December 4 events
I read with great interest the feature article (FT Nov 20) on the Suva-Nadi highway, and the efforts that were made to complete this to a reasonable standard for motorists. I believe the Public Works Department deserves congratulations. They have achieved a very reasonable standard of road. I have been a visitor to
Fiji on regular occasions since 1971, and a number of those visits have used road transport between Nadi and
Suva.
December 1975
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December 4, 1984 Call to modify education curriculum There was an urgent need in Fiji to modify what was being taught, if pupils were to get real benefit from their schooling, the Secretary for Education, Filipe Bole, said. Speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Corpus Christi Teachers College in Suva, he said teachers had been trying to make education more relevant to the needs of young people. ‘Schooling must inculcate in them a sense of commitment and of service to their own community,’ he said.
December 4, 1976 Speaker warns on housing deterioration
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mosese Qionibaravi, has warned that the country's housing situation would continue to ‘deteriorate’ if the Government did not give the problem high priority. Mr Qionibaravi was commenting in the House last week on $1.1 million shortfall in the Government's grant to the Housing Authority
for the next 12 months.
December 4, 1977 Visitors defeat Nadi side
The touring St GeorgeBudapest under-21 soccer team from Australia easily defeated the Nadi side 3-0 at Prince Charles Park, Nadi yesterday. The visitors showed better teamwork, ball control and more accurate passing and despite some strong resistance by the opposition in the second half, they had the match virtually under its command.
December 4, 1981 Association to discuss failing tourist industry
The Suva Market Curio Vendors and Manufactures Association will discuss the failing tourist industry and moves to attract more tourists at its annual meeting in Suva on March 7. The association hopes to come up with suggestions to improve the tourist industry and the curio trade. The association secretary, Narayan Prasad Rania, said he had invited the Mayor, Cr Len Usher, association's patron, Chandra Pillay, and officials of the Fiji Visitors Bureau to speak at the meeting.
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