The celebration has not ended since the announcement of the winners of the inaugural Westpac Executive Business Woman of the Year to 'Elenoa 'Amanaki and the Business Woman of the Year to 'Ofa Simiki on the evening of October 11 at the Janful International Dateline Hotel.

'Ofa Simiki hosted a cocktail, and Westpac will host a luncheon on October 21 to celebrate the awards.

On the morning of October 18, at the Westpac Bank of Tonga main office Hon. Fane Tupou Vava'u Tuita presented 'Elenoa and 'Ofa with their Westpac trophies, and a special award of $1000 cash for each of the winners donated by the Hon. Fane Tupou Vava'u Tuita herself.

'Elenoa and 'Ofa will leave for Melbourne, Australia, on October 21 to attend the National Telstra Women in Business Award at the Grand Hyatt Hotel as guests of Westpac Bank Corporation.

'Elenoa, the General Manager of the Tonga Broadcasting Commission, attributed her success to the support of the staff of the TBC, and she hoped that her achievement would encouragement her women staff reach for the sky.

'Ofa, the owner of a General Store in Nuku'alofa, is very proud of her achievement, and she attributed her success to her humble background, "I was an unknown girl from Niua who came to Tongatapu with nothing and knew noone, but with my love and my faith in myself that I can do it, I was able to achieve what I had today," she said.