Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey
Where wealth accumulates, and men
decay
Goldsmith,
The Deserted Village
In my blog article
entitled “Chinese
in Broadcasting - Investment in Jamaica to reach the USA”, John Public
pointed out the various pushes that the People’s Republic of China have been making
into Jamaica from an investment point of view
The People’s Republic of China’s
aim to not only gain access to raw materials needed for production back home in
China but also for production and export to the United States of America, their
long term goal. Jamaica is the perfect launching pad for export, which would
explain their US$6 billion investment in the relocation of Tinson Pen and
VernamField Aerodromes.
The development of the railway
specifically for the transshipment of goods and services between the aerodromes
and Kingston Wharves as stated in the article “CHINESE
WANT KINGSTON WHARVES” published Monday, March 08, 2010 by Paul Henry
Observer staff reporter, The Jamaica
Observer negotiated by Senator Karl
Samuda, Minister of Commerce.
The invitation of Chinese
broadcasters present in the delegation from China Radio International and China
Central Television to set up shop in Jamaica and broadcast Chinese language
programming. This most likely will be paid for by Chinese Merchants selling
wares directly to Jamaicans, as we already consume all of their products.
All part of cementing our nearly
thirty eight (38) year diplomatic relationship with the People’s Republic of
China as stated in the article “Chinese
media proposal troubles local interest group”, published: Tuesday April 6, 2010, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Much to the chagrin of the
Management of the Big Three (3) Broadcasters, RJR Communications Group, CVM
Communications Group and LOVE TV/Radio, who are rattling their sabers as it relates
to being kept in the dark and the state of libel laws. These are distractive
and side issues that make them blissfully unaware of the Grand Master Plan: all
of this investment is the beginning of the Rebuilding and Development of Brand
Jamaica.
Realistically, the Management of
these Companies are typical of the Private Sector companies, who as Jesus H.
Christ, the Vybz Kartel or Mavado of the Bible, asserts are “lovers of money
and lovers of themselves”.
They expect their Markets and
customer base to be protected at all time via their political connections and
friendships with the Government. They do not realize that with the current
Recession, efficiency in operation from an engineering point of view and not
artificial profits by increasing their advertising via new Media content is the
way towards increased profitability and survival in the Global Space, where
there is more Dogs than Bone.
Well, news flash for them: People’s
Republic of China is now in advanced negotiations to purchase sugar and its
estates as stated in the article “Gov't
seals sugar deal with Chinese firm”, published Saturday, July 31, 2010 BY PATRICK FOSTER, Observer Writer,
The Jamaica Observer, a
follow-on, pardon the cricket pun if you will, from a previous newspaper
article “Sugar
Rush”, published Wednesday July 4th 2010, The Jamaica Gleaner and confirmed
by the article “Sweet China
Deal”, published Wednesday July 4th 2010, , by Alicia Dunkley,
Senior Staff Reporter, The Jamaica
Observer
Also Coffee as stated in the
article “Gov’t
signs US$148-m coffee deal with Chinese entities”, published Wednesday July
4th 2010, by Patrick Foster, Observer Writer, The Jamaica Observer and confirmed
by the article “A Coffee
Break for Ja”, published Wednesday July 4th 2010, The Jamaica Gleaner and Rice as
stated in the article “Doing it the
Rice Way”, published Wednesday July 4th 2010, The Jamaica Gleaner and confirmed
by the article “Jamaica
signs coffee supply deal with Chinese Firm”, published Wednesday July 4th
2010, The Jamaica Observer
All praises to Senator Dr.
Christopher Tufton, Minister of Agriculture and fisheries, who has made
Agriculture exciting again………albeit a bit of news about Spring Plain in
Clarendon would be nice. To the Big Three (3) Broadcasters, read a Newspaper
today, as the Newspaper companies already being saved.
This, ironically by their arch
Nemesis and commonly use computer platform for publishing:
1. Apple
in the form of the Apple iPad
2. Sony
and their eReader
3. Barnes
and Noble Nook and
4. Amazon
Kindle, the most notable of all and the device that started it all.
As for the Big Three (3) Broadcasters,
their respective Managements energies should be focused more on achieving
operational efficiencies. This by working
closely with the Government of Jamaica agency charged with Broadcasting
oversight, that being the Broadcasting Commission, to achieve DSO (Digital
Switch Over) as stated in the article “Slow
road to digital switch-over - Cable
groups mum; Flow ahead but network coverage behind”, published: Saturday
August 15, 2009 by Mark Titus, Gleaner Writer, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Good examples abound in Web
Broadcasters such as CNET, the Technology
Broadcaster for Silicon Valley out of San Francisco being a clear example of
the benefits of WebTV, podcasting and efficient, low cost, high value online
broadcasting and Technology Journalism.
Hulu,
the News Corp., General Electric Co.'s, NBC Universal, Walt Disney Co. and
Providence Equity Partners Alliance to push content via its originally free
portal, now pay television as stated in the article “Hulu launches US$10 video
subscription service”, published Tuesday June 29 2010 by RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP
Business Writer, Yahoo News.
DSO is now progressing smoothly in
United Kingdom, with Analog Television sets a thing of the past as the United
Kingdom marches slowly towards DSO as stated in the article “End
of the line for analogue TV's”, published Wednesday July 7th
2010, BBC News.
For the record, the People’s
Republic of China is the major manufacturer of low cost, high value retail
goods globally, thus broadcasting being paid for by Chinese Companies to
advertise their wares in Jamaica along with Chinese language programming is
economically viable in the long term.
In that same blog article John
Public also speculated on the Chinese getting into the Energy Sector and
Telecoms Sector as well. This based on reports of advanced talks by Chinese
firm CHALCO to purchase the Noranda Portfolio consisting of bauxite Companies
owned by the Government of Jamaica.
Their intention is to build a LNG
(Liquid Natural Gas) pipeline, stated in the article “Noranda
Bauxite targeted for aquisition”, published Wednesday April 14th
2010, Business Section, The Jamaica
Gleaner. Hopefully this’ll be inclusive of the JAMALCO and its related
alumina Mines inclusive of Breadnut Valley and Halse Hall.
In terms of Telecoms sector, there
is an anecdotal report suggesting that a Chinese company is in the process of
negotiating rent timeshare [hosting space] in LIME Exchanges. This for the
purpose of providing a competitive Municipal Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11n) Network to
even local entrants such as Dekal Wireless!
In my eyes it would be easier to
just purchase Dekal Wireless and expand the company, as they are indeed the
Shadow of the Empire, the Empire alluding to the proliferation of Wi-Fi (IEEE
802.11n) enabled devices as elucidated in my blog article
entitled “CLARO
and the coming of Municipal Wi-Fi - Shadows of the Empire”.
If Energy Sector Liberalization
were to be achieved tomorrow, do not be surprised if the Chinese were also in
line along with the other FDI (Foreign Direct Investors) in Jamaica, now
jostling for a piece of the Energy Sector pie.
This is evident by recent
developments such as Energy Storage by Greek shipping magnate Aegean Marine
Petroleum US$20 million expansion plans for the construction of fuel bunkers on
land to store MGO (Marine Gas Oil) and MFO (Marine Fuel Oil) as stated in the
article “US$20M
more to Bunker - Greek firm investment in Jamaica storage facility”,
published Wednesday, April 07, 2010 BY CAMILO THAME, The Jamaica Observer
The US$6 billion dollar Refinery being
constructed by Mexican Petroleum interest PEMEX (Petroleos Mexicanos) “Mexico's
new refinery to take shape this year”,
published Thursday April 1st 2010, by Nadisha Hunter, Gleaner Writer,
The Jamaica Gleaner is also another
example of our still dependence on Oil. There is also an apparent rush decision
as evidenced by the mysteriously and hastily commissioned two (2) week restoration of a 15-foot statue
named El Atlante de Tula by Mexican
Ambassador to Jamaica, Leonora Rueda.
The Government of Jamaica recent
sale of its 2% stake in PCJ (Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica) shares to the
Government of Venezuela now at 51% and hence controlling rights as stated in
the article “Venezuelans
to the Rescue - 2% deal gives PVDSA afflilate majority ownership”,
published Friday April 30 2010, Mark Titus, Business Reporter, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Ironically this comes on the heels
of the Venezuelan Government discovery of oil and a massive gas field off the
coast of Venezuela by PVDSA (Petroleos de Venezuela SA) as stated in the
article “Venezuela
taps Natural gas super well”, published Tuesday March 30th2010,
The Daily Gleaner ,AP, The Jamaica
Gleaner. Additionally Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) has also been getting
into the game as stated in the article “JEP
lands power deal”, published Friday April 9, 2010, the Friday Financial
Gleaner, The Jamaica Gleaner.
This increases their Power Plant
capacity on land, effectively repositioning them to supply more power and
possibly to be able to take advantage of the coming supplies of LNG from either
the Twin Island People’s Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. This was the plan by
then Prime Minister Patrick Manning, leader of the ruling PNM (People’s
National Movement) in 2009 as stated in the article “LMG
for Jamaica a National Priority - Manning”, published Friday June 26, 2009,
The Friday Gleaner, by Linda Hutchinson-Jafar, Business Writer, The Jamaica Gleaner.
This is ironic as now that there
has been a change of Government in the Twin Island People’s Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago with the installment of their first female Prime Minister
Kamla Persad Bissessar, leader of the UNC (United National Congress).
The reasons for the change of tune
from the Government of Twin Island People’s Republic of Trinidad and Tobago are
still related to the potential threat of Middle East and Far East Oil and
Natural Gas Producers, inclusive of the People’s Republic of China. Natural Gas
[LNG] is merely a by-product that they can sell for little or nothing.
They now have begun capturing and
liquefying at the wellhead at prices competitive to our CARICOM Neighbor as
stated in the article “Rivalry
sends Trinidad in search of new LNG Markets”, published Saturday, July 4,
2009, The Saturday Gleaner, by Linda Hutchinson-Jafar, Business Writer, The Jamaica Gleaner.
The People’s Republic of China are
indeed loaded with “crazy money” and it is getting people, especially the Management
of the respective Sugar Cane entities that are a part of the Divestment process
a little “punch drunk” as Chairman of the All Islands Cane Farmers Association,
Allan Rickards stoutly asserted in an interview on “Smile Jamaica”, aired
July 16th 2010, Television
Jamaica.
I, John Public, had observed at
Telecom Provider CLARO in 2008 when they had just started up. Ditto that
observation at C&W in 2003 when they also were just re-launching their GSM
network in 2003. Money it seems John Public must conclude by paraphrasing a
popular quotation in American colloquial English “makes a Man act funny”.
It appears we have not seen the end
of the buying spree of the People’s Republic of China, as John Public ends this
commentary, as the only things left for them to buy is interests in Tourism,
Water and Manufacturing Facilities, so as to be able to turn Jamaica into a
Manufacturing mecca.
All of which hinge on cheaper
energy supplies from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS Co.) and Senator
James Robertson, Minister of Energy and Mining and his ambitious plans to go
LNG as stated in the article “Government
eyes LNG cure for Energy problems”, published Wednesday June 16 2010 by
Laura Redpath, Senior Staff Writer, The
Jamaica Gleaner.
Senator James Robertson, Minister
of Energy and Mining has support from the United States of America in the form
of Ernest Moniz, Director of the prestigious Engineering Institute, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In a recently published Time Magazine article Ernest Moniz is also batting
for LNG’s usage to wean America off a dependence on Foreign Oil from the Middle
East, the Far East and the People’s Republic of China as stated in the article “Fuel of
the future?”, published Sunday
July 4 2010 by Dwight Bellanfante, Gleaner Writer, The Sunday Gleaner.
Thus, Water Sector Liberalization
is also needed along with Energy Sector Liberalization, MNP (Mobile Number
Portability) and the ongoing fight against organized Crime island wide. This in
a bid to encourage the growth and investment in the Tourism Sector and other
Sectors of the Economy during this seven (7) years of Famine [Recession]!
It is only via a Social Partnership
with Private Sector and with the University of the West Indies for Research and
assistance from FDI’s such as the People’s Republic of China can Jamaica find
the financial wherewithal to rebuild and promote the Development of Brand
Jamaica.
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