So does the actions of Fiji Women's N.G.O's.
The rate at which Fiji's the 'bean counters' overlook numerical accucracy in their operating procedures. The more occurences of over-spending of Fiji's treasury.
The migration of skilled nurses from Fiji shores is only one dimension of the problem, of the lack of an adequate living wage scale in Fiji that factors in the high taxes and under par basic services of water, electricity and telephone bills. Need I say more.
The layer of old farts in decision making positions in Fiji have placed an artificial ceiling on low income wages while neglecting to rein in excessive salary levels of Executive pay scale.
Fiji Civil Service has a unit called Higher Salaries Commision which monitors the salaries of all executives in every state and private organization. This unit have developed a formula that projects a straight line graph on the incremental increases that they think Fiji's economy is capable of sustaining.
The same people are at it trying to prevent Fiji from developing. Home Affairs minister is caught with his pants down by interfearing with staff selections which affects people's liveli-hood. Good people willing to speak out against injustice in Fiji.
Senator Koila Nailatikau, daughter of the late Fiji President Ratu Mara lashes out at the inconsistencies of Qarase's idealogies and brings up the neglected public infrastructure which should be a higher priority, if Qarase was serious in being a statesman. S.D.L/C.A.M.V coalition policies reverse the long standing tradition of multi-racialism in Fiji, spits on the pedestal of human rights and thumbs their noses at international opposers to this R.T.U Bill. When transparent dialogue is warranted.
Koila asks an important question: Why can't Qarase et all, unable to function without the coup perpertraitors? The same question which Kotobalavu, the C.E.O of Prime Minister's office evaded, goose stepped. Typical yes-man and echos the used diatribe that R.T.U Bill is important in the long term interest of Fiji. You're entitled to your own opinions, Mssr Kotobalavu, whether or not it is the god-given truth, is debatable.
N.L.T.B is obviously trying to justify it's role in changing native agricultural land into commercial property. Imagine it took them all this time to implement it. The N.L.T.B complains of lack of funding, yet the Fiji National Provident Fund is seeking viable projects to invest their surplus funds in.
The logical option of having F.N.P.F invest in this particular kind of landowner commercial projects is NOT being widely adapted for an age old reason.
The policiy of creating stumbling blocks for the financial independence of commoners. Social stratifying the chiefs interests by giving them carte blanche in Fijian Holdings under the smokes screen of Fijian supremacy and Affirmative Action. Which realistically is a voter-buying scheme.
That Nadi landowner, creating the Westfield city project is not subscribing to the N.L.T.B's colonial template of selective social engineering. Good for him. I wish every landowner in Fiji shared his vision. Maybe the political problems will diminish drastically due to shared wealth, leading to financially independent Fijians and lower unemployement and crime.
Fiji Reserve Bank is releasing a new definition of "foreign reserves" which may take years to filter down to the actual working class of accountants and bankers. How does this affect Fiji's macro-economy has not been outlined by the Fiji Reserve bank.
Fiji's agricultural Minsiter is raising an entrepreneurial opputunity that has escaped the imagination of successive Fiji Government policies. Past agricultural projects have failed due to the lack of project oversight and reporting as well as the abscence of qualified and industrious personnel.
The root problems within Fiji Agricultral Ministry still exists. The time for excuses is over, it's time that these C.E.O take some responsability in their decisions. Fiji's laws should also penalise officials who are not performing.
Even Fiji lacks a comprehensive energy policy. Qarase touts this Bio-fuel concept but
files the project under maybe. If Qarase at least used the same urgency used in bulldozing the R.T.U Bill in Fiji, to push this project forward just shows how backward the entrenched mentality in Fiji's decision making roles.
Neglect Engineering, Science and Techonology and one accelerates their own economic demise.
The misconception that having Fijians at the helm of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society( P.I.C.I.S.O.C) will bring success in Fiji's internet capacity cannot be serious considered. Due to the fact that this organization will have to intiate the reformative policies of combating the digital divide in Fiji.
It is a fact, that Moore's Law concludes that the power of microprocessors will increase exponentially every 18 months. USA's bandwidth increases every 2 years.
I believe, Fiji bandwidth capacity will not be expected to expand much until the Telecomunication monopoly in Fiji is removed. Reforms is a necessary evil, if Fiji wants to be a economic juggernaut in the South Pacific. Not undertaking reform of multi-industries, Fiji's dream will remain just that. Successful action, requires self-discipline. Like this office of the Ombudsman in Fiji. They should at least consider opening another permanent office in Vanua Levu, to cater for the population base. This underfunding of crucial state oversight mechanims, is being deliberately financially strangled, to propogate this culture of cronyism and corruption in Fiji.
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