Part of Charlotte Street to be designated Chinatown

[vaiostation]

Part of Char­lotte Street, in Port-of-Spain will of­fi­cial­ly be des­ig­nat­ed as Chi­na­town when icon­ic arch­ways are built by the Shang­hai Con­struc­tion Group.

The an­nounce­ment was made last Mon­day by may­or Joel Mar­tinez dur­ing a re­cep­tion to wel­come a vis­it­ing high lev­el del­e­ga­tion from Shang­hai at the Hy­att Re­gency.

Mar­tinez said the arch­es would be lo­cat­ed at Park and Char­lotte streets and In­de­pen­dence Square and Char­lotte Street.

The ini­tia­tive, Mar­tinez said, is one of the on-go­ing projects dis­cussed as part of a planned twin­ning be­tween the city of Port-of-Spain and the city of Shang­hai.

He said, “Our twin­ning will cre­ate an ide­al en­vi­ron­ment which will de­vel­op new co­op­er­a­tion tech­niques, ex­change of ex­pe­ri­ences as well as joint re­flec­tions on spe­cif­ic is­sues that will find so­lu­tions and bring im­prove­ments.”

The co­op­er­a­tion be­tween the two cities is part of the Belt and Road Ini­tia­tive an­nounced by Chi­nese Pres­i­dent Xi Jin­ping in 2013.

It is a cre­ative co­op­er­a­tion mod­el that aims to bet­ter deal with the eco­nom­ic and so­cial dif­fi­cul­ties cur­rent­ly be­ing faced world­wide.

At the event, Chi­nese Am­bas­sador to T&T Song Yu­min said, “With a fur­ther man­date from the Cen­tral Gov­ern­ment, now Shang­hai Mu­nic­i­pal­i­ty will pri­ori­tise its cor­po­ra­tion with Trinidad and To­ba­go.”

He ex­pects the two coun­tries to make great strides as the part­ner­ship con­tin­ues to be built with re­newed vigour.

Deputy Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al of Shang­hai Mu­nic­i­pal Peo­ple’s Gov­ern­ment Huang Rong said with joint co­op­er­a­tion in var­i­ous fields be­tween the Port-of-Spain City Cor­po­ra­tion and Shang­hai, T&T would be a bright pearl in the Caribbean.

Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young, who al­so at­tend­ed the event, said the ini­tia­tive is one of the pil­lars that form part of the bridge be­tween this coun­try and Chi­na.

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/part-of ... f4fccfe6f6

[VexXx Dogg]

That twinning thing is not new - this and other govts have done it in the past with Chag and Couva etc.

Just another reason for some wannabe diplomats to travel first class, wine and dine top dollar on the public purse. Might carry a "carnival" contingent too, to make some business people feel important.

[zoom rader]

Slowly laventille will be no more

[Redman]

This should be in the Petrotrin update thread

[screwbash]

whole ah trinidad shud name chinazuela and dun. fork we Indo Trini and niggaz we days dun. all we need now is a chinee or vene PM.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

who does actually walk through Char­lotte Street

[zoom rader]

who does actually walk through Char­lotte Street

PNM ppl

[SR]

Chinese gangs will deal with the nelson st gangs.......

[Les Bain]

Is Shanghai a clean place, at least? Lord knows that would be the most appreciated part of twinning.

[pugboy]

What about twinning with Caracas ?

[Ben_spanna]

Chinese gangs will deal with the nelson st gangs.......

yup- hope they exterminate them cockroaches for good

[Dizzy28]

From the pot to the fire

Chinese gangs will deal with the nelson st gangs.......

yup- hope they exterminate them cockroaches for good

[zoom rader]

From the pot to the fire

Chinese gangs will deal with the nelson st gangs.......

yup- hope they exterminate them cockroaches for good

Let the chinese deal with these pest.

[MG Man]

who does actually walk through Char­lotte Street

and what exactly wrong with Charlotte Street?

[De Dragon]

We've twinned with many cities before. Firtst time I've seen a gesture of this magnitude as reciprocation. So is it unfair to ask where in Shanghai will be George Street, with a Trini moko jumbie or panman or similar?

[zoom rader]

We need to twin laventille

[viedcht]

We need to twin laventille

Just doh bring it South.

[zoom rader]

We need to twin laventille

Just doh bring it South.

Trainline marabella or Thompson gardens

[vaiostation]

Under kamla, I believe that the Indian high commission tried to get some area or so designated an indian village, I wonder why it never happened?

[randolphinshan]

Under kamla, I believe that the Indian high commission tried to get some area or so designated an indian village, I wonder why it never happened?

Kams and the cabal probably stole the money the Indian High commission allocated for it so it never materialized

[RedVEVO]

The Chinese will move from Charlotte Street to be the next billionaires in Trini

And locals again go miss another boat ..

You see Trini locals too busy doing nada ..

[airuma]

This should be in the Petrotrin update thread

I’m surprised ZR didn’t comment on this

[zoom rader]

This should be in the Petrotrin update thread

I’m surprised ZR didn’t comment on this

Sorry bro, had to put the cows out to graze

[VII]

This should be in the Petrotrin update thread

I’m surprised ZR didn’t comment on this

Sorry bro, had to put the cows out to graze

Living that wholesome UNC life I see..

[pugboy]

they could put all the indian expos there

Under kamla, I believe that the Indian high commission tried to get some area or so designated an indian village, I wonder why it never happened?

[ek4ever]

whole ah trinidad shud name chinazuela and dun. fork we Indo Trini and niggaz we days dun. all we need now is a chinee or vene PM.

Chinee please

[ek4ever]

Hahahahahaha!!!! Gonna twin a world class city with sh!thole Charlotte Street.... Like this gonna make a difference to the cesspool that is Port of Spain

[zoom rader]

This should be in the Petrotrin update thread

I’m surprised ZR didn’t comment on this

Sorry bro, had to put the cows out to graze

Living that wholesome UNC life I see..

Beats shooting and robbing ppl like the rest of PNM ppl do

[nismoid]

What a lot of people forgot is Charlotte street was always occupied by the Chinese. Trinis and their 9 day memories eh

[Ben_spanna]

whole ah trinidad shud name chinazuela and dun. fork we Indo Trini and niggaz we days dun. all we need now is a chinee or vene PM.

Chinee please

What would happen if ah CHinee went up as Leader of the current admin?
What will be interesting is the reaction - how will the diehard Racially entwined peenem supporters vote- will they put party first and Put ah chinee man at the helm or will dey abandon ship and put the Calcutta in the lead?