Equally, in the provisions of electric power to our economy, particularly in the more developed centers of The Bahamas, we should not be driven by protectionism, but should seek to offer to the Bahamas economy the very latest and most developed technology by way of commercial arrangements which allow our consumers to enjoy terms as similar as possible to those available anywhere else.
As a footnote, I should mention that the successful efforts of many companies to ready their computer systems for the year 2000 date change probably added to the length of this adjustment period in some high-technology industries.