Min­is­ter of In­dus­try, In­vest­ment and Com­merce, Aubyn Hill, says now is an op­por­tune time to in­vest in Ja­maica.

He told the Ja­maica Spe­cial Eco­nom­ic Zone Au­thor­i­ty (JSEZA) Spe­cial Eco­nom­ic Zone (SEZ) In­vestor brief­ing that there is need for both do­mes­tic and for­eign in­vest­ment in the coun­try, not­ing among the rea­sons, a record low 3.5 per cent un­em­ploy­ment rate, low in­fla­tion, cut in tax­es and re­duc­tion in crime.

Hill said con­se­quent on these and oth­er key fac­tors, Ja­maica is now “sta­ble and in­vestable” and is not the “same Ja­maica that we were 10 years ago”, adding that there are ben­e­fits to be de­rived by in­vest­ing in Ja­maica through SEZs.