Gibbons yesterday gave an upbeat assessment of their UBP Government's five-year plan.

"We stated categorically that if elected we would take on 111 commitments and I'm happy to state that we are right on target,'' Dr. Saul said.

Brandishing a 30-odd page handout replete with graphs and charts the Finance Minister pointed to areas where Government had commenced or completed promised reforms.

"Some of these (reforms) are fairly major: Education reform, transition of the US baselands, and the Tynes Bay Incinerator just to name a few,'' he said.

With the aid of a pie chart Dr. Gibbons summarised Government's progress on its election promises: "Forty-seven percent of our commitments are still on-going; 24 percent are complete; and 29 percent are being implemented or are of a recurring nature.

"These are things that will have a basic impact on Bermudians and their quality of life in Bermuda,'' he said.

In the areas of crime and justice, Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety, Quinton Edness, pointed to progress on tougher sentences for drug traffickers and announced Government would be tabling a new proceeds from crime bill in the upcoming session of the House of Assembly.

The bill he said, would bring Bermuda into line with Canada and the UK by providing for the freezing and forfeiture of assets derived from the sale of drugs and money laundering.

He also announced new legislation that would deal with domestic violence and an anti-stalking bill which is in the works.

On the Education front Minister Jerome Dill could hardly contain his smile as pointed to progress on education reform and to capital investments such as Bermuda College's newly-opened Technical Education Centre and Cedarbridge Academy.

Ministers also said forward movement had been made on environmental issues such as the acquisition of green spaces and the rehabilitation of the Pembroke Dump to parkland, the amendment of the Child Protection Act, home ownership for lower-income families, implementation of a national drug strategy, and the success of youth ventures such as Fast Forward and Youth Talk.