NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to tour two small businesses

Industry, Trade and Rural Development Minister Judy Foote will tour small businesses in Portugal Cove and Blaketown tomorrow, Thursday, August 14.

Minister Foote and Jim Walsh, MHA for Conception Bay East and Bell Island, will tour Broad Cove Specialties Ltd. in Portugal Cove at 10:00 a.m.

Following that tour, Minister Foote and Percy Barrett, MHA for Bellevue, will tour Distinctive Mouldings, Blaketown, at 3:00 p.m.

During both tours, Minister Foote will provide details on a recent investment in the companies. Media representatives are invited to attend.

Media contact: Tansy Mundon, Communications, (709) 729-4570.

2003 08 13                                       4:15 p.m.