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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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560 words
You know, Mr. Speaker, tonight I will just be a little bit more matter-o f-fact and give thanks to the Almighty for allowing me to sit here in this House, this Honourable House in which I have loved all my life. As a youth parliamentarian in 1974, after I started the middle school s ystem by going to Warwick [Secondary …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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And the only difference in my life’s experience is that had I been of a different persuasion, different outcomes are guaranteed. And that is a fact!
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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But I embrace that. Because I tell persons I am a Higginbotham from St. George’s just as much as I am a Boris from Southampton up there where the Princess is, right there where the Honourable Member , the young Member who just sat down, making his maiden speech, repre-sents. My family comes from Jews Bay. My granny had property …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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I am reflecting—th at is a good . . . that is a good shot. I am reflec ting on current events. [Inaudible interjections]
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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I am reflecting on current events.
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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And, Mr. Speaker, I am reflecting on an Opposition that calls themselves an Opposition-in-wa iting. Because if you called it 17 times in 17 pages for an election, you would hav e been ready. [Inaudible interjections]
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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What happened, Mr. Speaker? They came out with a pamphlet. [Inaudible interjections]
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Today they come out with 30-so mething pages! And what I am saying is this: Too little, too late! Too little, too late inasmuch as coming here today and coming out with a litany. Save that for the Budget Debate that is going to come in May so that you can articulate on some of the policies that some of …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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And so, Mr. Speak er, on that point, and that point alone, it is enough to be of concern. Bermuda House of Assembly But let me just say this, Mr. Speaker . When it comes to some of the things . . . I have heard persons talk about how we are going to grow the economy. And that is …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Let me get to this one about growing the economy. And I am going to something that is near and dear to my heart. [Inaudible interjections]
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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November 1 to April 30. If I have not said this a hundred times in the last two or three months, I have not said it at all. The opportunity to grow Bermuda, to grow income in Bermuda lies in unsold inventory at hotels. It is a fact. And let me tell you this: for Southampton Princess, when it comes …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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I certainly thank you for your utterances of support, but I could yield to the Deputy Leader who I think could remind you of all the many times that you made life very difficult for us as we tried to progress. [Inaudible interjections] Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Yes—
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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All right. Thank you, Deputy.
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Let me go back to November 1 to April 30 because, Mr. Speaker, I do not want it to be lost on anyone that we need to be targeting a number. We need to be targeting. And the number that I put out there is 500 additional visitors a day. So do not — [Inaudible interjections] 120 21 March 2025 …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Walking Through Calvary . . . I had them on my radio show. I will declare my interest. I was part -time here and there as a radio talk show host —more before COVID -19 than now. But we have tourism in focus, and I want to tell you we had the Walking Through Calvary. I did not realise that …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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They stay longer here. And some of them are my age . . . from England. From Ireland. From Scotland. From Wales. From Canada. From the United States. So, Mr. Speaker, when we look at that November to March period that I am talking about repeatedly, repeatedly, and sometimes . . . I learnt this observing David Allen. And let …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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I got a good hit now. [Laughter] Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Hubert (Kim) E. Swan: But I ate too much loquats and the gout came and knocked on my door. And I took that medication that a llopurinol and that diclofenac . You used to represent the pharmacies. You know how important that medication is. It works! I looked …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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But, Mr. Speaker, I think it is important. And I think it is important for Honourable Member s to know, right, that if I were a wealthy man, nobody would be out there calling my name and saying, Why choose this man in tourism? They would not do it if I was a wealthy man. If I lived in Fairylands. …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Disappointed me greatly. Because I would never . . . last year at this time, Mr. Speaker, I used my own money to bring 25 people here from Britain who were very influential people in the golf industry. But I listened to somebody say, I have solutions, but I would not give them. If you were my National Hero, you …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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And I am here today, and I am prepared to share my knowledge with anybody in this country. I learned one thing: I never gave anybody bad advice. It is up to them to recognise if the advice that I have given is good enough coming from me. Because people took an interest in me from all around the globe. …