top priorities for the coming year.

And boosting tourism, education, a streamlined voting system plus the creation of a International Business Minister are likely to be among the major targets for the new Parliamentary session.

The Throne Speech will draw heavily from the PLP election manifesto, A New Bermuda.

And that includes a National Tourism Action Group involving tourism interests, a new marketing drive -- especially in specialist markets and restructuring the Tourism Board.

Also on the cards is making good a pre-election pledge to cut taxes for guest properties as an incentive for modernisation.

And "a better allocation'' of the existing budget has been promised to try and turn around the decline in visitors.

Tax incentives could also be linked to the employment of Bermudian entertainers in hotels.

New laws to bring in duty-free shopping for tourism-related goods could also be brought forward in the first session of the new Parliament.

The manifesto pledged to abolish annual voter registration, extend polling station hours and abolish compulsory voter IDs.

On international business, a promise to extend the tax-free status of international business by four years to 2020 could also feature, along with plans for a new Ministry dedicated to the offshore industry.

And the pledge to set up a National Tripartite Commission involving business, unions and Government to boost Bermudian employment prospects is also set to be a priority.

The education section is set to emphasise the need for a good start -- pre-school.

And the platform undertaking for nursery places for all under-fives and before- and after-school care will probably figure in the plan.

The commitment to pre-school will also be backed by new national standards for buildings and the curriculum to ensure parents' peace of mind.

Hacking back on bureaucratic interference in schools and cutting class sizes also figured prominently in the election manifesto.

And "representative, elected school boards'' -- to replace appointed boards -- to give parents and other education outsiders a say in schools could also be in line for legislation in the upcoming year.

A PLP spokesman was yesterday staying tight-lipped over the contents of the Government blueprint for the coming year.

But he said: "The flavour is certainly setting out immediate changes.

"And the biggest problems in the country will be getting the first attention.'' Throne Speeches traditionally use a broad brush, with general policy themes stressed rather than hard-and-fast programmes, although a list of planned legislation is included at the end.

And the new Government's first effort is unlikely to stray far from that line.

The Throne Speech will be delivered tomorrow at Cabinet Office by Governor Thorold Masefield, the Queen's official stand-in on the Island.

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