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Fakamalo ki hono tafunaki e paenga lafo talanoa'ni. Tuku ke u tulimui atu he tu'a 'o Finau mo Hao'uli mo e ngaahi fakakaukau kuo lafo mai ki he Lipooti 'a e NCPR. Fakalika mai e Finau 'a e fakafuofua ki hano faka-palanisi 'a e ngaahi kupu mahino 'o e Fale moha ki'i fakalave ki he tukunga 'a hotau ngaahi kaunga'api. Ka 'oku 'omai 'e Hao'uli ha fakakaukau fo'ou ke kumi ha founga ke "'ahi'ahi e fokotu'utu'u fo'ou ke tau sio mo vakai'i pe 'e lava ke tau nofo lelei mo melino mo e ngaahi liliu'ni pe 'ikai." 'E faingofua ke fakahoko eni 'i he malumalu 'o e founga lolotonga. -Inoke Fotu Hu‘akau

Tonga's Legislative Assembly on Thursday will go into a fifth day of deliberations over the recommendations of the National Committee for Political Reform that has proposed the formation of a new and elected 26-member parliamentary structure for the kingdom.

The swift response from the Press Secretary and Political adviser to the Prime Minister Mr. Lopeti Senituli, was quite surprising in light of all the world media zeroing in on the result of the final report from Tonga Parliament's National Committee For Political Reform, (NCPR). I was flatter that he only picked one issue to challenge mentioning on my LTE, and that is, the number of elected members of parliament MP by the people count. But before I get to my response to the PS, I'd like to pay compliment to where credit is due. - M. T. Tuaileva

Ka ko e mahu’inga’ia ‘o e ‘aho ni ko e taukave’i ia 'a e tala ‘o e kaha’u. 'I he ngaahi Liliu kuou tanaki mai neongo 'a e tanaki mahu’inga kuo fai mai 'e 'Inoke Hu’akau pehe kihe lafo mai kihe tu’unga Fahu. - Pulotu ‘Ilavalu

Ko e fakalanga talanoa mahu’inga ‘a Anuanu Fakafe’atu-kihe-sina, pea faka’ofo’ofa mo e tali fakamaama ‘a Longolongo’aevalu, pea kou kole pe ke faiha lafo atu. Ko e fakakaukau ‘o e ’eiki ne ai ‘a hono fakafa’ahinga (hange ko e ‘eiki si’i pe ‘eiki lahi), pea ai leva mo ‘ene fekau’aki mo Hikule’o (pe Tu’i ‘o Pulotu) mo e kau Tangaloa (ngaahi Tu’i ‘o Langi), pehe ki he fahu (pe mehikitanga) ‘a ia ko e tuofefine ‘o ha ulumotu’a pe tangata, pea pehe ki he Ha’a Tu’i Lalahi ‘e Tolu ‘o Tonga (Ha’a Tu’i Tonga, Ha’a Tu’i Takalaua mo e Ha’a Tu’i Kanokupolu).Tuku kehe ange foki 'a e fakafa'ahinga ko ia hange ko e "fahu loa" mo e "fahu nou". - Siosiua Lafitani Tofua‘ipangai

Looking around Nuku'alofa, it has changed immensely, jam packed with 4WDs in every streets. Every child, adult and animal has a mobile phone with their new models. The new trend for youngsters now, are Internet cafes. Soon it will be the iPods and computer games. It is very hard to imagine, Tongans accepting these new technology when a few years back it was looked down upon being "From overseas?" and bringing into Tonga trends of the 80's which was not accepted in Tongan culture then. - William Mariner

Kole ke u hufanga he talamalu 'o e fonua, pea puipui ange he mo e toputapu 'o e ngaahi ouau ne tau fakakakato ki he telio hotau hau, ka e 'ata mu'a ke fai atu ha poupou ki he fehu'i 'a Anuanu Fakafe'atu-kihe-sina. - Longolongo'aevalu

Please allow me a brief response to the challenge posed in your columns by MT Tuaileva "The Royal Spin", 5 October) against the Hon Prime Minister's public assertion that 23 out of the 32 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected members. -Lopeti Senituli

Kole ke u tanaki atu ki he ngaahi poini ma ongoonga kuo vahe mai 'e Sailosi Finau he ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a ‘ene mo’oni. ‘Oku ‘i ai ‘a e ni’ihi le’olahi ‘i hono kailangaki’i ‘o e liliu fakapolitikale ‘oku nau kei vilitaki ‘‘e toki mahino tokua ko ha liliu mo’oni mo fakamaatoato ‘‘o kapau ‘e fakapaasi ‘a e ngaahi me’a oku fai ‘i he taimi ni ko e lao pea ke liliu mo e konisitutone ke fenapasi mo e tu’unga fo’ou kuo ‘omi kitautolu ki ai ‘e he ngaahi tu’utu’uni ‘o e ‘aho ni. - Sefita Hao‘uli