A Free Trade Area agreement among South Pacific Forum countries is expected to come into force by October next year. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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‘Ikale Tahi squad for 1999 Rugby World Cup announced. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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This year government cut its Budget to pay for the retirement and holiday travelling of public servants. It was more important for government to keep the 4,500 public servants happy, than to allocate funds to boost exports and to prop up the value of the pa‘anga. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
“It‘s all in the mind,” said Polutele Tu‘ihalamaka, the coach of the ‘Ikale Tahi when he was asked for a prediction on the ‘Ikale Tahi versus the All Blacks in the first round of the Rugby World Cup in the United Kingdom on October 3. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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The Tonga Rugby Union has recruited a full-time Chief Executive Officer, Lisiate ‘Akolo to oversee Tonga’s participation in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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The newsroom of Radio Tonga has been computerised and to celebrate the death of their manual typewriters they went out to the Good Samaritan Friday night barbeque on July 24. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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The Royal School of Science launched in March 1998 is running at full capacity with 85 students. Captain Va‘inga Tone said, "there is a tight program, each student requires two hours on-line every day, and more people are ussing the on-line services for research." From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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John Koldowski of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) made a luncheon presentation at the National Cultural Centre on August 20. PATA circulates marketing information to member organisations. From Matangi Tonga Magazine, Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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If Tonga goes ahead and adopts daylight savings this year from October to March, advancing its clock one hour ahead of everyone else in the region, it will be the first in the race to clock-in the Millennium. Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Free Trade, says Sioeli Matoto, the Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of Labour, Commerce, Trade and Industry, “sounds appealing, and sounds like a very good idea, but it is difficult to put into practice, because every country wants to protect their own interest.”
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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The last Heilala Festival for this century, finished with the Miss Heilala Grand Ball on August 20, and the announcement of the Miss Heilala for 1999, Fonoti Taumoepeau. Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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Free Trade offers an advantage in theory, but in practice Tonga will be giving the advantage to the importers, warns a former secretary to Finance and former MP ‘Uhila Liava‘a. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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The Kingdom of Tonga is expected to become the 188th member of the United Nations in September, when its application for membership will be tabled at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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The whereabouts of three Chinese nationals, who were discovered hiding inside a container, when the Tausala Samoa arrived in Tauranga, New Zealand, on July 12, is now uncertain. Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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‘Aisake Tuiono, the former Chief Accountant of the Tonga Electric Power Board is now the head of two new companies, Global Import and Export, and Global Finance and Business Development. ‘Aisake resigned from the TEPB early this year to set up the companies in Nuku‘alofa. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Thursday 1 July 1999
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Royal Tongan Airlines awarded Certificates and Wings to its first group of trained Flight Attendants on August 21 at the Tonga National Centre. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 3, July 1999.
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Monday 31 May 1999
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FROM OUR ARCHIVES: A ceremony called Ha‘amo followed the burial of HRH Prince Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake, and continued from April 17 until May 1, 1999. Every day a different Ha‘a or clan presented food and wreaths to the Royal Family at the Palace and to various groups of people and families who were directly involved with the funeral. Photos by Pesi Fonua. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 2, May 1999.
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Monday 31 May 1999
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The 70 year-old wooden store of Bhagwan and Sons Ltd. traders on Hala Taufa‘ahau in central Nuku‘alofa has been demolished, and in its place a $500,000 a two storey building is being constructed. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 2, May 1999.
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Monday 31 May 1999
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The funeral procession of HRH Prince Fatafehi Tu‘ipelehake from the Palace to Mala‘ekula, on April 17. photos by Pesi Fonua. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 2, May 1999.
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Monday 31 May 1999
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Akilisi Pohiva has been a controversial political figure ever since he first entered Parliament in 1987, not only because of his indifference to the rules and procedures of the House, but also for his outspoken and controversial comments about Cabinet ministers, the King and members of the Royal family. They are comments that have cost him tens of thousands of pa‘anga in lawyers’ fees and court awards for the defamed over the last decade. Interview and photos by Pesi Fonua. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 2, May 1999.
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