Wales Sugar Estate is to be closed by next year the government announced yesterday, the first major decision it has taken on the beleaguered industry which has seen slumping production over the last decade and swingeing debt.
The statement yesterday by the Ministry of Agriculture on the closing came as a surprise since the Commission of Inquiry into the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) had not recommended the closure of any estate although Wales and Uitvlugt on the West Demerara were seen as the two most vulnerable.
Contending that it was impossible to make sugar production at Wales viable, It was argued in the
