BORRON HOUSE RETURNED
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY GETS HANDED BACK SAMABULA RESIDENCE. President Major-General (Ret’d) Jioji Konrote and staff move out of Borron House now that construction work at State House has been completed. Official ceremony was conducted on Friday to formally give back Borron House residence to ministry.
The President of Fiji, Major-General (Ret’d) Jioji Konrote, together with the staff of the Office of the President commemorated and formally handed back Borron House to the care and custody of the Construction and Implementation Unit (CIU) of the Ministry of Economy on Friday.
The ceremony was conducted at the
State House Conservatory.
The handover date was special because on July 11, 2017, Borron House was blessed and dedicated with a house warming ceremony.
While the State House underwent construction work.
The Office of the President officially acquired the property to be the State
House.
It was at Borron House that many dignified guests were hosted including:
• The Duke and Duchess of Sussex;
• The Crown Prince of Norway, His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon; • The President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid;
• The Prime Minister of Samoa – Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi;
• The United Nations Secretary General –Antonio Guterres;
• The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters;
• And the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury - Most Reverend Justin Welby to name a few.
The President in his remarks to those converged at the State House Conservatory for the handover, stated that Borron House was a National Heritage Property and we as a nation need to preserve its integrity and sanctity.
In attendance at the handover ceremony were the Head of the Construction and Implementation Unit (CIU), Shah Mohammed and his team, with former and present caretakers of Borron House.