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Premier calls on Cayman business community to ‘lean in’

Premier André Ebanks used a well-attended Chamber of Commerce Parliamentary Luncheon on Thursday, 23 Oct. at Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa to implore businesses to help support the Cayman Islands.

After walking the audience through the government’s recently released Strategic Policy Statement, he called upon the assembled business leaders to also play their part in “building a better Cayman”.

“The community has to get together and lean-in,” said Ebanks, “because it can’t all be on the government.” He then cited the example of Cayman Finance, a finance industry association that has called for more state funding.

“Cayman Finance comes looking for more resources to promote the jurisdiction around the world, but government can only do so much,” said Ebanks.

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