Who cares about nice niches? – Victor Calleja
The Planning Authority, in its infinite love for all things urban, is finally and irrevocably saving Sliema. Our prize real estate patch in Malta is being given its due makeover.
A delegation, consisting of the PA chairperson, the Sliema mayor and a cabinet minister, descended on Sliema to announce earth-shattering news. They are about to transform Sliema’s abandoned state to one the town deserves.
Fifteen niches, yes, a full 15 of them, are, the men from the highest authorities declaimed, going to be given a makeover.
A couple of days later, the same PA, but this time I’m not sure if a whole phalanx of planners and developers attended, gave another piece of welcome news for Sliema folk.
A statue of Tony Nicholl was going to be erected in St Anne Square.
I have nothing against niches or footballers. Far from it. But who the hell cares about niches and statues?
Why insult the people of this suffering island and, especially, the people of Sliema with such bizarre news? As a resident of this island, and more so as a resident of Sliema, I just cannot stop laughing at such idiocy. And as that horrendous cliché goes, I’m only laughing to not cry myself silly.
The niches, I’m sure, are...