ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary — With a long list of what he thinks is wrong with St Mary South Eastern, the People’s National Party’s standard-bearer Christopher Brown has outlined plans to make residents’ life better if they vote him into office during the next general election.

His goal, he said, is to write a new chapter for the constituency. He wants to see St Mary South Eastern transformed, moving away from the grip of poverty to being a model electorate through land ownership, job creation, cultural tourism; along with modernised infrastructure for roads, water and communications.

“We are going to give strength to the people through a massive land titling programme as too many of our people have lived on lands for years and generation after generations and don’t have a title. [We will] launch a youth in agriculture grant programme to give young people fresh cash to build businesses in agriculture,” Brown promised.

He was speaking with riled-up supporters who attended a campaign rally in Annotto Bay last Friday.

According to Brown, who will face off against sitting Member of Parliament Norman Dunn, under a PNP Government, an industrial zone will be established in the Fort George area for agro-processing and manufacturing. In outlining plans for tourism, he said effort will be made to tap into the rich heritage of several communities.

“We are going to fix up, and clean, and beautify the towns of Richmond and Annotto Bay, and use their strong cultural history to create heritage tourism. We are going to package both the Castleton Gardens as well as the Scott’s Hall Maroons as an ecotourism and cultural tourism hub,” he explained.

Brown encouraged his supporters to focus on the change he intends to effect for the constituency.

“Let us write a new chapter together for South East St Mary,” he appealed.

Earlier in his rousing address, he had insisted that the prosperity train promised by Dunn and the ruling Jamaica Labour Party had left the people behind.

“Everything is leaving —jobs are leaving, businesses are leaving, and banks are closing down,” Brown maintained.

“We live in a constituency where our farmers are getting no support, where the operating theatre at the hospital is not working, the doctors are overworked, and the patients are suffering,” he added.

He has promised to do better if given a chance to make a change.

“That change is coming; if they call it [election] in June, we’re going to vote them out. If they call it in July, we’re going to vote them out. If they call it in August or September, we’re going to vote them out as the people are ready to choose a change,” a confident Brown bellowed.