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Wednesday, July 10, 2013OPPOSITION spokesman on foreign affairs and foreign trade, Dr Christopher Tufton, has tabled questions in the Senate seeking information on the benefit of the recent Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay.Among the queries is how many overseas-based participants attended the recently concluded conference, which was held in Montego Bay, St James, from June 16 Additionally, the former minister of agriculture, and minister of industry and commerce under the previous Jamaica Labour Party Administration is seeking answers to:* How many of the attendants were prospective investors, delegates, and other categories of special interest stakeholder group?* What was the cost to the government for staging the event?* What were the main conclusions and specific plans agreed to, coming out of the conference?* What timelines were established for targeted plans and programmes coming out of the decisions arrived at the conference? and* How does the government intend to ensure that these timelines for policies and programmes implementation are kept?The Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, convened by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is the global forum that connects Jamaicans from all over the world with Jamaicans in the home country.The event seeks to strengthen existing linkages and networks and to build alliances for Jamaica’s development and standing in the world.TUFTON… seeking to find out, among other things, how many people participated in the conference
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