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yesterday. And leading the line-up of one lawyer and two ex-Civil Servants was PLP leader Jennifer Smith. ---- Page 2 HOPE OVER BTC-QUANTUM ROW BUC Hope over BTC-Quantum row Telecommunications Minister Sen. Bob Richards was last night preparing to settle a dispute surrounding an "illegal'' telecommunications licence which is threatening to delay Hamilton's CCTV project. ---- Page 2 WITNESS REFUSES TO CO-OPERATE INQ Witness refuses to co-operate A man believed to have been involved in a road fatality refused to answer questions in Magistrates' Court yesterday. Maurice Junior Harvey entered the witness stand for the final time in the inquest of Patro (Tony) Ford who died on May 23, 1996 after a two-cycle collision near Shelly Bay. ---- Page 3 DEBATE PLAN REMAINS STALLED PTL Debate plan remains stalled A bid to bring Premier Pamela Gordon and Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith together for a head-to-head battle is stalemated, The Royal Gazette can reveal. And this week Michael Winfield, campaign committee chairman of the ruling United Bermuda Party, accused the Opposition Progressive Labour Party of "running away'' from the challenge. ---- Page 5 BANK CHIEF SCOTCHES RUMOURS BUC Bank chief scotches rumours The Bank of Bermuda will remain headquartered here and will proceed with a secondary listing on a US stock market, company President and Chief Executive Officer Henry Smith said. He was speaking at a press conference called to squash rumours the bank was about to relocate to another offshore jurisdiction. ---- Business, Page 9 CLUBS UPSET BY BFA PLANS SOC Clubs upset by BFA plans The Bermuda Football Association's restructuring plans are apparently not going down well with the top Commercial League clubs. And the two division champions of last year, BAA Wanderers and Forties, fear they will be forced to fold because of age restrictions on players. ---- Sport, Page 21
