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@Slapshot Thanks for the info. I agree with your description of him, and it is interesting to hear of the changes that the development has had on the local economy.
I have read suggestions that the picture becomes much less clear when looking at the Profit and Loss balance sheet of the whole investment - complicated as it is by government subsidies, tax write-offs and all the other associated factors.
And I think you alluded to it in your last post- the original promise of inward investment was close to 1billion dollars, but to date the actual investment falls very far short of that... does that sound about right?