Quotes of the week

"To ensure safety."

Malta Transport Authority spokesman defending the decision to install new speed cameras on 10 major roads.

"A speed of 60 km/hr is childish."

Traffic expert Hugh Arnett on the new speed cameras, which he feels are cash traps and will slow down traffic.

"Who knows?"

Gunner Matthew Psaila, who died after undergoing military training at Chadwick Lakes, when he once asked the priest for a nice funeral and the latter said chances were he'll die before the young man.

"People were... expecting ridiculously high prices."

An estate agent welcoming the dip in property prices.

"Risking your life to end up in modern day slavery is not worth it."

Nationalist MEP Simon Busuttil on the new EU law imposing tough sanctions on employers who exploit illegal immigrants.

"He woke up to find himself in water."

The aunt of Keith Spiteri, 20, one of four Maltese oil workers describing how he escaped unhurt after the helicopter taking them to work plummeted into the North Sea, off Scotland.