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Issue 81 oonnlliinnee mmaaggaazziinnee August 5, 2014 Entrance to Valletta.... then and now Inset is the gate to Valletta as it was prior to 1964 Two pictures that tell a very in - teresting story. On right is Stra- da Reale, Kingsway, before it was adequately renamed as Re - public Street, as pictured from above Porta Reale (Kings Gate) towards the city as it used to be. The other picture (below) sho- ws the new entrance from in - side the city, at the beginning of Tommaso Dingli, during the rule which became "Putirjal" in Mal - Republic Street, until recently of Grandmaster Antoine de Pa- tese, and "Kingsway" in English. known as Freedom Square. ule, replaced Porta San Giorgio . The old gate was pulled down Once inside City Gate, the pic - Dingli's design consisted of a in 1964 to be replaced by the new ture above is how the entrance central archway with a smaller City Gate. It was part of a project used to look like before 1964 arch at each side, and a wooden that never materialised, that of when the main entrance through drawbridge across the deep, redeveloping the entrance to Val - the bastions into the city was dry moat that lies immediately letta and the Royal Opera House. originally known as the Gate of outside the walls of Valletta. Its Italian modernism design was St George and then Porta Reale . In 1853, at the height of British the source of much controversy. It was designed by military en - rule over Malta, a new gate de - It pleased nobody but the people gineer Francesco Laparelli de signed by a certain Col. Thomp - who took the decision to replace Carotona during the reign of son of the Royal Engineers was the old one. Grandmaster Jean Parisot de erected, consisting of two cen - The new (fifth) City Gate (!) cur - Valette, and was erected be - tral arches with two smaller rently under construction -since tween April 1566 and 1569. ones. Throughout the 19th and 2011 - follows the design by Ital - In 1632 a more ornate gate de - early 20th centuries, City Gate ian architect Renzo Piano. His signed by the Maltese architect was known as Porta Reale , design incorporates a new Par - liament building that is scheduled to be inaugu - rated in October, and the new entrance. By no stretch of the imagina - tion can the entrance still be called a door or a gate to the city. It is sim - ply an opening. It and the new Parliament building are nearing com - pletion The design also took in the building of an open theatre to replace the Royal Opera House that was destroyed during World War 11 in 1942 in a German air strike. 2 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014 Malta PM asks whether Commonwealth is still relevant after 65 years alta Prime Minister Dr Joseph State. “Thus,” he Muscat gave the leaders of the said, “the sentimental MCommonwealth countries a lot to relevance of the Com - chew on when he delivered a lecture at the monwealth is steadily London School of Economics and Political decreasing in the Science in London on 'The Commonwealth minds of my compa - at 65 – from London to Valletta' - in which triots, as it is, I be - he considered the future of the Common - lieve, in the minds of wealth, and how to ensure it is an effective, many young people prosperous and r-levant organisation which across the countries meets the needs of its citizens. that make up this or - The Maltese PM during This was his first commitment during a ganisation.” his lecture at the London four-day very busy trip to the UK, and with Dr Muscat said one School of Economics Malta due to host the next Heads of Gov - has to admit there are ernment meeting, CHOGM 2015 next year all the symptoms of division and dysfunction “It is time and it is politically correct to de - Dr Muscat also addressed the Common - in an organisation (the Commonwealth) that bate Britain’s role in the Commonwealth. It wealth Games Business Council at the Uni - depends on unity and cooperation. would be acknowledging the elephant in the versity of Glasgow and had several “I believe that in the minds of many, the room, and I believe it would come as a huge meetings with Commonwealth leaders, in - Commonwealth is seen as a vehicle of each relief to everyone, including the UK. cluding British PM David Cameron. and every member’s relations, many times “Indeed, a nation that is ready to debate the During his stay in the UK he also presided of the rollercoaster type, with the United secession of an integral part of it, and its over a conference of the small states of the Kingdom. Can it be otherwise?” he asked. own relationship with its immediate neigh - Commonwealth that focused on building sus - He said that smaller countries look at the bours, would probably have no qualms in tainable and reliable island economies, at - Commonwealth as a means to foster their debating itself and its relationship with tended a meeting in Glasgow with Mr those countries who are mostly its former Kamalesh Sharma, the Secretary General of subjects,” he added. the Commonwealth, had talks with Alexan - ‘ It is politically cor - He said that talking about the good and the der Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, bad times, and seeing how to make better had a private audience with Prince Charles, rect to debate the things that they still have in common, and also met the Maltese athletes taking part Britain’s role in the would offer many countries the opportunity in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Commonwealth to clear the air and hopefully get a break During his meetings he pointed out that from the blame game. Malta would make sure the leaders coming Referring to Britain's 200-year direct in - to Malta for next year’s CHOGM won’t be relationship with the UK and som’e other fluence on Malta he said this was essen - coming for a holiday. global players, and that they, and peripheral tially positive. But 50 years ago, the Dr Muscat, the Prime Minister of a small countries see these meetings as rather ex - Maltese decided it was time to move on and country celebrating its 50th year of Inde - ceptional occasions where they can rub became an independent nation. He said the pendence, and a proud member of the Com - shoulders with important international play - decision could not have come a day sooner monwealth, pointed out that there was an ers, and have their ear in discussions crucial and eventually led to a Republican consti - important question the Heads of states ne- to their own economic development. tution 10 years later, the closing down of eded answering, that is, whether, after 65 “It is legitimate to say that in some quar - British military bases, and, a decade ago, years, the Commonwealth should call it a day ters there is much more interest in fostering membership of the European Union. and withdraw from the international scene. bilateral relations with a handful of coun - He indicated that while the United King - He said that to him, the independent and Re - tries rather than engaging in a genuine mul - dom cannot claim the sole paternity for suc - publican ethos of his nation was never an tilateral discourse that would produce a cess stories in the Commonwealth, other issue to be questioned and he always consid - healthy debate on global issues, which such countries cannot keep thinking that Britain ered this a natural state of affairs, and added a genuinely trans-continental organisation is uniquely responsible for problems that, that like many people from his generation, he is ideally poised to host,” Dr Muscat said. many times now, are of their own making. cannot contemplate the idea of being a One of his first suggestions is to do less fin - colony or of having a foreigner as a Head of ger pointing and tone down the blame game. 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he house was ugly. Even square, and find out where Tas a child, I could see that. each went. There was another problem Last week we followed the with it: the courtyard in the passage on the left, and made middle. Oh yes, I know, that it all the way to the football kind of feature is much appre - ground before our one candle ciated by many, but it was no gave out. The football field is good to me. Sound carried too on the other side of Mdina, but wGell anod miyn aungt had da veroy wn thestil l wsithin tehe blasttioen wr alls. sharp ear. We knew that there were many But not that day. Ha! Ha! exits, some of them connecting The crackle of the blue paper the wartime shelter to the isitors to Malta should not miss visiting a-s I eaxtracftedt oene crand let sohundeed so lowud apalarce-like houses in Mdina. Vthe War Museum that is located at the in my ear, but my aunt must not have This week, we agreed that if we have original historic entrance of Vittoriosa (Birgu), been washing her ears, cause I got clean more candles, we could take more time to the older from the Three Cities. away with it. The packet had laByeyr sM oaf rietr yB tohre g right-hand passageway, and get to This building stands to document for posterity three candles in a row and I had to loosen the end of it, however long it is. We the great ordeal that the brave people of Malta the candle from the other two. Candles might also be able to give the boxes and and their defenders endured during the dark had no metal cup as today, and some - other stuff we saw in the first room, a bet - days of the Blitz (1940-43). Vittoriosa (Birgu) times, the heat made them fuse together. ter look. At first glance, there seemed to is former home to the Royal Navy in Malta and one of the most bombed places in WW2. I walked sedately down the lane but be boxes piled on each other sideways. The museum combines an attractive exhibi - once I turned the corner I quickened the Probably to make a nest of cubbyholes tion about the Second World War in Malta pace, and practically ran up the road. As as shelving. We saw a few bits there, but along with the viewing of an original wartime I came to Cathedral Square I faced the big we could not see too well with the one documentary – ‘Malta G.C.’ and a visit into church with the two clocks, and then I tiny candle we had. Karmen said she an underground air raid shelter (like the one quickly glanced around. Where were the would bring a candle cup today. That below) in which hundreds took refuge during others? I looked up at the time clock, and should help the candle to last longer. the raids. I knew I was on time. What was I to do, I was lost in thought, planning our run This attraction has recently undergone a all alone in this big square? I stuck out for the day. To us, the wartime shelters complete remake co-funded by the European like a sore thumb. spelled adventure. We had no memories Union’s European Regional Development Anytime now, I'd see the heavy curtains of the fear, the panic that must have Fund, the Government of Malta and Fondaz - of the big house on my left moving. I quickened the pace of those scurrying to zjoni Wirt Artna. could see the sheen on the red copper the shelters, dragging children and carry - The result is a new attractive museum spread on nine galleries. Each of these is dedicated saucepans hanging there, wondering how ing a wicker basket with some food and to a given aspect of wartime Malta. The mu - they managed to keep them so flawlessly water to sustain them. seum display is organised in a chronological shiny. I guess their stoves never smoked I checked the clock again. Neither Kar - manner and includes some 10,000 original and marked the pots like our kerosene one men, nor Doris had appeared. I loved artefacts connected with the subject. These did. going down the shelters with the others, vary from clothing, weapons, instruments, I could go down the shelter on my own, but on my own . . . . .it felt spooky. I equipment, printed matter and other large ex - that way I would not attract too much at - think I'll go back home hibits. tention. But I did not have matches and it was too dark to find my way around without a light. Doris was supposed to get those. With a candle each and some matches we could go and investigate the passageways that ran underneath the

After the massive death toll of the Illus - trious Blitz in January 1941, it seemed that the only safe haven during Luft - waffe air raids was underground. So the authorities were determined to pro - vide bombproof shelters as a matter of urgency. Public shelters (such as men - tioned in the article and also pictured left), and private ones were dug down. Malta’s rock was not that hard but ten feet of rock thickness over your head was safe enough. It provided the ideal cover. However, underground shelters would take a long time to complete, therefore, over 2000 miners and other labourers were given the task of digging out hun - dreds of rock shelters in key locations. 4 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014 KKnnoowwiinngg MMaallttaa:: IIttss CCiittiieess aanndd VViillllaaggeess

The facade of the Óamrun parochial church dedicated Óamrun to the patron saint, St. Gaetano n August 10, Óamrun in the small Bar-oque Malta will be celebrating the style Cha-pel of Ofeast of its patron saint, St Porto Salvo, known Gaetan. As such it is fitting that for as Ta' Santu Nuzzo those interested in knowing about and dedicated to St the towns and villages of this island Mary of Porto Salvo. today we focus on this old town When it was built in with its long main street of tiny 1736 it was origi - shops that sits astride the Rabat road nally conceived as a 2km from Valletta and close to village chapel. Malta’s famous Grand Harbour. Due to the rivalry With a population of around between the two 9,315, as of March 2013, Óamrun is main band clubs of built on a plateau that rises gently in St Gaetan, known as the area of Tas-Samra. ‘tat-Tamal’ and de- The roads of Óamrun are mainly cked in red, and St straight, apart from a number of Joseph, known as narrow streets surrounding the po - ‘tal-Miskina’ decked lice station and the town comes in blue, St Gaetan's closer to the model of most modern festa, celebrated on cities. Its bustling atmosphere, with the first Sunday aft- all sorts of shops and businesses, er August 7, displays also make it as busy as you could ex - Maltese festa culture pect of the island's capital, nearby at its most exciting . Valletta. On the day on the Today the town is a residential feast, both band town with a busy commercial cen - clubs hold marath- tre. In fact, St. Joseph High Road, on marches from lined with a number of shops, of - the early morning fices and showrooms, has become to late afternoon. one of the busiest roads around. from it. During these mar-ches, the respec - Óamrun is located in a very densely Óamrun is quite unique in that it tive followers dance to the brass populated part of Malta, where the has three Patron Saints: San Gae - band marches, or to popular music. towns and villages practically merge tano, il-Kunçizzjoni (the Immacu - In the evening, then, the band into each other. In fact, it emerged late Conception) and San Ìu Ωepp clubs play on a bandstand adjacent from the three Parishes of Qormi, (St Joseph). There are three respec - to the parish church, while a proces - Birkirkara and Floriana and grew tive band clubs and two Titular feast sion with the statue of the patron such that eventually the Parishes of days celebrated in this town. saint leaves the church and roams Santa Venera and Marsa emerged The parochial church is dedicated around the town. to St. Gaetano. The festa ends with the volunteers It was built in carrying the statue running up the the second half stairs of the Parish. A spectacular of the 19th cen - fireworks display and loud cheers tury in a Neo- from the crowds couple the run. Gothic style The Immaculate Conception feast, designed by which is celebrated on the first Sun - George Schinas. day of July and on December 8, is The statue is the also worth attending, however it is work of the fa - much more subdued. The church mous Maltese was built in the 1960s to cater for the sculptor Charles increasing population of Óamrun. Darmanin and Another church is the one dedi - was completed cated to the Lady of the Miraculous in 1885. There’s Medal, built by the Society of Chris - also a famous tian Doctrine, known as MUSEUM. titular painting In its crypt is buried San Ìor© Preca the work of Pie- (1880-1962), founder of the Society. tro Gagliardi in Dun Ìor©, as he is locally known, Rome lived most of his life in Óamrun. Óamrun’s St Joseph High Road as it was, adorned It is worth not - with trees, near the former Hollywood Theatre ing that it was To page 5 Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 5

The cupola on top of the St Gaetan Parish Church and the belfry or bell towers (right). The cupola was often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome, in most cases in Malta, the churches. The bell towers are a towers built and designed to hold bells, even if it has none.

The building in Óamrun that houses the town’s efficient local council Óamrun from page 4 This former priest’s life and works as well as the mir - acles and graces granted to those faithful to him have led to his beatification in 2001 and recognition as a Saint to all effects in 2007. Óamrun also hosts the Our Lady of Atocja Chapel, known locally as Tas-Samra, which is the oldest chapel in Óamrun, dating back to the early 17th century. The Church of St. Francis of Assisi Church was built in the 1950s. The Óamrun residents are also traditionally affiliated within one of two groups: Tas-Sikkina , meaning 'those who carry a knife' or Ta' Werwer , meaning 'those who

scare' or 'the scary ones'. This appellation could stem from the fact that a con - siderable number of Hamrunizi used to work as steve - dores on the docks and thus carried a knife at all times. Another theory was that the community of Si - cilians who settled there illegally in the 16th century danced a traditional dance that involved the wielding of small stilettos they carried in their socks, waving them in the air and back to their sheaths. A third theory is that it points to the trouble- making image that the local football club has. Mingling with the "Óamruni Ωi" you will soon notice that the most prominent name for boys is Gaetan or Gejtu due to their strong allegiance to the town’s Patron Saint. A flashback: Óamrun’s main street, known as St Joseph High Road in the early twenties (left) when it was also part of the route for the tram to Valletta. Above: the same street dressed up for St Gaetan feast 6 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014

Grupp mill-g˙aqda Don Bosco li marru g˙aç-çelebrazzjoni f’Wahro- onga u ˙adu ritratt ta’ tifkira ma’ Fr Carmelo Sciberras (qmis gri Ωa). ieraq li fix-xahar ta’ Lulju 2014, G˙al seba’ snin kien ukoll kappillan tal- nifir˙u ma’ Fr Carmelo Sciberras li Pulizija, u g˙al 18-il sena kappillan fl- Xfakkar il-50 sena mindu ˙a l-qud - Army Reserve fejn anke spiçça bir-rank diesa. Qaddes g˙all-ewwel darba fil- Greystanes. Tajjeb li ng˙idu li f’dawn l- ta’ logutenent kurunell. katidral ta’ St Marys Sydney fit-18 ta’ Lulju a˙˙ar 50 sena ta’ saçerdozju, huwa serva Issa li rtira, aççetta l-˙atra ta’ kappillan 1964. Propju ftit ©img˙at ilu, re©a` qaddes fi hdaxK-iil tpbaarr otaçç’a .M Foasrthko mC,a gr˙uaal ˙nda ax-il tal-Marine Rescue Hawkesbury u kappil - fl-istess katidral, quddiesa funebri g˙all- sena, kien il-kappillan ta’ Narrabeen u lan tan- National Servicemen's Associa - ˙abib kbir minn tfulietu, l-mibki Fred g˙al tmien snin kappillan ta’ Wahroonga. tion. Fil-qosor, huwa kappillan g˙al darba Fenech (˙afna jiftakru lil Freddie b˙ala l- Fr Carmelo kien l-ewwel kappillan djoçe - tnejn, g˙ax f’dawn il-postijiet ta’ apposto - president tal-Kunsill Malti ta’ NSW). san meta ntalab jie˙u f’idejh it-tmexxija lat fl-g˙alqa tal-Mulej seta’ u g˙adu jqar - F’dawn l-a˙˙ar sentejn lil Fr Carmelo sirt tal-parroçça minn idejn id-Dumnikani li reb lill-membri lejn il-Mulej. nafu ftit aktar mill-qrib, billi huwa d-diret - kienu waqfuha 48 sena qabel. Barra s- O˙rajn jiftakru lil Fr Carmelo bhala xan - tFur spririt wCali tala-g˙arqdam Past ePuplils &Scserviizbz speiritwralir lilla-parsruç ça-ni ti5eg˙u0 dasr feil-prnograamm i qtar-radjus. sL-eiwswel Friends of Don Bosco. Fil-fatt, huwa i Ωjed f’Wahroonga, Fr Carmelo kien ukoll re - radju fejn xandar kien l-SBS Radio 2EA minn direttur spiritwali. Hu wie˙ed minn sponsabbli g˙all-bini tad-da˙la tal-knisja fejn g˙al 17-il sena ˙a ˙sieb il-programmi tlett fundaturi tal-g˙aqda li twaqqfet fi u l-iççangar b’kuluri sbieh tal-art tas-sant - reli©juzi. Aktar ricenti, kien jg˙in lix-xan - 1972 fi NSW bl-isem Salesian Old Boys warju u l-artal tal-ir˙am. dar Fred Fenech fir-radju 2RRR FM. Assoc. Fr Carmelo hu tifel ta’ dari, jew Kemm dan iservi fil-parroççi ta’madwar G˙all-festa ta’ 50 sena b˙ala qassis, kien Salesian Old Boy, tas-snin ta’ wara t-Tieni Sydney, g˙al tlett snin kien ukoll il-kap - hemm Ωew© oka ΩΩ jonijiet fejn il-Maltin u Gwerra Dinjija. pillan tar-Repatriation Hospital, u kappil - l-parruççjani fer˙u mieg˙u. L-ewwel at - Fr Carmelo twieled Tas-Sliema u ©ie l- lan fultajm g˙al sentejn fl-Armata tivita` kienet quddiesa kkonçelebrata mal- Awstralja ta’ 18-il sena fl-1956. Hu kom - Awstraljana fis-2nd Training Battalion kappillan Fr Bob Bossini fil-parroçça ta’ pla l-istudji tieg˙u g˙al saçerdot f’Kapooka qrib Wagga Wagga. Greystanes, il-Hadd 13 ta’ Lulju fejn fis-seminarji ta’ Springwood kif ukoll g˙aliha attendew hafna par - f’dak ta’ Manly. ruççani. Fr Carmelo qalli li Jien u ˙afna o˙rajn nafuh fil-parroçça ta’ xtaq jag˙ti ˙ajr lil dawk Greystanes meta din twaqqfet, fis-sena kollha li ˙ejjew l-ikel Malti u 1972. Dam sentejn ja˙dem mal-ewwel kejk sabi˙ biex ifakkru l- kappillan ta’ OLQP, Fr. Terry Duggan, u ©ublew tad-deheb tal-ordi - kompla ja˙dem ma’ Fr. Ronald Darmenia, nazzjoni tieg˙u. li kien responsabbli g˙all-bini tal-knisja It-tieni attivita` kienet qud - meta dan ˙adha f’idejh ming˙and Fr. Dug - diesa fil-parroçça ta’ Wah- gan. Wara l-mewt ta’ Fr Darmenia, bejn roonga l-Óadd 21 ta’ Lulju. is-snin 1976-79 hu re©a` serva fil-parroçça Kienet ikkonçelebrata mill- ta’ Greystanes ma’ Fr. Brian Galloway. kappillan ta’ Wahroonga u Imma ta’ min ifakkar ukoll il-˙idma aktar Ωew© qassisin Maltin ˙bieb mifruxa ta’ Fr Carmelo barra dik ta’ tieg˙u, Fr Laurie Cauchi u Fr Robert Borg. Il-knisja kienet mimlija minn ˙bieb u parruççani li kellhom stima kbira lejn Fr. Carmelo. Nifir˙u ma’ Fr Carmelo u nixtiequh li jgawdi sa˙˙a u aktar ˙idma fejjieda, g˙ax minkejja li qassis jirtira ta’ 75 sena, fil-fatt g˙adu attiv f’di - versi hidma ta’ apostolat. Fr Sciberras jaqta’ l-kejk sabi˙ tal-okka Ωjoni (xellug) li g˙amlulu l-parruççani ta’ Greystanes NSW. Jidher ukoll il-kappillan Fr Bossini Ad multos annos. Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 7

.E. John Aquilina, High Commissioner of Malta to India, took Hthe opportunity of a recent visit to Malta for the Annual Am - bassadors’ Conference to participate in the celebration of the Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist, as well as the annual Promotion aJndo Awharnds CAeremqonuy oifl thien Malte sien As sCociaetiorn oef tmhe Sovenreiygn Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta. “I was delighted that my visit to Malta coincided with this im - pionrta ntM evenat inl thae a ncnuoal cmalenmdar oef tmhe Moalrtesae Atsisonciagtio n of the Order, held at the St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta”, Mr Aquilina told The Voice . The knights and dames were robed in the Sacristy to the tune of tFhe eimaprsestsi voe bfe llSs otf .th eJ Coo-hCatnhe dtrahl. Tehi sB waas fpolltowisedt by a procession through the streets of Valletta presided over by His Lordship, Bishop Charles Scicluna, and the President of the Mal - tese Association, Dr Philip Farrugia Randon. At the conclusion of the procession, Bishop Scicluna concele - brated a Solemn High Mass, during which he gave a brief homily on the life of St. John, placing special emphasis on the meaning of John which he said translated into the God of Mercy. At the con - clusion of the Mass the knights and dames all processed to the Or - atory where the ceremony of promotions and awards to various H.E. Mr. John Aquilina (right) with association members took place. H.E. Mr. Anthony Miceli Demajo, Mr Aquilina said: “Having now been an Australian member of the V/President of the Maltese Association Order of the Maltese Association for several years, it was an honour and Hon. Con. Gen. to Monaco, in front to join the members of the Association in my homeland of Malta for of the famous Caravaggio painting at St this memorable celebration”. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta.

fter attending the 16th World OADFA lace Congress in Ade - tending for their appreciation for Malta lace. Alaide South Australia, Dr Consiglia Azzopard, a Maltese lace Josephine Bigeni from the Xag˙ra Association of NSW, respon - maker expert and author of the Gozo lace book presented work - sible for organising the workshops said that the exercise was worth - shops to the Maltese community in South Australia. while and showed how popular Malta lace was even in Australia. In Sydney her classes at the Alfred Fenech Maltese Resource Cen - Mrs Bigeni thanked the Maltese Community Council of NSW for tre at West Parramatta were well attended as can be seen from these their support to these workshops. photographs. Lawrence Dimech and Emanuel Camilleri from the MCC of NSW welcomed the lace maker expert to Australia and thanked those at -

Below: Dr Consiglia Azzopardi (left) and Josephine Bigeni, and Malta Lace Makriighnt: onge of thei wnorks hoAps at thue Maslteste Crentare inl Syidna ey. 8 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014 Have your say/Xi trid tghid?

RespYonoduinrg tloe tthtee lretste/r Ltit-leidtt wrih ot arge ˙thke roemal r e.f.u. gees? Fred Gabriele writes from Nowra. better life, when times were not so good The Voice of the Maltese was rather disturbed by Connie after World War II. Yes we were not IMallia’s attitude towards people she Asylum Seekers, just the same we oonnlliinnee mmaaggaazziinnee called asylum seekers queue jumpers, in needed all the help we could get and a the latest issue of The Voice of the Mal - lot of understanding. What would have is is a bi-lingual (in tese , titled: ‘Who are the real refugees?’ happened to my family and hundreds of English and Maltese) fort - I am also bothered about Mallia’s attitude thousands if we were treated with the nightly online publication towards two female persons mentioned in same attitude as Mallia’s? specifically targeting all her letter, because they have a different Since it has been all those years ago, Maltese living abroad vWiew andh a ceomprasseion atie sou l.t I ahm feur - ctheore ism no neped faor mse sto tielol henr or a? ny - with emphasis on the ther disturbed, though not mentioned, if one else. Unfortunately the world now Australian scene. the writer has a Maltese background. is far different. is online magazine is In general we the Maltese people are Finally I wish to express my gratitude sent via email by request. known to be good Christians, kind, gen - for having The Voice magazine sent over Subscription is free. erous and good at heart. I would like to to me for several months. Editors: know what luxury or other benefits Mal- Malta: Joseph Cutajar lia missed out on since and during the Australia: arrival of such people seeking a better Lawrence Dimech: MOM, life for themselves and their children. ixtieq nag˙mel su©©eriment lit- OAM, JP Has this person ever watched the news Ntmexxija ta’ dan il-magazine li tant qed to see what human beings are capable of jid˙ol fid-djar tal-Maltin. email address: doing to one another? Does she blame JAMlibxeintrnti e Mxqia d mxaoqi q jpiiketrte iobd v-mdeianrn nb Vitjfiica t’Mo xri aap: rlotvienrb! ju [email protected] most, or all of the arrivals for leaving bil-Malti li g˙adni niftakar u t-tfal jibqg˙u their war-thorn homeland? iççassati lejja. Tistg˙u minn xi daqqiet tip - Letters for publication in The Voice ei - Thousands of others from my country pubblikaw xi proverbi g˙ax jekk ma noq- ther in Maltese or English should be em- left Malta as my family and I did, during og˙dux attenti se jitilfu g˙al kollox l-iden- ailed to: [email protected]. 1955, at the age of fifteen years for a tita’ tag˙na.

Daniel Zammit from Belmont, Perth writes: come to this continent not knowing what about refugees and asylum seekers in the they could find. last issue of The Voice . She could learn a was shocked by Connie Mallia’s letter in Those coming to Australia did not have it thing or two! Ithe last issue of The Voice of the Maltese easy. They toiled and shed tears away from It is the refugees who made what Australia when she questioned who the refugees are their families to make a life for themselves. is today. and slamming good people like Indira In the end they made it and gave us the kind I wish to refer Connie to issue No. 79 of Naidoo and Sarah Hanson Young for want - of life that perhaps we could never expect The Voice and the item on page 19 titled: inTg to hhelp thee ref ugrees eand fasyulum sgeekeers ein tisny M a(lta.i I fnor once aml hauppy dto beciomne g“A re fuMgee as Gaoverlnort”. eIt is sthe estor)y of who make so many sacrifices in order to an Australian although I would never deny Hieu Van Le who arrived at Darwin as a make a living for themselves and their fam - my roots. penniless boat person fleeing Vietnam in iliems in thisa vastd counetry, AuAstraliau, that,s it tWrhaat’s sol diiffearent n oww? Todahy’s reafugetes, i19t77 a ndi wsill n owt boe thed next aGovey rnor of has to be said, was built by prisoners and asylum seekers, risk their lives to reach Aus - South Australia. refugees. tralia’s shores in a bid to start living the sort There are hundreds of others like him, Me, thousands of Maltese, and perhaps of life a human being should. It is so wrong even Maltese who have made a contribution millions others, are grateful to Australia for for the Australian government to turn them to Australia. They came here as refugees, receiving us when decades ago our families back so they could again face the misery they worked hard, some even fought Australia’s sought to improve their lives and in doing so eagerly wanted to leave behind. wars and gave so much, even their lives for so also softened the burden of successive Australia is a big country. Whatever the this country. Maltese governments by migrating to this politicians say it still needs people. I often So keep this in mind when it comes to call - new world. wonder if it is the colour of their skins that ing on the government to turn back the We (my family included) not me, because the politicians don’t like! It was so wrong boats or ciriticing those like Naidoo and I was born in Australia, made sacrifices to for Connie Mallia to be so racist! I also Young who implore the government to leave their close-knit families in Malta to wish to refer her to Ivan Cauchi’s article show more pity on the asylum seekers. Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 9 Have your say/Xi trid tghid? /2

Salv.Bugeja minn Rouse Hill NSW jikteb: il-˙ar©a Nru. 79 ta’ Ftat-8 ta’ Lulju qrajt b’fer˙a li l-kunçert tal- Jos. Busuttil minn Newport Victoria b˙al Malta. Ifamlu Ω- teKnur Mualti Jnosepçh Ceallerja lti k eltlu jaag˙’ti fit- jikteb: Minn ftit ta Ω-mien ie˙or iç-Çina se 18 ta’ Lulju fuq il-Fosos tal-Furjana kien se se jigi tkun l-aqwa pajji Ω f’dik li hi Jmuroi fuqs l-eSBSpTVh, alm eTCnhue h Veakokic ˙ela oblfb aethrteu j.M altese rrid nifra˙ lill-Gvern Malti g˙all-kis - ekonomija, akbar mill-Istati uniti, u Jien g˙amilt st˙arrig mal-SBSTV ˙alli nara Ibiet li qed jag˙mel fix-xena internaz - kull pajji Ω qed jag˙mel minn kollox f’liema data se jintwera, imma b’sorpri Ωa g˙alija zjonali l-aktar, g˙alkemm anke biex ji©bed investiment lejn minn dawn qaluli li ma kienu jafu b’xejn dwar dan il- lokalment qed jimxi b’politika li jtejjeb hemm. kunçert, a˙seb u ara kemm se juruh fuq it-TV fl- ˙ajjet il-Maltin, u niringrazzja lil Tara pajji Ω©gant ie˙or fl-Ewropa Awstralja. li qed iwasslilna t-tag˙rif. b˙all-Ìermanja li tant qed jag˙mel Nibqa’ nittama li jag˙mlu sforz qawwi biex a˙na MKull gvern ali jkunl imtexxai lil M altadbieex ikabjbarj in-neegozmji mag˙ho m u minn din in-na˙a tad-dinja naraw lill-aqwa tenur li jag˙mel ˙iltu biex jag ˙mel uΩu mill-ftit minbarra l-biljuni ta’ Ewro fi prodotti hawn fid-dinja f’dawn i Ω-Ω minijiet fuq it-TV Aw - ri Ωorsi li g˙andha din il-gzira çkejTknhae li di©a’ jbieghulhom, wara mawra li straljan. Vu oj Ωicoe mm lill -poplu Malti kemm jista’ g˙amlet il-kançellier Ìermani Ω Merkel jkfun kiunt ent˙. M’g˙asndixi dubju li mieta jisisoketaw jitssa˙n˙u r-rela azzjonijiet u sa jsiru Ωbalji ma jkunux intenzjonati fabbrika tal-karozzi Ìermani Ωi qablu li imma hu çar ukoll li jkun hemm jift˙u hemm. g˙arfu l-potenzjal. gvernijiet li fil-bera˙ juru li jafu Qrajt ukoll li l-mexxejja Çini Ωi anke ja˙dmu aktar minn o˙rajn. marru l-Ar©entina biex ukoll jinvestu Nota editorjali: B˙alissa jidhirli li Malta qed titmexxa hemm, l-aktar fl-ener©ija, u naf li ˙afna L-a˙bar li l-kunçert ta’ Joseph Calleja kellu jixxan - tajjeb ˙afna u qed tkabbar isimha mad- pajji Ωi o˙ra kemm Ewropej u minn dar fuq l-SBSTV giet mog˙tija mill-organizzaturi dinja. G˙alkemm pajji Ω Ω g˙ir na˙seb kontinenti o˙ra qed jag˙mlu minn kol - tal-kunçert stess meta ˙abbruh waqt konferenza tal- li anke pajji Ωi ferm akbar, fosthom lox biex ji©budhom lejhom. a˙barijiet f’Malta. Min-na˙a tag˙na f’Malta dawk mill -Unjoni Ewropeja qed jg˙iru Imma tg˙idx kemm kont kburi naqra g˙amilna minn kollox biex nikkuntattjaw lill-promu - g˙aliha u milli nsegwi jidher li qed l-a˙bar ta’ dak il-ftehim ta’ ˙ames snin turi tal-kunçert l-NnG Promotions ˙alli nindaqgaw. ituha importanza kbira. li ç-Çina g˙amlet ma’ Malta, l-aktar li B’qajna sorpri Ωi li sa dawn l-a˙˙ar jiem stess, Interessanti ˙afna l-a˙bar dwar it- fil-fatt hu l-ewwel wie˙ed ma’ pajji Ω ÓADD ma wie©eb it-telefonati tag˙na, u lanqas tis˙i˙ tar-relazzjonijiet li qed jitkabbar Ewropew. Tassew Malta qed kellna risposta ghal email li bg˙atnielhom minkejja maç-Çina. Tassew li ma titwemminx li tag˙milna kburin li a˙na wliedha u li mill-post fejn wiehed seta’ jaqta’ l-biljetti g˙ad- pajji Ω kbir daqstant, b˙aç-Çina, irid minkejja li ninsabu tant bog˙od, din il- d˙ul fil-kunçert aççertawna li dawn l-emails jid˙ol fi s˙ab ma’ nazzjon hekk z©hir gΩira tibqa’ fi ˙sibijietna. iwe©buhom. Barra minhekk qalulna wkoll li kell - hom jg˙addu l-messa©© taghna lill-promuturi. Fl-a˙˙ar jiem anke ktibna messa©© fuq il-face - book tat-tenur Malti f’dan is-sens. S’issa g˙ad This space is mb’gheanidnniexg tw es©bpa. Koif ninkusnuo narfue akd tar dwar din it-trasmissjoni ng˙arrfu lill-qarrejja. by the NSW friends ra˙t ˙afna b’dan il-magazine g˙ax al - Fmenu qed jittrattana ta’ intelli©enti, u of “ The Voice ” anFke’ Mfl-a˙buarisjiect amtill -MAwstaralljat aqe d nFa. rBawug eijtaem msi nlni Smoaunthk Anuasqtrawliaho jmik tejbe:w If you want to join this nbisim’gM˙uhoimn tat’ okulfjufm . i e˙or? Sintendi jien ma naqrax kollox g˙ax group of friends mhux kollox hu ta’ interess g˙alija i Ωda g˙andna varjeta`. you can do so by Qed nie˙u pjaçir li Malta mhux qed contacting us at: t˙ares biss lejn il-pajji Ωi falluti tal-UE i Ωda fet˙et ukoll ix-xbiek lejn l-India u ç-Çina. [email protected] Hekk g˙andu jkun g˙ax mhux l-Unjoni for more information. Ewropeja biss te Ωisti. Jien lill-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat ma If you really want The nafux g˙ax ilni l-Awstralja 50 sena i Ωda jid - her li se jkun xi Dom Mintoff ie˙or g˙ax Voice to grow and pros - milli hidher b˙alu qed jara kbir g˙al Malta. per join our group and start similar groups Please Note elsewhere. Organisations wishing to publish notices or news intended for the Maltese community (This is a paid advertisement) in Australia in The Voice , are advised to stick to the magazine’s deadline and submit material at least a week prior to publication. 10 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014 A version of this series in English may be found in kitba ta’ the author's blog at: IVAN http://perspective-ivan CAUCHI Perspettiva cauchi.blogspot.com.au Il-Qassisin Nisa l-14 ta' Lulju li g˙adda, Sinodu Ìenerali tal-Knisja Ingli Ωa id - Samaritana 12 . Jien g˙alija din l-importanza li jag˙ti Ìesù lin-nisa, f' - deçieda li jippermetti lin-nisa li jsiru isqfijiet 1. G˙all-Knisja soçjetà li Ωgur kienet iktar patrijarkali milli hi illum, kienet rivoluz - FIngli Ωa, dan huwa biss Ωvilupp ie˙or minn deçi Ωjoni li kienet zjonarja u tag˙mlu egalitarju ˙afna qabel Ωmienna. ittie˙ded f'sinodu ie˙or fl-1992, fejn in-nisa g˙all-ewwel darba t˙allew ji©u ordnati saçerdoti 2. G˙al xi partijiet o˙ra tal-Komunjoni Anglikana, li l-Knisja Ingli Ωa Il-Kummissjoni Pontifikali Bibblika tal-Kurja ta' Ruma fl-1977 tifforma parti fundamentali minnha, dan l-i Ωvilupp se˙˙ snin qabel, ikkonkludiet li t-Testment il-©did wa˙du mhux bi ΩΩ ejjed biex ti©i b˙al fil-Knisja Episkopali. M'g˙andniex xi ng˙idu, dan l-i Ωvilupp ri Ωolta l-kwestjoni tal-ordinazzjoni tan-nisa b'mod çar darba g˙al de - Trad13 izzjoni huwa kontroversjali ˙afna. jjem . G˙alhekk, il-Knisja tirreferi wkoll g˙at-tradizzjoni tag˙ha, Anke issa, fid-deçi Ωjoni li l-Knisja Ingli Ωa g˙adha kif ˙adet, qed fejn il-mexxejja tag˙ha dejjem kienu kuntrarji li n-nisa jwettqu l-min - toqg˙od attenta li tille©isla biex il-parroççi li ma jaqblux mad-deçi- isteru saçerdotali. Ωjoni jit˙allew jag˙ Ωlu li jkomplu jitmexxew minn ra©el. Dan jista' Fis-sekli tal-bidu, diversi komunitajiet insara, b˙an-Njostiçi u l- jevita li l-Komunjoni tkompli tinqasam b'ri Ωultat ta' dan is-su©©ett. Montanisti, kellhom nisa li e Ωerçitaw il-ministeru saçerdotali. Di - L-istess storja bejn wie˙ed u ie˙or ©rat fid-denominazzjonijiet versi Missirijiet tal-Knisja ta' dakinhar, b˙al Iranaeus u Tertulljan, Protestanti u Riformati. Dawn ma jitkellmux dwar isqfijiet u qas - ikkundannaw din il-prattika 45 . sisin, imma dwar pastors u ministri. U˙ud i˙allu lin-nisa jkunu G˙alkemm il-Knisja tirrikonoxxi pre©udizzji kontra n-nisa fil-kit - ordnati, u o˙rajn le. biet tal-Missirijiet tal-Knisja, minn kmieni ikkunsidrat 'l dawn il- Fl-a˙˙arnett, it-tag˙lim tal-Knisja Kattolika Rumana hu li l-Knisja gruppi b˙ala eretiçi, u Ωammet il-po Ωizzjoni tal-Missirijiet kontra m'g˙andhiex awtoritá li tordna lin-nisa b˙ala saçerdoti. Il-po Ωiz - l-ordinazzjoni tan-nisa 15 . zjoni tal-Knisja Ortodossa hija simili. Il-Kateki Ωmu tal-Knisja Kattolika f'paragrafu 1577 jag˙ti Ωew© Sabiex jipprova jwaqqaf id-dibattitu fil-Knisja dwar is-su©©ett, il- ra©unijiet ewlenini g˙al dan it-tag˙lim: Papa Ìwann Pawlu II fl-1994 ˙are© ittra Apostolika li l-Knisja • li Ìesù g˙a Ωel lil ir©iel biss biex jiffurmaw it-tnax l-appostlu m'g˙andha l-ebda awtorita' li tordna lin-nisa b˙ala saçerdoti, u li (g˙a Ωla divina); dKaunm irmid ejni©t i segwit minn nies ta’ fidi 16 . • li l-appostli g˙amlu l-istess meta g˙a Ωlu l-kollaboraturi tag˙hom li Din mhix ©eneralment meqjusa fiha nfisha b˙ala infallibbli g˙ax ma kellhom jie˙du posthom fil-ministeru tag˙hom (it-tradizzjoni). saritx ta˙t il-Ma©isterju (awtorità li tistabbilixxi t-tag˙lim awtentiku) straordinarju (dikjarazzjoni solenni ex-cathedra), imma l-Kongregaz - zjoni fuq id-Duttrina tal-Fidi ˙ar©et stqarrija sena wara li d-dikjaraz - Il-kelma 'appostlu' ©ejja mill-kelma Griega li tfisser zjoni hija infallibbli ta˙t il-Ma©isterju ordinarju u universali 17 . 'wie˙ed mibg˙ut' 3. Meta Ìesù fil-bidu g˙a Ωel it-tnax, li kienu r©iel, It-tentattiv li jitwaqqaf id-dibattitu fil-Knisja Kattolika Rumana Lda-wAnp pkioesntuli 'dixxipli' mill-kelma Latina li tfisser wie˙ed ma tantx jidher li kellu suççess. Diversi gruppi g˙adhom ja˙dmu li jitg˙allem. G˙alhekk id-dixxipli saru 'appostli' meta ntbag˙tu u jitkellmu favur l-ordinazzjoni tan-nisa, b˙all- minn Ìesù biex jg˙allmu 4. apóstolos (li huma skumnikati Li huwa interessanti li mhux it-Tnax biss jissej˙u appostli fil-kne - mill-Knisja), grupp ta' teologi ©ermani Ωi u l- jjes Kattoliçi u Ortodossi. discipulus tal-Irlanda, fost l-o˙rajn. • Luqa l-Evan©elista kiteb li Ìesù bag˙at grupp ta' sebg˙in per - It-tag˙lim tal-Knisja Kattolika f'dan ir-rigward Wnaormahe nb'˙sa Olar pdainssa tliuorna suna, tnejn tnejn, biex ixandru l-bxara t-tajba 5. L-isktrittura Cmoilnl-fiesrpeinrtcue ,t aR' odmixaxne rCniamtheonlti cta Ws-soimnjeanlip rtaieΩs-Ωtsm inijiet, spirtu li kien ssej˙ilhom dixxipli u dan ukoll huwa t-tradizzjoni tal-insara fil- qawwi fil-Knisja fi Ωmien il-Kunsill tal-VAatsiskoacni aItIi otna so-fs Cittainthijoileitc . punent (Kattoliçi), però l-insara tal-lvant (Ortodossi) jirreferu g˙al - NPrai˙essetbs li ftit huma dawk fis-soçjetajiet tal-Punent li ma jarawx movi - ihom b˙ala appostli; ment qawwi favur l-ugwaljanza tan-nisa f'kull aspett tas-soçjetà. Jien • San Pawl fl-Ittra lir-Rumani jirreferi g˙al Andonicus u Junia nara li dan g˙andu japplika wkoll g ħall-Knisja, u bl-ebda mod ma jista' b˙ala li kienu mieg˙u il-˙abs u 'prominenti fost l-appostli' 6. Junia jitqies kontra t-tag˙lim ta' Ìes ù. aktarx kienet il-mara ta' Andonicus; In˙oss li l-Knisja mhix qed tirrikonoxxi bi ΩΩ ejjed ir-rwol ewlieni • A˙na l-Maltin kburin b'San Pawl u San Luqa li kienu Malta ta' xhieda ta’ tal-fidi tan-nisa, meta Ìesù kien ˙aj kif ukoll b˙ala min˙abba l-g˙arqa tax-xini li kienu fuqu fi triqithom lejn Ruma. ˙abbara tal-Bxara t-Tajba wara. San Luqa kien wie˙ed mit-Tnax, imma San Pawl ma kienx. Barra minn hekk, it-tradizzjonijiet isiru u dawk li mhumiex funda - Madankollu, il-Knisja xorta tirreferi g˙alih ukoll b˙ala appostlu; mentali jistg˙u jinbidlu ma Ω-Ω mien li di©a` ©rat fil-Knisja kemm-il- • Fl-istorja tal-mewt u qawmien ta' Ìesù, irid jing˙ad li l-iktar per - darba). Li mexxejja ir©iel jag˙mlu minn kollox biex i Ωommu sistema suna li tissemma fl-erba’ van©eli u li tat l-a˙bar tal-qawmien lit- patrijarkali hija mistennija, anke jekk ©enwinament jemmnu fiha Tnax hija Santa Maria Maddalena. Forsi mhux mag˙ruf minn imma la hija profetika u lanqas ma naraha koerenti mal-˙sieb ta' kul˙add li l-Knisja, mill-bidunett tag˙ha, ˙afna sekli qabel ix- Ìesù. It-tradizzjoni g ħadha g˙addejja u tibqa' ssir. Xisma bejn l-Ortodossi u l-Kattoliçi Rumani, bdiet u g˙adha B˙ala nisrani, inqawwi qalbi li nara l-ispirtu egalitarju ta' Ìesù ssej˙ilha 'Appostlu lill-Appostli 7. ˙aj fil-knisja tieg˙u. B˙ala bniedem mg˙ammed fil-Knisja Katto - lika, jiddispjaçini li dan g˙adni ma narahx fil-knisja tieg˙i. Apparti t-Tnax, Ìesù kellu grupp ie˙or li kienu jkunu mieg˙u kull fejn imur. Dawn kienu nisa, li kienu jassistuh mill-mezzi tag˙hom 8. 6. Romans 16:7 in Antiquity', Journal of Feminist 1.https://www.churchofengland.org/ 7. Apostolic Letter Mulieris Digni - Studies 7 (1991) No 1, pp. 73-94, Però, fis-sieg˙a tal-prova (il-kruçifissjoni), kienu n-nisa l-aktar li mediacentre/news/2014/07/church- tatem, Chapter 16, Pope John Paul Giorgio Otranto Ìbaeqsgù˙ ue gmaliietga˙ruju ˙dejn is-salib, u li akkumpanjaw lil ©ismu lejn il- of-england-to-have-women-bish - II, 1988 15. Declaration Inter Insigniores On 9 ops.aspx, retrieved 24/7/2014 8. Luke 8:1-3 The Question Of Admission Of qabar , waqt li t-Tnax prattikament sparixxew. 2N.htotptse://swww.churchofengland.org/ 9.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wom Women To The Ministerial Priest - Lil nisa Ìesù g˙a Ωel biex ji Ωvela l-qawmien tieg˙u, mhux lit- our-views/women-bishops/the- en_at_the_crucifixion, retrieved hood, Sacred Congregation for the Tnax 10 . Lil nisa Ìesù ried biex iwasslu l-a˙bar tal-qawmien lit- women-priests-debate.aspx, re - 25/7/2014 Doctrine of the Faith, 1976 10 trieved 24/7/2014 10. Luke 24:11 16.Apostolic Letter Ordinatio Sac - Tnax, li fil-bidu lanqas emmnuhom! 3. Concordance of the Bible - Greek Dic - 11. John 7:53-8:11 erdotalis, Pope John Paul II, 1994 It-Testment il-©did isemmi lin-nisa relattivament ˙afna iktar mit- tionary of the New Testament, James 12. John 4:1-42 17,Concerning The Teaching Con - Strong, 1979, Thomas Nelson Inc. 13.http://www.womenpriests.org/clas - tained In “Ordinatio Sacerdotalis”, Testment l-Antik. Ìesù intervjena jew tkellem kemm 'il darba favur 4. Matthew 10:1-8 sic/append2.asp, retrieved 25/7/2014 Congregation for the Doctrine of in-nisa, b˙al fil-ka Ω tat-t˙a©©ir tal-adultera 11 u d-diskursata mas- 5. Luke 10:1-24 14. 'Notes on the Female Priesthood the Faith, 1995 Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 11 237 Languages spoken in Sydney here are 237 languages spoken in Sydney, one of the world’s Tmost linguistically rich cities, including 75 with at least 1,000 speakers. Liverpool, 27km from the GPO boasts 20 languages iftakar sewwa meta konna studenti and it is the city’s most linguistically rich suburb. Nkemm konna niddilettaw bil- Kitba ta’ The top ten languages spoken in Sydney are in this order, Arabic, . Konna niktbulhom u n Ωommu kun -Lawrence Dimech Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, Filipino, Hindi, tatt mag˙hom ta’ spiss, ikunu fejn ikunu Spanish and Korean. Yellow Rock, in the Blue Mountain, has fid-dinja. Illum il-korrispondenza bil-posta the least linguistic diversity as 97 per cent of residents speak Eng - kwa Ωi spiççat g˙ax g˙andna dik elettron“ipkean, - lish. flr- iends” , xi ˙a©a istantanja. Imma l-posta Prof Joseph Lo Blanco from the Melbourne University says xorta g˙adha twasslilna l-ittri. “language is incredibly important because it becomes the connec - ÓJienb u Fireankb G albea, iisl-s-egpretoarjus tatl-aFes tua l-festa ta’ tion to the old ways”. ta’ Santa Marija Assunta li ssir f’Mel - Not every group gives language the same importance. It depends boeumraneil , qatt ma ltqajna, imma b˙al fi Ω- on a constellation of factors including when, why and how people Marija Assunta migrated, the social and political environment of the new country, Ωmien tal-penfriends il -kuntatt bejnietna and intermarriage between language groups. dejjem kien permezz tal-posta u l- . For each group, you’ve got to make an investigation into the his - Frank ta’ kull sena jibg˙atli bil-posta l- tory and each history is unique. The Maltese for example, often ktejjeb tal-programm li jippubblikaw abandon their language in the first generation, while Greek and g˙al Ωmien il-festa f’Melbourne, li dis-sena Italian immigrants still speak it at home even a generation later. se tkun il-31 darba li se jiççelebraewmhai (lsara avvi Ω fil-pagna 19. Il-ktejjeb huwa m˙ejji b’seng˙a u atten - zjoni. Fih ˙afna x’taqra, 72 faççata fil-fatt. Huwa mi Ωg˙ud b’˙afna ritratti bil-kulur kif ukoll ritratti tal-membri tal-kumitat. Fih ukoll diversi messa©©i, fosthom mill- George Cross Falcons Club Inc. Isqof Grech t’G˙awdex, u l-Arçipriet tal- Kattidral ta’ G˙awdex, kif ukoll mill- By Louis Parnis (president)4 Kummissarju G˙oli g˙al Malta fl-Aw - stralja, u l-Konslu Ìenerali f’Melbourne. he Maltese Club in Cringila, suburb Insibu wkoll messa©©i mill-Kappillan tal- Tof Wollongong was built by the Mal - parroçça ta’ St Peter Chapel ta’ Deer Park tese and has been opened since 1951. On fejn issir il-festa, kif ukoll mic- ta’ aTrrival hin Auestral ia Mmany Maaltesel hetaded se Club of Brimbank Administrators. to the Wollongong region to work at the Il-ktejjeb je˙odna dawra ma’ ˙afna mill- SCteel fractoirines. Mgost ilivleda in ho s(tel Wac - ollongong) Katidrali madwar id-dinja, kollha iddedi- commodation until they bought their kati lill-Madonna Assunta. InsiCbuh awir koll houses in the vicinity. il-programm uffiçjali tal-festa, bl-attivita - The Maltese needed a social outlet and jiet li jsiru kemm fil- knisja kif ukoll dawk our pioneers worked hard to establish a ta’ barra. I Ωda l-iktar li jolqotni huma r-ri - clubhouse. Things moved quickly and two tratti tal-istatwi tal-Madonna bil-kulur li blocks were purchased on the main street wie˙ed isib fl-iMqabba, il-Mosta, Óad- located at 25/27 Lake Avenue Cringila. Dingli, Óal-G˙axaq, l-iM©arr, il-Qrendi, These premises went through lots of ren - il-Gudja, u Ó’Attard f’Malta, u Ω- Ûebbu© ovations. At one time we had a strong u r-Rabat f’G˙awdex. soccer team hence the name “Falcons” Meta tmorru g˙all-festa f’Deer Park Mel - added to the name George Cross. bourne bejn il-15 u s-17 ta’ Awwissu ip - The club has a billiard table, bocci pruvaw akkwistaw dan il-ktejjeb. pitches and a modern hall with full kitchen the committee, the club is prospering. Il-˙abib postali tieg˙i Frank Galea, li qatt facilities. Committees, during the years Those visiting the club are impressed ma ltqajt mieg˙u persunali Ωgur li jkompli worked hard to keep the club open. with all the changes. jibg˙atli kull sena dan il-ktejjeb sakemm Some nine years ago, the club was fac - The club holds computer classes for xi darba jien ukoll nag˙mel kura©© u ing serious financial problems. I was seniors and has a men's shed where mmur g˙all-festa f’Melbourne. asked to help out, as the club was about wooden toys are built and donated to the to close its doors. Today, with the help of Illawarra disability trust and sick kids in need of cheering up. I encourage those who never attended the club to contact me on 0420857363 to provide them with more information. It is with pleasure to thank those groups from outside the Wollongong region that regularly visit the club when functions are held. The George Cross Falcons Club is affil - iated to the Maltese Community Council of NSW. In conclusion, I encourage all Maltese to support and visit their clubs wherever area they are located, to be proud of our heritage and to pass our stories of hard - ship, struggles and successes to our kids The facade of the George Cross Falcons Club of Cringila and grandchildren. 12 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014 Roundup of News About Malta Maltese worker abducted in Libya released unharmed after 11 days

story that began so badly has Tripoli. It is unclear who turned out fine for the family of was responsible for his AMartin Galea, a Maltese oil worker kidnapping. who was abducted in Libya and released The Prime Minister said from captivity 11 days later, to see him the government had indi - climb down the steps of a special Medavia cations who the kidnap - flight at Luqa International Airport last pers were but would not Monday week. commit to making a He was flown back to Malta with Consul statement on this issue Maria Farrugia and six Armed Forces of - for the time being. ficials on board that was sent specifically He thanked the diplo - to Libya to recover Mr Galea matic corps and the uni - Martin, who was welcomed on the apron formed services for their by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Foreign 'silent and delicate work', Minister George Vella, Home Minister and also the Islamic com - Manuel Mallia and members of his family, munity in Malta. was happy to be safe. He said that his re - Dr Muscat said, “We lease was achieved due to the hard work worked in silence be - of the government. He thanked all those cause a ny declarations or who worked for his release, particularly information could have A relieved Martin Galea (left) is welcomed at Malta the Maltese consul to Tripoli, Marisa Far - been used against Galea. airport by Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat rugia, who, he said, had saved his life. It was a delicate operation and we didn’t No ransom was paid for Mr Galea's re - Martin, a former Armed Forces captain want to risk his life.” lease. He said: “Nobody ever asked for was working in Libya as a health and safety Martin spent his first nigh back home money ever since we got involved on Sun - officer with Arab Geophysical Exploration under observation at Mater Dei hospital. day,” adding, that the government was in - Services Company, AGESCO. He was ab - Shortly before Martin’s departure from formed that the oil company that employs ducted when the car that was taking him to Libya, Dr Muscat briefed the press about the Maltese worker was asked for money work was stopped at a roadblock outside his release. He had asked for an embargo on at one point but that no ransom was paid. the news until the aircraft entered Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca airspace and later expressed his apprecia - and Opposition leader Simon Busuttil also tion that the press obliged. welcomed the release. Three suffer spinal injuries jumping off Comino rocks hree people suffered spinal injuries while jumping off the Trocks in Cominotto over the weekend of July 25-27 The Emergency Response and Rescue Corps reported that the first incident on the 25th involved a woman who suffered back pain after jumping from a rock near Cominotto, known as ‘il- gwardja’. The other two on the 27th involved two men. In both cases, the lifeguards assisted the swimmers and took them to Mgarr Harbour in Gozo for onward transport to Gozo hospital. Every summer Cominotto lures many youngsters to its cliffs from where some 10 people, mostly foreigners, were injured last summer alone as they hurled themselves from the rocks into the sea. Duchess of Cambridge In June Malta Tourism Authority chairman Gavin Gulia said to visit Malta for 50th Cominotto would this summer be out of bounds to daredevils who Ann. of Independence use it as a dangerous springboard. he Duchess of Cambridge, Kate TMiddleton will be visiting Malta as 29 autopsies (on migrants’ bodies) in three days the Queen's representative for the 50th he mortuary at Malta’s general hospital, Mater Dei recently conducted an autopsy on 29 anniversary celebrations commemorat - Tbodies – 28 men and a woman – in less than three days. It was the largest mass autopsy ing Malta's Independence. She will be since the hospital’s opening in 2007. The bodies were recovered from the sea following the in Malta on September 20 and 21. most recent migrant tragedy close to Lampedusa. It was also the second largest ever amount This will be the duchess's first solo of autopsies performed at the same time, at the time of the EygptAir hijacking in 1985. Then overseas visit. The Queen last visited autopsies were performed on 60 bodies. Malta in 2007. Forensic expert Dr Mario Scerri who led the autopsies, concluded that all migrants died from drowning; some could have been killed in a stampede to climb aboard a rescue boat. Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 13 Roundup of News About Malta Maltese PM tells CNN: C’wealth commands Europe must promote legal migration 30% of votes but fails altese Prime Minister Joseph MMuscat told American news net - work CNN in an interview, that the Eu - ropean Union, EU, was not offering to pull its weight at UN any solutions to the phenomenon of ir - regular migration. He also claims Eu - Continued from page 2 rope must promote legal migration. He said that however, good migration On a more practical level, management was needed, as the present in order to encourage a more time, the only solutions being offered fruitful multilateral appro- are not being offered by the European ach at Commonwealth ev- Union but by individual countries, like ents, he said governments should, even with Common - Italy. wealth Secretariat's sus - He uttered his oft-repeated comment tained support, spend more that countries on the frontiers should time fostering bilateral rela - not be shouldering the burden of irreg - tions during the two-year pe - ular migration on their own as refugees riod between one Heads of and asylum seekers look towards a safe Government meeting and haven in mainland Europe. another, and not schedule “These people do not want to come to such meetings almost exclu - Malta or Italy but they are in search of sively during these summits. a new life in mainland Europe… so it Furthermore, he pointed is not solely our borders in question but out, it would do the institu - Dr Joseph Muscat (front far right) with Prince Europe’s as well and that is why we tion a great deal of good if Charles and other Commonwealth leaders need concrete immigration policy,” he Heads of Government took the time monwealth. So, he said, one might argue said. to meet informally at the margins of the an - that for this organisation to remain relevant He added that the EU should be pro - nual United Nations General Assembly. “It for the future is to have the present Com - moting legal migration, although this would help create the sense of missing ca - monwealth as the foundation for a much required good migration management, maraderie that could really make the differ - more integrated sub-group. and that Malta is supporting proposals ence at the end of the day.” “Members of this new Commonwealth for such a legal migration system He said that the Commonwealth com - could decide to adhere to strict rules, from whereas a person applies to live and mands 30% of votes at the United Nations, democracy to gender equality, from religious work in Europe, with the burden being but almost always fails to put forward com - freedom to minority rights (including LGBTI shared among the 28 member states. mon candidates and adopt significant com - issues), from transparency to environmental The Maltese Prime Minister said that mon stands. He added that such meetings sustainability. These rules should be much Legal channels of migration would be would foster these possibilities. more stringent than the current Charter, with created in countries of origin, applica - Turning to the European Union, the Mal - membership coming after close scrutiny, and tions screened and those approved tese Prime Minister said that whereas for screening being an ongoing process.” would be relocated among all countries most member countries, membership of the The third model emerges from a critique of the bloc according to pre-established Commonwealth is a historic fact, as they of the second, which can be seen as a for - thresholds. did not actively choose to become members malisation of the ingrained differences be - of the Commonwealth, joining the Euro - tween different groups of countries, and the pean Union, EU, is a choice about one’s fu - creation of even more divisions. He said He pointed out that the Commonwealth ture and not a statement about one’s past. one could opt for an improved Common - should not retire, but should decide what it He proposed that the Commonwealth wealth that would engage in more regular wants to be. It can opt to remain as it is and should be about commitment rather than and dynamic exercises by means of which sink in total irrelevance within the next history, which “It should be about the future each and every country is offered more po - decade or so, or have the courage to make rather than the past.” litical and technical assistance. changes, by starting to tackle them at least In order to do this, he said there are three In his opinion there might obviously be in piecemeal fashion. obvious models which one could adopt, the other models that could serve as a basis for In his opinion, in order to be relevant, the first being, disbanding the Commonwealth change, but what is for sure is that change Commonwealth should be about people as it is today and regrouping, setting out up - does not happen by itself or by accident. “We rather than diplomats. It should be about dated guidelines and Charter of Values to need to work for change. Staring at a decay - economic growth rather than bureaucracy, which participants must strictly abide. ing organisation and hoping that its fortunes and that it should be about the future rather The second is that of a multi-speed Com - might suddenly turn around is delusional.” than the past. National Statistics Office report indi - Decreases of €2.55 billion and €0.70 bil - Acates that as at December 2013, total €1.71 bn net international lion in loans generated by the banking sec - foreign liabilities in Malta decreased by tor and in debt securities respectively were €2.78 billion over the position prevailing investment as at end 2013 the main contributors to the overall de - a year earlier. At the same time, Malta’s total foreign cline in foreign assets. As a consequence, total foreign assets de - assets abroad amounted to €44.88 billion, Malta’s foreign liabilities were estimated clined by €2.65 billion during the same pe - while other Investment accounted for 51.9 at €43.16 billion. Other Investment to - riod, resulting in an overall increase in the per cent. Portfolio Investment represented talled €32.66 billion, (75.7 per cent of total IIP of €0.13 billion. 43.9 per cent of total foreign assets. foreign liabilities. 14 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014

˙bar li ddominat il-media qalulna li aktar ma ssir pubbliçità AMaltija matul dawn l-a˙˙ar aktar ikun hemm ˙sara lil din l-ist - jiem kienet dik tal-Malti, Martin ess persuna”. Aktar ma ssir Galea, li n˙ataf fil-Libja minn diskussjoni fil-media dwar dan il- wa˙da mill-fazzjonijiet militari li ˙tif aktar ikun diffiçli li dan il- b˙alissa qed jissieltu kontra Malti jin˙eles. xulxin fil-Libja. Galea,ta’ 40 sena, Dan ma jfissirx li l-Gvern ma eMks impjaegat ˙tal-Ftorzui Armfat i tfa’ ilkie-n gL˙ameil xbejn mjetaa sar jauf bil- Malta, jg˙ix il-Bidnija. Huwa ˙tif. Fil-fatt l-awtoritajiet Maltin kien mag˙ruf sew fost il-kommu - kien irnexxielhom isiru jafu min nmità Mealti˙ja fil-Luibjas. wara˙ata f 1lil d1an i-l-Miallti uj kiuenu mf’kun - i tara xi persuna jew persuni jie˙du xi nag˙sa fil-berah f’xi L-a˙bar tal-˙tif tieg˙u ng˙atat tatti mal-fazzjoni li ˙atfitu f’tentat - LΩmien u aktar u aktar fil-qilla tas-sajf f’xatt-il-ba˙ar hija xi g˙all-ewwel darba minn The tiv biex jin˙eles. G˙alkemm ˙a©a komuni. I Ωda li xi ˙add jie˙u mieg˙u fuq ir-ramel saqqu ta’ Times ta’ Malta. Meta ng˙atat din il-Kap tal-Oppo Ωizzjoni, Simon sodda mdaqqsa Ωgur li mhux xi ˙a©a daqshekk ta’ kuljum. l-a˙bar il-Malti kien ilu li n˙ataf Busuttil fl-intervent tieg˙u waqt Imma hekk ©ara fil-ka Ω tal-mara li flimkien ma binha jew bintha tmint ijiem. id-diskussjoni fil-Parlament qal li, li (ma nafux kif) ˙adet is-saqqu, li Ωgur mhux daqshekk ˙afif biex Kif isir issoltu malli ng˙atat l- “l-Oppo Ωizzjoni se tappo©©ja lill- i©©orru, tag˙mlu f’nofs il-Bajja ta’ San Ìor© (limiti ta’ San Gil - a˙bar, bdew il-kummenti. Sin - Gvern biex ji©i Malta qawwi u jan) li b˙alissa tkun mi Ωg˙uda l-aktar bi studenti li ji©u Malta tendi dawk li ssoltu jikkritikaw s˙i˙ u mill-aktar fis.” Rbiex jisatudjawq l-Indgliz. a fl-apert lill-Gvern mill- ewwel ˙ar©u Fl-istess waqt xorta sostna li din Li hu Ωgur hu li aktarx din g˙amlet xi lejl fuq dan is-saqqu g˙ax qatta’ bla ˙abel jattakkawh li kienet “a˙bar xokkanti g˙ax l- Mateo Lanfranco, li ©ibed dan ir-ritratt, ˙adu fis-6.30 ta’ filg˙odu. Ωamm din l-a˙bar sigrieta. a˙bar ©iet mo˙bija mill-pubbliku. Kemm damet hemm u kif spiççat l-istorja ma nafux. IΩΩ effen ˙afna fin-nofs il-fatt lil Jien lanqas b’mod kunfidenzjali g˙al darba wara l-o˙ra l-Ministru ma ©ejt infurmat biha.” tal-Affarijiet Barranin, Dr George IΩda minn dak li qal waqt inter - Vella, kien stqarr li g˙alkemm is- vista fuq radju lokali, il-kelliemi sitwazzjoni fil-Libja xejn ma g˙all-Oppo Ωizzjoni g˙all-Affari - kienet sabi˙a, ma kienx il-ka Ω li jiet Barranin, Dr Karm Mifsud ©ur li sa ftit tas-snin ilu, ˙add ma kien jo˙lom li xi g˙aqda jag˙ti l-ordni biex il-Maltin ji©u Bonnici, jidher li l-Oppozizzjoni ÛMaltija kienet se tiççelebra tmiem ir-Ramdan - l-Iftar - tal- evakwati minn dan il-pajji Ω. Al - qablet mal-Gvern dwar il-˙tie©a li Musulmani. I Ωda , dak li ma ©arax g˙al bost snin, ©ara f’dawn l- lura dawn il-kummentaturi kwa Ωi kemm jista’ jkun id-diskussjoni a˙˙ar snin meta sa˙ansitra Ω-Ω ew© Partiti Politiçi qeg˙din jag˙mlu kwa Ωi tefg˙u t-tort ta’ dan il-˙tif fil-media u fil-pubbliku dwar dan dan bl-akbar pompa. fuq il-Gvern Malti. Kien hemm il-ka Ω tkun limitata, g˙alkemm Attwalment l-ewwel Partit li beda jiççelebra dan l-avveniment minn sa˙ansitra talab g˙ar-ri Ωenja imbag˙ad fuq Twitter, il-Kap tal- kKien dake Lamburista, mli bla du bju tia’ nxejn,b minni Ωdmien liluu kien tal-Ministru tal-Affarijiet Bar - Oppo Ωizzjoni sostna li l-Gvern meqjus b˙ala l-Partit l-aktar qrib tal-Pajji Ωi G˙arab... anzi kultant ranin. g˙andu j Ωomm il-poplu infurmat fΩis-sa-˙nΩa pomlitika sai˙ansitrai kijen jii©ie mgt˙aj jarh min˙uabbax l-po Ω! iz - (Attwalment il-Gvern ipprovda b’kulma ji©ri . zjoni tieg˙u fil-konfront tal-pajji Ωi G˙arab. trasport bl-ajru g˙al dawk li xtaqu Nistg˙u ng˙idu li l-gvern ftit li IΩda, minkejja li min˙abba l-immigrazzjoni llegali g˙add ta’ jirritornaw Malta, i Ωda kien hemm xejn ta tag˙rif dwar il-ka Ω qabel Maltin xejn ma j˙arsu sabi˙ lejn il-Musulmani (fuq kollox mhux minn ipprefera li jibqa’ l-Libja. mal-Prim Ministru ˙abbar li Galea l-immigranti llegali kollha huma musulmani, imma g˙andna ten - Dan ©ie ikkonfermat mill-Prim kien in˙eles. A˙bar li tal-inqas denza li nitfg˙u lil kul˙add fl-istess keffa), ma Ω-Ω mien l-affarijiet Ministru meta qal “kull min qed s’issa, ma qajmitx diskussjoni. inbidlu issa, g˙all-ewwel darba anke l-Partit Nazzjonalista iççel - jitlob g˙ajnuna biex jitlaq mil- Kul˙add ˙are© jifra˙ biha ebra l-Iftar fejn ©ew mistiedna mexxejja u membri tal-kommunita’ Libja qed intuh din l-g˙ajnuna. ming˙ajr ma kif jg˙idu l-Ingli Ωi G˙arbija f’Malta. Dan l-avveniment ng˙ata prominenza kbira, l- G˙andna d-dettalji u kuntatti ta’ kien “ifs and buts’ aktar fil-midja tal-Partit Nazzjonalista. kull persuna li hemm fil-Libja u li U din iç-çelebrazzjonijiet serviet nafu bihom”. ukoll biex il-Kap tal-Oppo Ωizzjoni, L-a˙bar tal-˙tif tal-Malti kumbi - Simon Busuttil, jiddikjara li Il-Partit nazzjoni ˙ar©et fl-istess jum li Nazzjonalista hu partit sekulari li jir - fiha kellha ti©i diskussa fil-Parla - rispetta t-twemmin reli©ju Ω u jiggaran - ment mozzjoni tal-Oppo Ωizzjoni tixxi l-libertà u d-dritt ta’ kull min dwar il-Libja fejn l-Oppo Ωizzjoni jemmen li jxandar u jwettaq twem - kkritkat lill-Gvern l-aktar g˙ax ma minu. Ωammx lill-Oppo Ωizzjoni mg˙ar- Busuttil sostna li l-komunità Musul - mana hi parti integrali u importanti li raf b’dak li kien qed ji©ri fil-Libja. tag˙ni s-soçjetà Maltija. Hu fisser ir- Min-na˙a tieg˙u l-Prim Ministru rieda tal-Partit Nazzjonalista li j Ωid il- sostna li filwaqt li jifhem “il-kri - koperazzjoni mal-komunità Musulma- tika li tista’ ssir li l-a˙bar ma na biex flimkien javvanzaw l-aspiraz - ng˙atatx pubbliçita, i Ωda l-pariri li zjonijiet komuni tat-tnejn. ng˙atajna kien li ˙ajtu g˙ad mhix Insomma, iç-çirkustanzi jinbidlu u l- sigura. Mill-a˙˙ar informazzjoni progress (u forsi anke l-˙tie©a) ma li kellna kienet li g˙adu ˙aj, i Ωda jΩommu ˙add.

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ie˙ed mill-ilme- Wnti li ta’ sikwit Mix-xena tal-˙ajja Maltija 2 konna nisimg˙u u naqraw dwaru kien id- emmejna kemm-il Sdarba l-film li l- Bdewdmeienw esa©erat li wie˙ed kien irid jis - koppja BMrad aPitlt au Ajrn - jteinnta˙ biaexr ji©ri kopeu rat fi gelina Jolie se jag˙mlu sptarijiet pubbliçi. fil-Bsaojjal vta’e Mw©arhr-iax- Issa jidher li l-affari - Xini f’G˙awdex. jiet bdew jiççaqilqu u l-Jpidhrero lbi floest mil-fatit dan ©ie ikkonfermat xkiel li sabu biex jis- minn figuri li ng˙ataw soktaw bil-pro©ett ta- dan l-a˙˙ar dwar l- g˙hom, kien speçi ta’ g˙add ta’ operazzjoni - gabbana, li sservi x- jiet li saru fl-isptar ta’ xorb u l-ikel li hemm G˙awdex fejn fl-a˙˙ar propju f’din il-bajja. Is- sena u nofs saru 4,217- sidien tag˙ha sostnew il-operazzjoni. Fis-sena li matul it-tlett xhur li 2013 kienu saru biss Il-President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (fin-nofs) flimkien mal-imsie˙ba se jkun qed jin©ibed il- 2,678 operazzjoni. li aççettaw li jkunu parti mill-Forum Nazzjonali tat-Trade Unions film, matul is-sajf, U meta jsemmi lil atul is-snin sar kemm il-tentattiv Coleiro Preca, sejj˙iet il-jum b˙ala, kienu se jitlfu il-flus G˙awdex wie˙ed irid g˙ax il-bajja se tkun iqis li l-g˙add ta’ oper - Mbiex tin˙oloq xi g˙aqda li ti©bor “storiku li g˙andu jg˙in biex insawru l- azzjonijiet li jsiru f’din fiha l-g˙aqdiet tal-˙addiema (Unjins) li g˙aqda fost il-Maltin u l-G˙awdxin”. mag˙luqa g˙all-pubb - il-g Ωira huma limitati, hawn fil-G Ωejjer Maltin. Biss dawn it- Min-na˙a tag˙hom, kemm Victor liku. g˙ax ˙afna drabi l- tentattivi fallew g˙ax dejjem kien Carachi (GWU) kif ukoll Josef Bugeja IΩda kif jg˙id il-Malti, kirurgi jitilg˙u minn hemm unjin jew aktar li xorta ma (U˙M) fissru dan il-pass b˙ala wie˙ed bil-flus tag˙mel triq Malta biex jag˙mlu l- da˙lux fl-G˙aqdiet (Forums, Konfed - li se jfisser li l-unjins f’Malta se jkunu fil-ba˙ar. U hekk g˙a- operazzjonijiet. erazzjonijiet, eçç) li saru. qed jersqu aktar lejn xulxin u jifhmu mlet din il-koppja fa-, Min-na˙a l-o˙ra g˙add Issa g˙andna inizjattiva ©dida, li aktar lil xulxin. mu Ωa g˙ax malajr id- ta’ pazjenti Maltin ja- ttie˙det bi s˙ab bejn il-Presidenza u ç- Issa naraw jekk wara dan il-kliem deçidiet li tikri din il- g˙ Ωlu li jag˙mlu l-oper - Çentru g˙all-Istudju tax-Xog˙ol fi sabi˙ hemmx is-sustanza u li fil-fatt l- gabbana g˙at-tlett xhur azzjoni tag˙hom G˙aw- ˙Tdan l-Ugniver˙sità ta’i Mdalta, f ejnt ©ie irG˙aqndiet koellha xtal-˙axddiemia a? ttwal - tas-sajf.... u skont kif dex, x’aktarx g˙ax l-is - mwaqqaf il-Forum Nazzjonali tat-Tra- ment jissie˙bu f’dan il-forum, u l-aktar ©ier rapportat is-sidien tennija g˙all-operazzjo- de Unions (FNTU). importanti, li tal-inqas f’affarijiet Naz - marru tajjeb g˙ax in- ni f’G˙awdex hija nqas Meta nawgurat dan il-Forum, il-Pres - zjonali, jikooperaw ma’ xulxin. g˙ataw eluf ta’ Ewro. minn ta’ Mater Dei. ident tar-Repubblika, Marie-Louise IΩ-Ω mien jag˙tina parir? G˙alkemm wa˙da mis- sidien sostniet li dak li ng˙atalhom kien inqas milli jaqilg˙u s-soltu. ifri li g˙adhom kif ©ew ippub - gozju. tag˙hom fil-lukandi. Nispera li din qieset Çblikati juru li s-settur turistiku L-istess çifri juru li 9.9 fil-mija Huwa stmat li n-nefqa totali ta’ sewwa dak li qalet, f’Malta issokta jissa˙˙a˙, tant li tal-wasliet, (jew 146,717) kienu dawn tul i Ω-Ω jara kienet ta’ €160.8 g˙ax, jekk le, malajr f’Ìunju li g˙adda Ωdied bi 8.6 fil- minn pajji Ωi msie˙ba fl-Unjoni miljun, Ωieda ta’ 11.0 fil-mija. issib lil tat-taxxi wara mija mqabbel mal-istess xahar tas- Ewropeja bl-akbar g˙add ikunu B’dawn il-figuri t-turisti li Ωaru biebha!!!! sena l-o˙ra. nies bejn l-etajiet ta’ 25-44. Malta fl-ewwel sitt L-uffiççju tal-istatistika ˙abbar li L-iljieli li t-turisti qattg˙u f’Malta xhur tas-sena issa f’Ìunju Ωaru Malta 179,610 per - wkoll Ωdiedu bi 8.6 fil-mija fuq l- la˙qu s-730,938, sJunai lis 15s2,9o91 kmintnhaom ©ejwi fuΩq distieses xdaha r itats-s-enta ul-o˙rra i u Ωl- mji©ifuieri 8.f7%’ aMktar alta btala, filwaqt li l-14,562 l-o˙ra la˙qu l-1,354,060 lejl, bl-akbar mill-istess Ωmien g˙amlu dan g˙al ra©uni ta’ ne - g˙add minnhom iqattg˙u l-jiem tas-sena l-o˙ra. a nafux Mjekk ir- rigal li ta’ l- LPri-mA qMwin- a U issa jekk i ΩΩ ur Malta se jkollok iç-çans li t˙obb il-g Ωira. Issa ˙assew li jistg˙u jag˙tu xi istru Malti dduq birra lokali o˙ra minbarra dik ta’ Farsons ˙a©a lura ta’ kwalita’ u jixtiequ jaqsmu l- Rlilli-gPrainlç? ep ... u din id-darba G˙awdxija, g˙ax fil-kump - passjoni li g˙andhom tal-birra mal-klijenti. George f’g˙eluq l-ewwel sena tieg˙u less tal-Gozitano fix-Xewkija twaqqfet bir - Min-na˙a tieg˙u l-Ministru Refalo qal li dan hux l-aqwa rigal li ng˙atalu. Skont is- ta’ Londra ir- rerja arti©janali bl-isem ta’ Lord Chambray l-investiment - ta’ miljun ewro - jaqbel mal- rigal, li kien sett tal- t tal-fidda, LItds lis qaed tisppero djuçki biorral ( lna wk) tao’ lplo lbitikia rtarl-Gave rnG li j˙ipparomwwodvi xl-iinvjeasti - kien l-aktar wie˙ed extravaganti. Skont kwalita’ bl-isem ta’ Blue Lagoon, Golden Bay ment privat f’G˙awdex li jkun kapaçi jo˙loq l-istess ©urnal wara dak tal-Prim Min - and San Blas. aktar impjiegi g˙all-G˙awdxin. istru MaltSi uknideany hTeimems dak tal-Papa Waqt l-inawgurazzjoni mill-Ministru g˙al Qal li l-birrerija se tkun ukoll attrazzjoni tur - Fran©isku li kien jikkbornesaisktai sminn globu G˙awdex Dr Anton Refalo,P irde-mdiruemtt uArl eman- istika g˙ax turisti Maltin u o˙rajn barranin li tal-˙a©ar prezzju Ω b’salib fuqu. i©erjali tal-birrerija, Samuele D’Impero qal li jΩuru G˙awdex se jkolhom iç-çans li jesper - Min-na˙a tieg˙u l-President Amerikan l-familja tieg˙u kienet Ωaret G˙awdex g˙all- jenzaw dawra mal-birrerija u jkunu jistg˙u ˙eles billi ta lill-Prinçep George, kutra, ewwel darba 25 sena ilu u mill-ewwel saret jaraw kif tin˙adem il-birra u x’kapaçi toffri. g˙alkemm ma ntqalx xi kwalita’ hi. 16 T he Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014 A quick gllimpse at Australia

The intercepted asylum seekers were detained at sea Work for the sea for 29 days aboard the ACV Ocean Protector, pic - dole programme tured here in Hobart new job replacement programme, set Ato begin on July1, 2015 will force job seekers to look for 40 jobs a month and perform up to 25 hours of community service. This three-year programme will cost the Federal Government $5.1 billion. Under the proposed overhaul, job seekers under 30 will be eligible for welfare pay - ments for six months after applying for benefits, and will have to work 25 hours a week for six months of the year. Those between 30 and 49 will be asked to do 15 hours’ work a week for six months a year, while those aged 50-60 will un - dertake 15 hours a week of an approved activity, such as training. Crime and absurd obel prizewinner economist Joseph NStiglitz said that the government’s plan to deregulate universities is a “crime” A shade of history and the move for co-payments for medical services is ‘absurd’. sylum seekers, 157 of them, Tamils Campbell were in India recently trying to He said the two biggest mistakes the Afrom Sri Lanka were detained on the negotiate a deal. India’s biggest-selling Government can make is changes to uni - high seas throughout July on the Ocean English daily, The Times of India de - versity fees and Medicare as that would Protector. On July 1st, two days after the scribed Morrison as the “embattled Immi - take us down the American path of widen - boat was intercepted off Christmas Island, gration Minister” and reported his earlier ing inequality and economic stagnation. a national security committee decided attempt to convince Sri Lanka to accept “Countries that imitate the American those on board “should be taken to a place 157 asylum seekers “but Colombo blew model are kidding themselves,” said the other than Australia”. them away”. American economist. This committee headed by Prime Minis - Now it seems the High Court has done ter Tony Abbott maintains they are acting the same. Minister Morrison is now say - within the scope of Maritime Powers Act ing that the asylum seekers on board are No more with in detaining the asylum seekers on the cus - Indians and they are economic migrants. the stroke of a pen toms vessel and had no obligation to pro - History tends to repeat itself. In 1916 a ugust 1st, 2014 was D-Day for the tra - cedural fairness. boat named Gange with 214 Maltese mi - Aditional method of paying for goods They were reportedly kept locked in grants on board were turned away from and services. From this day on Australia’s small windowless rooms for 21 hours a their intended port of disembarkation in credit and debit cardholders are no longer day, sleeping in bunks stacked four high. Sydney after having failed a dictation test able to pay for goods and services with the They had three hours outside daily. Fam - in the Dutch language in Melbourne. flourish of a pen, they have to use a PIN ily members were split from each other, They became a “prohibited immigrants” number. and they had no access to translators. unable to disembark anywhere in Aus - If you cannot remember your pin number, A challenge to the High Courts of Aus - tralia, as they were shoved from port to it is best that you go to your Bank. In the tralia resulted into a ruling “that they port and finally finished in New Caledo - brave new world of PIN-only verification should be brought back to mainland Aus - nia, as the ship carrying the Maltese was there will be some situations where a PIN tralia”. French. won’t be necessary, for instance, when This is the first comprehensive test of It was then Prime Minister Billy Hughes someone is making a contactless payment whether the government has the power to who made the political decision to keep of less than $100; or a small tickets pur - intercept boats on the high seas and the Maltese on board from entering Aus - chase of less than $35; or using a card at a weather the Australian government had tralia, even though they were British sub - vending machine or parking meters. the right to hold asylum seekers against jects and Malta had fought with the allies The switch to PIN-only verification is de - their will and take them where it chooses. in Gallipoli. signed to reduce fraud. Minister Scott Morrison, who has refused to acknowledge the existence of the boat, confirmed the asylum seekers including No off day for Anzac in 2015 37 children would be transferred to the here will be no extra days off next year urday, was in 2009; no extra day’s holi - Curtin detention centre in Western Aus - Twhen Anzac Day falls on Saturday. day was observed. Anzac Day will be tralia. Unlike Australia Day, Christmas Day, 100 years next year. Curtin is widely considered to be one of Boxing Day or New Year’s Day, no ad - The Maltese Branch of the RSL in NSW the harshest detention centres on Aus - ditional day is granted for the national has lodged a complaint with the organis - tralia’s mainland due to its remote loca - day of remembrance in NSW under the ers of the Malta Convention 2015, as it is tion. It has been earmarked by the Public Holidays Act. to be organised at the same time as the government for closure next year. The last time Anzac Day fell on a Sat - Anzac centenary celebrations. Scott Morrison and Lt-General Angus Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 17 A quick glimpse at Australia Swing in Queensland goes banana No more ueensland was always that “awkward” State changed with the Government now having73 Carbon Tax Qwhen it comes to politics. On March 24, seats, Labour 9, Katter Party 3, Palmer Party 2 2012, Campbell Newman who was the Mayor of and Independent 2. n Thursday July 17, Aus - Brisbane scored the biggest victory in Australian Since his election Newman has reduced the Otralia became the first coun - electoral history attracting 62.8 per cent of the Queensland public service by 14,000. try in the world to abolish a price on carbon. The Senate passed the two-party preferred vote. In the 54th Parliament, In a bye-election held recently the LNP lost the Abbott government’s repeal bills that gave the Liberal/National Party 78 seats and seat of Stafford in an 18.6 percent swing against by 39 votes to 32. After two Labour just 7seats with 4 more to other candi - them. Historian, Prof Ross Fitzgerald is now the weeks of negotiations, and sev - dates, a total of 89 seats. 9th Labour member. Labour leader is Annasta - eral false starts, the Abbott gov - Since the election the political scene has cia Palaszczuk ernment achieved its long-held ambition to axe the tax. Passage of the legislation delivers Children at high the policy on which the govern - ment staked an election campaign, risk of abuse which ushered PM Tony Abbott to the head of his party, and helped here were 273,000 reported kill the leadership of ex-PMs Julia Tcases of children at risk of Gillard, Kevin Rudd and former abuse nationally in 2012-13, up opposition leader Malcolm Turn - from a low of 237,000 in 2010-11 bull. according to new figures released The Abbott government clin- by the Australian Institute of ched its victory after a rocky two Health and Welfare. weeks trying to wrangle the new Child welfare experts attributed Senate and an unpredictable the increase to greater pressure on crossbench. families and a heightened aware - Ross Gittens, the economics ed - ness of abuse. itor of the Sydney Morning Her - Joe Hockey The 272,980-abuse notification ald wrote, “PM Tony Abbott is involved 184,216 children, the right about one thing: the price of majority living in NSW and Victo - electricity has shot up and is now ria. a lot higher than it should be. It’s Hockey for leader! Only 45 per cent of the reports a scandal, in fact. Trouble is the carbon tax has played only a ascinating to know what goes on behind closed doors. In were investigated nationally. small part in that, so getting rid Fthe authorised biography, Hockey: Not your average Joe, About 50,000 allegations of abuse of it won’t fix the problem. by Fairfax Media columnist, Madonna King a former News Ltd in NSW were not investigated and “Until the rotten system is re - journalist and ABC broadcaster, we read an interesting piece 54,000 reports received no formed, the price of electricity about, the Fall guy-the men who betrayed Joe Hockey. scrutiny in Victoria. will keep rising excessively, so I On December 1, 2009, the current Treasurer was ready to Children most at risk came from doubt if many people will notice take over the reins of the Liberal Party; everyone assumed that poorer background, while 42 per - the blip caused by the removal of Joe Hockey was a shoo-in as the Liberal Party Leader. A spill cent of abuse victims were from the carbon tax.” motion was carried and the job of federal leader was open. Joe the areas of lowest socioeconomic The Australian Competition and Hockey was to stand against Tony Abbott. status. Other figures show that in - Consume Commission (ACCC) Joe Hockey did not anticipate that Malcolm Turnbull was to digenous children were at the is now gearing up to closely mon - re-contest the leadership. The first ballot was Hockey 12 votes, highest risk, being eight times as itor companies that flagged a Abbott 35 and Turnbull 26 votes. Hockey was eliminated and likely as non-indigenous children price increase as a result of the on the second ballot Tony Abbott was elected leader by 44 to be receiving child protection carbon tax now the controversial votes to 41 votes. services. measure has been abolished. The issue that got rid of Turnbull was the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, also MICHELLE ROWLAND MP known as emission trading scheme (ETS). FEDERAL MEMBER FOR GREENWAY Proudly serving the areas of: And Combet as well Acacia Gardens, Blacktown*, Girraween, mbattled Julia Gillard secretly offered Glenwood, Kellyville Ridge, Kings Langley, Eto stand down as Prime Minister in Kings Park, Lalor Park, Parklea, Pendle June 2013 and secure the leadership for Hill, Prospect*, Quakers Hill*, Riverstone, cabinet colleague Greg Combet in order to Rouse Hill*, Schofields, Seven Hills, fend off Kevin Rudd. Stanhope Gardens, The Ponds, Mr Combet whose partner is Juanita Toongabbie*, Vineyard Phillips the ABC-TV newsreader said so *Parts of in this book, 'The fights of My Life' . Mr Combet battled illness and near-con - 230 Prospect Hwy, Seven Hills 2147 stant pain for much of his time as minister, Ph: 9671 4780 including vascular condition in one leg, Email: [email protected] and osteoporosis that left him with neck shoulder and arm pain. www.facebook.com/mrowlandmp He was another victim of the carbon tax Twitter : @mrowlandmp which he launched in 2011. 18 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014

l-Grupp Letteratura Maltija ta’ Victoria Ωiji u u wkoll stejjer. Fl-2002 Idan l-a˙˙ar organizza programm letter - ˙are© ukoll Ωew© kotba g˙all- arju fis-Sala taç-Çentru Malti ta’ Parkville adoloxxenti, bIielx- jGag˙tir muer˙pbap lill -aLwtuer ut ptoeetar Maaltti,ura (sMtejjera qlotsria)j ua ta’ Dr Adrian Grima, li kien fuq btala f’Mel - (poe Ωiji). Huwa bourne minn wkoll ˙a sehem u qara xog˙lijiet Victoria bi pMraltoa, fglimrkaien mtimeg˙u Lf’˙aefnta“ tDpeainjj riMΩiah, ifxor sLtjohgou ˙m - ma’ martu Na - fb’aB” ali u n-Nicaragua. “Vle©©a f’©ie˙ il-kitttialeie bu Dwlierd - AikdkaIlr-rgpariotaag”ra nmm G letrteriarmju ©a ie hom Samuel u miftu˙ minn Paul Vella li ta Raphael. mer˙ba lill-mistednin minn B˙ala PRO tal- Malta u wkoll lil dawk li atten - bri tal-Grupp Letteratura ta’ Victoria qraw Grupp Paul dew g˙al din il-lejla. Wara, il-president tal- xi xog˙ol, kemm minn tag˙hom u wkoll ta’ Vella, kien ilu Grupp, Dr Mario Sammut iDndri rAizdziriana wGturriim oa˙ ra(.l eLm-eiwn)w eml able-dpar eDsird Venictt otra Sl-am - Ωmien f’kuntatt lill-mi©emg˙a u tkellem dwar ix-xogG˙roul ptapl - Letmteruat rljiu q, aDrar Mpoae rΩiioja S taaml-miibt ki u qatt minsi ma’ Dr Adrian grupp biex ikabbar l-u Ωu tal-Ilsien Malti u membru tal-grupp, Laurie Armato, “Is-Sena Grima li huwa l-kultura Maltija f’Melbourne. g˙all-Paçi 1986”. Poe Ωija o˙ra li kiteb hu lecturer tal-Let - Semma li l-grupp jiltaqa’ kull l-a˙˙ar stess kienet “Talba g˙all-Paçi” u spiçça teratura Maltija ©img˙a tax-xahar fejn il-membri jaqraw b’o˙ra ta’ Trevor Zahra, “Il-Malti”. fid-Diparti - xog˙lijiet letterarji tag˙hom jew ta’ awturi Maria Catania qrat poe Ωija ta’ Laurie Ar - ment tal-Malti o˙ra. Wara li semma li l-akbar avveniment mato, “L-Ilsien li bih twelidt” u o˙ra fl-Universita` tas-sena tal-grupp huwa l-Programm tag˙ha, “Lill-Mons. Joseph Grech, Isqof ta’ ta’ Malta, biex Mu Ωiko-Letterarju li jsir g˙al Settembru, Sandhurst”. Il-v/president tal-Grupp, Marie ©iet organizza- stieden lil Dr Grima biex ikellem lil-laqg˙a Louise Anastasi qrat poe Ωija ta’ Paul Saliba Maria Catania ta din il-©ur - u anke jaqra’ xi xog˙ol minn tieg˙u. “Int ridtu g˙alik” u o˙ra tag˙ha, fl- nata li fiha Dr Grima tenna li kien i˙ossu kuntent li okka Ωjoni tal-mewt t’ommha, “Ma, illum seta’ jattendi qed jie˙u sehem f’dan il-programm g˙aliex m’g˙adekx mag˙na”. kul˙add. dejjem kienet il-˙olma tieg˙u li jaqra’ bil- Fost il-membri l-o˙ra li qraw xog˙lijiet let - Dr Adrian Malti g˙all-Maltin fl-Awstralja fejn l-ud - terarji kien hemm, Frank Bonett, b’ Ωew© Grima huwa jenza tifhem x’qieg˙ed jaqra, min˙abba li kitbiet minn tieg˙u, “Fil-bit˙a” u “Memo - kittieb ta’ ˙af- ©ieli kien hemm okka Ωjonijiet meta qara rji”; Manwel Cassar, li qara ftit ˙ajki u na stejjer qosra xog˙ol minn tieg˙u fejn l-udjenza ma Ωew© poe Ωiji o˙ra, “Amnesija” u “Sodisfaz - u poe Ωiji, kif kinetx tifhem bil-Malti, anke jekk li l- zjon”, u Paul Vella li qara l-poe Ωija tal- ukoll kotba, poe Ωija b’lingwa o˙ra kient tkun pro©ettata poeta Malti Awstraljan, Frank Zammit, “Lil kemm ta’ poe- fuq screen. Ru Ωar Briffa”. L-ewwel Ωew© poe Ωiji li qara Fl-a˙˙ar Paul re©a’ stieden lil Adrian kienu, “Kieku kelli lança Ωg˙ira” Grima jaqra tlett poe Ωiji o˙ra, tieg˙u: u “Fl-g˙elieqi midruba”. Wara “Mostar”, “Rajtni kif kont g˙addej?” u qara “Venja” novella fuq storja “˙allejt ©enbejk fuq ru˙i”. Paul Vella vera ta’ Ωmien it-Tieni Gwerra Il-programm intemm b’intervent ie˙or Dinjija, minn riçerka u ˙afna qari mu Ωikali, imma mhux qabel ma’ Dr Victor li g˙amel, u minn rapporti tal- Sammut, f’isem il-Grupp ippre Ωenta xi ARP, dwar attakk mill-ajru li kotba bil-Malti li juru x-xog˙ol tal-Grupp se˙˙ fis-26 ta’ ©unju, 1942 bejn Letteratura Maltija tal-Victoria, filwaqt li il-©nien tal-G Ωira u Ta’ Xbiex, u Dr Grima ippre Ωenta xi kotba minn tieg˙u fejn Ωew© tfajliet, ˙ut in-nanna lill-librerija taç-Çentru Malti, li hi meqjusa tieg˙u, u o˙rajn tilfu ˙ajjithom. b˙ala l-akbar librerija ta’ kotba bil-Malti Qal li dakhinar, b’kollox daki - barra minn Malta. Huwa ©ie mdawwar mal- nahr kienu mietu tnax, filwaqt li librerija mill-PRO. tnax o˙ra sfaw midruba. Wara intervent mu Ωikali, mem -

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Frank Bonett Dr Adrian Grima fuq il-podju jaqra mix-xog˙ol tieg˙u waqt il-programm letterarju f’©ie˙u f’Victoria Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 19

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UNCLE SAM DJ ( Food: 5-Course Meal, beer, wine & soft www.unclesamdj.com drinks, tea/coffee The GDAY MALTAUSSIE SHOW VIVA MALTA on Central Coast on TVS is broadcast in Sydney. hRttapd:i/o/w: wAwug.subsst.:c Tomhu.arsud, ays 14 and Entertainment: Roc-A-Tac & Giuseppe EveMry aSlatteusreda Py raot g2rpamm; mes www.sbs.com.au 28; September 11th and 25th from Verdi Brass Band Repeatos no nT VM oanndday Ws 5e b pm and 6 pm -7 VpmIV oAn MCOAALSTTA FM 96.3 Tuesdays 7.30 am Community Radio in Gosford NSW Contact: Josephine/Ray 9627 4182 or 0439 974 Presenter: Nathalie Gatt. 1O8rg2a;n Misa'tAionsn we iTshhinegu tmo ap u9b6li2sh7 n4o6t4ic1 es or news intended for the Maltese community in Australia in The Voice of the Maltese L-A˙barijiet on SBS TV twice a week na - online magazine, are advised to stick to the magazine’s deadline Watch direct via HYPERLINKtio: nwide Sunday at 8.00 am on SBS2 and submit material at least a week prior to publication. Also http://ww.tvs.org.au; (Chan.W 32e)b; Tshtruerasdmayins ga ti s8 .a0l5s oa mav oani lSaBblSe 2 please try to be brief so we could accommodate most requests http://ww.tvs.org.au on: www.coastfm.org.au. CommuCnhiutrych N, 1e98w Osl df oPrro s‘ppecut bRoliacd,ation’ The PBS Meets every second Friday of the Greystanes from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. MALTESE NEWS month; Miller Room, Memorial Avenue Fairfield Active Maltese Seniors Merrylands from 10.30am to 12.30 am Meets on the first Tuesday of the Month Merrylands Social Maltese Seniors Ongoing: We meet every First Wednesday fromM10:e0e0atmin tog s12 o nfo oDn.a y Care Meets on the first Wednesday of the of the Month from 10:00am-1:00pm TMhe agrlotueps em eGetsr ionu thpe sP airnis hN HSalW l, cnr month at the Llandilo Community Hall, OTuhr eM Seuettihngesr/Glaent dT o&ge tShte rGs aeroe rignte er - of Stella Street & The Boulevard, Fair - Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1pm. esting, infoMrmaaltitvees e& Genrtoerutap ining. field Heights. Come Join us and make new Friends GLrlaeynsdtialnloe sM Maaltletessee S Seenniioorrs s Meets on the second Monday of the Meets on the last Wednesday of the month in the Youth Room of OLQP month in the Meeting Room One, No. 3 General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville. For more information contact our Coor - D: aceyville Maltese Seniors dinator: Charles Mifsud J.P.Phone (02) Come and join us and make new friends. 9501 5525 – mobile 0421 662 298 *(All Groups are Sponsored by The Maltese Community Council of NSW). Please con - Note The Groups also arrange regular Bus Trips tact the MCC Welfare Officer: Marisa Previtera JP on 0414 863 123. The MCC offices . are at 59 Franklin Street Mays Hill NSW (next to West Parramatta Primary School) 20 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014

Festa Santa Marija Assunta Il-Festa ta’ 2014 Programme San Bert Friday August 15: 6.30 pm: Confessions in Maltese and English; 6.45 f’Sydney pm: Holy Rosary; 7.00 pm.: Presentation Of Flowers to Sta Marija, followed by solCeCmn Moaoss. Ammfterwarmdms a meurury bannd miairctht amyyid a firNNe - eeIwwl-Óaddss 24 ta’ Awwissu works display and continuation of Marian Marches at The Hall. fiç-Çentru La Valette, f’175 Saturday August 16: 6.30-12.30 am: THE SANTA MARIJA ASSUNTA Walters Rd, Blacktown NSW, ANNUAL DINNER DANCE at The Lakeside Banquet Convention Cen - se ti©i iççelebrata l-festa ta’ San Bert. tre.. Live Band entertainment by: The Tequila Bros & The Maltese United Brass Band. Il-jum jibda b’quddiesa fil- Sunday August 17 (Festa Day): 2.00 p.m: A concelebrated High Mass 11.00 am. Wara jkun hemm ikel by Bisop Vincent Long OFM Conv Auxiliary bishop of the Western Re - Malti u xorb servut mill-klabb. gion of Melbourne, assisted by Fr. John Manuel Sunaz CMF parish Se jindaqqu l-marçi fuq CD’s, priest and other Maltese priests. Fr Dennis Carabot will deliver a jintwera video tal-festa f’Óal short Panegyric in Maltese. The accompanying Choir is The Philip - G˙arg˙ur, Malta, ikun hemm pine “Himig Pilpino Choir of Maidstone” log˙ob tal-boççi, u wkoll divertiment minn Tony 3.45 pm: A Procession with the statue of Santa Marija amid a fire - Fenech u Joe Xuereb. works display, accompanied by The Maltese Own Band Philharmonic Society Inc and other Associations. Is-sej˙a hi biex min irid imur After the procession a musical concert hosted by The Maltese Own jiffeste©©ja mal-G˙arg˙urin ta’ Sydney Band followed by DJ Domenic. For tickets Contact: Frank Mintoff: 9363 5325; Frank Galea: 9314 4231: Kul˙add huwa mistieden. Bill Deguara: 9366 9956; Joe Attard: 9361 1396; Doris Bonello: 9745 9934; G˙all aktar tag˙rif wie˙ed Christine Attard: 9364 5049. jista’ jçempel lil Maria Mer - Adults: $60; Children U/12: $45 (food, drinks will be available cieca: 02 4735 3590.

Maltese Il-festa tal-Vitorja mill-Fathers Maltin Language Il-Fathers Maltin jixtiequ jfakkru lill-komunita` Maltija li l-Festa Classes tal-Vitorja din is-sena se ti©i iççelebrata nhar il-Óadd 14 ta' Settembru fil-Katidral ta' St Mary's Sydney. in Liverpool Fis-2.30 pm tibda l-purcissjoni. Wara jkun hemm quddiesa li tkun The Maltese Language School of ikkonçelebrata mis-saçerdoti Maltin. NSW is opening a new class to Kul˙add huwa mistieden. Min jixtieq jattendi g˙andu ja˙seb teach the Maltese language and kmeni ˙alli jil˙aq post. culture at the Casula Jekk hemm xi ˙add li g˙andu xi tfal li jkunu jixtiequ jie˙du Public School in De Meyrick sehem fil-purçissjoni Avenue, Casula. Jista’ jçempel lil Antoinette Mascari: 9899 1938. Lessons to be given on Wednes - days after school hours Contact Mary on 9601 2189 The Maltese Guild of SA Inc cordially invites you to This is another initiative The Feast of Santa Maria For 2014 of the Maltese Community Council of NSW Tuesday August 12: Mass at 10.30am at the Guild Hall Confession and Mass Celebrated by Fr. Gabriel Sunday August 17 from 12.15pm: Celebrating avvi Ω g˙al min the Feast of St. Mary at The Maltese Cultural Centre tinteressa˙ il-kitba 6, Jeanes Street Beverley Id-direzzjoni ta’ The Voice t˙e©©e© lill-qarrejja li j˙os- Free lunch to members. Raviolli followed with dessert su li jew g˙andhom talent Non Members $10, Children $5 g˙all-kitba inkella li ja˙s- There will be TV Flash Backs of Festivities bu li bi ftit g˙ajnuna jist- g˙u jrabbu l-kunfidenza of Santa Maria From Malta g˙all-kitba, biex jekk iridu From 2 pm to 4 pm the Maltese Queen of Victories Band will jistg˙u jissottomettu x-xo- present a Musical Programme of Popular Music And Marches g˙ol tag˙hom lil The Voice fl-email address: maltese- You Must Book Your Lunch with Joe Briffa on 8254 6988 / 0421 791 327, [email protected] Mary Craus on 8281 2329 or see anyone from the committee. Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 21

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Computer Class for the Elderly The Maltese Community Council of NSW is conducting a computer class at the Maltese Resource Centre 59 Franklin Street, Mays Hill 2145 NSW every Friday between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 For more information contact Emanuel Camilleri: 0409 744 376

Notice to Former members of ... Malta Society of New Zealand We now have a Facebook page that we invite you to join. It is: Mainly-Maltese-in-Auckland. We can be found online at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mainly-Maltese-in- Auckland/ 396193070527203?ref=hl. It is open to all have an interest in the Maltese culture.

St John Sydney FRIENDS OF PROVIDENCE HOUSE NSW Xewkija Ass. (Formed in November 2011) Presents: Annual Feast Pro - gramme Dinner Dance Saturday Founder /Coordinator : Jim Borg August 23 at 6.30 p.m. at Bal - Structure: Secretary : Marisa Previtera; moral Function Centre 47-49 Balmoral Street, Blacktown Treasurer : Rita Kassas 5-COURSE MEAL Official Bank Account : Commonwealth Bank of Australia: (including beer, wine and soft drinks) BSB: 062 416 A/C 10199448 Music provided by Charlie Camil - Aim of Association: Raising funds for Id-Dar tal-Providenza, Malta leri and Rockin Mustangs, and Our Lady Queen of Peace Money raised so far: 2012/2013 - $ 2,500 and 2013/2014 - Sunday August 24 $35,000. Mass at St Michael’s Church Method of fund raising: Functions, tours, donations, raffles, sponsors. Orwell Street South Blacktown. Percentage of funds raised donated to Id-Dar tal-Providenza, Malta – 100% After mass a procession with the statue of St John Future fund raising: Donations direct to the official bank account, With Our Lady Queen of Peace. sponsorships, tours, functions and raffles. After the procession drinks and The Friends of Providence House NSW is the official food will be served while the Ambassador of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, Malta in Australia brass band will be in atten - dance Contact details: Jim Borg, Co-ordinatorPhone: (02) 9636 7767 (Mb) 0418 825 591 Email: [email protected] For further info contact: Sam: 46841617; mob: 0419781568; Rose: 96285424; Elia: 96226047; Martin Proudly supported by: Sciberras: 0417237524 22 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014

Maltese RSL sub branch Call for Affiliate members G˙ana fil-La Valette Centre Readers please note If you are interested in joining, please call Doris on mo- Il-La Valette Social Centre se The Voice of the Mal - bile below so she will send you an application form. tese online can be When filled out, the appication should be sent back to jorganizza lejla ta’ Ghana fiç- the address below; but you also need to provide: Cçentrou fims-26 tma’ Ottubrun li ©iej tyac ceNssed eanywtime bs y Community Nloggieng two: s 1. Proof of eligibility that you have a relative minn Saver u s˙abu. Il-˙in http://www.maltesewel - ikun fit-8.00 pm u d-d˙ul se (living or deceased) who is or was eligible to fare.com.au be a Service Member of the Leugue. jkun bla ˙las. Kul˙add huwa and clicking on: mistieden jattendi. The Voice sign. A photocopy of the Certificate of Service is all we require, and... . . 2. Membership application fee ($30) cheque Friends of Birzebbuga made payable to: Maltese RSL sub branch are organising a get-together on November 15, You can send the completed application form 2014 at 6.30 p.m. at Merrylands RSLMilitary along with the above requirements to: Road Merrylands NSW with buﬀet and entertainment Mrs Doris Pocock For tickets contact: Emanuel Camilleri: 029822 Administration Officer Maltese RSL sub branch, 0228. Mob: 0409 744 376 PO Box 8280, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 Tel: 0419 420 915/ Come along. It will be a fun night email: [email protected] Maltese Elderly Thanksgiving Day 21st Anniversary Luncheon on Wednesday October 8 Venue: St Stephen Serbian Orthodox Caring for our Maltese Elderly Church Hall Corner of Woodstock Ave Programm tal-festa f’Melbourne & Hyatts Rd Plumpton IfL'-©ÌiIMe˙GÓ SA,a 2n2 Ttaa’ ALWiWeInSSaU Imperatriçi Between 9:00am - Finish 3:00pm 7.30 pm: Fil-knisja tal-Croatians, Fitzgerald Rd, Starting with morning tea, followed by Mass Ardeer: QuddAieswa gbiul-Isntgali Ω, m2in0n1 F4 r. Edwin Agius, Aspecial lunch and dessert will be served mssp. Jie˙u sehem il-kor. Wara il-quddiesa, kul˙add mistieden fis-sala fejn il-Maltese United Brass Band id - live entertainment provided by well-known doqq marçi briju Ωi. Maltese entertainers IS-SIBT 23 TA’ AWWISSU Cost: Frail person(s) free ;Carer $25; Senior $45 6.30 pm: Ballu kbir ta’ lejlet il-festa fil-Melrose Recep - tion & Convention Centre, Melrose Dr, Tullamarine. Call one of the committee below to reserve your seat. Tie˙u sehem il-Banda Vibe, u floor show minn Joe Galea minn Sydney. Il Maltese United Brass Band iddoqq Doris Pocock 0419 420 915; Lina Magro 9629 4046 marçi briju Ωi. Our Elderly are forever grateful for this very special day IL-ÓADD 24 TA’ AWWISSU 3.00 pm. Fil-knisja tal-Croatians, quddiesa minn Fr. Edwin Agius, Fr. Emmle Adami, Fr. Dennis Carabott, u Fr. Dominic Degiorgio, meg˙juna minn Manwel Farru - Division of the Maltese Community Council of NSW Inc. PO Box gia. Jie˙u sehem il-kor. Wara Barka Sagramentali. 5332, Greystanes LPO, NSW 2145 4.30 pm. Purçissjoni bl-istatwa ta’ Santa Liena madwar il-knisja, akkumpanjata mi Ω-Ωew© baned Maltin, il-Mel- ita Band Inc. u l-Maltese Own Band Phil. Soc. Inc. L- g˙aqdiet Maltin mistiedna jie˙du parti bl-istendardi. Learn Maltese! 6.00 pm. Kunçert varjat fis-sala tal-Croatians - jibda bid- Learn the Maltese language, the culture, lifestyle, cuisine, daqq ta’ marçi briju Ωi mill-baned Maltin, li jikkumpan - traditions and about the amazing history of this magnificent jaw il-Vara Artistika ta’ Santa Liena. Wara li jispiççaw il-baned, ikun hemm daqq varjat mid-DJ Dominic u Mediterranean island. floor show minn Joe Galea. Our trained and experienced teachers are qualified in language teaching and have Maltese study credentials. D˙ul: Kbar: $5.00. Tfal ta˙t it-12-il sena jid˙lu b’xejn. Fid-9.00 pm: Tlug˙ tal-lotterija. Classes available for students from 6 yrs to adults at all levels of ability in the Maltese language. (Hadd ma jista’ jda˙˙al ikel u xorb. Fil-bar wie˙ed isib jixtri ikel u xorb tradizzjonali) Classes are held at: G˙al iktar tag˙rif çemplu lil: Victor Bartolo: 93798387 - Mobile: 0412 991 325; HORSLEY PARK SEVEN HILLS Joe Borg: 93044414 & Joe Busuttil: 93118968; Mary Ab - Horsley Park Public School The Meadows Public Sch. dilla: 93705164 & Mary Bartolo, Mobile: 0417 549 724 1759 The Horsley Drive, Horsely Park Fuller Street, Seven Hills Kul˙add mistieden jing˙aqad mag˙na g˙all-Festa You canta hl-aPvae traucnceas tsa gto ˙nTah eS Vaonitcae L oief nthae Maltese SCHOFIELDS - Terra Sancta College. Hambeldon Rd, Schofields online anytime by logging to: For more information and all enquiries http://www.maltesewelfare.com.au and click on The Voice sign call Mary Pace Feroud on (02)9601 2189 Tuesday August 5, 2014 The Voice of the Maltese 23 SSppoorrttss 11

n Glasgow, Mal- Ita failed to add any medals to the Adam Vella wins Gold four obtained in in Australian Colours previous Common- t appears that the wealth Games. Ionly consolation The 27 participat - for the Maltese ing athletes did not sports fans is, that mManagee a dmeadalls elude Ma sahooltetr waho isT of eam between them. Maltese des- Perhaps the biggest disappointment was cent and with shooter William Chetcuti. So much was a Maltese fa- expected of the winner of two bronze mily name, Adam Vella, won a medals in the shooting ranges in previous gold medal in trap shooting rep - Games. The winner of bronze in 2002 in resenting Australia. Valletta’s Shaun Ba - Manchester, and 2006 in Melbourne failed For Vella, a 43-year-old born in jada (right) in a duel to raise his performance. Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a for the ball with Qara The nearest Malta came to winning a Maltese father, this is his fourth Qarayev in Azerbaijan medal in this sport was through 17-year- Commonwealth Games gold old Nahan Lee Xuereb who finished fo- medal. He won the others in the urth in double trap. He narrowly missed Games held in Manchester, Mel - Valletta hit for 4 in out on a bronze after losing against India’s bourne and Delhi. He was also Asab Mohd in the decisive shoot-off. In bronze medallist in the Athens Azerbaijan return the same competition William Chetcuti Olympic Games even failed to make it to the final round 7 defeats from 8 for Malta finishing seventh. In the women’s singles Carmen In the trap competition Brian Galea fin - Spiteri won only one from five; clubs in UEFA competitions ished 11th from 36 shooters with 109 hits Lenny Callus won three from six in ven more disappointments for the Maltese from 125 clays. The gold medal went to the men’singles, and with John Efootball clubs in European competitions with an Australian of Maltese descent, Adam Parnis won three from five in the the elimination on an aggregate score of 5-0 of the Vella. men’s pairs. Champions, Valletta, by FK Qarabagh of Azerbai - In pistol shooting Eleanor Bezzina fin - In athletics, Rebecca Sare’ fin - jan following a 4-0 defeat in Baku in the return tie ished 13th and failed to qualify. ished only ninth in the Triple Jump of the second qualifying round of the UEFA The colour bronze also narrowly eluded but still managed to set a national Champions League. Malta in wrestling. Both David Galea in record with a jump of 12.26m, The four Maltese clubs representing Malta in this the 74kg category, and Adam Vella in the while Rebecca Camilleri became season’s European competitions had a most disap - freestyle 61kg category lost their bouts for the first athlete representing Malta pointing adventure. They suffered seven defeats bronze. to reach a Commonwealth Games from their two-legged encounters and recorded Following are some of the other results track and field final after qualifica - only a draw. obtained by Maltese athletes: tion in the long jump event. Valletta were no match for their opponents who In Lawn Bowls, the three Maltese-Aus - All three judokas lost in the first had already beaten them 1-0 in the first leg in tralians were eliminated in the group stage. round Malta. But even more disappointing the fact that the citizens finished the game with only nine play - ers due to the red carding of Jonathan Caruana (after 19 minutes) and Ryan Fenech six minutes ollowing their midweek scoreless draw at home to Northern Tigers in the 19th round, from time. FParramatta now need only win one more match out of their remaining three to finish Qarabagh went ahead after 15 minutes and after top of the Supa IGA NPL Mens 2 Div for posible promotion. They are now seven points that there was no way Valletta could survive, par - clear. The Finals will be played at Blacktown’s Lily Football Centre on Setember 21. ticularly when, four minutes later they found themselves a man short with the sending off of Caruana. However, they managed to keep the SUPA IGA NPL NSW Mens 2 final Sept 21 score down to that goal by the end of the first half. Pt Melbourne v Green Gully SC 1-1 But three minutes into the second half Qarabagh Mounties v Parramatta FC 2-2 St Albans S. v Sunshine GC added to their lead with a goal by Chumbinho, and Parramatta v Northern Tigers 0-0 1-0 on 57 minutes Danilo Dias scored a third. NSW: Supa IGA NaFtionoatlb all resultVs ICTORIA: NPL Leroy George wrapped up the scoring with a League lPadrdeemr LPe aWg u De D Li v F. 2 A Pts fourth in the 80th minute, and four minutes later Parramatta 19 11 5 3 38 21 39 VICTORIA: Division I Northern T. 19 9 5 5 31 23 32 Fenech picked up a second yellow card that amounted to a red and was sent off to become the Macarthur R 18 8 6 4 32 22 30 *Apologies as owing to circumstances beyond Sydney Univ. 18 8 4 6 27 29 28 third player from Valletta to be sent off against our control we could not include last weekend’s Qarabagh over the two legs. Bankstown C 18 6 8 4 32 27 26 results 7.30 p.m : Sydney U. v Parra - Mounties W. 18 7 4 7 28 27 25 matta FC; Sydney U: Fraser Park v Mounties Perhaps one of the most disappointed players CC Mariners 18 6 7 5 24 23 25 7.30 p.m.: Bankstown C. v Parramatta; with Valletta’s elimination was Maltese-Australian Hills Brum. 18 5 6 7 27 29 21 7S.u3p0a p I.GmA.: FN. aotriotnhalc PoremmHielnlrs gLB e mvag Muaeot (ucDnhitvie 2ss ) W. Adrian Zahra. The former Perth Glory player Mt. Druitt 18 6 2 10 21 33 20 Aug 9: .: Hensley Park must have thought he could make his European 18 5 4 9 28 30 19 : Green Gully v Hume C.. MeAlbuogu 1rn6e: Spirit FC K. v GreenJ eGnuslelny .p ark: N. debut. But though he was in the Valletta squad for Fraser Park 18 4 5 9 23 32 17 Geelong v SLuinlyssh iCnen Gt.C: ; : Sunshine GC v.Dan - both home and away matches, he was not given Bankstown B. 18 5 1 12 24 39 16 dVeincotonrgi aC iNty PL his chance. Aug 9 Aug. 17: Victoria I Division : Aug. 9: Aug 16 24 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday August 5, 2014 SSppoorrttss 22 Sunshine George Cross mark important milestones: Reach 1500 matches mark in 67 years unshine George Cross Football Club, Sformerly known as just George Cross, the first football club in the whole of Aus - tralia that was founded by Maltese immi - grants, has this season reached two important milestones. The current season is their 67th in a league competition, and last Saturday (August 2), their home match at Chaplin Reserve against Rich - mond marked their 1500th league outing. This Australian soccer club from Sunshine, a western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, that currently plays in the Victorian State League Division 1, was founded way back in 1947 and played its first competitive match in Division III a year later, in 1948. George Cross – who later began to be known as Sunshine George Cross and wear the colours on the Maltese flag, Red and white stripes for their home strip, – are the oldest club of all the NPL clubs in Vic - toria, and most probably also the oldest Maltese association in Victoria, An avid reader Victor Brincat told The George Cross SC 1949 Division III Champions with the club’s co-founders Em - Voice : “It is a terrific milestone for the manuel “Danny” Gatt and Bill Sandham. Back row (from left) : Charles Gatt club to have stood the test of time and it is (committee member), George Gatt, unknown, Guy Zammit, unknown, un - up to every Maltese descendant in Victoria known. Centre row : Baldas Calleja, Daniel Gatt (president), Kathleen Sand - to ensure the club continues to prosper in ham (committee member), Bill Sandham (secretary), unknown. Front : The the future.” first two from left are not recognised, the Frank Zammt, Reno Mizzi and an - George Cross was one of eight Victorian other player whose name is not known. (Photo from the George Cross archives) clubs to have participated in Australia's occasions. names like the Vella brothers, Lolly and National Soccer League and its best Throughout its history it produced five Tony, Joe ‘Ginger’ Zammit and Billy Dalli achievement was reaching the playoffs as Weinstein Medallists and three Bill Flem - readily spring to mind. Nearer to our time, finalists in the 1986 season. ing Medallists. It was also the first club be - the club has also been home to two very Winners of the Australian Cup in 1964, longing to Maltese migrants to recruit well known players of Maltese descent, Sunshine George Cross were named some of the best footballers Malta has ever Kevin Muscat and Emmanuel Muscat. It champions of the 1977 Victorian State produced. has also been home to John Markovski, League and were also runners up on nine The list is much too long to mention, but Craig Foster and Andrew Nabbout.

A most recent team- photo of Sunshine George Cross be - fore their match against St Albans Sai- nts. Standing (from left): Manuell Sad- ik, Lewis Shannon, Anthony Cassar, Chris Dib, Nabi Tu- na, Eddie Cetkin. Front: Jacob Atta- rd, Damian Rasto - cic, Matthew Ogh- anna, Christopher Oghanna and Adri- an Logozzo.