Mrs Muscat and the twins are with the official government delegation to China
Thanks for not letting us know, BS from Malta Today and Friend of Joseph from Times of Malta. That’s what I call serving the interests of your readers and keeping them informed of what’s relevant.
Is that trip official government business or a Chinese holiday for the Muscat family?
Who paid for Mrs Muscat’s flights and for those of the Muscat children? We know that China will be paying for the accommodation – or expecting the hotel to put up the “important Maltese guests” for free – but it’s not correct to accept that kind of hospitality when you’re there for a deal – ghax kif jghid il-Malti, tkun obbligat.
What bums, honestly. Total freeloaders. And so unprofessional: “Ha niehu l-mara u t-tfal mieghi ta ghax qatt ma marru c-Cina hi.”
Oh and incidentally, BS from Malta Today – how about letting your readers know whether you’ve managed to get hold of Mrs Konrad Mizzi yet or whether she is just as elusive in China as she is elsewhere?
How about a description or at least a photograph of the Yeti?
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You can get a glimpse of the rarely seen, totally inaccessible Sai ‘Bigfoot’ Mizzi buried in this Malta Today video.
The line-up includes a member of Malta’s parliament and our jolly coconut.
J Dalli BA kien jonqos.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/40987/gozo_bridge_feasibility_study_first_item_on_muscats_china_visit#.U71PbWIaySM
‘Opulent hall of the people’, yes, I can see the silk brocades and exquisite craftsmanship.
Even the plants look glum. Maybe they’re plastic.
It’s in Tiananmen square. What do you expect?
These politicians or all politicians for that matter make the best from the situation. They grab the opportunity. How I wish I was a politician’s wife! Maybe I would have asked my husband to take me wherever he goes. It is nice to travel first class, taken around and see the world for free.
Mrs. Muscat did say that she is aware of how lucky she is and that she is determined to make the most of it.
Boy are they doing just that.
Strange how things change – people are no longer bothered about these things it was only during PN administration that hell was let loose at any ‘misdeed’ by government ministers or officials.
Dr. Muscat is a ‘family’ man and he would miss his better half and his children during that long journey and stay in China.
No wonder the deficit is widening.
Hudu go fikom Maltin.
People unfortunately do not care about these things. As long as they are indoctrinated that this is a ‘Gvern li jisma’ ‘ or that the electricity and water bills are cheaper, or that you can now leave your child at a child care centre for free after you breastfeed, or that you will find a cheque in the post of €140 irrespective of whether you bought a Jaguar or a Toyota Vitz, the majority of the Maltese are happy and keep believing that this is a ‘restless’ Government that delivers.
‘…The agreement stipulates that the two countries cooperate and “encourage investment and technology transfer” in the energy sector, particularly in the relation to the deployment of renewable energy systems, technologies that enhance energy efficiency and technological diversification.
Malta and China have also agreed to cooperate on projects related to waste-to-energy plants, research and development in green and low-carbon technology, the development of renewable energy resources, the production of energy-saving equipment and regional energy servicing centres…’
So what’s this, anyone investing into R&D automatically transfers their knowhow to the Chinese?
Sweet, funding Chinese tech with EU money distributed to Laburisti Ewropej frontmen. And they give us a breakwater instead.
I knew Muscat was bil-ghaqal, but managing to double EU funding is miraculous.
Metsola please note, we just sabotaged Merkel’s ultimatum to pull out all German solar tech companies.
This memo was exactly what I suspected it to be, using anything EU to allow the Chinese to get hold of patented technology.
My nieces get their own little ktieb ahmar, better than the green volume, now that no-one writes to the colonel.
Too late. The writing was on the great wall years ago.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/128130324/Joseph-Muscat-says-he-signed-an-agreement-with-China-on-Malta-s-behalf-it-Torca-18APR2010
China talked about the services that Malta can offer Chinese interests in the Mediterranean, as well as the scope for collaboration in the energy sector, especially alternative energy sources.
We emphasized that Malta has great potential for Chinese investment and that the Labour Party wishes to see this progress made “illum qabel ghada”, irrespective of who is in government.
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Along the same lines, we held meetings with Minister Wang Jiarui who is responsible for relations with the EU and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Fu Ying. We also signed an agreement with the central Chinese authorities the objective of which is improving long term relations between the two countries. This agreement provides for reciprocal exchange of information in the economic, industrial, political and social spheres.
Joseph Muscat, Leader of the Opposition, writing in it-Torca on 18th April 2010
Presumably the number of journalists accompanying the prime minister had to be reduced to make place for his family members.
That must be the reason why journalists from The Malta Independent were left out. Mela ma joqghodux jiktbu fuq x’ghamlu Michelle u t-tfal.
Credibility matters.
That’s why Muscat likes the Chinese. He can look them in the eye without having to strain to look up. I was expecting an impromptu chorus of ‘we represent the lollipop guild, the lollipop guild, the loll…’.
In 1972, having discovered that creating wealth needed hard work and that grotesque speeches and flamboyancy do not actually produce liquid cash, Mr. Dom MIntoff took a short hike to Tripoli where he found a conducive dictator ready to bail him out of his self-created financial mess.
Fast forward 42 years and we find the same sitcom being enacted with different actors; Joseph Muscat taking a long hike to China (since Libya is in a big mess and therefore unable to help Muscat out of his own mess) asking begging the Chinese government to bail him out of his self-created mess, collapsing exports, exploding deficit, and all this after seeing the passport prostitution scheme fizzling out, the oil drilling rig hitting a void and John Dalli’s expertise in finance being lost due to his routing by Barroso’s defence speech.
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Malta taghna ukoll ghal tal -qalba biss imma
OHH Daphne Do you think Mrs Bossy Boots would miss out