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Love NAPAC, hate corruption

November 15, 2009 by Edmund Gall

I read with interest Mr Raffique Shah's column entitled "At that price we expect nothing but the best..." (Trinidad Express, 15 Nov 2009). In it he stated that the Government should've prioritised the Carnival Centre ahead of the National Academy for the Performing Arts Centre (NAPAC) since our culture is more carnival-centric than theatre-centric, the fete market is larger than the theatre market, and the NAPAC is wholly unsuitable for carnival/fete events. I agree that the reasons he stated exist, but disagree with his conclusion.
One of the Government's objectives, any government, is to develop and/or facilitate improvement of the various sectors of society. Just because our culture is carnival-centric, it does not mean we should fail to invest in projects that develop other elements of culture, such as theatre and classical music. If the Government only invests in things that are "real Trini", then it will fail to achieve this development objective.
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