http://www.josephyiptong.com/2009/02/16/welcome-president-hu/ My existence in the virtual world Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.josephyiptong.com/2009/02/16/welcome-president-hu/comment-page-1/#comment-79462 Theo Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:30:11 +0000 http://www.josephyiptong.com/?p=1127#comment-79462 Measures taken were a reflection of our pore and outdated infrastructure. Nothing more nothing less. We can hardly get around the island on any regular day! The visit was historic... for Mauritius. The Chinese have a very clear development strategy. We on the other hand, we are just happy whenever something happens, even though the majority clearly has no idea of why it is happening as local Media is very poor in reporting foreign developments and their impact on Mauritius. As usual "keeping them in the dark" has been deemed as a better policy than empowerment through transparency. Measures taken were a reflection of our pore and outdated infrastructure. Nothing more nothing less. We can hardly get around the island on any regular day!
The visit was historic… for Mauritius. The Chinese have a very clear development strategy. We on the other hand, we are just happy whenever something happens, even though the majority clearly has no idea of why it is happening as local Media is very poor in reporting foreign developments and their impact on Mauritius.
As usual “keeping them in the dark” has been deemed as a better policy than empowerment through transparency.

]]> http://www.josephyiptong.com/2009/02/16/welcome-president-hu/comment-page-1/#comment-78535 Darlene Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:11:32 +0000 http://www.josephyiptong.com/?p=1127#comment-78535 I managed to catch the arrival of President Hu on TV and I was caught by the excitement bug ...I feel so honored that the President of one of the most powerful nations of the world choose to come to our Mother Land to strengthen the relationship between the 2 countries......It is a lesson to be learned! I managed to catch the arrival of President Hu on TV and I was caught by the excitement bug …I feel so honored that the President of one of the most powerful nations of the world choose to come to our Mother Land to strengthen the relationship between the 2 countries……It is a lesson to be learned!

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