[NYTr] 2007: More than 50,000 Houses Built in Cuba Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:20:35 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com 2007: More than 50,000 Houses Built in Cuba Havana, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) Construction of more than 50,000 houses in Cuba in 2007 is a sign of gradual recovery of the sector in the Island, reported the main Cuban TV news program. In remarks to the program, Vice President of the National Housing Institute Oris Silva highlighted the effort made by different entities and the people to achieve this number, the third highest in the country's history. She also referred to the more than 200,000 actions carried out to renovate or restore houses damaged by meteorological events, mainly in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Cienfuegos and Granma. Silva announced that in 2008 the number of houses constructed will be very similar to this year and actions of restoration will involve another 250,000. rma dsa PL-136 * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================