PELICAN--A proposal for the reopening of Simpson Bay Resort and The Villas in Simpson Bay is n the table and being discussed by the three parties that were involved in putting it together.

Representatives of the resort and of government, and Workers Institute for Organised Labour (WIFOL) shop stewards met on Sunday and discussed the proposal and its wording.

WIFOL attorney Wim van Sambeek said it was being proposed that the resort will reopen and will respect the Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) with WIFOL while government will offer the resort a tax break.

It could not be ascertained whether the "tax break" is the delay in payment of the transfer tax the resort had requested.

Van Sambeek said the final wording of the proposal would be discussed with WIFOL today.

Attending Saturday's meeting were special mediator Rafael Boasman and a legal adviser on behalf of government; WIFOL President Theophilus Thompson, Van Sambeek and Maarten le Poole of HBN Law, and two shop stewards; and the resort's attorney Jairo Bloem of Bloem and Associates.