(L-R) Lawrence Griffin, a Director of Cotton Bay Developers Ltd.; Franklyn Wilson, Chairman of Cotton Bay Developers Ltd.; Yuan Guisen, The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas; Shao Di, Head of Liaison Team for the Export Import Bank of China; Daniel Liu, Senior Vice President of China Construction America (CCA) Bahamas, Ltd.; Tommy Turnquest, Director of Sunshine Holdings; Thomas Sands, a Director and Shareholder of Cotton Bay Developers Ltd.
(Eleuthera, Bahamas) – The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Yuan Guisen, visited the island of Eleuthera for the first time on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015, since taking up his post in December of 2013. Joining him were Senior Vice President of China Construction America (CCA) Bahamas, Ltd., Daniel Liu; and Head of Liaison Team for the Export Import Bank of China, Shao Di.
Ambassador Yuan Guisen and his party, were the invited guests of Cotton Bay Developers Ltd. Chairman, Franklyn Wilson, and his colleagues; including Thomas Sands, a Director and Shareholder of Cotton Bay Developers Ltd.; Tommy Turnquest, Director of Sunshine Holdings (a Shareholder of Cotton Bay Developers Ltd.); and Lawrence Griffin, a Director of Cotton Bay Developers Ltd.
The visiting group arrived at the North Eleuthera airport early on Tuesday, beginning their island tour with stops at the Glass Window bridge, The Cove Resort and local pineapple farms in Gregory Town. In Central Eleuthera they toured the new French Leave Resort, and visited the site of the first Parliament on Cupid’s Cay in Governor’s Harbour, then enjoyed lunch at The Beach House restaurant. Plans during the afternoon, included stops at the renown Ocean Hole in Rock Sound and the Cotton Bay Estates & Villas development before flying out of the Rock Sound airport .
Mr. Wilson commented on the visit during an interview with The Eleutheran, saying, “Even though we talk about Cotton Bay in our name, we are very committed to the idea of the development of Eleuthera as a whole… Eleuthera stands its best chance of development as one destination, not multiple destinations. So we made it a point to bring down the Ambassador, and we made sure that it was at a time convenient for China State Construction, and also for the Head of the Export Import Bank of China – to look at Eleuthera as a whole, in terms of what exists and what may be possible.”
When asked what he hoped would come from the visit to Eleuthera, Wilson shared that his hopes were that the Ambassador’s party would come away with an appreciation for the beauty of the island , the warm friendliness of its people, and see it as an island of opportunities. He added, “I really think better days are ahead for Eleuthera.”
Ambassador Yuan Guisen also shared his impression of the island during his visit, saying that he thought Eleuthera was beautiful , with a long history, and very friendly people who he had met along the way. “This time we came along with the China Construction company and the China Export Import Bank, hopefully to find opportunities to work together. “
