In a statement, he said the Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Bureau would continue its trade missions to the Australian, American and Asian markets, promoting investment in Fiji's IT.
‘Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for every Pacific Islander’. That, very simply, is the ultimate goal of the Pacific Islands Digital Strategy—an important part of the Pacific Plan.
The route to achieving this egalitarian goal, though, is far from simple. The choice of appropriate technologies; the complexities and costs of implementing them given the Pacific Islands’ unique geographic, topographic and demographic attributes; their critical implications on existing regulatory regimes and business models—all conspire to make the digital strategy a work in progress for sometime to come.
Finance Minister Ratu Jone Kubuabola moved the motion in Parliament yesterday in pursuant to section 59 of the Financial Management Act 2004.
On Monday night, Fiji's Caretaker Minister for Finance, Jone Kubuabola and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed a memorandum of agreement that saw the approval of a loan of $US20 million ($35,618,878).
A motion was proposed by the Finance Minister Ratu Jone Kubuabola to the Parliamentary secretariat asking for approval to secure the loan from the bank through the Chinese Government.