Joe , Ams et al,

On the beggars issue that you have touched upon so far, I want to add my observation.

There are beggars in most countries I have visited . Hustlers may be not . The only place in the world that I did not see any beggars is Singapore where they go to jail if they approach anyone in public even in front of churches or mosques . Thr govt provides help to all the needy through the social services ministry and food is didtributed to the hungry. Homeless I have not seen there either . Low cost housing is provided for them and they are assiged jobs ( even manual labor) to help them pay for the accomodation. If one is old or sick then there is a different place for them like our senior citizens homes except the govt pays for it. There is no free ride however . If you have family or property the govt gets a cut from them too to cover their expenses.

I am not saying Gambia can do the same but we have to look at some rich that there are panhandlers , beggars and hustlers like our own USA where you see them at bus stops and the metros etc

Regardless ,I am surprised at the alarming rate mentioned . The Gambia I left had very few beggars and they were many from Senegal and usually blind ones.

May God help us all and save us from this fitnah

Habib

>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Beggars or hustlers?
>Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:18:48 +0000
>
>Ams, thanks for reminding us of those pronouncements. Yes indeed,
>Yaya made
>those promises to them, but like other false promises, now he's
>going to
>resort to clubbing folks on the beach and guess what, our people
>will
>support him in that until one of their very own get their head
>cracked then
>they see to stupidity of the pronouncement. For now, as long as the
>abused
>are folks they don't know, everyone is game.
>
>Chi Jaama
>
>Joe Sambou
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: Ams Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Beggars or hustlers?
>>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:49:41 EST
>>
>>Thanks Joe, for seeing the jar empty instead of half-full. These
>>are the
>>same
>>guys, Bumsters, that Jammeh and Yankuba coned into supporting APRC
>>during
>>the
>>last Presidential Elections, in return for endless promises of
>>Unionizing
>>the
>>Bumsters, into a viable and professional working force within the
>>Tourist
>>industry, as guides and interpreters. Many of these brothers,
>>shaved their
>>dreadlocks, to look presentable..oops...baldheaded buffoons. It's
>>Yahya's
>>fairy tale/gloom and doom economy, Stupid!
>>Amadou Mahtarr Jallow
>>
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