Fiji Focus Vol 3 Issue 11

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Exciting times
ahead: PM
PRIME Minister and Minister for
Finance, Voreqe Bainimarama has
welcomed the recent forecast of the 2.7
per cent growth for the Fijian economy
compared to the 2.3 pe rcent growth
announced in the 2012 National Budget
last year.
While meeting with a group of
potential investors from Australia this
week, PM Bainimarama said that these
were exciting times ahead for Fiji
particularly with the increase in tourist
arrivals.
“The recent announcement by the
Reserve Bank of Fiji and also the
Ministry of Finance is encouraging
because it has revealed that Fiji needs
more resorts and hotels to cater for the
increase in tourists visiting our shores,”
the Prime Minister said.
He also met with Australian millionaire
Lang Walker saying that the increase in
tourist arrivals will necessitate the need
for more hotels and resorts creating more
jobs for the local people in the process.
The Ministry of Finance has also
revealed that the impact of the two major
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fading as the growth rate picked up
driven by growth across all sectors.
Except for agriculture, both sugar and
non-sugar, all 13 of the 14 sectors have
performed well as most of the industries
that were affected have not been
complacent.
This has led to the RBF revising an
earlier economic growth of 2.3 per cent
to 2.7 per cent. “Unlike previous years
when some sectors were growing and
others weren’t, this year it has been right
across,” Finance permanent secretary
Filimone Waqabaca said.
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Fiji would have registered a growth of 3
per cent. It is satisfying to see that despite
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rebound, which was partly due to activity
generated by the rehabilitation works.
The Ministry of Finance has noted
that the modest growth anticipated in
the tourism sector can be attributed to
the recent positive developments such as
the construction of the Peppers Naisoso
Island Resort, refurbishment of the Grand
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GOVERNMENT has paid out
more than $21million through
the iTaukei Land Trust Board for
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This payment is to supplement
farmers who lost their crops
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Ministry of Sugar permanent
secretary Manasa Vaniqi said
Government understood that it
would take time for farmers to get
the crops back to the quality thus
offered to pay their lease money.
“This payment has gone
directly to the land owners
and the amount is a little over
$21million,” Vaniqi said.
“The payment will ease farmers
from worrying about their lease
payment and can divert returns
from their produce to better
livelihoods for their families.”
Vaniqi said Government’s
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existing farmers but also cleared
those lands whose lease was on
the verge of expiring.
“Now farmers do not have
to worry about the expiring of
their lease because through this
payment, tsome leases have been
extended,” he said.
The payment of land lease
money is apart from the payment
Government made to cane
farmers in the aftermath of the
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“This payment is different
from the compensation that
Government gave farmers for
replanting cane straight after the
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Government compensated
each farmer $2,500 per hectare
for those who lost their crops
while farmers whose crops were
partially damaged received $1,
250.
Apart from this farmers can
loan up to $1,250 interest free.
“All these are part of
Government efforts to put back
the industry on its feet after the
natural disaster in January and
March,” Vaniqi added.
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NEW MEDIA
TRENDS
THE future role of traditional media against the emerging popularity of social media was widely discussed at the recent Asia Media Summit, held in Bangkok in Thailand. The summit focused on the role of the media SHARON SMITH-JOHNS.
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region and how critical new media trends are towards this process. Within the process of engaging the media to promote development in the region, one of the key issues that was given prominence by all participants was social media (facebook, twitter, youtube etc). The growing favor of social media as a news medium was widely debated, with special emphasis given to its impact in informing citizens. Panelists at the summit highlighted that while social media can be viewed as an updated news source, the main argument shared by many is the credibility and accuracy that social media sources hold. As the public relations arm of Government, the Ministry of Information continuously looks to social media as a new form of news platform.
The ministry now promotes government’s programs through facebook, twitter, youtube and even its own blog. By doing so, we’re able to reach a wider audience and passing on ./0-1')#)23&+04$#5!'+$0&'$&'()&6/71+"8&
Business houses and major new organisations also acknowledge the role that social media plays. Here in Fiji, news organisations also promote the use of social media and have established an impressive presence on this emerging news medium. One of the core issues behind social media is becoming responsible and mature with the content that’s made public. Sadly and most times, social media has become the new tool for groups to air their views in a forum, that would never be considered for publication or broadcasting by traditional media outlets. Too often, unregulated content in social media tools have seen discriminatory and grossly inaccurate content shared directly with the public without any editorial or supervisory process. Blogs for example have been allowed to publish articles with either racist or discriminatory connotations. Most of the time, content is either based on hearsay and never substantiated. That’s essentially one of the most important setbacks of social media. All stakeholders at the summit that debated the issue shared the same sentiments; any prominence given to social media MUST involve editorial values and process. Participants at the summit also noted that despite the growing acceptance of social media in today’s society and in the region, the role of traditional media in providing information to a wider audience will always be paramount. For now, we can only encourage that a great degree of responsibility be exercised when using social media as a credible and news worthy source. 2
CORRESPONDENCE
ROAD SAFETY
Dear Editor
I would like to highlight a major issue facing the country today, which is road safety. Many people die every year on Fiji roads, and so many are injured. Road traffic injuries remain a major public health problem and a leading cause of death, injury and disability not only in Fiji but around the world.
Road traffic injuries is a major cause of death for people of our young population.
Road traffic injuries threaten to hinder achievements in economic and human development and place a heavy burden on a country’s economy as a result of their direct impact on health­care and rehabilitation services, as well as through indirect costs. They also put considerable financial strain on affected families, who often must absorb medical and rehabilitation costs, funeral costs and such other costs as the lost earnings of the victim, in addition to extensive emotional strain.
If we look at this issue sincerely, we are responsible for it and we can control it and even prevent it.
I would like to urge everyone to make road safety their responsibility because one day one of the victims can be our beloved ones. Then it will be too late to put a blame on someone else.
Joseph Chandra
Suva
GIRC FEEDBACK
Dear Editior
I would like to thank Mr Waqa for his concerns raised in the Fiji Focus issue dated May 27, 2012 regarding the exhibitions at the Government Information Referral Centre (GIRC).
The exhibitions have been an on­
going event since 2010 and likewise with publicity in the mainstream media.
The GIRC, which is administered by the Public Service Commission, works with the various ministries and departments to promote exhibitions because the services and products offered varies from one ministry to the other. People have the choice to either visit the exhibitions or not. Those who have been able to visit the various exhibitions at GIRC have been given first hand feedback on the types of services available. We have taken note of your suggestion for wider publicity to encourage larger members of the public to visit these informative exhibitions. We will work closely with the exhibiting agencies in this regard.
Parmesh Chand
Permanent Secretary PSC
CIVIL SERVANTS
is to ensure that the civil service offers equal opportunity to all, has sufficient number of staff with the right skills to perform the roles expected of them, there is an open and transparent process of recruitment and that the “best and brightest” are recruited and retained in the civil service.
I am sure Mr Swamy will agree that the PSC policies and practices for recruitment and retention of staff as articulated above is not in disharmony with what he has suggested in his article.
Parmesh Chand
Permanent Secretary PSC
FIJIWOOD DANCE
Dear Editor
I would like to thank the organisers of the Film Fiji dance competition for the workshop on the Fijiwood dance competition in Suva, It was a really great opportunity for students to get to learn the different forms of dances. We had a great day. The session was very interesting and we had group work, which really helped to grasp the concepts taught. So Film Fiji formerly known as Fiji AudioVisual Commission (FAVC); thank you for the organization.
The weather was not on our side but the sessions were just too good.
Thank you for organizing such activities which helps to enrich the lives of students.
Sanjani Naicker
Samabula
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
Dear Editor
THE parents are being assisted but I think this is not enough. We are being helped in the form of tuition fees and bus fare coupons and there is the food vouchers which helps the students.
But I think there should be more help in terms of tuition fees. Some students are still being sent home by schools because parents have problems paying fees. I thought there was an understanding that amicable solutions be sought and students not be sent home. Unfortunately this does not happen. So where is Pillar 9 of the People’s Charter for Change, Peace and Progress that aims to make Fiji a Knowledge­
Based Society and development goal of Education for All. The two objectives are not in a symbiotic relationship.
Timoci Savou
Nadi
SCHOOL EXCURSIONS
FIRST of all I would like to thank Mr Swamy for his useful comments and suggestions in the Fiji Focus issue dated May 27, 2012.
You will be aware that appointments and promotions in the Civil Service are now based on three year contracts. The extension of contracts for further periods is based on mutual consent and performance.
The Public Service Commission has recently also reviewed and revamped the minimum qualification requirements for entry into and promotions in the Civil Service. The main thrust of our recruitment policy Dear Editor
Dear Editor I am sure many of us have been saddened by another life lost during an school excursion trip. A family is mourning the loss of one of its members – a young boy from whom they had so many expectations. Whose fault was it ? We are pointing a finger at one person or the other ,but while the person who is at fault should be taken to task it is very important to realize that we need to take all precautions. We need to educate the young people about water safety. We are surrounded by the sea and it is important to understand the basics of Publisher: Sharon Smith­Johns.
Editors: Prakash Narayan/Dan Gavidi.
Sub­editors: Percy Kean, Joni Vatuvatu
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Printer: The Fiji Sun
Josateki Davui
Labasa
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Dear Editor water safety and should be drilled into the minds of the young people. It should be every one’s responsibility that we take ownership of things like water safety so that innocent lives are not lost. In the final analysis it is the Ministry of Education and the school that are responsible and accountable for this incident.
A lot is being said about providing housing for the people of Fiji. Some experts define affordable housing as housing that consumes 30 per cent or less of a household’s income For wealthier and even not­so­wealthy Fijians, affordable housing may hardly be a concern at all. Home owners may not think much about renters. Renters living comfortably may not think much about those barely making ends meet. It’s a natural human tendency to pay most attention to issues which are immediate and which affect us personally; affordable housing issues may not qualify on either count. The problems of those without affordable housing may seem far away.
But there are several reasons to be concerned about affordable housing. Primary among these are moral; first among those may be the simple belief that everyone should be able to afford a decent place to live
The Government is doing well in terms of providing for the poor in Fiji. A lot is being discussed in the community regarding what the present Government is doing in terms of housing.
No matter what it is evident that there are plans in place to make sure that people benefit from the housing program.
The country must allow for people to have a good standard of living and having a decent home should be prioritized.
The housing agencies such as Housing Authority should take this on board and accelerate the housing development in Fiji.
Sashi Singh Vaileka
INSPIRATIONAL PS
Dear Editor Im inspired by the words of the permanent secretary of the Public Service .
It is indeed humbling to note the trying times he went through but as always perseverance and hardwork a key ingredient to success. No matter what we do the end result of hard work is always success. I always follow this column well and look forward to a new perspective of a person in terms of how he or she deals with the challenges.
One good thing he is portraying for healthy living in terms of giving due importance to free time and leading an active life. And what a catch! You seem to set priorities and are always determined to achieve them to the maximum possible which is one good thing I have learnt from you. In all I very much like the quote that is a guide to your successful career and a lesson to all “Simple living ,high thinking.”
Anuradha Singh
Nasinu
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June 10, 2012
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NATIONAL NEWS
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Dump rehabilitation
There are plans to establish sport facilities and cultural events
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together with the European Union
announced the completion of
rehabilitation works at the old Lami
dump site.
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leveling of waste, slope protection using
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and a cover up of the site with soil to
ensure vegetation growth.
The dump site which closed in 2005
had serious environmental risks for
residents of both Lami and Suva.
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leaked into the marine environment
and polluted both water and sediments,
and in the process negatively impacting
the surrounding environment and
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The Lami site is also located in a
residential area where children usually
swim and play which enhanced the need
to mitigate and address these issues.
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toxic smoke broke out at the site in
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concerns on greenhouse gases contained
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“We are also working on the
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“There are plans to establish sport
facilities and cultural events for future
developments at the site.
The department had recently
launched the “No Plastic” campaign for
hotels and supermarkets to switch from
plastics to bags for their daily shopping
needs. Consumers are encouraged to use
bags in an effort to reduce the usage of
plastics that has negative impact on the
environment.
The Fijian Government is committed
to waste management in Fiji with
initiatives already in place such as the
3R project (reduce, reuse, recycle)
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Ready for harvest
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Railway Bridge, which is under construction, will be ready
by the time crushing season begins.
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not to worry about transportation of their cane to the
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waters in March but work has been progressing well.
FSC executive chairman Abdul Khan anticipates works
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this month.
“Navo Bridge is not an issue because we have
contractors working around the clock to make sure the
bridge is ready before crushing begins,” Mr Khan said.
“Should there be a delay, farmers may be subsidized for
transporting of their cane to the mill in Lautoka.”
Transportation of cane falls under the FSC, however
Government is mindful of the damage FSC went through
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Permanent secretary for sugar, Manasa Vaniqi said there
was a provision for subsidy of farmers under the (FSC)
Master Plan.
“Government is concerned but farmers will be
compensated should they use the road, which is an
expensive alternative,” Mr Vaniqi said.
Casino impacts
CABINET will receive submissions from
various groups that are studying the impacts
of locals having access to casino facilities in
the country.
One of the arguments that have been
presented to Government is both the social
and economic impacts of casinos for locals.
Ministry of Tourism permanent secretary
Elizabeth Powell said the decision by
Government to grant a casino license to an
overseas investor was done after thorough
consultations and negotiations.
“A lot has been said about local access
to the casino. There has been consultations
going on in our societies and we have people
studying the different cultures and religious
beliefs, on local access to the casinos,” Ms
Powell said.
“The decision will soon be announced
once Cabinet makes its decision based on the
submissions by the group that is currently
carrying out these studies.”
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Review of issues and challenges
IN our last issue in Chapter One we
looked at the vision mission and
guiding principles of our Roadmap with
its startegic policy direction.For Chapter
2 we begin with Good Governance.
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been a major problem in Fiji since
Independence. An electoral system that
is race-based, the lack of accountability,
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the public sector and a weak
national security framework have all
contributed to political instability, the
cycle of coups, and a general lack of
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Government.
The vast majority of the population
desperately want to see Fiji put an
end to the cycle of coups. A wide
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as contributing to the coups in their
own different ways from the complex
relationship between ethnicity and
politics, which has led to tension and
political instability to socio- economic
conditions giving rise to political
grievances.
Weak and unjust systems of
governance including the role of the
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as have other sources of power in Fiji,
traditional leadership arrangements,
such as the churches and the media.
There is a need to entrench a culture
of democratic good governance such
that it becomes the dominant political
thinking and behaviour of the people
of Fiji. Principles of good governance
need to be applied to both the formal
governance framework and the
institutions within it, and to how the
country is governed on a daily basis
in terms of policy formulation and
decision-making.
The United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the
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UN bodies describe good governance
as having eight major characteristics.
It is participatory, consensus- oriented,
accountable, transparent, responsive,
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inclusive, and follows the rule of law.
It assures that corruption is
minimised; the views of minorities are
taken into account; and that the voices
of the most vulnerable in society are
heard in decision-making. It is also
responsive to the present and future
needs of society.
A number of indicators have been
constructed to measure various
aspects of Government activities and
governance quality.
These include the Worldwide
Governance Indicators (WGI), the
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Composite Governance Index and
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Perception Index.
The WGI measures six aggregate
governance indicators: (i) Voice
and Accountability; (ii) Political
Stability and Absence of Violence;
(iii) Government Effectiveness; (iv)
Regulatory Quality; (v) Rule of Law;
and (vi) Control of Corruption.
The 2009 WGI survey (Table 2.1)
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Table 2.1: Five Year Comparison of WGIs (Percentile Rank 0-100)
Governance
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Indicator
Voice and
51.4
56.7
27.9
35.6
29.3
28.4
Accountability
Political Stability 57.7
59.6
44.2
45.2
41.1
36.8
Government
37.9
55.5
53.1
37
16.1
17.6
Effectiveness
RegulatoryQuality 24.4
39.5
36.1
33.5
24.6
20.0
Rule of Law
51
51.9
52.4
33.8
35.9
24.1
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44.7
44.9
46.4
25.7
governance.
Very low percentile ranks continue
to be recorded for Government
effectiveness, regulatory quality, voice
and accountability, the rule of law and
control of corruption indices. Generally,
since 2004 most of the indicators have
gradually worsened, with all falling
below the 50th percentile rank. In
comparison, Fiji now ranks well below
Samoa, Vanuatu, American Samoa,
Kiribati and Tuvalu in almost all
governance indicators.
2.1.1 Constitution
On 10 April 2009 His Excellency
the President abrogated the 1997
Constitution to allow the Government
to implement the reforms aimed
at entrenching a culture of equal
opportunity as envisaged under The
Peoples Charter. The State is now
re-established under Presidential
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the independence of the judiciary and
accountability institutions and the
operation of other key arms of the State,
except for Parliament.
The adoption of a new Constitution
is now a major priority for Government.
Any new Constitution will of
course have to recognise the basic
constitutional principles, which have
existed in Fiji since Independence
such as sovereignty, parliamentary
democracy, the separation of powers
and the protection of basic human rights
under a Bill of Rights and supremacy of
the rule of law.
Government will also ensure that the
underlying principles of The Peoples
Charter, in particular the principle of
equal opportunity and equality under
the law for all citizens regardless of
race, gender or circumstance in all areas
of Government and society are also
recognised.
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Constitution is likely to retain many of
the non-contentious provisions of the
1997 Constitution and will incorporate
major reforms proposed under The
Peoples Charter including:
!i. adoption of an Open List
Proportional Representation electoral
and voting system;
It assures that corruption is minimised; the views of minorities are taken into account; and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision­making. It is also responsive to the present and future needs of society.
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Fijian for all citizens and to change the
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!iii. provision that no coup can
abrogate the Constitution;
!iv. enhancing and clarifying the
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national security framework;
!v.stronger protection for the
application of the Bill of Rights
such as adoption of Convention
for the Elimination of all forms of
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against women and the girl-child; and
!vi. proposals to strengthen the
operation of State services and the
accountability framework.
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IN Chapter 2.1.2 we look at : The Electoral and
Parliamentary System
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has been in place since Independence in 1970 and
has always provided for communal representation.
In 1990, the system was altered to guarantee
i-Taukei control of the House of Representatives.
General Election in Fiji between 1972 and 1994
were conducted under the First-Past-The-Post
(FPTP) electoral system.
In 1996, the system was subjected to extensive
review as part of the overall review of the 1990
Constitution by the Reeves Commission.
In 1998, based on recommendations made by
the Reeves Commission and also the Parliamentary
Select Committee, the electoral system was
changed to implement the Alternative Vote (AV)
system.
None of the three general elections (1999, 2001,
2006) held under the AV system have been fair.
They have all yielded highly distorted results
where certain parties win far too many seats
considering their support, while others languish
with few or no seats even with reasonable support.
If Fiji wants to be a genuine democracy, it
cannot employ electoral arrangements that violate
democratic principles.
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at the door of the present electoral system, there is
no doubt that it has had seriously negative effects
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Constitution Review Report, race-based politics
have become inevitable in Fiji as a direct result of
communal voting and representation in Parliament.
Furthermore, the 2008 Peoples Charter for
Change, Peace and Progress, State of the Nation
and Economy (PCCPP & SNE) report noted that
this system has directly contributed to the political
instability leading to the coups and at times the
complete breakdown of law and order.
The communal voting and representation system
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number of areas because:
! It does not conform to the United Nations
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for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
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! It has led to political instability. The complex
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relationship between ethnicity and politics has led
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! It has not achieved the objective of drawing
the country together or of protecting the interests
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In fact, socio-cultural factors and issues relating
to identity and culture have become politicised and
become the basis for mobilisation; which is one of
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! The demographic change whereby the
indigenous people now form the majority
population does not warrant any special
arrangement to protect their interests.
Besides the excessive use of communal or
reserved representation in violation of basic human
rights principles, this electoral and voting system is
unfair due to the:
" Lack of equal suffrage given the
disproportional number of voters between single
member constituencies;
" Use of preferences producing results that
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as evidenced by the lack of representation for
certain political parties who have received a fair
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" Communal voting and representation using a
single member constituency or majority/plurality
electoral system has also made it impossible to
encourage a move away from race-based politics
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ethnic interests to secure seats; and
" The complexity of the current system
requires a high level of literacy, which has led to
an unusually high number of invalid votes (9 per
cent in 1999, 12 per cent in 2001, and 9 per cent
in 2006).
Fiji needs an electoral and voting system that
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to enable a government of the people, by the
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equal suffrage and equal opportunity for all voters
regardless of race, gender or circumstance.
In the short term, steps will be taken to
formulate the appropriate constitutional and
legal framework to facilitate the adoption of the
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the new Constitution.
Further ancillary issues to be addressed include:
a.the size and composition of Parliament;
b. compulsory voting;
c. the voting age;
d. eligibility of candidates;
e. residency restrictions on the right to vote;
f. electoral rules and regulations to ensure free
and fair elections; and
g. strengthening the capacity of electoral
administrative bodies.
Action will be taken to strengthen the
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administrative bodies and processes to enable the
holding of free and fair elections.
Measures will be taken to facilitate compliance
with the Five Criteria for Ethical Electoral
Administration developed by the Institute for
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which require electoral administration bodies to:
respect the law; be neutral and non-partisan; be
transparent; be accurate; and be designed to serve
the voters.
The continued development of an effective voter
registration system is an immediate to short term
measure. Furthermore, an ideal organisational
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place by 2012 to facilitate preparations for the next
General Election in 2014.
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impact
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to the Fijian economy, the impact
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experienced in Fiji will be two fold
says Ministry of Finance permanent
secretary Filimone Waqabaca.
“While production in the
agriculture sector has been
negatively affected, the real impact
will be negated by the increased
reconstruction and rehabilitation
activities,” Mr Waqabaca said.
The Reserve Bank of Fiji also
noted in its recent revised economic
projections that subsequent
rehabilitation and reconstruction
work and the construction of a
major road project in Vanua Levu
should boost construction activity
while stimulatory measures from
the 2012 National Budget through
lower taxes, higher wages and
salaries should support more
positive contributions from the
various sectors.
RBF Governor, Barry Whiteside
said the offset by improved
projections for other sectors include
manufacturing (particularly non
food), forestry, which is forecast to
gain from pine chipping operations
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industry which faces high demand
for tuna, canning, loin and other
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“Mining and quarrying will
see new bauxite production
and communications which has
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operational costs,” Mr Whiteside
said.
The tourism sector is also
anticipated to achieve modest
growth this year.
Some recent positive tourism
developments noted by Government
include the construction of the
Peppers Naisoso Apartments, the
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Casino Resort.
RBF has also noted that the Fijian
economy is anticipated to pick up
further this year with the current
accommodative monetary policy
stance and other measures put in
place to boost growth.
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BY PRASHILA DEVI
THE Financial Management Information
System (FMIS) has brought about
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improvement in the way Government
operates.
The FMIS, which is part of the
Financial Management Reforms (FMR)one of the three public sector reforms,
is now in use by all agencies across
Government.
This means that Government has done
away with the old manual system of
payment.
The relevant agency, the Ministry
of Finance that is responsible in
implementing FMR is quite vigilant in
keeping up with the advancement in the
information technology sector thus has
two comprehensive training phases in a
year.
Finance permanent secretary Filimone
Waqabaca, said a quality assurance
exercise was carried out soon after
implementation of FMIS, especially to
gauge the use of the various applications
to see how well the users were adapting
to the system.
Based on the results of this exercise,
future training programs will be
developed to address the needs of the
users, Mr Waqabaca said.
Another core function of the FMIS
is that it prevents Ministries from over
spending or busting their budgets as it
indicates to them the funds that are at
their disposal.
Some other functions of FMIS are:
! Compliance with FMR policies
! A single FMIS database giving
visibility of detailed and consolidated
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! Reduced manual processing
! Accurate and timely recording
of commitments (Fund Accounting) to
prevent overspending of budgets
! Quality, accurate and timely
reporting
! Portability of staff across
departments within Government
resulting in reduced training costs and
improved knowledge
In 2010 the system was upgraded
to version 4.0 due to additional
enhancement to some of the modules.
FMIS is one of the four components
of FMR, the other three being the
Legislation, Performance Budgeting and
Change management.
Agencies pilot new mode of payment
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TO facilitate macro-economic
stability in the country, Government
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aimed at fostering sustainable growth
and investments, as well as policies
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sustainability.
Ministry of Finance permanent
secretary Filimone Waqabaca
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strategies is further enhanced through
the commitment of resources to
key sectors and industries that can
generate quick returns.
The key sectors and industries
include infrastructure, health and
education while at the same time,
increasing the proportion of capital
expenditure in the budget. “Greater
emphasis is placed on fast tracking
key reforms to dismantle inherent
bottle necks and boost prospects for
investments,” Mr Waqabaca said.
“In addition, Government will
continue to provide the enabling
infrastructure and environment to
generate new economic activity and
investment.”
The socio-economic progress of
the nation is also dependent on how
the domestic and external challenges
are managed in partnership with the
private sector.
Government’s Roadmap stipulates
that in order for the nation to enjoy
macro-economic stability and
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actively managed through the use
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of Fiji in its monthly board meeting
at the end of last month, agreed
to maintain the current Overnight
Policy Rate (OPR) at 0.5 per cent.
RBF Governor, Barry Whiteside
said maintaining a low policy
rate was aimed at signalling
lower interest rates in the market,
particularly lending rates to stimulate
lending and growth in priority
sectors of the economy.
“Strengthening the current
economic recovery is critical in
view of ongoing risks to our external
stability and vulnerabilities the
economy faces.”
THE Electronic Funds Transfer will be rolling out to
other government agencies soon with the Ministry
of Youth and Sports to go online later this month.
And preliminary works are underway with the
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as the Ministry of Finance, which is piloting the
initiative, moves towards EFT as Government’s
mode of payment.
Ministry of Finance permanent secretary
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including bank fees and charges.
The EFT will eliminate the need to issue
cheques to vendors whereby funds will be directly
transferred from the ministry’s drawings account to
the vendors’ bank accounts.
“There has also been a reduction in the number
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will over a period of time virtually eliminate the
problems associated with maintaining and carrying
forward a large number or amount of un-presented
cheques,” Mr Waqabaca said.
However, like any other innovative programs
there are some teething problems and the EFT
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it to meet the goals expected.
“One of the core tasks prior to implementation
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Management Information System,” he said.
“This entails obtaining bank account details and
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which can run into thousands for some agencies.”
Mr Waqabaca said this was a tedious exercise
and obviously takes time leading to delays but the
ministry was working tirelessly with nominated
agencies towards implementation of EFT.
Currently, EFT transactions can only take place
with agencies maintaining drawings accounts with
Westpac Bank and Australia and New Zealand Bank
(ANZ) but plans are afoot to extend this service to
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income generating is one of the key
strategies to alleviating poverty says Minister
for Social Welfare, Women and Poverty
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Through the Women’s Plan of Action
(WPA) 2010 to 2019, her ministry’s target
for this year is to develop 10 Virgin Coconut
Oil and 10 poultry projects.
Given that women comprise 49 per cent
of Fiji’s total population, the Government in
partnership with private sectors is promoting
women into sustainable income generating
projects with the aim to improve livelihoods
and alleviate poverty.
Ministry of Social Welfare, Women and
Poverty Alleviation in collaboration with
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a workshop to educate rural women on
accessing loans, savings, insurance and
starting small businesses.
About 20 women from Women Resources
Centres in Taveuni, Lau, Tailevu, and
Tamavua were enlightened on how operating
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empower them to build assets, improve their
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their children.
“Government acknowledges the services
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complements national vision of economically
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Luveni said.
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revealed that rural areas had lot of economic
opportunities for women yet remained
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knowledge to utilise resources and skills.
“We have assisted more than 3500 women
and recently about 500 women in Sigatoka
so around 4000 women entrepreneurs have
been assisted through micro-loans, totaling
more than $2.5 million, particularly those in
the rural areas,” Mr Munoz said.
“We have assisted these unemployed
women both individually and in groups to
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6*5>(2',50"%,8')5%#$9-57(,8'<,)$%&8'=">0(-28'
sewing and cash crop farming to name a
few.
“They can start with business loans as
little as $250 that goes up to $5000 and are
given maximum of 52 weeks to repay these
loans,” Mr Munoz added.
The government women resource centres,
he said could be developed as the focal point
to coordinate income generating projects for
women in rural communities.
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A major challenge for the Ministry of
Finance permanent secretary is to manage
unlimited demands against the limited
resources at hand.
And there is no one who knows this
better then the present incumbent to the
post, Filimone Waqabaca, who in his short
time in the civil service has made “prudent
stewardship of Government’s Finance” a
possibility.
“There are challenges in the role of PS
because the demands are never ending, the
requests are never ending, we will always
need development, we will always need
assistance from all of Government and
private sector,” he said.
Mr Waqabaca, who has not only worked
at the national level through his career at
the Reserve Bank of Fiji but has had his
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and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
thus covering the region and the world at
large, has boosted staff morale through mere
presence.
On the business end, after seeing the way
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while working on the national budget, he has
brought in the one-envelope system whereby
a ministry is given an allocation and told to
devise their programs in such a way that it
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they then thought of what could drive the
economy right now and came up with the
measures announced in the budget.
“I always tell our staff that we are the
lubricant that keeps the economy growing
because we manage the resources so if
we are not doing our role well in properly
managing the funds and directing them
where they are supposed to be going to
sectors that will bring about growth and
development,” he said.
Waqa
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career
path
BY PRASHILA DEVI
LOOKING at the rather
academic Filimone Waqabaca
today nobody would believe that
he was once very close to an
international rugby career.
Today, an ardent fan of our
boys at all international outings,
the permanent secretary of the
Ministry of Finance, was given a
lifetime opportunity to complete
his education in Auckland New
Zealand but turned it down.
However, this came just
as he was about to complete
his undergraduate degree in
Economics and Management
at the University of the South
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“So it was quite a battle,
rugby- this is a career and you
can go abroad, and then play and
then I wanted to work in Fiji,”
Mr Waqabaca said.
“I think at that time there were
some vibes coming through
the Reserve Bank of Fiji, that I
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RBF,” he said..
“So when they (rugby scouts)
approached me, I turned it
down.”
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He recounts winning the
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the Ratu Kadavulevu School as
one of his memorable moments.
Mr Waqabaca was selected
in the Fiji Secondary Schools
rugby team and played club
rugby even during his uni days
but this interest dwindled as he
got into the university life.
However, he picked up his
game towards the end of his
academic term and played for
the Suva team.
So when the scouts came, he
was torn between the two worlds
but eventually decided to pursue
his banking career.
Life would have been very
different for him but as it is,
he went on to do his masters
in Banking and Finance at the
University of Southampton in
the United Kingdom.
Mr Waqabaca seems good at
whatever he takes up because
when he went into volleyball
he represented the country at
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Oceania Games.
But today, he seems content
with cheering from the sidelines.
No substitute for hard work in determination to succeed
By PRASHILA DEVI
THERE is no substitute for hard work
no matter what background you come
from.
Filimone Waqabaca epitomises this
sound fact that he not only imparts to
the youths as an advice but also lives
by.
Selling newspapers to collect money
for his school fees from as early as
4am, when most children would be
comfortably tucked in bed, and then
selling coke bottles for pocket money
while at university created a mindset
that honed in the determination to
succeed.
“Turn challenges into opportunities
because there is something you can
always learn from these challenges,” he
says when questioned about the hurdles
faced as the permanent secretary of
Finance.
Mr Waqabaca was born in Labasa but
is originally from Moce in Lau, well
known for its tapa, and with his mother
from Vanuabalavu, he is what you
would call “a pure Lauan”.
“Most of my time was spent in Viti
Levu, so I grew up mainly in the Bronx
areas of Fiji,” he said.
“I grew up in Raiwaqa, from
Raiwaqa my dad was posted to Lautoka,
when we moved there we were living
June 10, 2012
in Topline, Natokowaqa. They always
say these are the rough areas and when
I moved back to Suva to do my studies,I
stayed in Raiwai.”
While he has only one sister, growing
up it was always “full house”.
His father, one of 11 siblings, came
from his village in Moce seeking
employment but all his uncles and aunts
who remained in the village would
send their children to Suva for their
was growing up in Raiwaqa to pay for
my education given that my father had
so many mouths to feed.”
“So I would wake up at 4am in
the morning to walk to- that time the
newspaper were distributed at the bus
stop near the four stories in Raiwai.”
After collecting his paper from the
four storey’s bus stand in Raiwaqa,
taking up his Fiji Sun and The Fiji
Times, young Filimone would take off,
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young age.”
He never lost an opportunity in what
he today calls “follow the money”
and another one of his money making
scheme while growing up was to
suggest to his mum to make ice-blocks
for people after training as his house
was right next to basketball court.
“So that business acumen carried me
through and even when I reached USP
The newspapers cost 12 cents at that time, so when we sell the papers, 10 cents goes back to the company and you keep two cents for every paper that you sell.
education.“They (the cousins) stayed
with us and we would live in a big
extended family so he has to take care
of all his brothers and sisters children
living in Suva apart from the two of us,”
Mr Waqabaca said.
“So that was quite challenging for
dad to look after so many children.”
Growing up in the so called rough
neighborhoods and living in an
extended family, Mr Waqabaca’s
business interests were nurtured at a
fairly young age with his decision as a
child to help with his fees.
“I used to sell newspapers when I
selling his copies along the way up the
Raiwai and Vatuwaqa area.
What he earned was a paltry sum
and children today wouldn’t think
twice about spending this amount on
knickknacks.
“The papers cost 12 cents at that
time, so when we sell the papers, 10
cents goes back to the company and
you keep two cents for every paper that
you sell.” Mr Waqabaca said he would
collect his two cents and make maybe a
dollar in a day and collect it to pay for
school fees at Gospel Primary School.
“So that’s how I probably got into
and people used to joke about this but I
started selling coke bottles, empty coke
bottles.”
“When visitors come to my room,
they see boxes of empty coke bottles
so at the end of the year I would hire a
carrier from town, load all these coke
bottles and take them to coca-cola
factory,” he today laughs as he explains.
The money collected would be his
pocket money during semester breaks.
Today, he owns a farm in Navua and
sells roots crops and is also into piggery.
He got a fair bit of ribbing because
even after joining Reserve Bank of Fiji,
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some of his customers would be friends
and colleagues.
Mr Waqabaca recounts the stories
of his struggle to his three children,
two girls and a boy, and tells them not
to take things for granted, not to be
complacent and to work hard to achieve
their goals in life.
“Today they eat peanut butter and
butter, I tell my children that while
growing up I never even tasted butter.
We were just given cassava and you
have to have that with your tea and
if we got chicken, it would be like
Christmas come early for us,” he said.
“Sometimes my son asks me, what
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plastic bag with books in it, you wrap it
around and carry it with you to school
and then no sandals or shoes to school.”
His wife, Caroline, like him has a
central banking background so he says
there was a tendency to talk in numbers
at home but the silent treatment they get
at the dinner table is their cue to stop
and put the economy, at home at least,
on the back burner.
This probably is probably why
his eldest, a 22-year-old graduate of
Southern Cross University decided to
take up tourism as her career, just to
spice up the dinnertime conversations.
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FIJI FOCUS
BRIEFLY
CURRENCY DEAL
THE announcement of a direct trading deal between the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen is the top story for many newspapers.
The two countries will start direct trading of their currencies on Friday in a move to boost trade ties between Asia’s two biggest economies, says China Daily.
Shanghai’s China Business News and Guangzhou’s 21st Century Business Herald describe the deal as a major step in China’s currency reform.Southern Metropolis Daily, citing “incomplete market statistics”, says the new scheme will help both countries save $3bn (£1.92bn) of processing fees. It says the direct trading arrangement will give a major boost to the tri­nation free trade zone between China, Japan and South Korea, on which negotiations are set to begin.
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SOVEREIGN WEALTH
CHINA’S sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation (CIC), has cut its European stock and bond investments on fears of a eurozone break­up.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, CIC chairman Lou Jiwei said: “There is a risk that the eurozone may fall apart, and that risk is rising.” Mr Lou also scotched speculation that the state­owned CIC might buy eurobonds if and when they are launched.
“The risk is too big, and the return too low,” he said. But CIC does not plan to abandon Europe altogether, focusing on investments in private equity and infrastructure projects instead, he added. CIC has about $410bn (£264bn) of assets under management.
UNITED ON SYRIA
CHINA and Russia have reinforced their opposition to foreign intervention in Syria, as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said both countries remain opposed to forced regime change and urged support for UN )0:$;&<$-&*00!03%&6)!")&61!08
Mr Putin is at the beginning of a three­day visit to China to bolster relations and attend a security summit. Both countries have twice blocked UN resolutions critical of Damascus. Beijing currently holds the UN Security Council’s rotating presidency, and Russia and China have long resisted pressure to remove Syrian President Bashar al­Assad from power amid ongoing unrest.
SERVICE SECTOR
CHINA’S services sector, which includes construction, saw its pace of growth slow in May adding to fears about a slowdown in China’s economy. The non­manufacturing purchasing manager’s index (PMI) dropped to 55.2 in May from 56.1 in April. The news comes just days after Beijing reported a sharp drop in activity in its manufacturing sector during the month. The services sector accounts for almost 43% of China’s overall economy.
“Simultaneous weakening of manufacturing and non­
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further loss of momentum in the Chinese economy in the second quarter,” said Dariusz Kowalczyk of Credit Agricole CIB.
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Industry
will gain
from
China trip
By ISAAC LAL
PRACTICAL assistance by
the Chinese Government in
facilitating Fijians in a range of
sectors has been praised.
Recently a group from the
garment industry returned from
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how the Chinese have made
their way to the top of the global
market as a leading producer of
garment.
A group of 18 people from 13
companies in the TCF industry
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China for a two-week training
course, which was fully funded
by the Chinese Government.
In thanking the Chinese
Government through its
ambassador, the Textile,
Clothing and Footwear (TCF)
Council of Fiji president,
Kalpesh Solanki said he hoped
the relationship would grow
stronger with more opportunities
given to aspiring Fijians to
broaden their knowledge in the
textile, clothing and footwear
sector.
“The assistance provided
by the Chinese Government
is much needed because it
helps keep people in jobs and
helps our industry to continue
to contribute positively to Fiji
economy,” he said.
“It is my hope that the
Chinese Government will
consider some form of continued
technical assistance to up skill
the workers in our industry
in the areas of clothing and
footwear manufacturing as well
as fashion designing.”
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council says it will put forward a
proposal that will see the scheme
continue bilaterally between Fiji
and China.
Chinese Ambassador Huang
Yong said the China valued
its relationship with Fiji and
looked forward to working
with different ministries and
departments to further enhance
this relationship.
Seminar discusses structural reforms to ensure economic growth
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on its economic and social development
programs during the “Strengthening
Capacity-Building of Economic and
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for developing countries”.
The Minister for Social Welfare,
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Jiko Luveni (pictured) will represent
Fiji at the seminar from June 6 to 12 in
Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
The participants will be working
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making, economic management and
macroeconomic controls.
“We will looking at our economic
and social development plans against
the already clear signs of global
economic recovery, given that
developing countries are playing
an important role in leading global
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Luveni said.
“There are lessons to be learnt
from the China experience that had
been unswervingly pushing forward,
structural reforms to ensure rapid
economic and social development
growth. China can provide better
assistance to increase livelihood
and welfare programs to help other
developing countries with their
economic and social development and
promote sustainability.”
Some issue discussed at the seminar
are China’s economic and social
development, economic recovery
and its foreign policy to develop and
consolidate cooperation with other
developing countries.
The participating countries will
also be looking at possible reforms in
strengthening governance, public sector
reform, land reform, macro economy,
labour market, reform of social welfare
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infrastructure.
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visit India from June 13 to 19 to visit
our ten grandmothers undergoing
training to become solar engineers at
Barefoot College in Ajmer, Jaipur.
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By ISAAC LAL
PRIME Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama
has over the past few days met with potential investors
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and agriculture sector in Fiji.
Commodore Bainimarama met them during his
visit to attend the 14th China Zhejiang Investment &
Trade Symposium (ZJITS) and the China International
Consumer Goods Fair (CICGF) organised by the
Ministry of Commerce and the People’s Government
of Zhejiang Province.
The visit was made possible through the Chinese
Government after the PM was invited by the Governor
of the province to be the special guest at the carnival.
In recent years, Chinese businesses have opened
in Fiji injecting millions of dollars into the Fijian
economy.
Chinese companies have opened a bauxite mine,
opened mills, assisted in the upgrading of Fiji’s
infrastructure, especially rural roads and are working
on a new hydro electricity dam to complement the
Monasavu dam.
These projects will be completed this year.
The Chinese Government has also funded many
other small projects around the country, however the
recent trip by Prime Minister Bainimarama should
play a positive role because it will constitute an
important platform for global cooperation, partnership,
friendship as well as new business opportunities.
Commodore Bainimarama’s visit to the Zhejiang
province has brought the province closer to Fiji by
providing a foundation for opportunities.
The Fijian Prime Minister also attended the China
International Consumer Goods Fair (CICGF), which
is one of the four largest import and export fairs in
China, held in the famous harbor city of Ningbo.
In the past 10 successful sessions, CICGF has
organised more than10,000 exhibitors from 30
provinces and municipalities nationwide, the fair’s
exhibitors consisted mainly of manufacturing
enterprises, and the fair has attracted more than
120,000 buyers from 110 countries and regions.
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Home Appliances and Electronics; Textiles and
Garments; Sports Products, Outdoors and Recreational
Products; Household Articles and Gifts; International
Pavilion and Trade Service.
June 10, 2012
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Agency will
identify energy sources
THE Japanese International Cooperation
Agency will identify renewable energy
sources that can be tapped into by
independent power companies.
This will ease the burden and
dependence Fiji has for fossil fuels to
meet its energy demand.
Fiji Electricity Authority is one entity
keen for the study that will begin in
November and will go on for 16 months.
The JICA team will be led by Mr
Maeda Shigeru and will be visiting Viti
Levu and Vanua Levu for the duration of
their study.
Mr Shigeru said the study was
important not only because it was to
consider what was ideal as renewable
energy source for Fiji but also cemented
the good relations between Fiji and
Japan. At present, aside from its hydro
electricity generation FEA has the Fiji
Sugar Corporation and previously Fiji
Tropik Woods contributing to their power
grid.
“This will not only decrease our fuel
import bill but at the same time promote
renewable energy,” said FEA chief
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FEA imports around $130million
worth of fuel but were hopes to reduce
this considerably once these renewable
energy projects go off the ground.
The authority has set a goal of being
90 per cent renewable by 2015, which
will only be possible once the Nadarivatu
Hydro Scheme is launched and other
renewable energy sources are tapped.
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renewable power sources, independent
power producers can come in and
produce electricity to sell to FEA.
Nadarivatu Hydro Scheme will be
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September.”
FIJI FOCUS
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FIJI will host the 3rd African,
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Ministers meeting in Nadi on June 18
and 19. More than 100 delegates from
the ACP region will converge to discuss
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“The contribution of the Government
of Republic of Fiji in convening
this important meeting is highly
appreciated,” said ACP secretary
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Leading the agenda are discussions
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resources in particular regional
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delegates will be given a snapshot of
scenarios from the ACP regions.
There will also be discussions on
the following issues on population and
nutrition future outlook with regards to
food security, optimizing returns from
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ministers of the ACP States adopted a
resolution addressing climate change
and illegal, unreported and unregulated
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ministers: recognize the growing
importance of aquaculture in meeting
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and habitat destruction; express
concern over the threat and impacts
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aquaculture sectors; and recognize that
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appropriate adaptation and mitigation
measures will represent a high cost for
vulnerable States.
Ministers appealed to the ACP
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BRIEFLY
TOURISM INDUSTRY
THE Autonomous Government of
Bougainville (AGB),Minister for
Traditional Authority, Information and
Communication Joseph Nope said they
would seriously consider help from Fiji
to develop their tourism industry.
Mr Nope (pictured) said they hoped to
learn from Fiji to better the AGB region
in the tourism sector once they return
home. “Fiji’s tourism sector is just
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hospitality and hope to learn as much
from the Fijians,” he said. The ABG
delegation on a tour of Fiji witnessed
Fijian hospitality and how locals
approached tourists in town and cities
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via the tourism industry. “Back in the
AGB region we are also very cultural
and hope to increase tourist activity
there by working closely with the Fijian
concepts,” Mr Nope said.
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States to take steps to further integrate
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and international climate change
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that support adaptation and mitigation,
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Climate Change and Adaptation Funds.
Ministers also requested the
international community to agree at the
Cancun Climate Change Conference to
a package of immediate and concrete
action to assist ACP States, in particular
those most vulnerable to climate change
crises.
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THE 2012 Asia Media Summit in Bangkok,
Thailand has looked at ways of enhancing the
media’s role in impacting societies, it also addressed
the growing trend of the internet and social media to
deliver media messages.
Fiji’s Ministry of Information permanent
secretary, Sharon Smith-Johns, participated at
the summit, which raised key issues such as the
emerging role of media outlets in the region and how
media organisations can impact societies.
Broadcasters and journalists were given an
opportunity to look at challenges and present
proposals to address these challenges
“It is important for countries such as Fiji to
understand the media landscape around the region
to better address those global issues that affect us,”
Ms Smith-Johns said. “The Ministry of Information
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also extends to other countries the opportunity to
observe the developments taking place in Fiji’s
media landscape.”
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Kimoon also urged participants to consider those who
do not have access to new media tools.
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rapid change, as the internet and social media
have become ever more important for sharing
information,” Ban Ki-moon said.
“But for many people in the other side of the
digital divide, these tools are still not a reality.”
The summit is a culmination of preparatory
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topics including public service broadcasting. Fijian
broadcasters also participated at the summit.
Building bridges to be a good global citizen
By ISAAC LAL
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the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esala
Nayasi says that since 2009 Fiji has
grown stronger as an independent
sovereign nation.
“I say that because we have really
moved on even after the suspension
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we have engaged with the international
community and that it is a shift in our
foreign policy and how we engage with
the international community.”
Fiji’s foreign policy directions and
priorities in the coming years must
pursue a course similar to that charted
in 2006, but with a higher level of
achievement.
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe
Bainimarama says that, in the face of
skepticism and critics, Government has
remained steadfast in its efforts to build
a better, peaceful and prosperous Fiji.
“We will be unwavering in pursuit
of our foreign policy agenda, while
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and promoting growth of the whole
region,” Commodore Bainimarama
said.
Fiji have engaged more in our
membership in international meetings
such as the Non – Aligned Movement,
chair of Melanesian Spearhead
Group (MSG), Engaging with the
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leadership role not only in the region
but internationally as well where our
missions are.
“So in a nutshell that is the way we
have advanced in our foreign policy.
We have realised the value that we have
as a State, to decide our own future and
what is best for us,” Nayasi said.
The people get a lot out of this. It
facilitates not only at political level
but also at economic, assistance and
funding, as new relations broaden our
views in what countries can offer Fiji.
Nayasi says that is basically the
view that “we have seen changed not
only can we depend on our traditional
partners for assistance for our own
development”. There have been
a number of other countries who
understand us on the Roadmap and the
policies that we have set in place and
are more than willing to assist us.
This has been productive and has
been seen in our own livelihoods.
Even at village settings and we have
had countries coming in and giving a
helping hand such as Morocco, Turkey
and other countries that we have never
heard of that have come and assisted us
and developed infrastructures at both
economic level and political level.
LOOK NORTH POLICY
This is a main pillar of our foreign
policy.
Nayasi says that the Fijian
Government is looking at becoming
a good global citizen – the same
sentiments made by our Minister for
Foreign Affairs Ratu Inoke Kubuabola.
“We need to go out of our comfort
zone; we need to expand our foreign
relations with the international
community. We could do that both
bilaterally and also multi – laterally
such as the UN and other multilateral
institutions that have been established
and we can use our missions all over
the world to achieve this,” he said.
Earlier this year we hosted the
Foreign Minister of Russia – that
itself is a milestone because there
was another important discussions
happening on Syria and the visit by
the Russian minister underlines the
importance and commitment Russia (a
major player in global issues) places its
relations with Fiji and the region.
Morocco through its observer at the
Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)
this year is now closer to Fiji than it
was ever before.
Turkey for example is now a
development partner for us.
“We have assisted them politically
through our support and they have
reciprocated through development
assistance.”
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to clear blue skies the
village headman raised
his voice to the heaven, calling
on God to bless the world’s
top 32 surfers who are now
competing on traditional waters
at the iconic Cloudbreak in the
Volcom Fiji Pro off Tavarua
Island Resort.
In a sensational Fijian
welcome ceremony the Momi
and Nabila natives on behalf of
the Ka Levu of Nadroga province
thanked Government, the Prime
Minister, sponsors and hosts as
they pleaded for the safety, joy
and guidance of surfers at this
World Series event.
It is Fiji’s unique way of
,52$%&'WBula’ to visitors. In this
case the elite surfers, support
staff, sponsors, international
media teams and organisers, to
make them feel at home.
Because if there is any time
divine intervention or grace is
needed it surely has to be for this
grueling event, where organizers
say, waves reach up to 20 feet
when the going gets rough.
Commentators in the world of
sports, like the IRB Sevens World
Series have acknowledged that
Fiji is a deeply relgious country.
Fijian ruggers gesture with
praise to the skies or make the
sign of the cross after scoring a
try, goal or on securing victory.
In reverence of a supreme
being and out of respect
to landowners, each surfer
reciprocated and presented his
sevusevu with a bundle of waka
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Just like our ruggers these elite
surfers were mentally psyching
up for friendly rivalry on the
majestic waves at Cloudbreak
and the Restaurant, which are
dubbed as best on the planet.
The iconic Cloudbreak is
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of kilometers off Tavarua Island
Resort and about the same
distance from the opening to the
Nadi Seas and Mamanuca waters.
This is also passage and route
for all those huge container ships,
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entering/departing Fiji.
Below these dark blue waters
is the santuary of all kinds of sea
creatures. Lurking among them
the endangered shark species.
That was why the Ministry of
Information news team of Isaac,
Lai and this writer meditated
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when we made our return trip
after covering the launch by
the Minister for Tourism, who
journeyed back to mainland via
helicopter with a select few.
In the dark of night, a mile out
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outboard with huge waves
crashing either side of the vessel
we had to disembark, transfer our
Television and news equipment
and jump into a smaller outboard
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When Isaac transferred onto
the homecoming outboard the
sides of the two boats slammed
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AMEN as the able boat handler
encouraged us to settle in.
Silenlty we made our bumpy ride
back into Momi shores.
And what an adventure we
braved through, just like them
surfers, who are already into
some intense competition.
Attorney General and chief
guest Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
rightfully said these 32 surfers
were now Fiji’s ambassadors.
“Today is very important and
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surfers here, in fact after you
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best person win), you all become
ambassadors for Fiji,” Mr
Saiyad-Khaiyum said.
“You become ambassadors
not just for Fiji but of course
the Tavarua Island Resort, the
wonderful staff and management
who have been able to put this
tournament together.
“It is critical to be part of a
partnership whenever these sort
of events are held and I’m sure
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competition in places like Fiji
could not be held if people did
not know about Fiji.
“Our pristine environment,
needs to be protected and in that
way you become ambassadors,
by telling how wonderful the
place is, the people are and it
gives an impetus to protect the
environment because we realise it
is critical to ensure we have these
sorts of tournaments.”
Volcom’s Richard Wolcott
aprtly summed it up: “Looks like
we’re all ready to go because
mother natures’s got swell on
tap and hopefully the wind and
conditions are favorable for us”.
So whether you eat or drink or
whatever you do, do it all for the
glory of God. Be a good sport.
Volcom surfs our high waves
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GOVERNMENT has over the
past couple of years put in place
some new laws that provide the
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events to take place in Fiji by
locals and foreigners.
In launching the 2012 Volcom
Fiji Pro open Minister for
Tourism Aiyaz-Sayed Khaiyum
thanked the world’s top 32
surfers for their participation in
ensuring it became a reality.
He also thanked the
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Professionals who are the
facilitators, they provide the
judging, they ensue that logistic
takes place and they have also
been the ones who have been
knocking on the ministry’s door
and working in partnership with
the Government and various
agencies.
In wishing surfers all the best
the minister said he knew it was
important for them individually;
But it’s also important that all of
them are here collectively.
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum also
thanked sponsor Volcom.
“We should try and understand
the situation under which they
sponsor this event. Throughout
the world, in particular Europe
and North America there has
been issues with the various
economies and it has been
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“We appreciate that and we
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our national carrier (which will
be called Fiji Airways from next
year) and Tourism Fiji to be able
to bring this event.
“Without Volcom this could
not have happened.”
Volcom’s Richard Wolcott
also thanked competitors saying:
“This is a big deal for us. This
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here runs over 20 years and
things have progressed. I just
trip out and we’re stoked to be
here. It’s heavy for Volcom and
as a surfer to be able to give
back. I appreciate working with
the Government, your support
and the Tavarua team”.
Doctor challenges participants to revive the “Nightingale Spirit”
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a Health Wellness Symposium to revive the Nightingale
spirit.
The acting permanent secretary for health told fellow
health workers and stakeholders that among hurdles they
faced was the inability to spread the wellness message.
“We spread the message of illness well but not the
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“Our mentality has remained at this because theywere
trained to treat illness or look after the sick and not
wellness.
“I would encourage that the Nightingale spirit comes
backinto our midst. We need to have a caring heart. “If you
don’t have that spirit then you should not be in the health
business.
“That is what our people come back to us for,” he added.
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closing message of the symposium attended by 80 health
personnel from around Fiji and the region.
The health professionals were reminded that wellness
should be a holistic government approach at delivery level
and operational level because wellness belongs to the
10
people. “It has never been the property of Government
or the Ministry of Health. So you and I as champion of
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!#Florence Nightingale, the daughter of the
wealthy landowner, William Nightingale of Embly
Park, Hampshire, was born in Florence, Italy, on
May 12, 1820.
She was a celebrated English nurse, writer
and statistician. She came to prominence for her
pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean
War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was
dubbed “The Lady with the Lamp” after her habit of
making rounds at night.
An Anglican, Nightingale believed that God
had called her to be a nurse. Nightingale laid
the foundation of professional nursing with the
establishment, in 1860, of her nursing school at
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nursing school in the world, now part of King’s
College London. The Nightingale Pledge taken by
new nurses was named in her honour, and the annual
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the
world on her birthday.
Move your body ... Health professionals get into the groove with some lively
moves during the symposium at Studio 6 in Suva.
June 10, 2012
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LIST OF FINE DEFAULTERS
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requested to settle the outstanding amount immediately with the nearest Magistrates Court or transfer funds to our M­Paisa Account No. 20024 to avoid having to go to prison upon execution of the warrant. These are the 18th 100 Defaulters in Suva, Nausori and Navua areas and the remaining names will be published later No.
Case No.
Warrant No. Name
Address
Offence
Tin No.
Amount
1
05/01 2471
Vilive Vurualiso Burerua, Tailevu
Using motor vehicle contrary to licence condition 47871
$106.50
2
5393/01 14/04
Ravin Dass
Lot 16 Nadawa Road, Nadera
Using motor vehicle contrary to licence condition 113358
$151.50
3
8174/01 1151/02
Anuar Hussein Caubati
Failure to use seat belt
SV 4094/02
$136.50
4
8621/01 2543/02 Tevita Delaibau Natogadravu, Wainibokasi, Tailevu Failing to have licence for PSV
81121
$156.50
5
8639/01 2545/02 Kamal D Lochan Manoca, Nausori Non conforming brakes
77798
$156.50
Drunk & Disorderly
$46.90
6
107/02 901/04
Emosi Silikiwai Mama’s Place, Caubati
7
946/02 900/04
Osea Tuqovu
Lot 79 Tacirua Heights
Larceny
$266.90
8
1168/02 905/04
Milio Nakoroluvu Kilikali Settlement
F.I.P.O.D.D
$116.90
9
1961/02 610/04
Jone Matakula Nadali Village
Failing to have licence for PSV
159746
$116.90
10
2487/02 38/04
Maika BabalekulaCautata Village, Tailevu
Failure to use seat belt
$126.90
11
5346/02 2646/09 Pramod Kumar Lot 63 Sadal Place
Exceeding speed limit
186620
$166.90
12
6017/02 2902/09
Josefa WaqabacaNadonumai Road, Lami
Exceeding speed limit
187230
$86.90
13
6479/02 3176/09
Haris Chand
Nakasi Road Careless driving
125562
$136.90
14
6569/02 429/10
Emori Voduadua Lami Village
Driving UMV/ DMV without valid driving licence
208852
$336.90
15
6584/02 452/10
Luke Vukavuka Lot 12, Flat 15
Using motor vehicle contrary to licence condition 67454
$123.40
16
330/03 519/10
Jamie KWarthen Nasole Road
Failure to use seat belt
218045 $128.15
17
360/03 531/10
Suresh Kumar
Pritam Singh Road
Fail to use seat belt/ Fail to produce driving record 218232 218233
$173.15
18
894/03 894/04
Apakuki Seru
Veidogo Settlement, Vatuwaqa
Drunk & Disorderly
$46.90
A.O.A.B.H
$46.90
19
914/03 897/04
Apakuki Seru
Veidogo Settlement, Vatuwaqa
20
06/04 363/04
Ruven Chand
Mama’s Place, Caubati
DMV with non conforming stop lamp
$66.90
$151.90
21
193/04 813/10
Mesake Samu
Kalekana, Lami
Careless driving
287289 22
231/04 879/10
Avinesh Prasad Naitasu, Nausori Exceeding speed limit
287186 $101.90
23
399/04 1545/10
Peni Tu Coqica Burerua, Tailevu
Failing to have licence for PSV
272840
$151.90
24
414/04 1554/10 Rajend Prasad Nakasi Road
Failing to have licence for PSV
288661 $148.15
25
859/04 1252/04
Talei Leilani
Qauia Village, Lami
Damaging property
CPS CR 333/04
$66.90
26
908/04 1617/04
Rasid MohammedLot 16 Vishnu Deo Road, Nakasi
Non conforming brakes
$116.90
27
120/06 220/06
Mousio Pau
Lot 2 Narere Road
Larceny
$116.90
28
8310/06 336/11
Epeli Saukuru
Lot 3 Waila Road, Nausori
Dangerous driving
$217.25
29
109/08 781/10
Sheikh M RahmanDilkusha, Nausori
Exceeding speed limit
806534 $146.90
30
947/08 194/10
Jona Tuimate
Kalekana Settlement, Lami
Drunk & Disorderly
SL UB 10/08
$66.90
31
1758/08 1154/09
Deo Narayan
Lovoni Settlement, Samabula
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
$216.90
32
353/09 655/10
Taitusi Bunawa Bonu Road, Nadawa
Exceed speed limit/ Fail to produce driving licence 965123
$121.90
33
687/09 596/10
Isirome Ratulevu Lot 10 Caubati, Suva
Exceeding speed limit
966360
$61.90
34
732/09 730/10
Mark Dav Racule Bilo Road, Veisari, Lami Exceeding speed limit
965381
$76.90
35
738/09 736/10
Alexander Weiss I+11!&JK&,!"+-"&?!#7$/#&
Exceeding speed limit
934190 $76.90
36
759/09 752/10
Pauliasi Namulo Deuba
Driving unregistered motor vehicle
956323
$186.90
37
761/09 754/10
Neumi Usumaki Lot 2 Waikalou
DMV without a valid driving licence
956325 $86.90
38
977/09 989/10
Vishnil Sami
Lot 267 Matanisiga, 8 Miles, Makoi
Exceeding speed limit
967001 $96.90
39
1161/09 1142/10
Ganpat Ram
Wainitu
Fail to produce driving licence/ DUM vehicle
970509
$211.90
40
1302/09 176/10
Jovesa Vaileba Burebasaga Village, Rewa
Larceny/ Resisting arrest Totogo
CR 1149­50/09
$104.90
41
1464/09 1432/10 Aliad Meg Dunn Suva
Exceeding speed limit/ Failure to produce driving licence
967024 967025
$101.90
42
1634/09 1621/10 Yera Patel
Vatuwaqa, Suva
Exceeding speed limit
966393 $76.90
43
2044/09 1976/10 Mesake Dakua Kaunitoni Street, Vatuwaqa
Failure to produce driving licence
974872 $61.90
44
2160/09 60/11
Rae Pramod
,!"+-"&?!#7$/#
Exceeding speed limit
989753
$76.90
45
2363/09 317/11
Mesake BuadromoLot 40 Mamaku Pl, Cunningham Exceeding speed limit
989393
$76.90
46
2398/09 348/11
Mosese Vutikani Lot 23 Toga Pl, Sukanaivalu Road
Exceeding speed limit
996266
$96.90
47
2456/09 404/11
Manoj Lal
Lot 17 Vesivesi Road, Kinoya
Exceeding speed limit
989504
$62.25
$62.25
48
2596/09 529/11
Revanil Rao
4 Miles, Nasinu
Failure to produce driving licnece
974888 49
2597/09 530/11
Naya Singh
Lot 1 Samali Road, Bayview Hts
Failure to produce driving licnece
974889 $62.25
50
2676/09 652/11
Nabuli Eloni
Veiquwawa Settlement, Suva
Failing to have licence for PSV
1005517
$137.25
51
2690/09 663/11
Praveen Prasad Lot 21 Nawanawa Road, Nadera
Exceeding speed limit
974744
$87.25
52
2691/09 664/11
Apimeleki Dakai New Town Settlement
Failure to produce driving licnece
974743 $62.25
53
2744/09 708/11
Lewis Haley
Lot 23 Nasilivata Road, Nadera
Exceeding speed limit
999314
$77.25
54
2755/09 715/11
Abdul Hakim
Lot 55 Nakasi Road, Nakasi
Exceeding speed limit
996459
$62.25
$77.25
55
2784/09 730/11
Jasveer Singh
Lot 19 Hooker Sub Division, Waila
Exceeding speed limit
999097 56
2801/09 745/11
Sukhen PShandil Suva
Exceeding speed limit
1005361
$62.25
57
2883/09 803/11
Fero LasagavibauLot 36 Ratu Dovi Road, Nadera
Exceeding speed limit
999276 $62.25
58
2932/09 911/11
Samson Joseph Lot 34 Wailea Street, Vatuwaqa
Exceed speed limit/ Fail produce driving licence
1005399
$122.25
59
35/10 1213/10
Orisi Matasere Waigasa Settlement, Lami
Damaging property
$366.90
60
1353/10 640/11
Setareki RokoyayaValenicina, Lami! !
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!
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/012324!
Breach of bail condition
$116.90
61
1888/10 45/11
Leone Rokovaka Noco, Rewa
62
2032/10 617/11
Taniela Bola
Wailea Settlement, Vatuwaq%! !
5&-&'(!6%+7.!'%8.!$9!%!:9+&*.!"6)*.;!
!
!
!
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63
762/11 1486/11
Kusitino Kele
Matata Settlement, Lami
Damaging property/ Criminal trespass/ A.O.A.B.H
$217.25
64
848/11 1955/11
Rakesh Kumar Lot 10 Epeli Street, Suva
Driving motor vehicle with expired drivers licence
$112.25
65
1296/11 1656/11
Viliame Dausiga Lot 23 Vesivesi Street, Kinoya
Absconding bail
$167.25
66
1533/11 1954/11 Mosese SekiyaroiNailuva Road Absconding bail
$117.25
67
60/00 20322/00
Avinesh Kumar Lot 33 Dilo Street, Nakasi
Using private motor vehicle as a taxi
Nac 858943
$91.50
68
2282/00 22023/00 Avinesh Kumar Lot 33 Dilo Street, Nakasi
Using private motor vehicle as a taxi Nac 718165 $91.50 69 63/00 20325/00
Waisale Rasolo Lot 10 Karoba Street, Nakasi
UPMV as a taxi/ DMV emitting smoke
Nac 799080 799081 $151.50
70
117/00 20379/00
Ashif MohammedNakasi 9 Miles Using private motor vehicle as a taxi
Nac 799022
$91.50
71
132/00 20393/00
Rajend Goundar Korociriciri, Nausori
Using PMV as a taxi/ Careless driving
Nac 877338
$126.50
72
141/00 1579/00 Jone Nacani
Lot 2 Santa Ben, Vatuwaqa
Exceeding speed limit
Nac 872285
$51.50
73
199/00 20446/00
Muatiu MesulameLot 13 Ranji Sub Div, Dilkusha
Incorrect stopping
Nac 878232
$56.50
74
222/00 20458/00
Krishna Roy
Vishnu Deo Road, Nakasi
Fail to carry driving record/ Emitexcessive smoke Nac 798954
$116.50
75
231/00 20466/00
Janen Sharma Valili Street, Nakasi
Emitting excessive smoke
Nac 799085
$91.50
76
291/00 20511/00
Virendra Datt
Wainibuku Road, 9 Miles
Emitting excessive smoke/ Defective parking brake Nac 877347
$116.50
77
297/00 20517/00
Nazali Mandir
Chadwick Road
Incorrect parking/ Fail to wear PSV Badge/ Fail to carry driving record
Nac 718814
$111.50
78
320/00 1714/00
Charles Kamea Lot 99 Mead Road
Exceeding speed limit
Nac 866491
$66.50
79
337/00 20541/00
Narayan Sami
Lot 1 Naulu Rd, Nasinu
Defective brake lights/ Defective parking brake
Nac 798952
$66.50
80
612/00 20683/00
Luke Rabici
Lot 34 Dayal Street,
Using PMV as a taxi
Nac 873374
$91.50
81
623/00 20689/00
Solomone Dakua Navisara, Rewa
Incorrect stopping
Nac 877637
$56.50
82
661/00 20752/00
Raven Prasad
Koronivia Road
DMV with defective brake lights/ Defective head lamp/ Defective direction
indicator
Nac 878552
$106.50
83
663/00 20753/00
Sadim Tai Ali
Koronivia Road
Defective brake light
Nac 873389
$56.50
84
668/00 1957/00
Talei Burness
Lot 44 Beach Road, Suva Point
Exceeding speed limit
Nac 892887
$51.50
85
671/00 20757/00
Hari Dutt
Wainibuka Settlement, Nasinu
Defective parking brake
Nac 798998
$56.50
86
675/00 20758/00
Deo C Prasad
Lot 17 Vishnu Deo Road, Nakasi
Defective parking brake
Nac 836093
$56.50
87
827/00 20863/00
Sakaraia Raloa Lot 96 Waila Princess Rd, Nausori
Using private motor vehicle as a taxi
Nac 816544
$76.50
88
920/00 11743/00
Veresi Bosei
Wailea Settlement, Vatuwaqa
Drunk & Disorderly
Nabua 9/00
$56.50
89
930/00 21270/00
Shaim Mohd
Waidra, Nausori Exceeding speed limit
Nac 865346
$66.50
90
945/00 21287/00
Jone Usamate
Davuilevu Kings Road, Nausori
Using private motor vehicle as a taxi
Nac 855765
$91.50
91
1047/00 21061/00
Kishore Prasad Lot 22 Yarawau Lane, Naulu
Carrying excess passengers
Nac 817241
$56.50
92
1052/00 21065/00
Kuar Singh
Lot 107 Vishnu deo Road, Nakasi
Defective direction indicator
Nac 817215
$131.50
93
1071/00 21080/00
Semisi Bole
Lot 9 Mataika Rd, Davuilevu
Careless driving
Nac 879088
$66.50
94
1078/00 2303/00 Mohed ShameemLot 6 Aidney Road, Raiwaqa
Exceeding speed limit
Nac 899463
$56.50
95
1093/00 21090/00
Chandrika PrasadLal Singh Road, Waila, Nausori
Using taxi with unseal meter
Nac 760765
$41.50
96
1138/00 21127/00
Joeli Verusa
Vunivaivai, Nakelo, Tailevu
Defective foot brake
Nac 760770
$41.50
97
1156/00 21132/00
Sunny Deo
Wailevu, Verata
Emitting excessive smoke
Nac 811085
$76.50
98
1305/00 21020/00
Abi Mannu
lot 16 Karoba Street, Nakasi
Using private motor vehicle as a taxi
Nac 718159
$91.50
99
1345/00 2562/00
Suresh C Lal
Lot 10 Chanik Place, Caubati
Exceeding speed limit
Nac 905343
$66.50
100
1350/00 21435/00
Anil Kumar
Nakasi Road
Incorrect stopping/ Using PMV as a taxi
Nac 874938
$116.50
TOTAL
$10,899.30
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have been paid already, please produce the original receipts so that we can update our records and your name can be taken off the defaulters list. Ms. Irani G W Arachchi
Chief Registrar....High Court of Fiji
June 10, 2012
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l314#>71*#,(h A Diploma in Management & Public Regulations and Codes of Practice; provide an effective Administration, Business Administration or equivalent from emergency OHS Response Service for fatalities, serious >()&6$%+'+$0&+%&#)%6$0%+71)&'$&'()&,#+0"+6!1&*%%+%'!0'&[4-")#& a recognised institution with relevant work experience. injuries/diseases in workplaces; assist workplaces in for the supervision of the day to day management of the Computing skill/Literacy in computing applications and the setting up of Health and Safety Representatives unit. Ensure full administrative support and service to the sound industry knowledge are preferred. A pass in and/or Committees; encourage employers and workers ,#+0"+6!1& *25+0+%'#!'+:)& [4-")#8& C!"+1+'!')& [""/6!'+$0!1& Service Examinations H (1), H (2) & S is advantageous. to consult with each other on safe and healthy work Health & Safety needs of the Ministry. Ensure timely practices; advise and assist employers and workers processing of vacancies, act as Secretary to the Boards Salary: SS04 $16,160 ­ $20,619
in the performance of the OHS obligations under the & Committees including Section Heads Meeting & Staff Act and advise them of the assistance available in Board Meeting. The appointee will assist the Principal T_UU[_`T_& J& BHGIR& He!ZBH[He!ZBH& n0ZWHNBA&
carrying out their obligation; ensure responsive and *25+0+%'#!'+:)& [4-")#& +0& '()& "$56+1!'+$0& $4& '()& /0+'3%& KG2HNBA&'2WWZ2?GBo&J&Ba.2
effective quality OHS investigations, enforcement and Business Plans, Annual reports, PD’s and IWP’s. The prosecution; prepare and carry out OHS Management position also assists with the determination of training The position is responsible to the Registrar General to Audit in workplaces; conduct quality and timely statutory policies, needs and programmes; Design, organize and provide stenographic services; ensures accurate typing engineering inspections of plant/machinery under the direct in­house training courses; Implements Ministry of all correspondences and that they are dispatched Act, such as Steam Boilers, Pressure Vessels, Lifts, training programme; Assist staff selection to attend in a timely manner, records all inward and outward Hoists, Cranes, Lifting Gears, Amusement Rides, courses, seminars, workshops, meetings, conferences correspondences; daily operations of the fax and copiers etc, registration of workplaces, plant and substances/ and attachments and facilitates the appointment process !02&/62!'+0=&$4&#)1):!0'&#)=+%')#%^&5!+0'!+0&6#$6)#&-1+0=&
chemicals in accordance with OHS legislations; assist of Justice of Peace. system of all correspondence; handling of all incoming the OHS Risk Management Service in the conduct of telephone calls.
Non­Destructive Testing (NDT), Occupational Hygiene, l314#>71*#,(h An Undergraduate Degree in Management OHS Training, in the enforcement of plant/machinery and & Public Administration, Business Administration or l314#>71*#,(h&A pass in Fiji Seventh Form Examination workplace design vetting and other OHS consultancies; equivalent from a recognised institution with relevant eCTC@g&$#&)]/+:!1)0'&X+'(&KhX65&';6+0=&%6))2&$0&5!0/!1&
facilitate the monthly and quarterly collation of workplace work experience. Computing skill/Literacy in computing typewriter or 40wpm typing speed on electronic/electric OHS data for input into the national OHS database; applications and sound industry knowledge are preferred. typewriter. Word processing knowledge and Computer conciliate between aggrieved parties on immediate threat Management skills are essential. Shorthand skill is situations under “Section 25” of the Act and other OHS Salary: SS02 $26,845 ­ $34,149
advantageous.
issues; assist in giving timely and quality policy advise to the Minister, Permanent Secretary, Deputy Secretary T_U`[_`T_&J&BeBHG'B&2I28eBH[!WR?W2''GW
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OHSWC, Director OHSWC and the National OHS Advisory Board (NOHSAB) on matters relating to Field This is the position in the Administration Division 2DD4#71*#,()& ,(& 7,$D4%*%-& ?!& T^_& O,"$& =,"& *<%&
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Industrial Relations and Employment, Deputy Secretary matters. The incumbent is responsible for information, The Permanent Secretary
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performance requirement of the Department, Ensure Disaster Management manageability of technology and associated resources, !&R&0,S&__T\
l314#>71*#,(h& A Degree in Science/Engineering / OHS facilitate end user support, protect and maximize the ?,@%"($%(*&03#4-#(9)
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(!:)&!'&1)!%'&K&;)!#%&%)#:+")&!%&!&T)0+$#&>)"(0+"!1&[4-")#& manage the existing computerized systems, design and or equivalent. Non–serving applicants should have 12 implement software components such as reports, forms, T_U^[_`T_&J&BGIZRW&2K'ZIZBHW2HZ.G&ROOZ+GW
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+0& '(+%& 6!#'+"/1!#& -)12& +0& !0;& $'()#& $#=!0+`!'+$08& & V$$2& Development of computer networks and implementation of report writing skills and demonstrated ability to control the intranet including the update and new developments, Responsible to the Divisional Commissioner Central in and manage technical staff and value resources. Special provide technical reports for unserviceable information providing leadership to strengthen the capacity of rural Requirements: Formal training from any recognised technological equipments, design and manage Justice leaders through coordination and partnership within institution in an area of Occupational Health & Safety Department web page and assist in IT training courses the Government and Non­Government Organizations. would be an advantage. Ensure community growth and development through for capacity building. the implementation of appropriate community capacity Salary: ES01 $37,796 ­ $48,090
l314#>71*#,(h Bachelors Degree in Information building initiatives and programmes. Facilitate National Technology / Computer Science or equivalent from a 2DD4#71*#,()& ,(& 7,$D4%*%-& ?!& T^_& O,"$& =,"& *<%& recognized institution with relevant work experience. !#TURN TO PAGE 16
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should have at least 9 years relevant work experience. Special Requirements: Knowledge of National Building Support/ Ancillary services through the coordination and Code of Fiji, Interpretation of Plan, Material Estimate, and implementation of major national response activities Construction Management.
in accordance with the stipulated guidelines and legislations. Ensure sound entity management through Salary: ES02 $27,301 ­ $34,791
the implementation of best management practices and procedures. Provide adequate policy advice and support 2DD4#71*#,()& ,(& 7,$D4%*%-& ?!& T^_& O,"$& =,"& *<%&
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Ministry. Ensure the formal information and reporting requirements of the Ministry, Government, Statute, and The Commissioner of Police
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relevant manner. Ensure all Provincial Administration !&R&0,S&_U\
operation/ activities comply and adhere to the relevant B3@1
regulations and statutes. Ensure that a responsible and dynamic image is presented for the Provincial T_U][_`T_&J&BGIZRW&2++RaIHB&ROOZ+GW
Administration in all its dealings by developing and maintaining excellent relations and representation with Manage the activities of the Accounts section and all relevant bodies within the industry. Actively promote ensure that laid down procedures are adhered with. and encourage community and voluntary involvement in Plan and prepare Annual Budget Report for the the provision of services for the greater well being and Fiji Police and submit for sanction by the executive good government of the rural populace in rural areas management. Review, analyze and evaluate operational and to encourage self­help and local responsibility for capital expenditures and recommend strategies for addressing problems.
improvement to avoid inconvenience to funding. Liaise and coordinate with appropriate authorities for budget l314#>71*#,(h&An Undergraduate Degree in Management development of projects with set contingency plans & Public Administration, Business Administration or 6/'& +0& 61!")8& & *%%)%%& !02& 5$0+'$#& #)=/1!#1;& "!%(& 9$X&
equivalent from a recognised institution with relevant from allocated budget restricting expenses within the work experience. Computing skill/Literacy in computing allocation. Monitor and evaluate policies and projects applications and sound industry knowledge are preferred. effectiveness through output and recommend changes $#&5$2+-"!'+$0%&'$&6$1+"+)%&!02&6#$D)"'%&61!0%8&@%'!71+%(&
Salary: SS02 $26,845 – $34,149
and maintain effective lines of communication and build up good working relationships within the unit, with other T_UM[_`T_&J&+8GWZ+28&&ROOZ+GW&J&BGWa2
units/sections/divisions/departments, other relevant government and non­government organizations and the Responsible to the Provincial Administrator Serua community for a collective achievement of the branch 4$#& )44)"'+:)& !02& )4-"+)0'& & $6)#!'+$0%& $4& '()& B+%'#+"'& $7D)"'+:)%8& & Y!+0'!+0& )44)"'+:)& /%)%& $4& -0!0"+!1& !02&
Administration by providing timely and accurate 6(;%+"!1& #)%$/#")%& M')1)6($0)%j$4-")& 4!"+1+';j5!"(+0)%j
Administrative and Accounting support and advice. equipment/stationery/etc.) at the branch’s disposal; Duties include revenue collection, ensure safe keeping contribute to the professional and personal development and proper recording of all revenue collected through of staff under control and attend to welfare and discipline compliance with set guidelines; develop and maintain matters affecting them. Maintain a safe, healthy, excellent relations with the public through the provision innovative and productive work environment and ensure of courteous services; Participate in the effective compliance of OHS Policy in the workplace by the staff implementation of the PMS through the adherence to set under control. Maintain a broad and current knowledge on Administrative guidelines; Attend to all Ancillary Services operational policies, guidelines and procedures; relevant provide by the Provincial Administration i.e.; Registration legislation; Financial Instructions & Stores Regulations; of Births, Deaths and Marriages; Service as Justice of Force’s Code of Ethics, Corporate Plan and OHS Policy. Peace; issuing of Liquor, gaming and Business Licenses; Allocation of quarters for civil servants; Issuing of permits l314#>71*#,(h&*&#)1):!0'&,$%'&V#!2/!')&F)#'+-"!')&$#&!0&
for fundraising activities and Service as a Third Class undergraduate Degree in Accounting/Finance/Commerce Magistrate. Any other duties assigned by the Provincial from an accredited University and a Provisional Member Administrator Serua.
of the Fiji Institute of Accountants or an equivalent professional body. The Appointee should have a sound l314#>71*#,(h A pass in Fiji Seventh Form Examination knowledge of accounting theory and application, have eCTC@g&$#&)]/+:!1)0'8
relevant work experience and should be highly analytical, have strong communication and written skills, a team Salary: SS05 $8,335 ­ $15,451
player and able to meet strict deadlines. Must have experience in managing staff and resources.
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of Births, Deaths and Marriages; Service as Justice of ­ WESTERN
Peace; issuing of Liquor, gaming and Business Licenses; Allocation of quarters for civil servants; Issuing of permits Responsible to the Director Primary for overall for fundraising activities and Service as a Third Class administration of education and supervision of schools in Magistrate. Any other duties assigned by the Provincial the Western Divisions. Duties include the Implementation Administrator Lomaiviti.
of policy decision on education; liaise with the Ministry -)12& %'!44& +0& '()& B+:+%+$0%E& ,#+0"+6!1%E& ?)!2& >)!"()#%E&
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Responsible to the Director Research & Development, as the manager of the Rural Housing unit for the Ministry. The incumbent is to contribute and monitor the overall daily technical operations that are conducted nation­
wide. Provide technical advice to the management on all matters pertaining to housing in the rural areas; prepare rural housing work programme and coordinate, and monitor Rural Housing projects in accordance with this programme. Ensure proper planning, procurement and delivery of projects materials; ensure all construction of houses/ buildings under the Rural Housing scheme, including preparation of housing plans are in accordance with the National Building code. Supervise all Rural Housing staff; provide quarterly and Annual reports of Rural Housing unit to management. Liaise with shipping companies for transportation of project materials and Carpenters to project sites as and when necessary.
l314#>71*#,(h&A Diploma in Construction Management /
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to be aligned with Government policyframework. Liaise with Ministry of Strategic Planning, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Works in matters relating to Capital Projects funded through Government Budget and aid donor agencies such as AUSAID, European Union, NZODA, and JICA etc. The post coordinates functions of the Development units and plays an important role in the monitoring and development of the Ministry of Education. As such responsibilities cover a very wide spectrum of work embraced in the Principal Accountabilities of each unit stated hereunder. Assessing the current needs and projecting the long­term needs of the Ministry for school 2):)1$65)0'&!02&%'!4-0=&0))2%8
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years teaching experience with 2 years in ED1A­C grade or 3 years in ED2A­D or 4 years in ED3C grade based upon standard rating scale. OR At least 10 years teaching )_6)#+)0")&X+'(&K&;)!#%&!%&T)0+$#&@2/"!'+$0&[4-")#&@BJ*&
with superior assessment is preferable. Applicants must have competent experience, knowledge and exposure with the Fiji Internal Assessment Framework tools such as CATS/CBA and LANA. Should be able to consistently assess, evaluate, and monitor the implementation of school plans and effectively report on ESRI Programmes. Candidates who have successfully completed Leadership & Management or other related trainings will be an added advantage. At least 3 years rural service together with the basic computing skills will be preferred. Contribution to Fiji education beyond the immediate school environment and the ability to communicate effectively on education issues with the wider community and recognized leaders in Education would be an added advantage. Potential to advance to higher posts.
Salary: ED1D $39,529 ­ $45,358
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Develop policies and goals for different activities and programmes to ensure consistency with the unit’s objectives. Formulate plans, schedules and programmes relating to workshops/in­service courses/ seminars, school visits and curriculum development. Initiate action for effective implementations of the plans and programmes for different activities. Ensure that the requests implementations of the plans and programmes for different activities Ensure that the requests for assistance from schools and other institutions and bodies are facilitated by delegating duties to the !66#$6#+!')& $4-")#%8& *%%+%'& B+#)"'$#& eF*Tg& +0& 6#$:+2+0=&
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effectiveness. Appraise job performance of subordinates for feedback, selection and recommendation for training or promotions. Facilitate the achievement of policies and recommendations by communicating and liaising with internal staff of the Curriculum Development Unit, Examination Section, Education Resource Centre, Schools Broadcast Unit, Secondary and TVET Sections. Ensure support for the achievement of position’s objectives by conferring and collaborating with other institutions. To ensure compliance with the unit’s aims, plans and budgetary allocations by monitoring and reviewing activities and programmes of CDU. Ensure that quarterly and annual reports are submitted regularly as a basis for management and control. Ensure that objectives of the unit are met be measuring achievements against the targets set by the section and initiate corrective actions.
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years teaching experience with 2 years in ED1A­C grade or 3 years in ED2A­D or 4 years in ED3C grade based upon standard rating scale. OR At least 10 years teaching )_6)#+)0")&X+'(&K&;)!#%&!%&T)0+$#&@2/"!'+$0&[4-")#&@BJ*&
with superior assessment is preferable. Applicants must have competent experience, knowledge and exposure with the Fiji Internal Assessment Framework tools such as CATS/CBA and LANA. Should be able to consistently assess, evaluate, and monitor the implementation of school plans and effectively report on ESRI Programmes. Candidates who have successfully completed Leadership & Management or other related trainings will be an added advantage. At least 3 years rural service together with the basic computing skills will be preferred. Contribution to Fiji education beyond the immediate school environment and the ability to communicate effectively on education issues with the wider community and recognized leaders in Education would be an added advantage. Potential to advance to higher posts.
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and the ability to communicate effectively on education issues with the wider community and recognized leaders T_^_[_`T_&J&BGIZRW&&GKa+2HZRI&ROOZ+GW
in education would be an added advantage. Potential to nNZBHRWe[?GR?W2!NeA&+Kao
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and learning of History and Geography in Secondary Schools. The appointee will be required to research, T_^`[_`T_&J&!WZI+Z!28&GKa+2HZRI&ROOZ+GW
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a balance diet, supervise kitchen staff and maintain knowledge and Computer Management Skills is essential. Shorthand skill is advantageous.
hygiene conditions in the hostel and kitchen.
plan, conduct and facilitate teachers in­service courses and workshops and provide professional guidance to l314#>71*#,(h& A mature individual with assessed teachers through visits to schools. The duties involve supervisory ability and some experience of the provision travelling.
of the domestic services is essential. Experience in catering and laundry desirable in some posts and l314#>71*#,(h Recognised degree with relevant subject housekeeping provision in others. The requirements of 5!D$#%&!02&')!"()#&'#!+0+0=8&&,$%'=#!2/!')&]/!1+-"!'+$0& the posts will vary with a pass in Form 7 Examination or +0&'()&#)1!')2&-)128&*'&1)!%'&P&;)!#%&"$56)')0'&')!"(+0=& completion of a relevant apprenticeship.
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ED4B with superior assessment is preferable. At least Salary: TG05 $7,798 ­ $13,679
9 years competent teaching experience with 4 years superior assessment as HOD ED5D/ED5C in the relevant 2DD4#71*#,()& ,(& 7,$D4%*%-& ?!& T^_& O,"$& =,"& *<%&
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qualities have been demonstrated by the applicant and consistently good reports. Applicants with at least 3 Responsible to the Director of Environment through the years rural service together with the basic computing ,#+0"+6!1& @0:+#$05)0'& [4-")#& MS!%')R& +0& /02)#'!G+0=&
skills will be preferred. Ability to communicate effectively investigation on waste/pollution related issues such as on educational issues with the wider community and polluted sites in Fiji; work with the other stakeholders recognized leaders in Education. Potential to advance to to ensure that the policies and legislations of waste and higher posts.
pollution unit are well implemented; advising industries on better waste management options; implementation Salary: ED2A $32,419 ­ $37,377
of the National Solid Waste Management Strategy; and implementation of waste awareness programs/
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of Phone Calls in the absence of typist ERC. Typing of commitments committed every day in the commitment ledger. Liaising with the suppliers on the Purchase of Supplies as per ERC stores. Liaising with suppliers and Distributors on payments and quotation of Supplies .Preparing of Commitment Reports. Providing GWE Staff of Clear updates of Leave Schedule. Submitting MAR of GWE Staff. Preparing of timesheets of GWE staff and >dF[& T'!448& L62!'+0=& ,!;5)0'& I$/"()#& -1)%8& B$+0=&
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Books from Customs and Dispatch.
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l314#>71*#,(h An undergraduate Degree in Accounting/
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The incumbent must be a team player and capable of meeting strict deadlines.
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on the achievements of the unit 2DD4#71*#,()& ,(& 7,$D4%*%-& ?!& T^_& O,"$& =,"& *<%&
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the incumbent must also be familiar with all relevant ­ LEVUKA PUBLIC SCHOOL
operational guidelines as determined by the Ministry ­ RATU KADAVULEVU SCHOOL
HQ, the Public Service Commission and the Ministry of ­ QUEEN VICTORIA SCHOOL
Finance.
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Responsible to the Director of Communications for: Assist the Engineer in drafting policies to foster the development of the telecommunications sector by way of timely and accurate research, consultations with industry groups and benchmarking against international best practices and the areas of telecommunications and management. Assist in preparation of briefs and cabinet papers through conducting relevant research as directed. Report on the state of compliance on a quarterly basis. Draft periodic briefs to inform management on the key developments within the sector. Maintain the updating of all registers, all client information to ensure correct information is available at all times. Ensure timely updates to the Department website and to assist the information $4-")#& +0& #)%)!#"(+0=& !02& 6/''+0=& '$=)'()#& +04$#5!'+$0&
and awareness briefs. Represent the Communications Department in meetings, seminars, workshops and trainings as and when directed. Arranging and keeping records of all meetings with industry stakeholders Carry out periodic checks and surveys on the state of the telecommunications sector. Carrying out site surveys if required. Liaising with internal and external customers and assisting with general queries; Analyzing and interpreting data to identify useful trends and to draw summary conclusions. Assist in simplifying existing processes and establishing guidelines to document the technical work of the department. Organise consultations, workshops and meetings as directed. Assist the Engineer on the general operational activities of the department. Direct, motivate and co­ordinate subordinates to obtain optimum results. Working to tight timescales as part of a high­performing team.
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Salary: ES05 $16,162 ­ $21,023
For further enquiries of advertised vacancies
please contact the respective Post Processing
Managers of Ministries and Department.
However, should you require additional
information, do not hesitate to email
[email protected] or call salote Keteiwai on
331 4588 ext 238 of the Public Service Commission.
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AGNI DEO SINGH
National Secretary Fiji
Teachers Union
WE need to actually work as team
coherently, to try and eliminate or
reduce this serious problem that our
country is now faced with.
The four days workshop that we
had has indeed brought about many
revolutions. It has made us aware, once
more of the presence of this problem in
our community.
We have explored various means in
trying to assist each other as a team to
work towards eradicating child labour
and worst forms of child labour.
USAIA CIRIKIWAI­ Street
Kids Coordinator . Foundation
of the Peoples of the South
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I guess for us, working with the
youth and also street kids has been a
consultation forum where our voice
has being heard, and our stories told.
Hopefully the National Action Plan will
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May be the result will not be
immediate but something in future for
those that will come after us, those
policies will be able to help them, and
hopefully if not eradicate then help in
decreasing the number in terms of child
labour in our country.
AMITA JOTI PRASAD ­
Project Coordinator Child
Rights Unit. Save the
Children Fiji
SAVE the Children Fiji works for the
betterment and improving the lives of
all the children in Fiji.
In being part of the workshop we
learned how we can eliminate the worst
form of child labour.
We are undertaking a project funded
by International Labour Organization
(ILO) particularly addressing
commercial sexual participation of the
children in Fiji.
And now with this training we can
see where the weaknesses are.
LANIETA TUIMABU ­
Fiji Commerce and Employers
Federation
THE interesting area that relates
to Fiji Commerce and Employers
Federation was the code of conduct
by the employers and areas that needs
the employer’s commitment. Also
acknowledge the International Labour
Organization and Ministry of Labour for
putting up this workshop.
Worst forms of child labour in the
employment sector is vital and it’s
information we have to know. Employers
must be aware and FCEF must encourage
employers to be members of FCEF so we
can all abide by the laws and regulations.
REMA ALOYSIUS
Regional Director, Standards
Department of Education
(Papua New Guinea)
WE are thankful to the Government
of Fiji and the International Labour
Organization for inviting us. The Papua
New Guinea team participated in the
workshop to develop the work plan for
child labour. In PNG we have a long
way to go and our experience to learn
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we will use Fiji’s Example to draw the
PNG Charter of the child labour and
worst forms of child labour. We sat
through and saw what Fiji is doing.We
have just done that.
Unit formulates “Action Plan”
“The child above the age of 15 can
work to support his family, however,
this should not be at the expanse of the
child’s education and the work should
not be hazardous to the child’s health.
“Sometimes the Child Labour
Monitoring Unit also ensures that if a
child is working after school, he must
be paid the minimum rates of pay, given
proper breaks and must return to his
parents or guardians well before 10pm.
No child should be employed after
10pm,” the coordinator emphasised.
Mr Kumar said in Fiji, mostly
children were employed in the
wholesale and retail sector.
“If a child works in this sector after
school, then he should be paid a rate of
$2.59 if they are working as unskilled
workers. If the child is working as a
general worker, then he should be paid
$2.75 per hour.
“If they are working after school or
after 3pm, they can only work until
10pm or less than that. The employer
must ensure that the child’s wage is paid
on time and FNPF is also deducted,” Mr
Kumar said.
He is also urging various stakeholders
and parents to work collectively in
ensuring that Pillars 8 and 9 of the
Peoples Charter is achieved.
“Pillars 8 and 9 are reducing poverty
to a negligible level by 2015 and
making Fiji knowledge based society
respectively. The National Employment
Centre is part of this where we are
trying our best to ensure that we reduce
poverty and education also plays a vital
role in this.”
The Child Labour Monitoring
Unit was set up in June, 2011 by
the Government of Fiji with the
assistance of the International Labour
Organization.
By PRIYANKA LAL
A draft National Action Plan has been
formulated on Child Labour and Worst
Forms of Child Labour to enhance
the understanding of this vital issue,
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Child Labour Monitoring Unit (CMLU)
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National Action Plan’ workshop from
May 28 to 31 in Suva.
Coordinator of CMLU, Atish Kumar
said the essence of the workshop and
the National Action Plan was to dwell
on the worst forms of child labour and
how the issue could be addressed in an
effective manner.
“In the Action Plan, we also explored
strategies to address the Worst Forms of
Child Labour, particularly the systems,
procedures and techniques to determine
effectively to investigate how the worst
form of child labour operates,” Mr
Kumar said.
“The National Action Plan will assist
them greatly in achieving the ministry’s
targets of creating a knowledge based
society as enshrined in the People’s
Charter for Change, Peace and
Progress.”
He reiterated that children should not
be employed in cheap labour, abused in
any way or should not be deprived of
proper education.
“We need to have a plan in place
to address the worst forms of child
labour,” Mr Kumar said.
“We do not want our children to
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cases in Fiji, we still need to have some
plans in place so that if something
comes up, we have the plans there to
address it.”
The coordinator said the National
Action Plan should be ready by the end
of the third quarter or the beginning of
fourth quarter.
“The draft will go for consultation
with the stakeholders after which it
will be presented to Labour permanent
secretary and the Minister for Labour.”
Mr Kumar is also urging parents
18
and guardians to take full advantage of
the various assistance Government is
providing towards the education sector.
He stressed that education was the
right of a child and no one should take
that away from children.
“We are conducting awareness for
parents. Sometimes, they feel that if the
child is not doing well at school, they
pull them out of school but they do not
give any support to the child. And they
put the child into a cheap labour force.
“What we are trying to tell them is
that there are other avenues that the
child can look into.
“One of them is that the child can
pursue vocational training, if they are
not doing well academically. They
can also be registered at the National
Employment Centre where we can give
them lifeskills training and counsel
them.
“These are some of the things that
Government is doing in trying to ensure
that these children do not fall into cheap
labour process,” Mr Kumar said.
Highlighting that there are provisions
under the International Labour
Organization Convetion for a child to
work, especially to assist his family, Mr
Kumar said this applied for children
above the age of 15.
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A vakamacalataka na
Chief Executive Officer
ni Matabose e Cake
ni Veika Vakaitaukei
(iTaukei Affairs Board)
o Kanala Apakuki Kurusiga na
veiveisau vinaka (reforms) sa
gadrevi me vakayagataki ena
Tabacakacaka iTaukei.
A vakamacala tiko o Kurusinga
vei ira na lewe ni Bose ni Yasana o
Tailevu ena macawa sa oti.
Na imatai ni sasaga a
vakayacora na matabose oya
na nodra cakacaka vata na
Roko Tui ni veiyasana kei na
veivakatorocaketaki e qaravi ena
loma ni yasana.
Oka kina na nodra
cakacakavata na veiqaravi ena vale
ni volavola ni Yasana kei na iTalai
Veivuke ni iwasewase oya.
Sa oti saka oqo edua vakacaca
na yabaki na nodrau cakacaka
vata saka mai ka vakamuria saka
e dua na porokaramu ni matanitu
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Framework ka tauyavutaka na
matanitu ena 2007.
Na Integrated Rural
development Framework e dua
na sala e vakamuri me rawa
ni vakailavotaki mai kina mai
na matanitu na noda sasaga ni
veivakatorocaketaki.
Na gagadre kece ni
veivakatorocaketaki me bosei ena
bose vakoro ka me tiko na kena
ivakadinadina me vaka e koto ena
yavu ni veivakatorocaketaki.
Na kena vakaitukutukutaki
vakavinaka na lewa ni bose vakoro.
Kevaka edua na gagadre ka biu
cake mai ena veikoro ka vinakati
me lesuvi, ena lai dikevi ga mai na
itukutuku ni bose vakoro.
Sa bibi saka kina vei ira
na turaga ni koro mera na
vakaivolataka saka vakavinaka na
itukutuku ni bose vakoro.
Sa tiko talega e dua na
vakanananu mera yadua na vale
ni volavola na Turaga ni koro
kece e Viti. Koto vata kei na kena
gacagaca.
Sa vica na bose ni yasana era sa
vakatura tiko mai na tikina oqo.
Sa tiko talega na gagadre ni
matabose me na dikevi tale mada
vakavinaka na nodra digitaki na
Turaga ni koro .
E vakanananutaki tiko me
vakamuria ga na iwalewale sa
vakayagataka tiko na matabose
ni cakacaka vakamatanitu na
minimum qualification level.
Se me koto e dua na
ivakatagedegede ni kila kei na vuli
me rawata rawa toka e dua me qai
rawa ni digitaki me turaga ni koro.
Sa nanumi talega de na rawa
ni vakakina vei ira na laki lewena
bose ni tikina kei na bose ni
yasana.
Sa na digitaka na minisita na
iluliu ni bose ni yasana kei na nona
ivukevuke ka na gadrevi talega
kina na minimum qualification.
Sa tiko eso na veisau ni
gacagaca ni veiqaravi ni bose
ni yasana sa mai veisautaki ena
yabaki sa oti.
E tolu na Roko Veivuke e
sa na biu ki na dua na yasana.
Na imatai ni Roko Veivuke me
qarava na vuli, dua me qarava na
veivakatorocaketaki ka dua me
qarava na veika e gadreva na lewe
ni yasana.
O koya e qarava na
veivakatorocaketaki sa na qai
kumuna mai na veika kece oqo
ena vei bose ni tikina kau cake vei
Roko levu.
Rau sa na qai laki raica vata
kei na Provincial Admministrator
(PA). Ni rau raica oti sa na qai lave
sara ki vua na Talai Veivuke.
Na veika e rau veivosakitaka na
Roko kei na PA sa na qai lave cake
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Board.
Ka na wasei na
veivakatorocaketaki lelevu
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Sa itavi talega nei PA me
vakalesuya tale tiko ki na vale
ni volavola ni yasana na veika
sa wasei vei rau na Provincial
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Ni sa matata vaka oya sa na
qai rawa ni laki vakailavotaki
mai. Na bose ni yasana esa na
qai dau mai vakadeitaki saka
kina na veika esa qaravi baleta na
veivakatorocaketaki.
Sa semati sara vakavinaka
na cakacaka ni Tabacakacaka
iTaukei kei na cakacaka ni
veivakatorocaketaki ena vei
tabacakacaka ni matanitu me vaka
ni dau cavuka koto ena veigauna
sa oti.
Yavutaki oqo mai na Rural
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noda tiko vinaka na lewe ni yasana.
Sa laurai kina me sema tiko na
tabacakacaka itaukei kei na tabana
ni bula ena vuku ni valuti ni mate
ka vu mai veisau ni ivakarau ni
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Sa cakacaka vata talega na
tabacakacaka kei na vale ni veivesu
ena vuku ni reveni dromodromo se
na nodra vakasukai saka mai ki na
koro na suka mai vale ni veivesu.
Sa cakacakavata talega na
tabacakacaka kei na tabacakacaka
ni kena taqomaki na iyau bula
vaka kina na tabacakacaka ni
qoli ena maroroi ni sasalu kei
na noda iqoliqoli vaka kina na
tabacakacaka ni veikau ena kena
maroroi na veikau kei na teivaki
ni kau.
Sa sema talega na tabacakacaka
ki na porokaramu baleta na veisau
ni draki se climate change.
Vaqaqacotaki talega na isema
kei na Tabacakacaka ni Veiqaravi
vakayasana.
Sa vaqaqacotaka talega na
tabacakacaka na nona veisemati
kei na veisoqosoqo dau veivukei
mai na taudaku ni matanitu me
vaka na Think Pacific, WWF,
FLAMMA, Mareqeti Viti, USP
Institute of Applied Science,
Conservation International, Pacific
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Habitat for Humanity.
Sa na gadrevi me sa na tauyavu
na vei komiti ni iyaubula ena
veiyasana taucoko sara.
Sa na dua tiko na ivakalesilesi
ni Peace Corp me mai
vakailesilesi ni qaravi ni veikabula
(environment) ena noda veiyasana.
Sa ratou digitaki tiko na Roko
me ratou Conservation Officers
talega ni veiyasana.
Vakatau ena veiotokoni
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officers’ ni veiyasana.
E dau ciqomi ena vale ni
volavola ni yasana ena vei vula
tolu na nodra itukutuku na noda vei
turaga ni koro.
Me rawa ni kilai kina na noda
bula vinaka na lewe ni yasana kilai
talega na veisau cava e yaco.
Sagai me kua ni
dau veimurimuritaki na
veivakatorocaletaki, ia, na
itukutuku nei Turaga ni Koro sa
na kilai kina na veika e dodonu me
vakatorocaketaki ka ganita na koro
oya.
Oqori eso na veisau sa
vakayacora tiko na tabacakacaka
itaukei me vaka a vakamacala tiko
kina o Kanala Apakuki Kurusiga
na CEO ni Matabose e Cake ni
iTaukei Affairs Board.
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Tubu na
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bulabula
A vakayacori e dua
na bose macawa dua
ni Tabacakacaka ni
Bula (Health Wellness
Symposium) me baleta na
kauwai ena tiko bulabula kei
na kena valuti na mate dewa
eso vei keda na lewenivanua.
A kaya na ivukevuke ni
Vunivola Tudei ni Minisitiri
ni Bula o Vuniwai Joseva
Koroivueta ni sa rui ka bibi
me dau raici lesu tale na
waka tu ni veimate era dau
basika mai.
“Ke basika na mate ni
mona, ia, e tiko na wekana
se mate cava ga e basika mai
sa dodonu me da raica lesu
tale vakatitobu na waka ni
mate se cava e basika mai
kina,” a kaya o Vuniwai
Koroivueta.
E kuria ni dina ga era sa
vulica mai na dauniveiqaravi
ni bula na iwali ni veimata,
mavoa se na kena soli na
wainimate, ia, e dau lecavi
tu na kena dikevi se cava na
wakatu ni kena basika e dua
na mate.
“Na nona susugi
daumaka e dua na gone ena
vakatau se na veitokoni
kina na vuravura ka tiko se
bula voli kina,” a kaya o
Koroivueta.
“Tekivu mai na nona
kunekunetaki, na bula e
curuma mai o tinana, na yalo
ni loloma e sotava, yalo ni
veimaroroi, na kena kakana,
bula ni veimaliwai, me vaka
ni veika kece oqo ena tara
cake e dua na tamata,” a
kaya o Vuniwai Koroivueta.
Kaya o Vuniwai
Koroivueta ni bibi kina me
da raica ni sega ni rawa ni
saumi vakailavo e dua na
bula.
“Sa noda itavi me da
maroroya na bula, ia, na ka
talei kina ni kena lewa e toka
ga vei keda.”
A vakamacala talega
o Vuniwai Isimeli Tukana
ka kaya sa cakacaka
vata na tabana ni bula
kei na veitabana kece
vakamatanitu, vakalotu
se vakavanua ena kena
vakaqarai na se vu ni
tauvimate.
“Na bose oqo era sureti
mai kina na veitabana
era qarava tale tikoga
na tiko bulabula me
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%(1&(,-"1&*#;,&53415341&(1&4%F%(#@1(31C
vaka na Tabacakacaka
ni Veiqaravi Vakayasana
U;-"/$%9$50'.*/*0"=:*%(V8'
Tabacakacaka ni
Veimatatamata (Multi-ethnic
Affairs), Tabacakacaka ni
Vuli, Tabacakacaka ni Teitei,
Tabacakacaka ni iTabagone
kei na Qito, kei na so tale
ka ra mai vakamacala vei
keimami ena vuku ni tiko
bulabula,” kaya o Vuniwai
Tukana. Kaya o Vuniwai
Tukana ni tiko na itavi ni
Tabacakacaka iTaukei kei
ira na veisoqosoqo lotu kece
sara e Viti me ra ligavata
ena vuku ni qaravi ni tiko
bulabula.
“Keitou sa vakadeuca
yadudua na veituvaki ni
bula me tekivu mai vei ira
na kunekune, toso vei ira
na gone, itabagone kei na
qase cake,” kaya o Vuniwai
Tukana.
“Vei keda na itaukei
e Viti, sa laurai ni ra sa
vakaleqai tiko na gone kei
tinani gone ka kunei ni
tekivu sara tiko ga nodra dui
matavuvale.
“Kevaka era qaravi
vinaka mai vale, tekivu ena
gauna ni kunekune ena rawa
ni ra bula vinaka ka na levei
na veimate lelevu sa tara
tiko na noda vanua.”
Kaya o Vuniwai
Tukana ni basika mai
na leqa oqo ena nodra
dau vakalolomataki,
vakamavoataki se guilecavi
na tina kei na gone.
“Ni tauvimate mai
na gone se na tina, e tiko
mai dakuna eso na leqa
vakaoqo ka vakabera tiko na
cakacaka.
“Sa nuitaki tiko kina na
lotu kei na vanua ena rawa
ni vukea na tiko bulabula
me baleti ira noda kawa ena
siga ni mataka,” a kaya o
Vuniwai Tukana.
E kaya o koya ni rua
talega na tikina bibi e dua o
ira na itabagone.
“E rauta ni 35 na pasede
na iwiliwili ni itabagone
ena noda vanua. Sa laurai
vakamatata sara ni vaka era
sega tiko ni vakayagataki
vakavinaka tiko ka sega ni
macala tiko na vuna.”
E kaya ni tekivu
sara ga mai vei iratou na
veiliutaki ena Tabana ni
Bula, era sa vakauqeta na
cakacaka vakavoleka kei na
Tabacakacaka ni iTabagone.
E rauta ni 80 na
vakailesilesi ni tabana ni
bula mai na veiyasai Viti era
mai bose oqo ka ra sureti
talega mai na veitabana eso
me vaka na ovisa, isoqosoqo
dau veivukei, me vaka na
D*9-*(5-$5('"7'()*';59$<9'
Community (SPC), kei na
vuqa tale kei na so tale me
tarai kina na ulutaga bibi
oqo ni kena valuti na mate
mai na tiko bulabula.
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Tomana na kabani ni toa
na nona veitokoni
SA tomana tiko ena yabaki oqo na nona vakailavotaka na
vakaraitaki ivoli kei na itei ni Tabacakacaka ni Teitei, Susu
manumanu kei na iQoliqoli (Agriculture Show) na kabani
vinaka na Goodman Fielder.
Na kabani oqo e kilai ena nona susuga ka volitaka na toa
kana vinaka na Crest Chicken. Sa solia tale kina na kabani e
$40,000 me cicivaki kina na soqo oqo ka sa na laki qaravi tiko
ena Churchill Park mai Lautoka mai na i ka ono ni siga ki na i
ka tinikadua ni vula o Okosita.
Ena yabaki rua veitaravi sa sivi a vakayacori tikoga e Suva
na vakaraitaki ivoli se itei oqo ka sa mani nanumi me kau yani
ki na mua ira me vukea na nodra rawa ni vakabulabulataki ni
mai oti na waluvu a tarai ira.
Sa sainitaki e dua na veidinadinati kei na Special
Administrator mai Lautoka na tabana ni teitei ka sa na solia
wale kina na vanua ni soqo kena ibalebale ni na sega ni saumi
na $25,000.
Kaya o Praveen Bala ni ka marautaki ki na siti o Lautoka me
cau ki na vakatoroicaketaki ni tabana ni teitei, susu manumanu
kei na iqoliqoli e Viti. Na ulutaga ni soqo ena yabaki oqo sa
$K"25'%5'W`-"1':*'R$M$L?
E sega walega ni vakaraitaki na veika ivoli eso baleta na
teitei kei na susu manumanu, era na tu talega e kea na veitabana
vakailavo e rawa ni ra kerekere yani kina na dau teitei.
Ena qai laki cava na soqo mai Lautoka ena kena laki soli na
vei icovi eso ni dauteitei gugumatua, dau qoli gugumatau kei
na dau susu manumanu gugumatua ni yabaki 2012.
E isevu talega ni yabaki me na qai soli kina na icovi ki na
dau tei dovu gugumatua.
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SA vakaraitaka na
matanitu o Indonesia ni
gadreva me vukei Viti ena
vakatoroicaketaki ni Tabana
ni Qoliqoli (Fisheries) ena
noda vanua.
E ratou a sikovi Viti mai
kina edua na ilawalawa ka
mai veivosaki kei na kena
Vunivola Tudei ni Tabana ni
Qoliqoli o Inoke Wainiqolo.
“Na ilawalawa oqo era
kena dau ena qaravi ni lumi,
susu ika me vaka na tilapia
kei na susu ura, ka tu sara e
cake na ivakatagedegede ni
nodra kila me baleta na veika
oqo,” kaya o Wainiqolo.
A kaya o Wainiqolo ni
sa solia tiko nona gauna e
dua na kena dau ena qaravi
ni qoliqoli me na sikova na
veibisinisi ni susu ika kei
na tei lumi ka tu ena noda
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veikoro ka laki vakavulici
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ira ena iwalewale usivi
me mai vakaraitaka nona vakatutu
Ena qai muria oya na kena sainitaki
me toso cake tale kina na
ena veika me cakava na tabacakacaka
e dua na veidinadinati kei na Indonesia
ivakatagedegede ni rawaka.
ni qoliqoli kei na veikau,” kaya o
me baleta na noda cakacaka vata ena
“Ni oti na veisiko ki na veikoro sa
Wainiqolo.
vakabulabulataki ni tabana ni qoliqoli.
na qai lesu tale mai ki vale ni volavola
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SA biuti Suva ena Siga Tabu sa oti
(3 ni June) na waqa na Iloilovatu
ena dua na veisiko vakamatanitu ki
na Yatu Lau.
Na veisiko oqo e liutaka na
Provincial Administrator ni
yasana o Lau o Filipe Masa kei
ira na vakailesilesi vakamatanitu
ki Lakeba, Vanuabalavu, Cicia,
Nayau, Oneata, Komo, Namuka,
Moce, Kabara kei Ono-i-Lau.
E kaya o Masa ni wase tiko
vakatolu na inaki ni veisiko oqo ki
na Yatu Lau.
“Na imatai oya na vakaleleci ni
yaya ni veivakatorocaketaki era sa
voli rawa, ena loma ni imatai kei
na ikarua ni vula tolu (1st and 2nd
quarter),” a kaya o Masa.
“Tarava na sikovi ni
veivakatorocaketaki sa caka tiko
kei na kedra ituvaki me rawa ni
vakacavari na kena
qaravi me vaka ni
dodonu me vakacavari
sara vakavinaka na
kena tuvai vaka ivola
(acquittals),” a kaya o
Masa.
“Kena iotioti ga
ni dau vakavudua tu
neitou vesiko ki na
Yatu Lau ka dau laurai
me vakaqaqacotaki ga
na tikina oqo me vaka
ni dau luluqa tu.”
E kaya o Masa ni
ratou na laki raica
talega na ituvatuva vou
ni veivakatorocaketaki
ni yabaki 2013 se na
veivakatorocaketaki
era na vakatura mai
na lewenivanua me
na vakailavotaka na
matanitu.
“Oqo na ituvatuva a vakaturi
mai na Bose ni Yasana o Lau
ka laveti cake ki na Provincial
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“Oqo ena qai gole laveti cake
sara ki na Tabana ni Navunavuci
Dua ga na
ivola tara
ni bose
SA vakaraitaka raraba
e Viti na iliuliu levu ni
tabacakacaka ni Ovisa o
Brigadier General Ioane
Naivalurua H*+"("7I ni
sa na kerei ga vakadua
na ivola tara ni nodra
bose na veimatalotu
mera veivosakitaka kina
nodra vakatutu ena buli
ni Yavu ni Vakavulewa
Vou (Constitution
Consultation).
Era okati talega ena veivakadonui oya na isoqosoqo
ena taudaku ni veimatanitu (NGOs).
E sega ni ra okati ena veivakadonui oqo na
veisoqosoqo vakapolitiki.
Kaya o Naivalurua ni dodonu me kerei taumada
yani na ivola tara ni bose oya ki vua na komisina ni
ovisa ni bera ni soli yani na kena macala.
“Sa kena ibalebale ni sa na sega ni kerei na ivolatara
ena gauna kece ni bose. Kerei ga vakadua, soli na kena
ivola tara.
“Ia, na veibose kece ni veivosakitaki ni vakatutu ni
mata lotu oya baleta na Yavu ni Vakavulewa vou me
na dau tukuni rawa yani ki na tabacakacaka ni ovisa na
gauna kei na vanua ena caka kina ke bera sara me kua
ni lailai mai na 48 na aua ni bera ni tekivu na bose,” a
kaya o Naivalurua.
Sa veivakasalataki o Naivalurua ni bose kece e caka
me kua ni veisaqasaqa kei na lawa ni taqomaki ni tiko
veiyaloni ni lewenivanua se Public Order Act.
“O ni sa vakasalataki na lewenivanua lewe ni
veisoqosoqo lotu se vakabauta kei na isoqosoqo ena
taudaku ni matanitu me kakua ni vakayacori na bose
oqori me saqati, yavalti se vakacacani kina na cici ni
matanitu se na kena bula vakailavo se na bula sautu e
Viti.
“Kevaka kina, ena tarovi na bose oya,” a kaya o
Naivalurua. Kaya o Naivalurua ni nodra bose ga na
veisoqosoqo vakapolitiki me na dau kerei yani na kena
veivakadonui ena veigauna kece.
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iyaya ni veiqaravi ena valenibula
mai Vanuabalavu.
“Vakavinakataki talega na
itikotiko ni Tabana ni Bula mai
Vanuabalavu kei Lakeba. Era
vakavinakataki kece tale tikoga
ena gauna oqo na vei itikotiko ni
veiqaravi ni Nasi kece mai na Yatu
Lau.”
Kaya o Masa ni oti mai sikova
Lau iliuliu ni matanitu o Josaia
Voreqe Bainimarama, sa levu sara
na veivuke ni vale ni volavola ni
PM sa yaco ki na yasana o Lau
vakabibi tiko ena tabana ni bula kei
na vuli.
“Oka eke na nodra
vakavinakataki na veikoronivuli ka
so e tara vou sara ga.
“Rauta ni $80,000 sa
vakayagataki mai Mualevu e
Vanuabalavu ka tara vou talega
nodra vale na muri vuli mai
Mavana kei na Adi Maopa Primary
School, Yaroi e Matuku vaka kina
mai Namuka kei Moce.
“E okati talega ena veivuke
mai na vale ni volavola ni PM
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J&_`TTC&Z$1F#h&I1&),/,&(#&@1;1),53&-3"3&$1#&(1&a43#/1413&K#)*"#7*&
E kuria ni okati talega ena
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veivuke oqo na vakavinakataki ni
lelevu sa qarava oti na matanitu.
(Strategic Planning) ni matanitu
valenivuli ni vuli tara (vocational)
“Edua na kena sa tara rawa
me na rawa ni qai votai se
mai na Ratu Mara College kei na
e dua na vale ni nasi totoka mai
vakailavotaki yani ena ituvatuva
Ratu Finau Primary mai Tubou kei
vakailavo (2013 Budget) ni yabaki Cicia ka rauta ni $76,000 na kena
na dua na valenivuli mai Vakano e
isau.
2013.”
Lakeba.
“Sa tara talega e dua na na vale
A kuria o Masa ni tekivu
“E na yabaki sa oti e volekata
ni nasi mai Tovu ena yanuyanu o
mai na 2006 sa levu sara na
ni $200,000 na ilavo ni veivuke a
Totoya ka $76,000 talega na kena
veivakatorocaketaki vinaka sa
gole ki Lau mai na vale ni volavola
cakava na matanitu oqo ka na sega isau.
ni Prime Minister,” a kaya o Masa.
“Sa qai vo ga me ra lesi na kena
beka ni rawa kece me tabaki yani.
E na tiko tale e Suva na
Oya me vaka na ta ni gaunisala, ivakalesilesi mai na Tabana ni Bula ilakolako oqo ena 13 ni siga ni
mera laki tawana na veivale oqo,”
na tara ni wavu kei na rara ni
June.
waqavuka kei na vuli, bula raraba, a kaya o Masa
Sa namaki tale tikoga me na
“Eratou sa vukei talega ena
veisokoyaki (franchise) kei na
qai dua na veisiko ki Lau ni Talai
iyaya ni veicavubati na vale ni bula Veivuke ena Tokalau o Netani
vuqa tale.
mai Lomaloma vaka kina eso na
“Sa levu sara na cakacaka
Rika ena yabaki oqo.
Vosa bubului e va na
noda turaganilewa vou
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ERATOU sa mai vosa bubului
e matai Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
na Peresitedi ni noda vanua e
lewe va na turaga ni lewa vou
ena sasaga ni kena vukei na
cakacaka ni veilewai ena noda
vanua.
A vakayacori na vosa
bubului oqo ena siga Moniti
(Me 28) ni macawa sa oti.
Na imatai ni turaga ni lewa
o Mohamed Saneem ka rawata
nona ivola koroi ni lawa
mai na Univesiti ni Ceva ni
Pasifika. E taukena talega edua
na sitivikiti na Professional
.$=0":5'%$'/*$C5-5/$'/5K5'0"25'
o Saneem.
A taura tu e liu o Saneem
na itutu vaka ivukevuke ni
Registrar ni mataveilewai e
cake e Viti mai na Janueri ni
yabaki oqo.
Na kena ikarua o Charles
Ratakele ka vakoroi talega
mai na Univesiti ni Ceva ni
Pasifika. A veiqaravi tu vaka
loya o Ratakele ena vale-nivolavola ni dauveibeitaki ni
matanitu mai na Seviteba ni
2010 ki na Feperueri ni 2011.
Na ikatolu o Ro Alipate
Mataitini ka rawata nona ivola
koroi ni loya ena 2006.
A cakacaka tu e liu ena
tabana ni tukutuku ni matanitu
o Mataitini ni bera ni qai dewa
yani ki na matabose ni qele
maroroi ni itaukei.
Sa veiqaravi talega vaka
loya ni mataveilewai e cake.
Na kena i otioti o Siromi
."K"%$/50>'P>-5&5'K5'
taukena talega na ivola koroi
ni cakacaka vaka loya ka sa
oti oqo e ciwa na yabaki nona
veiqaravi vaka loya.
E cakacaka tale tikoga
"'."K"%$/50>'*%5'/50*'%$'
volavola ni Attorney General.
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ki na qito
ni vuravura
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goneyalewa: Sania
SA vakavinavinakataka vakalevu na
Vunivola Tudei ni iTabagone kei na
Qito o Josefa Sania na veitokoni sa
vakayacori tiko ki na qito na Netball
ena noda vanua.
Ena vakayacori tiko ena Jiune 27
ki na June 28 ni yabaki oqo na ikava
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Ka gadrevi tiko kina vakalevu
na ilavo me cicivaka vinaka kina na
Netball Fiji na sotasota oqo.
“Na noda timi ni netball e ika
7 tiko ena vuravura ni kua ka ratou
$:5(5$'*%5'%"#5';5,$<K5?'_C"'*'#>5'
na cavuikalawa levu,” kaya o Sania.
Vakavinavinaka o Sania ena
veitokoni kece sa ciqoma tiko na
isoqosoqo ni netball me rawa ni
cicivaka vinaka kina na sotasota ni
;5,$<K5'"C"?
“Keitou vakavinavinaka
vakalevu ki na isoqosoqo ni netball
ena noda vanua vakabibi ni liutaka
sara tu na marama radini Prime
Minister ka kena Petereni o Mary
Bainimarama.
“Oqo sa ivakaraitaki ni nodra
veitokoni na tu e cake baleta na qito
ena noda vanua,” a kaya o Sania.
Sa solia talega nona veivuke
na Tabacakacaka ni Marama e
$15,000 ka solia na Life Insurance
Corporation of India e $15,000.
Namaki na
veiveisau ni draki
E sega ni vakabekataki se vakalasui na dina ni sa
veisau tiko na ivakarau ni draki esa sotava tiko o
Viti vaka kina na noda vuravura ni kua.
Vakamacalataka e dua na lewe ni komiti ni
veisau ni draki se Climate Change Committee o
Lepani Kolinisau ni gauna e bulia kina na Kalou
na noda vuravura e bulia sara vakamatau na
ioloolo cagi meda bula kina.
Ia, na ka kece eda cakava ena vuravura oqo
vakabibi ni da vakama na benu, na vunikau, na
musu kau, sa mai vakavuna kena kaburaki lesu
tale tiko e macawa eso na mataqali kasi ka sa
vakalevutaka na katakata ni maliwa lala.
“Sa buli oti vakamatau na ioloolo cagi
oqo ka yacana na carbon dioxide. E na kena
vakadidike vaka science e .03 ni kasi oqo e
dodonu me tiko ena ioloolo cagi qo,” kaya o
Kolinisau.
Kuria o Kolinisau ni kasi oqo kevaka e sega
e na ioloolocagi oqo, na vuravura qo ena sega
ni rawa ni da bula kina ni sa na batabata sara
vakasivia.
“Koya na 0.03 na pasede oya sa rauta vinaka
sara toka ga na kena katakata me rawa ni da bula
vinaka tiko kina,” kaya o Kolinisau.
Ia, na leqa esa mai yaco ni sa levu tale na
kasi vouvou sa cebraki tiko ki macawa.
“Ni da ceburaka cake tiko na kasi qo sa
vakavuna na veisau ni draki dau sega ni namaki
me vaka eda sa vakila tu ni kua ka sega ni dau
vakailai tu e liu.”
Kuria o Kolinisau ni gauna oqo sa e rawa
ni dua tani na draki e kacivaka na tabana ni
draki mai Nadi ka qai dua tani na draki e qai
yaco dina. “Na veiveisau ni draki sa vakavuna
tiko na tamata ka sa na vakawasoma na kena
yaco mai na draki ca lelevu sega ni rawa ni da
vakabekataka oya.”
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Sa kumuna rawa na Netball Fiji e
$50,000 ka gadreva tiko me kumuna
kece e $90,000 me rawa ni cicivaki
vinaka kina na qito kei na nodra
vakavulici na kena ivakalesilesi.
Sa veitokoni talega na
kabani na Fiji Water ena kena na
vakarautaki na medra wai ni gunu na
goneyalewa.
E veitokoni talega tiko ga na
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Limited ena nodra na usa wavoki
na gone yalewa era na qito tiko ena
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Kaya na Vunivola Tudei ni
iTabagone kei na Qito ni ratou sa
dau caka vuli wavoki baleta na qito e
Viti na nona vakailesilesi.
“Oqo me kune kina eso na taledi
mai na veikoro ena noda vanua eda
sega tu ni kila,” a kaya o Sania.
“Keitou veitokoni tiko na
tabacakacaka ni tabagone kei na
qito me rawa ni kilai ki vuravura ni
matanitu o Viti e rawa ni kune mai
kina e levu na dau qito vinaka sara.”
Sa vakayacori oti mai Lakeba,
Lau na vuli oqo, mai Vunivesi,
Wailevu mai Cakaudrove talega,
ka sa vo tikoga e rua na koro me na
qaravi kina.
Oqo e vakatabakidua ki na qito
rakavi, netball kei na volleyball, kei
na veimataqali qito tale eso.
SA vakayaloqaqataki ira na
noda cauravou lewe ni timi
ni rakavi 15 na Peresitedi
ni noda vanua o Ratu Epeli
Nailatikau.
Era laki tatau ki
Valelevu na cauravou ena
ilakolako ki na sotasota ni
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vakayacori tiko mai Javani.
“Au kerei kemudou mo
dou guilecava na druka ena
2011 ni yabaki sa oti, ia, mo
dou tekivu kakavaki tiko
yani ki na sotasota ni bilo
ni vuravura (World Cup)
mai Igiladi,” a tautaunaka
o Ratu Epeli.
“Na nomudou lako mai
vei au, e vakaraitaka ni dou
sa vakarau tu ka keimami
sa na nanamaki tiko kina
na lewenivanua e Viti,” a
kuria o koya.
Ena sota tiko o Viti kei
Javani ena imatai ni wavoki
ni bera ni qai laki sota kei
Sikoteladi, Samoa ka na
tarava sara o Toga ena vula
oqo o Jiune.
Na sota oqo kei Javani e
se qai isevu ni qito ni timi
15 ni Viti ni oti mai na
sotasota ni ni vuravura ena
yabaki sa oti.
“Sa na salavata
kei kemudou na
veivakalougatataki ni
vanua o Viti kei ira na
lewena vaka kina na nodra
vakanuinui vinaka.
“Mo ni nanuma ni
keimami tokoni kemuni
tiko,” a kaya o Nailatikau.
“Ni kila vinaka ni dau
ca na uluda na kai Viti
ena rakavi. Mo ni solia
na nomuni maqosa kei
na kaukauwa kece ena
sotasota oqo,” kaya o Ratu
Epeli.
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ivakarau ni lisitaki ni qele ni
itaukei ena noda vanua me laki
vakayagataki ki Bokanivili me
sa vakayagataki tiko e Viti.
Eratou via vulica talega
na eso me sega kina ni rawa
ni dua e siova mai taudaku na
ka me baleti koya na itaukei
ni qele.
Era via mai dikeva talega
na iwalewale ni veisemati
ni tabana ni listaki qele kei
na matanitu ka vaka kina na
ivakarau ni kena maroroi na
itukutuku baleta na qele kei na
iqoliqoli.
E ratou via mai vulica
talega na iwalewale cava e
vakayagataka o Viti vei ira
na sotia era dau lesu mai na
veqaravi ni veisaututaki mai na
tokalau e loma.
Eratou kerea talega me
ratou mai vulica na iwalewale
ni nona qaravi ira na dau ni
bisinisi e Viti vakabibi ena
kena vakayagataki na iyau bula
ni noda vanua me vaka na niu.
Eratou na via sikova talega
na noda vei koro vaka-Viti eso
kei na bisinisi ni saravanua
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ni
iyau bula (eco-tourism) kei
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na kena rawa ni vukea na bula
ERATOU a vakacabora nodratou isevusevu
na nodra mai vakasokumuni tukutuku ena
vakailavo ni matanitu.
ki vua na Prime Minister ni noda vanua o
veiwalewale ni veiqaravi eso ena veitabana
Eratou via mai raica talega na
Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama e dua na mata
duidui ena noda vanua.
veivanua eso e rawa ni rau veiwekani kina
ilawalawa mai na matanitu tu vakataki koya
E veiliutaki tiko mai na ilakolako oqo na
o Bokanivili kei Viti me vaka na qito,
mai Bokanivili.
minisita ni itukutuku mai Bokanivili.
saravanua kei na levu tale na ivurevure ni
Na ilakolako oqo e salavata tiko mai kei
Eratou via mai vulica ka dikeva na
bula vakailavo.
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Veivuke
ena vakau
ivoli ki
vanua tani
SA tiko e dua na tabana
vakarautaki me vukei ira na
dau ni bisinisi volitaki iyau
ki vavalagi ka vakatokai me
National Export Strategy
(NES).
A tauyavutaki na tabana
oqo ena 2006 ena veivuke
ni Ministry of Industry and
Trade.
Ena kena ivakarau
me rau na sainitaka
edua na veidinadinati na
Tabacakacaka ni Veivoli kei
koya na dau vakau ivoli ke
sa na mani vagolei vua na
veivuke.
E ono na iwasewase ni
volitaki iyau ki vavalagi oya
na; tabana ni teitei, tabana ni
veikau, na ICT, na volitaki
wai, na caka iyaloyalo kei
na iyaya ni soko.
Oqo e dua na veivuke
e solia wale na matanitu ka
sega ni na saumi lesu ka na
sega talega ni na dua nona
cau lailai na dau vakau ivoli.
E nona sasaga na
matanitu me ra vukei o ira
oqo mai na $1 na milioni na
ilavo votai ki na Fiji Export
Strategy.
Era sa vukei oti e 29 na
bisinisi ka sa oti na matanitu
e $5.1 na milioni mai na 2006
ki na yabaki sa oti ka dola
tu na kerekere vei ira na dau
vakau ivoli se lewenivanua.
O ira e rawa ni vukei
me sa sivia na 12 na vula
na balavu ni gauna era sa
volitaki iyau tiko kina ki
vavalagi.
Me ra solia yani na nodra
TIN number kei na nodra
registration certificate kei na
nodra laiseni ni volitaki iyau
ki vanuatani.
Me vakadonui mai BioSecurity na vanua e caka
bisinisi kina, me vakarautaki
yani na veika baleta nona
akaude ni baqe, kei na naba
ni rejisitaki ni nona kabani.
Gadrevi me na
vakarautaka talega na
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volitaki iyau ki vavalagi ena
loma ni 12 na vula.
Ena gauna sa soli kina
na ilavo eratou na qai dau
laki sikovi ira tiko me
vakadinadinataki na vanua
sa vakayagataki tiko kina na
ilavo oqo.
FIJI FOCUS
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raraba ni buli lawatu
SA na tekivutaki saraga ena vula mai
oqo o Jiulai na ciqomi ni vakatutu kei na
veitalanoa raraba me baleta na yavu ni
vakavulewa vou.
Oqo e salavata tiko ga kei na
itukutuku a kacivaka na iliuliu ni
matanitu o Josai Voreqe Bainimarama
ena itekivu ni yabaki oqo.
Era oka eke na lewenivanua kece,
veisoqosoqo lotu kei na veisoqosoqo
ena taudaku ni matanitu mera na bosea
ka vakatututaki ki na matabose ni
buli yavu ni vakatulewa na veika era
nanuma me na umani ena yavu vou ni
vakavulewa.
Kaya na Minisita ni Lawa o Aiyaz
Sayed-Khaiyum ni sa kacivaka oti o
Bainimarama ni sa na vakamuria na
Yavu ni Vakavulewa vou oqo eso
na idusidusi e vakayagataki raraba e
vuravura ka na sega ni na veisautaki.
Oqo me vaka na okati vakatautauvata
na lewenivanua (equal and common
citizenry), dua na tamata dua na
digidigi, bokoci ni digidigi vakawa
tamata, dodonu ni bula vinaka kei na
bula vakailavo, tekivutaki na veidigidigi
ena yabaki 18 lako cake, tu vakaikoya
ni Mataveilewai, kei na kau laivi ni
veivakaduiduitaki vaka mata tamata.
Kaya na ivukevuke ni Vunivola
Tudei ni Tabana ni veisau se SFCCO
o Edward Tunidau ni sa na tekivu ena
yabaki oqo me ratou sa na vunautaka
ena veikoro e Viti na cakacaka ni buli
yavu ni vakavulewa.
“Keitou sa laki tekivu
vakamacalataka tiko na veika ena caka
ena kena buli na Yavu ni Vakavulewa
vou,” a kaya o Tunidau.
Sa vakaraitaka talega na mata nei
Indonesia e Viti o Chandra Salim ni sa
tu vakarau na nona matanitu me vukei
Viti ena vakarautaki ni veika me baleta
na veidigidigi ke gadrevi na veivuke.
A sa kacivaka oti na o Bainimarama
ni na buli taumada na Yavu Ni
Vakavulewa vou ni bera na veidigidigi
ena 2014.
Kaya kina ni taura e tinikarua na
vula na cakacakataki ni vakatutu kei na
kena veivosakitaki raraba na Yavu ni
Vakavulewa vou.
O ni sa sureti kina na lewenivanua
mo ni taura na gauna vinaka oqo mo ni
bulia kina vaka yalomatua na nomuni
vakatutu me ratou na ciqoma na komiti
ni Yavu ni Vakavulewa.
Mai na Julai ki na Seviteba eratou
sa na vakaitavi kina na Matabose ni
Yavu ni Vakavulewa me ratou sota kei
kemuni na lewenivanua.
Sa na qai laveti cake ki na
Constitutional Assembly na vakatutu
kece sa digitaki mai vei kemuni na
lewenivanua me na qai vakaraica tale
vakavinaka na matabose oya, ni bera
ni soli yani vua na Peresitedi ni noda
vanua ena mua ni yabaki 2013.
Sa navuci tiko me na qai tarava sara
yani ena 2014 na veidigidigi levu.
Sa vtukuna talega o Ositerelia
nona veitokoni ki na buli Yavu ni
Vakavulewa kei na Veidigidigi nei Viti.
Kaya na minisita ni veika ni vanua
tani o Bob Carr ni tokona o Ositerelia
na sasaga oqo nei Viti ka sa na solia mai
kina e $4 na milioni me vukei Viti ena
sasaga ni buli Yavu ni Vakavulewa kei
na Veidigidigi se gaunisala ki na bula ni
veiliutaki ni lewenivanua (democracy).
Levu na
veika me
qaravi ena
yasana
o Tailevu
ENA vakayagataka tiko na
matanitu e $2 na milioni
ena yasana vakaturaga
o Tailevu me baleta na
veivakatorocaketaki.
Sa vakaraitaka oqo na
Provincial Administrator e
Tailevu o Pauliasi Nene ni
levu duadua na ilavo ena
vakayagataki ena tabana ni
gaunisala (Roads).
“E na vakayagataki ena
tabana ni gaunisala e Taialevu
ena yabaki oqo e $770,000
ka okati kina e 7 na cakacaka
ni ta gaunisala ena ruku ni
PSIP,” kaya o Nene.
E kaya ni okati kina o
Vusuya, Soa, Vunidawa,
Verata, Nawiwaivusa,
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na Nasau road.
Na ikarua ni tabana
ka levu na ilavo ena
vakayagataki kina mai oya
na veivakatorocaketaki ena
Tabacakacaka ni Vuli.
“E na vakayagataki
ena yasana o Tailevu ena
tabana ni vuli e $602,000.
E tiko e Tailevu e 47 na
koronivuli primary kei na 8
na secondary. Era vuli tiko
ena vei koronivuli e Tailevu e
6987 na gonevuli.”
Ena tarava yani na tabana
ni Bula Raraba ka na
vakayagataki tiko kina e rauta
ni $400,000 ena yabaki oqo.
“E 1284 na vuvale era
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assistance’ ka 181 na vuvale
era ciqoma tiko na veivuke
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kaya o Nene.
Na vakadidike e
vakayacora e Tailevu na
Tabana ni Bula Raraba esa
muduki kina nodra vukei e 30
na lewenivanua ka laurai ni sa
sega ni ganita mera vukei.
Ena tarava yani na
veivakatorocaketaki ni
matanitu baleta na wai
ka veiqaravi kina Water
Authority of Fiji.
Na vo ni ilavo ni
veivakatorocaketaki ni
matanitu ena loma ni yasana
ena gole ki na veiqaravi
ni Tabana ni Marama, Fiji
Hardwood, Land and Water
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na vuqa tale.
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SA vakaraitaka ki ena Bose ni
Yasana o Tailevu na Manidia Levu
ni Matabose ni Qele Maroroi ni
iTaukei ni rawata na matabose ena
maliwa ni 2008 ki na 2011 e rauta
ni $42 na milioni.
E kaya o Alipate Qetaki ni ra
sa vakauqeti tiko na itaukei ni qele
me ra tadolova yani na buturara ni
bisinisi ka sa tiko kina na takete ena
$44 ki na $46 na milioni.
E kaya ni dina ga ni se tikoga
ena $27.7 na milioni na dinau ni lisi
oya me yacova na ika 30 ni Tiseba
ni 2011.
“Sa kumuna rawa na matabose
e $4 na milioni ka sa lutu kina
na levu ni dinau ki na $23.4 na
million,” a kaya o Qetaki.
Ia, na tubu ni ilavo e kumuna
rawa na matabose ka tabaki toka
mai cake oya e kaya o Qetaki ni vu
mai na veiveisau lelelvu (reforms)
e vakayacori ena matabose ni qele
June 10, 2012
maroroi ni itaukei.
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e yaco ena matabose mai na 2008
ki na 2012 ka dikevi kina na
kena cicivaki na matabose ka tiko
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Qetaki.
E kuria o Qetaki ni ripote oya sa
mai dikeva talega na mona livaliva
%$':5(56",*'%5'WIT system’ me
rawa ni vinaka ka matata kina na
veiqaravi.
“Sa veisau na veiliutaki ena
matabose ka sa na dikevi tiko ena
loma ni va na yabaki oqo, ka sa
wanonova matua sara tiko mai na
matanitu na veiqaravi ni TLTB,”
kaya o koya.
E kaya ni sa tokona sara tiko na
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and procedures’ ni matabose.
3D5'($K"',5K5'%5'Wdairy policy’,
W7"-*,(-2'="0$92L8'Wtourism policy’,
K*$'%5'Whousing policy’.”
Kuria ni sa vaqaqacotaki
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nodra muria na lawa ni veiqaravi na
tamata cakacaka.
“Mai na 2008 ki na 2011 era
vaqaqai e levu na ivakalesilesi ena
vei ripote e ciqomi ka sega so ni
vinaka. Mai na 2008 ki na 2011 e
rauta ni 35 na ivakalesilesi era sa
mai vakacegui.
“Oya e dua na itavi levu, itavi
ni veivakasavasavataki ka muri
vakavinaka na kena lawa ka lewe va
era sa tini sara ki na mataveilewai
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Kaya o Qetaki ni sa
vaqaqacotaki talega na
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veivakacakacakataki ni matabose.
“Oqo me rawa ni ra gole yani
ki na matabose o ira e tu vei ira na
kila me rawa ni ra vakayagataki
baleta na qele ni itaukei.”
Kaya o Kurusiga ni veiveisau
oqo ena toroya cake na kumuni
ilavo ni matabose.
“Sa mai qaravi rawa na kumuni
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accounts’ ni matabose mai na 2006
ki na 2008.
“Ka sa qaravi tiko ena gauna oqo
na dikevi ni itukutuku vakailavo
mai 2009 ki na 2010.
“Nanumi me dikevi talega na
itukutuku vakailavo ni 2011 ni mai
cava na 2012.”
E kaya ni sa mai veisautaki
na iwalewale ni kena dikevi na
itukutuku vakailavo ni matabose
ena 2010 ki 2012 me salavata
kei na iwalewale e vakadonuya
na International Institute of
Accountants.
Sa vakalailaitaki talega na
iwiliwili ni vakailesilesi, eliu e 202
ena va na kena vale ni volavola,
ena gauna oqo e 171 ga na itutu sa
tawani tiko.
“Na itutu elala ena dua sara na
vuna vinaka me na qai tawani kina.
“Oqo me rawa ni maninitaki
vakavinaka talega kina na ilavo ni
nona veiqaravi na matabose ni qele
maroroi.”
Kaya o Qetaki ni cicivaki
koya taudua tikoga vakailavo na
matabose ka kena isau e rauta ni
$11.6 na milioni.
“E rauta saka ni $5.6 na milioni
e kau mai ena 15 na pasede ni ilavo
ni lisi.
“Na kena vo e kau mai ena
ilavo lavaki ni veiqaravi vei ira
na lewenivanua ka rauta ni 50 na
pasede ni ilavo oya.
“E sega ni dua na ilavo ni e solia
mai na matanitu me cicivaki kina na
matabose.”
E kaya ni sa gadrevi talega me
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vaka ni sega ni dau caka tu e liu na
veiqaravi oqo.
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FIJI,
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YOU
AND
VERNACULAR
FOR
ME
June 10, 2012
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qai dola na
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SA kacivaka na Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC)
ni sa na qaravi oti na tara ni ikawakawa ni
sitima na Navo Railway Bridge ni bera ni dola
na iqaqi ni suka.
Na ikawakawa oqo mai Navo a vakacacani
ena waluvu ni vula o Maji ka vakaraitaka na
FSC ni sa toso vinaka tiko na kena tara tale.
E kaya o Abdul Khan na ivakalesilesi e cake
ni FSC ni sa namaki tiko me na vakacavari na
cakacaka ni kawakawa mai Navo ni bera ni
dola na iqaqi ena vula mai oqo.
E kaya ni ra sa cakacaka tiko vakagumatua
na konitaraki tiko mai Navo me na rawa ni
vakacavari na cakacaka ena kena gauna totolo.
Ia e kuria o Khan ni kevaka ena berabera na
kena tara na wavu mai Navo, ena veivuke na
FSC ena usa ni dovu ki na iqaqi mai Lautoka.
Sa veivakadeitaki talega na FSC vei ira na
dautei dovu ena maliwa kei Sigatoka vata kei
Nadi me ra kua ni lomaleqa ena usa ni nodra
dovu ki na iqaqi ni suka mai Lautoka.
E kaya o Khan ni nona itavi na FSC me
usana na dovu, ia, e sa kilakila tale tiko ga na
matanitu ena dredre e lako curumi tiko ni toi na
waluvu ena vula o Maji.
E kaya na Vunivola Tudei ni Minisitiri
ni Suka o Manasa Vaniqi nis sa tiko edua na
ituvatuva ni veivuke ni kena usani na dovu ki
na iqaqi ena FSC Master Plan.
E kaya kina o Vaniqi ni sa kauwai tiko na
matanitu ka na saumi lesu o ira na dautei dovu
ke ra vakayagataka na lori me usani kina na
nodra dovu me vaka ni sau levu.
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SA laurai ni sa toka vinaka sara
na itagede ni saumi dinau ni noda
matanitu ena imatai ni vula tolu ni
yabaki oqo - 2012.
Oqo me vakatauvatani kei na
imatai ni vula tolu ni yabaki sa oti.
E kaya na Vunivola Tudei
ni Minisitiri ni Lavo o Filimone
Waqabaca ni sa tiko ena 47.7
na pasede na ituvaki ni dinau ni
matanitu me vakatauvatani kei na 52
na pasede ena gauna vata oqo ena
yabaki sa oti.
E kuria o Waqabaca ni tiko ena
$3.561 na bilioni na noda dinau ena
imatai ni vula tolu ka rauta ni $2.753
na bilioni na dinau ena noda vanua
ka $808 na milioni na kena mai
taudaku se vanua tani.
E kaya o Waqabaca me vaka ni
sa laurai na tubu ni noda rawa ka ki
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;-"#>9('j'`.;V8',5'%5'#5>:5K5',5-5'
na kena na bokoci se vinaka cake na
ituvaki no noda saumi dinau.
E kuria ni tuvatuva ni matanitu
Tubu tiko na
kauwai ena
tiko bulabula
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me na vakayacori ga na kerekere
se dinau me salavata kei na
veivakatorocaketaki ena rawa ni
vueta na ituvaki ni bula vakailavo ni
noda matanitu.
E kaya o Waqabaca ni usutu
tale tikoga ni nona dau kerekere
na matanitu me saumi kina na
veivakatorocaketaki lelevu e
vakadonui ena ituvatuva vakailavo
ni matanitu (Annual Budget).
Ka kena ikuri ni sa vakatubura
tiko o Viti na nona vakatubu ilavo
ki vanuatani ka sa tiko ena $123 na
milioni ena gauna oqo.
E kuria kina o Waqabaca ni oqo
sa veivuke sara ena kena saumi
vakatotolo e vuqa sara na dinau mai
vanua tani.
Ia, ena gauna vata oya sa ciqoma
oti na matanitu e rauta ni $211.8 na
milioni na kerekere ni mai vakatubu
bisinisi ena noda vanua vei ira na
kena dau mai vanua tani.
E namaki me na
vakacakacakataki kina e 1623 na
lewe ni noda vanua.
E kaya kina na valenivolavola
ni Investment Fiji ni sa kena irairai
ni da na yacova yani na $699
na milioni na levu ni ilavo ena
vakatuburi ena noda vanua mai na
bisinisi ena yabaki oqo.
E kaya na Investment Fiji ni oqo
e rauta ni 7.5 na pasede na tubu ka
sa vakaraitaka na nodra veivakabauti
na daunibisinisi mai vanuatani me
ra mai vakayaco bisinisi ena noda
vanua.
‘Me ra
tokoni na
goneyalewa’
TABANA E 22
www.fiji.gov.fj
June 10, 2012