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(CNS): The current deputy of the port authority board, Arek Joseph, has been appointed as the chair of the new Public Procurement Committee, set to replace the Central Tenders Committee under the new regime that will oversee government’s major projects and acquisitions. CNS has seen correspondence which confirms that Premier Alden McLaughlin appointed Joseph to head up this important new board, despite the fact that the first public project it will deal with is the development of the cruise berthing facility. The membership of the new committee is expected to be gazetted this week, though there are still two vacant posts to be nominated by the premier.