The National Assembly Wednesday December 10 approved three more bills, following the endorsement on Tuesday December 9 of the Tourism Incentives Bill.

The bills approved Wednesday include the Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2003, the Data Protection Bill 2003 and the International Corporate Service Providers Bill 2003. The first two bills were presented by Vice-President James Michel in his capacity as the Minister for Finance and Minister for Information, Technology and Communication whereas the third one was presented by the Minister for Industries and International Business, Jacquelin Dugasse. 

The Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2003, which sought approval for an extra spending of R192,192, 676 for the year 2002, received the green light from members of the majority party. Members of the Opposition chose to abstain on the grounds that the additional sum, according to them, was mainly as a result of unnecessary spending that could have been avoided.

The additional sum, VP Michel said, was made available to cater for various extra expenses such as the creation the Minor Disaster Fund, the setting up of a dog unit at SPDF (Seychelles People's Defence Forces) and reparation and maintenance of telecommunication systems, Festival Kreol, to cater for National Art Council programmes, high level sports and sports development in the districts, the preparation of Indian Ocean Games, the installation of the Marine and Technology Research Centre, the opening of Youth bureaus in the districts, increase in salaries, gratuities, housing construction and maintenance and for the legislative election.

The two other bills were approved unanimously.

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