Zeng Qinghong
The Jamaican Government is discussing resumption of national railway services, initially with Canadian National Railway and then Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES); and now with the China Railway after a deal was signed by the Prime Minister P J Patterson with Chinese vice-president Zeng Qinghong in Jamaica in February 2005. During the 1990s, a plan was considered which would see commuter services between Kingston and Spanish Town, later extended to Linstead. It was proposed to cost US$8 million and be running by January 2001, with the government holding 40% of a public-private venture.