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Tonga's Prime Minister Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, told parliament last week that the country cannot afford to pay for the demands won by civil servants. He said that during the six week strike the Government's stance was to maintain peace. They could not afford the demands they had agreed to and that was basically what the country would find out.

Six of Tonga's oldest women including 105 year old Funaki Hafoka of Afa and103 year old Sesilia Pau'u Lakie of Houma, were treated to free phone cards so they could call their families and friends on the women's day Faka-Sepitema last Friday.

Tonga will host the 19th Miss South Pacific Pageant on November 11 at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'’alofa.

When Virgin Blue starts flying to Tonga from Sydney and Auckland on October 31 with its renown cheap airfares, it could start a price war with the other airlines currently serving Tonga - Air New Zealand who launches a new Airbus service on the same date, Polynesian Airlines who have recently increased flights to Tonga, and Air Pacific.

Fewer customs officers and a restructured Customs Department were the secrets for a successful tax collection by the Customs and Trade Division (CTD) during August, according to the Commissioner for Revenue, Sifita Tangi.

Life was much simpler then, for there was structure. There was genuine regard all around of people to their ruler, to the royal family and nobility, to the leaders of church and village life, to the heads of family and extended family, to brothers and sisters, to friends and to visitors alike. This genuine regard was reciprocated. - M. Latu

The coverage of the local newspapers published in Tonga last week, from September 20-22, focused mainly on the aftermath of the national strike by the Civil Servants, and a proposal by politicians for political change.

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Re. Operations of things as they really are vs. Their imaginings as we would like them to be

Tonga's six week long strike by the Civil Servants could have been avoided, believes Sione Tu'alau Mangisi, a retired Chief Establishment Officer.