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The Voice of the Maltese

Malta’s capital, Valletta is all dressedup for the festive season. The lights atRepublic Street and in the other mainstreets are lit up to receive the thou-sands who flock to the city for theirChristmas shopping or just to see thelights and enjoy the Christmas spirit.Above: Republic Street gives its welcome.A main attraction is once again a

seven-metre glass Christmas Tree (aboveright) made by Mdina Glass.As part of Christmas activities, at

Birzebbuga, in a bid to smash Malta’snational record enthusiasts erected thetallest Christmas tree on the island(right) at the square close to the Church.It is seven storeys high constructed on abase with a diameter of 10 metres. Itwas unveiled - and lit by thousands ofLED bulbs - to the public last Saturday

2 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday December 6, 2016

Popular TV programme MalteseDownUnder has just broadcast its

last show on channel 31. Marlene Sci-cluna one of the presenters/producerhas informed The Voice of the Maltesethat the programme has come to theend of its third season. Chanel 31 ceas-es broadcasting on free-to-air Televi-

sion on December 31. The federal government has not re-

newed their licence. But all the showswill still be available on demand viawww.c31.org.au/series/1313. Cur-rently the Maltese programme is intalks with Aurora on Foxtel who wantthe show. Watch this space for more!

Representative members fromvarious Maltese associations inNSW (pictured right) met a

team of experts from Uniting to dis-cuss the pressing needs for the ageingMaltese to access available services re-garding aged care homes, home care,healthy living for seniors and other re-lated issues.

The meeting concluded that thechoice is everything. The Maltese needthe support to live the lifestyle theychoose. Whether you need home care,or aged care homes, there are peopleready to assist you. Maybe you canlive independently at home. Thereforeyou need to know what is available toyou.

Connections UnitingCare is a com-munity organisation supporting over2000 people every week. It works onfamily strengthening and early inter-vention services for people in need.

For more information one shouldcontact Marisa, the welfare officer ofthe Maltese Community Council ofNSW on 0414 863 123.

November 11 marked the 98th anniversaryof Armistice, better known as Remem-

brance Day. On this occasion 3700 gathered atthe Australian War Memorial in thecapital city Canberra to remember themore than 102,000 Australians wholost their lives in wars and other oper-ations.

Malta’s High Commissioner to Aus-tralia Charles Muscat attended the cer-emony at the Australian War Memor-ial along with Prime Minister MalcolmTurnbull, Opposition Leader Bill Shor-ten and others, and laid a wreath onbehalf of the Government and peopleof the Republic of Malta.

Changes to Maltese DownUnder TV show

ceremonyMalta at Remembrance Day

Meanwhile Ms. Julienne Hince, HighCommissioner-designate of Australiato Malta, with non-resident accredita-tion to Tunisia, called at the Chanceryat Culgoa Circuit O’Malley ACT forpre-posting consultations with HCCharles Muscat.

The HC also received courtesy callsat the Chancery from their Excellen-cies, the ambassadors of Greece, Mrs.Ekaterini Xagorari, Turkey, Mr. VakurGokdenizler, and Finland, Mr. LarsBackstrom.

Malta’s HC Charles Muscat (6th from L) joins other Heads of Mission at thelaying of wreaths at the Stone of Remembrance on Remembrance Day

Aged care availability

Kummentarju: Meta se nitg˙allmu?

Fl-ewwel sittxhur tas-senad-die˙la, l-

2017 Malta se jkollhal-Presidenza tal-Un-joni Ewropea, u g˙aldan il-g˙an il-GvernMalti qed ja˙seb biex iwassal u jxerred danl-avveniment anke fost il-komunitajietMaltin ta’ barra, fosthom fl-Awstralja.

Sirna nafu li fi NSW di©a` ©ie riservatRiverside Theatre f’Parramatta g˙al April2017 biex b˙ala parti mill-pubbliçita’ lisservi b˙ala g˙arfien g˙all-okkazjoni tal-presidenza, ti©i mtella’ l-produzzjoni Mir-vana ta’ Ruben Zahra li fiha se jie˙dusehem g˙add ta’ tfal.

Li ma nistg˙ux nifhmu hu, g˙aliex din l-a˙bar g˙adha qed ti©i ççirkolata bil-mag˙luq.

G˙al darb’o˙ra The Voice of the Maltesem’a˙niex ninghataw tag˙rif dwar dan l-avveniment, l-istess kif mhux qed ji©imog˙ti uffiçjalment tag˙rif ie˙or li l-qar-rejja ta’ The Voice fl-Awstralja g˙andhomikunu jafu, b˙al tag˙rif b’mod uffiçjalidwar il-programm tal-Consul-on the-Move.Niftakru fil-fjask li kien hemm meta f’Ot-

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-LawrenceDimech

Tuesday December 6, 2016 The Voice of the Maltese 3

If you have recently undergone a sep-aration, estrangement from yourchildren or know of anyone who is

experiencing family conflict, take a mo-ment to consider this: does the law allowyou to make any kind of Will you wish?Can you leave a family member out ofyour will? Can the Court override yourintentions?In New South Wales, the answer is yes

on all fronts. For over 100 years, parliament has tried

to ensure that the laws of New SouthWales kept up with social attitudes to-wards the age old issue of whether or notindividuals should have complete free-dom to make any kind of Will they wish. In some European countries, the idea of

‘robbing’ your children of their rightfulinheritance and instead gifting your en-tire estate to a local charity is almost im-possible to execute, as their laws placegreat emphasise on the testator’s moralobligation to provide for family mem-bers and dependents. In New South Wales parliament has at-

tempted to strike a more even balancebetween an individual’s freedom to gifttheir assets in any manner they chooseand their moral obligations to their de-pendents, by limiting the extent andscope of their moral obligations with ref-erence to certain factors such as the fi-nancial needs of the person challengingthe Will.

Time frame for making a claim

An ‘eligible person’ may make an ap-plication for a Family Provision order atany time within twelve months after the

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We have provided you with anoverview of the topic above but youshould consult a professional for ad-vice specific to your circumstances.

by PaulSant

When will the Court make a Family Provision Order?

A Court may make a Family ProvisionOrder if the Court determines that the in-dividual seeking the order is firstly, an‘eligible person’ and secondly, has not re-ceived provision for the proper mainte-nance, education or advancement in lifeby the Will of the deceased.

What factors will the Court Consider?

Whether or not the scales will tip infavour of the estate or the person chal-

a) the relationship between the appli-cant and the deceased person;

b) the nature and extent of any obliga-tions or responsibilities owed by thedeceased person to the applicant;

c) the nature and size of the deceasedperson’s estate;

d) the financial resources (includingearning capacity) and financial needs(both present and future) of the appli-cant;

e) any physical, intellectual or mentaldisability of the applicant;

f) the age of the applicant;

g) any contribution (whether financialor otherwise) by the applicant to the ac-quisition, conservation and improve-ment of the property of the deceasedperson or to the welfare of the deceasedperson;

h) any provision made for the applicantby the deceased person;

i) any evidence of the testamentary in-tentions of the deceased person;

j) whether any other person is liable tosupport the applicant;

k) the character and conduct of the ap-plicant before and after the date of thedeath of the deceased person; and

l) any other matter the Court considersrelevant.

a. the wife or husband of the deceasedperson,b. a de facto partner of the deceasedperson,c. a child of the deceased person,d. a former wife or husband of the de-ceased person,e. a person:

i. who was, at any particular time,wholly or partly dependent on the de-ceased person, andii. who is a grandchild of the deceas-ed person or was, at that particulartime or at any other time, a memberof the household of which the deceas-ed person was a member,

f. a person with whom the deceasedperson was living in a close personalrelationship at the time of the deceasedperson’s death.

Defending the Will

Persons named as executors of a Willare responsible for defending any chal-lenges made to the Will.

It is essential that executors obtain ex-pert legal advice in the event that they arechallenged by a potential applicant whoproposes to make a claim upon the estateof a deceased person.

At Longton Legal we have expertlawyers who will guide and support youthrough the legal framework, and ensurethat you fulfil your obligations to the es-tate.

Defending a challenge to the Will of adeceased relative is stressful and emo-tional. We can provide you with compre-hensive and practical advice to achieve asmooth resolution of the matter.

Challenging a Will: Are you really free to make the Will you want?

lenging the Will will depend on how theCourt chooses to weigh up the followingfactors:

date of death of the deceased person. Thisis a strict time limit and it is important toobtain legal advice early.

Who can make a claim?

There is a specific list of persons, de-scribed as ‘eligible persons’, who mayapply to the Court to challenge the Will.These persons are:

Virtu Ferries of Malta, which operates a va-riety of high-speed craft services through-out the Mediterranean and Adriatic has

chosen Australian shipbuilding Incat Tasmania todesign and build for it a 110-metre vehicle pas-senger (RoPax) ferry. The vessel is intended forVirtu Ferries’ year round lifeline service betweenMalta and European UnionAFLOAT magazine reported Robert Clifford, the

chairman of Incat saying that Virtu Ferries werelooking for increased reliability, sea keeping, pas-senger comfort, capacity and economy with lessoperational downtime, and that Inca were pleasedto welcome them to its family of shipowners.The new 110m wave-piercing catamaran will be-

come the 15th fast ferry Virtu has acquired. It willbe the largest high-speed catamaran in theMediterranean and with a service speed up to 38knots; it will complete the crossing from Malta toSicily, berth to berth, in around 90 minutes.For Virtu Ferries this new vessel provides a sig-

nificant increase in capacity offering 43% more truck capacity, 15%more passenger capacity and 7% more car capacity.

The vessel will incorporate a three-class interior (VIP, Businessand Economy) with a total of 1134 seats of which 996 seats are in-side and 138 outdoor.The design was extensively tank tested and optimised at QinetiQ,

the tank and aerospace testing facility in the UK that was purposebuilt for use by the British Navy and UK Ministry f Defence.

Virtu Ferries Chairman and owner Mr Francis Portelli said, “wesimply want to provide our passengers and freight operators with

the highest levels of service, reliability and comfort yet at the sametime operate an economical and environmentally sustainable highspeed service.”He went on to say,” We are confident that we will be delivered a

fantastic vessel suited not only to our requirements but the designis suited for many other island communities around the world.”

Construction of the vessel will commence early next year withdelivery scheduled at the end of 2018. Incat currently has a 500strong workforce at its Hobart shipyard and the yard is geared fordelivering up to two large HSC (High Speed Craft) per year.

The recurring theme duringthe 5th edition of the BOVAviation Outlook, the avia-

tion expo and unique platform forall players in the aviation industryin Malta held at Bank of Valletta’sHead Office in the presence ofMinister for Tourism Hon. Dr Ed-ward Zammit Lewis, was whetherMalta could become the Maldivesof the Mediterranean for seaplaneoperations.

Following the demise of Euro-pean Coastal Airlines in Croatia,the seaplane business in Europetook a battering with negative ef-fect on Nordic Seaplanes too. The BOV Avi-ation Outlook conference shed light on theinvaluable experience gained by the CivilAviation Directorate in the regulating andmonitoring of a seaplane operation.

BOV Chief Credit Business DevelopmentOfficer Albert Frendo said that over the re-cent years, Malta has witnessed growth in theaviation industry, attracting internationallyrenowned organisations to set up operationsin Malta, including maintenance, back officeset-ups, research and development and pro-duction of aircraft components/He went on to explain that recently aviation

in Malta has been under focus as part of theGovernment's strategy to promote Malta to

become a ‘one-off destination’ in the aviationindustry.

Meanwhile, Barry Lightening, an experi-enced Head of Flight Operations at a sea-plane company, highlighted what needs to bedone so that the burden on any prospectiveentrants in this line of business is alleviated,while aviation lawyer Dr Francesca Galea,spoke about the fiscal and legal requirementsand how the seaplane industry could helpboost the already well-established and fastexpanding marine industry. Peter Hermle, CEO at world renowned air-

craft manufacturer Dornier Seawings, andIng. Simon Schell presented their top sea-plane, the Dornier Seastar and delved into

how this aircraft can become thecentre of seaplane activity in Malta.

At the same event, PauloFigueiredo, a Portuguese aeronau-tical entrepreneur and owner of anew company Floatlook & Travel,launched his novel idea of combin-ing seaplanes and tourism. He ishoping to quickly expand into theMediterranean basin and has tar-geted Malta as its possible first baseoutside of Portugal. As is customary, the BOV Aviation

Outlook honoured a number of in-dustry leaders, who through theircontribution helped in no small way

to put Malta’s aviation industry on the worldmap. Captain Norman D’Amato, a veteran flyer

was presented with the BOV Aviator of theYear Award. Leader of the Year Award wentto Captain Joseph Agius, currently in the em-ploy of AirX but who has held senior posi-tions with the national carrier Air Malta andJet Magic and was one of the inspectors atthe Civil Aviation Directorate way back in2012.Charles Stafrace, who was instrumental in

setting up the Malta Aviation Society in the70s, was an active aviation journalist and re-searcher and authored a number of books, re-ceived the BOV Lifetime Achievement Award.

Australian shipbuilder to build110m ‘ferry’ for Malta company

Virtu Ferries Chairman Francis Porterll (left) and the Chairman of Inca TasmaniaChairman Robert Clifford at the signing of the contract for the new catamaran

Malta could become centre of seaplane activity

Capt. Norman D’Amato, Mrs Agius (standing for her husbandJoseph), and Charles Stafrace who won theBOV awards

Agroup of 57m e m b e r sfrom the

Reskeon MalteseAssociation Sen-iors Group thatheavily subsidisedthe event, recentlyenjoyed a triparound the Bay, ajourney that start-ed from the carpark at St Josephthe Worker Chu-rch, North Reser-voir at 8.30 a.m.and proceeded toSorrento throughthe MorningtonPeninsula Free-way arriving atthe venue twohours later.The coach Captain, Bill, took the party

on a sightseeing tour of sightseeingaround the beautiful houses beforeboarding the Peninsula Sea Road Ferryfor the trip across Port Phillip Bay toQueenscliff where everybody enjoyedfree morning tea/coffee and goodies

provided by some of the members.Afterwards, the tour continued to

Corio to the one of the hotels where themembers enjoyed free buffet lunch andtried their luck in the gaming rooms.

At 3 pm we boarded the coach to re-turn to Reservoir to the accompani-ment of a running commentary by Billwho explained the sites the coachpassed through on the way, arriving atReservoir at around 4.30 pm. The trip, that proved to be most enjoy-

able, was one of the the first activitiesafter Reskeon’s Annual General Meet-ing that was held at Merrilands Com-munity Centre, Reservoir.

The AGM was held on an agendawith the usual items, including thereading of minutes of last year’s AGM,and the secretary and the treasurer’s

reports that wereapproved. The re-port by the presi-dent, Salvina Vel-la followed. In itshe thanked themembers of thecommittee fortheir work throu-ghout the year,and also the mem-bers for their par-ticipation in thegroup’s activities

She also paidspecial thanks toher husband,Paul, for the workhe does behindthe scene, and thegirls in the kit-chen, Madeleine

Vella, Melita Magro and Sylvia Dakin. When it came to the election of the

new committee, there was only onenomination for each position, thereforeno need for an election and the personsnominated were confirmed.

Therefore the committee for the com-ing year will be: President: SalvinaVella: Secretary: Paul Vella; Treasurer:Victor Pulis; A/Treasurer MiriamMizzi. Alfred Cachia, Theresa Cachia,Melita Magro, Sarah Catania andSylvia Dakin will be the members. A few days later the president and sec-retary, Paul Vella represented Reskeonat the Annual General Meeting of theNorthern Federation of Ethnic SeniorCitizens Clubs.

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A trip around the Bay

Dr Clemente Zammit wishes toshare with the readers for free the

Online Flip Pages Version of his latestbook ‘Tieqa fuq it-Triq’. Set against aMaltese background, the book tells thestory of two young lovers, untouchedby the counterculture and revolutionin social norms of the Sixties, in searchof a true identity. To read it one can click on: http://on-

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The Seniors Group that made the trip around the bay

Sala mballata u entuΩjaΩmata, divertiment u atmosferaassolutament Maltija. Xejn inqas minn hekk ma kienmistenni meta tnejn mill-aqwa kantanti veterani fix-

xena tad-divertiment f’Malta, Renato u Mary Rose Malliaferr˙u lill-udjenza fiç-çentru La Valette fi Blacktown.G˙al ftit iktar minn sag˙tejn Renato u Mary Rose, li wkoll

hija attriçi, ippreΩentaw dak kollu mistenniminnhom filwaqt li g˙al ftit ˙in dehretukoll Allision White, il-mara ta’ Renato.

Il-programm beda f’farsa miç-Çittadini,“Bil-mod il-mod” u hawn b’sorpriΩa rajnawkoll g˙all-ewwel darba fl-Awstralja b˙alaattriçi lil Mary Rose. L-iskartaturi tag˙hafakkruna fil-˙iliet tag˙ha mhux biss b˙alakantanta imma wkoll attriçi brava.Fil-farsa ˙adu sehem ukoll Joe Mifsud, Joe

Borg, Doris Caruana, Monica Ledger u SamMifsud. B˙as-soltu, l-programm tmexxaminn Susan Mifsud.

Wara l-interval il-lejla kienet iddedikata

kollha lill-mistednin minn Malta fejn bejn iç-çajt u xi skar-tatura smajna Ωew©t il˙na mill-isba˙. Anke jekk Renatokien xi ftit ma˙nuq, imma xorta wa˙da sa˙˙ar lill-mi©emg˙a bil-kanzunetti li g˙aΩel. Prosit tassew lil Renato li g˙alih din kienet is-sittax il-Ωjara

fl-Awstralja, u lil Mary Rose “is-sa˙˙ara” li g˙aliha kienet

it-tieni darba. Renato u Mary Rose zaruwkoll Cringilla, Adelaide u Melbourne.

Wie˙ed seta’ jinnota kemm il-Maltin fl-Awstralja j˙ossuhom aktar f’darhom me-ta dawn il-kunçerti jsiru f’lokalitajiettal-Maltin. Óajr lill-kumpanija teatrali Çit-tadini li g˙ad g˙andha l-˙ila tattira fololimdaqqsa g˙all-wirjiet li torganizza.

Renato u Mary Rose isa˙˙ru l-udjenza fil-La Valette SC

Susan Mifsud, Monica Ledger, JoeBorg, Doris Caruana, Joe Mifsud, SamFarrugia u Mary Rose Mallia wara l-fasali ppreΩentaw

Renato jpaxxi lill-udjenza limliet is-sala fil-La Valette SC

Renato u Mary Rose jing˙aqdu g˙altmiem emozzjonali fil-La Valette SC

F’dan il-volum riçerkat b’g˙aqalu attenzjoni, l-awtur, Joseph AXerri jeΩamina l-mixja edukat-

tiva f’Malta mill-aspett ‘politiku’,kulturali, ekonomiku u soçjali.

Kif jikteb il-Profs Borg fl-introduz-zjoni tal-ktieb: “fir-rakkont ta’ Xerritispikka t-tensjoni kontinwa bejn il-mixja kajmana tal-istorja edukat-tiva u l-ur©enza edukattivataΩ-Ωg˙ir imtarraf li dejjem ˙tie©luji©ri meta addie˙or imrobbi fuq in-na˙a l-o˙ra tax-xmara soçjo-ekonomika, seta’ jimxi bil-passtieg˙u......to˙ro© çara l-funzjoni tal-edukazzjoni b˙ala strument ta’poter” u l-fatt “li l-edukazzjoni tista’tjassar daqskemm te˙les.”

Xerri jΩur it-taqtig˙a bla waqfienbiex jid˙lu çerti riformi, l-aktar u l-aktar dawk li b’xi mod kienu jmissumal-kwestjoni tal-ilsna, fejn kienujiΩΩeffnu l-ilsien IngliΩ u dak Taljan.Huwa jtemm ir-rakkont tieg˙u bid-

dibattiti fil-Parlament Malti dwar it-tag˙lim tal-ilsna u d-d˙ul tal-li©idwar l-attendenza obbligatorja fl-iskejjel.

Kif qalilna l-awtur, g˙alkemm il-kitba attwali tal-ktieb ma tantx ˙aΩmien, iΩda r-riçerka biex seta’jinkiteb dan il-ktieb ˙adet snin twal.

Attwalment dan il-ktieb huwariΩultat ta’ tiftix li hu beda sa minnΩg˙oΩitu meta kien iqalleb fil-©ur-nali, f’rapporti uffiçjali tal-Gvern,fosthom ta’ dibattiti fil-Kunsill tal-Gvern u tal-Parlament Malti, rap-porti dwar l-edukazzjoni,korrispondenza bejn il-Gvernaturi ul-uffiççju tal-Kolonji IngliΩ u diversidokumenti o˙ra.

Sintendi il-kotba dwar l-istorja ta’Malta, speçjalment dawk b’ref-erenza g˙all-edukazzjoni, u teΩijietta’ studenti dwar l-istess su©©ettkienu ta’ g˙ajnuna kbira fil-kitbata’ dan il-ktieb.

Meta mistoqsi, x’wasslu li ˙are©din il-publikazzjoni, Xerri qal lil TheVoice of the Maltese li g˙alkemm ilujippubblika artikli u jikteb g˙at-TeleviΩjoni u r-radju dwar l-istorjatal-Edukazzjoni, tal-iΩvillup politikutal-GΩejjer u tal-Istorja tal-Knisja,˙ass li kellu jaqsam mal-pubbliku,

r-riçerkat i e g ˙ udwar l-i s t o r j at a l -edukaz-z j o n i ,materjali hijag ˙ a l l -

qalbu ˙afna billi qatta’ g˙omruja˙dem fis-settur tal-edukazzjoni.

Joseph A Xerri, l-awtur tal-ktieb L-IΩvilupp tal-Edukazzjoni f’Malta twieled fir-Rabat, G˙awdex fl-1939. Huwa ˙a l-edukazzjoni tieg˙u fil-Liçeo ta’G˙awdex, fil-Kulle©© tat-Ta˙ri© tal-G˙alliema u l-Universita’ ta’ Malta fejn kiseb il-Masters fl-Edu-kaz-zjoni.

Hu beda l-karriera tieg˙u ta’ g˙alliem biex final-ment ing˙ata l-kariga ta’ Assistent Direttur tal-Edu-kazzjoni. Serva g˙al g˙add ta’ snin b˙ala Uffiçjalg˙ar-Relazzjonijiet Pubbliçi fil-Ministru tal-Edukaz-zjoni u kien Visiting Lecturer fil-Fakulta’ tal-Edukaz-zjoni ta’ l-Universita ta’ Malta.Huwa wkoll awtur ta’ diversi serje dwar l-istorja poli-

tika, tal-edukazzjoni u tal-Knisja fil-©urnali u l-mezzitax-xandir lokali u barranin. G˙al snin twal kien ukollil-korrispondent g˙al G˙awdex tal-gazzetta ta’kuljum, l-orizzont. G˙al ˙amsin sena kien il-korrispondent minn Malta

tal-gazzetta tal-Maltin fl-Awstralja, The MalteseHerald.

L-IÛVILUPP TAL-EDUKAZZJONI F’MALTA - 1430 -1924

L-awtur, Joe Xerri (xellug) jippreΩenta kopja tal-ktieb lill-PrimMinistru Joseph Muscat waqt il-Fiera Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb

L-Awtur

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Ktieb b’g˙add konsiderevoli ta’ ri-tratti. Huwa llegat b’qoxra iebsa(hardbound). Fil-qoxra tal-ktieb ritratt ta’ pitturatal-mer˙ba li ng˙atat lill-Kummis-sjoni Rjali tal-1836. Kien wara rap-port ta’ dil-Kummissjoni li f’Maltanfet˙u g˙add ta’ skejjel primarjimill-Awtoritajiet ta’ dak iΩ-Ωmien.

Il-ktieb jista’ jinkseb mil-libraraewlenin f’Malta. Bil-posta mill-BDS,San Gwann. Fl-Awstralja jista’ ji©iordnat ming˙and Mark Bonello -mabonello@bigpond.com

L-IÛVILUPP TAL-EDUKAZZJONI F’MALTA - 1430 -1924

Mario Griscti minn Ta’ Xbiex, Malta jikteb:

Jolqtuni ˙afna, artikli nostal©içi, ta’ Maltafl-img˙oddi jew ta’ Maltin li min˙abba xi

çirkostanza jew o˙ra, kellhom i˙allu pa-jjiΩhom u jemigraw.L-Awstralja, kien (u g˙adu) kontinent ˙anin,

li laqa’ fi ˙danu ˙afna Maltin u G˙awdxin limarru hemm bil-g˙an li ˙ajjithom tkun bil-bosta a˙jar milli kienet f’Malta f’dawk iΩ-Ωminijiet. Interessanti dejjem il-pa©ni tat-tag˙lim dwar

il-grammatika Maltija. Dawn u aktar, jiffur-maw is-sinsla b’sa˙˙itha ta’ The Voice of theMaltese li sar ©urnal/magazine effettiv, im-pressjonanti u g˙elm ta’ ©urnaliΩmu ta’ veru.Dan qed jaqdi wkoll operat ta’ ambaxxata,g˙ax hu pont çivili u demokratiku bejn pa-jjiΩna u l-Awstralja. Ibqg˙u sejrin kif intom.

Joseph Caruana minn Beverly Hills, NSW jikteb:

Dak li qed ise˙˙ b˙alissa f’Malta jag˙milnikburi li ©ej minn dik il-gΩira zg˙ira imma

mimlija b’nies ta’ ˙ila, Malta, tant li onesta-ment nixtieqni qed ng˙ix Malta.

Mhux se nid˙ol fil-politika, jekk ng˙id lidonnu li l-poplu Malti g˙andu kull çans li jurihilietu. Ûidt dan il-˙sieb meta matul il-lejlbejn il-Óadd u t-Tnejn 20/21 ta’ Novembruflimkien ma’ xi ˙bieb segwejt fuq it-TV l-Ju-nior Eurovision Song Contest li Malta orga-nizzat permezz tal-PBS.

Tg˙axxaqt bl-ispettaklu offrut, mhux bil-kant daqs kemm bl-organizzazzjoni u x-xe-narju li l-˙addiema pprovdew fil-post fejn sar,id-Dar tal-Mediterran. St˙ajjiltni qed narashow internazzjonali f’xi pajjiΩ kbir espertf’avvenimenti b˙al dawn.

Kburi bil-filmat tal-ftu˙ tal-ispettaklu. Qab-iΩli d-dmug˙ meta rajt dak ix-xenarju mill-is-ba˙ tal-gzejjer Maltin. Dort fuq s˙abig˙ed-tilhom li mn’alla Malta Ωg˙ira g˙ax kie-ku kienet kbira, bil-˙iliet ta’ niesha kienettibla’ d-dinja.

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Carol Moreno from Prospect NSW writes:

On behalf of Rita Vella, I wish to passgratitude and thanks to The Voice ofthe Maltese team for publishing Rita's

story of her and her family's Journey to Aus-tralia from Malta. This was all part of a long20 year process for Rita and publishing herstory after many years of writing and re-writ-ing. It is both a joy and gift for her and her family

to be able to share her journey and it bringsdifferent interest for other The Voice magazinereaders to follow in her footsteps. A specialthanks to The Voice of the Maltese team fortheir continuation of sharing people’s experi-

Sharing people’s experience andhistory makes us who we are today

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Joyce Vanderboot nee Scicluna from Brisbane writes:

Iwas happy to read the very informative ar-ticles in the last issue of The Voice of the

Maltese (No. 141), particularly the story re-garding ‘Conscription 1916: Who were theMaltese Children of Billy Hughes?’ (page 3).It was very interesting. I learned many newfacts about the history of our people duringthose early war years, some of which broughttears to my eyes.

The wonderful story told by Rita Vella on(page 6), ‘My family’s Journey to Australia’was a moving tribute to those who, with aspirit of adventure, started a new life in a newland. It amazed me that young children cameto Australia without their families to ‘open theway’ for the rest of their families.How brave and courageous on the part of the

children and their parents! Personal storieslike these are good for all of us to read and re-member.

Thank you so much for the wonderful workyou do in producing this magazine.

Rita’s story so emotional

ences and history that makes us who we aretoday.

You might soon need a new section to thesestories. It is great to read and fantastic whatyou do for the Maltese community here andacross the seas! Thank you again.

G˙amluni Kburi li jien Malti

F’Malta, fl-1 ta’ Diçem-bru, xahrejn bissbog˙od milli jag˙laq

id-90 sena, t˙abbret il-mewtta’ Nicholas (Nick) Bonello,eks Kummissarju G˙oli g˙alMalta fl-Awstralja, wie˙ed mill-fundaturi tal-G˙aqda Maltija-Awstraljana (Maltese-Australian Association) u l-bniedem ligrazzi g˙alih, fil-©nien tal-Argotti fil-Furjana, inbena l-monu-ment b’tifkira tal-ANZAC.

Nick, kif kien mag˙ruf, twieled f’Óal-Balzan fi Frar tal-1916.Kien miΩΩewwe© lil Desdemona (Daisy), illum ukoll mejta, ukellhom erbat itfal, Carmen, Anthony, Monica u Norman. Kienukoll nannu ta’ g˙add ta’ neputijiet.

Minbarra l-familja, fost l-aktar li Nick kellu g˙al qalbu kienuMalta u l-Awstralja u dejjem ˙adem biex jitkattru r-relazzjonijietkemm bejn gvernijiet u wkoll il-poplu.

F’Malta, wara li spicça l-istudji tieg˙u, f’Jannar tal-1941 marja˙dem b˙ala apprendist boilermaker fit-Tarzna, il-post li ˙afnatant kienu jfittxu.

Dam ja˙dem b˙ala apprendist g˙al sitt snin u anke la˙aq ˙a l-paga ta’ ra©el tas-seng˙a, sakemm bix-xog˙ol jonqos, ©ie konvint

li l-emigrazzjonikieket l-unika aler-nattiva, g˙alhekk,fl-1954 iddeçieda liflimkien ma’ martuu tliet uliedu j˙alluTas-Sliema fejnkienu jg˙ixu, ujissie˙bu ma’ l-em-igranti li g˙amlu l-vja©© ta’ 33 jumlejn l-Awstralja fuql-Arosa Kulm.

Nick kien jg˙id lihuma kienu fost it-12,000 ˙addiem

f’senawa˙dali ©ewimbut-tati je-migraw lejn l-Awstralja. Nick BonelloIl-familja ta’ Nick spiççat f’eks barracks tal-armata

f’Bonegila qabel marret tg˙ix f’hostel tal-emgirantif’Balgownie qrib Wollongong fi NSW.L-ewwel xog˙ol tieg˙u fl-Awstralja kien mal-Aus-

tralian Iron & Steel ta’ Port Kembla. Wara l-familja©arret g˙al Newton f’Sydney.

Billi minn dejjem kien dilettant tal-futbol u parti-tarju tas-Sliema, kien semma d-dar ‘Wanderers’. Il-konnessjoni tieg˙u mal-futbol kienet ukoll b˙alareferee, g˙al disa’ snin s˙a˙. Kien ukoll imda˙˙alb’mod qawwi mal-Melita Eagles fejn anke okkupal-kariga ta’ segretarju.

Kien ukoll involut sew fil-bidu tal-gazzetta tal-Maltin fl-Awstralja, The Maltese Herald, u g˙al xisnin serva fuq il-bord tal-mani©ment.

Huwa ˙adem ukoll mas-Sydney Ferries, imma ta’bniedem ta’ inizjattiva li kien da˙al ja˙dem fl-indus-trija tal-ivja©gar. Sar l-ewwel li beda titjiriet char-tered lejn Malta.

Tul it-18-il sena li g˙amel fl-Awstralja huwa niΩelMalta kemm-il darba. Kien ©ie offrut xog˙ol ma’a©ent ewlieni tal-ivja©©ar fil-belt u g˙alhekk, fl-1983aççetta u niΩel Malta g˙al kollox.

Fl-1986 bla ma kien jistenna, il-Prim Ministru ta’dak iΩ-Ωmien, Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, offrielul-kariga ta’ Kummissarju G˙oli Malti fl-Awstralja,u l-ewwel wie˙ed mhux residenti. B’danakollu xortawa˙da kien iΩur b’mod regolari l-istati fejn jg˙ixu l-Maltin.Minkejja li rtirat, Nick baqa’ ddedikat li jqarreb lejn

xulxin il-pajjiΩi li tant ˙abb, Malta u l-Awstralja, uΩ-Ωew©t i©nus. Huwa kien ukoll qarrej fervent sal-a˙˙ar, anke fid-dar San Vincent de Paul fejn kien ir-tirat, tal-magaΩin The Voice of the Maltese.Il-mewt tieg˙u se tin˙ass sew fost il-˙afna ˙bieb li

g˙amel tul ˙ajtu, l-aktar fiΩ-Ωew© pajjiΩi. It-tim ta’The Voice of the Maltese jag˙ti l-kondoljanzi lill-familjari tieg˙u.Il-funeral se jsir l-Erbg˙a 7 tax-xahar f’Óal-Balzan.

Imut Nicholas (Nick) Bonello- eks Kummissarju G˙oli Malti fl-Awstralja

- ta ˙ajtu biex titkattar il-˙biberija bejn

Malta u l-Awstralja

kitba ta’

CAUCHI

PerspettivaA version of this series inEnglish may be found inthe author's blog at: http://ivancauchi.blogspot.com

Fl-Awstralja, b˙alissa hawn su©©ett ja˙raq u top-iku, irreferut b˙ala 18C, li hija sezzjoni tal-Atttal-Li©i fuq id-Diskriminazzjoni Razzjali1 li ma

tippermettix lil çittatidin tal-pajjiΩ milli jinsulenta,joffendi, jumilja jew jintimida lil persuna jew grupp,min˙abba r-razza, il-kulur (tal-©ilda) jew l-ori©ni naz-zjonali jew etnika tieg˙u jew tag˙hom. Dan l-Attkien g˙adda fl-Awstralja fil-parlament tal-1975 ta'Ωmien l-amministrazzjoni Laburista ta' Gough Whit-lam u ammendat diversi drabi. Óa©a ra©jonevoli, kont nimma©ina, imma mhux skont

u˙ud mir-rappreΩentanti tag˙na fil-parlament u kum-mentaturi o˙ra, li jaraw li din ir-restrizzjonitmur kontra l-libertà tal-espressjoni. B˙alissahemm Ωew© inizjattivi fis-Senat Awstraljan -wie˙ed li titnaqqas il-protezzjoni tal-18C,billi jitne˙˙ew referenzi g˙al li wie˙ed ju-milja jew joffendi, u l-inizjattiva l-o˙ra hi lijitne˙˙ew il-protezzjonijiet kollha.

Il-gvern ukoll feta˙ inkjesta dwar din il-li©i. Jien nistaqsi, dan l-interess kollug˙aliex? Lil min irridu na©evolaw?

Issa jien dejjem tg˙allimt li meta nitkellem, g˙andi nuri rispettlejn dak li mieg˙u qieg˙ed nitkellem. Dan ma jfissirx li dak lig˙andi ng˙idlu ma ng˙idux, imma ng˙idu konxju kemm jista' jkuntas-sensibbilitajiet tal-individwu, tat-twemminiet tieg˙u jew tal-grupp etniku jew kulturali li jidentifika ru˙u mieg˙u.F'pajjiΩ ©ieli jkun hemm diversi gruppi etniçi f'minoranza Ωg˙ira,

meta mqabbla mal-popolazzjoni tal-kultura predominanti (li fl-Aw-stralja lanqas mhi dik indi©ena abori©ena).

Min˙abba li f'din is-sitwazzjoni huwa façli li inkomprensjonijietkulturali jistg˙u jwasslu g˙al inkwiet bejn il-gruppi, speçjalmentbejn membri tal-grupp predominanti ma dawk tal-o˙rajn, mexxejjag˙aqlin li jinteressahom l-armonija u l-konvivenza bejn il-gruppi,f'pajjiΩi demokratiçi, iressqu li©ijiet fil-parlament li jillimitaw il-libertà tal-espressjoni b'dan it-tir, b'limiti li jin˙assu ra©jonevoli.Ir-Renju Unit g˙andha provvenimenti simili fl-Att tal-2010 dwar

l-Ugwaljanza, fejn l-Artiklu 26 jipprojbixxi li persuna tikkrea am-bjent intimidanti, ostili, degradanti, umiljanti jew offensiv, abbaΩita' diversi karatteristiçi, li jinkludu r-razza imma huma anke iktarwiesg˙a.2Jien kont na˙seb, u naççetta, li l-libertà g˙andha ti©i mar-respon-

sabbiltà, inkella dan ikun libertina©©. Imma jidher li hawn diversipersuni influenti fil-pajjiΩ li jidhrilhom li dawn il-limiti mhumiexra©jonevoli, m'hawnx posthom, jew hemm bΩonn li jitnaqqsu.Mill-membri parlamentari preΩenti, Cory Bernardi (abjad, Senatur

Liberali) g˙amel petizzjoni biex jitne˙˙ew ir-referenzi g˙al liwie˙ed ma jistax joffendi jew jinsulta;3 George Brandis (abjad,Senatur Liberali) huwa mag˙ruf g˙all-poΩizzjoni tieg˙u li n-niesg˙andhom id-dritt li jkunu bigotti;4 u nista' nibqa' sejjer b'DavidLeyonhjelm (abjad, Senatur Liberali-Demokratiku) u o˙rajn.Kien interessanti li ninnota li dawn il-veduti qed ji©u vventilati l-

iktar minn nies ta' karna©©jon bajda. Jien dejjem innutajt kif ˙afnanies ta' karna©©jon bajda, meta tistaqsihom, jg˙idulek li qatt ma˙assew xi forma ta' razziΩmu, jew diskriminazzjoni, jew talinqasdak id-disprezz sottili fl-atte©©jament ta' min ji©i mill-kultura pre-dominanti. Fil-passat jien kont semmejt xi eΩempji5. Kemm hu diffiçli li jap-

prezzaw kemm ˙a©a b˙al din hija ta' dieqa, diΩappunt uskura©©iment g˙al min qed jaqlag˙ha.

Pauline Hanson (skuΩawni nosserva li wkoll bajda, Senatur ta'One Nation), sa˙ansitra implikat fis-Senat li hu tajjeb li l-immi-granti fil-pajjiΩ kienu ji©u mg˙ajra wogs, (li kienet tabella pe©orat-tiva applikata mill-bojod Anglo-Sassoni tal-pajjiΩ g˙al dawk kollhali ma kinux, b˙all-Maltin, it-Taljani, iç-ÇiniΩi, il-Jugoslavi eçç)g˙ax din kienet inçentiva lill-dawn il-gruppi biex isiru parti mill-komunità u jassimilaw.6

Iva, tabil˙aqq. Il-Maltin g˙andhom g˙alfejn jag˙tu ˙ajr lin-niestal-post fil-pajjiΩ talli g˙amlulhom ˙ajjithom infern malli wasludawn il-wogs. Il-214-Malti fuq il-vapur Gange aktarx imtlew bil-passjoni tal-˙e©©a li jsiru a©a wa˙da mas-soçjetà il-©dida tag˙hom

meta ma t˙allewx jinΩlu l-Awstralja warapassa©© twil fuq il-ba˙ar fl-1916, u minflokf'Melbourne kellhom isalpaw f'Noumea,New Caledonia, fejn damu eΩiljati tliet xhur.7

Dan sar f'ambjent ta' pressjoni kbira mill-Australian Workers Union u l-PartitLaburista ta' dakinhar, dwar 'invaΩjoni mill-Maltin' li ©ejjin jie˙du x-xog˙ol tal-Awstral-jani. Familjari?

Forsi dawn il-Maltin kienu l-ewwel eΩempju tal-politika li jid-dawwar it-tmun tad-dg˙ajsa ta' dawk ©ejjin lejn il-pajjiΩ biex ifittxul-aΩil, politika li l-Liberali u l-Laburisti ta' llum i˙addnu.

Tant kienet kbira l-offiΩa li ˙ass bit-tg˙ajjir kontinwu ta' wog, ubid-diskriminazzjoni li wrew mieg˙u l-bojod tal-post, li zijuwi qattm'aççetta li jsir çittadin tal-Awstralja, anke meta kellu d-drittg˙aliha, ukoll wara li g˙ex madwar ˙amsin sena f'dan il-pajjiΩ warali kien ©ie fil-˙amsinijiet wara l-gwerra.

Hu baqa' jsostni dan sakemm miet, jitkellem fuq il-perjodu bikritieg˙u f'dan il-pajjiΩ b'u©ig˙ evidenti fit-ton tieg˙u. Qatt ma ˙ass lidan il-pajjiΩ kien aççettah.

L-insulti u t-tg˙ajjir razzjali jwe©©g˙u, u m'g˙andhom l-ebda ef-fett poΩittiv, Sinjura Hanson. Jirriflettu fuq l-inkomprensjoni u l-injuranza ta' min jag˙milhom, mhux fuq il-minoranza ta' minjaqlag˙hom.

Apparti hekk, jistg˙u jipprovokaw reazzjoni, u kelma ©©ib lill-o˙ra s-sitwazzjoni malajr ti©©enera. A˙na rridu ng˙ixu f'soçjetà ta'tolleranza, fejn isir diskussjoni bir-rispett, jew soçjetà ta' tg˙ajjir,g˙ajjat, insulti u ©lied? Mhux di©à hawn tensjoni biΩΩejjed?

Biex inwie©eb il-mistoqsija tieg˙i tal-bidu, dan l-interess li jit-naqqsu l-protezzjonijiet kontra d-diskriminazzjoni soçjali narah ten-tattiv ie˙or ta' elementi tal-forzi tal-lemin tal-pajjiΩ, sabiextitwaqqaf l-emorra©ija ta' votanti li qed ji©u attirati mill-estremistital-lemin tal-lum, ibda minn One Nation. Dawn tal-a˙˙ar b'˙alqhom tiçrita wa˙da josservaw membri ta' par-

titi stabbiliti, suppost çentristi, j˙addnu l-politika estremistatag˙hom.

Jien ninnota li l-li©i li qed nitkellmu dwarha di©à g˙andha pro-tezzjoni, fis-sezzjoni ta' wara, 18D, g˙al dak li jing˙ad ra©jonevol-ment u b'rieda tajba f'xog˙lijiet artistiçi, fl-interess nazzjonali, jewli jirrifletti b'reqqa u b'©ustizzja l-fatti.Jien g˙alhekk na˙seb li m'hemm bΩonn tal-ebda bidla sostanzjali.

Il-biΩa' li jiΩdiedu l-attakki (fil-bidu bil-kliem jew b'xi stampa) raz-zjali f'dan il-pajjiΩ, b˙al ma' se˙˙ fl-Istati Uniti wara r-reb˙a ta'Donald Trump hemmhekk, na˙seb g˙andu j˙e©©e© lir-rappreΩen-tanti tag˙na li jkunu prudenti u ma j˙allux li jitrew˙u l-fjammi tal-intolleranza.

Jien ng˙id li dawn il-bidliet fis-senat illum, je˙tie© li ji©u reΩistiti.

Referenzi1. Racial Discrimination Act 1975, Australian Commonwealth.2. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/26, retrieved28/11/20163. http://www.corybernardi.com/18c_petition, retrieved 28/11/20164. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-24/brandis-defends-right-to-be-a-bigot/5341552, retrieved 28/11/20165. Riflessjonijiet ta' Wog, Ivan Cauchi, The Voice of the Maltese, No. 1036. Australian Commonwealth Senate Hansard, 24th November 2016, p.127. Conscription 1916: Who were the 'Maltese children of Billy Hughes'?,Barry York, The Voice of the Maltese, No. 141

18CCory Bernardi Pauline Hanson David Leyonhjelm

Nammira lis-Soçjetà Filarmonika Nicolò Isouard tal-Mosta, mhux biss g˙all-˙ila bandistika iΩda wkollg˙all-isem li g˙andha g˙arfien u stima f’pajjiΩna.

L-isem tag˙ha serva g˙al ˙afna snin ta’ popolarità kbirag˙all-kompoΩitur Malti ta’ fama kbira Nicolò Isouard. Ûgur li˙afna semg˙u bih min˙abba fl-isem ta’ din il-banda Mostija.Qed ng˙id l-aktar mhux g˙al min hu mid˙la tal-kulturamuΩikali imma g˙all-poplu in©enerali.

Óafna ming˙alihom li dan il-kompoΩitur kien mill-Mosta,naturalment g˙ax ikunu qed jorbtu ˙a©a m’o˙ra … allura labanda Mostija tistenna kompoΩitur Mosti!!

Min-na˙a l-o˙ra nfa˙˙ar bis-s˙i˙lill-kumitat ta’ dak iΩ-Ωmien li fl-1871 g˙aΩel l-isem ta’ NicolòIsouard g˙al-banda tieg˙u. G˙axng˙iduha: fl-ir˙ula Maltin huma˙afna li b’mod jew ie˙or jorbtu l-banda mal-qaddis jew qaddisa tal-lokal tag˙hom.

Hemm xi eççezzjonijiet, b˙all-banda L’Isle Adam (il-Gran Mastruli miet ir-Rabat fil-Knisja Ta’ ÌieΩu),jew La Valette (g˙all-Gran Mastru libena l-belt Valletta), u ismijiet ta’Gran Mastri o˙ra jew inkella b˙all-Konti Ru©©ieru (marbut mal-istorjata’ Malta), jew San Ìor© ta’ Bormla(marbut ma’ ammiratur tal-Banda,il-MarkiΩ Di San Giorgio). Insibuwkoll g˙aqdiet b’ismijiet Irjali(b˙all-banda King’s Own tal-Belt) uxi o˙rajn.

Fil-fehma tieg˙i, m’hawnx isemaddattat g˙al banda Maltija daqsdak ta’ Nicolò Isouard, g˙aliexwara kollox soçjetà muΩikali g˙andha tintrabat ma’ isemmuΩikali.

Kien hemm tentattiv li rnexxa, li dil-banda tal-Mosta ©©ibkopji ta’ ˙afna mill-muΩika ta’ dan il-kompoΩitur li kienet fiFranza. Xi snin ilu dil-banda kienet g˙amlet kunçert fis-salaSir Temi Zammit tal-Università ta’ Malta b’muΩika ta’ NicolòIsouard addattata g˙all-banda (g˙ax naturalment, fil-parti l-kbira tag˙hom ix-xog˙lijiet ta’ Isouard kienu g˙all-orkestrata’ dak iΩ-Ωmien).

Niftakar ukoll li meta kont g˙alliem fl-Iskola tal-MuΩika ‘Jo-hann Strauss’ kien jin˙ass sewwa l-entuΩjaΩmu f’din l-iskolag˙all-produzzjoni u t-t˙ejjija tal-‘opra – comique’ ‘Jeannot etColin’ ta’ Isouard li saret fit-Teatru Manoel f’Ìunju tal-1991bis-sehem importanti ta’ l-istudenti tal-iskola stess. Jidhirli li wara ma sar xejn aktar g˙ajr g˙al li xi minn daqqiet

l-Orkestra Nazzjonali tesegwixxi xi Overture tieg˙u. Fil-li-brerija tieg˙i g˙andi wkoll djalogu addattat g˙all-Malti minnJoe Huber ta’ din l-‘opra – comique’ ta’ Isouard ‘Jeannot etColin’ g˙ax fir-rapprezentazzjoni tat-Teatru Manoel id-djalogar ta dan ix-xog˙ol ta’ Isouard kien sar bil-Malti. In-semmi wkoll li s-Sala ‘Isouard’ fit-Teatru Manoel ukoll tkabbarl-importanza ta’ dan il-kompoΩitur f’pajjiΩna.

Ta’ min isemmi wkoll li fil-˙ames edizzjoni ta’ Groves Dic-tionary, li huwa awtorità ta’ referenza kbira fil-muΩika, l-uniçiΩew© kompoΩituri Maltin li jissemmew fih huma NicolòIsouard u Francesco Azzopardi, li juri l-kobor ta’ dawn iΩ-Ωew© ismijiet fil-qasam tal-MuΩika Internazzjonali. Fl-edizzjonijiet ta’ wara tal-Groves jissemmew aktar kompoΩi-

turi Maltin min˙abba li Dr. Stanley Sadie, kien talab lill-muzikologu Malti u ˙abib tieg˙i Joe Vella Bondin jissu©©erilukompozituri Maltin li kien jixirqilhom ikunu parti minn dan

id-dizzjunarju presti©©juz u jik-tiblu artikli dwarhom.

Nag˙ti ftit noti bijografiçi dwardan il-kompoΩitur Malti g˙ax fil-fehma tieg˙i tieg˙i hawn ˙afna, limhux kollha jaqblu. Tlabt lis-SurVella Bondin jg˙addili xi noti dwarNicolò Isouard Nicolò twieled fis-16 ta’ Mejju, 1773 fil-kapitali l-beltValletta u tg˙ammed l-g˙ada fil-Knisja ta’ San Duminku. Huwamiet meta kien g˙ad kellu biss 44sena. Fil-Groves Dictionary ofMusic jing˙ad li f’mumenti, il-kompoΩitur mag˙ruf FrançizAdrien Boieldieu kellu lil Isouardbiss b˙ala rival muΩikali tieg˙u.

Fl-1817 Boieldieu kien mag˙Ωuljimla l-post battal li ˙alla l-kom-poΩitur Mehul fl-Academie Royalede Musique. Dan kien unur ta’presti©ju kbir fi Franza. Kont qrajtli g˙al din il-˙atra (illum partiminn Institut de France) kien

hemm ‘©lieda qawwija’ bejn Boieldieu u l-kompoΩitur Malti.Kienu g˙aΩlu lil Boieldieu g˙ax kien Françiz u mhux g˙ax ka-paçi aktar minn Isouard. Din kienet daqqa ta’ ˙arta g˙all-kompoΩitur tag˙na u ˙adha

bi kbira ˙afna. Hu miet fis-sena ta’ wara, f’Pari©i f’Marzu tal-1818 u ©ie midfun fiç-Çimeterju Pere Lachaise. Importanti l-fatt li l-bust tieg˙u jidher ma’ rjus o˙ra mportanti fil-muΩikafl-Opra ta’ Parigi, li wkoll juri l-kobor tal-kompoΩitur Malti.

Wara mewtu xog˙lijiet muΩikali ta’ Nicolò Isouard komplewji©u esegwiti u nfluwenzaw ukoll lill-famuΩ kompoziturRossini tant li kkompona l-famuΩa opra tieg˙u La Cenerentolab’librett ta’ Etienne li kien g˙all-opra Cendrillo’ ta’ Isouard. G˙al dawk li forsi ma tantx huma mid˙la tal-muΩika ng˙idil-

hom li Boieldieu u Mehul huma ismijiet kbar fil-qasam tal-muΩika FrançiΩa. Isimhom g˙adu aj fir-repertorju tal-muΩika, kemm fi Franza

(pajjiΩhom), kif ukoll barra l-pajjiΩ. Naturalment kul˙add jafbil-kobor muΩikali ta’ Rossini. Qed ng˙id dan biex aktar nuril-kobor muΩikali ta’ Isouard. Nicolò Isouard beda jistudja l-muΩika f’Malta ta˙t l-g˙alliema

Maltin, Michel’Angelo Vella u Francesco Azopardi. Warassokta l-istudji tieg˙u f’Palermo u Napli u l-ewwel opri tieg˙usaru b’suççess fl-Italja fl-1794. Naturalment, qatta’ ˙afna sninf’Pari©i fejn iΩΩewwe© lil Claudine Berthault u hemm issor-prenda lil kul˙add bil-famuΩi opri komiçi tieg˙u ta˙t l-isemta’ Nicolò de Malte. Dan hu biss ftit tag˙rif dwar il-kompoΩitur Malti. Min jinter-

essah ikun jaf aktar jista’ jaqra ˙afna bijografiji interessantidwaru. Çertament li dan il-kompoΩitur jixraqlu ˙afna aktar g˙arfien

muΩikali milli jgawdi b˙alissa f’pajjiΩna.

Nicolò Isouard: kompoΩitur Malti ta’ ˙ila li kien i˙abbatha mal-aqwa ta’ Ωmienu

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Nicolò Isouard

Prime MinisterJoseph Muscatand his accom-

panying delegationmade a marathontour of seven Euro-pean capitals in fourdays to discuss withtheir leaders theagenda to be fol-lowed during Maltatakes over the EUPresidency in thefirst six months ofnext year.

The first leg of histour took him to Pariswhere he met French President Francois Hol-lande. The two discussed the situation in theMediterranean, the situations in Syria andLibya, and the future of Turkey; topics thetwo countries agreed must be given priorityduring the Maltese presidency.Later Dr Muscat said he had a very focused

and productive meeting with Hollande.From Paris he flew to Dublin for a meeting

and talks with Irish Prime Minister EndaKenny. Muscat said the two countries arepractical member states interested in find-ing solutions for Europe. Talks centred onBrexit, immigration, financial and the eco-nomic situation and governance

On the second day, PM Muscat flew toGermany for talks with the German Chan-cellor Angela Merkel who expressed satis-faction that Malta would be taking over thePresidency of the EU because it wouldshoulder this responsibility in an exemplarymanner. She said she looked forward to thisPresidency led by a country that had excel-lent bilateral relations with Germany.

Malta’s geographical position, she said,would help the Presidency place the mostimportant themes at the forefront of theagenda.

Ms Merkel said that Malta’s geographicalposition would help the Presidency placethe most important themes at the forefrontof the agenda.

Both leaders agreed that the immigrationchallenge was evolving daily particularlybecause of the situation in Turkey, Libya in-stability, and the Mediterranean route. Theyagreed on the need for dialogue, agreementwith stakeholders and the need for an equaldistribution of the immigration burden.

Joseph Muscat said was proud of what itwas doing and would continue to work inthe best way possible. He said Malta’swould be a pragmatic presidency and every-one should judge Malta on its work.

Next, the Maltese delegation went to Es-tonia and a meeting in Tallinn with PM JuriRatas who told Joseph Muscat that hiscountry, which takes over the Presidencyjust after Malta, looks at Malta as a modelin its preparations for the Presidency.Then followed a trip to the Polish capital,

Warsaw and a meeting with Prime Ministerof Beata Szydlo. Here the leaders’ maintopic of discussion was the challenges ofmigration. They also discussed the impactof Brexit and the related process.

Muscat said that such a meeting reflectedMalta’s attitude during the Presidency thatwill build on relations with countries thathave a different opinion. “It is useless tohope that everyone will always agree witheverything, so we have to build bridge be-tween all the different forces,” he said.

A few hours later Joseph Muscat was inDenmark where he met with the country’sPM Lokke Rasmussen. He said that it wassignificant how two countries such as Maltaand Denmark, which are geographically indifferent regions, have common positionson the themes that have been placed at thetop of the agenda during the Presidency ofthe EU Council.

Rasmussen expressed his satisfaction atMuscat’s visit and described the talks asbeing very important. He said he was look-ing forward to establish strong co-operationwith Malta.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s last stopwas in Budapest where he met and had dis-cussions with Hungarian Prime MinisterVictor Orban.

Before the year is out, and for the samereason, Joseph Muscat will make a similartour to other EU states

Roundup of News About Malta

Helena Dalli gets Europe’s Hero of the Year Award

PM visits seven states in four days

Malta’s Civil Liberties Minister Dr He-lena Dalli (left) won the prestigious

Hero of the Year Award at the sixth editionof the European Diversity Award held at theLondon Museum of Natural History in Lon-don. Before the awards night, attended by 500participants working in the field of equalityand diversity across Europe, she had beenshortlisted in the category with five others.Awards were presented in various categories.Prime Minister Xavier Bettel (Luxembourg),and Italy’s Undersecretary of State Ivan Scal-farotto among the nominees.Minister Dalli received congratulations from

officials from the Office of the UN HighCommissioner on Human Rights and theCouncil of Europe.

Since their launch six years ago, the Euro-pean Diversity Awards have become the con-tinent’s most prestigious and widely

respected diversity event. They recognisepoliticians, journalists, athletes and organisa-tions who have made an outstanding contri-bution to equality, diversity and inclusionacross Europe.

The EDA brings together under one roof theleading movers and shakers in business, mediaand politics. It recognises achievement in allareas of diversity: race, age, sexual orientation,disability, gender identity and belief.

In her acceptance speech Minister Dallisaid, “We must work hard so that the ad-vancements made will not get undone, refer-ring to the particular point in time we areliving in where threats to equality are increas-ing.”She further pointed out that democracy must

never become a tyranny of the majority andattention to minorities should be high on theagenda of every government.

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in his meetings with three other European leaders (fromleft): Francois Hollande (France), Angela Merkel (Germany) and Lokke Rasmussen (Denmark)

Prisoners at the Corradino Correctional Facility are to get a 30-day amnesty from theirprison term following a request by Pope Francis to President Marie-Louise Coleiro

Preca to mark the Year of Mercy. Addressing a news conference, the President said that on October 29 she received a re-

quest from the Pope requesting an amnesty for prisoners. In turn she forwarded the appealto the Cabinet, which accepted it and applied it to all prisoners, including those who arestill awaiting sentencing.As a result, seven hours later 18 inmates, 10 Maltese and eight foreigners were set free.

On a visit to an activity in Gzira markingWorld Children’s Day entitled “Chil-

dren who play together, can learn to live to-gether, President of Malta, Marie-LouiseColeiro Preca said that we must always fos-ter the power of peace in our lives and inour communities and never stop reachingout to hands of friendship, learning fromeach other and growing together, as oneunited nation.She said that thanks to events such as this,

we would be practising inclusion in every

sense and putting into action the mandate ofthe United Nations’ Convention of theRights of the Child, to honour the participa-tion of children and to ensure that their bestinterests are being respected.

This, she said is why such activities areimportant, as they break down the artificialbarriers that sometimes exist between us,especially because children are often moreopen, than adults are, to the similarities thatbring us together. “We must always respecteach other’s dignity,” she said.

German credit rating agency Cred-itreform Rating AG has assigned anA+ long-term sovereign rating to

Malta and described its outlook as stable.Creditreform, which forms part of the

worldwide operating Creditreform Groupand is considered as one of the leading rat-

ing agencies in Europe, said that the posi-tive sovereign rating was based on “Malta’shigh level of creditworthiness mainly basedon its strong macroeconomic performanceand strong fiscal sustainability.”

It highlighted the fact that Malta’s poten-tial growth is among the highest of all euroarea members, and that such dynamicgrowth, backed by a buoyant labour mar-ket, is supporting Malta’s income conver-gence towards the EU-28 average. It alsoexpects favourable growth prospects for theMaltese economy in the coming years, sup-ported by moderate growth in investmentand growth in private consumption reflect-ing further improvements in labour marketconditions and wage growth.

Furthermore, it confirmed that Malta’scurrent fiscal consolidation is expected toprogress in 2016-17.

Latest government finance data pub-lished by the National Statistics Office

(NSO) shows a reduction of almost €100million in the consolidated fund deficit inthe period January to October of this year.This has resulted in the deficit for the ten-month period being halved.

Roundup of News About Malta

Malta marks 42years a Republic Malta will be celebrating the 42nd

Anniversary since it became a Re-public on December 13, 1974 with aprogramme of events commemoratingthis National Day

Malta became an independent state in1964, following intense negotiationswith the UK. It achieved independenceas a Commonwealth realm. This meantthat Malta retained the British monarch(Queen Elizabeth II) as its head of state.

In 1971, the Malta Labour Party wonthe election and began promoting theidea of transforming Malta into a repub-lic and on December 13, 1974, thecountry's constitution was substantiallyrevised with Malta becoming a republicwithin the Commonwealth of Nations.

Republic Day, one of Malta's five na-tional holidays, is celebrated throughoutthe country with various festive eventsand activities, including (but not limitedto) flag-hoisting, wreath-laying ceremon-ies, public speeches, military parades,awarding ceremonies, and culturalevents.

The largest celebrations are held inMalta's capital Valletta and on a smallerscale Marsa, where the Republic Daymonument (pictured left) is located.The day also celebrates the first Presi-

dent in Malta’s history, President An-thony Mamo, who was appointed asPresident of the new Republic.

Malta given A+ rating by German credit agency

‘We must always respect each other’s dignity’, President MLCP

Nearly four years following the Mal-tese elections of March 2013, the

Constitutional Court has given the oppo-sition two additional Members of Parlia-ment. They will not replace existingmembers; therefore for the first time in itshistory, Parliament now has 71 ratherthan 69 seats. Labour retains 39 seats; PNgets two more seats, from 30 to 32 seats.Prime Minister and Labour Party leader

Joseph Muscat twitted the decision wouldbe respected and implemented. He said heis deeply disappointed with the decision.The ruling comes after recounting votes

in two districts that were narrowly wonby nine and ten votes. The Court’s deci-sion reduces the difference to seven seats.Labour pointed out that in the past a13,000-vote difference had resulted in afive-seat difference in parliament, whilenow, a majority of 36,000 resulted resultsin seven.

The seats have been given to NP’sEdwin Vassallo and Peter Micallef whoobtained the highest number of voteswithout being elected.

Opposition handed twoparliamentary seats

Malta’s 2016 deficit halved

Australian High Commissioner to MaltaJane Elspeth Lambert who early next

year is to be replaced by Julienne Hince, re-cently paid a farewell call on Speaker An©luFarrugia who expressed his gratitude for allher hard work during her tenure of office inorder to enhance the very close relations thatexist between Malta and Australia.

The two dignitaries discussed issues ofmutual interest, particularly the Maltese Di-aspora in Australia. They also highlightedthe cooperation between the two Parlia-ments.

Reference was also made to CHOGM2015, which was organised in Malta lastNovember and attended by the AustralianPrime Minister.

Australian HC in farewell visit to Speaker Farrugia

Inmates get 30-day amnesty following Pope’s request

Il-©img˙a li g˙addiet l-Arçisqof Charles J. Scicluna kien mill-©did f’nofs polemika dwar wa˙da mit-tweets tas-soltu tieg˙u.Din id-darba l-Arçisqof tkaΩa bl-a˙bar li allegatament il-GWU

kienet qed taqla’ miljuni minn fuq skema tax-xog˙ol li qedt˙addem, imsejj˙a Community Workers Scheme, li permezz tag˙hamadwar 600 ˙addiem li kien ilhom jirre©istraw snin twal ing˙atawix-xog˙ol. Din l-iskema hija mill-istess Unjin.

L-Arçisqof stqarr li kienet tal-mist˙ija li li din l-Unjin kienet qedtaqla’ €300 fix-xahar minn fuq ˙addiema li kienu m˙allsa bil-pagaminima.(tweet lemin)It-tmexxija tal-Un-

jin qomsot sewwag˙al din it-tweet usa˙anstira qieset danb˙ala “atte©jament malizjuΩ” minn xi ˙add li g˙aΩel li jirkeb il-karru politiku tal-Partit Nazzjonalista u jing˙aqad mieg˙u f’attakkifuq il-GWU. Dan minkejja li l-istess Knisja li jmexxi qed tuΩa 19-il impjegat mill-istess skema ming˙ajr ma t˙allas g˙alihom.

IL-GWU tkaΩat li ma kienet saret l-ebda kundanna meta fis-sninl-img˙oddija, ta˙t il-Gvern preçidenti tal-PN, il-Knisja wΩat ˙ad-diema ta˙t skema simili, iΩda li dakinhar kienu jit˙allsu biss 75%tal-paga minima, li ma kellhomx drittijiet u li kienu ja˙dmu b’kun-dizzjonijiet prekarji.

Min-na˙a tal-Awtoritajiet, it-twe©iba kienet aktar prudenti. Qaluli l-fatti li semma’ l-Arçisqof kienu “l-bog˙od mill-verita`”. Intqalukoll li fuq kollox, il-GWU kienet adet it-tmexxija ta’ din l-iskemawara li reb˙et tender billi offriet l-nqas prezz biex t˙addimha. It-t˙addim ta’ din l-iskema mill-Fondazzjoni g˙al Xog˙ol fil-Komu-nità qed issir fl-ambitu tal-˙idma nazzjonali mwettqa mill-GWUkontra l-prekarjat.

Attwalment l-Arçisqof kien ibbaΩa t-tweet tieg˙u fuq artiklu ta’©urnalist tat-Times of Malta, li xejn ma j˙arsu sabi˙ dawk li jap-po©©jaw il-Partit Laburista. Aktar tard irriΩulta wkoll li r-rapportkien fih g˙add ta’ ineΩattezzi.Fil-fatt, wara laqg˙a ma’ Evarist Bartolo, il-Ministru tal-Edukaz-

zjoni u Xog˙ol, l-Arçisqof ˙are© tweet o˙ra fejn ammetta li l-iskema l-©dida veru li tag˙ti “aktar drittijiet lill-˙addiema”. IΩdafl-istess ˙in re©a’ qal li l-GWU, li qed t˙addem l-iskema, g˙andhatag˙ti lill-˙addiema id-d˙ul kollu li qed tag˙mel mill-amministraz-zjoni tal-iskema (ara tweet ta˙t)

Imbag˙ad fi tweeto˙ra l-Arçisqof sa-˙ansitra ammetta liwara kollox il-qlieg˙ li kienet qed

tag˙mel il-GWUminn fuq kull ad-diem ma kienx ta’€300 imma mad-war €115 (lemin)

Attakk SfrenatB˙as-soltu t-tweet tal-Arçisqof ©ibed g˙add kbir ta’ kummenti

kemm fuq il-mezzi soçjali, kif ukoll fuq il-©urnali lokali,b’u˙ud mill-kummentaturi anke jkunu moderati u forsi xi ftitra©unati fil-kritika tag˙hom.

Dawn sostnew li l-Arçisqof g˙amel ˙aΩin li bena l-kummenttieg˙u fuq storja mi©juba fuq ©urnal lokali u miktuba minn ©urnal-ist li sikwit ikun mixli li fil-kitba tieg˙u ftit i˙ares sabi˙ lejn il-PartitLaburista. Ma stennewx li persuna f’kariga hekk g˙olja b˙al tieg˙ukellu jikkumenta ming˙ajr ma jiççekkja l-fatti.Issemma wkoll il-fatt li donnu l-Arçisqof ftit li xejn jikkummenta

meta jsiru ˙wejje© tajba mill-Gvern u qatt ma jo˙ro© xi tweet fuqxi azzjoni jew xi ˙a©a li tolqot lill-OppoΩizzjoni. Sintendi ma

naqasx li jkun hemmmin semma’ li anke l-Knisja stess u l-aΩjendatag˙ha jag˙mlu qlieg˙minn fuq il-˙addiem,g˙ax fuq kollox ˙addma ja˙dem g˙alxejn.

Tfakkar l-fatt li Unjino˙ra, il-U˙M kienet uk-oll reb˙et kuntratt si-mili, u la l-Arçisqof ulanqas il-Partit Nazzjon-alista’ ma semmew jewikkritikaw dan. O˙rajn sostnew li jekk il-GWU kellha tqassam dakli jibqa’ Ωejjed, anke l-Knisja kellha tag˙mel l-istess.IΩda mbag˙ad kellek xi kummentaturi li marru fl-estrem u ˙ar©u,

kif jg˙idu l-IngliΩi “all out” b’kitbiet bla kantunieri. Hekk li kienhemm min fakkar lill-Arçisqof fil-pjaga tas-soltu – tal-qassisin l-abbuΩaw mill-minorenni. O˙rajn sa˙ansitra Ωeffnu l-Papa fin-nofs,u allegaw li dan ˙atar lill-Mons Scicluna Arçisqof ta’ Malta biexje˙les minnu mill-Vatikan.

Kien hemm min insista li bil-mod kif qed ja©ixxi l-Arçisqof qedjipperikola li jer©a’ jo˙loq il-firda li kien hawn Malta fis-sittinijietu s-sebg˙inijiet. Ma naqsux dawk li nqdew bit-tieni isem tal-Arçisqofu kull darba li rreferew g˙alih kitbu ismu hekk: Mons Charlie Ìuda(Jude) Scicluna... u dawn ma kienux l-ag˙ar kummenti li kien hemm.

Kien hemm ukoll min appo©©ja lill-Arçisqof u kiteb li fl-a˙˙arhawn Arçisqof li ma jibΩax jitkellem, li jaqbeΩ g˙all-fqir, li lest lijieqaf lill-Awtoritajiet. Fil-waqt li o˙rajn sostnew li b˙ala çittadinkellu d-dritt jitkellem - g˙alkemm fil-fatt ftit kienu li qalu li ma kel-lux dritt jikkummenta - g˙alkemm allura mbag˙ad hu wkoll kellujoqg˙od g˙all-kritika.

Dil-polemika wriet li tassew sar kambjament kbir fis-soçjeta’Maltija, g˙ax fejn snin ilu kwaΩi ˙add ma kien jissogra juΩa çertukliem fil-konfront tal-Arçisqof g˙ax jaqla kemm jifla˙ kundanni -ma nafx min kien lest li juΩa l-a©©ettiv “malizjuΩ” fil-konfront tal-Arçisqof, biex ma nsemmix kliem ie˙or. Illum g˙andek l-akbarUnjin li fi stqarrija uffiçjali tuΩa din il-kelma... u ftit ikun hemmreazzjoni ˙lief minn midja ta’ partit politiku li tg˙id li saru attakkigoffi fuq l-Arçisqof.

.. u l-Lat PolitikuSintendi ma setax jonqos li l-OppoΩizzjoni ma tie˙ux vanta©© bi

storja b˙al din. Tant hu hekk li fis-soltu diskors li l-mexxejjapolitiçi jag˙mlu kull nhar ta’ Óadd, il-Kap tal-OppoΩizzjoni g˙ameldin l-istorja b˙ala t-tema ewlenija tieg˙u. Qal li kienet qed isirdiskriminazzjoni ma’ dawn il-˙addiema billi kienu jit˙allsu inqasminn s˙abhom, li ntwera favoretiΩmu mal-GWU... u sintendi danil-kaΩ waqa’ ukoll ta˙t il-kappa tal-iskandli tal-Gvern preΩenti.

Imbag˙ad kellna n-na˙a tal-Gvern tiç˙ad li kien hemm xi fa-voretiΩmu g˙ax dik fil-fatt kienet sej˙a pubblika u li ntreb˙et mill-GWU, filwaqt li fi Ωmien Gvern Nazzjonalista’ t˙addmet skemasimili bil-˙addiema jit˙allsu biss 75% tal-paga minima, bid-dif-ferenza li issa l-˙addiema qed jing˙ataw paga u kundizzjonjietxierqa.

JiΩfen jew iΩeffnuh

Arçisqof Charles J. Scicluna

Bishop CJ Scicluna@BishopScicluna

GWU will earn €8.5m from MG jobless scheme http://www.timesof-malta.com/articles/view/20161127/local/gwu-will-earn-85m-from-gov-ernment-jobless-scheme.632135#.WDrLBk7Fao0.twitter …: Shamefulthat a Workers' Union earn €300/month on each worker. Justice?

Good meeting with Hon Minister E. Bartolo & JobsPlus CEOC. Caruana. New CWS gives workers more rights. GWU sur-plus should go to workers.

GWU has monthly surplus of circa €115 on each worker theyemploy in the new CWS. GWU should declare costs & givethe rest to the workers..

Sitt snin wara li tne˙˙a minn postu uttie˙ed fil-Ìnien Hastings biex sar il-

pro©ett ta’ tisbie˙, fil-lejl ta’ bejn il-©img˙au s-Sibt li g˙adda, il-Monument storiku

tas-7 ta’ Ìunju re©a’tpo©©a fil-postori©inali tieg˙u,f’Misra˙ San Ìor©,quddiem il-Palazz,fil-kapitali Maltijabiex jista’ jitgawda ujing˙ata l-©ie˙ lijist˙oqqlu mill-poplu Malti.

Il-monument likien ©ie inaqgurat30 sen’ilu, fis-7 ta’Ìunju tal-1986ifakkar il-©rjja tal-irvellijiet tal-1919 uli wittew it-triqg˙all-˙elsien li

Malta qedt g a w d illum.

Wara likien tne˙˙ab’mod sup-post tem-p o r a n j u ,i m m abaqa’ fil-©nien, il-fehma tal-ma©©orana tal-pubbliku Maltibaqg˙et dejjem li l-Monument jer©a’ jit-tie˙ed lura f’Misra˙ San Ìor©, qrib fejnkienet se˙˙et dik il-©rajja patrijottika metawaqt dimostrazzjonijiet ta’ protesta kontral-Gvern IngliΩ erba’ Maltin inqatlu minnsuldati Ingliżi.

Fil-jiem li ©ejjin g˙andhom isiru l-a˙˙arxog˙lijiet fuq il-post biex kollox ji©i lurag˙al li kien u l-Monument jing˙ata lura l-post li jixraqlu.

Mela l-Parlament Malti sup-post huwa mag˙mul minn65 deputat eletti ˙amsa

minn kull wie˙ed mit-13-il distrett.Saret l-elezzjoni u l-Partit Laburista©ab ma©©oranza ta’ kwaΩi 36,000vot biex tella’ 39 kandidat. Il-PartitNazzjonalista tella’ 26 kandidat.Mela l-Gvern telaq b’ma©©oranza ta’13-il si©©u. IΩda hawnhekk t˙addmu - bidliet li

kienu saru fil-Kostituzzjoni ta’ Maltafl-1987. Fl-elezzjoni ©enerali tal-1981, il-PN ©ab ma©©oranza ta’ voti,iΩda l-MLP ©ab il-ma©©oranza ta’si©©ijiet.. u allura skont il-Kostituz-zjoni kellu jiggverna l-Partit Labu-

rista. Dan qaj-jem inkwietkbir fil-pajjiΩbid-deputatiNazzjonalistisa jaslu li sa-˙ansitra jag˙-mlu Ωmien jib-bojkottjaw il-Parlament. Fis-sena 1987

kienu saru xiemendi fil-Kos-tituzzjoni li kienu jg˙idu li l-g˙add ta’deputati kellu jirrifletti l-g˙add ta’ votili j©ib kull partit. Allura biex jirriflettidan, fl-a˙˙ar elezzjoni l-Partit Naz-zjonalista ©ie mog˙ti erba’ deputatio˙ra u tela’ g˙al 30.IΩda wara battalja legali min˙abba

Ωball ta’ g˙axar voti fl-g˙add tal-vo-ti l-Partit Nazzjonalista ©ie mog˙tiΩew© si©©ijiet o˙ra, u hekk spiççab’sitt si©©ijiet aktar milli tella’.Sintendi, meta ng˙ataw dawn is-sitt

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f’din il-lista b˙ala gΩira Meditter-ranja li g˙andha kultura u li hija at-traenti g˙at-turisti. L-istorja ta’ Maltat˙addan fiha l-istorja tal-Kavallieri ug˙andha tliet siti ta’ wirt dinji –inkluΩa l-Belt Kapitali Valletta.

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A quick glimpse at AustraliaA quick glimpse at Australia

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has suggested that theMalcolm Fraser Liberal government made a mistake by re-settling people of Lebanese/Muslim background as part of

immigration policies of 1970. "The advice I have is that out ofthe last 33 people who have been charged with terrorist-relatedoffences in this country, 22 of those people are from second andthird generation Lebanese-Muslim background," he said.The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) states that arrivals of

people born in Lebanon peaked at 4,906 in 1977, with a smallerpeak of 2,600 in 1987. It further stated that since 1992 arrivalshave been relatively stable, fluctuating between 883 and 1,368persons annually.As of 2006, the number of Australians of Lebanese background

totalled 181,738 — including 16,201 people whose parents wereborn in Australia. According to figures from the ABS, more than

10.6 million Aus-tralians had at leastone grandparentborn overseas as of2011.

Labor MP TimWatts posted onFacebook that Mr.Dutton's commentswere "extraordi-nary." He added:"The Minister forImmigration seemsto think that crimi-nal behaviour by'second and thirdgeneration migrants' (AKA 'Australians,' AKA the grandchildrenof migrants) is attributable to immigration policy." In February, the ABC reported on a Cabinet document that sin-

gled out the Lebanese community as the "most prominent ethnicgroup amongst Australian Sunni extremists."

The document points to "lessons learned" after a wave of mi-gration to Australia as a result of the Lebanese civil war between1975 and 1990."Australia's historical experience with the Sunni Lebanese com-

munity illustrates potential community safety and national secu-rity risks associated with unsuccessful integration," it said.Jacinta Caroll writing in the SMH says, “Fortunately in Australia

to date the number of supporters of Islamicist extremism and ter-rorism is very low; so low. In fact, they are categorised as casesand clusters rather being statistically useful. The figure of 22 rep-resents less than 0.01 percent of the about 180,000 Australiansof Lebanese background, according to the ABS.”

Abbott calls Human Rights Commission “crook organisation”

Fraser’s immigrationpolicies criticised

Speaking more like the “PM in exile”, TonyAbbot MP (pictured right), called the

Human Rights Commission “a crook organi-sation”. Regarding the proposed amend-dment or removal of section 18C of theRacial Discrimination Act he told Sky Newsit represented another win for conservatives.

The emergence of ill-founded complaintssuch as the Queensland University of Tech-

nology case - thrown out of the FederalCourt earlier this month - had ripened thecase for reform, he argued.“The situation is quite different now than a

couple of years back” Mr. Abbott said.“We've had the Queensland students, we'vehad Bill Leak, and who knows how manyothers who haven't made it into the mediawho have been persecuted by the activist

zealots that com-prise the HumanRights Commis-sion.

“This is, if youlike, the revengeof the deplora-bles,” Tony Abbotsaid of DonaldTrump's victoryon November 8.

“All of the people who are sick of beingcalled racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamo-phobic because they don't comply with thecanons of political correctness ... all thosepeople saw Donald Trump as in some waytheir champion.”

The former Australian PM went on to say,“The moral panic about this has been com-pletely over the top. One of the encouragingthings about the election of President Trumpis that we should finally be able to see thisissue in better perspective.

“We should take reasonable steps to limitour emissions, but the last thing we shoulddo is impose socialism in the name of mis-guided environmentalism.”

The late Malcom Fraser.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton

When Emma Husar (pictured above) the new MP for Lindsay, a western Sydney elec-torate spoke in Parliament about her harrowing record of her family’s domestic vi-

olence it was revealing and indeed challenging. People stopped and listened.The member for Lindsay had decided to tell the nation something she had never revealed

to many of her closest friends and col-leagues: her experience, over 29 of her 36years, with domestic violence.

She spoke of her dad hurling food at thewall and damaging the family car so hermum couldn't escape. And of how she andher children became entangled in violencejust as her own mother had. If an MP had given such a personal speech

before, no one could remember it. Her col-leagues stood to applaud, tears runningdown their cheeks.

With a speech written in an hour beforequestion time that day, the backbencherfrom Penrith had catapulted herself to na-tional attention less than six months sincebeing elected.

After the speech, some of her parliamen-tary colleagues whispered to her that theytoo had experienced domestic violence. Po-litical staffers told her the same thing.

A quick glimpse at AustraliaA quick glimpse at Australia

Parliamentstopped to listen

to Emma

Australia Day delayed in WA

Australia’s Nationals leader andDeputy PM Barnaby Joyce hasrubbished a Grattan Institute pro-

posal to introduce a soft drink tax in Aus-tralia, saying it is a "bonkers mad" ideathat would restrict individual freedom andharm the local sugar industry.

Mr. Joyce said the proposal was a“moralistic tax” that would cause “mas-sive problems” for the local sugar industryin Queensland and NSW. “If you want todeal with being overweight, here's a sug-gestion: stop eating so much and do a bitof exercise,” Mr. Joyce said.

“This is one of these suggestions rightfrom the start we always thought wasbonkers mad but now it's getting more andmore momentum, so we have to say, 'Weare not going to be supporting a sugartax.'”Mr. Joyce said it was appropriate for the

government to increase the tobacco excisebecause all cigarettes are harmful butdrinking the occasional soft drink is not.

“Take responsibility for yourself; theAustralian Taxation Office is not going tosave you,” he said. “The ATO is not a bet-ter solution than jumping in the pool andgoing for a swim.”

Treasurer, Scott Morrison, hasdeclined to rule out a tax onsugar. Asked twice on Adelaideradio whether he supported theproposal to tax sugary drinks tofight obesity, the Treasurer saidonly that it was a well-inten-tioned suggestion, but his focuswas elsewhere for now.

Mr. Morrison repeated Mr.Joyce's line that the responsibilityfor diet rested primarily with par-ents. Mr. Morrison's stanceechoed Health Minister SusanLey, who said on Tuesday thegovernment did not support a sugar tax atthis time but would continue to consider ev-idence.

Australian Food and Grocery Councilchief executive, Garry Dawson, said therewas no evidence that a sugar tax wouldhave any effect on obesity. He said that even the Grattan Institute ac-

knowledged in its report that the effects ofa sugar tax would be a negligible few hun-dred grams less weight for the averageAustralian, and the $520 million cost ofthe proposal would far outweigh any ben-efits.

Soft drink tax ‘Bonkers mad’

AWestern Australian port city will delaycelebrating Australia's national day

after consulting with Aboriginal elders.The Australia Day public holiday marks

the arrival of Britain's First Fleet on 26 Jan-uary 1788. Celebrations are held around thecountry, but many Indigenous Australiansrefer to it as “invasion day.”

Fremantle council said it would hold a“culturally inclusive alternative" on 28 Jan-uary instead. The celebrations would in-clude citizenship ceremonies that havepreviously happened on Australia Day.“We were never trying to say to people theycouldn't do anything or shouldn't do any-thing on Australia Day,” Fremantle mayorBrad Pettitt told the West Australian news-paper. “That's for other people to judge.We're simply offering what I think is a re-ally good alternative.”However, prominent Aboriginal elder and

former Western Australian of the Year,Robert Isaacs, criticised the city's decision.

“That's not in the spirit of the Australiaway," he told the ABC, adding the decisiondid not "stand up" with him. He said thecouncil "should not be playing around withwhite politics and black politics.”

Barnaby Joyce MP

In a chapter onmigration Casharemarks: “theynow sung abouttheir homeland,family, andfriends they leftbehind. Theysang about theirbattle with home-sickness. Theysang about theprejudices theyencountered inthe new countrieswhere they weremerely outsidersseeking accept-ance.

“Some sangabout the in-equality andharsh workingconditions. Someabout the freezingclimate to whichthey were not accustomed, havingcome from the Mediterranean, orconversely the oppressing heat theytoiled in. Many sang about the lone-liness of living in rural areas, in iso-lation on their farms or working asfarm hands. “Others, who were employed in sug-

arcane plantations, engaged in back-breaking work and suffocating heatand sang about their difficult plight.One must remember that many Mal-tese had to face the culture shock ofleaving a generally urbanised envi-ronment in Malta, to surviving in avast land where in some cases yournext-door neighbour lived milesaway.”

Other songs deal with the tragediesof war which some singers experi-enced personally. Perhaps the mostpoignant is one about a tragedy thatoccurred in an air-raid shelter inMalta. The author cannot erase fromhis mind the faces of the dead chil-dren, which he helped to pull outfrom under the rubble, and he trans-

formed his grief into a heart-rendingsong.Casha states that, as a musician, he

entered the G˙ana field ‘to under-stand, discover and try and preserveand cultivate a very special part ofMaltese culture in Melbourne.’

The question of course arises: willthe second and subsequent genera-tion be interested in this type ofmusic? Casha is optimistic about

this. He remarks: ‘It might not becommonly known that 95% of‘g˙annejja’, past and present, livingin Melbourne started their careersafter they emigrated….

It is just as remarkable to discoverthat most lead guitarists (primi) inMelbourne were actually born andbred in Melbourne suburbs and somehave never seen Malta.’

So the future of playing Maltesefolksongs seems to be assured. Thesame, however, cannot be said aboutthe art of actually creating the songsthemselves, which depends, amongother things, on a deep grasp of theMaltese language together with thenecessity of being able to provide im-promptu rhyming.

Casha states: “it is a fact that whileAustralia produced some wonderfulplayers, no indigenous g˙annej hasbeen produced… so far”. Even so, theinterest shown by these young play-ers has helped to maintain a level ofcommand of the language. Cashasays: “while young players ‘cannot

sing and rhyme, [they] can speak thelanguage a lot more fluently sincetaking up the Maltese guitar”.

In this book we find a comprehen-sive section on writers of and G˙anasingers in Australia. They came inlarge numbers in the post-war period,particularly in the 1950s and 60s.While their experience of life inMalta still informs a lot of the topicstreated in their songs, with time, thelocal element starts to find its wayinto the song.

He writes: “Many writers in Aus-tralia ‘kept writing on traditionallines and on topics, which relatedmore to the Maltese environmenteven though they had lived in Aus-

tralia for a num-ber of years….[and particu-larly] to a Maltathey rememberedfrom childhood.”

It is curious tonote that the vastmajority of folk-singers are men.This is not sur-prising in view ofthe origin ofG˙ana, whichoccurred mostlyin bars to whichfew women werewelcome. Theaggressive natureof the interactionbetween differentfolk-singers wasalso more suit-able to the malerather than thefemale character.

However, several women did takepart in folk singing, inventing theirown particular brand, known asG˙ana tal-banju, (or ‘washer-womenfolksongs’). Their songs were usuallymuch less aggressive; they did not in-dulge in contests to prove who is thebetter singer.

Interesting also, Casha commentsthat women sing in a different key tomen female singers sing in higher reg-ister. Men prefer the more aggressivekey of G, which ‘creates the anticipa-tion of the contest or battle’ whereaswomen prefer the key of C, which ‘cre-ates a happier anticipation.’Casha has analysed the structure of

these G˙ana in great detail. He goesover the various types of G˙ana, ex-plaining the structure of this artform, for those of us who have neverreally bothered to enquire into the in-tricacies and genius behind the abil-ity of extemporising rhyming verse inan impromptu fashion.

Continued in the next issue

The Future of Maltese Folksong (Part 2)

Profs MauriceCauchi

Focusing on a book by Manuel Casha about

Maltese folk-singing (Ghana)

The vast majority offolk-singers are men

The Maltese Presepjuat Kurnell

Once again the MaltesePresepju (crib) locatedat 37 Captain Cook

Drive Kurnell on the shoresof Botany Bay, South of Syd-ney, a stone’s throw awayfrom where Captain JamesCook first landed in Aus-tralia back in 1770 will beopened for the public to visitduring the month of Decem-ber.

Two Maltese from the vil-lage of Mosta originally builtthis Presepju. It took VictorSammut eight months tobuild it back in 2008, whileJoe il-Mosti Deguara outlaidthe money. All the figurines(pasturi) were brought fromMalta.

The Nativity Scene depict-ing a village life in Bethlehem2016 years ago went on dis-play for the first time at St.James Presbyterian Churchin Kurnell, during theirChristmas Carols in 2008.

In the presence of 250 peo-ple Joe gave an explanationand an interpretation of theMaltese Presepju, and howimportant it is to the Maltesepeople as during the Christ-mas period practically everyhouse in Malta has a Presepjuon display .

The Maltese Presepju that

has been on display to thepublic at the current locationin Kurnell every Christmas,over the years has been fea-tured in the media, particu-larly the former MalteseHerald, The Sutherland andSt George Leader, The Kur-nell Village News and TheVoice of the Maltese

Since it was first built, manyinteresting objects have beenadded to it such as an au-thentic waterfall. This year isno exception. The Presepjuhas been enlarged by 1.5square meters as a miniaturefarm and the Garden ofOlives have been added. Itnow measures 2.7 meterswide, 1.5 meter high, and 1.5meter deep. The 250 figurineson display range in size from.075 mm to .270 mm high.

The Sutherland and StGeorge Maltese Group willbe having their annual BBQon December 14 in front ofthe Presepju with Joe Galealeading the Group withChristmas Carols.

The Presepju is open to thepublic every Friday, Satur-day and Sunday from 7.00pm till late. Groups wantingto visit during the day shouldcontact Joe Deguara on 0408966 877 for an appointment.

A Christmas crib with the Maltese touch

The recent annual general meeting of the Maltese Commu-nity Council of NSW has confirmed its president, and

v/president for another year and elected Frances Montesin tooccupy the position of secretary. It also endorsed all the toppositions and nominated Lawrence Dimech as life memberfor his contribution to the Council since its inception.

The full committee is made up of: President: EmanuelCamilleri; V/President: Mark Caruana; Secretary: FrancesMontesin; A/Secretary: Tony Pace Feraud; Treasurer:George Bartolo; A/Treasurer: Alfred Pace; PRO: LawrenceDimech; Administrative Officer: Marisa Previtera.

The meeting also nominated Dr. G. Lee MP and JuliaOwens MP as patrons. Lino Vella acted as returning officer.The MCC of NSW is an umbrella body of 13 affiliated as-

sociations that represents them in matters of national im-portance. It also conducts the Maltese Language School ofNSW, the largest of its kind in Australia, supervises eightday-care Maltese groups, a Men’s Only Group, computerclasses and a well stocked computerised Maltese Library.

The MCC also employs a part-time Maltese develop-ment/Welfare officer who can be reached on: 0414 863 123.

MCCV committee for next two years

The Maltese Community Council of Victoria held its an-nual general meeting recently at the Maltese Centre at

Parkville and elected a new executive committee for thenext two years.

The new committee is made up: President: Victor Borg;v/Presidents: Joseph Stafrace and Dr Edwin Borg-Manché;Secretary: Andrew Gatt; A/Secretary: Antonia Camilleri;Treasurer: Paul Borg; A/Treasurer: Vacant; Welfare Direc-tor: Rosemary Attard; Social Secretary: Mrs Rita Pullicino;PRO: VacantThe Maltese Community Council of Victoria, Inc’s address

is at 477 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052. It can bereached by Phone: (03) 9387 8922; Fax: (03) 9387 8309;Email: admin@mccv.org.au | Website: www.mccv.org.au.Editor: Dr Edwin Borg-Manché; Sub-Editor: Andrew Gatt.

The MCC (NSW) – an excellent service to the Maltese community

Aktar regoli u tag˙rif uffiçjali dwar kif wie˙ed g˙andu jikteb il-Malti,ma˙ru© mill-Kummissjoni fi ˙dan l-Akkademja tal-Malti.

Tag˙rif dwaril-kitba Maltija

L-ERBGÓIN REGOLAF’taqsima ta’ kelma, kull wa˙da mill-ittri konso-

nanti j jew w tmur mal-vokali li tissie˙eb mag˙ha.

G˙alhekk fuq it-taqsim ta’ tfaj-jel, ˙aj-jar, sej-jer,daw-war, daw-wal, ©ej-ja, sew-wa, ˙dej-ja bl-ittra j u wli jissie˙bu mal-le˙en ta’ kull vokali f’taqsima ta’kelma, niktbu tfajjel, ˙ajjar, sejjer, dawwar, dawwal,©ejja, sewwa, dejja, waqt li fuq it-taqsim ta’ tfajla, aj-ra, sej-ra, daw-ra, dawl, ©ej, sew bl-ittri j u w li jissie˙bumal-vokali tal-ewwel taqsima jew ta’ taqsimawa˙da, niktbu tfajla, ˙ajra, sejra, dawra, dawl, ©ej, sewu mhux tfajjla, ajjra, sejjra, dawwra, dawwl, ©ejj, seww.

G˙alhekk ng˙idu wkoll:Il-WIEÓED UERBGÓIN REGOLA

F’taqsima ta’ kelma sew l-ittra konsonanti j kemmukoll l-ittra konsonanti w, ma jistg˙ux jing˙aqdumal-vokali bil-˙oss ta’ ittra mtennija.G˙alhekk newlu u mhux newwlu, qajmu u mhux qa-

Il-WIEÓED UERBGÓIN REGOLAL-ittri konsonanti j u w jitilfu s-sura ta’ ittri konso-

nanti u jinkitbu vokali i u u, meta:

(2) meta sew fil-bidu kemm ukoll f’tarf il-kelma, il-konsonanti j u w ma g˙andhomx qabilhom jewwarajhom vokali li ting˙aqad mag˙hom b’˙oss ta’Ωew© il˙na (dittong).G˙alhekk niktbu: biex idoqq, biex imur u mhux biex

bdew. Hekkukoll rimi umhux rimj, xiri umhux xirj, mixi u mhux mixj, waqt li mbag˙ad rimja,xirja, mixja u mhux rimia, xiria, mixia.

(1) illi l-vo-kali â, î u û bl-aççent twil qeg˙din dejjemflok ittra jew ittri konsonanti talistess le˙en jew il˙namixrubin f’le˙en wie˙ed.

EΩ. mâr, sâr, târ, bîr, tîr, ©îr, bût, xhûd, ˙ût, kollhamnisslin minn suriet o˙ra ta’ mawar, sawar, sajar,tajar, bijr, eçç.

(2) illi l-vokali a, i, u f’tarf il-kelma huma aktarx ittrili jsarrfu daqs konsonanti u g˙alhekk ji©i li f’tiswiril-kelma jie˙du s-sura ta’ konsonanti jew ta’ aççenttwil. G˙alhekk minn mela (verb), mliet; kelma, kelmiet;xebba, xebbiet; beda, bdiet, ukoll bdejna. G˙alhekkminn rimi nag˙mlu rimja; minn mixi, mixja bil-kon-sonanti j flok i meta ta˙bat ting˙aqad ma’ vokali.

G˙alhekk ukoll minn ˙elu, ©eru, felu nag˙mlu˙elwa, ©erwa, felwa, kif ukoll minn ˙adu (huma),nag˙mlu ˙adûh (huma ˙adu lilu) l-u tbiddlet f’ûb’aççent twil.

Nag˙Ωlu g˙alhekk bejn l-u ta’ (hu) ˙adu (hu ˙a lilu)fejn l-u b˙ala pronom hija vokali, u l-u ta’ (huma)˙adu fejn din l-ittra hija Ωieda ta’ ittra konsonanti(servili) li taqdi t-tielet persuna fl-g˙add imkattar tal-verb (passat) u li skont ir-regola li tajna tie˙u s-suratal-vokali billi qabilha jew warajha m’g˙andhiexvokali.

T.ç. B˙alma nsemmg˙u saddew, mlew, mxew ji©i wkollli f’˙alq in-nies tar-ra˙al tinkixef il-g˙amla tal-ittrakonsonanti f’tarf il-kelma u flok qatlu, ©ibdu jin-stema’ l-le˙en ta’ w bil-vokali mag˙ha f’qatlew,©ibdew.

l-li©i dwar il-Malti. Jidher li se jkunhemm tibdil fil-kompoΩizzjoni tal-Kunsill tal-Malti u li se tid˙ol klaw-sola li fid-deçiΩjonijiet tieg˙u danil-Kunsill irid jikkonsulta r-rap-preΩentanti tal-Maltin li jg˙ixubarra.

Wie˙ed jittama fost kollox, li danil-Kunsill jag˙mel xi ˙a©a biexiwaqqaf il-mod kif il-Malti ftit ftitqed jitkisser bid-d˙ul ta’ kliem bar-rani li m’g˙andniex bΩonnu g˙axg˙andna l-kelma Maltija.

B˙ala eΩempju (lemin), araw xikliem u˙ud waslu juΩaw fuq it-tele-viΩjoni meta jitkellmu dwar it-tisjir.

Tinteressak il-kitbau trid tippubblika?

Qarrejja li j˙ossu li g˙andhomtalent g˙all-kitba, l-aktar bl-

Ilsien Malti, imma mhux biss, jew lijkunu jridu li kitbiet tag˙hom ji©uppublikati f’The Voice of the Mal-tese, qed ji©u m˙e©©a jibag˙tu l-kitbiet tag˙hom, li ja˙sbu li jkunuta’ interess g˙al qarrejja o˙ra, b’e-mail lil: maltesevoice@gmail.com.PereΩempju jinteressa lill-qarrejja

stejjer dwar kif forsi waslu g˙ad-deçiΩjoni li j˙allu art twelidhom,Malta biex jemigraw g˙al art o˙rabil-g˙an li jfittxu ©ejjieni a˙jar.

Il-Malti mkisser

With the arrival of thewarm spring weath-

er, the very active groupof Maltese seniors re-cently enjoyed a big dayout in one of the many ac-tivities that are enjoyed bythis lively group of sen-iors.

With our trusty community bus, andfriendly driver, the group departed fromthe St Theresa’s Church Hall at FairfieldHeights with the first stop along the scenicGeorges River National Park for a deli-cious morning tea of homemade Maltesesweets and biscuits. The group then enjoyed a leisurely walk

along the foreshore of the Georges River.After a while, we set off to visit historic

La Perouse, where we enjoyed a lovely af-ternoon by the seaside. A great lunch offish and chips was had by many of thegroup, while others brought a picnic lunch.

Then for the more active part, a walk tovisit Bare Island and the historic fort. Oth-ers from the group just preferred to sit inthe lovely park area to soak in the stunningviews, relax under the giant trees along the

shore and chat happilywith their friends.A great time was had by

all, and now the group islooking forward to itsChristmas Party in De-cember that will includelots of dancing, singingand great food to beshared with friends.

The group is supportedby a Welfare Service of theMaltese Community Cou-ncil of NSW. Anyonewishing to join this groupis requested to get in touchwith Marisa Previtera, theWelfare Officer, on 0414863 123 for information.

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Carols by Candlelightis-Sibt 10 ta’ Diçembru fil-5.00pm

Jie˙u sehem il-Kor tal-G˙aqda Kulturali ta’NSW b’g˙anjiet tal-Milied bil-Malti u l-IngliΩ

Ikun hemm ukoll Il-Priedka tat-Tifel ux-Xena tan-Nattivita` mit-tfal.

Ikun preΩenti wkoll Santa Claus lijqassam ir-rigali lit-tfal.

Se tkun lejla ta divertiment g˙all familja kollhaEjjew u gibu r-rigali g˙at-tfal tag˙kom

Tag˙rif: George Zahra: 0407 434 651, jew il-klabb: 9838 1111

Óamrun Association Ltd ABN: 22 080 314 156

Big day out for

Fairfield Active Seniors

Venue: Our Lady Queen of PeaceSan George Preca Centre

(previously known as The Parish Centre)

Date: Thursday December 15 at 7.30pm

Join our MCA Choir in our Carol singing

Finger food and drinks will be served

You may renew your annual membership of $5 on

the night. Financial members free entry.

Non members $10 or become a member on the

night. Phone: Mary Ramundi on 96881432

invites all its members to its

Annual Christmas PartyAnnual Christmas Party

The Maltese Cultural

Association of NSW Inc STEDINAIl-Fathers ta' Stanley Street East Sydney

jistiednu lill-kommunita` Maltija g˙aç-çelebrazzjoni tal-Milied,

is-Sibt 24 ta’ Dicembru 2016fil-Kappella ta' San Pawl

(De Piro House 19 Stanley Street East Sydney)Fil-11.30 pm: kant u g˙anjiet tal-Milied, immexxijaminn John Beale. F'nofs il-lejl tibda l-quddiesa bil-

priedka tal-Milied bil-Malti, minn Noah Muscat.Wara kulhadd huwa mistieden g˙al kafe` jew te`

G˙al tag˙rif ie˙or çemplu lilFr Tarcisio Micallef MSSP fuq: 9380 8398.F'isem il-Fathers Maltin, Fr Tarcisio Micallef

jixtieq il-Milied qaddis, barka u Sena Ìdida 2017,mimlija b'hena u riΩq. Jirringrazzja wkoll lil kull

min b’xi mod jew ie˙or ikkopera mas-SoçjetaMissjunarja ta’ San Pawl u s-saçerdoti Maltin,

matul l-2016.

Maltese Radio ProgrammesMELBOURNE, on 3ZZZ 92.3FM or onwww.3zzz.com.au. Mondays 5pm, Fri-days 5pm, Saturdays 10am.; LastWednesday each month at 1pm.

MELBOURNE on 98.9 North West FM,every Friday 6.00 - 7.00p.m. and Mondays7.00 to 8.00pm. Presenter: EmmanuelBrincat.

MELBOURNE: STEREO 974(93180930): 97.4FM Wed (Maltese Mag-azine) & Thursday (Mer˙ba): 6.00pm to8.00 pm Co-ordinator – Ray Anastasi

In SYDNEY, listen to the MCC radio pro-grammes on 2GLF FM 89.3. Thursdays2p.m. to 4p.m. Martese Caruana presentsGolden Mix. Available on demand. Followsame procedure as for MCC programmes, ex-cept select programe in reference.

In BRISBANE listen to the Maltese Pro-gramme on 4EB on Tuesdays 6.00 -8.15am; Sundays 4.15pm to 5.15pm

UNCLE SAM DJ (Maltese Radio) tunein to link: www.unclesamdj.com

Listen to John Borg & Ronnie Borgevery Saturday at 1.00 p.m. on RADIO2RRR 88.5FM or on the Internet -www2rrr.org.au ON DeMAND

The SBS MALTESE NEWS L-A˙barijiet on SBS TV twice a week nationwide Sunday at8.00 am on SBS2 (Chan. 32); Thursdays at 8.00 am on SBS2

Tune In to Radio and Television

Day Care Maltese Groupsmeetings in NSW

Fairfield Active Maltese SeniorsMeets on the first Tuesday of the Month.Group meets in Parish Hall, cnr of StellaStreet & The Boulevard, Fairfield Heights.Maltese Seniors Central CoastHave to contact our Welfare Officer foran appointment. For all information andreferral matters call Censina Cefai: 02439 000 12 or 0414 267 652Daceyville Maltese Seniors

Meets on the last Wednesday of themonth in the Meeting Room One, No. 3General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville.Note: The Groups also arrange regular Bus TripsJoin us and make new friends.

*(All Groups are co-ordinated by The Maltese Community Council of NSW) with asponsorship from Multicultural NSW. Please contact the MCC Welfare Officer: MarisaPrevitera JP on 0414 863 123. The MCC offices are at 59b Franklin Street (corner withYoung St) Parramatta West NSW (next to West Parramatta Primary School).

Merrylands Social Maltese SeniorsMeets every second Friday of themonth; Miller Room, Memorial AvenueMerrylands from 10.30am to 12.30 am

Llandilo Maltese SeniorsMeets on the first Wednesday of eachmonth at the Llandilo Community Hall,Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1 pm.

Maltese of Bankstown Group meet 3rd Wednesday of the monthat New BCRG offices 15 Kitchner Parade,Bankstown NSW (opposite RSL Club).Every other 3rd Thursday they have anouting. For enquiries call Sam 9534 2357

Greystanes Maltese SeniorsMeets on the second Monday of eachmonth at the George Preca Centre ofOLQP Church, 198 Old Prospect Road,Greystanes from 10 am to 12 noon

The Sutherland & St George Maltese Group

Meets every First Wednesday of the Monthfrom 10:00am-1:00pm. Meetings/Get To-gethers are interesting, informative & en-tertaining, so come Join us and make newFriendsFor more information contact our Coor-

dinator: Charles Mifsud J.P.Phone (02)9501 5525 – mobile 0421 662 298.

L-a˙barijiet tal-PBS (Malta)kemm bil-Malti u wkoll bl-IngliΩ

G˙alkemm il-PBS ta’ Malta tforni lill-SBS fl-Awstralja bis-servizz tag˙ha, il-qarrejja m˙e©©a wkoll biex x’˙in iridujid˙lu fil-website:www.tvm.com.mt ujsegwu l-a˙barijiet ta’ Malta, bil-Maltiu bl-IngliΩ.Il-website hi a©©ornata l-˙in kollu bil-

Isma’ l-programm tar-radju bil-Malti mill-Kunsill Malti ta’NSW minn fuq l-istazzjon

2GLF 89.3FM.Jista’ wkoll jinstema’ On Demand

minn fuq l-Internet www.893fm.com.au(On Demand >Ethnic >Maltese Council 11am)

On SBS RadioDay Time Analogue and Digital

Friday: 12:00-13:00 97.7fm SBS Radio 2Saturday: 14:00-15:00: 97.7fm SBS Radio 2To tune into digital radio you need a re-ceiver or device with a DAB+ chip. Tuningin is by station name not frequency. Digitalradio can also be heard via digital TV.

SBS Radio 2 is on Channel 38.The radio programmes can be accessed on-line (live or catch up) at sbs.com.au/malteseand via mobile phone, using the SBSRadio app. For television news fromMalta - SBS 2 TV on Thursdays andSundays at 8am.

VIVA MALTA on COAST FM 96.3Community Radio in Gosford Central

NSW. Aired on Thursdays every fortnight from 6 pm -7 pm. Presenter: Nathalie Gatt.

Web streaming on: www.coastfm.org.au.Maltese Down Under TV

Screens on Melbourne’s C31 (channel 44)Sundays @4pm; Mondays at 2p.m.; Tues-days @2.30 pm. Others in Australia/theWorld can watch via live stream on:www.c31.org.au/series/1313 or the c31 app.Also on demand: www.c31.org.au/series/1313

Kull qalb trid o˙ra

Biex tipproduçi magazine b˙al dan, liwara kollox hu frott tal-passjoni li

g˙andna biex fost kollox inwasslutag˙rif interessanti lill-Maltin barraminn art twelidhom, ma jin˙tie©x bissxo-g˙ol u ˙in, imma wkoll spejjeΩ.Biex jittaffew u˙ud minn dawn l-ispej-

jeΩ qed nippruvaw insibu sponsors ˙allijg˙inuna. G˙ad m’g˙andniex biΩΩejjedminn-hom, imma bdejna, u ta’ minjag˙tihom ˙ajr.

Kif jg˙id il-Malti, kull qalb trido˙ra, g˙alhekk in˙e©©u lill-qarrejjatag˙na biex i©ibu dan quddiemg˙ajnejhom u kemm jista’ jkunjuΩaw is-servizzi u/jew jixtru l-prodotti ta’ dawk li qed jirreklamawfil-u/jew jisponsorjaw il-magazine.

Meeting every last Tuesday of the month

A special group for men. Meetings at 10 amat The Maltese Resource Centre, 59b Franklin

Street, Mays Hill (Parramatta West).Meet friends and enjoy Maltese food.

For more information: Emanuel 0409 744 376

•Jistiednu nisa u r©iel Mal-tin li j˙obbu l-lawn bowlsbiex jing˙aqdu mag˙hom,jie˙du sehem fil-log˙ob ujag˙mlu ˙bieb ©odda.

• Jilqg˙u wkoll lil dawk li jixtiequjitg˙allmu jilag˙bu dan l-isport. Dawnjing˙ataw lezzjonijiet b’xejn.• Jilag˙bu log˙ba darba fix-xahar fir-Rose-hill Bowling Club u klabbs o˙ra.• G˙al aktar tag˙rif çemplu lis-segretarju,Tony Pace-Feraud (0400 376 607) jew emaillil: maltesebowlersnsw@hotmail.comIl-logħba li jmiss hi il-Ħadd 11 ta' Diċembrufis-10:00am. Wara jkun hemm l-AnnualAwards Presentations u l-ikla tal-Milied fil-Club

IL-MALTESE BOWLERSSOCIAL GROUP TA’ NSW

In response to a number of inquiries, we wish to inform readersof The Voice of the Maltese magazine that we can now supply

hard copies in colour of the magazine to our readers who requstit, at a price. Therefore, anybody interested in acquiring copies ofthe (printed) magazine is kindly requested to get in touch with uspersonally or by email to: maltesevoice@gmail.com.

The magazine can also be delivered by post at a price to anystate in Australia. As the cost of postage varies from state tostate, one is kindly requested to get in touch with us to work outthe details.

Printed copies of The Voice of The Maltese

L-g˙aqdiet tal-Maltin li jkunujridu jag˙mlu xi avviΩi u/jew li

jirreklamaw f’The Voice of the Mal-tese huma m˙e©©a biex jg˙arrfu lit-tmexxija ta’ The Voice bix-xewqatag˙hom minn kmeni. Barra min-hekk, jekk ikunu iridu jibag˙tu ximaterjal g˙all-pubblikazzjoni jin˙-tie© jag˙mlu dan mil-inqas ©img˙aqabel il-pubblikazzjoni.

Tajjeb tkun taf

Maltese Community Council of NSW Inc.

Invitation for celebrations marking Fr. Claude Borg’s 65 years of priesthood

The Maltese Community Council of NSW is offering its support inorganising Fr. Claude Borg MSSP’s celebration of 65 years to the

priesthood, a milestone in his pastoral care towards Maltese migrantsin Australia.

The Cardinal and the current Bishop of Parramatta will be invitedto the celebration, a concelebrated Mass at Horsley Park ParishChurch on Sunday Dec. 11 at 11.30 am. Fr Claude was the first Mal-tese parish priest at Horsley Park in the sixties.After Mass, there will be light refreshments at the Marion Hall. One

is kindly asked to bring a plate to share on this joyous occasion.This is a formal invitation for associations to promote and lend their

support in making this milestone, in Fr Claude’s priestly career, a me-morial occasion.More details: John Beale: 0416 449 816 or email john@korenbeale.com

CELEBRATE 2017 WITH US!!! New Years Eve Dinner Dance

Saturday December 31 from 7.00pm at the Hamrun Club premises

Enjoy a three-course meal (drinks to be purchased at the bar)

Entertainment for the night to be provided by the Duo Charlie and Frank, and also a floor show from

Kaytlyn Vella and her Sisters Donations: Adults $45; Kids U/12: $20

For more information: George Zahra 0407434651 or the Club 98381111

Óamrun Association Ltd ABN: 22 080 314 156

La Valette Social Centre

Christmas Programme

SATURDAY December 24: Centreopens at 6pm.with normal trading. Enter-tainment by DJ. 10.30 p.m.: Procession andChristmas Carols by La Valette choir underthe direction by Mro. Victor Flordia. Christ-mas pageant arranged by Greg Caruanatheme (Christmas Message), Christmas MassSermon by Sabian Caruana, and MidnightMass by Fr Noel Bianco.

SATURDAY December 31: New Year’sEve Dinner Dance. Three-course meal,fresh fruit, soft drink and two bottles wineon each table. $50 members; non mem-bers $55, children 6 -12yrs $30.

Book early for the best tables

Entertainment by Charlie Camilleri and Rock-ing Mustangs

For information/booking: La Valette: 9622 5847;Antoinette: 9671 2992; Frances: 0412 320432

(There will be no bingo or G˙ana due to dinner dance)

Hibernians and Birkirkaraknocked out of FA Trophy

Hibernians and Birkirkarasuffered unexpected defeats

and were both eliminated fromthe FA Trophy competition inRound 3. Hibernians lost 3-2 toDivision 1 side Senglea, whileBirkirkara lost 3-0 to St An-drews. In other results, Sliemadefeated Mosta 3-2, Lija beatPieta 2-0, and Marsa got the bet-ter of Gozitan side Xewkija 3-2

On Day 14 of the Premier League in Malta, Balzanmet their waterloo in Floriana as they were beaten

3-1 by a superior side, and with Hibernians beatingMosta comfortably by 2-0, the Paolites leapfroggedover Balzan to take a two-point lead in the standings.

Floriana were deserved vic-tors and are now among thetop challengers in fourth place,two behind Balzan. Hamrun Spartans piled on the

pressure on Birkirkara by beat-ing them 2-0. Birkirkara had aplayer sent off in the second-half.

Balzan played all the secondhalf with ten men afterhaving a player red carded.

In the previous roundboth Balzan and Hiberni-ans took all three points ineasy wins over Pembrokeand Sliema respectively,while Valletta dropped twopoints in a scoreless drawwith Mosta. However, theyrecovered in the next gameto beat Pembroke 3.0.

will take on the Philippines National Rugby League atthe Cabramatta Rugby League Club's New Era Stadium.

The last game the Maltese played to an Australian au-dience was in May 2015, when they lost 34-16 toLebanon. On the same day, but three hours earlier, theU17's Junior International Maltese Heritage will also bein action against the Philippines U/17

The Philippines will be tough opposition. They de-feated 11th ranked Serbian Rugby League Federation18-12 at the same venue in February 2016.

Malta’s Rugby League (MRL) national team, the Malta Knights are to take part inan RLIF Sanctioned International Rugby League test match in Sydney, Australiaon Saturday February 4. It will be only the second time in the last 10 years. They

DAY 13

Balzan v PembrokeHibernians v Sliema W.Valletta v Mosta Birkirkara v Tarxien R.Floriana v St AndrewsHamrun v Gzira

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RESULTS – DAY 14

Floriana v BalzanHibernians v Mosta Valletta v Pembroke Hamrun v BirkirkaraSliema W. v GziraTarxien R. v St Andrews

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Spor ts Spor ts

Four athletes, two males and twp females repre-sented Malta at the the 2016 IFBB Mediterranean

Championships in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon andended up winning medals. Ralph Decelis, the president of the Malta Federation

of Bodybuilding and Fitness won silver medal withsecond place in the 90kg class, while Roderick Theu-ma won bronze in the 85kg category.

When it comes to women bodybuilders, BlancheCoppola, who a few days earlier had won silver at theWorld Fitness Championships with Ralph Decelis inthe Mixed Pairs, finished fourth in physique class inLisbon. Hannah Grech also put up a good show butdid not managed a top four finish.

Tiziana Carannante (right) won thefirst-ever gold medal for Malta at the

VII Commonwealth Tenpin BowlingChampionships (CTBC) in Johannes-burg, South Africa and Team Malta alsocreated championship history with aGold/Bronze result in the Women’s Sin-gles as Sue Abela – a former silvermedallist - won the bronze. The silverwent to Australia’s Bec Whiting.

Malta was on track to repeat theGold/Silver result in the Singles until 29year-old Tiziana Carannante also over-came a slow first game and stormedhome with a 246 final game. Going intoGame 6, compatriot Sue Abela’s leadlooked unassailable but Carannante’sstrong finish clinched Gold with a 220.8average.The Gold/Bronze result is a historic

benchmark for Team Malta which hascompeted in every CTBF Championship.A thrilled Tiziana who was competingfor only the second time in a CTBFChampionship since her first appearancetwo years ago in Malaysia, jumped forjoy with the success. “I’m on anotherplanet!” she exclaimed.

The Malta pair of Tiziana and Sueposted lines of 490, 462 and 457 in thefinal three games to also secure the Sil-ver medal in the Women’s Doublesevent, overtaking the Australian duo ofDena Buxton and Bec Whiting who suf-

HiberniansBalzanVallettaFlorianaBirkirkaraHamrun S.Sliema WSt AndrewsTarxien R.MostaGzira UPembroke

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Standing P W D L Pts

With their nearest challengers, thetwo Melbourne clubs being held

to identical 1-1 results, after beatingNewcastle away 2-0, leaders SydneyFC, managed to increase their lead atthe top of the league ladder at the endof Day 9 to six points.

In the previous round, Sydney FCwere held to their second drawn result,a scoreless one at home by bottom side

Adelaide enabling Melbourne City tonarrow the gap in the higher reaches.

That was the surprise result of theround. It was as if to say that with theircomfortable lead they could afford aslip now and then. Melbourne Victoryincreased their challenge to crosstownrivals City for the runner up spot witha 2-1 home win. They stand a pointbehind but hava a game in hand.

RESULTS – DAY 9

Newcastle J v Sydney FC Melbourne C v Brisbane Melbourne V v Perth GAdelaide v WellingtonCentral Coast v W. Sydney

Sydney FC v AdelaideMelbourne C v WellingtonMelbourne V v Newcastle JW. Sydney v BrisbaneCentral Coast v Perth G.

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Sydney FC 6-point lead restored as opponents are held

Hibernians take lead after Balzan loss

Bowling: Malta creates history with gold at CTBC in S. Africa

Malta Knights (Rugby League) to play in Sydney

fered an uncharacteristic lapse in thefinal match. Gold went to Malysian pairof Shalin Zulkifli and Siti Amirah

Medals for Maltese at IFBB Med. C’ships

A-League:

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