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<B>ADSL rates should go down</B>
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority has agreed to the request of Mauritius Telecom to decrease its wholesale ADSL tariffs by 26 %. If the Internet Service Providers pass on the whole decrease to their customers, then Telecom Plus, the biggest supplier, should be able to offer its ADSL 128 kbps connection at Rs 700 instead of Rs 950. But, according to some providers, the decrease could be even more important. The new prices should be published as from this week.
<B>A fine to fight “mosquito borne diseases”</B>
The Public Health Amendment Bill was approved by the cabinet last Friday. According to the new bill, all those having stagnant water on their premises that could help mosquito reproduction will be liable to a Rs 1,000 fine. This bill is aimed at fighting the spread of chikungunya, dengue fever and malaria in the country. The bill allows ministry officers to take action against those who infringe the law. People caught in the act will have to pay their fine within 20 days.
<B>An authorised but useless exam </B>
Marie-Linley Savriacooty has lost half her legal battle. Even though Justice Saheeda Peeroo rejected her motion – where she asks the right not to be examined by the chief police medical officer, Satish Boolell – the exam will “serve no useful purpose”. In his affidavit, the doctor made it clear that an exam should be done rapidly after allegations of rape to ensure “accurate assessment” of the harm suffered. So much time has passed since Marie-Linley Savriacooty made allegations of sexual assault that the doctor will no longer be able to prove anything. She said she refused to be examined by Dr Boolell because she did not trust him. She was afraid that he was biased and suspected that he fed the press with information thather wounds had been “self-inflicted”.
Cooperation with China takes shape</B>
Hardly two weeks after the end of the Chinese-African summit in Beijing, a delegation of Chinese businessmen were in Mauritius last week to see how they could implement their Tianli Cooperation Zone in Riche-Terre. Even though the project is still at the earliest stage, the businessmen stated that the industrial zone should provide 7,500 jobs within the next five years. With a Rs 10 billion investment, this is a new cooperation agreement with the Chinese. “We firmly believe that the creation of this economic zone will benefit the Mauritian economy and improve relationships between Mauritius and China,” declared the head of delegation, Yang Yushan.
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