Last Parliament of the century [1]
Wednesday, December 1, 1999 - 09:30. Updated on Friday, January 15, 2016 - 14:22.
From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 4, December 1999.
The last session of the Tongan Legislative Assembly of the century was closed by King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV on November 22, at Queen Salote Memorial Hall (pictured) with Cabinet ministers and the Members of Parliament. In his closing speech the King emphasised how important it was for Tonga to get new ships so that it could export some of its agricultural produce to American Samoa and Fiji.