About Me
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Bartolo Clayton, born on 2nd June 1987, is currently reading for a B. Accountancy (Hons) at the University of Malta. In November 2008 he graduated in Bachelor of Commerce, and now plans to further his studies in the Accountancy Profession.
Clayton started his education in the Mellieha Primary School where he obtained all of his primary education. Then he attended Savio College, Dingli where he took most of his formation as a character and he started discovering most of his talents and leadership skills. During the five years spent at Savio College, Clayton occupied the post of Councillor for Culture (Form 4) and School Captain (Form 5). These experiences from such a young age started exposing him to the nature of elections and also team work. From there he passed onto St. Aloysius College Sixth Form, where he sat for Advanced Level Accountancy and Economics exams. Clayton Bartolo is employed with KPMG on a student worker basis.
Clayton is of a leftist ideology. After having seen the Maltese political history, and also world political history, he holds such views very dear to him. While accepting the fact that political parties need to change and adapt as time goes by, ideologies are still needed to solve the problems faced by a country.
Clayton started his experience in politics from the very young age of 15 years, when he founded the Labour Youth Forum in Mellieha. He occupied the posts of financial controller and later the post of secretary general of the said forum. He is still involved in the Labour Youth Forum, as he has once more managed to revive the Labour Youth Forum in Mellieha. Better coordination with the executive committe of the LYF is resulting in success for the LYFM and the events it organises are always a resounding success. He occupies the post of the president within the said organisation (LYFM).
Apart from all this, Clayton is a member of the Mellieha Local Council. He stood for the elections on the 8th March 2008, and got elected garnering a total of 711 votes. He is the youngest member on the Council, and would like to thank all those people who showed their trust in him and his potential.
Clayton also enjoys going out with his friends, enjoys playing pool and watching football, especially if Manchester United are playing. He also forms part of the Mellieha Youth Centre, has a passion for reading and debating, and loves watersports and music!
For further contact: bartoloclayton@yahoo.com
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Favorite Music
U2, Green Day, Aerosmith, Justin Timberlake (The Great!!), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Bryan Adams
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Favorite Movies
American Gangster
Gladiator
Troy
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Favorite TV Shows
Everybody Loves Raymond
King of Queens
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Two and a half Men
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Favorite Books
The Godfather
The Sword and the Scimitar
Che Guevara (Biography)
The Race
...and lots more!
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Favorite Quote
The Loudest one in the room is the Weakest one in the Room (Frank Lucas)
If you want to be successful, you need friends; if you want to be very successful, you need enemies...
Women set about changing their men; and when they've changed them they don't like them anymore. (Ma nafx min qala, imma tajba!!)
United we stand; divided we fall (Aesop)
Unity to be real must stand the hardest strain without breaking. (Mahatma Gandhi)
A politician is there to deliver deliver deliver! (Tony Blair)
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Journal
With over 1 billion young people now living in the developing world, the largest-ever youth group in history, the next generation holds much promise for countries that adopt policies to ensure that their youth are better educated and healthier than previous generations. According to the 2007 World Development Report "Development and the Next Generation", record numbers of young people between the ages of 12 and 24 could give developing countries a big advantage over developed nations in the next generation, producing surging economic growth and sharply reducing poverty.
We have often been led to believe that the next generation is a winning generation. Upon deeper analysis this can hardly be seen as wholly truthful. One can easily mention a number of concerns that strike this next Maltese generation at their very core.
Environment ranks high among such issues. Our youth are growing up in an awareness culture, where they are being made aware of all the shortcomings with regards to the Maltese environment. Education is showing us what to do in the future, but also what to do in the present in order to safeguard what we have left. If we want to leave something for the next generation, then we have to start acting today. We already have one big problem; affectionately called ‘Magħtab’, so let us try not to create others.
Alternative energy has been knocking on our doors for a number of years, but for the past 15 years the government has failed miserably in trying to bring into effect some of these new sources of energy. We have (finally!) managed to build a new state-of-the-art hospital, but there is no sign of alternative energy being utilised in such a big infrastructural project. Malta’s next large scale infrastructural project is Smart City, and we can only hope that the planners thought about incorporating alternative energy sources in the buildings. However, experience has shown us that with the present government we should never expect any final plans, deadlines or budgets to be adhered to.
Upon mentioning Smart City one cannot leave out employment as one of the main concerns of the next generation. With Smart City being hyped up as if it is going to be heaven on earth and solving all of Malta’s employment problems, we can only hope that this does not blow up in our faces, and all our dreams and promises end up in smoke. This past week we heard about ST Microelectronics, the largest exporter from the Maltese islands, and the difficulties it is facing. A good number of its workers fall in the youth age bracket, most of them with a young family to nourish, who could end up unemployed should this company decide to close doors. With such a threat to job security, no wonder that the next generation is weighed down by such difficulties and challenges.
Another issue which is not taken lightly is definitely healthcare, and whether or not this will remain free of charge, just like the socialist views hold. Free healthcare was established in Malta by the Labour government in the 1970’s, and recently this was put under threat by the Nationalist government. Healthcare must not only be free, but also of the highest quality. It’s no use having a state-of-the-art hospital, if the service provided is a mediocre one. Now all we can do is wait on this government to hold its electoral promise of retaining free healthcare for all Maltese people.
Building a family also ranks high on the agenda, and nowadays it comes at an even higher cost. With property prices and cost of living on the rise, young people are finding it even harder to start a family. Whereas before the pre-requisite for building a family was having a home, nowadays it seems that this has changed to having a loan for life. And to be realistic, there is no other way how young people can raise enough capital to have their first domicile. A place they can call home and which is not extravagant is today costing an exorbitant price. But this is what the capitalistic world is all about; free markets setting the prices, and less government intervention. In the end it will always be the weaker ones who end up on the wrong end of the stick, and these definitely include those young people aiming at starting a family. This so-called winning generation has been transformed into a credit generation.
While it is true that the next generation will bring about world-wide economic growth, we have to start taking stock of what the young Maltese people are about to be faced with in the future. A lot of people think that young people are the future of the country, yet they forget that these young people are also living in the present. One cannot simply tell the next generation to stay quiet until they find their place in society in the future. We can call the next generation whatever we like, but as things stand at the moment it surely is not a winning generation. Facing off all sorts of trouble it will have to be a hard working and self-respecting one, meticulously planning out its resources so as to get the best utilisation ratio out of what is available.
Finally, the next generation needs to inject some socialist views in its beliefs. While private initiative is to be encouraged by everyone, the government should take on the role of ensuring that the free market does not abuse of its freedom and snare every economic sector in its trap. Let’s just hope that we are not too late to make the next generation a winning generation…
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isu ijlek ma jhalilek comment xi hadd =P
howp ur owkk !
10ks tal pacenzja li tihu bijja *xi kultant* loool ima xtamel uwx .. u have to take care of ur lil cuzzins ! [haha]
imsomma Clay, naf li baqali bix ingib il licenzja =@ imma taf int - jek tkun "bil hsara" l karozza [loool].. just call me and i`ll drive !! [hahahha]
Clayton says: "keep dreamin Kri !! "
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imsommaa kugin.. ttyl, ikollok bzon xi haga ( lemmi re-frase that.. ) - IKOLLI BZON XI HAGA.. - nejdlek !! loool
caw caw TC u *bilaqal* !!
keep up ur massive character and your gr8 smile..
cyu
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