Catalonia Gears up for Referendum
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FREE COPY THE NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHERN SPAIN Hamyan Al-Thani, the new face of Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD Málaga CF September 8th to 14th 2017 www.surinenglish.com We speak to the sheikh’s daughter, now the director News 2 Food & Drink 44 of the academy and the Comment 23 My Home 45 Lifestyle 24 Sport 50 women’s team P50&51 Health & Beauty 34 Classified 55 in English What To Do 39 Pastimes 62 Catalonia gears up for referendum The regional parliament has passed a law that paves the way for the vote on independence Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said he will do everything within the law to stop the vote called for 1 October Spanish prime minister Mariano Ra- joy has said that he will do everything legally within his power to stop the independence referendum called by the Catalonian authorities on Wednes- day. He has called for the Constitu- tional court to overrule the law that was approved in a parliamentary ses- sion that Madrid has described as a “democratic atrocity”. While state prosecutors prepare to bring charges against the leaders responsible for al- lowing the law to go through, all may- ors and other public representatives are to be warned that their duty is to prevent the illegal vote from going ahead. Meanwhile the secessionists say that they will declare Catalonia a republic just days after a vote for independence. P18&20 Catalonian leaders applaud after the referendum law was passed in the absence of the opposition. :: REUTERS Malaga province’s population peaks at 2.67 million during August, according to figures According to official figures, 1,629,298 are unregistered. However, tourism people live in the province of Malaga. also plays a significant role with num- However, thanks to rubbish collec- bers reaching 2.67 million in August tion and water consumption data, it alone. Experts warn that although is estimated that the real figure could there is a margin and sufficient in- exceed two million. This discrepancy frastructure to cope with the de- can be explained by the thousands mand, there is a need to seek a bal- of foreigners and other people who ance and improved management of come from elsewhere in Spain who public services. P2&3 New books, new Thirty years of Buddhism beginnings. Our in the Axarquía. The Aldea supplement takes you Alta centre welcomed back to school for the new people from 62 countries academic year INSIDE for its big anniversary P15 August unemployment Cervezas Victoria opens rises for the first time its new brewery in Malaga since 2009 with 2,751 more and yearly production could people looking for work in soon be as high as 20 Malaga province P20 million litres P5 22222222 September 8th to 14th 2017 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH The coastal population triples in the summer Figures for rubbish collection and water consumption indicate that there are 1.5 million people on the western Costa del Sol and 2.7 in the province as a whole avoid the province becoming a vic- Sol a year, and about 38 per cent of tim of its own success or opening the that is used between July and Sep- door to the ‘tourism phobia’ which tember. Despite the lack of rain, there is affecting more crowded areas such is no cause for concern about sup- FRANCISCO as the Balearic Islands at present. plies. JIMÉNEZ “We have done our homework for From coast to coast years, to make sure we have enough [email protected] On the western coast, Marbella is a water even in a record year in terms prime example of this massive in- of visitors” says CEO Manuel Car- According to official figures 1,629,298 crease in population every summer, deña. The amount of water consumed people live in the province of Malaga, but it is by no means alone. On the in Malaga city also increases greatly but this is only a fraction of the true other side of Malaga, on the coast of in the summer, by about 27.1 per cent, number. These are the people who La Axarquía, for example, rubbish once again partly due to the fair in are registered at their local town halls, collection increases by 33 per cent in August. but thousands of unregistered for- August, compared with quieter times Electricity consumption is a simi- eigners also live here and other peo- of year. lar case: the fairground uses the same ple come from elsewhere in Spain to In the Ronda area, the amount of amount as a municipality the size of study or work without registering. rubbish collected increases by 37.2 Coín (21,000 inhabitants). In the The streets of Puerto Banús are crowded with people all through the It is very difficult to obtain an ac- per cent and in Antequera by 31.4 per province as a whole demand is quite curate figure, but taking into account cent in the summer, but the situa- stable all year round, although there versitario in Malaga. everyday factors such as the amount tion is different in the Guadalhorce are peaks in the coldest and hottest of rubbish collected and the water area, where the highest increases are months because of heating and air The population of rural Coping with the pressure consumed, it is estimated to be over in June (21.4 per cent) and in August conditioning. towns also increases, Is the province in general, and the two million. the figure is eight points lower. As a It is obvious from a walk through but to a lesser extent Costa del Sol in particular, able to That may be the case for most of general rule, it should be lower in Malaga city centre or along any sea cope ? Enrique Navarro, of the Fac- the year, but in the summer, with an August because so many people go front promenade that the popula- than the tourist resorts ulty of Tourism at Malaga university, avalanche of tourists arriving, the away on holiday, but in fact the re- tion increases in the summer, but says it can at the moment: “There has population multiplies and can reach duction only serves to counterbal- figures from the airport have con- been a great deal of investment in in- 2.67 million in August alone. If that ance the more than 1,000 tonnes of firmed that this is a record year: in frastructure to support this increase statistic is extrapolated just to the rubbish generated by Malaga Fair. July the number of passengers ex- Experts deny that the in population, but we do need to im- western Costa del Sol, the 527,030 Rubbish collection is one of the ceeded two million for the first time coast has reached its prove the way we manage tourism people registered as living in the area most reliable indicators to measure ever. The roads are visibly busier limit, but warn that it and, especially, its impact on local so- between Torremolinos and Manilva the real population because the with traffic and finding a parking ciety and the economy,” he says. “Peo- would multiply to around a million amount of domestic waste gener- space can be a challenge. Although could become a victim of ple tend to think of tourism as a prob- for a large part of the year and triple ated by one person hardly varies many local people refuse to use the its own success lem when the influx of visitors makes in the summer. throughout the year. Water con- toll motorways because the price their everyday lives more inconven- Does this mean that this tourism sumption is another, because it can goes up in the summer, at this time ient.” destination par excellence is on the be three times as high in summer of year over 41,000 vehicles a day The director of Malaga council’s point of collapse? The experts say not, as in the winter. drive along the AP-7 on the west- gency departments of hospitals also Urban Environment Observatory but warn that although there is a mar- ern Costa del Sol, which is 72 per show how much the population in- (Omau), Pedro Marín Cots, agrees. gin and sufficient infrastructure to Water supplies cent more than usual, and 19,111 (al- creases. In the summer, 17.4 per cent “I don’t think the province has cope with the demand, there is a need According to the Acosol water com- most double) use the AP-46 Las Pe- more people are treated at the Costa reached saturation point, although to seek a balance and know how to pany, about 34.7 cubic hectometres drizas motorway. del Sol hospital in Marbella, and 13 it may become very crowded at times. manage public services in order to are supplied to the western Costa del Figures provided by the emer- per cent more at the Clínico Uni- We are talking about a destination September 8th to 14th 2017 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS certs and events in the summer so Samset, the company responsible for RUBBISH (Tonnes) WATER (Cubic hectometres) TRAFFIC (Daily intensity) building the stages and providing the sound and lighting, has its work cut out to cope. In Benalmádena the figures are 140% 192% 72% similar to those of Torremolinos. The is the increase in the amount of is the increase in water con- The Costa del Sol toll motor- population is around 300,000 in sum- rubbish collected on the west- sumption on the Costa del Sol way (AP-7) has registered the mer but the council only has resources ern coast in August, compared in high season compared with highest increase in traffic this for a registered population of less than with low season.