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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
 
Well there we all went full of apprehension, faith, hope for the next round etc.etc.. Only to watch England get beaten on a penalty shootout. George, Michael and I enjoyed the tension but not the result, only one thing to do after that, take the girls down to the Silver Grill in Katsiyaka for dinner.
Incidently if anyone is interested in buying a business over here, the Silver Grill is up for sale. Ali had a kidney operation last winter and his wife suffers from back problems so they have decided to get out and retire. A good business I think, but the actual restaurant needs a touch of flair adding to the decor etc.
Other news in the papers today.
The south have arrested a Turkish Cypriot architect who was crossing the border with construction plans in the boot of his car. They said that the plans and doc
uments related to land in the North owned by Greek Cypriots. They are treating him like a criminal for what could only be a civil offence. I am puzzled by all this when they repeatedly say this is an unrecognised state under occupation. How can they bring charges against citizens in a state they refuse to recognise. Just another attempt to make them very popular with the rest of the world? I would have thought despite all this, that somebody living and working here in the building industry would know better than to cross the border with documents in their vehicle.
The new bypass is under construction, but, it is reported that the project manager is threatening to quit. He is seemingly fed up with the delays which occur over here, between the various government departments that need to be involved in permissions. Now thats something we have been saying for so long, if even one department managed to get it's act together it would be a miracle.
Does anybody remember "The Homebuyers Pressure Group" set up to resolve diputes between property buyers, their builders, estate agents and lawyers. Well it seems that it could all fall down as a result of apathy by the members. Marion Stokes, the founder of the group, says that as usual in these sort of situations a few are trying to do the work for the many. Members with problems have been asked to prepare case histories, in both English and Turkish, so that they could be acted upon but very few can be bothered. Come on folks, if you have problems and there are people willing to support you in this way, digitum extractum, and see if you can get the whole thing sorted at the highest possible levels.
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