Gassama, thanks for your response and I agree that we as a people need to be proactive rather than endlessly reacting to events/situations that simple planing and leadership vision could have prevented. I hope we learn from this costly situation. On the issue of the proposed radio stations, one can look at it from the angle that it will create jobs to a very, very tight labor market. However, that is contingent on whether they can be profitable given the already excess capacity that exist. Adding two more stations does not equate to increases in business ventures or business advertisements, where the bulk of their revenue will come from. If that situation persists, then they may be run at a loss. My other concern is the efficient use of our limited resources. Instead of duplicating services, whether we could get the most bang for our buck by investing in other areas of our developement. I hope a feasibility was done to analyse the pros and cons of the ventures. Thanks for your feedback and the fruitful exchange. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: ferries,disaster etc... >Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:25:04 +0000 > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>