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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 26 JUNE 2016 11 MaltaToday Survey Do high-rise towers make the country more beautiful or uglier? ALL 14.1% 67.8% 15.4% 2.7% 18-34 8.7% 65.2% 26.1% 35-54 12.5% 66.3% 15% 6.3% 55+ 17.9% 68.9% 11.2% 2% University 11.9% 71.4% 14.3% 2.4% Post-sec 9.5% 76.2% 9.5% 4.8% Secondary 18.3% 60% 17.6% 4.1% Primary 17.1% 74.3% 7.1% 1.5% Voted PL 21.2% 61.5% 13.5% 3.8% Voted PN 10.5% 77.2% 10.5% 1.8% Should Malta become more like Dubai with regard to architecture and design? ALL 13.4% 74.7% 11.9% 18-34 4.3% 82.6% 13.1% 35-54 15% 77.5% 7.5% 55+ 16.8% 69% 14.2% University 7.1% 81% 11.9% Post-sec 9.5% 76.2% 14.3% Secondary 18.3% 73.2% 8.5% Primary 20% 61.4% 18.6% More beautiful Uglier Depends Don't know Yes No Don't know What is your main concern on high-rise? Impact on views/landscape Blocks access to air Alien to Maltese identity Shading/Access to sun light Parking/traffic Pressure on infrastructure Over supply of properties Geological risks Safety Construction works Disrupt building levels Others None Don't know 13.9% 9.6% 8.9% 8.6% 5.3% 4.6% 4.3% 3.3% 3.3% 2.6% 2.6% 3.9% 3.3% 25.8% What do you see is the main advantage of high-rise? None Smaller footprint Better land use More space for living in Economic growth High-rise views Less pressure on ODZ Shopping and leisure Architectural merit More open spaces around Others Don't know 25.8% 20.9% 9.6% 5.3% 5.3% 4% 3.6% 3.3% 1.7% 1.7% 1% 17.8% Localities most suitable for high-rise development (respondents given a choice from localities already identified for high-rise in planning policies - totals don't add up to 100% as some respondents chose more than one place) None Sliema Qawra/Bugibba Marsaskala St Julian's Mriehel Gzira Marsa Don't know 44% 20.2% 11.9% 10.5% 8.3% 4.6% 3.6% 3% 5.9% leisure facilities. When presented by a menu to choose from the localities identified for high build- ings in a planning policy approved in 2014, 44% replied that none of these localities is ideal for high-rise development. Sliema, which includes Tigné, is seen as the local- ity most ideal for high-rise development by 20% of respondents, followed by Qawra (12%), Marsaskala (11%) and St Julian's (9%) – all of them localities skirting the coast. The survey also shows an overwhelm- ing majority (78%) supporting a tempo- rary suspension of high-rise projects until a national master plan regulating such developments is approved. Independent MP Marlene Farrugia (DP), Alternattiva Demokratika and a number of environmen- tal NGOs have proposed a moratorium on high-rise projects. The government has on its part insisted that a plan is already being formulated to regulate high-rise develop- ments in Paceville. 52% trust eNGOs, only 36% trust major parties Respondents were also quizzed on their perception of environmental NGOs and on the environmental credentials of political parties. While NGOs enjoy the trust of the majority of the population, only 36% trust the two major political parties on environ- mental issues. The survey shows that PN voters and ter- tiary educated respondents are more likely to trust eNGOs. While only 50% of PL vot- ers trust these NGOs, 77% of PN voters trust them. And while 61% of respondents with a university degree trust eNGOs only 51% of the secondary educated sector think likewise. Curiously, the survey shows that the La- bour party enjoys a one-point advantage over the PN with regard to being trusted on environmental issues, despite the concerted attempt by the PN to strengthen its green credentials. The difference falls within the CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Labour's appeal on environmental issues weakest among respondents with a tertiary level of education