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The small community of Kinloss in Trelawny is longing for the day when Internet access will come their way. Horace Aiken, pastor of the Haddington New Testament Church, says his members and other local residents of the wider farming community are at a disadvantage as it relates to Internet services.

"The community is physically challenged with basic amenities such as Internet services. Right now, we are going around the community trying to collect 100 signatures of the residents so that we can collectively ask FLOW to come into the community," he said.

"I am leading that as a pastor. We have over 80-odd signatures already, so we are pushing that to see if we can get the community connected to the World Wide Web," he said.

The community of Kinloss, which is sandwich by Duanvale and Clarks Town with a population of approximately 2,000 residents and high levels of unemployment, has managed to produced several professionals.

"It is not a so-called backward community, but it's a community that I believe, like most other communities across Jamaica, it has to be driven towards meeting goals," Aiken said in an interview with the WESTERN STAR.

"Since I am roaming the different communities of Duanvale, Kinloss and Clarks Town, I find that Kinloss is poised to become the main town in this area because the community has so much potentials in terms of its rich human resources. Just in my church alone - I was counting the other day - we almost have 10 teachers. Out of the church, you have doctors, pharmacists and several students attending various universities," Aiken said.

He said that Kinloss has a natural love for sports. The community has a team, Kinloss FC, which is participating in the Trelawny Football Association Major League.

"The team could do more if they had better playing facilities on which to train and play," Aiken said. "So right now, if the playfield in the community can be upgraded that would help a lot, coupled with a multipurpose hard court to facilitate netball and basketball."