Yvonne Webb

Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Point Fortin Paula Gopee-Scoon is urg­ing her con­stituents to be con­tent­ed with what they have and make the most of it.

Gopee-Scoon, al­so Min­is­ter of For­eign Af­fairs, said: "They (con­stituents) were go­ing through a lit­tle bit of a gloomy pe­ri­od." She told con­stituents to be pa­tient. "You can ask for things, but do not make any de­mands," Gopee-Scoon said. Her com­ments fol­lowed con­cerns from con­stituents about the state of the New Vil­lage Recre­ation Ground on Pil­grim Street, Point Fortin. Gopee-Scoon spoke short­ly be­fore she switched on new street lights at the recre­ation ground.

Users of the fa­cil­i­ty said the ground need­ed to be raised and prop­er drainage in­stalled. Point Fortin May­or Vic­tor Mitchell crit­i­cised the state of sport­ing fa­cil­i­ties in the bor­ough. He said it was a pity the bor­ough's grounds, in­clud­ing the fa­mous Ma­haica Oval in Point Fortin, which pro­duced some of the coun­try's top ath­letes, were now filled with grass and cow sheds. He called for all the grounds to be lit up. Gopee-Scoon said there was no need to protest and promised to look in­to the con­cerns ex­pressed by res­i­dents. She said a lot of pos­i­tive things were hap­pen­ing in Point Fortin.