A 3-member delegation comprising of Adv. Herculano Dourado (Ex-M.L.A)Vice Chairman of the NRI Goa Facilitation Center Government of Goa, Brg. (Retd.) Ian da Costa VSM and Mr.Mohandas S. Surlakar during their official visit to Kuwait appraised themselves of the problems faced by the Goan Diaspora in Kuwait. A meeting with the Goan Community was organized at the Indian English Academy School (Don Bosco) at 8 p.m. on March 27, 2006 which was attended by large number of Goans which included quite a few Goans of repute and mass following. The expectation among the Goans who attended were very high which could be gauged by the active participation in the Seminar followed by the interaction with the Goan Delegation.
Mr. Wilson Coelho who spearheaded the meeting on behalf of the Goans in Kuwait being one of the representatives of the NRI Facilitation Center officially appointed by the Government of Goa as a member of the advisory committee to represent Goans based in Kuwait welcomed the gathering including the delegation and introduced each one of the delegates and highlighted the purpose of the visit. He urged the gathering to come out openly with their problems and / or their grievances so that fruitful results could be achieved for the betterment of Goa and Goans. On behalf of the NRI Delegation, Brigadier (Retd) Ian Da Costa, explained the purpose of their visit and urged the Goans in Kuwait to work in tandem with the NRI Facilitation Center to obtain tangible results. At the open forum several issues were raised which were being noted by the delegation in order to find suitable solutions. A sense of discontentment was expressed by a few attendees over the fact that despite of three year of existence of the NRI Goa Facilitation Center nothing concrete has really happened. Blaming it on the change of Government was not accepted as an excuse for non performance of the NRI Goa Facilitation Center. The leader of the Delegation Adv. Herculano Dourado who had taken note of all the issues put forth by the NRIs assured that this time is not going to be the same as in the past and the present NRI Facilitation Center means serous business with the recent appointment of Adv Eduardo Faleiro ex-Minister of the Central Government who has been recently appointed as the NRI/NRG Commissioner. Most of the issues raised were answered by Vice Chairman and assurance has been given that he would do all that is possible to ensure that the issues would get the desired attention at the highest level. Towards the end Mr. Mohandas Surlakar spoke in pure Konkani. While proposing vote of thanks expressed gratification at the tremendous response of the Goan NRIs in Kuwait and praised their affinity to their mother land. He encouraged the NRI Goans to participate in the progress and development of Goa. Rabindra Pimenta _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: %(user_optionsurl)s This email sent to %(user_address)s