New passport fees

I BELIEVE the latest increase in passport fees shows something is wrong with our economy.

This is my personnel view and not to be seen as anti-government, since some of their policies, I highly praise for their farsighted vision.

Can I ask what is so special about this ePassport compared with the old passport? Is there really a need or want to have this new ePassport?

At the end of the day everyone who applied or renewed their passport has to fork out extra monies to have a new ePassport.

Otherwise you won’t be able to cross borders.

I guess if prior public consultation was done between government and its citizens, there won’t be many negative comments against this price increase on social media.

Lesson learned, prior public consultation is very important.

Or how about the government extend to 15 years the validity of these new ePassports, which will further justify the increase of current price of $200 from $76 which is about (152 per cent increase)?

JIOJI MASIVESI Nadi