Record profit for Bank of Tonga [1]
Thursday, July 1, 1999 - 22:00. Updated on Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 19:10.
From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
The Bank of Tonga celebrated its 25th anniversary on July 1 in style, by making a record profit for the 1998-99 financial year of over $4 million.
The celebration included cutting the cake, and a cocktail party at the International Dateline Hotel. Guests included, above, from left, Acting Prime Mnister Dr. Hu‘akavameiliku the Chairman of the Board Trevor Wisemantel, with the General Manager Don Tinworth, and the first General Manager Carson Flint.
Also attending were Mosese Fineanganofo and Tevita Lupeitu‘u who worked with the bank when it was first opened for business in 1973.