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Caymans 'close to restoring services'

By David Wighton in New York

Published: September 17 2004 03:00 | Last updated: September 17 2004 03:00

The Cayman Islands government expects power and telecommunications links to be restored to the financial services sector by Monday following the devastation of Hurricane Ivan.

Bruce Dinwiddy, the governor of the British territory, an important offshore financial centre, said that the infrastructure of the finance sector was mostly intact, including records and data. Once power was restored to George Town, the capital, by the end of the week, the sector would be "back in action", he said.

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