I recently attended the boat show at the dock no1 in Cospicua. The site is wonderful and full of potential. The horrible wall that was downed years ago by a Nationalist government was a step in the right direction. How beautiful a place it can become.

Well, knowing that Minister Gatt does not read such articles, I am informed that he twisted somewhat his angle when walking on a red carpet. The carpet was hiding some pot hole. Ironically Minister Gatt is responsible for the roads and its standard accessories, the holes. Here’s wishing him well while at the same time hoping that the necessary work to cover the holes is taken up.

A great marina could be born there as, for once, we do have the waterfront already in place nearby, thus assuring a number of services for the yacht people.

There was no electricity supply, I was told. Most, if not all, exhibitors had to make their own arrangements with generators. Again, as a government we need to support the investment input of the private sector. I suppose this was not a free of charge event. If so, I do hope that the charge is reasonable and will remain stable. However we could have offered electricity, always assuming my info is correct.

In ages gone by, the stores were used by various galleons and now could be converted into something really attractive. Once again, we maybe could have utilised our immigrant population to clean up, paint and maybe arrange the facade of such a fantastic building. I say this as useful criticism, as there were many foreign people going round the show. These persons are permanent tourists to our island. They ask nothing from our infrastructure, but are net contributors to our economy. We must service their needs properly, professionally and quickly. Otherwise Ragusa takes over.

I was informed that on the Friday, the wardens did visit the boat show and numerous cars were booked for being parked badly. How on earth could we have accommodated so many cars and visitors without possibly parking badly? There was no road blocked, but wardens were there splashing their tickets. Could we not have allowed a good event to remain a good event?

Not to be undone the VAT inspectors went down too, gingerly taking up readings too.

Maybe we are grown up babies, and surely we can do better if our mentality changes. It’s in our nature to do better, invest, risk and bring in profits. Let’s not brake and break it all up.

Hats off to the organisers, the staff and the patrons who went to view, admire and hopefully place an order on the various sizes of boats on display.

Watching the last Inter game on TV, a home match, one could not but notice and admire the various adverts placed on the border pitch by Air Malta. Prosit to the guy who managed all this. This is advertising where it hits – mass following, not only by the Inter supporters, but also by the football family at large. Well done again.

Notte Bianca came and went. It is an event that is common in many European countries and cities. In Malta the event is well organised and very well attended. The people, both local and tourists, love it, and show it by their attendance. Here’s a very big thank you to all who participated in this large scale event.

Lastly, on a personal note, I do hope that in the past week I have burst many bubbles that have been fomented by various persons in a particular group, and to others who thrive on such stupid falsities. It would be my continued pleasure to continue to burst bubbles in these people’s faces, as their agenda is totally personal.

Robert Arrigo is a Nationalist MP