Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has this evening made a Ministerial deceleration whereby he gave more details regarding the ongoing connectivity options being reviewed between Malta and Gozo. Dr Muscat said that the government’s strategy is to explore the possible options and eventually these will be evaluated and studied accordingly to the effect that eventually these will lead to an adequate consultation. The Prime Minister gave details with regards the several options that are being evaluated. He mentioned among others the option of the introduction of a fast ferry service whereby the government finances part of this service as part of the Public Service Obligation. The other options are a service of transportation via helicopter, fixed wings (small planes) a tunnel and the possibility of transportation service through the construction of a bridge. Dr Muscat spoke also about the referendum on the subject where for the first time he hinted that all the Maltese population will be asked to vote in a referendum not only Gozitans. He added however that he would seek to have a clear stand alone result of the Gozitan vote. Earlier the leader of the Opposition Dr Simon Busuttil had raised the Opposition’s concern about the fact that the memorandum signed limits the Maltese government to access to the designs of the chinese company since the company has the intellectual property rights of such designs. Dr Busuttil also lamented of the fact that the government signed this memorandum of understanding with a company that is black listed by the World Bank. He confirmed that the memorandum of understanding which was signed by the Maltese government with the