About the Now and Then Fiji
‘Now and Then Fiji’ is a group on Facebook consisting of enthusiasts of photographs of Fiji once upon a time and today.
Terry Hulme is the admin of the ‘Now and Then Fiji’ Facebook group. He has approved of the photos and information from his page.
These two pictures were featured in the Now and Then Fiji Facebook Group.
‘Now and Then’ Facebook group prompts members to respond on the spot and pass on their own experiences of times and places gone by. If you have old photos in your physical or digital album and would like them to feature in our column, please email them to jennis.naidu@
Fiji’s efforts to enhance the country’s immigration and border security systems have been recognised as progressive steps which would strengthen the existing areas of collaboration between the Fijian Immigration Department and Australian Border Force. This was conveyed during a virtual meeting between the two senior officials yesterday. Discussions was led by the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Immigration and Sugar Industry and Acting Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Yogesh Karan and the Department of Home Affairs Regional Director for the Pacific, Commander James Watson. The Australian delegation also included members of the Australian High Commission based in Suva. PS Karan provided an overview of the strategic plans of the Fijian Immigration Department with key priorities being the Border Management System, Digitization of Records, Advancement of Technology and Smart Gates along with Review of Internal Processes. PS Karan thanked the Australian Government for its remarkable assistance to Fiji particularly with border security being an important area of cooperation between the two nations.
He stated that the Fiji Immigration Department looks forward to strengthening its partnership with Australia through programmes like the Border Security Assistance Package (BSAP), which is an Australian Government initiative under the Australia and Fiji Vuvale Partnership.
Commander Watson reaffirmed Australia’s support to Fiji and he commended PS Karan for his leadership in driving the innovative plans to enhance Fiji’s border and immigration services.
He said the meeting with PS Karan and his team has helped with the identification of priorities and scoping of projects that will be collaboratively pursued with the Fijian Immigration Department.