Comments on: Why are delegations of Chinese communists being inflicted on old people in Malta?

By: How cosy

How cosy — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:42:57 +0000

” However, the senior care market in China is also a promising opportunity. If scalable and profitable business models emerge, the country could quickly become one of the world’s most lucrative markets for senior care companies.”

http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/senior-care-in-china-challenges-and-opportunities/

http://www.doi-archived.gov.mt/EN/press_releases/2000/09/pr1228.asp

By: Evarist Saliba

Evarist Saliba — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:44:15 +0000

In reply to Francis Saliba M.D.. My brother beat me to this comment.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:39:00 +0000

In reply to P Shaw. Wait for it.

By: watchful eye

watchful eye — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:18:15 +0000

In reply to Tabatha White. Friends of mine tell me that Louis Grech has always been known for deciding not to decide.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:24:53 +0000

The Deputy PM makes such a statement and no one blinks.

What a country.

By: Peter Bloom

Peter Bloom — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:50:36 +0000

The truth of the matter is that whenever a delegation from a political party, particularly if the party is in government, pays a formal visit to a foreign state and meets with officials – whether party or government – of that foreign state, what is discussed and/or agreed upon is, of necessity, of direct and immediate interest to the general public.

The public has a right to know, no matter what the Standing Orders of the House say about how and on what topic P.Q.’s may be put.

That is what democracy is all about.

In the UK, the Prime Minister is often asked questions along such lines, which are always answered (whether willingly or not is another matter). If he were to refuse to answer he would be booed out of the Commons by the media and hounded until he did.

By: Gaetano Pace

Gaetano Pace — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:44:27 +0000

In reply to Edward. This is the modern twist, coming from a modern man, of an old expired anti democratic Labour statement "It is not in the interest of the public." A breath of fresh air coming from a stale Labour darling can never make a true politician of worth and substance in Chaplain`s "Modern Times."

By: Makjavel

Makjavel — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:16:43 +0000

The Chinese must have reciprocated a visit made by a government representative from an old persons’ home, Louis Grech himself, or at least that was what the Chinese thought.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 04:27:45 +0000

Dawn il-Maosti Ċiniżi naħseb għandhom bżonn xi suttatura bajd.

Naħseb b’xi ħaġa hekk jifhmu.

Il-“kulturi” tagħna qatt ma jistgħu jiltaqgħu. Hemm baħar kbir jaqsam bejnietna. Jien ma naħmilx lil min dejjem ikun jidher b’ħalqu mċarrat u fl-istess ħin lest biex ijassarni.

By: Francis Saliba M.D.

Francis Saliba M.D. — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 03:09:33 +0000

In reply to Edward.

Since when has the Labour Party started to make a distinction between “party” and “government” when it was governing?

Never! since Independence day.