Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce. August Sunday Trading Survey Results

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1 Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce August 2005 Sunday Trading Survey Results

2 Do you support allowing all businesses the option of opening on Sundays? Membership Phone Survey (178) 25% 75% Yes No Undecided Member Merchants Only (87) 32% 68% Website Responses (147) 16% 84%

3 Do you support amending the Sunday Trading Law to prohibit all businesses with the exception of those serving tourists and emergency services from opening on Sunday? Membership Phone Survey (178) Yes No Undecided 37% Member Merchants Only (87) 41% 59% 63% Website Responses (147) 4% 2 76%

4 If all businesses were permitted to open on Sunday, would you open your business? Membership Phone Survey (178) 1% Member Merchants Only (87) 54% 45% Yes No Undecided 56% 44% Website Responses (147) 21% 45% 34%

5 Is your business currently allowed to open on Sunday under the Sunday Trading Law? Membership Phone Survey (178) 2% Member Merchants Only (87) 61% 37% Yes No Don't Know 31% Website Responses (147) 69% 29% 24% 47%

6 Do you believe Sunday Trading would diminish Cayman s quality of life? Membership Phone Survey (178) Member Merchants Only (87) 66% 34% Yes No Undecided 37% Website Responses (147) 2% 17% 63% 81%

7 Top 5 Comments received 1. Most people agree that the supermarkets should be allowed to open. It is hypocritical to allow bars and restaurants to be open whilst supermarkets cannot - so one can go out and get drunk but can t go to the supermarket to buy food!!!!. As far as I am concerned... If someone can go to a bar and get drunk on Sunday, I should be able to go and shop for food for my family. 2. Businesses should be able to choose whether they would like to open. Allow choice. Give freedom of choice and let people make their own minds about whether they want to shop or go to Church. "Let the merchants be like the shoppers - open if you want to --shop if you want to."

8 Top 5 Comments received 3. Separate church & state. I assume the reason for the law was to maintain a certain quality of life in regard to respecting the sabbath but it isn't everbody s sabbath Sunday Trading makes no allowances for Seventh Day Adventists and other religions that consider days other than Sunday to be their holy days. A separation of church and state is the ideal. Those who consider it wrong to open on Sunday or any other day will not open. There is no need for a law to enforce what many do not believe in. An intelligent employer will not force employees to work when the employee does not want to work. The employer can find someone who doesn't mind working a particular day of the week or certain hours of the day, and the employee can find a job that matches his or her preferences. Allowing businesses to open on Sunday could make more jobs available.

9 Top 5 Comments received 4. Religious differences in regard to holy days. Many people serve on Saturday so does this mean we have to close all shops on Saturday. It we have to close all stores on Sunday we must share the same respect for those who worship on Saturday. 5. Family values Sunday trading has destroyed family time in the UK, forcing people to work, keeping roads busy 7 days a week, and has increased business costs. People buy a finite volume of goods, opening on Sunday does not increase this. We are a Country built on our Christian values. Sunday has always been set aside for family. Given todays' fast paced life with both parents working, let us not take this away from our Children also. When we have our youth becoming a problem to society, we want to blame everyone and everything where in fact had some quality time been spent with that child the results could very well be different. Let us not trade our values and morals for the $$$$...

10 Participating Members A.L. Thompson Home Depot & Appliance. Ace Screenprint Acorn Publishing Company Admiral Administration Ltd. Agua Desig Ltd Alexandria Bancorp Ltd Altajir Bank American Airlines Aqua Bay Arch Automotive ATC Trustees (Cayman) Ltd Atlantic Supply Ltd. B B & P Marketing and Communications Banca Unione Di Credito (Cayman) Ltd. Banco Itau S.A. Grand Cayman Branch Bank Of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd Bodden Corporate Services Britannia Services Co, Ltd. C.G.M.J. Ltd. Campbell's Auto Repairs & Sales Bodden Beverages Cardiff & Company Caribbean Publishing Company Caribbean Utilities Company Casa Caribe Cayman Business Machines Cayman Camera Cayman Catering Services Ltd. Cayman Data Systems Ltd Cayman Free Press Cayman Freight Shipping Services Ltd. Cayman General Insurance Company Cayman Islands National Museum Cayman Management Ltd Cayman National Corporation Cayman Screen Print Cayman Tropical Tours Chandler Insurance Management Charles Adams Ritchie & Duckworth CIBC Bank & Trust Co. (Cayman) Ltd CITCO (Cayman) Ltd. Coastal Realty Coutts (Cayman) Ltd Credit Suise Investment Services (Cayman) Ltd. Crescent Point Resort Crighton Properties Ltd. Curtis Caribbeaan D. Whittaker construction Ltd. Datacon Ltd. Deloitte Property Management Ltd. Derek E. Bogle & Associates Insurance Ltd. Diamond Law Associates Dolphin Architectural Products Dr. Bert Thacker (Smile Dental Clinic) Dr. Elaine Campbell Dr. Waite's Optical Elite Visual Advertising Eurocar (Cayman) Ltd Executive Air Aservices Eye of the Tiger Production Fidelity Bank Fiderus Ltd. Frank Hall Homes Funky Tang's Ltd.

11 Participating Members G.T. Automotive Imports Ltd. Giglioli & Company GM International Sales Ltd Goldman Sachs (Cayman ) Trust Ltd. Hadsphaltic International Ltd Harbour Heights Harbour House Marina and Yacht Club Ltd. HBM Partners (Cayman) Ltd. Hew's Janitorial Hobbies & Books Ltd Image Holdings Ingram Micro SB Holdings Inc Insurance Company Of West Indies International Management Services Ltd. Island Art & Framing Island Builders Company Ltd Island Companies,Ltd Itech Ltd. Kirk Motors Ltd Kirk Office Equipment Ltd. KPMG L.O. Parsons & Co, Ltd Le Classique Le Habitat Marine Power Massive Equipment Mast Industries N.V. McAlpine Ltd Meadac Group Campany Ltd Megatron Consulting Ltd. Mini Warehouse II Ltd. Mise en Place Catering National Building Society of Cayman National Concrete NCB (Cayman) Ltd Nelson & Company Nervik & Co. Octopus Event Management Off The Peg Otis Air Conditioning Paige & Company Paradise Island Ventures T/A Paradis Restaurant Paramount Carpet Sales & Service Ltd Peter B. Balls T/A Petique PoolWorld Ltd. Power Flower Prestige Motors Ltd Polar Bear Air-Conditioning Pooley Cabinet Industries Ltd. Puritan Cleaners Ltd. Quinn & Hampson Rapid Photo RBC Dominion Securities Ltd. Reliable Industries Ltd. Robert Wood Lighting and Interiors Rothestein, Cass & Co. (Cayman) RSM Cayman Islands Rugs Oriental (Cayman) Ltd. Safehaven Ltd. Schroeder Cayman Bank & Trust Company Scott's Industries Seven Mile Beach & Club Sheena Conolly Real Estate Shelby's Agency & Stevedoring Ltd. silver City and Ltd.

12 Participating Members Square Deal Roofing Limited Stwarts Walker Hersant Attorneys at Law Sul American International Bank Softech Computers Ltd. Solomons Grocery Sunshine Suites TCB Construction Ltd. Texaco Caribbean Incorporated Villas Of The Galleon VIP Productions W.S. Walker & Co. Ltd Warren's Construction Wastewater Purification System Woodward Terry & Company Work Of Art The Dundee Bank The Grandview The Pinnacle Condominuims Tourist Publications Cayman Ltd. Tower Marketing and Publishing Trade Link Bank TransOcean Bank & Trust Ltd. Tropical Exposure Brochure Delivery Svce Truman Bodden & Company Two Sisters Advertising Specialties