Public Holidays Review Committee established
A committee has been established to review the current list
of public holidays, Chief Minister the Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal
announced
Monday. Membership of the Public Holidays Review Committee was
approved by Executive Council recently.
Membership will comprise of one person each from the H. L. Stoutt
Community College Virgin Islands Studies Programme, the BVI Chamber
of Commerce and Hotel Association, the Ministry of Education
and Culture, the National Youth Council, the BVI Bankers Association,
the
Labour Department and one person each from the sister islands
of Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke. There would also
be a
representative from the small business community, a historian
and the Chief Information Officer as members of the committee.
The terms of reference are as follows: “Having regard to
the cultural and historical significance of public holidays and
to the economic costs
thereof to the territory, to review the current list of statutory
holidays and make recommendations for changes in the list, on
the understanding
that the overall number of holidays should not be increased and
to report by 31st March 2001.”
Chief Minister O’Neal said the review would encompass all
holidays, without special focus on any particular day. “We
hope that this committee
will soon get down to business.”
There are currently about 13 public holidays in the territory.
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