While everyone is looking at Zonqor...

Abstract

Over the course of the past six months, Żonqor has become a household mainstay due to the raging controversy surrounding the development of a university campus earmarked for the site, such that the issue has monopolised the country’s environmental headlines. Meanwhile infringements, such as illegal development on Outside Development Zone land, continue unabated and these merit sustained coverage in spite of the occasional cause celebre such as Żonqor. The plight of our coastal areas through the unremitting illegal construction of ‘boathouses’ is a case in point. Many would agree with such a statement, but would immediately veer towards Armier as the typical poster child for this phenomenon. The other extremity of Malta – Delimara – is similarly plagued by these illegalities, but hits the headlines much less frequently than Armier.