And the problem is that short speeches take too long to write; it also requires an exhaustive use of my cerebral capacity. Long speeches take less time to write. This evening, I’ll ask for your forbearance once again because the Bank of Mauritius is 50 years old.
There cannot be a more fitting occasion to travel back into 50 years of central banking policies than one of golden jubilee celebrations. In an address that I gave exactly two weeks ago on the occasion of the Inauguration of The Bank of Mauritius Museum, I focused on the institutional development aspects of the Bank over the 50-year period.