Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
The DPC last Thursday approved a number of suggested improvements to the World Trade Center Gibraltar application, including an internal atrium from the ground floor to the seventh with a landscaped garden, ‘towers’ that provide an eye-line focus on the north and south elevations, increased glazing, and a ‘wave’ roofline.
The Government of Gibraltar has recently opened its own office in Hong Kong. The new facility will be a showcase for Gibraltar and will serve as a stepping stone into the ever-growing Chinese market, not only for Gibraltar’s financial services industry but also as a shop window for many other sectors of our economy.
The GSD has renewed its call for the Government to explain whether Spanish Fishermen will have to apply for a licence in Gibraltar in order to fish in BGTW.