Prime Minister Samuel Hinds told Lindeners that they should take advantage of the opportunities the new link to Brazil will allow them to access, even as government continues to take steps to boost education and health care in the region.

According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release Hinds made these statements in his address at the opening of Linden Town week activities on Monday. He told the gathering that though some persons are concerned that Guyana may be overwhelmed by Brazilians as they seek to exploit the opportunities that would be created on completion of the Takutu Bridge linking Guyana with northern Brazil, the onus lies with the people of Linden to position themselves to take advantage of these opportunities.
He advised them not to allow the community to return to being a ‘one company town’ but to seek to develop the economic activities that sustained it during the period when bauxite was at its lowest. …..