https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/237 2026-05-04T06:19:47Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/278 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 39 (September 26-October 2,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Getting tourism back on track! News that the European Union is making available K.shs. 200 million for the Kenya Tourist Board was greeted with delight by the tourism industry at the coast; Coastdrive: The autorickshaw has made its appearance in Kenya. It is already in use in Nairobi and is giving the normal taxi a run for its money; Cricket: Coast Gymkhana club beat the unbeatable in an exciting final of the Steel Africa Saturday Knockout tournament played at the coast Gymkhana ground on Sunday; Sailing notes: A flotilla of 13 boats entered the race on Wednesday, September 17, for the third monthly mug in Force 2 to 3 winds; Soccer scene: Show September 26th Young Rovers FC may play Chelsea in a tough coast super league match at the Mombasa municipal stadium; Lions club of Mombasa pwani host ‘ports day’ for disabled:For the tenth successive year the Lions club of Mombasa Pwani may organize sports day for disabled children from schools in and around Mombasa 1997-09-26T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/277 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 38 (September 19-25,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Positive publicity campaign launch: In a massive and on-going ‘Positive Publicity Campaign’ the African Safari Club has invited more than 200 top European tour agents and travel writers to vist the Kenyan coast; Kicking ‘polio’ out of Africa: ‘Kick Polio Out of Kenya’ is the theme of campaign to erase Polio from Africa; Special report: Kenya yellow pages 1998- vital new business tool; Coastdrive: Usual circumstances may normally elicit unusual reactions. Pages 8&9; Golf news: The diminutive figure of Irfan Elias was the most popular winner of the Sadolin Paints Trophy last Saturday at Mombasa golf club; Fishing notes: Last week I stated that there, was not much fishing going on, this due to the very low bookings in coast hotel; Rinks bowloing: The monthly mug was played over the weekend at the Ever-Green Bowling Lawn of the Mombasa sports club. 1997-09-19T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/276 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 37 (September 12-18,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Smirnoff acrobatic team for aerial display at nyali: Nyali Beach Hotel may be the venue of a splendid acrobatic display scheduled for 4.30 pm Saturday, September 20th, 1997; ‘Towards 21st century ‘ with the brahma kumaris: As a world renowned authority and teacher of spiritual development, Dadi Janki circles the globe annually inspiring the hearts and minds of thousands of people; Coastdrive: Kachumbari last week told a story of a friend who was car jacked; Bodywise by nova: At this time last year, Melatonin – the hormone purported to starve off jet lag and a whole host of other Maladies – was flying of health food store shelves; Good fishing: I headed up to Watamu and Malindi last weekend to get first hand information on the situation at the various hotels and it looks as though I shall have plenty of time of fishing this season; Soccer scene: The much -advertised match between Supa Congo Boys and Two Fishes FC failed to impress when in a barren draw 1997-09-12T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/275 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 36 (September 5-11,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Kwale deaf school plea: Kwale school for the Deaf, urgently requires a classroom and teaching aids for Ten pupils who are deaf and blind at the same time; ‘Government may review taxation’ The government may soon review the taxation that affects the tourism industry, in the country; Africa tourism heavy weights for Nairobi discussion: Local and international exhibitors at the African Travel Market in South Africa Can look forward to participating in a host of other travel related functions; Special report by neta peal: Until the sporadic outbreak of violence in scattered areas of the Coast, tourism generally in Kenya has been doing very well during July and August; Cricket: Coast Gymkhana’s Sanjay Purani devastated the Mombasa S.C. battling line-up to push his team to the semi-finals of the Steel Africa Limited Saturday Knockout tournament. 1997-09-05T00:00:00Z