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go volume in and out, total revenue generat-
ed, total expenses, net profit and workforce.
In accepting the award, SCASPA Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer Jonathan Bass credited the
dedicated work of SCASPA’s management
and staff. He said the award was a reflection
of SCASPA’s commitment to becoming a
“profitable, customer-focused organization
with amotivated and productive work force,”
all dedicated to constant improvement and
building “a culture of excellence.”
It is this very excellence which has proven
so fundamentally critical to the overall econ-
omy of St. Kitts, but to put that in proper
context, it is necessary to go back almost ten
years ago when the island was dealt a most
difficult economic dilemma. In 2005, despite
more than 300 years of serving as a primary
economic driver for the nation, operations
relative to the production of sugar came to
a close. To mitigate the certain impact that
would be felt from the loss of this revenue,
the Government enacted a bold strategy of
reinvestment and expansion of infrastruc-
ture in order to improve services and better
capitalize on opportunities in the tourism
sector. Since 2005, more than $150 million
has been spent in a range of development
