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Minute No. 23 The trouble with the illegal practice of double invoicing, $3 million unpaid Sales Tax, Sea Star Company owed $3.7 million to government, Sea Star borrowed $600,000 from the Tonga National Trust Fund. From the House. By Pesi Fonua

Minute No. 22: Proposed amendment of the Regulation for the Ship Registration Act was to enable the Fuakavenga II to be registered in Tonga, Tonga pays $1 million to the Pacific Forum Line and $1 million to the Hartman Shipping Group of Germany so that Tonga may have the option of buying back the ship after eight years, the Regulation and the Act have been amended and the ship was reregistered earlier this year but the amended regulation was brought in for the House to approve, Death Grant of $15,000 for soldiers who die on the battlefield or during a military exercise, in addition his next of kin will be paid his pension from government. From the House. By Pesi Fonua

The Tongan Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, HRH Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata was interviewed by Linny Folau in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 24 July 2004, while he was attending the first anniversary of RAMSI, the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomons. Linny, a staffer for the Matangi Tonga Online, was part of a Pacific group media visit to the Solomons and Australia, under an Australian Government program.

Tonga is sending an 18-members strong team, five of them competitors, to the 28th Olympic Games to be held in Athens, Greece, from August 13-29, in four sporting events, Archery, Athletics, Boxing and Judo.

Tonga is scheduled to become a member of the World Trade Organisation in early 2005, Moana Taukolo of the Tonga Ministry of Labour and Commerce, told a three-day National Seminar on WTO issues in Nuku'alofa early this month.

The Tonga government has today announced the appointment of Mrs 'Emeline Tuita as its first Ambassador to the People'’s Republic of China.

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara was the centre for great celebration on July 24 to mark the anniversary of the arrival of RAMSI at the Solomon Islands and to celebrate a new, safer and a better Solomon Islands. By Linny Folau

The official Foreign Reserve held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga increased by $25.8 million pa'anga in June 2004 to $89.7 million, an amount equivalent to 5.2 months of imports of goods.

In July 2004 readers from 68 countries visited the Matangi Tonga Online website with over 1.46 million hits for our busiest month since we started posting news stories in December 2003.