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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/09/kingston-mayor-delroy-williams-1024x644.jpg" alt="Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams" class="wp-image-8561" /><figcaption>Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Representatives of the Kingston and
St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) are set to meet with party promoters to
discuss issues regarding the staging of entertainment events.</p>
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<p>Speaking at the KSAMC’s monthly
meeting on Tuesday at the corporation’s office in downtown Kingston, Mayor of
Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, disclosed that he had received a
letter from party promoters earlier this week in which they outlined a number
of concerns.</p>
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<p>These include the need for
entertainment zones and venues for large events; the number of permits that
they have to obtain to stage an event; and the attitude of the police.</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“We have a responsibility to air the concerns." </p><cite>— Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams</cite></blockquote>
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<p>Williams said that the promoters, in
the letter, requested a meeting with the KSAMC, which will be arranged as soon
as possible.</p>
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<p>“We have a responsibility to air the
concerns because, as a municipality, we have some level of responsibility as it
relates to the issuance of amusement licences, and we also have a
responsibility to ensure that the environment within which the industry
operates is orderly, structured and is fertile for investment,” he noted.</p>
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<p>“So, those discussions will take
place at our level, and I am pretty sure those discussions will take place at
other levels as it relates to the Noise Abatement Act.”</p>
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