Results for Development

A new water supply system was handed over today to the Matangiake community in Tongatapu by the Government of Japan.

Customers who took out loans from a Microfinance Scheme at the Tonga Development Bank held a Holiday Market Festival on December 4-5 to sell their locally made products and produce in Ma'ufanga.

The construction of a Government Office Building dubbed the 'St George Palace' project funded with a multi-million pa'anga grant from the Chinese Government is expected to start this year at Pangai Si'i, one of the last open green spaces in the Nuku'alofa CBD.

The World Bank Group today, 17 July launched a $30 million program to help developing countries reduce costs and improve speed and efficiency of trade at their borders by simplifying their customs procedures.

The public swimming pool situated on the Nuku'alofa seafront at Popua is expected to remain close to the public indefinitely, according to Ports Authority Tonga.

A new Community Hall for the people of Te'ekiu village was opened by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala on February 19.

Tonga's Mango Tree Centre for the disabled celebrated the handover of a new building gifted by the Government of Japan on 10 December.

The contract for the conceptual design of a new Tonga Government Office Building complex was signed by representatives from the Prime Minister's Office and the China Northeast Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd in Nuku'alofa, last Friday 13 September.

The new Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations Development Programme, Haoliang Xu, says it is time to have an honest dialogue with some of its government partners so that they see UNDP, not as a donor, but rather as a trusted development partner: “If we don’t find a breakthrough in this regard, UNDP’s potential to add value to their national development agenda cannot be fully materialized.”