I hope Govt. is pursuing all aspects of this enigma – the Marriott Hotel

Aug 26, 2015 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
I hope that the present administration is pursuing all aspects of this enigma – the Marriott Hotel.
First, the Jagdeo – Brassington duo took over the Luckhoo Swimming Pool Complex and paid not one cent to its owner, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council. Guyanese Eddy Grant’s offer to construct a Cultural facility was being considered by the M&CC – but then President Jagdeo said they were looking at something bigger.
Second, we were told that the entire project was funded by some group from China, and this was one reason advanced to justify the one hundred percent use of Chinese labour and materials to construct this Hotel. [There were several protests].
Third, this turns out to be a massive deception – the money spent was from Guyana.
Fourthly, we heard the absurdity if not banality that NICIL money – the result of disposing of State property, was not the people’s money, but private money – but we are yet to learn who are these ‘privateers.’
Fifth, who determined and recruited the Managerial Staff – the General Manager, but ‘charity begins at home’. Is Mr. Brassington saying there is no Guyanese, no Caribbean person to fill this important position, and what is his salary – is it another super salary?
Sixth, we are told that the Hotel is always full; it could not help during our flood crisis, but we hear that they operated at a loss – I smell a rat.
Seventh, I have visited Marriotts in other parts of the world. I have stayed at the Marriott, South Korea. The Guyana Marriott is the cheapest I’ve seen. Look at what goes for carpets; the rails along the stairs are of inferior hollow material.
The stairways should be condemned – the colour is off white and the area of similar colour – no contrast on the edge of the stairs – making it a hazard to the elders and those with even a slight vision problema. But where were the Health and Safety people who gave approval? Did President Ramotar notice anything when he opened it with fanfare just before Elections?
But what is the present administration doing about this mighty rip off? If they are losing money, this abomination should be closed until it is feasible, with local management. The authorities, now released from PPP control, must visit and do their work without fear or favour.
I suggested elsewhere it’s a good location to use as a jail for all those who raped our Country for more than two decades, or may be join it to the nearby Hotel as one Complex, but Guyana must get its money’s worth from this venture which didn’t help to develop and trade skills because all the labour came from China. What a shame?
Hamilton Green, OR, JP

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