out of private hands and complete it "as soon as possible'', if it becomes the governing party.

Speaking at the PLP's daily Press conference, the party's Youth and Sport spokesman Mr. Dennis Lister said the PLP would not keep the board of trustees recently set up by Government to oversee the completion of the Stadium.

The board is chaired by Bank of Bermuda president Mr. Donald Lines and was expected to set up sub-committees to take its plans back to the public to "ensure that this is a project that will work'', Sports Minister the Hon.

Pamela Gordon has said.

But yesterday Mr. Lister said: "We feel that a National Stadium should be developed as a national project by the Government. We would not keep the board of trustees''.

Ten years had passed since work began on the Stadium, he noted.

"A PLP Government would place high priority on the completion of the National Stadium and establish a National Sports Hall of Fame as a tribute to the outstanding performances of our many past and present athletes.'' Mr. Lister said a PLP Government would also investigate the feasibility of attracting major sports teams from the US and elsewhere to conduct winter off-season training and games in Bermuda.

This, he added, would contribute financial assistance toward development at the stadium and provide a valuable source of off-season tourism.

Mr. Lister also stressed that the Youth and Sport Ministry under a PLP Government would "use and support the energy and enthusiasm of young people, their talents to promote and introduce programmes which will help to overcome any social disadvantages''.

He said it would also: Create a system of travelling local coaches who would be rotated around the schools to provide specialised instruction in such areas as cricket, football, and track and field; and Set up a voluntary national youth service corps to offer young Bermudians "the chance to serve their country and to develop leadership skill and discipline''.

The programme would also have a educational component, Mr. Lister said, and aspects of the programme will require corps members to take a series of courses at the Bermuda College.

At the same Press conference, PLP deputy leader and Works and Engineering spokesman Mr. Walter Roberts said: "As a new Government we will develop a long-term national plan to coordinate options affecting land use, housing, transport, immigration, and labour, education, training and youth development''.

Mr. Roberts said the PLP laid the ground work for ongoing dialogue with the US to achieve the "best possible resolution of any military base closure''.

As far as Works and Engineering, he said a PLP Government would among other things: Upgrade school facilities and enhance maintenance programmes; Consider changing the once-a-week garbage pick up back to twice a week; and Provide better marking and lighting of pedestrian crossings in built-up areas.