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  • Wednesday 20 October 2004 7:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Select Committee of the House demands that the government pay the $300,00, the sum agreed on, when it passed the Budget Act No. ½003 and the Budget for 2003/2004. And that the Interim Minister of Education shall distribute the funds according to the plan he had originally presented to the House on 17 August 2004. From the House Minute No. 60, Wednesday 13 October 2004.
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  • Wednesday 20 October 2004 6:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : After a week of voting throughout the Kingdom, the youth of Tonga have selected who will represent them in Tonga's third Youth Parliament to be held in Tonga's Parliament House from 15-19 November 2004. By Teisa Sitaleki
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  • Wednesday 20 October 2004 9:30am


    Johannesburg, South Africa
    : I am a rugby agent in South Africa who specializes in placing Souther Hemisphere rugby players with clubs in the UK, Italy and France.I already represent seven former or current International players. - Pieter du Toit
  • Tuesday 19 October 2004 4:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The celebration has not ended since the announcement of the winners of the inaugural Westpac Executive Business Woman of the Year to 'Elenoa 'Amanaki and the Business Woman of the Year to 'Ofa Simiki on the evening of October 11 at the Janful International Dateline Hotel.
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  • Tuesday 19 October 2004 4:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Twelve owners of Tongan tourism businesses have been selected to participate in the Partnership Meeting for the tourism industry in the Pacific to be held in Fiji in February 2005.
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  • Tuesday 19 October 2004 10:00am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : After four years of studying in temporary classrooms, Tonga High School students will return to their home on 8 March, 2005.
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  • Tuesday 19 October 2004 9:30am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : China is opening up and is keen to establish a good working relationship with the South Pacific region, according to Mr He Yafei, who visited Tonga last week.
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  • Monday 18 October 2004 12:34pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Motion by Prince Tu'ipelehake for government to form a committee to draft a Bill making it possible for Tonga to have a referendum. From the House, Minute No. 59, Tuesday 12 October 2004.
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  • Monday 18 October 2004 12:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The official Foreign Reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga in September 2004 was $79 million, an amount equivalent to 4.8 months of imports of goods.
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  • Friday 15 October 2004 5:21pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : It is nearly one year since November 2003 when Tongans lost their right to Freedom of Speech as a defence. After last year's Constitutional amendment, Tonga went back 128 years to the days when people were allowed to speak or to express an opinion only if it was in line with that of their superiors or chiefs. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua
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  • Friday 15 October 2004 5:00pm


    Taupo, New Zealand
    : I would like to share with your readers about the consequences of a lack of mental health services in Tonga, and lack of awareness of mental health issues by Tongan people. - Rachel Williams
  • Friday 15 October 2004 4:45pm


    USA
    : I had recently planned a trip to Niuatoputapu, but had to cancel when Tongan Airlines went bankrupt. Since that time there has been totally confusion and lack of transportation to the Niuas. Now they say the DC3's cannot use the runways. - Dick Watt
  • Thursday 14 October 2004 5:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Private Member's Bill to amend the Civil Service Act 2004 which had been presented by Fineasi Funaki was rejected and the Law Committee recommended for the House to pass the Bill for an Act to establish a Pension Scheme for the Legislative Assembly 2004. From the House, Minute No. 57, Thursday 7 October 2004
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  • Thursday 14 October 2004 4:10pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : Two new Tongan books were launched in the new Fale Pasifika, at Auckland University's Centre for Pacific Studies last week.
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  • Tuesday 12 October 2004 6:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Nuku'alofa office of the Auckland-based, Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper said that the newspaper will start distributing in Tonga again on Friday October 15.
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  • Tuesday 12 October 2004 6:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two Tongan business women, 'Ofa Simiki and 'Elenoa 'Amanaki were last night awarded by the Princess Regent, Princess Pilolelvu Tuita, with the inaugural Westpac Business Women of the Year awards.
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  • Tuesday 12 October 2004 1:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Communication Corporation had connected 9,000 subscribers to its U-Call mobile telephone service by October 2004. Timote Katoanga, Deputy Manager for TCC said that this was a tremendous jump from 2,000 U-Call subscribers recorded in the previous three months.
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  • Tuesday 12 October 2004 1:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tohitangi Manu, a man in his mid 40's, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury of seven at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on October 1.
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  • Monday 11 October 2004 5:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Ministry of Police presented their annual report which detailed traffic offenses, burglary and theft as Tonga's top crimes over the past year. From the House, Minute No. 56, Wednesday October 6 2004.
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  • Monday 11 October 2004 3:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Further to the Parliamentary discussions held over the past few days with regard to diapers and other hazardous waste we would like to point out to the people of Tonga what we as a commercial sector business are doing. -v Roger and Lee Miller

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