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8 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 1 MARCH 2020 NEWS NOTIFICATION ISSUED IN TERMS OF THE LOCATIONS FOR GAMING PARLOURS DIRECTIVE Our Reference: MGA/B2C/223/2011 27 th February 2020 Gaming Operations Ltd IZIBET, 51B, Triq Ghajnsielem, Ghajnsielem The Malta Gaming Authority (hereinafter the 'Authority') hereby notifies the public that it has given its clearance for a controlled gaming premises to be opened at the above-quoted address. Such clearance however is still subject to final review of the application by the Authority. The Authority notifies the public that, until the 17 th March 2020 copies of the application, plans and other documents may be viewed, by appointment, at the Authority's office during office hours (i.e. Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) between 9am and 4pm). Any person may object to the opening of this controlled gaming premises, but such an objection may only be made on grounds of non-compliance with the Gaming Premises Regulations (S.L. 583.07 of the Laws of Malta). This Directive may be found on the Authority's website www.mga.org.mt The Authority shall only accept objections which are made in writing and which are received by not later than the 17 th March 2020. The written objections are to either be sent to the Chief Officer — Compliance, The Malta Gaming Authority, Building SCM02-03, Level 4, Smart City Malta, Ricasoli - SCM 1001 or by e-mail on obiections.mga@mga.org.mt Objections shall quote our reference and shall also include the details of the person making the objection, including full name, address and contact details. The Authority shall subsequently consider the objections it receives within the stipulated deadline and shall proceed accordingly. MALTA GAMING AUTHORITY JAMES DEBONO THE quaint Qaliet neighbour- hood at St Julian's Spinola Bay is facing yet another incursion on its promenade, with one of its oldest boathouses to be re- placed by a nine-storey block. It is one of the last surviv- ing characteristic boathouses fronting the Spinola prome- nade. If approved, the devel- opment would set a precedent for the demolition of the two neighbouring boathouses. The development involves the demolition of an existing char- acteristic old townhouse front- ing Spinola road, where the development will rise to seven floors. The development includes a duplex-level restaurant over- looking the bay, a ground-floor garage and one-bedroom apart- ment, five levels of three-bed- room apartments and a re- cessed floor apartment. As proposed, the development will dwarf an adjacent two-sto- rey townhouse and will be even higher than the neighbouring modern apartment block. The PA's advisory panel on design issues has not object- ed to the development but has called for the retention of the existing facades, which are also earmarked for demolition. Over the past decades Spino- la has been completely trans- formed by developments which have robbed the area of its dis- tinctive character. The two most iconic land- marks, whose turrets earned them the description of "sol- itary stately homes" in 1898 survey sheets, are also set to be transformed after the PA ap- proved five additional storeys on top of the buildings, even if their facades will be retained and restored. Vanishing Spinola Nine- storey apartment block to replace promenade boathouse Yet another part of the historically quaint Spinola promenade gives way to an apartment block (left); the plan of the block as seen from behind and from Spinola Road