<B>Guided visits to Aapravasi Ghat</B>

The Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund (AGTF), the National Heritage Trust Fund and the ministry of Tourism are organizing free guided visits around the Aapravasi Ghat zone. The main objective is to familiarize people with the heritage site. The first visit took place on Sunday 30th April. The guide of the visits will be an officer of the AGTF. Vijaya Teelock, president of the AGTF, announced the activity last Tuesday. Moreover, she is planning to hold the next meeting of the World Heritage Committee in July 2006 in the Lithuania. According to her, within two months, it should be known whether the application for the inscription of the landing site of the indentured laborers as a world heritage site has been accepted.

<B>CMT invests Rs 3 billion</B>

Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile (CMT) is investing Rs 3 billion in its production capacity. The main objective of this investment is to form part of the top ten of the world in T-shirt production. Consequently, it should create 4,000 new jobs. This would bring the number of its employees between eight and twelve thousand. This program includes also an important investment in training that should cost around Rs 150 million. The other aim of CMT is to be more ready against an eventual reduction of the custom duties on textile and garments. Today, CMT produces 4,5 million T-shirts per month. Within three years, this textile company will be producing around 8 million pieces to double its turnover, which might reach nine billion rupees.

<B>Festive Chinatown </B>

Over the week-end, Chinatown has been shining with all its colours in its Food and Cultural Festival. Red and yellow were the two most dominant colours. In fact, for its second edition, the show impressed quite a number of people. Gastronomy, lion dance, shows and many other events were on the agenda. The main aim of the festival was to promote Chinese culture. Many children were in Chinese traditional dress just to be in the atmosphere. In a competition called Little Miss Chinatown, a little girl called Emmy Sarah Chok Moo Chia, stole the show.