Letters quality
Devlin Chung, Brisbane
It is without a doubt that I find the contributions of ‘Letters to the Editor” very interesting and constructive on the affairs in Fiji.
The quality and standard of writing from locals have come a long way since in well expressed and choice opinions making the articles well worth reading.
It is very encouraging to reward contributors as writer of the month hence developing the standard of writing which was once the bastion of English being their only language spoken at home.
Keep up the good thought provoking contributions to all those whose passion runs high as amateur writers.
Good Samaritans
Pradeep Chand, Tavua
Who says there is a shortage of Good Samaritans?
International Congress of Fiji Incorporated Services deserves acknowledgement for their support to Fijian schools for over a decade.
Tavua College is indeed fortunate to have received a container load of furniture from New Zealand last month. This eventuated when Ahmed Bhamji Babu visited Fiji to see firsthand damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Winston. It did not take him long to gather support in New Zealnd and Australia for Tavua College from members of ICF Incorporated.
I am informed that Mr Bhamji was able to convince Air New Zealand to assist Tavua College. This discussion eventuated in Tavua College receiving some very good quality furniture.
On behalf of Tavua College management, students, teachers and parents, I wish to thank Mr Bhamji, Air New Zealand and the members of ICF Incorporated for delivering a container load of furniture at our door step at no cost to us.
May God bless us all.
Road to Grace Kitchen
Neelz Singh, Lami
A big vinaka to the Grace Road Kitchen team for providing such a healthy chain of menu in their restaurant.
Now consider the price since all the food served are locally-grown in Navua and also I3 was surprised to see the variety of dishes in Korean served in local style.
Considered favourite and healthy will be a wise choice for your family if you are dining out. We need to promote locally grown and healthy food.
Keep in mind reasonable prices to suit all customers.
GCC reinstatement
Tukai Lagonilakeba, Namaka, Nadi
In the composition of our Great Council of Chiefs, can Reverend Akuila Yabaki educate the general public on the eligibility and criteria of all those past registered members and which vanua from the three confederacies do they represent as compared to why the non-eligibility of other iTaukei non- member chiefs, why only a chosen few with their ill-conceived political agendas?
Their nominations smack of discrimination and elitism representing only a few and realistically Timoci Gaunavinaka is absolutely correct in that they do not represent all iTaukei landowners in his letter 08/05/16 contrary to Akuila’s letter of May 11 in the other newspaper.
It is also a known fact that no chief in our country owns any land as it was either given to them through kinship or for a generous kind deed; it is his clan members that own the resources through their individual tokatoka, mataqali and yavusa respectively or communally owned similar to those from the province of Kadavu and Rewa.
Can he specifically give statistics on the exact number of bonafide VKB registered iTaukei landowners and from which part of Fiji those are still adamant our Government reinstate the taxpayer money-wasting and unproductive rubber stamp, the Great Council of Chiefs.
Please Rev Yabaki, do not speculate but provide statistical evidence but contrary to your claims, the majority of eligible registered iTaukei voters had agreed and mandated our FijiFirst Government through their votes to show their support for the abolishment of the GCC in the September 14, 2014 elections.
This time around in our 2018 election, we will again reconfirm but with a much bigger stunning overwhelming iTaukei majority to register our dissatisfaction and opposition to its existence as it is no longer relevant in our multiracial country.
But apart from the 95 per cent of chiefs who supported the Voreqe Bainimarama Government and who are also signatories and founding members of the FijiFirst political party which also included high chiefs from Kadavu, Rewa, Tailevu, Vanualevu, Lomaiviti, Yasawa and the whole Western Division, Ro Teimumu is on record in Parliament saying she will reinstate the GCC through a SODELPA special funding.
I look forward to seeing the composition of its members of her GCC.
Best bus ride ever
Tomasi Boginiso, Nasinu
Recently a bus ride from Lautoka to Suva was the best ever I have been on.
With two movies and no interruption at all, even no checker checking the tickets till our arrival in Suva.
The only stopover was at Sigatoka just to stretch your legs but apart from that everything was just perfect.
The air conditioning was in working order, the seats were comfortable and the bus clean as ever. Hope all the long rides are of a similar nature.
Olympic gold test
Savenaca Vakaliwaliwa, Delta, BC, Canada
It is great that coach Ben Ryan will be aiming for the Vodafone Fijian 7s team to finish on a high note in the World Sevens Series by winning the last two remaining legs in Paris and London (FS 9/5).
If our boys do win back to back, then they are surely on track of making history by winning the first Olympic Gold medal for Fiji, ever.
I am looking at it this way: the Vodafone Fijian 7s team rested and won the Las Vegas title. They rested again and won Hong Kong.
If they win the Paris title this week after having rested, then our boys have passed the Olympic Gold test because of consistency.
Go Fiji go!
Man-made
natural disaster
Wise Muavono , Lautoka
Global warming, threatening the survival of our civilisation and the habitability of the earth. How ironic that it is a man-made natural disaster. Sad eh !
Tragedies
Kirti Patel , Lautoka
So many tragedies are taking place here recently, from missing people to road accidents and to murders.
Makes one wonder what is happening to our paradise. Our slogan “Fiji the way the world should be,” is fading away.
God knows what the reasons are, but it is not reflecting a good picture for our paradise. Hope common sense prevails.
May God bless Fiji!