Economic standards

ONCE upon a time, our good government was dreaming of moulding Fiji to the living and economic standards of Australia and New Zealand.

Actually, I believe they wanted to make our country “better” than theirs.

Yet ironically, when the pandemic caved in, we opportunely accepted millions of dollars in aid from these two developed nations with open arms, just like an elated canine impatiently waiting to receive a bone.

The fact of the matter is, such impractical and embarrassing hallucinations would make a whole lot of us, including our Pacific neighbours, LOL.

Imagine the scenario of how we, a nation in financial calamity, would have coped if it were not for the timely support and funding from the Aussies and the Kiwis.

Socho socho.

NISHANT SINGH Lautoka