The Editor, Sir:

How can the Government expect people who work in the hotels to provide a comfortable experience for tourists when they themselves are not comfortable in their own homes? Where does the Government expect the people who work in the resort areas of Ocho Rios, Runaway Bay, and Montego Bay to live? How does the Government expect workers to turn up to work with the required deportment when they have no roads, water or electricity in their own homes a stone's throw away from the resorts? It is a shame that we are paying property taxes so that tourists can sit in comfort while the labourers of this country suffer for common amenities.

It is a shame that after 10 years of paying for our property many of us are unable to live in our homes or complete their construction because there is no electricity, water or passable roads to access our community. It is time that the National Land Agency and the Government of Jamaica deliver to hard-working Jamaicans what we have been paying for before our independence - self-respect.

I am, etc.,

MIGNON WOOLCOCK

mignonwoolcock@yahoo.com

Discovery Bay, St. Ann

Via Go-Jamaica