No citizenship was **offered**, but was it **granted**? That's the key here. No, you didn't **offer** it, they asked for it. So did you grant it, or not? After all these years, the media and these so-called politicians still do not catch when they are being lawyered?

Pubilus, you stole the words right out of my mouth. We will never be told the truth on this, but will discover it when the New Legal Chinese population catches up with the Haitian population. We will soon be third class citizens.

we already are

"*Nothing has been given by way of concessions that has not been offered before to previous investors,” the government’s statement added*"

Crown land has been given away before and residency for investments have been given away before, the concern here is that we will see a SCALE of give always that we have NEVER seen before. So if all the crown land on an island is given away and 500 citizenships are given away, they can claim these "elements" are nothing that werent given away before.

He's dodging with words again. Show us in writing what concessions were given up. Don't expect us to trust you, you have lied before and will lie again.

This picture must hold the highest "linked to *allleged* scandal" per capita ratio of any picture in the entire world...titling heavily on the left side

LMAO....Gonna chase those crazy bald heads outta town!

**............................... PM Christie Is Full Of Steaming Horse Shyt ...................................**

Chinese are certainly not in the habit of being on the losing end of negotiations and Christie has proven incompetent at best on every possible front!

Details of this "deal" will reveal at minimum Bahamas natural resources being severely comprised.

If they had to give 500 residencies to high worth individuals that's fine ..We already offer residencies to high worth individuals ,,ie Joe Lewis who did Albany ..That is really the new offshore banking .That is what we have to sell ,sun ,sand ,sea and favorable tax rates with very little extradition in financial matters .We have underpopulated and unpopulated Islands From and beaches From Bimini to nearly Cuba to sell .

> If they had to give 500 residencies to high worth individuals that's fine

Actually it is not fine, because that is not the law with respect to the granting of permanent residencies. Permanent residencies are not granted simply because you supposedly have or are worth a certain amount of money. I understand your point, but it is not fine to grant something like PRs in contravention of the law.

If you buy a half million dollar home here you are eligible for residency

Yes, that's **if** you do so according to the law. Your stated criteria was personal worth, not actual investment.

Yeah but so far we are not getting it. Already thinking about pulling out of the country and shut down our business here and sell all the properties.

Scary.

The only Bahamians that are recognized by the world as Bahamians are the corrupt politicians who the third class population elect and who eat, drink and give away anything and everything that God has blessed the Bahamas with to other corrupt unscrupulous foreign and indigenous ( usually ex-politicians ) Investors.

........actually it is the global reality and in the quest for scarce capital to come in and create jobs in a slowly diversifying economy. Sadly past experience and lack of various opposition forces to challenge business disasters is inexcusable, and inevitably results in throwing of rocks and conch shells. Some disasters would be the CLICO where a high cash inflow premiums collecting entity was allowed to borrow money to buy real estate and pay mortgage interest plus monies flow out to buy land in Florida without major questions asked, GULF UNION BANK where monies flowed out and local depositors had the Bahamas govt subsidize pay savings accounts up to 50k, sale or merger or combination or reverse acquisition of BARCLAYS TO CIBC - under entity of FirstCaribbean - two major local banks grown off of Bahamian hard work and conducive business conditions provided in the Bahamas with local assets of then some 4 Billion and questions of stand FOREIGN ENTITIEs Stamp duty paid, ALANTIS allegedly pledging Bahamian assets granted with special concessions on behalf of the Bahamian people by the govt and BRooksfield now holding mortgage, BahamaSupermarkets allowing Caribbean company to take over local supermarket and then ensuing ownership leaving Bahamians workers without pensions with allegations of pensions used to lease or buy store equipment,, Bank of the Bahamas another large business entity with questions needing to be asked - minority interest representation. SHOCKING that our own Bahamians can get the short end of the stick and FOREIGN ENTITIES get preferred treatment as our birthright is parleyed. Commissions of Inquiry are needed to investigate persons testify, info given instead of every TOM, DICK or Harry throwing stones or conch shell. Disappointing the the opposition or wannabees are incapable of having a Town Meeting and getting into the 'Chinese' citizenships after coming out of the 'tube tying' biological issue. Historically and biologically the original inhabitants of the Bahamas were of Asian ancestry who traveled over the frozen Bering Straits ice over sea and migrated through North America downward to the Caribbean. The world is watching.