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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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156 words
We have heard people come here in this budget say, you know, Bermuda companies . What are you doing for Bermuda companies? Tonight, these Orders are two Bermuda companies that have been around. I know that a lot of my friends, Bermudians, have got some capital. You know, we can make our fortunes happen. It is time to invest in …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Not tonight. But you know they exist. And some of them, like a Lantana, like a Sonesta— [General uproar]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—like an Elbow Beach, are still there for us to realise even greater invest-ment. And whilst I finish on this particular topic, let me say this. For those persons who are out there saying that there is nothing happening when we are talking about hotel concessions, I was here when we in-troduced ones for what? A hotel built on some …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And so, the investment that is taking place here today some 26 years later (right?) ties into the fact that this PLP Government — Some Hon. Member s: Yes! Yes.
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—is still making it happen. [Desk thumping]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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So, I am here to support the Order that has been brought by the Honourable Member from up there in constituency 15 here for the Grotto Bay hotel in the national interest. In the national interest. It is not just for those persons in his constituency who may work there. It is not just for the constituents of mine who …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—not when you can see that Bermuda- owned properties are invested, not when you can see that there are Bermudians who care enough to clear out the forts, not when you can see that this Government can see to it that the Southampton Princess is being renovated, not when you can see that [The] Waterlot is getting reservations throughout the …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam [Deputy] Speaker. Ever so briefly, Madam Deputy Speaker, I appreciate what my colleague just had to say with regards to population, but there is a way that we can create increased population in Bermuda. And I am going to share it. Between October 15 and May 15 each year, hotels are collectively probably less than 50 per …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I hear the Honourable Member talking about overruns, but I do not hear the Honourable Member saying thank you for having the cruise piers in Dockyard, for having two cruise ships in there because persons would want to be proud of saying when I am talking about being for Bermuda. I have Bermuda House of Assembly said in this House …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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We all love Bermuda, but sometimes you have to learn how to give Jack his jacket. And I know the Jack I refer to. I know the Jack, the Jack whose shoulders that you stand on, Jack Tucker. That party over there stands on the shoulders of Jack Tucker. I have no qualms talking about Jack Tucker. I actually presented …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And it has to learn. I am going to invite it to do what I did. [Inaudible interjections ]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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No. I am going to tell you. When I became a UBP Senator for the first time having been up in this House for over 25 years pining about being here, when I was an Opposition Senator for nine years, the first thing I did was study the only Opposition that existed in this country, the Progressive Labour Party . …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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No. [Inaudible interjections ]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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No. I . . . You know, sometimes disingenuous people are blatantly obvious. [Crosstalk ]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I will . . . I just want to say in the spirit of that. I want to say thank you to the Op-position tonight for embracing the hotel investment [Order] that came forward. I want to say thank you, but in the spirit of — [Inaudible interjections ]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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But in the — [Inaudible interjections ]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Honourable—
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you — [Inaudible interjection]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I think — [Inaudible interjection]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I am here to say that it is easy to see the disingenuous actions — [Inaudible interjection]