[新聞] 格瑞那達機場因台灣追討債務恐將停擺

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格瑞那達機場因台灣追討債務恐將停擺事因: 格瑞那達政府欠台灣錢, 後與中國建交又哭窮不還, 台灣透過美國法庭強制要求進出格瑞那達機場的一些國際航空公司如Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Delta等將應該繳的起降費用/tax等直接付給由台灣設立的帳號. 現在機場當局說,因沒錢維持日常營運所需,恐將停擺而哭哭 (哭哭是自己添油加醋^^). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Categorized | Regional News Officials fear airport closure as airlines comply with a US court order By CMC - Thursday, February 9th, 2012. St.George’s, Grenada, CMC- Fears that Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport could halt operations have surfaced here as airlines serving the island from international markets have begun paying money into an escrow account, authorities here confirmed on Thursday. The payments have been redirected as a result of an order from American court amid a lingering dispute between Grenada and Taiwan, the chairman of the airports authority, Rodney George, has confirmed. Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, British Airways, and Delta have been forced to comply with the court order to pay money owed to the Grenada Government into an account setup by Taipei. “It is quite unfortunate but it is happening. We have already been notified by Virgin airlines. It is British airways. It is American airlines. And it is Delta” said George in a local radio interview. “All the major airlines that are flying to Grenada with the exception of Caribbean airlines. Virgin Atlantic took effect three weeks ago. British Airways and Delta two weeks ago”. Taiwan had commenced legal action to recover EC 70 million dollars (US25m) in default loans from the state owned export import bank shortly after Grenada broke diplomatic relations in 2005. George says the airport authority has already lost about half a million US dollars in landing fees, and taxes normally collected by the airlines on behalf of the Government. He says the authority has already written to finance Minister Nazim Burke outlining the plight and requesting assistance from the state. “I have to add that this is of real concern to us and the airport and we are flagging it heavily with the authorities because it could cause our operations at the airport to grind to a halt “the airport authority chief commented. “It’s a very serious matter and one that has been keeping me awake at nights ”. The prospect of operations at the airport grinding to a halt is something that will have dire consequences on the entire country. The next three to four weeks are critical”. The fees are being withheld from the Government after Taiwan filed an injunction with cruise ships and airlines servicing Grenada, demanding that money due to the island should be paid to it. Information Minister Glen Noel confirmed late last year that the fees cruise ships normally pay the state are now being deposited in a special account because of the loan dispute. “The revenues that we normally collect that would just not be available to us that would just flow into this escrow account and it means the revenues that we normally collected that will be used to service our debt and our normal operating cost like salaries .. .that money would just not be available to us” George explained. “We really do not have much avenues to do anything because our position with our bankers. we are up to our neck as far as our over draft limit is concerned so I supposed the only option now is to see if we can get central government to make up the shortfall until this is cleared”. The Government had said that it hired a US law firm which has begun legal proceedings in an effort to have the injunction overturned. http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=71000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2011/new/oct/27/today-p14.htm 台追討8.4億債務格瑞那達哭窮 2011-10-27 〔編譯管淑平／美聯社格瑞那達聖喬治市廿五日報導〕格瑞那達政府警告，台灣對遊輪、航空業者下手，積極向其追討經法院裁定之二千八百萬美元（約新台幣八．四億元）債務，將傷害該國經濟命脈觀光收入。格瑞那達財政部長布克廿四日指出，接受台灣委託追討債務的美國律師發出法律文件，要求遊輪、航空業者必須交出港口規費或其他任何應該交給格瑞那達政府的費用，有可能導致業者停止格瑞那達業務。他說，已有一家遊輪業者因此揚言，要停止二○一一到一二年在格瑞那達的廿個停靠行程，「若這種情況發生，我們就等著損失數百萬元。」這起債務糾紛起於台灣輸出入銀行一九九○年代提供格瑞那達的基礎建設計畫貸款，但格瑞那達表示，該國經濟受二○○四年伊凡颶風風災、美國九一一攻擊衝擊觀光等重創，已無力償還，而台灣又因格瑞那達與中國建交，拒絕重新協商這筆貸款償付條件。台灣於二○○七年在美國紐約南區地區法院提告勝訴，這筆貸款本息加罰款已增加到約二千八百萬美元，將近格瑞那達二○○九年出口總值，對該國來說是筆鉅款。格瑞那達之前曾表示，這筆貸款是前政府簽訂，應該就償債計畫給予現任政府更多轉圜空間。接受台灣輸出入銀行委託的麻州波士頓律師桑密特說，格瑞那達尚未償還這筆錢的任何一毛本金或利息，「我們正追討一些合法營收以完成收取債務」。布克則表示，包括「公主遊輪」、「美國航空」等幾家美、歐業者都已接獲這家律師事務所告知，「任何要給格瑞那達的錢，我們都將沒收」，這是侵犯該國主權，格瑞那達將透過法律途徑力抗。 -- 航空/鐵道/都市資料找不到? Well, the opinion may be on the way! -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.4.202