Helping our compatriots

I endorse what Laurence Dimech had to say (November 18) about the Maltese in Australia. From personal experience when I was in Australia and from contacts the Friends of Australia Association continually has with our compatriots, we know how eager they...

I endorse what Laurence Dimech had to say (November 18) about the Maltese in Australia. From personal experience when I was in Australia and from contacts the Friends of Australia Association continually has with our compatriots, we know how eager they are to get news of their old country. They wait from Sunday to Sunday to watch their favourite half-hour TV programme. They keep talking about it the rest of the week. It is a great comfort for the dwindling old Maltese who have been away from their mother country for years.

It is certainly not asking too much for PBS to send a regular half-hour programme made up of local news. So I just can't understand how such a small contribution by the national station cannot be sent on a regular basis and done in a professional manner.

The welfare of the Maltese Australians has been my association's concern for the past 27 years. We hope and pray that PBS will once again start producing this popular short programme made up of the main Malta news of the week.

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