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Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young says any ad­di­tion­al claims for le­git­i­mate com­pen­sa­tion by fish­er­folk af­fect­ed dur­ing the con­struc­tion of the $34 mil­lion San Fer­nan­do Fish­ing Cen­tre will be looked at re­spon­si­bly.

At the hand­ing over cer­e­mo­ny for the fish­ing cen­tre at Kings Wharf yes­ter­day, Young was asked about protests by fish­er­folk in Jan­u­ary for ad­di­tion­al com­pen­sa­tion af­ter the project failed to be com­plet­ed with­in the promised dead­line.

He said, “With re­spect to com­pen­sa­tion again, the Gov­ern­ment will look at those things re­spon­si­bly. Com­pen­sa­tion is not some­thing un­like oth­ers, you just go­ing throw out mon­ey at the pop­u­la­tion that is not go­ing to hap­pen. So, I am cer­tain that the per­sons who are in charge of the project, if there are le­git­i­mate claims for com­pen­sa­tion it would be looked at in a re­spon­si­ble man­ner.”