“People who want to retire we will give them the chance to be able to continue teaching their trade and get compensation for that, while they get their pension.”
Prime Minister Robert Abela claimed this as he was addressing the opening of the Property Malta National conference in which the eighth edition of the report on the construction industry and the property market was also published.
In fact, the Prime Minister claimed how this report focuses on three themes that match perfectly with the priorities that the Government is leading, namely quality in the construction sector, a strategic vision and the reduction of the discharge on the people and the negative effects that development can bring.
The Prime Minister pointed out again the importance of the economy that leads to quality and therefore the reforms that the Government started to implement including in the field of construction.
He said that the economic growth should continue to arrive not for simple growth but to improve the quality of people’s lives with that growth.
“I only mention the introduction of licenses for contractors. Before this reform anyone could start and enter for development work,” claimed the Prime Minister as he also hinted at the introduction of the skill card for workers working in the same industry.
It was here that the Prime Minister claimed the priority again that this Government is giving to the trades and the measure through which more people will be able to contribute to teaching the trades to the younger generations while to be compensated for.
“Then as a Government we believe that the building sector must be a catalyst for environmental change,” the Prime Minister also repeated as he also pointed out that the Government already provides aid in this regard. But Dr. Abela also claimed that there must be more incentives to increase the demand for certain types of properties.
“Properties of higher quality and which to be made require a change in the way the building industry operates. We would like more of the activity in the sector to focus on renovating property so we can get closer to our environmental goals. We want that instead of building more apartments, the demand will be for existing property or properties with traditional aesthetics,” repeated the Prime Minister.
At the end of his speech, the Prime Minister pointed out that for our country to successfully make the leap to quality, we need a construction industry different from that of today, with more advanced skills among others.
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