 The Government of St Lucia has welcomed with excitement the first phase of the Pearl of the Carrier and Development by the Desert Star Holding Limited, DSH. As it nears completion, the racetrack project will host the Royal St Lucia Turf Club Peter Cup December 13, 2019. Already 40 horses have arrived on island. DSH has spent $15 million on constructing the horse racetrack, acquiring and transporting the 40 horses, as well as the training of St Lucia's in grooming and other areas related to the equine industry. On Wednesday, representatives of the Desert Star Holding Limited joined Prime Minister Hon. Alan Shastney and other government officials in updating the public on the progress thus far. Vice President of Desert Star Holdings and Director of the Royal St Lucia Turf Club Eden Harrington said St Lucia's will have an opportunity to be part of the project. Only some 20 contractors and over 300 individuals are employed in the construction phase of the project and another 50 individuals are employed as groomsmen. Harrington indicated that on the 13th December 2019, the date of the Peter's Cup, some 200 additional individuals will be employed. He explained that St Lucia will have the opportunity to be part of the project at all levels, be it in the capacity of jockeying, veterinarians or management. Director noted that the club is very aware of the unemployment situation in the country, especially in the south of the island, and will be playing its part to assist where possible. We have every intention to ensure that St Lucia's are participating at all levels within this club. That means that they're participating as jockeys, as trainers, that means they're participating in time as veterinarians, that means they're participating in management, they're participating in IT services, wagering and so on. In addition, as the Prime Minister has alluded to, this industry is not a standalone industry, it is an ecosystem, it is supported and in turn it supports other industries, whether it is logistics, whether it is media, whether it is farming in terms of the need for feed for animals, whether it is, there's a shopping system to be frank, but the essence is that there are many, many opportunities. Some of these opportunities take more time to provide the requisite skill sets. It takes more time for somebody to equip themselves as a veterinarian, for example. This is a process of accreditation, it takes several years. It is our intention to have all of these things done, but we have to move obviously sequentially. The Director of the Royal St Lucia Tooth Club added that St Lucia will also have an opportunity to not only own thoroughbred horses, but to also participate in the races. Harrington explained that the Winston Trim Training Program will be providing the media requisite training for individuals who want to enter the field. St Lucia's combined with these horses to incentivise the purchase of these horses. These horses are given preferential treatment to be part of the fields on December 13. So the Pitons Cup is a specific initiative, however in the support races, very much so. They are here to compete in those races and those races have a minimum prize money of USD $20,000. The Winston Trim Memorial Trophy stands at US$40,000. This is considerable prize money, ladies and gentlemen. In addition, those horses are yours. They're yours to own. Any prize money earned is yours. These horses are here to compete every race day that we are racing. It comes down to eligibility of the horses in terms of their ratings, in terms of the suitability of distance, and that's where you rely on the skill set of your chosen trainer. With a number of races counted for 2020, Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Chastney highlighted the scope for all Sinclusions to get involved and benefit from the project. In 14 to 15 races next year, it's that opportunity to participate. And so both for the horses in terms of getting their rating, as well as for the jockeys, now that opportunity that didn't exist here in before in Solution. So if a Solution wanted to become an international jockey, he would have to leave Solution. That's the opportunity that's made here, is by raising the international standard, we now can now create that opportunity for Solution. So the Winston Trim Training Institution, along with the opportunity to actually have horse race experience. So the same thing that is happening with the horses is happening with the jockeys. People will start standing out, and then they'll start going on the international circuits. Solution is expected to make its debut into the equine industry with the Pito Sculpt on National Day Friday 13th December 2019. For the Government Information Service, I am General Norvel. Main Time Prolific Sculptor Jaleem Yudovic has been commissioned to design the Pito Sculpt Trophy. I selected a wood called Loyal Marble, which is a local Solution wood, a very beautiful wood to tone, which you will see in a while, to create this market. On this market, I will be doing about 12 sculptures. I think it's a Pito, it's a Pito cup. And when I conceptualized this sculpture out of discussions that I had with Mr. Tierking and his wife, it had to be something that was endemic-less Solution, but also spoke globally, and also spoke competitively, and definitely the horse had to be essential in this whole thing. So after designing a couple of, maybe around 10 concepts, this piece was selected, and this is... And the reason why I'm late is because I literally just finished it like minutes ago. So I've been heading to China where I work out of a foundry. And so this is the sculpture, it's a horse head, and the circle represents, where the circle is the symbol of infinity, really. It represents the globe, because Mr. Tierking is a global player in the horse racing world. And the horse main forms the pitons to the bottom here. And this is the, give you a spherical view of it, okay. So in a sense, here is your Pito cup. Drawing on the inspiration of the Pegasus World Cup and the Everest, the Pito Cup will see participation from North America and the Caribbean, which is set to be held on St. Lucia's national day as part of the 2019 Caribbean Equine Cultural Festival. The government of St. Lucia has signed a memorandum of understanding, an MOU, with Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises to form a joint venture to manage the existing cruise pair and terminal facilities at podcast trees, and to design, construct and operate a new cruise port in V4. The MOU was signed during a ceremony on October 21, 2019, in Suan Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association, FCCA cruise conference. Prime Minister of St. Lucia Honorable Alan Shastney has called the signing of the MOU historic and a major step towards enhancing St. Lucia's tourism products. So that means that St. Lucia is going to be the place where the cruise will start and that people will be flying into St. Lucia to be able to meet their ships here. So it's estimated that we'll be adding at least 100,000 new passengers into the View Fort area. And then that then now falls in very much in line with the project that we're doing at Sandy Beach, in which we are building 100 acres of property, dividing it up and putting all the infrastructure in and making those lots available for both local solutions and also regional people that we have our own beach facility. And so the way that the project is being designed is that the concrete road will become the boardwalk. So there will be no development on the beach side. The only development would really be the washroom facilities, some food outlets, life guard stations, as well as recreational facilities for the public. And then we will have now the hotels. And why is that necessary? Because the home porting brings what we call pre and post passengers, passengers who will come in a couple of days early, passengers who come in a couple of days later. And we want them to be able to stay and enjoy these facilities.