UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett uthi uMnyango wakhe uzibekele umgomo kaJanuwari 2019, wokwethula izinhlelo ezintsha zenqubomgomo, ezizoholela ekuqalweni kabusha kwemisebenzi ye-Jet Ski ezweni.
Ekhuluma izolo emhlanganweni we-Jet Ski Taskforce, eHhovisi loMnyango Wezokuvakasha eNew Kingston Office, uNgqongqoshe uthe, “Ngikholwa wukuthi manje sisesikhathini lapho singenza isethulo sekhabhinethi maqondana nenqubomgomo yemboni yezemidlalo yamanzi. e-Jamaica.
Manje sesisesimweni lapho singabheka khona ingqalasizinda edingekayo nokuthi singazinikeza kanjani lezi zidingo zengqalasizinda ukuze kusebenze inqubomgomo ngendlela efanele.”
Umbhalo obekwe etafuleni uzokhuluma futhi uhlinzeke ngohlaka lokuphathwa kwayo yonke imidlalo yasemanzini e-Jamaica futhi uqhubekisele phambili ukuphakanyiswa kokumiswa esiqhingini sonke sayo yonke imisebenzi yezohwebo ye-Personal Water Crafts (PWCs) kanye nokuvinjelwa kokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwama-PWC esiqhingini.
UMnyango Wezokuvakasha manje usuyiphothulile inqubomgomo yemidlalo yamanzi futhi isethulo sekhabhinethi sesilungisiwe. Uma sewethulwe, uMnyango uzobe sewuxoxisana nababambiqhaza ngokuqhubeka nokubonisana, ukuze le nqubomgomo ibe Umqulu Womthetho.
“Sizibophezele ekusebenzisaneni nabadlali abancane embonini, ukuze sithole izindawo zokwethula izinhlelo, esibheke ukuba nazo e-Ocho Rios naseNegril. Saqala, kodwa asifikanga kude kakhulu ngenxa yemisebenzi yezohwebo, eyangenelela, kodwa sisaqhubeka nohlelo. Lokhu sizokwenza phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu ezizayo, ukuze bonke ababambiqhaza bafinyelele ngokulinganayo futhi basenze sikwazi ukuphatha nokuqapha uhlelo ngendlela engcono,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Izinyathelo zasetshenziswa ngemuva kwenani lezingozi ezibandakanya ama-PWC kuso sonke isiqhingi. Ezinye zalezi zingozi zibangele ukufa kwabantu, ukulimala okubi nokulimala kwemikhumbi.
“Kungaba kuhle ukusho ukuthi sizowenza kabusha lo msebenzi emasontweni ayi-12 azayo, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi, kunezinhlelo zemithetho okusamele zihlangane. Ikakhulukazi, iziphathimandla zasolwandle zinezinhlelo ezithile okufanele zizenze,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Uphinde waphawula ukuthi i-Task Force, eyasungulwa ukuze ilethe umsebenzi we-PWC ngaphansi kokuphathwa nokuqiniswa okuqinile, izoqhubeka nokusebenzisana ukuze ihlangabezane nemigomo yayo.
I-PWC Task Force yasungulwa nguMnyango Wezokuvakasha ukuze isungule izindlela zokuvikela umkhakha wezemidlalo yamanzi. Ihlanganisa Inkampani Yezokuthuthukiswa Komkhiqizo Wezokuvakasha (i-TPDCo), i-Maritime Authority yase-Jamaica, i-National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), i-Marine Police Division, i-JDF Coast Guards, i-Jamaica Customs Agency, kanye ne-Port Authority yase-Jamaica.
“Inkinga enkulu kwaba isidingo sokwakhiwa okubuyekeziwe ukuze le nto ebaluleke kakhulu yezinto ezihehayo embonini ikwazi ukusebenza ngendlela engenazihibe, ephephile futhi evikelekile. Kuthathe isikhathi, ngoba mningi umsebenzi onemininingwane okufanele wenziwe kanye nokuzimisela ngokucophelela mayelana nendlela esiphinde sizibandakanye ngayo. Kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwakha ingqalasizinda ezoqinisekisa ukusebenza futhi yenze bonke ababambiqhaza bakwazi ukusebenza ngaphandle kwezihibe,” usho kanje.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Speaking yesterday at a Jet Ski Taskforce meeting, at the Ministry of Tourism's New Kingston Office, the Minister said, “I believe that we are now at a point where we can make a cabinet submission in relation to a policy for the water-sport industry in Jamaica.
- Umbhalo obekwe etafuleni uzokhuluma futhi uhlinzeke ngohlaka lokuphathwa kwayo yonke imidlalo yasemanzini e-Jamaica futhi uqhubekisele phambili ukuphakanyiswa kokumiswa esiqhingini sonke sayo yonke imisebenzi yezohwebo ye-Personal Water Crafts (PWCs) kanye nokuvinjelwa kokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwama-PWC esiqhingini.
- “The bigger issue was the need for a revised architecture to enable this very important element of the attractions of the industry to be able to operate in a seamless, safe and secure way.
