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CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet expressed disappointment that, despite, a number of products and investment opportunities have been proposed to the public no serious interests have been received.<\/strong> <\/p>

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The Cabinet remarked that these opportunities were earmarked for local investors with all attendant concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concern about the unwillingness to take up these investment opportunities may be a manifestation of a highly investment risk averse culture. <\/p>

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Several initiatives has been proposed over the last 10 years, the most notable being the Fort James development plan (developed, circulated and presented at a public meeting at the Multipurpose Centre), the Willoughby Bay development project, the Shell Beach development and the Morris Bay resort development. <\/p>

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An investment symposium is being proposed to bring stakeholders and potential investors together in a forum to discuss investment in Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n

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