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From the House, an English translation summary of the Minutes from the Tongan vernacular, by Pesi Fonua.

The introduction of a Pacific Islands Labour Mobility Scheme to Australia is still a possibility for this year but no direction has been made on when it might take place.

Rev. Dr. ‘Alifeleti Malakai Mone was re-elected for his eleventh term as the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga during the 85th Annual Church Conference this week.

Following the publication last Thursday of a report by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) that is heavily critical of the World Bank's own publication "Doing Business," the ITUC has urged the Bank to definitively remove the topic of labour standards from the mandate of "Doing Business," the Bank's headline annual publication. (Editior's Note: Tonga won the latest World Bank Reformer of Year Award 2007. The selection was based on a survey conducted by the World Bank and published in its "Doing Business" report of 178 economies and ranking them for the quality of the services that they offer.)

The Tongan government has allocated $25 million pa'anga in its new budget to buy back Tonga's sole electric power generation facility from the Shoreline Group.

A sustainable, dynamic, equitable, accountable and well-informed fishing industry, is the vision of a Strategic Development Plan for Economic Growth (SDPEG) that was recently developed for the Tonga Export Fisheries Association (TEFA).

Highlights from Tonga's newspapers, June 2-5, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.

The Australian Government is to provide A$54 million over four years for a Pacific Land Program to support governments in the region that wish to strengthen or improve their land systems.

The second round of Tonga's Top Model competition was held in the Western district of Tongatapu last night, at the village of Kolovai.