Bimini, Bahamas - Enclosed are Remarks by Hon. L. Ryan Pinder, Member of
Parliament, Elizabeth Constituency at

International
Business and Finance Summit.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is indeed a pleasure for me to
speak to you today to launch my Ministry's Strategic
Plan.This is a fitting and appropriate forum to unveil our
10-year Strategy to revamp and re-invigorate the Bahamian business services
industry.

[slide 2] I want to begin with a
story, a story of how forward looking vision can change the lives of many
people and the economy of a country.My story begins in the
city of Montevideo, Uruguay...