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Meeting for the 13th Asia Pacific Labour Network meeting, union leaders from the region sent a strong message to the upcoming Leaders summit: rather than continuing to narrowly focus on trade and investment liberalisation, APEC must broaden its scope to deal with the economic and social realities of the majority of the people of the region. The Asia Pacific is on the brink of a jobs crisis, with lack of decent work opportunities as more people toil in the informal economy, inequality rises, social standards plummet, and millions of people leave their countries to seek a basic living . Yet APEC is addressing none of this.

The clerk told the House that the Minister of Lands and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence were away overseas. The Governor of Ha'apai and Noble Tu'ipelehake had asked for a day off. Noble Tu'ilakepa and Sunia Fili were away to the APPU meeting in Palau, and those who did not no answer when he called out their names, were probably coming late. They were the Prime Minister, the Minister of Works, the Minister for Tourism, the Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, a Noble's Representative, Lasike, and People's Representatives Clive Edwards, and 'Uliti Uata.

AFTER four days of competition in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, Tonga has won 11 medals in three sports, with Judo boasting the only Gold, while the Burling family took three Silver medals in surfing, and the weightlifting team collected six medals - three by Kefilini Tualau.

Heimuli Faka'osi, won a Bronze Medal in judo yesterday, the second medal for Tonga at the South Pacific Games in Apia, both from judo and by the Faka'osi brothers.

Preparations are still underway in Nuku'alofa ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum Meeting Tonga will host October 15-18.

The Kele'a reacts to suggestions by the Parliamentary Reform Committee chairman, Noble Luani, that political reform should proceed at an unhurried pace and not be aired publicly, while the topic was still being debated by the committee. It accuses Noble Luani of siding with the government and called for his immediate dismissal. It also blames the government for having bridled the committee and claims that political reform is now going in circles. The Kele'a advocates the termination of a committee that it describes as a waste of money, time, and a cause of people's anger.

The highlight of debate was the concern by some members over the membership of the Tongan Parliament in overseas parliamentary associations, and the cost for Tongan representatives to attend some of their meetings. It raised the question: was it worth it? From the House, by Pesi Fonua.

The current programme that the European Union funded in Vava'u is scheduled to complete at the end of April 2008. This programme is designated with the "Vava'u Social Sector Support Programme" (VSSSP) and it is coordinated by the Programme Management Unit (PMU) in Neiafu under the direct supervision of the National Authorising Officer, Hon Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou and the EEC Head of Delegation to the Pacific in Suva, HE Mr. Roberto Ridolfi.

The Office of the Hon. Minister of Training, Employment, Youth & Sports on behalf of His Majesty...’s Government, has given its full support for the Tonga Sports Association (TASA) to bid for hosting the 2015 Pacific Games. According to the Secretary General of TASA, Takitoa Taumoepeau, the office has received the letter from the Hon. Minister of Sports which they have conveyed to the Secretary General of the Pacific Games Council, Mr Jim Tobin and it has received a very positive and warm reply.