Vendors downtown were still bragging this week about the wonderful time they had last week Wednesday during 'Christmas in the City, Downtown Comes Alive' and are hoping it will be an annual affair.

One clothes vendor said there were some good bargains at the stores and she bought quite a lot of stuff which she was now selling for a profit.

"Yes, I am looking forward to a happy Christmas," the vendor bragged as she pointed to some of the items she purchased during the sale.

"I got some reasonable goods and if I don't sell them off this week, they are not going to spoil so I can continue to sell them in the New Year," another vendor said.

"So are you going to increase the GCT on those goods, now that the Prime Minister has announced the new tax package?" one of the vendors queried.

"Just let me have an enjoyable Christmas and when the New Year comes we can discuss the tax package because right now if I take on that I would be too stressed out," the vendor said.

disappointment

"Well, I have to think about it because I have four small children and right now I am having a very hard time looking after them because gunman killed their father last year," the other vendor responded.

Despite some of the vendors disappointment with the new tax increases, they had high praises for all who assisted in making the event downtown Kingston, a very successful one.

Instead of the usual tongue-lashing that some of the vendors give the police for reprimanding them or confiscating their goods for selling on the streets, some of them were praising the police for doing a wonderful job in making the grand affair crime free.

"Well this time I cannot curse the cops because seeing them around I really felt safe. The police were actually courteous to us," one of the vendors added.

The Constabulary Force Act gives the police the power to keep watch by day and by night, to preserve the peace and to detect crime and apprehend persons committing offences.

Section 30 of the Act makes it clear that if persons assault, obstruct, hinder, resist or use abusive language to the police in the execution of their duty, if convicted, they can be fined or imprisoned.