This question should be answered by those freedom fighters lot, who come out of their holes on 19 December and 18 June. 893 Goans have re obtained Portuguese citizenship from Sto. André, the Waghin is now wondering why? Unless Goans clean slate the events of 1961 there will be no chance of clean cities, helicopter tourism etc. For 50 years the governance has invested in harp players who harp on 450 years of Portuguese rule and how wonderful 'liberation' is! BC Being a Goan and having an internationally spread out business, I have on more than one occasion addressed the chief minister and the tourism department of Goa with regard to factors that affect or can affect the growth of the state. It was indeed very surprising to read that chief minister Parrikar is requesting industrialists from Mumbai to invest in the aviation sector in Goa, although there are a number of well renowned individuals associated with aviation who are Goans.I myself own a flight support company called Aviation Services Management established in 2005 and having offices in Sharjah, Dubai, UK, Mumbai and Goa and have been utterly forthcoming in presenting revenue generating solutions towards the tourism sector in Goa. I have raised issues pertaining to parking of private jets and air ambulances, development of the Kala Academy jetty for amphibious aircrafts, helicopter tourism which includes development of helicopter tourism and maintaining helipads in Goa. It i s very disheartening that none of our letters have been replied to or been considered. Having the infrastructure to manage such areas we offered our services and have asked for due consideration but that has been overlooked. I had even brought out a suggestion of allotting land to come up with an aviation academy that will help the youth of Goa to study and be trained in this industry but the appeal has not be heard. Why do we need any industrialist from outside the state to invest here when we have an array of Goans that would not only be interested but even forthcoming in offering their services to the industry in Goa.
