It took the following questions to reveal that there is an approved development plan for the
Harbor area.
“I would like to be provided with an elucidation of this convocation.”
“Who are the presenters and what is the objective of this presentation?”
These questions were posed by me, following a convocation for a Tourism, Economic Affairs,
Transportation and Telecommunication committee meeting for Thursday, March 5th.
Committee members were invited to the meeting to receive a presentation by the St. Maarten
Quarter Development Company (SQDC) NV, without any further explanation.
The above mentioned questions were then “answered” with copies of 2 letters, one of
December 18, 2014 from the CEO of the Harbor Group of companies, giving his approval to this
master plan and a second letter of February 13, 2015 by the SQDC NV to the government of St.
Maarten requesting the final approval from the Government of St. Maarten.
The company is scheduled to meet with the Council of Ministers, also on March 5th.
Will the government give its approval to this plan before the meeting with the Parliamentary
committee?
Dare the committee of Parliament ask any questions? Are we even allowed to ask questions,
this time around to a “third party”?
Will representatives of the Harbor be present, either in the meeting with the Council of Ministers
or with the committee of Parliament?
Why was this agreement that allegedly goes back to 2009 not divulged during the presentations
by the Harbor Group of Companies to the Parliament of St. Maarten?
What are the parties seeking from Parliament, if anything at all?
