Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Fiji Investor confidence eroding due to Politics.

Link to an article dissecting the Reconciliation Bill.

Qarase's cronies are feeling the heat after getting a disturbing phone call.
About time these crooks lose sleep in the dirty dealings.
Their dealings is called 'State Capture'. When a group of select individuals hijack the Government machinery in getting their immoral and vile agenda's passed into law.

Fiji Visitors Bureau is on damage control.
This is probably after Bill Gavoka overturned commerce procedures
by commenting on political sensitive issues. Bill recently showed his political cards by supporting the Reconciliation Bill being pushed by Qarase's S.D.L party.

Fiji Labour Party are lobbying the President Iloilo for an early election as an indication of the public losing confidence in the Government arrogant policies.

'Under the table' dealings by Native Land Trust Board continues. Maybe this law of seizing state property to cover costs as suggested by a lawyer should be looked into.
Fiji Government policy of Affirmative Action ( which is basically a vote-buying exercise) involves the tranfer of traditional fishing grounds (qoliqoli)to the traditional family unit (mataqali). This explosive issue enters a crucial phase requiring a new paradigm.
Savusavu a new 'Pacific harbour'.This demand for land has placed a new definition to the "Sooners".
A term attached to the Oklahoma land race, whoever arrives at a pristine location the 'soonest' becomes the legal owner. This is obviously after the Native Americans were conveniently herded out of the picture and into reservations.
Right now, the Native Americans have opened tribal casinos owned by the individual Tribes via a trust fund organization ( with all members on the board) across the U.S and enjoy tax free status by the U.S Federal Government; as a gesture of attonement for past deeds.

It's a shame that model is NOT ( never has) seriously being considered or studied on the possibility of being applied in Fiji. There isn't enough resources spent on long range planning by Government Departments. The entire civil service in Fiji is brain washed to 'suck up' to the authority. No wonder no conscientious objectors to this Reconciliation Bill. Only a single galant chief from Vanua Levu, Tui Macuata has the moral courage to disassociate himself with it. Fiji needs more chiefs who can 'call a spade, a spade'.

The Fiji Government ministry would rather pay a Minister's airfare and accomodation to a far off conference. At times the official will not even attend, like the case of C.E.O of Ministry of Women Affairs in New York.

This case only surfaced after a subsequent complaint by acommpanying NGO's to the conference and noticed the empty desk with the flag and fancy name plaques throughout the conference. The NGO's complained to the Fiji media and a huge P.R was done by this C.E.O to save face in public. However the damage was done.
Fiji suffers from the Gold fish syndrome. When placed into a larger tank, they continue to swim in their own circle of comfort.
Article on Vijay Singh's home coming. Interesting gallery on Vijay Singh's recent trip to Fiji.

Fiji Vice President intelligence is abundantly clear when he makes these suggestions. Unlike the suggestions of Qarase, Qoroniasi et all.

Someone once said "Small minds talk about small things and Big minds talk about big things."

Alot have been said on invesing in Fiji. On one corner, F.N.P.F is looking for investment opportunities overseas.
One another corner, another obscure film organization is seeking big money from Hollywood.

So what is glarringly absent in Fiji is the creative capacity to harness capital investment in Film Production. F.A.V.C has the tax rebates passed already.
F.N.P.F is not thinking well outside the box to secure deal in co-financing with a Hollywood Production company and create their own production based on a good script.
Too bad F.N.P.F has already invested in Yaqara Movie studio, without getting the creative core first trained and established in Fiji.
Fiji T.V will be getting more competition from PBS. This is the business template that Fijians should be focussed
on.

The trouble in Fiji is that, the crab analogy really applies. The framework of institutions will create stumbling blocks to any new developments that will threaten the status quo of social status in Fiji.
Bad things happen when Good people fall silent.

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