Lee Sing leads off city celebrations with logo

Port-of-Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing yesterday revealed 15 cost-effective ways in which the city will celebrate Trinidad and Tobago’s 50th anniversary of independence. He announced the planned events, as well as unveiling a city corporation logo, to mark the event at a media conference held at City Hall, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain. The events, which began yesterday with the unveiling of a logo which incorporates  T&T’s motto, “Together We Aspire, Together We Achieve”, with the national flag as the backdrop, and the steelpan. will end on November 11. The logo was designed by AS Gomez Buke Advertising. Lee Sing said the corporation’s effort was one way of instilling in the city of Port-of-Spain a feeling of nationalism that he believes has been lost. He referred to the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth jubilee celebrations and the excitement as a result of it.

 

He added: “One of the reasons this country is in the sad state it is in is because many people do not believe that they have a reason to be here. “There are too many people who feel this is just a place to make some money and exploit people and do whatever they have to do, whether it be the gangsters in white collars or gangsters with hoods on their heads.” He said: “It is the council’s belief that it must take the initiative and lead in this 50th year of independence. We may not have much that we can feel proud of and conversely there is a lot to feel proud of in this country after 50 years. “We have had an unbroken democracy for 50 years in this country and on two occasions there were attempts to break that chain and thankfully the people of this country rallied and said no, this must remain a democratic republic.” The city corporation’s events include a church service, a civic reception, a city-wide day of prayer, a pan jamboree, an art exhibition and the mayor’s charity ball. When pressed about the cost of the programme of events, the mayor said it would either be sponsored or financed by fund-raisers and should be of minimal expense to the city corporation. The mayor also said the Government had given the municipalities $300,000 for the events.