1991
1991 Photo

Investment into Gibraltar

In 1991, the Chief Minister announced his intentions of spending the bulk of the Investment and Development fund (£63m) on three important projects, namely:

  1. A new housing estate of 580 units;
  2. An Industrial Park, previously part of the Naval Dockyard; and
  3. The conversion of South Barracks into a new school.

As a result of these intentions, the Chief Minister suggested that over the course of the next years, the construction industry would become the largest employer in Gibraltar. This was due in large part to the Government’s own investment programme. He did explain however, that such high levels of employment will not be a trend that Gibraltar could expect to see in the following years.

“We have now reached the point where, essentially, with the investment of the Government and the investment of the Private Sector, we have provided everything that needs to be provided to develop in Gibraltar a totally self-sufficient and independent economic base”.

We now have in place the basis of the economic strength which will be the backbone of our economic independence and, consequently the basis for which we will be able to argue consistently and not just on moral grounds, that we are the owners of Gibraltar by right, by being here for 300 years and that we are paying our way.