TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
ANNEX 8
1.
Size
2.
3.
Population
166 square miles
10,000
Present constitutional position: ministerial system since 1976 Executive Council and mainly elected Legislative Council.
Budget expenditure (1978): £2,500,000
4.
5.
UK aid
budgetary
£300,000
total aid per capita £124 (including project)
6.
Main activities and sources of income
7.
Fishing Tourism
Prospects: could soon be out of budgetary aid;
development
depends on tourism and just possibly salt; some recent talk of independence within 3-5 years; pressure for full internal self government.