Transport Minister Austin Gatt yesterday told Parliament that the government was considering a number of applications for possible uses of the former Malta Shipbuilding Company at Marsa.

He was answering a question by Opposition Whip Joe Mizzi, originally addressed to Finance Minister Tonio Fenech, on the government’s intentions or any talks under way for part of the former Malta Shipbuilding to be allocated to a private company.

Dr Gatt said Malta Enterprise had received a number of applications in this sense. All or any use of the area would be related to maritime activity.

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