Last week, the chairman of Mepa stated on RTK radio that work is continuing on the Development Planning Application Report (DPAR) for the Qala Creek project application and that, hopefully, it should be put to the board for their final decision by April.

It is now more than 12 years since the submission of the first application, and Moviment Harsien Hondoq is looking forward to another recommended refusal from the DPAR. This can be added to the recommended refusals already made by Transport Malta; the Church Commission; Mepa's own Environmental Protection Directorate and Natural Heritage Panel, and numerous NGOs.

Hopefully, it shall be a total refusal and no villas or bungalows will be allowed. Many people have asked for this area to be returned to a National Park and hopefully Mepa will listen to the cry of the general public. We also wish to remind Mepa that 85 per cent of Qala residents are against this project and, hopefully, their voice will be listened to after all these years.

Paul Buttigieg

Moviment Harsien Hondoq