Makes you wonder what's going on down there, Mr Jallow. I'd like to hear how he can justify this. Saul >From: Bamba Laye <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Bamba Laye <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Renovation or Morrocanization?.. >Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 23:47:15 -0600 > >The following is culled from the Independent online. >I wonder what happened the excellent Gambian contractors who built the >Kanilai palace. >Here we go again......... > >Abdoulie A. Jallow > >"If you will tell me why the fen >appears impassable, I then >will tell you why I think that I >can get across it if I try." >I May, I Might I Must - by Marianne Moore > > > >Renovation work starts at State House > >A Moroccan construction company last week started the much-rumoured >renovation work at State House, impeccable sources there informed The >Independent. > >According to the sources, the State House which was build by the >colonialists, has to undergo modifications, tile changing and probably >replacements with glasses or fibre where wood is involved. The sources >added that the greater number of workers doing the renovation work are >Moroccans. > >'Even the labourers are Moroccans and the work is estimated to last from 6 >to 8 months,' the sources added. > >It would be recalled that President Jammeh left State House last week >Tuesday for his home village of Kanilai to allow renovation work to go on. >Since then he has been administering the country's affairs from there. > >The State House was last renovated in early 1990 by former President Jawara >who then stayed in another State residence at Old Cape Road in Bakau. > >'The ongoing renovation is to make it modern and above all, more secure,' >said a State House source. > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------