The government was not ignoring public sentiment on major development projects and had already shown it could be flexible when it came to the popular expectations, a spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister said. The Office of the Prime Minister was contacted after it was claimed that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had privately told an environmentalist he did not care about the social impact construction projects would have on residents. Astrid Vella, a spokesman of NGO Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar, last week said Dr Muscat had told her the public would get used to any new projects, no matter the size, and so assessments of their impact were superfluous. Speaking during a protest organised by Sliema residents against a number of high-rise projects, Ms Vella said there were witnesses to what Dr Muscat has said on the effects such projects would have on people's lives but she did not mention any names. She said Dr Muscat was speaking during an informal meeting with NGOs on the private university campus being developed outside of a development zone in Żonqor Point, Marsascala. "If he felt that way, then, well, I have no reason to believe that his position would have changed in...
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