Issue No. 717 Thursday, 12 August 2004
Hong Kong Proceeds
 Although
leased since last April and already fitted out, the Hong Kong office of the
Cayman Islands Investment Bureau is sitting empty waiting for someone from the
Cayman Islands to run it. However, the Minister of Tourism, Environment,
Development and Commerce, Hon McKeeva Bush said that several candidates have
been identified to possibly run the office...
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Sculpting In Sand
 This
year’s Sand Sculpture Competition, which was organised by the National
Gallery, proved hugely successful last Saturday at West Bay Public Beach.
The overall winners of the competition were the Simpson family with their
sculpture called ‘Loch Ness Monster’. “My family are all from Galloway in
Scotland,” said father Andrew Simpson, “so we thought that a Loch Ness Monster
would be a good idea.”...
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Joey Ebanks Withdraws From Bodden Town Race
 Now
that Charles ‘Chuckie” Clifford has entered into the mix as a possible
People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) candidate in the district of Bodden Town,
Joey Ebanks has withdrawn his name as a potential nominee. “I can
confirm that I have withdrawn as a candidate for Bodden Town,” Mr Ebanks told
Cayman Net News on Tuesday, “but I will continue on as chairman of the
District Committee.”...
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Legendary Jamaican plans for future years
 The
former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon Edward Seaga, paid a surprise visit to
the Cayman Islands over the weekend. Mr Seaga, who is soon to resign as
his country’s opposition leader, came to watch his local football team Tivoli
Gardens play the Cayman Islands at the Henry Bodden stadium last Saturday.
Mr Seaga has represented his constituency of Western Kingston for 42 years...
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Drug Task Force Zero Tolerance Initiative
Last month, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIP),
along with its Drug Task Force (DTF), launched a Zero Tolerance Initiative in
order to combat ever-increasing drug use in the Cayman Islands and its impact
upon communities...
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General Election 2004 - Number of ways
you might lose your vote
 You
are over 18 years of age, you were born in the Cayman Islands, or you have
Caymanian status and managed to register before the 1 July deadline. So all
you have to do is sit back and wait for your registration card, and you are
set to vote on polling day. But watch out, because there are several
ways in which you could lose your right to vote...
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Person of the Day -
Francoise Minzett
 A
lot has changed in the Cayman Islands since Francoise Minzett first arrived
here with her husband from her native France 19 years ago. “I have seen
a lot of changes here since I came,” she said. “It used to be very peaceful,
but things are a lot different now. There is a lot going on.” Francoise
works as an administrator with an insurance and management firm...
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