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Online Blackjack News - Will Naomi Campell's CAsino Kill Turtles? םמ
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Conservationists fear that the the complex envisioned by Naomi campell and her former boyfriend the Formula One boss Flavio Briatore, could disrupt the hatching of rare turtles. Director of the Malindi Marine Association, Athman Seif, said the project would negate years of painstaking work.
"We are not against development, but all we are calling for is sustainable, low-environmental-impact and high quality tourism development," said Stephen Trott, who heads Local Ocean Trust, a Malindi turtle conservation group. The chairman of the Kenya Tourism Board, Jake Grieves-Cook, was also cautious, noting that the casino was still in the planning application process, which generally calls for environmental impact assessments, and could take years to receive final approval.
Prior to planning to build a casino there, Campbell and Mr Briatore have been frequent visitors to the resort, which is popular with retired white settlers and became a hub for repentant Italian Mafia informants in the 1980s. "One of the reasons I love Malindi is that I can walk on the road without people bothering me. They just greet you with a smile and say hello," Campbell has said.
She has expressed a desire to help attract investors to the area and says the roads and airport will need to be upgraded. But Terry Hill of the Malindi South Residents Association said: "We are totally against the casino. This is a small town. We have one casino and we don't want another one."
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| Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
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