Squatting is Bad for Investment

July 2, 2009

SQUATTING IS BAD FOR INVESTMENT - PM GOLDING AT MO BAY TOWN HALL MEETING 

Prime Minster Bruce Golding has repeated his warning that people should not capture land, breach planning guidelines and believe that Government will support them.

His remarks were made at the Town Hall Meeting held recently in Montego Bay; and he was responding to a plea from craft vendors in Lilliput, St. James, who had asked for help to develop captured land located beside the Iberostar Hotel.

"The Government has a duty to work with you (craft vendors) to find some land where craft operators can be located....We cannot defend and support the breaking of the law as it would send a bad signal to investors."

The Prime Minister said it was important to identify land for the relocation of persons who were on land without permission and to find a way to give them legal tenure. However, the government had to encourage the rule of law.