Enemalta spends €66,000 on China board meeting

State electricity company Enemalta spent more than €66,000 to convene a board meeting in China last year, official records show. An 11-member delegation attended the meeting in Shanghai, including Minister Without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi, who at the time was responsible for health and energy, and former Enemalta chairman, Labour MP Charles Mangion. Four Maltese government representatives sit on the board. When the Times of Malta reported in April about the board meeting in China, Enemalta refused to give details on the costs. It only said that, after Shanghai Electric bought a 33 per cent stake in Enemalta, it had decided that one board meeting a year would be held in China. The company confirmed that although Dr Mizzi was not a board member, he had attended the meeting “to represent the shareholders”. Following a request by this newspaper under the Freedom of Information Act, the Office of the Prime Minister, which is now politically responsible for Enemalta, furnished details of the expenses involved. The week-long stay cost Enemalta €66,327. The delegation included CEO Fredrick Azzopardi, Kevin Chircop, former Labour MP Salvu Sant and Steve Agius, the four board members...