 To the youth of St. Lucia, I say, let us use this occasion of the 45th anniversary of our independence to resolve to further unleash our creativity. Let the world feel once again what we can achieve, what we can accomplish. Let us use our creative talents to build a stronger, more economically powerful nation, a St. Lucia that can be an example to the world. To our young men in particular, those who are attracted to guns and the pursuit of crime for which there are nobel prices but only confinement within prison bars and ignoble premature death. You can gain safe folk prosperity and genuine glory by unlocking your hidden talents through legitimate and honorable pursuits. Solutions of the power to be transformative in the areas of our choice. Let us not be satisfied with mediocrity. Let us try to be innovative. Let our imagination soar to new heights and let us climb these heights. There are very many areas and very many fields that we can pursue and make a positive difference to our communities and to our country. The rapid advances in formation technology and the rise of artificial intelligence are pointing the direction in which the world is heading. We must not be left behind as the world advances and so we must be creative. Creative enough to harness those technologies if we are to build a modern society. Through digital training and transformation of the economy through digital means, knowledge and scholarship, we will strengthen the capacity for our citizens to become global citizens for employment and social mobility and wealth creation. My government is committed to assisting young solutions and all those who have ideas for businesses to become successful entrepreneurs and to be the new standard bearers of our future economic development who agencies like the youth economy, the MSME small loan grant facility, the community tourism program and through the expansion of the technical and vocational education in our schools. Young people seize the opportunities that exist and let us unleash our creativity for the benefit of our country.