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SPEECH FOR THE RT~ HON. P.J~ PATTERSON
AT THE LAUNCH C)F LABOUR DAY 1999
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1999
KIN<~S HOUSE
Labour Day has becon1e a National Tradition of which we can
be truly proud. It speaks to our capacity for voluntary effort.
It speaks to a growing recognition of our role in community
developn1ent. Above all,r it speaks to our capacity for nation
building.
Voluntary labc,ur has been at the heart of our development as
a nation.. I want to salute those individuals and organisations,
who often without any recognition, and in difflc.ult
circumstances, contribute freely of their time, talent and
resources in son,e voluntary effort to n1ake Jamaica a better
place.
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AT ANOl'llER J...,EV.EL, AM.ONCi JAMAICANS FROM EVERY WALK
OF l..J.FE, TH.ERE ARE COUN'Il .. ESS EXAMPLES OF KINDNESS AND
G·ENEROSITY RENDERED BY ·rl·lC .)l.J(Hfl'FUL, NEIGllBOURS
W'JTIIOUT ANY TilOUGl--l'f' ()17 REW ARI').
l'.l-·1.ES.E ARE crnZENS WOR'fllY OF E'MULATlON, ANT) BE.J,.lEVl)
ME, w·E NEED Tl) SEE T.l·f.J:: fif )OD IN l JS .
·11us YEAR ·n1E LAROUR l')A'( PLANNING COMMITTEE IS TO BE
COMMENDED FOR ·ruE C()M"MlTMENT AND CREA.TlVl'I'Y THAT lS
EVIDENT IN 'f.HIS MORNlNG.1S LAUNCI I., AND IN THE PLANNED
PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES F()R. 'Tl- IE YEAR. THEIR GOAL OF
PLANTING 500,000 TREES TlU:s YEAR lS AN OBJECTIVE ·ro WlllCH
l READILY SUilSCRIHED AND J.. f l:ARTl.LY RECOMM.ENO TO 'lTIE
NATl()N .
'.l'l.lE VALUH O.F A SUS1'AI.NABLE ENVIRONMENT IS ONE TllAT WE
URGENTLY NEED TO INCULCA'T'E IN OUR PEOPLE, AND THE ·
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PLANTING ANDCARlNO OF TREES IS ONE WAY OF INSTILLING
THIS VALUE. AS OUR THEME FOR TIIIS YEAR TEACHES, 'WE
PLANT TREES TODAY TO SUSTAIN LIFE TOMORROW.'
VOLUNTEERISM IS NOT()N.LY FOR LABOUR DAY ANDTHlS
.LAIJNCH IS TAKING P.LA.C,l 1, r::.J\RLIER Tl·US YEAR, so AS ·ro
FAClLlTAl'E ~ll·IE IM.PI.EMENTA'rl()N OF VOLUNTARY PROJECTS
'l'.t·JR(H.JG+·l()l)T ll-lE YEAR. \VTflflN 'TTIJS CONTEXl·, LABOUR DAY
WILJ , Bl:~ THE lU(H-l POlNl' F()R Tl[ESE ACTIVIllES.
'f() ·n-us END, IT IS GOOD ]11Al' Tl1.l::~: PARlSH COMMITTEES COCHAIRED
BY OIJR CUSTODEES AND .MAYORS, AND
COORDINATED BY THE S(JClAL DEVE.LOP.MENI' COMM'ISSION,
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATEJ)_
"lll.E. WORLD .HAS NOW t:rR()WN TC> APPRECIATE JAMAICA'S
ENORMOUS ClJl . ,:rURAL 'I'AL.ENT, AND OUR YOUNG ARTISTES
\.VHO PERFORMED F'OR US THIS Mf)RNING, HAVI'~ CER'l'AINLY
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I 1--JAVE NO DOlJBT:, SOME OF YOU W110 ARE HERE PART.ICI.PATED
AS DEl.,EGA'I'ES fN THE NA'l 'lC>NAL ROUNDTARIJE DISCUSSIONS~
WUJ(".,11 I ('1ON"VEN'E'1 Cl . ... .. Il Rl'''("'\l'''N'1'I y· 1• .J ., ... , . .':~ _. ..~.. . ! ... , ,
'LEADING lJP 'J'O THOSf~ DlSCl.JSSIONS~ I MET WITH
·r':-:,E·.'. , PRI"~S.-'~' .E~J NTAl.'' I' VI"';S,, '-" ('..) f" \' '(.). l. .. r..r!, .·1 :".I . 'A "'N l .... ) ' (..,,,' (' )MMlJNl'"· r~' y
ORGANI.SATlONS. '['H()SE DISCUSSIONS CONFIRMED MY OWN
FAl'fl·l THAT '.l.'H.E l•'OUNDATION OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT lS
·rnE AC'I'lVE PARTK:IPAllON OF CJ.TJZE.NS IN ASSESSING TIIBIR
NEEDS AND IN THE PL.ANNIN(} AND lMPLEM,ENTAT'ION OF
P'R(").'fE· C''I'S' (">f".tN l'.i'J~'l'(:'I " '[ '']"'(') ··r··r:..1·r~·I"R [ ')I•:i' VE·• l (')PME::N''[' . , •. • . .• J -' Ill.,. .) .. L. . .[ .. ; 1., l, . ... J . .,,, . J . ...r 1. • • J J . . .. ..
AS THE ROUND TABLE MANJJA'l'ED TIIE COMMUNl]'Y AGENDA
M.l.JST BECOME A NAT.H)NAL PRIORlTY.
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QUICK TO RESORT TO Vl<)LENC:b IN SETTLlNG OUR DISPUTES.
SOCJAL PEACE IS A PRE-CON[J.ITI()N FOR COMMUNlTY AND
NA1'IONAl."' DEVELOPMENI' ANT> ·wt~. ALL SHARE A
l, Li's, J>()N ·SI u 11 I' I' y· 1:~'(')R' 1.n; A('"11::.:- , '\..1..1•. . . ... 1·.1 .. .J . .. . .r.,,.··, II' .... 1.
SO AS WT~ LAlJNCH W.llAT l l-l(lPl:: WI.LL BI~ A MOST PRODlJCTIVE
YEAR FOR V()LUNTARY I .. ABOUR., AND A REALISATION OF
OOALS WE HA VE SET FC)R LABOUR DAY; LRT lJS ·woRK
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