It appears evidently and reportedly clear, that the third world developing South Pacific Island nation, Fiji, is bent on its accelerated pathways to a “cashless” economy, to “keep up with the Joneses” in developed nations like our big brothers in Australia, New Zealand, and beyond.
In doing so, please always remember our fellow sisters and brothers, who are not computer, tablet, fast-phone and I.T. savvy.
The poorer members in our community who do not have access to internet services will suffer the greatest.
Our older school “senior citizens” will unfortunately be left out.
They toil hard to earn a decent dollar.
To them, cash and their cheque books are their means of economic survival.
Let us all have a generous and accommodating heart.
Less haste and a more caring nature in this field of economic progress, please.
Most back-office employees still have work to do, manually. Do not deprive them of their “bread and butter” in the name of progress.
After all, “Fiji time” still works … most days.
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