THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 18 22 Issue No. 1975
11 - 17 May 2023
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BUDDING pianists had the chance to show off their talent on Friday May 5 with seven grand pianos set up at different points for the public to play throughout the day in Palma centre. The spectacular instru ments could be found in the Rambla, Plaça de la Mare de Deu de la Salut, Plaça del Mercat, Cort, el Born, L’Hort del Rei and Carrer Mirador from 11am to 8pm. ‘Palma s’omple de pi anos’ (‘Palma is full of pi anos’) was organised jointly by the Fundacio Je sus Serra and the Maria Canals International Mu sic Competition to pro mote the universal prac tice of music through citizen participation. The first edition of the initiative drew the atten tion of all kinds of players including music school students, children, ama teur musicians and curi ous people with no musi cal knowledge. Some even took along other instruments from home to play along, in cluding violins and saxo phones.
Palma full of pianos.
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THE BATTLE Superyachts OF THE TERRACES
THE superyachts of two of the richest men in the world coincided at Palma’s Club de Mar last week. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and his counterpart at Aliex press, Jack Ma, had a chance to compare the size of their luxury vessels, with the former winning by 39 metres. Bezos’ new schooner, baptised as Koru, measures a staggering 127 metres long compared to Ma’s 88 metre enginedriven yacht Zen. The Amazon boss is expected to take ownership of his new boat in Mallorca this summer.
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NOISE POLLUTION: The Plaza de la Lonja in Palma.
RESIDENTS in the Plaza de la Lonja in Pal ma have hit out at a recent ruling by the regional High Court (TSJB) allowing bars and restaurant terraces to open until 12.30am. In 2019 Palma Council ordered the es tablishments to close at 11.30pm, which triggered a long legal battle between the affected restaurateurs and residents. Finally the TSJB ruled in favour of the businesses and decided to countermand the order due to an administrative defect in the original ruling by the town hall. Spokespeople for the sa LlotjaEs Born neighbourhood platform, who have been
fighting against noise pollution in the area for more than 30 years, insist that they are ‘not going to surrender’ and will ex plore all available legal alternatives to overturn the ruling. The platform is also considering in stalling decibel sensors at strategic points to measure noise levels to prove the ‘daily aural torture’ they face. On the other hand, restaurateur union CAEB Restauración who raised the mat ter with the TSJB following the council rul ing in 2019 has welcomed the sentence but insists on the importance of ‘coexis tence’ among all parties.