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Thanks for very balanced reporting on the case of Siaosi Lavaka and TBC.

re: "Big salary increase becomes an embarrassment for elected members." Na'a mo e 'atamai vaivai' (alonga') 'e maa he fo'i tupe ko'eni ne hoko' (hiki vahenga 'a e kau fakafofonga') lolotonga e fe'amokakai 'a e fonua, kuo fai 'enau fakapoto ke hiki 60% honau vahenga'. Ko e me'a ia ko 'eni' 'oku 'i ai 'a e totonu 'a e kakai ki hono alea'i he 'oku hange 'a e fo'i founga ko'eni' hano fakapuulou'i ha puaka kae fakapoongi' (hufanga he fakatapu') pea kapau 'e 'ikai fakatokanga'i pea tamate'i ai pe, hmmmmmm!! - Joshua Nehasi

Kuo maau e Timi 'a e Tu'i Tonga ke fakafofonga'i 'a Tonga 'i he Sipoti 'a e Pasifiki Tonga 'a ia 'e kamata he 'aho 25 'o 'Akosi pea toki 'osi ki he 'aho 8 'o Sepitema. Ko e fe'auhi 'a e Siu'a'alo e toki kamata ia he 'aho 3 'o Sepitema 'o toki 'osi 'i he 'aho 6 'o Sepitema. - Timi Tu'i Tonga

I concur with your 19 July, 2007 editorial: "Tonga's political reform process overshadowed by a sense of injustice." - Sione Mokofisi

'Oku ou tali e kole tokoni mei Samoa pule'i 'e 'Amelika. Neongo 'oku pehe 'e he Mafi 'o Samoa Meleke ko e tangata malohi ia he fika talu 'ene tupu. Mafi na'e 'ikai ke tonu e mo'oni fakafika 'a ho'o kui ki he tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. 'E tonu kapau ko e 'uhinga fakafananga, pe fakapunake pe ko e 'uhinga fakaoli pe, ka ko e fakafika 'oku laui miliona e maile hono va mama'o pea moe tonu. 'Oku 'i ai pe 'a e founga fakafika ia ki hono tanaki 'o e ½ mo e ½ 'o tatau ki he 2. Ko e ki'i fakaofiofi 'eni ki ai: Ko e 'uhinga hono tanaki e ½ mo e ½ 'o Taha he 'oku tefito e fika 'a mamani 'i he fo'i fika koia ko e 10. Fakamolemole kake ki'i 'alu ki he fale 'o e 'ilo 'o ki'i fakamoleki hao taimi he fekumi ki he mo'oni mo e tonu kae tukua 'e nofo lata he tokua mo e fananga. - Sunia Mafile‘o Latu

Ka 'oku 'i ai ha'o ki'i ha mahino 'au ki he fakahoha'a 'a Sunia Mafile'o Latu mei 'Aositelelia, pea ke tokoni mai he 'oku ou fiu hono fulifulihi mo e 'ikai pe ha mai ha maama pe 'uhinga 'oku taumu'a ki fe. Ko e toe pango lahi ko'ena 'oku pe he 'e Sunia 'e toe hoko atu 'ene tohi. - Sione Lousiale Kava

I was reading the letter entitled 'We want greater freedom' and again was baffled by the logorrhea (though I must admit it is a bit tidier than his counterpart from the land down-under who had written a few letters ago). Anyhow, it has become wearisome listening to the regurgitating arguments/complaints/crying of the pro-temo's.

I would, however, challenge Ms. Swan on her interpretations of this data. Particularly her preference for "fundraising," savings from wasteful cultural practices, and bank "loans" is wishful thinking. I am in agreement that the economic news from Tonga is bad, but sound economic solutions are the answers, not with a "subsistence-mentality," band-aid solution. - Sione Mokofisi

The suggestion that "Tonga Mo'unga Ki He Loto" was responsible for some of the problems in Tonga in the past is news to me and I am sure thousands upon thousands of ex-students and current students from Tupou High School, Tupou College and Queen Salote College have never heard this suggestion either. So can Mafi of Amerika Samoa enlighten us all on this subject please? - Senolita Swan