By: Special Correspondent.
Formation of Gulf Goans Hotels
Company by Kuwait Goans was the unique experiment conducted by the Goans working in Kuwait and so far this is the only
such experiment conducted by the expatriate Goans, thanks to the excellent
initiative of dynamic Kuwait Goan Mr. Vincente D’Souza. Hotel Goan Heritage erected at Ghauravaddo
Calangute is the first and the only baby so far conceived in the womb of GGHC.
It is now about a quarter of a century that this Hotel is functioning at a very
lucrative place but according to many who are directly and indirectly involved
in its operation are disappointed that its management and administration is run
by persons not fit to be there. Those who are running the day to day
administration of this Hotel are irresponsible and unfit for the job. If this
trend is not arrested now then there is every possibility for this great
experiment to go to the dogs and God forbid if it happens it will be a very sad moment for
the patriotic Kuwait Goans. The exorbitant
unnecessary expenses done could have been avoided but the Board as a whole is
not competent because it comprised some
inefficient elements whose job is not in the Board but elsewhere.
There is only one director among
the twelve who is a very qualified and experienced person in running the Hotel business while
the rest are having zero knowledge of Hotel business. Majority of the directors are not fit to be
in the board and yet unfortunately they
are sticking to their post shamelessly because they want to avail of the free meals, free expensive
drinks and financial doles that they get
for doing nothing worthwhile, besides they want to make show of their
directorship. Most shameless directors are those who are based abroad and being
outside India they are impotent to contribute anything. Two of the directors
are known to have questionable character, one of them is Alex Wison Coelho who was involved in financial irregularities
of the community funds besides being
morally corrupt. The other is Tony
Cordeiro from Saligao who as per the information, was disgracefully sacked for doing financial
irregularities by his company in Kuwait.
Secondly up to now he has not disclosed the whereabout of the funds of
Kuwait Goans Association of which he was one of the leading members.
When this is the case how one can
rely on these men to protect the
interest of the Hotel? And as per the latest information Mr. Cordeiro is aspiring to be the next Chairman of the
Board when the current useless Chairman retires
permanently. Entrusting the Chairman’s Job to
Cordeiro means a great risk. During the
invasion period of Kuwait he was at the helm of affairs for a few months in the
absence of right man and during this period as per the available information he
made a mess of everything in the Hotel,
good that Flav Pimenta the then Chairman was overseeing everything. He was during this period feeding expensive
food and drinks not only to his family and relatives but also to his Dogs and
Cats, of course all F.O.C. He got no
knowledge of anything but he pretends to be a genius in running the Hotel
business. He is not even fit to be a
Waiter and he is not adequately qualified academically having passed only SSC
but speaks English as if he is come from Harward. Share Holders must think very hard on this
subject and take a very hard decision on this man if they want to save their
Hotel. He is the most selfish man and in
this direction he will do anything.
The job of the Chairman is very
important and currently to my assessment there is nobody in the Board who is
competent enough to take up this job.
Shareholders have lost their hope in the Board to do right things to get
better dividends for them. Chairman’s
job is not the job of a Ladru – Pedru type of a person. It requires high competence and
knowledge. In view of this, Shareholders
must be very assertive of their rights to express their views and not to leave
this matter entirely into the hands of the Board. GGHC is not the personal property of the
Board to act irresponsibly. This company
belongs to the Shareholders whose voice must be sought.
On 26th of this Month,
Hotel is hosting a Picnic party to the Shareholders. During this time the share holders must
discuss this subject among themselves and try to find out the way to knock out
the unreliable man not only from the next post but also from the board itself otherwise
there is every possibility for this corrupt man to knock down the entire Hotel
from its location. He is a shameless
thick skinned man, not even feeling shy to show his face openly in public for
the scandalous life he faced in Kuwait. For him and for such others Hotel
interest goes to hell as long as they get their quota.
To repeat it again, Hotel is not
the personal property of the Board but the way some are exploiting the Hotel it looks there is no one to question them. A few of them feel they own not only the Hotel
but also the Shareholders. Unless the entire Board is revamped by throwing out
by the Shareholders the useless Directors the situation will not change. Most of the Directors are not fit to be
there, they are a shame on the Board.
