IS-SEGRETARJU PARLAMENTARI GEORGE PULLICINO F'LAQGHAT FIR-RENJU UNIT DWAR L-IPPJANAR U RI-GENERAZZJONI

Is-Segretarju Parlamentari fil-Ministeru ta' l-Intern, il-Perit George Pullicino, zar ir-Renju Unit bil-ghan li jsir bdil ta' ideat dwar diversi aspetti ta' l-ippjanar. Iz-zjara kienet organizzata mill-British High Commission f'Malta u l-Foreign and Commonweath Office f'Londra.

Il-Perit Pullicino ltaqa' ma' ufficjali fid-Departiment of Environment, Transport and the Regions u ddiskuta aspetti specifici tal-process tat-tfassil ta' pjani fir-Renju Unit, specjalment kif jitfasslu il-pjani ta' zvilupp biex ikunu iktar relevanti ghall-aspettativi u l-htigijiet tal-lum.

Is-Segretarju Parlamentari kellu ukoll tahdidiet ma' Ms Hazel Blears, Membru Parlamentari Laburista li tirraprezenta Salford u dawritu ma' qasam f' Salford li qieghed fl-ewwel stadju ta' ri-generazzjoni. Il-Perit Pullicino zar ukoll Salford Quays li gie trasformat permezz ta' programm estensiv ta' ri-generazzjoni li kien parzjalment iffinanzjat mill-Unjoni Ewropea.

F' Londra is-Segretarju Parlamentari kellu laqgha ma' Sir Peter Hall, espert b'reputazzjoni internazzjonali fl-ippjanar dwar aspetti tar-rigenerazzjoni u studji ta' l-ippjanar f'Malta. Sir Peter Hall accetta stedina tal-Perit Pullicino biex izur Malta s-sena d-diehla biex jiddiskuti iktar l-issues ta' ippjanar li tqajmu fil-laqgha.

PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY GEORGE PULLICINO IN MEETINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM REGARDING PLANNING AND REGENERATION

The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for Home Affairs, George Pullicino, has been to the United Kingdom to exchange views on various issues related to planning. The visit was organised by the British High Commission and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

Mr. Pullicino had meetings with officials from the Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions regarding specific aspects of the plan-making process in the UK, especially how development plans are being drawn up to be more relevant to today's needs and expectations.

The Parliamentary Secretary also had discussions with Labour MP for Salford, Ms Hazel Blears, who showed him round an area in Salford which is at the preliminary stage of regeneration. He also visited Salford Quays which have been transformed through a major regeneration programme partly funded by the European Union and which is still in the process of having further regeneration efforts targeted at it.

In London, Mr. Pullicino had a meeting with Sir Peter Hall, a planning expert of international repute, regarding urban regeneration issues and planning studies in Malta. Sir Peter Hall has accepted Mr. Pullicino's invitation to visit Malta next year to discuss further the planning issues raised during the meeting.