When kids want to be Pele!
WORKING with children on behalf of the UN and UNICEF Pele said “Every kid in the world who plays football wants to be Pele - which means I have the responsibility of showing them how to be a footballer, but also how to be a also a member of, I wish him, together with all our members, congratulations and good governance. Hope he gets some time from his busy schedule to play golf with the FSGA members. VIJAY P. MADHAVAN Borron Rd, Suva [good] man” (Pele The Autobiography, 2006).
Pele fulfilled that responsibility honourably.
He was a universal role model of success matched with humility and compassion. good and bitter memories.
As we bid 2022 goodbye, let’s hope for the best in 2023 in terms of democracy, communication, collaboration, good health, financial stability, more employment opportunities, success in sports, safer communities for women, children and girls, reduced violence, crime and poverty rate and freedom of expression to individuals and trade unions.
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We can all draw inspiration from Pele’s example for football artistry and human decency.
May the global icon RIP.
RAJEND NAIDU Sydney, Australia
It is important that we join hands to take our beloved Fiji forward.
Let’s leave the scars of hatred behind and embrace oneness, unity, love and togetherness.
At this juncture, I acknowledge the humanitarians, civil servants, market vendors, public service drivers, bank workers, health staff, cashiers, waitresses’, salespersons and all those
Fijians who served us tirelessly. I thank our letters to the editor family for the valuable contribution and I pay tribute to Simon Hazelman.
I lost my mother in 2020, and I plead with children whose parents are alive, to please look after them and shower them with love and care.
I plead with school students to make use of the
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