IBritish Virgin Islands inobunkokheli obutsha kwicandelo lezoKhenketho olubalulekileyo ngonyulo lwakutsha nje lweNkulumbuso kunye noMphathiswa onoxanduva lwezoKhenketho, uMhlonishwa. Andrew A. Fahie kunye noMmeli weTerritorial At-Large kunye noMphathiswa omncinci wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo. UShereen Flax-Charles. I-British Overseas Territory yeVirgin Islands ibambe unyulo ngoMvulo, ngoFebruwari 25. Phantsi kobunkokeli bukaFahie, iVirgin Islands Party yathatha izihlalo ezisibhozo kwezili-13 ezazibanjwe ngamalungu anyuliweyo eNdlu yeNdibano yeNdawo. Wafungiswa njengeNkulumbuso yiRhuluneli uAugustus Jaspert nge-26 kaFebruwari. UNksk. Flax-Charles uye watyunjwa njengoMphathiswa omncinci wezoKhenketho ukuze ancedise iNkulumbuso uFahie ekuphatheni ipotifoliyo yezokhenketho.
Igqala lowiso-mthetho, oHloniphekileyo. UFahie usebenze kwiNdlu yeNdibano (eyayibizwa ngokuba liBhunga lezoMthetho) kwiminyaka eyi-20 edlulileyo njengommeli weSithili sokuQala soNyulo. Usebenze njengoMphathiswa wezeMfundo neNkcubeko ukususela ngo-2000-2003 kwaye kwakhona ukususela ngo-2007-2011, nanjengeNkokeli yeQela eliPhikisayo ukususela ngo-2017-2018. Obekekileyo. UFahie wayengumfundisi-ntsapho kunye nosomashishini.
UNksk. Flax-Charles wabandakanyeka kushishino lwezokhenketho ukususela ebuntwaneni, esebenze kwihotele yaseFischer's Cove Beach eVirgin Gorda, ephethwe ngabazali bakhe. Ilungu lepalamente okokuqala ngqa ngumfazi weshishini osebenze ixesha elizeleyo kwiBhodi yabakhenkethi ye-BVI ekwisikhundla seSister Islands uMlawuli woPhuhliso loKhenketho kunye noMphathi weeProjekthi phantse iminyaka engama-20. Waziwa kakhulu njengemvumi kunye neqela lakhe elithi “Yimfihlo” nanjengoKumkanikazi wecalypsonia uShereen.
Kwingxelo evela kwi-Ofisi yeNkulumbuso namhlanje, Mhlonishwa. UFahie uthe, “Ndiyimveliso yekratshi yeSithili sokuQala ebesoloko ingoyena ndoqo wemisebenzi yokhenketho kwiNgingqi yethu, ineehotele ezininzi kunye neendawo zokuhlala abantu, iinkampani zokuqeshisa ngenqanawa, izikhephe nezithuthi, iimarinas kunye nenye yezona ndawo ziphambili amazibuko okungena eWest End.
Ndiyazibophelela ekubeni ndigxile kuKhenketho njengomqhubi wophuhliso loqoqosho kwezi ziqithi zaseVirgin. Urhulumente wam uza kwenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukubonelela iBhodi yabaKhenketho ye-BVI ngazo zonke izixhobo eziyimfuneko ukukhuthaza uphuhliso oluzinzileyo lokhenketho kwi-BVI ukuze kuxhamle bonke abahlali.
Obekekileyo. UFlax-Charles uthe, “NjengoMphathiswa omncinci wezoKhenketho, iNkulumbuso indinike uxanduva lokuqinisekisa ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo neenkqubo ezijolise ekukhuleni nasekuphuhliseni eli candelo libaluleke kangaka ziyaphunyezwa. INkulumbuso iyayazi ukuba ndiluthanda kakhulu ukhenketho kwaye ke olu luxanduva endiluthathela ingqalelo kakhulu. Ndiyazibophelela ukuba ngoncedo lweBhodi yabaKhenketho ye-BVI, siza kuphumeza izithembiso zethu zokwenza olu qoqosho lube lolona qoqosho ludlamkileyo kummandla nakwihlabathi.
Le duo kunye namanye amalungu kurhulumente omtsha sele beqalisile uphononongo lweli shishini kubandakanya iintlanganiso namaqabane aphambili kushishino lokhenketho, amagqabantshintshi eBhodi ye-BVI yabakhenkethi kunye nokuhlolwa kwamaziko aphambili okhenketho, ngenjongo yokumisela imigaqo-nkqubo eya kutshatisa indlela eya phambili kwezokhenketho kwiiVirgin Islands zaseBritish ngekamva elibonakalayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Le duo kunye namanye amalungu kurhulumente omtsha sele beqalisile uphononongo lweli shishini kubandakanya iintlanganiso namaqabane aphambili kushishino lokhenketho, amagqabantshintshi eBhodi ye-BVI yabakhenkethi kunye nokuhlolwa kwamaziko aphambili okhenketho, ngenjongo yokumisela imigaqo-nkqubo eya kutshatisa indlela eya phambili kwezokhenketho kwiiVirgin Islands zaseBritish ngekamva elibonakalayo.
- Fahie said, “I am a proud product of the First District which has always been a major hub of tourism activity in our Territory, with several hotels and villas, yacht charter companies, boat and vehicle rentals, marinas as well as one of the primary ports of entry at West End.
- I am making a commitment that with the assistance of the BVI Tourist Board, we will deliver on our promises to make this one of the most vibrant tourism economies in the region and the world.
