----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph:2252660 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ On Misplaced Priorities ------------------------------- I write this in support of the article titled 'Developing Film Societies in Goa' by Ervell Menezes (Spotlight, July 10), as also to support Mr Lambert Mascarenhas' fervent plea to drop the idea of an IFFI centre at Goa.
Do we need this 'white elephant' in Goa when there are so many more urgent issues to be addressed and where, according to Mr Menezes, people do not have a trace of 'cine literacy' so essential for such a project?
What do knowledgeable experts in the profession, not the industry have to say? Or is it meant to showcase the BJP's 'good governance' in the state and at the Centre in a pre-election year?
The latest United Nations report on human development lauds India's performance in the economic, social and educational spheres, as well in reducing the poverty line. But in the health sector, it gives the country just 0.9 per cent. Is this situation not reflected in Goa as well, recently adjudged the best state in the country?
We are told that the bulk of the funds will come from the Centre and that Goa will pay the smaller amount. Even this will run into crores which will come out of the taxpayer's pocket. And what will he get for it, but some more indirect taxes to sustain this showpiece.
IRENE HEREDIA, Reis Magos in a letter to the Editor ---------------------------------------------------- The Navhind Times 16/7/03 page 10 ----------------------------------------------------
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