Sugar workers crammed the Factory Social Centre to hear St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Denzil L. Douglas discuss the closure of the industry on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Erasmus Williams)

 The Resolution to be tabled by St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. Cedric Liburd calls for the lifting of the ceiling or cap on bus and taxi operations to allow those in the former sugar workers, who are drivers to be absorbed into the taxi or bus industry.

It will call on the Banks and other financial institutions be encouraged to create special packages for sugar workers with an interest in farming, fishing, and small business and that duty-free concessions be given on the importation of farming tools, equipment, and materials for former sugar workers who take up occupation in the areas of farming and small business related to farming.

The Resolution will also call for relief to be granted from corporation tax and traders tax for a period of five years for small businesses established by former sugar workers.

Relief from consumption tax will also be granted to all fishermen and  farmers to stimulate growth and employment in the Agricultural and Fisheries Sectors.

The Resolution will also declare that the artifacts of the Sugar Industry become part of the protected heritage of St. Christopher and Nevis and it shall be an offence to remover without a licence from the Minister, any of these artifacts or to otherwise alienate them from their use as part of the national heritage.