Philipsburg:---National Alliance State Secretary of Health George Pantophlet is pleased that government has decided to relax some of the requirements of the Immigration policy especially in the case of persons requesting renewal of their employment permits. However this does not mean that controls on living conditions should be discontinued and it should not be only emigrants. Another problem has to do with the working environment of some employees. The control of business establishments on their working environment should be accelerated. The Departments possibly involved in this can be healthcare, labor and social and welfare institutions. These departments will definitely need reinforcement. I cannot emphasize the importance of control in this area. Our small size and dense populated island requires strict control on our environment. At the same time vital information can be gathered and stored and retrieved when the opportunity so requires for the determining of policy. The economic strength of a country is its people and its environment.
