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Newspaper post WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION WEDNESDAY • 11 JUNE 2014 • ISSUE 368 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Editorial - PAGE 10 JAMES DEBONO THE Ghaxaq local council has ob- jected to the addition of a penthouse level in a plot of land belonging to Pi- ju Camilleri, a notorious former aide of the late former planning minister Lorry Sant. In its submissions to the Malta En- vironment and Planning Authority's proposal to relax building heights on this particular plot, the council is in- sisting that the current three-storey limit and ban on penthouses is kept. Moreover, a case officer report reveals that over the past few years, MEPA has "consistently applied" the MEPA board's direction that new buildings on formerly ODZ plots in- cluded in development boundaries in 2006 should be of the same height as neighbouring buildings, or lower. But the same MEPA is now argu- ing that its own planning control application to allow penthouses on Camilleri's land should be assessed on "its own merits" and should be based on the present government's decision to allow penthouses in this area. "I earn €1,200 a month, I have been in the force for 20 years. The situation in the police corps is pitiful." That comment could not stop the presenter, Saviour Balzan, from passing a remark that some government marketing executives were even better paid than the Commissioner of Police. Ghaxaq council objects to Piju Camilleri's penthouses Senior prosecuting officer laments pitiful conditions for police officers The Enemalta SMART meter saga continues TEODOR RELJIC As further evidence that pop stars have become our true cultural over- lords, local news portals and social networks were yesterday morning inundated with the apparently urgent and celebration-worthy bit of news that ever-controversial pop star Miley Cyrus was seen waving a Maltese flag during a concert in Zurich, Switzer- land last Saturday (pictured above). SEE FULL REPORT PAGE 9 CONTINUES PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 8 The Architect Magazine + World Cup competition page! WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION FREE INSIDE €0.90 MIRIAM DALLI IN less than the 12 weeks since the Individual Investor Programme came into force, over 100 individ- uals made financial commitments resulting in over €100 million in foreign direct investment, accord- ing to an unexpected media state- ment by Henley & Partners. And while the government has been very cautious in not reveal- ing any big figures, Henley and Partners chairman Christian Kä- lin said the programme's success should not be hidden. "It is important to mention the programme's success… and it is also important for us [Henley] to state that it is successful," Kälin told MaltaToday when asked for a comment. Henley, the main concession- aires for Malta's sale of citizen- ship programme, revealed that over 50 main applicants have already received their residence permits, placing them firmly on the route to achieving full citi- zenship of Malta. The first full citizenship ap- plication was submitted last week. "The newest Citizenship-by- Investment programme in the world, the Malta Individual Inves- tor Programme, has achieved in- credible success in its first three months of operation," Henley & Partners said in the media state- ment. CONTINUES PAGE 9 CONTINUES PAGE 2 TEODOR RELJIC As further evidence that pop stars have become our true cultural over- lords, local news portals and social networks were yesterday morning inundated with the apparently urgent and celebration-worthy bit of news that ever-controversial pop star Miley that ever-controversial pop star Miley Cyrus was seen waving a Maltese flag during a concert in Zurich, Switzer- Investment programme in the world, the Malta Individual Inves- tor Programme, has achieved in- credible success in its first three months of operation," Henley & Partners said in the media state- TEODOR RELJIC As further evidence that pop stars have become our true cultural over- lords, local news portals and social networks were yesterday morning inundated with the apparently urgent and celebration-worthy bit of news that ever-controversial pop star Miley Investment programme in the world, the Malta Individual Inves- tor Programme, has achieved in- credible success in its first three The newest Citizenship-by-Investment programme in the world, the Malta Individual Investor Programme, has achieved incredible success in its fi rst three months of operation, Kälin claimed Citizenship programme brings in €100 million 'It's important to state the IIP's success' – Christian Kälin, Henley & Partners chairman Case offi cer reveals that MEPA's revision of an area policy to allow penthouses on land in Ghaxaq belonging to former Lorry Sant aide Piju Camilleri contradicts 2008 policy 'direction' Senior prosecuting officer laments pitiful conditions SEE FULL REPORT PAGE 9 Miley Cyrus gives Malta an unwitting marketing boost