MAURITIUS TRANSPORT CONSENSUS FORUMS – BRIEFING TO THE HON. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET GOVERNMENT OF MAURITIUS by Jonathan Richmond Transport Adviser to the Government of Mauritius 28 September 2006 INTRODUCTION This briefing document reports on a process to achieve consensus among twenty major stakeholders on transport policies and actions needed for Mauritius. Following forums held on 14 and 21 September‚ nineteen out of twenty participants reached agreement on a set of proposals and signed a
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rate since the mid 1950’s. (Marks 15) The population growth rate in Mauritius since mid-1950’s has seen a sudden increase and this was mainly due to the health conditions‚ fertility rate‚ age structure‚ health care services‚ old age pensions. In 1952‚ the general population of Mauritius increased to around 148 thousands more precisely 70 thousands males and 78 thousand females. HEALTH CONDITIONS The health conditions in Mauritius were poor in the 17‚ 18 and 19 centuries. There were epidemics and
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Tourism in Mauritius – A detailed report and a proposition of strategies to enhance the economical growth Mohan V. Jadhav ISITECH BUSINESS SCHOOL Cyber city‚ Ebene‚ Mauritius e-mail: jadhav@isitechbs.com Abstract:
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increasingly considered as an essential tool for developing countries. Unfortunately‚ to date‚ Mauritius is lagging far behind. This paper is an attempt to outline the current status of IPR in Mauritius‚ some important constraints faced‚ as well as how policy makers are planning to make Mauritius up to date with the international norms . Introduction The enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Mauritius is conferred by the Patents Act 1875‚ the Trademarks Act 1868 and the Copyright Act 1956
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Air Mauritius Air Mauritius is the national airline of Mauritius‚ based in Port Louis - the capital of Mauritius. Its main base comprises of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU)‚ Mauritius. The airline provides domestic as well as international services‚ operating as many 80 flights per week. The symbol of Air Mauritius is phaeton rubicola or Paille-en-Queue‚ a fish-eating tropical bird. The airline appeared on the Mauritius Stock Exchange list in 1995. It employs a staff of over
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Introduction to Religion and Culture 3 Religion 3 Culture 3 Language 5 Wildlife and preservation of the Island 5 Mauritius Geography and Climate 6 Facts and figures 6 Cyclones 7 Trading 7 Currency 8 Tourism 9 References 10 Introduction Mauritius is a small paradise island situated in the Indian Ocean. This minute island of pleasure lies 2‚400 kilometres away from the south east coast of Africa due east of Madagascar. The volcanic and mountainous island
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Mauritius At a Glance History Mauritius is an island‚ of volcanic formation‚ located in the centre of the Indian Ocean and has an area of 2‚040 km square. The island was first visited briefly in the years 1500-1600 by the Arabs‚ Portuguese and Dutch. The latter inhabited the island for almost a century and departed in 1710 while leaving the sugarcane plantation they had introduced. In 1715‚ the French then took control of Ile De France (as the country was then known). In 1810‚ the French surrendered
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Culture of Mauritius: I chose the culture of Mauritius because I saw a documentary about the isle some months ago and I was caught by the beautiful landscape as well as the amount of endemic plants and animals from the island. Mauritius is an island state in the southwest of the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. The capital city of the main isle is called Port Louis. The slogan of Mauritius is: “Stella clavisque Maris Indici”. This is Latin and can be translated as “star and key of the Indian Ocean”
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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS Mauritius was discovered by the Portuguese in 1507 and was later occupied by the Dutch‚ from 1598 up until 1710. In 1715‚ it came into the possession of the East India Company and in 1767‚ that of the King of France‚ who christened it ‘Ile de France’. Captured by the British in 1810 and then acknowledged by the Treaty of Paris in 1814‚ the British allowed the French settlers to use their language and their civil code. Many of the settlers remained and made up a group of Franco-Mauritian
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Mauritius sets up committee to evaluate the Euro crisis APA - Port Louis (Mauritius) The Mauritius government has set up a crisis committee in order to evaluate the crisis that is presently hitting the Euro Zone and its effects on the local economy‚ APA learns in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on Friday. At a meeting held Friday in Port Louis‚ the Finance Minister Pravin Jugnauth indicated that the Euro has reached its lowest rate of exchange in relation to the US Dollar‚ and that such a
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