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<B>Ciel Textile back on top </B>
Harold Mayer, chief operating officer at Ciel Textile, has won Eco Austral’s Tecoma award. He has been nominated best entrepreneur of the year 2005. This nomination is mainly due to the fact that he has led the company out of a major crisis since 2002. Since then, “thanks to the work of all the employees, we have managed to claw our way back again,” he said at the ceremony last Friday.
<B>Foreign investor in seafood hub</B>
MTC Seafood Ltd, a Malaysian tuna processing company, is investing Rs 100 million in Mauritius. The firm will start its activities – fishing, processing and export of fresh and frozen fish – next January. MTC Seafood intends to export 7,000 tons of fish every year. It is expected to provide 120 direct jobs which will include 40 foreign workers, and some 400 indirect ones.
<B>Holiday outings for students</B>
The second term ended last Friday for all students and they should now have plenty of fun. The “special-holiday” programme, set up by the ministry of Youth and Sports, consists of various activities carefully planned for them. Students can benefit from many outings such as camping, trekking, walks in the mountains… After meeting the officers of the 22 youth centres, the minister, Sylvio Tang, presented the programme, which should keep a lot of the young people busy.
No more discrimination</B>
The attorney general, Rama Valayden, announced last week that two bills will be introduced in Parliament in September. The Freedom of Information Act and the Equal Opportunities Act are meant to improve the rights of the individual. The minister made the case for equal representation and against discrimination, which he intends to ban through the Equal Opportunities Act, during a workshop on sexual discrimination for secondary school students at the University of Mauritius.
Bromate found in some bottled waters </B>
Vital and La Mauricienne, have had to remove some of their bottled water from the shelves after a visit by the ministry of Health to their factory. Inspectors found a high level of bromate in the water. This chemical product is considered dangerous for health as it can cause cancer. The ministry has forbidden the marketing of water by the Compagnie Industrielle De Pailles and Quality Beverages Limited until it is sure that the water no longer contains bromate. Both companies are convinced that it is due to a technical problem, which should be soon solved.
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