Activities for Labour Day 2009 have moved into high gear in western Jamaica, with approximately 123 projects registered to date.

Checks with the Labour Day planning committees in the parishes of Trelawny, St James, Hanover and Westmoreland have revealed that there are 41 projects registered in Trelawny, 41 in St James, 21 in Hanover and 20 in Westmoreland.

Reports from the Social Develop-ment Commission (SDC) offices in the four parishes are that a number of registration forms are still expected to be turned in as Labour Day draws nearer. Labour Day will be celebrated on May 25 instead of today.

Montego Bay Mayor Charles Sinclair Jr said many of the projects registered in St James were focused on beautification.

"We need to ensure that our communities are kept in a clean and proper condition, kept in an orderly manner, so that the persons who live within these various communities can enjoy them and feel satisfied that their homes go beyond the boundaries of their actual premises, and it is really the community in which you live," he said.

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Citing the national project at the Blue Hole Nature Park, Sinclair said the work to be carried out involves cleaning the property and planting trees. He said that the SDC was working alongside the Labour Day planning committee in that parish to mobilise persons in the various communities across the parish to participate in the working activities on Labour Day.

"I am making a general plea to all the people of the parish of St James to come out and participate in the parish project as well as the national project at Blue Hole, and also in respect to the various community projects," the mayor said.