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Mixed commercial development - Kingston Mall
"Ground floor shopping arcade and an office tower. Self-contained parking spaces are located adjacent to this development."
The Kingston Beach Hotel
"The Kingston Beach Hotel, part of the Portmore resort area with hotel and beach cottages now under construction. The hotel is to have a quarter mile of white sand beach."
Mutual Life building
"Construction on the 12-storey Jamaica Mutual Life building gets underway as the crane does its job. The multi-million dollar office complex is located on Oxford Road and is scheduled for completion in 1976."
The Manor Park Shopping Plaza
"The Manor Park Shopping Plaza in Constant Spring is now being extended northerly by this new set of buildings. The development is being undertaken by Pan Jamaican Investment Trust. Workmen are seen handling materials in the background."
Jamaica Railway Corporation
"A railway worker hangs on to the entrance of one of the JRC diesel units, which will go into service on a special run between May Pen and Kingston on Saturday, offering commuters a chance to lower their cost of travelling."
Stranded passengers
"Stranded - many passengers were stranded, and here some market women and their loads sit and wonder when the train would roll again."
Jamaica Railway Corporation
"Electricians Asquith Brown [left] and Roy Smith rewire a passenger coach as part of the Railway's all-out programme to improve passenger facilities."
Jamaica Railway Corporation
"Taking a rest - One of the trains made idle by work stoppage at the Railway Corporation reclines on the tracks."
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Discover Jamaica
Portrait of a young Jamaican wearing a "Discover Jamaica' t-shirt from the Jamaica Tourist Board.