by Old Town officials in anticipation of the East End cruise ship in May.

A second day could also be set aside for St. George's Day when public punishment and other historical aspects of the 17th Century town square are re-enacted.

The two ideas were confirmed this week by Town Manager Ms Margaret Emmott and the Tourism Ministry's Mr. Randy Horton. However, Ms Emmott stressed nothing was definite.

"There have been all sorts of ideas put forward but I am not prepared to discuss them until further decisions have been made,'' she said.

She hoped St. Georgians would continue "throwing ideas on the drawing board''.

But Opposition MP and Corporation of St. George's member Mr. Leon (Jimmy) Williams cautioned: "If it's not broken, don't fix it.'' He felt people were panicking prematurely over the number of visitors expected in St. George's when the cruise season gets underway.

A good many passengers on the ships that visited St. George's under the twin-port concept last season never even left the liners, he noted.

He did not see the reason for an extra St. George's Day, saying Wednesday's activities had been a steady success and served to help the town's businesses through the hard times of the past five years.

And indicating he was less than happy over plans for an end-to-end ferry, he wanted to "reserve'' comment on the idea at the risk of sounding negative.

The ferry service, which would take people out of St. George's as well as into it, would be available on Wednesdays only.

"I feel that 1994 should be viewed as an interim year and things should be left the way they are,'' Mr. Williams said. "We want to be very careful not to disrupt the St. George's business community.'' Town officials should wait until 1995 to make any changes. Ms Emmott said a St. George's ferry had been suggested at a recent Corporation meeting to plan for the calls by the 1,050-passenger Royal Majesty's .

Marine and Ports deputy director Mr. Russell Southern said Corporation officials had spoken to him about the proposal.

But he said the service would only be available on Wednesdays because that was the only day a spare tender boat was available in the cruise season. A Government tender would have to be used as the ferry boat, he said.

Mr. Southern said talks still had to be held with the ship's agent and the West End Development Corporation. And it had to be determined if the one-day ferry service was feasible.

On the possibility of an additional St. George's Day, Assistant Tourism Director Mr. Randy Horton said he was meeting with Corporation members later this week to discuss the idea. Holding St. George's Day on Thursdays and Wednesdays had been suggested, he said.

Ms Emmott said the Corporation's number one priority was devising a traffic-flow plan to avoid congestion in the Town Square.

With the liner docking alongside Ordnance Island at a new terminal, there needed to be coordination of taxis, bus tours, livery cycles and other transportation, Ms Emmott said.

She said the Corporation hoped to have a "conceptual plan'' in place within the next five weeks.

The Chamber of Commerce believes up to 5,000 people could fill St. George's on weekdays with the new ship and regular scheduled visits by the other liners calling at Bermuda this season.

Chamber vice president Ms Carolyn Mello felt the town would be able to handle the expected influx of visitors.

However, there was much work to be done, she said earlier this month. "We believe the infrastructure is there. But there is no doubt there are some areas that are lacking.'' Those areas, Ms Mello said, included boat tours, shopping and transport -- including horse and carriage rides.