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Weekly: Headlines of the new edition
COVER STORY
Electoral reform: How much support will it get in parliament?
The Labour Party and the MMM have agreed to set up a committee that starting today will begin cobbling together a bill on electoral reform. What it will finally look like depends on who is most likely to oppose the move. So what kinds of concessions are likely to be demanded? Do current proposals have enough support? And does the entire electoral reform project risk being killed in parliament?
INTERVIEW
Eric Ng: “The overall unemployment rate of 8.0% is not alarming”
Weekly speaks to the economist Eric Ng to find out his views on the economic performance of the country, its strengths and challenges, where he stands on the repo rate debate and which party has had the best economic track record in recent years.
WE MARK THE SPOT
The bread festival: A feast for hungry eyes
The aroma of bread making was irresistible as we walked into the training centre of Les Moulins de La Concorde (LMLC) where half a dozen bakers were busy shaping the most stunning types of bread to be displayed at the yearly event La Fête du Pain (the bread festival).
EDUCATION
Careers in conservation: Green Jobs
Think conservation and the picture that immediately comes to mind is that of enthusiastic volunteers donating their time and effort for a cause they feel strongly about. Admirable, but not the stuff full-time careers are made of. With the growth of eco-tourism and conservation projects, the old picture is beginning to change.
THIS IS MAURITIUS
The adventure tourism boom: “We want adrenaline, not boring beaches!”
The adventure segment of tourism to Mauritius has exploded to a point where some travellers come here just for the thrills. Meet the travellers who wouldn’t “waste” a day sunbathing on the pristine beaches even if you paid them.
WHAT’S ON
Abandoning the world’s largest search engine: “Leave me alone, Google!”
Google, the world’s most visited website and a search tool so powerful that it is also a verb (let me google that!), is no longer the internet community’s darling. Users are now turning to other engines with stricter privacy settings. Are they right?
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