Forget About the Oil, Birdie-Watching Is Key to the Economy Tom Shields On Trumptown

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WHEN Donald Trump's billionpound golf project at Balmedie in Aberdeenshire goes ahead it will be a triumph for the Scottish economy.

Hundreds of minimum-wage jobs will be created at Mr Trump's 450- bedroom hotel. Loads of ladies-who-do and jobbing gardeners will be required to maintain the 1500 houses to be built at Trumptown.

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Forget About the Oil, Birdie-Watching Is Key to the Economy Tom Shields On Trumptown

Most of the workforce will, of course, be Poles or Latvians, but there will be the occasional Scot up there coining in GBP5.52 an hour for shuffling burgers or carrying tourists' luggage. Many of the visitors will be Americans, so the tips should be substantial.

There were objections from the green lobby that the golf project will ruin many acres of local sand dune...

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