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16.01.2020 2 NEWS DURING the recent holiday season, Malta Property Auctioneers launched its "6 Days of Giving", helping the home- less as part of its Corporate Social Re- sponsibility profile. "Over the years, we have successfully helped thousands of people find a home, but we are entirely aware that there are many out there who cannot afford the luxury of a roof over their heads. is was our opportunity to help just some of those people in ways we normally couldn't do with our day to day work and a way for us all to recognize the hard work these organisations do to improve the lives of so many individuals", says Sarah De Cesare Dunkerley, Co-Head of Malta Property Auctioneers. Malta Property Auctioneers volun- teered with several organisations who facilitate the care and support needed for the homeless in Malta. roughout the month of December, the company visited Dar Tal-Providen- za, the YMCA, Salesian Youth Centre, Caritas San Blas, and Tomasina Cat Sanctuary to assist by cooking meals, gardening, cleaning and sorting laundry. Malta Property Auctioneers had made a public appeal to help however possible and collected donations at their offices in Ta'Xbiex, which were distributed to the organisations during their visits. Malta Property Auctioneers focuses on the homeless over holidays Schembri eyeing new economic niches for further investment FROM PAGE 1 Schembri said that one of his main priorities would be to keep on diversifying Malta's economy through the explo- ration of new economic nich- es and by means of attracting new foreign direct investment. He said Malta already has a strong IT Infrastructure and offers a strong ecosystem, making it an ideal solution for foreign investors. "is vast portfolio includes Malta's National Airline Air Malta, a challenge that I wel- come," he said. "I am ready to address and keep on building on the good decisions taken so far for a sustainable airline." With regards to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the self-employed, he rec- ognised that a lot had already been done in providing incen- tives and ideal springboards for companies and businesses to launch their products. "e next natural step would be finding better means of protecting them and identify the hurdles that need to be addressed to make it easier for them to enter the market," Schembri said. "I am certain that Malta will remain an ideal choice amongst investors. e pro- active stances we took in the past months, from the explo- ration of medical cannabis to other innovative niches, will result in a further robust eco- nomic growth and the crea- tion of new jobs." Schembri was first elected to parliament in 2013 and in 2017 was appointed parlia- mentary secretary for finan- cial services, digital economy and innovation. He is now taking over the economy ministry from Chris Cardona in a portfolio that also include investment, small business and Air Malta. Silvio Schembri (left) taking his oath of office as the new economy minister under Robert Abela (right)