<B>Cableway project may endanger environment</B>

A tourism project in Tamarind Falls seems to be raising environmental problems. The ‘Service des Bois et Forêts’ is investigating the project of Seven Waterfalls Horizons Mauritius Ltd (SWHML) involving a cableway and tourist village. The company is thought to have done clearing work on State lands. The State gave them a land conversion permit in December 2004 for a large portion of their project but the Service des Bois et Forêts now suspects that they have also done work in areas requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment permit, which the company has not even applied for. Even though the company’s general manager asserts that the project will not endanger the environment, the Service des Bois et Forêts is investigating and will submit its report this week.

<B>A+ still a bone of contention</B>

If the government thought it had convinced the public over its A+ grading, it was wrong. The associations and unions have not said their last word. They are starting a new campaign including pamphlets, forums or meetings, that will culminate in a national mobilisation at the end of June to show “their revolt against this education reform that poisons children’s lives as well as future society,” explains Jean-Yves Violette, president of the Union for Progress. Like him, other associations such as Presence, but also the former minister of Education, Kadress Pillay, will also protest.

Students turn down new transport formula</B>