-DATE- 19900712 -YEAR- 1990 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- -AUTHOR- -HEADLINE- Events Relating to 7th ANPP Assembly Session -PLACE- CARIBBEAN / Cuba -SOURCE- Havana Tele Rebelde Network -REPORT_NBR- FBIS-LAT-90-135 -REPORT_DATE- 19900713 -HEADER- BRS Assigned Document Number: 000012119 Report Type: Daily Report AFS Number: FL1207134590 Report Number: FBIS-LAT-90-135 Report Date: 13 Jul 90 Report Series: Daily Report Start Page: 3 Report Division: CARIBBEAN End Page: 3 Report Subdivision: Cuba AG File Flag: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Language: Spanish Document Date: 12 Jul 90 Report Volume: Friday Vol VI No 135 Dissemination: City/Source of Document: Havana Tele Rebelde Network Report Name: Latin America Headline: Events Relating to 7th ANPP Assembly Session Subheadline: Castro on Elevator Maintenance Source Line: FL1207134590 Havana Tele Rebelde Network in Spanish 1132 GMT 12 Jul 90 -TEXT- FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE: 1. [Text] The first day of the Seventh Regular Session of the Third National Assembly of the People's Government [ANPP] took place with the attendance of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers. 2. [Begin recording] [Reporter Hilda Prieto] The morning and afternoon sessions of the ANPP today [11 July] were dedicated to the debate and approval of the report presented by the tourism sector comprised of four institutions--the National Institute of Tourism, Campismo Popular, the Cubanacan S.A. corporation, and the Gaviota group. 3. Thirty-five presentations were made by deputies and other state officials offering solutions to such problems as the way tourism facilities will be made available to the population so they can enjoy them during their vacations. There was a consensus that the CTC [Cuban Workers Federation] would be the most appropriate organization to fairly distribute these facilities. 4. Another highly debated topic was how to guarantee the maintenance and repair of furnaces, refrigeration systems, air conditioning, and elevators in tourism installations. Regarding this last topic, Deputy Fidel Castro said: 5. [Castro] I hope to purchase the best, safest, most prestigious elevators for national hotels, as well as joint ventures. We cannot ignore this because it is a true tragedy for an elevator not to be of the best quality. It is one of the most practical things about a hotel, whether it is for cargo, passengers, or whatever. We cannot escape this principle. 6. [Prieto] Suggestions were made on establishing a stable policy for the maintenance and repair of elevators, such as creating a national or provincial organization or workshops. 7. [Castro] I envision the entire highway system north of Villa Clara, Ciego de Avila, and Camaguey lined with hundreds of hotels serviced by a single provincial enterprise from Villa Clara, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Santiago de Cuba, or from anywhere. We want to give this the priority that the tourism industry deserves. We want to guarantee its safety, service. Elevators cannot be placed in the hands of an enterprise. Each of those areas will have to have small workshops and brigades, not workshops or units that have big work rosters or other such crazy things. They should be subject to the authority of the tourism industry so that maintenance can be constant. [pounds table eight times] There should be staff, even in the hotels, who can fix elevators. I think this is the way this problem should be solved. [end recording] -END-