No VAT increase as the rumor which spread a few days ago

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No VAT increase as the rumor which spread a few days ago.Confirmed by the speech of XLD.

Measures for Rodrigues Island in the 2012 Budget

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XLD,Minister of Finance Speech:

  Mr Speaker, Sir, I will now announce a game changing measure for
Rodrigues - a development that will make a notable transformation in the
life of every Rodriguan.  Every successful town, city or country has known
a major turning point in their history. Today we are creating that turning
point for Rodrigues by connecting its people, its businesses, and its
professionals to the rest of the world.  
337.  Mr Speaker, Sir, a submarine fibre cable will be laid to link
Rodrigues to Mauritius.
338.  This will usher in an era of cutting edge communication technology
in Rodrigues while at the same time  connecting the island to rest of the
world.   This will provide fast and reliable bandwidth to the island.  And Mr,
Speaker, Sir, it will significantly bridge the digital gap for Rodriguans.
339.  The estimated cost of this  ground-breaking venture is 600 million
rupees.  Government will provide financing which will be reimbursed over
twenty years.  
340.  The Universal Service Fund (USF) will provide an annual grant to
service the loan and keep prices at the levels in Mauritius.    
 
341.  Mr Speaker, Sir, Rodrigues  has numerous qualified and educated
youth. Opportunities for work and advancement will be at their doorstep.
At a stroke their career prospects and their lives are being transformed.  
342.  The Prime Minister and the Minister for Rodrigues have been
particularly supportive of this initiative.  And I thank them for that.
343.  Mr Speaker, Sir, the grant to the Rodrigues Regional Assembly will
amount to 1.649 billion rupees - an increase of 45 million rupees over the
previous year. This will enable the  RRA to have a stronger development
focus.  As a result, the RRA will be able to clear land for airport
development and dredge access to the port.   38
344.  We are also subsidising airfares to Rodrigues until the end of
December 2012.
345.  At the request of our colleagues from Rodrigues, Government will
provide residential accommodation for families of Rodriguan patients
coming to Mauritius for treatment

The twinned District Councils - Pamplemousses/Rivière Du Rempart, Moka/Flacq and Grand Port/Savanne will be split into six

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XLD speech:

      Mr Speaker, Sir, local authorities account for a substantial part of
public expenditure.  
 To improve planning, efficiency, management and transparency at
the level of local authorities, Government is setting up a Local Authorities
Governance Unit.
  We also want to promote nearness and proximity between the local
communities and their elected councillors. To this end, I am allocating 107
million rupees for 3 additional district councils. The twinned District
Councils - Pamplemousses/Rivière Du Rempart, Moka/Flacq and Grand
Port/Savanne will be split into six.

Education: Support measures proposed for primary and pre-primary

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The measures announced Xavier Duval for the education sector are mainly in early childhood.Endowments are important for the sector pre-primary and primary education. The State contribution to the organization that deals with SENS 3000 children who need special education increased by 25%. The Preprimary Education grant that was available for four year olds will also be for those aged three years. The companies will now be allowed to maintain nurseries and kindergartens for children of employees earning less than Rs 12,000 per month. The operating costs of these structures will be deducted from funds allocated for Corporate Social Security. Failure to combat the Certificate of Primary Education, the Minister proposes the creation of Summer schools for children in need. An education program targeted to be implemented. Students attend classes three times a week and will receive a hot meal. Xavier-Luc Duval also announced the extension of pre-vocational school program for three years to four years. It is an endowment of Rs 500,000 to each primary school for the improvement of buildings. The Child Development Unit that deals with abused children will receive more resources. Regarding internet, Rodrigues is no longer the Cinderella of the Mascarenes in terms of information technology and communication (ICT). The island is connected to the submarine cable of optical fiber as announced by a mission of the Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) a few months ago. Cost of this measure: Rs 600 million. This project will enable Rodrigues access to a fast Internet and will kick off the launch of ICT companies, such as call centers. The Rodrigues Regional Assembly (RRA) will also get an allocation of Rs 1.6 billion for the next fiscal year. This is an increase of Rs 45 million and that it will improve access to the harbor of Port-Mathurin, among others. On the other, 43 years after Independence, the relatives of Rodrigues undergoing medical treatment in Mauritius will be accommodated by the state.

China Post tracking system:Cannot get request dispatcher for path success

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"Cannot get request dispatcher for path success"
If you get the above message when trying to track,it is an error in the post website itself and should be corrected in a few days
You can track from other websites {Please find links above:tracking system,tracking,ems...}-but i do not guarantee

Public Health: Increase in price of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages

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The Minister of Finance announced two increases of table wines, ie Rs 25.20 per liter and Rs 54 per liter respectively. In addition, is expected to increase by 10 to 15% on beverages containing more than 30% alcohol as well as cigarettes and cigars. VAT was abolished on chewing gum nicotine substitute in order to discourage tobacco use.  Minister of Finance announced a budget for non-communicable diseases at the same time creating jobs for 300 nurses. For tax payers in the National Security Service (NSS), they may opt for a medical plan. A measure to privatize the plan. Rehabilitation centers for drug benefit, also assistance of Rs 51 million from the government. XLD SPEECH:     In that same spirit of relieving people of their pains and tribulations,  we are increasing the amount allocated to the rehabilitation of alcoholics  and drug addicts by 70 percent to 51 million rupees. This will reinforce our  capacity to combat drug abuse, alcoholism and addiction to tobacco. As we  spend more on cure and rehabilitation,  we also need to take action to  eliminate the abuse of alcohol and tobacco smoking.        To that end, we are increasing excise duty rates as follows: 31 • on fruit wine and made wine, to 25.20 rupees per litre and 54  rupees per litre, respectively;   • on other alcoholic drinks by between 10 to 30 percent; and  • on cigarettes and cigars by 15 percent.         We are, on the other hand, removing VAT on gums that are used as  substitute for smoking.        .  Government will also spend more on prevention of NonCommunicable Diseases (NCDs), including new tobacco cessation clinics.

A budget for the opportunities and improve living conditions for Mauritians

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Fiscal and administrative measures to encourage investment. It is the mark of the beginning of the budget speech delivered by Xavier-Luc Duval, this Friday, November 4. A quote statements made by Paul Bérenger in 2005 failed to disturb the serenity of the parliamentary session.

The finance minister has chosen a polemical tone to start his budget speech. He quoted Paul Berenger, who spoke of the economy in a state of emergency in 2005. Which did not fail to raise loud protests from the opposition benches.The Speaker had to intervene forcefully to restore order.

Once the dust in the chamber, Xavier-Luc Duval resumed his speech to set out the guidelines of the 2012 Budget."This is a budget for the opportunities to improve the lives of Mauritians" , he said.

And follows the main statement of the government's economic philosophy. The objective remains growth and encouraging investment. Social justice will not be forgotten, says Xavier-Luc Duval.

The Minister also intends to continue the democratization of the economy. It ensures he will work to enable women to participate in economic development.

As for the young, it will break the cycle that makes a young inexperienced can not find work.
The minister immediately announced fiscal measures to encourage investment.

ICT: The granting of work permits to expatriates faster

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The area of ​​information technology and communication also knows important steps. To start the installation of a second cable that is already underway for the continuity of service in the industry. The Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA) will now work on several cases relating to communication. Expatriates working in this area and affecting more than Rs 70,000 per month will get a faster process for Occupational Permit. In addition, students in this area can now work 20 hours per week. The aim is to attract more students for their studies in Mauritius in ICT.

A German died in a car accident at Grand Bay

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A German national, aged 44 had a terrible end last night. He was killed in a car accident, which occurred in Grand Bay. He was driving a motorcycle with his wife when he collided with another motorcycle that was flying a resident of Goodlands. The latter as well as the wife of the German were seriously injured. They were admitted to hospital in the North. The road has also proved deadly to the flora. A farmer in the region, aged 34, was hit by a bus while riding the CNT bike yesterday morning. He died at the hospital in Rose-Belle. Another accident: a pedestrian was knocked last night at the Sivananda Avenue, in Vacoas.Seriously wounded, he was taken to Victoria Hospital where his condition is considered serious.

Fight against poverty: Amédée Darga cited the example of Mauritius in South Africa

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The president of Enterprise Mauritius was invited by the Southern Africa Trust to make a presentation of the strategy adopted by Port-Louis to overcome poverty. He listed the measures taken by the country since independence to enable Mauritians to achieve a better standard of living. The method of Mauritius to combat poverty was cited this Thursday, November 3 in South Africa by President of Enterprise Mauritius, Amédée Darga. Also a consultant to the Africa, it was invited by the Southern Africa Trust, an organization which works our compatriot Prega Ramsamy, to dissect the Mauritius Strategy so that it serves as an example for the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Community of Southern Africa. From the outset, this High Level Dialogue on Challenges of Regional Integration for Poverty Reduction, Amédée Darga said that Mauritius has adopted a strategy against poverty than two decades ago. But since independence, measures have been initiated to enable Mauritians to achieve a certain standard of living. Maurice has done so to create jobs, promote entrepreneurship, provide social benefits to both old and those with disabilities to invest in essential services such as providing clean water, electricity, education, among others. Any economic strategy was also built around these priorities. At independence, highlighted Amédée Darga, Maurice was almost the same level as other African countries in terms of income per capita, which was around 250 U.S. dollars. Isolated from the world, depending on the sugar cane industry, with no natural resources and a prey to hurricanes, the island has managed to overcome these challenges. Since then, every ten years, says Amedee Darga, income per capita has taken an upward slope and the Gini coefficient - a measure of income inequality - over the last twenty years has remained stable, demonstrating that is a distribution of wealth. Maurice also played an interventionist role in the economy, while acting as a facilitator for the private sector and the regulator to protect vulnerable groups and sectors. The fight against poverty, Amédée Darga added, was to ensure that all Mauritians have access to free health care, free education, to be connected to electricity and potable water and a roof. Speaking of housing, the president of Enterprise Mauritius said that 88.9% of Mauritians own. To arrive at this figure, he listed the measures taken, such as the creation of the Mauritius Housing Corporation (MHC), which offered loans at a time when others do not offer loans and the allowance for slab, provided by the state. The state is also at the bedside of the poor through the construction of houses called "low cost" and in the 1980s, the Mauritians who took a loan to build a house could deduct a certain amount of tax. Amédée Darga also mentioned the establishment in 2006 of the National Empowerment Foundation (NEF). Besides the aim of ensuring that every household in the bottom income and obtain shelter, their children receive the help they need to learn. He did not fail to mention the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) adopted in 2009. Besides using the European Union through the Decentralised Cooperation Programme. The President of Enterprise Mauritius has highlighted that while everyone agrees that growth does not necessarily reduce poverty, local experience has shown that a well-oiled strategy ensures economic development. There is no magic formula, he says, most of providing an opportunity for everyone to have a job. Within the SADC, he said, it is a central strategy to overcome poverty. Meanwhile, Prega Ramsamy, former Secretary General of SADC, has him focused on investment and trade as an engine for sustainable development. Which in the long run, will help eradicate poverty.

Statistics Mauritius: The country has improved its energy efficiency between 2002 and 2009

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Mauritius has made progress in its energy consumption. This is demonstrated Statistics Mauritius in its latest report on the environment back on the evolution of this issue between 2002 and 2009.

The country's energy consumption has declined for every Rs 100,000 gross domestic product. It increased from 1.04 tonnes of oil equivalent in 2002 to 0.87 tons in 2009. The efficiency of our energy consumption has therefore improved.

This in turn has a positive impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Statistics Mauritius attributes this progress to advances in energy consumption in the textile, food and transportation, activities that are the most energy.

As emphasized by analysts Statistics Mauritius, the reduction in energy consumption is not strictly related to decreased activity in an area. There are, however, areas that increase their value while reducing their energy bill.

Agriculture, food manufacturing, construction, trade, hotels and restaurants and to a lesser extent, in the transportation category for which energy consumption decreases as the value added increases.

In addition to the energy consumption of economic activity, households are also energy intensive. Lighting, appliances, motor transport, hot water for showers are the major items of household energy use.

Philippe Waechter, "Growth of the Reunion Island through more regional trade"

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Philippe Waechter, director of economic research at Natixis Asset Management, gave an interview to our colleague Reunion Thursday. Excerpts.

Question: What is your view on the Indian Ocean region?

Answer: The exchanges are growing and are more dense. This can be seen on the market in the Asia and the Indian Ocean, and in the evolution of foreign trade of the Meeting, for example, with higher imports from Asia. In this changing environment, I believe that growth in emerging countries more independent vis-à-vis developed countries is one of the important facts of the past 10 years. It also results in more significant exchanges between developing countries. The dynamics of each economy is strengthened, forcing them to be more responsive and flexible to adapt to the environment. This is a more complex situation, but certainly richer in growth and jobs. This is clearly the perception I have of the Indian Ocean area.

Question: A crisis for the meeting she goes through a development of trade with its immediate neighbors rather than the city?

Answer: In the coming years, the growth dynamics for the meeting is likely to increase in participation in this trade more than local pending pulse from the metropolis. The geographical area is growing rapidly creating similar opportunities.

Question: What do you think are the prospects for ending the crisis in Europe?

Answer: In Europe, the situation is difficult to adjust and should result in a period of resorption of debts, public and private, which will be associated with slow growth. It seems therefore necessary to develop local ownership is in a favorable environment, even if short-term dynamics is less flamboyant but this should be temporary

(Interview by EM, The Journal of the island of Reunion.)

Interpol officers in Mauritius to train local police

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A team of Interpol is the country since Saturday for a series of formations. It will, among other things, conduct traffic stops and identity checks at the airport.

Having taught at officers Cyber ​​Crime Unit of the Central CID, among others, the six members of Interpol in the Africa have carried out road checks in the area of ​​Belle Mare on Thursday and will be on Friday morning at Choisy.

This operation for a period of five days called "Kwacha" aims to establish whether stolen vehicles are in circulation.And also to detect the presence of drugs and possibly firearms and explosives during those investigations.

Interpol's mission also aims to conduct checks at the airport to track down illegal immigrants. And black workers in the area.

The six officers from Interpol South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. They have already performed similar missions in the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia before landing in Mauritius.

Xavier Duval promised a budget to meet public expectations and strengthen the future

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A few hours of his great oral, this Friday, October 4, the finance minister, Xavier-Luc Duval, already promises a budget that will strengthen the future. He said on Radio One, Thursday, November 3, the government has made every effort to meet the priorities and expectations.

" We worked hard to meet public expectations, while respecting the priorities of this budget. "Thus, the Minister of Finance summarized the course of preparing the 2012 Budget. Xavier-Luc Duval was broadcast on Radio One in a final public relations exercise to 24 hours of his first major oral main driver of the Mauritian economy and Manager of Finance of the State.

Xavier-Luc Duval says he will propose a budget that will strengthen the future. He wished to recall that Maurice is an open economy. As such, he said, the export is an area that deserves attention. "Mauritius is a country facing out.Many products we use are imported and we produce is exported.

The government has paid special attention to allow an increase in exports, "said the Minister of Finance.

In this context, the international crisis in the background, so, at a time, to boost exports and reduce the weight of imports appears to be a complicated exercise. Exporters have repeatedly called for action to enable them to compete in international markets. The demand for a depreciation of the rupee and a revised rate is in the process. They will be tonight on the sidelines to see the concrete meaning of this " special consideration to allow an increase in exports , "mentioned by the Minister of Finance. There is also demand for the abolition of the Capital Gains Tax and incentives for investment.

In this chapter, the picture is not bright. The foreign direct investment is falling and Maurice fell in the rankings Ease of Doing Business World Bank.

Some operators are optimistic. " Xavier-Luc Duval is a CPA training has long exercised in private and, as such, he knows the realities of operators working in export , "says the director of a company producing luxury goods for to foreign markets.

But the finance minister is expected socially. The erosion of purchasing power is daily deplored by Mauritians. A depreciation of the rupee would lead to high inflation, because, as the minister himself points out, many consumer products are imported. It will be at the expense of consumers and industries such as tourism.

Responding to a question on purchasing power, Xavier-Luc Duval, on Radio One, said that "to ensure the welfare and prosperity of Mauritius, the most important is to increase his salary" . A little summary as an answer, admittedly.The heads of families themselves, expecting that in the 2012 budget speech, Finance Minister will indicate how these wage increases.

On the social front, the Minister hinted that his priority is to fight poverty. But he insisted that he will try to revive the policy of housing by the state. "We must accept that the number of houses built by the government was not enough. So we need to build faster and better. The government is trying to find an innovative solution to resolve the situation, "he admitted.

Xavier-Luc Duval he has a room to achieve what it promises? In the government camp, it is claimed, is limited.However, in one of the opposition, it is affirmative. " The finance minister has real flexibility , "has repeatedly MP Chong Li Kwong Wing Kee, who is also the spokesman of the Mauritian Militant Movement on economic issues.

The figures seem to prove him right, because the fiscal deficit to 3.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and public debt in June was 55.9% of GDP. The opposition MP believes that the budget deficit was artificially widened when Rama Sithanen, the former finance minister, had created reserve funds.

The stage is set. In the background, the local and international context and expectations of both sides. The finance minister has to respond. Answer tonight in the National Assembly from 17 hours.

The APSA inaugurated a center for diabetes with the help of European and Japanese

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The Association for the Promotion of Health (APSA) conducted the opening of a center dedicated to people with diabetes at Trianon on Thursday 3 novembre.L opportunity for NGOs to call back it has helped more than AFrom 100 000 patients over a quarter so ECLEER of existence.

 Receive and treat diabetes in a health center which is devoted. This is the challenge taken up by the Association for the Promotion of Health (APSA), which today opened its new clinic, located at Trianon. Funded through donations, including from the European Union and the Embassy of Japan, the center will house a multidisciplinary team - podiatrists, diabetologists, ophthalmologists and nutritionists - who will be asked to supervise patients, increasingly numerous.

This health center, has highlighted the association president, Audrey Hardy, aims to reduce the number of amputations - 370 a year - directly related to diabetes each year. Situation due to the absence of treatment and lack of follow-up.  "It was a monster of diabetes, but it is easy to deal with them, provided of course to control and adopt a healthy lifestyle" , said Audrey Hardy. This has also welcomed the team of volunteers who "walked alongside Mauritius since past 26 years."

Audrey Hardy was also weighed down on the course of the APSA and stressed that the association has assisted some 100 000 patients in recent years. Determined to build on this momentum, the leaders of the APSA have recently signed two agreements with the World Diabetes Foundation to fund two arms of the APSA Burundi and Botswana.

Present at the inauguration, the former CEO of the MBC, Bijay Madhu, wished to express his appreciation for the work done by the team of the APSA. "I myself have benefited from using this association to help me control my diabetes. It is therefore natural that I have always given my support, " he said.

The opening of this clinic coincides with the launch, always by the APSA, a booklet I take my foot in hand. This publication, for diabetics, is designed to teach them how to care for their feet and avoid amputation due to an undetected infection.