E-Teck
complex start of second industrial drive
Trinidad Guardian
Port
Spain
Petroleumworldtt.com
04 08 07
Prime
Minister Patrick Manning says the start of construction
of the e-Teck flagship complex
at Wallerfield marks the beginning of the country’s
second industrial revolution.
He
said development of the Point Lisas Industrial
Estate and the nation’s diversification into
natural gas, iron and steel, ammonia, urea and
methanol was T&T’s first industrial revolution.
Manning
made the comment during a ceremony at which he
laid the foundation stone to mark the
start of construction of the complex. “This
will see the realisation of our industrial revolution
in terms of the non-oil sector.”
He said it would lead to the creation and development
of new sectors such as merchant marine, printing
and packaging, music and entertainment and yachting.
“This is the newest industrial centre in
T&T, at which new non-oil industries are going
to be developed, so that in respect of these industries
T&T will take its rightful place in the world
regarding any of the products and services to be
developed here, in much the same way as we have
already done in respect of natural gas, ammonia,
urea and methanol and so on.”
Manning said e-Teck had responsibility for all
aspects of the development of the non-energy sector.
“The
long-desired path to outright economic diversification
is now firmly in our grasp, and
the Government is extremely confident about the
rapid industrial development that will now take
place in the non-oil sector and in the industrial
zone; so much so that, in light of our full employment
situation, the Government believes that it is now
necessary to review our position on immigration.
“We
are determined to press ahead for the fullest
development of the Caribbean Single Economy
and trade liberalisation within our region and
in the external context.”
He
expressed the certainty that the Government’s
Vision 2020 objectives would be achieved long before
2020.
Manning said construction of the Tamana InTeck
Park represented a reversal of history.
Trinidad
Guardian
Tuesday 3rd April, 2007
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