00:00up to friday when the prime minister met with the chief secretary at the parliament,
00:04I also sat in that meeting and the prime minister had me account to the chief secretary
00:08in terms of what our plans are long term and medium term for the water was experienced in
00:14Tobago. Minister Padaret said the chief secretary has been kept abreast of these
00:20developments for Tobago. The chief is very much aware. I've been speaking to Secretary Pollard
00:25before secretary Joe Field was put in charge of public utilities. So those conversations have
00:32been ongoing. They have been kept abreast and the latest will be now to come to Tobago for us to
00:37finally identify where in Charlotteville we are going to put the desal plant and also to increase
00:43the capacity at Hillsborough Dam. Three desalination plants are on the cards for the country, two in
00:49Trinidad and one in Tobago. At the end of this month, which we are already at, the expressions of
00:55interest for the three desalination plants are going to come out. It will last for one month and then
00:59we go into the RFP stage. So we are moving full speed ahead. We have identified the funding and so
01:05on. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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