The Bank’s involvement, as I will elaborate on later, was motivated by our desire to help further the development of the capital market in Sint Maarten and, as with the Aqualectra loan, to broaden our instruments to conduct a more market-based monetary policy.
In this regard, I would like to acknowledge the vital role played by our office here in Perth, led by Virginia Christie, in helping us understand what is going on in the mining industry. And, of course, I would like to thank those many businesses that regularly make time available to talk to Virginia and her team.