doing the work. It is the environmental laws that we have that say, well, you have
01:49to see how the ocean go in and you have to see how it's going to affect the seabed and
01:53you have to see how it's going to affect the environment, et cetera. I keep saying, well,
01:58boy, those are academic conversations. We'll protect the environment. I am told that we
02:04are in the process of getting the CEC from the EMA. It's taken too long in my view, so
02:11that's another thing I'm going to be looking at as a lawyer. How do we review and amend
02:17the law to protect the environment but to allow progress to take place? Because Labre
02:22deserves that facility.
02:25On Friday, Prime Minister Young lobbied for the support of Labre as he opened one project
02:31and promised three more. Having been given the reins of government by his party, he's
02:36hoping the population follows suit.
02:39It's a new chapter. It's a new chapter where once again we have broken glass ceilings that
02:46shouldn't exist. No one can change the past. We're all in charge of our present and then
02:53we can all dream and have hope for the future.
02:57Cindy Raghuban Tikasingh, TV6 News.
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