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Silvio Zammit’s circus in Naxxar falls foul of residents
Organiser Silvio Zammit, Sliema local councillor, to offer free ticket to all Naxxar households and make donations to council projects.
15 October 2012, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
2 min read
Sliema councillor and Circus Events Ltd organiser Silvio Zammit.
A number of residents in the Naxxar and St Paul's Bay localities are petitioning the Naxxar local council to stop the relocation of a circus to the Naxxar trade fair grounds between November and up until Christmas and the New Year.
The circus, whose organisers include Sliema local councillor Silvio Zammit, is expected to be located in a field beside the trade fair car park, which is currently disused and pending an application for the construction of apartments, and currently abutted by residences.
The residents are claiming that the presence of around 90 animals, among them tigers, zebras, ostriches, camels and crocodiles, will be kept close to domestic households and that there are no guarantees from the circus organisers as to how the place will be kept clean due to the urine and excretion of the animals.
"We are protesting because the sanitary conditions under which these animals are kept leave much to be desired, especially knowing that he animals cannot be controlled with regards to their daily natural needs. For a whole month and even much more after that, as material would seeped in the ground, we will be subjected to health hazards. Even more so when the ran comes and highly polluter water spills into the nearby street," the residents said in their petition.
"We protest against the noise pollution in this quiet residential area, for surely not even after these noisy shows are over no one can control noise from all these animals especially during the night."
The residents are also claiming that according to MEPA rules, not even camps or caravans are allowed to be used in the trade fair grounds.
According to the local council's minutes, Sliema councillor and circus organiser Silvio Zammit said he would contribute "donations for the locality's projects" and offer a ticket to every family in Naxxar and associations in the locality, as compensation for the inconvenience that might be created.
On their part the residents warned the council to take heed of their protestations. "I strongly hope that the local council did not sell our health and lives for a mere donation and a ticket to the families for a show," petition organiser Victor Fenech told the council in a letter.
In their letter, the residents also complained about the delay in publishing online the minutes for the local council meetings, and the lack of attention the council paid to messages posted on its Facebook page.
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Sar kollox minn wara dahar ir-residenti, li se nintlaqtu l-iktar, kif tgħid tajjeb ħafna il-petizzjoni. Il-kunsill ma ta kas xejn tagħna r-residenti, issa naturalment jiftakru fina lejlet l-elezzjoni tal-kunsilli.
Lis-Sur Zammit ngħidlu li mhux se jimpressjonana billi jtina l-biljetti, l-ewwelnett għaliex jien u ħafna oħrajn kontra ċ-ċirku li jabbuża u juża l-annimali għall-profitti, u t-tieni għax minix mejjet bil-ġuħ, mhux qed nistenna l-biljetti tiegħu, u jekk inkun irrid nieħu lit-tfal kapaċi nixtrihom il-biljetti.
Aħna li jinteressana hu mis-saħħa ta' wliedna, mill-indafa tal-madwar, anke mill-irwejjaħ li żgur li se jħallu dawn l-annimali, u mit-tgerfix u mill-periklu li se joħloq it-traffiku, u naturalment ukoll il-problemi tal-parking fost oħrajn.
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Sar kollox minn wara dahar ir-residenti, li se nintlaqtu l-iktar, kif tgħid tajjeb ħafna il-petizzjoni. Il-kunsill ma ta kas xejn tagħna r-residenti, issa naturalment jiftakru fina lejlet l-elezzjoni tal-kunsilli.
Lis-Sur Zammit ngħidlu li mhux se jimpressjonana billi jtina l-biljetti, l-ewwelnett għaliex jien u ħafna oħrajn kontra ċ-ċirku li jabbuża u juża l-annimali għall-profitti, u t-tieni għax minix mejjet bil-ġuħ, mhux qed nistenna l-biljetti tiegħu, u jekk inkun irrid nieħu lit-tfal kapaċi nixtrihom il-biljetti.
Aħna li jinteressana hu mis-saħħa ta' wliedna, mill-indafa tal-madwar, anke mill-irwejjaħ li żgur li se jħallu dawn l-annimali, u mit-tgerfix u mill-periklu li se joħloq it-traffiku, u naturalment ukoll il-problemi tal-parking fost oħrajn.
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What is bothering us most is the fact that although many neighbours sent emails to the local council and posted messages on the Facebook page, these queries remained unanswered. It wasn't enough that decisions were taken behind our backs and without any forma of consultations, we are being kept in the dark up till now.
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Sar kollox minn wara dahar ir-residenti, li se nintlaqtu l-iktar, kif tgħid tajjeb ħafna il-petizzjoni. Il-kunsill ma ta kas xejn tagħna r-residenti, issa naturalment jiftakru fina lejlet l-elezzjoni tal-kunsilli.
Lis-Sur Zammit ngħidlu li mhux se jimpressjonana billi jtina l-biljetti, l-ewwelnett għaliex jien u ħafna oħrajn kontra ċ-ċirku li jabbuża u juża l-annimali għall-profitti, u t-tieni għax minix mejjet bil-ġuħ, mhux qed nistenna l-biljetti tiegħu, u jekk inkun irrid nieħu lit-tfal kapaċi nixtrihom il-biljetti.
Aħna li jinteressana hu mis-saħħa ta' wliedna, mill-indafa tal-madwar, anke mill-irwejjaħ li żgur li se jħallu dawn l-annimali, u mit-tgerfix u mill-periklu li se joħloq it-traffiku, u naturalment ukoll il-problemi tal-parking fost oħrajn.
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Sar kollox minn wara dahar ir-residenti, li se nintlaqtu l-iktar, kif tgħid tajjeb ħafna il-petizzjoni. Il-kunsill ma ta kas xejn tagħna r-residenti, issa naturalment jiftakru fina lejlet l-elezzjoni tal-kunsilli.
Lis-Sur Zammit ngħidlu li mhux se jimpressjonana billi jtina l-biljetti, l-ewwelnett għaliex jien u ħafna oħrajn kontra ċ-ċirku li jabbuża u juża l-annimali għall-profitti, u t-tieni għax minix mejjet bil-ġuħ, mhux qed nistenna l-biljetti tiegħu, u jekk inkun irrid nieħu lit-tfal kapaċi nixtrihom il-biljetti.
Aħna li jinteressana hu mis-saħħa ta' wliedna, mill-indafa tal-madwar, anke mill-irwejjaħ li żgur li se jħallu dawn l-annimali, u mit-tgerfix u mill-periklu li se joħloq it-traffiku, u naturalment ukoll il-problemi tal-parking fost oħrajn.
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Sar kollox minn wara dahar ir-residenti, li se nintlaqtu l-iktar, kif tgħid tajjeb ħafna il-petizzjoni. Il-kunsill ma ta kas xejn tagħna r-residenti, issa naturalment jiftakru fina lejlet l-elezzjoni tal-kunsilli.
Lis-Sur Zammit ngħidlu li mhux se jimpressjonana billi jtina l-biljetti, l-ewwelnett għaliex jien u ħafna oħrajn kontra ċ-ċirku li jabbuża u juża l-annimali għall-profitti, u t-tieni għax minix mejjet bil-ġuħ, mhux qed nistenna l-biljetti tiegħu, u jekk inkun irrid nieħu lit-tfal kapaċi nixtrihom il-biljetti.
Aħna li jinteressana hu mis-saħħa ta' wliedna, mill-indafa tal-madwar, anke mill-irwejjaħ li żgur li se jħallu dawn l-annimali, u mit-tgerfix u mill-periklu li se joħloq it-traffiku, u naturalment ukoll il-problemi tal-parking fost oħrajn.
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Dan iehor minn dawk ta "flimkien kollox possibli".
Compensation, hahahahahahahaha. Dan bhal Gonzi huwa ha €600 fil-gimgha u lil haddiem tefghalu ftit karita ta' €1.16.
