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Signed by all the Representatives, Deputies, and Lieutenants of

the Villages and Towns.

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APPENDIX G

AGREEDPageAMEN21ON THE SOCIAL PAgo21RCONNÉMIC

DEVELOPMENT OF MALTA ISSUED AFTER THE DISCUSSIONS

WITH MALTESE PARTY LEADERS IN JUNE-JULY 1955

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All parties to the Conference are agreed that the social and economic development of Malta is a necessity and calls for a joint and sustained effort by both countries. To assure the steady advance of the Islands a long-term development plan is being prepared.

Meanwhile, as part of the effort to improve the living standards of the Maltese people, the Conference endorses the following objectives:—

(i) raising the standard of education and other social services;

(ii) increasing substantially opportunities for employment outside Service

establishments; and

(iii) avoiding unemployment.

It is recognised by the United Kingdom Government and by the Maltese Delegations that improved living standards can be maintained only by increasing productivity and expanding the national income of Malta.

With this in view, Her Majesty's Government on their part undertake to contribute to the cost of the necessary capital works, to help secure the technical means and, in the interim period before these measures lead to the required expansion in Malta's own revenues, to assist as may prove necessary in balancing the budget on recurrent account. The Maltese Delegations on their part recognise that the long-term development plan needs detailed elaboration and examination and each delegation pledges its close co-operation with Her Majesty's Government in this common task. They also recognise that the degree of success attained will depend on the hard work and self-discipline of the Maltese people and on the Maltese Government and people making the best possible contribution from their own resources.

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