<B>The final compromise </B>? After six months of harsh negotiations, sugar producers and the government have finally reached a consensus thanks to the ?good will shown by each party?, as the prime minister, Navin Ramgoolam, put it just after the decisive meeting on Wedenesday. ?This agreement globally puts us in the starting stalls of the implementation of the Multi Annual Adaptation Strategy,? declared Patrick d?Arifat, the president of the Mauritius Sugar Producers Association (MSPA). The MSPA agreed to grant 2,000 acres of lands to the Empowerment Programme for social projects as well as allocate 35% of its factories? shareholding to planters. As for the energy issue, both parties have agreed to call upon foreign expertise to assess the situation and propose a solution. If both parties manage to show that the reform is well on the way, the European Union should give the green light to the disbursement of funds.

<B>Lively PNQ on Chinese flour</B> ? The opposition leader, Paul Bérenger, came forward with more questions about flour imports from China last Tuesday in Parliament. It was the topic of his Private Notice Question to the minister of Trade, Rajesh Jeetah. The minister made it clear that the idea of importing flour through the State Trading Corporation came after he realised that the price of LMLC flour would be really high. So he contacted several governments and the Chinese authorities recommended him a company. He also reassured MPs about the quality of the Chinese flour.

<B>No more trial for former MK CEO</B> ? The trial against Sir Harry Tirvengadum has been struck off the cause list. The Court has ruled that his health state no longer allows him to stand trial ? after he arrived nearly unconscious on a stretcher the last times he was called in the dock. He was accused as accomplice in a plot to embezzle a huge amount of money from the national airline compamy, Air Mauritius. Jack Bizlall, one of the whistleblowers in this case could well contest the ruling. ?With the end of the trial against Harry Tirvengadum, 90% of the case is being concealed.? However, he made it clear that he could not always take action alone.