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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the performance measures for the Department of Sport and Recreation can be found on pages B -250 to B-252. For business unit 30030, Athletic Awards, 17 junior athletes and six NSGBs received awards . An average of $2,939 was awarded to each participant. This year saw Nicholas Pilgrim become the second recipient of the Flora Duffy Award and …
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman , I am pleased to report that the year past has been exceptionally positive for Sport and Recreation. We have consistently met and even exceeded our target goals outlined in the National Sports Policy. Our significant achievement was the increase in funding which has enabled us to make substantial investments in our athletes and teams. Through the Elite …
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Chairman.
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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If you give me three minutes, I will be finished . . . Okay. Thank you.
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as I conclude, let me go to the W. E. R. Joell Tennis Stadium upgrade and maintenance plan, which was initiated for health and safety reasons due to increased use at the stadium. Tennis courts 1 to 3 were resurfaced, as the surfaces had ex-ceeded their lifespan, closing games with the players. Additional lights …
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the extensive questions that have come Bermuda House of Assembly forward. I just wanted to get the time that this debate goes until?
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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At 3:40 pm. Okay. Thank you. All right. I will just start where the Shadow Minister left off. Question: Does the National Sports Centre have a contract with BELCO for sale of power? (Hang on.) [Pause]
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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What are the Minister’s role and the objectives of the Ministry of Tourism? The Ber-muda Tourism Authority [Act] as it states currently outlines the roles of the BTA as a sales and marketing des-tination management [organisation]. The BTA excels in their role with sales and marketing. The Minister appoints the BTA Board and directs tourism policy but does not oversee …
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I am sorry. I apologise. The question that was asked was, What are the Minister’s role and the objectives for the Ministry of Tourism? The Bermuda Tourism Authority Act as it states currently outlines the roles of the BTA as a sales and marketing destination management organisati on. The BTA excels in their role with sales and marketing. The Minister …
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Okay. The next question was on page C -20 in the Budget Book. The BTA grant declined to $16 million. Does the Junior Minister believe this is ample and ade-quate for Tourism to get us back to pre- pandemic tourism numbers? Absolutely. Under the direction of the hard-working CEO, Ms. Tracy Berkeley, and the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Wayne …
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Can the Junior Minister let us know where BermudAir is planning to expand? BermudAir has shared publicly their plans to expand to Bal-timore and Orlando in 2024. How do we collect occupancy data? Are we getting good data? Are we hitting all of the hotels and Airbnbs? The answer is hotels report their occupancy and revenue data to the STR …
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Thanks, Famous.
4 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. Before I move my heads, I would like to thank the staff of the Ministry. And the BTA for being here and doing their work. And the Minister for being present, Senator the Honourable Owen Darrell. I move that Heads 71, 20 and 52 be approved as printed.
1 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir.
1 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I would like to be associated with those congratulatory remarks to Roddy Burchall, a former coach for St. George’s Colts. One of his legendary . . . and national coach, but one of his legendary things was when he was assistant coach, a coach in St. George’s of the national team. He had a game of St. George’s Colts against …
26 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
26 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to be associated with the congratulations sent out to St. Paul [AME Church] and the Men’s Day Committee in particular, the organiser of the Men’s Day, MP Tyrrell. Tarik Bean- Darrell, being my cousin, did an outstanding job of organising that, and it was a wonderful expe-rience for me on that Sunday morning. And also …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a very sad note initially to have condolences sent to the family of Ms. Pam Ben from St. George’s, whose siblings and [her] I knew very well. She was a constituent. Sisters Helen and Mona Lisa, and brother Lynwood, and her family and friends. She was a well -loved person, familiar with East End Mini …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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And he could lock the window, and then we boys were trying to get in around the back side, and he was always going to beat the drum. But Mrs. Lambert was a stalwart of the Salvation Army church, came to Bermuda from Canada and made her home in White Hill. And Mr. Lambert and his family are very much …