motorcycle was last week taken off the road for two years.

Troy Oneil Robinson, 32, admitted charges of dangerous driving, not possessing a driver's licence and having defective headlights in Magistrates' Court, but denied knowingly receiving the stolen bike he was riding.

Crown counsel Graveney Bannister described how Robinson, of Clay Town, sped past Police on Kindley Field Road in St. George's on July 5.

When they attempted to stop him, he weaved across the road several times, went the wrong way around the Bermuda International Airport roundabout and then continued driving erratically on his way across the Causeway, applying his brakes suddenly in an attempt to cause an accident.

When Police finally did stop him, he told them: "I did not steal the bike.'' Mr. Bannister revealed that the Honda motorcycle actually belonged to Christopher Hopkins. It was stolen from his Pembroke residence last February.

Robinson told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner that the friend who gave him the bike told him he was borrowing it from Mr. Hopkins.

A trial date was set for September to hear the charge of receiving stolen property ,but Robinson was fined $500 for dangerous driving and disqualified from driving all vehicles for two years.

In addition, he was fined $100 for not having a valid driver's licence and $50 for using defective headlights.

ALLEN LOOKS TO GET CREATIVE TOU Allen looks to get creative Funding for tourism revitalisation will not come directly from tax collected from visitors.

However, other creative methods of helping to boost the industry were being looked into, Tourism Minister David Allen said.

He said a plan to channel a proportion of Hotel Occupancy Tax into a tourism fund was not on the cards at present.

But the Minister said there was currently a review taking the place of proposals to expand the Bermuda Explorer Network.

The growth plans include extra funding for the network to enhance on-Island product.

He was responding to questions regarding schemes already in operation in the Caribbean, where a portion of occupancy tax is diverted into a separate fund for marketing or other tourism uses.

In Antigua, additional legislation was passed to allow the money to go directly into the fund, rather than into central Government coffers.

"There are currently no plans to channel such funds into any other funds,'' said Mr. Allen.

The Minister added that Bermuda law did not allow for revenue to go anywhere but the Consolidated Fund.

Government presently funds marketing programmes to nearly half its total yearly budget of $37 million, he said.

"The joint private-public sector marketing strategy was always intended to marshal private sector marketing funds to stand alongside those already available in the public sector, under a single umbrella sharing a joint strategy and joint goals.'' SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT TV Sustainable development in the spotlight The topic of sustainable development will be the subject of a special round table discussion on television tomorrow night.

The discussion will be moderated by KPMG financial consultant Malcolm Butterfield and feature Telecommunications and E-Commerce Minister Renee Webb and Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson.

Other panelists are XL Capital director Michael Butt, Belco president and CEO Garry Madeiros, architect and Bermuda National Trust president Henry Ming, Chamber of Commerce president and real estate agent Cris Dapena, Bermuda Monetary Authority chairwoman Cheryl Lister and Bermuda Hotel Association president Muriel Richardson.

Viewers are invited to watch panelists give their visions and opinions on what is their common dream of the Island's future -- a Bermuda with opportunity for everyone.

The discussion is part of a series and will be broadcast on ZBM channel nine, cable three at 7.30 p.m.

TESPASSER GIVEN CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE CTS Trespasser given conditional discharge A homeless man received a conditional discharge after he pleaded guilty to disobeying a no trespassing order in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Vaughan Carlos Allen, 59, was found asleep on the floor of the Bermuda Nurses Association's (BNA) building on Union Street on June 13 by Police officers.

The building was boarded up and undergoing repairs and the BNA had complained it was being trespassed upon, despite signs which stated trespassing was prohibited.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner asked Allen to explain his actions and he said: "I didn't see the sign. That morning I got stranded in town and I needed a place to stay.'' Mr. Warner said: "You got hot and got stranded. If you waste anymore of the Police and this Court's time and come before me again, I will deal with you.''