Friends of the Earth Malta together with the six undersigned ENGOs wish to express their grave concern about the proposal to turn the Fomm ir-Rih Rural Hamlet into a tourist complex, under the guise of an agro-tourism project. The project includes the demolishing of several existing buildings to make way for new suites, as well as the take up of fresh land for the construction of a number of new units. The hamlet in question is a Grade 3 Rural Settlement and thus receives the highest protection at law, making the proposal blatantly illegal. Since the area in question is...
