For all those Funny Fellas who forget or do not know what Jagdeo & Ramotar did to the Skeldon Sugar Factory......
Here Is the facts,
the old Skeldon produced more sugar than the present so called state of the art one.
So the workers are made to suffer today
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Scrapping the new sugar factory may be the best thing
October 5, 2010 | By KNews | Filed Under Letters
Dear Editor,
The Government of Guyana if ever it’s to lose power would be its fault and only it. I make this statement on the fact that the administration does not learn from its mistakes, or should I say does not heed sound advice.
My Government keeps repeating the same mistakes over and over like a broken record. Sometime ago I wrote an article on the Skeldon Sugar Factory, stating the fact that entrusting this entity to the Chinese was a huge mistake and immediate action needs to be taken to change the course of events at the factory.
To date the Government has not addressed the situation and the hemorrhaging of tax payers’ hard earned dollars continues. Skeldon represents the largest single investment by this administration, over $200 million, built to produce sugar as well as generate electricity for the national grid. At present none of this exists at a level close to the capacity for which the factory was established.
In fact, the old Skeldon produced more sugar than the present so called state of the art one.
So what has the Government done, they dispatched Ms Gail Teixeira and Mr. Robert Persaud to look into the problems that are technological in nature. The Chinese responded by fabricating even more excuses that they have quarantined the over 120 problems to 12 which would be fixed soon. This never happened and I hasten to add will never happen unless the Government takes drastic action and get rid of the Chinese altogether. I have mooted the idea in that previous article that the Chinese are good at mass production. However, the soundness of their technology leaves much to be desired and Skeldon is a classic case in point.
I also hinted in that previous article that the Taiwanese are technologically sound and they should be approached. There should be no fear in doing this because some of our sister CARICOM neighbours have done so already which has redounded in tremendous benefits to their economies, Guyana must follow suit, it is the only solution.
Neil Adams