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The new rate "is a good start because it will mean that those workers who are earning below that will actually get something". But many of the statistics used in the recent survey were outdated, and did not take into account the 2.5% increase in VAT, the 20% dollar devaluation, and the 30% increase in food prices. The Commerce Commission recommendation is based largely on the 2008-2009 Household Income and Expenditure Survey. “A lot has happened since then... Wages have not kept up with the cost of living.”
He said employers need to realise that they cannot expect people to be productive unless they are meeting their basic needs. Productivity should not only be defined and limited to human labour. “If the workers are being paid below the poverty line, productivity is meaningless. Until we get wages to a decent level, we cannot expect workers to be productive. It also depends on other factors as well like capital, the machinery that are being used, the environment of the work place and the culture of the company – all that add or subtract from productivity.” Fr Barr said he has written to Dr Reddy on his thoughts on the proposed wage rate.
ACP STANDS BY FIJI. The
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, stands by Fiji as
it charts its future under a new Constitution and elections next year
says the ACP Sugar Ministerial Group chairman Hon Satya Faugo speaking during a traditional ceremony prior to the opening of the the 13th ACP Sugar Ministerial Meeting in Sigatoka yesterday.
“We
(ACP) wish to take this opportunity to commend the bold and sustained
efforts made by the Fijian Government, under the leadership of Prime
Minister Voreqe Bainimarama to chart an ambitious and an all inclusive
economic and political agenda for Fiji,” he said. “Let
me assure you Hon. Prime Minister of the unifying support and
solidarity of the ACP sugar family in Fiji’s course towards a better
future.”Hon.
Faugoo is the Attorney General of
Mauritius. -- MOI.
Over 100 ministers and delegates from the African Caribbean and Pacific group of countries are attending this Ministerial Conference. The PM said the ACP countries needed support as they made the transition from the present preferential price arrangement to the new Economic Partnership Agreements, noting that for Fiji this support has been sorely lacking. He called for the continuation of the sugar quota system after the 2017 deadline. This FijiLive article provides more details. Click here.
FORTY-SEVEN FAMILIES HAVE HOME LOANS WRITTEN OFF. Loans totalling $395,000 were written off by the Housing Authority by these householders because they did not have the ability to repay their loans. Chairman Col. Mosese Tikoitoga said $285,000 of the $395,000 is being drawn from a government grant alongside $110,000 from Housing Authority provision. He said special conditions will apply to protect the intent of the assistance under the Social Housing Policy.
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What we have seen in the last seven years is a government going back to these cultural rules by establishing leadership by the strong, by a wilful government that is willing to impose its visions and ideas. Almost the entire population has embraced this move and no significant resistance has been forthcoming. Even the so called opposition seems to play along and has danced to the new leaders tunes by forming parties that will never have a chance to win but will help to legitimise the rule of the strong and the determined. Stepping back a bit we see progress, rural development, massive investments in Fiji’s key sectors sugar and tourism and a generally bright future. Australia and NZ have finally accepted the fact that this government is indeed the only show in town and so has the EU which currently has a high powered delegation in town trying to find a way to circumvent the provisions of the Cotonou Treaty which bans cooperation with so called dictatorships. My advise to all those web warriors posting anti government nonsense would be to accept the realities and come on board. It its very obvious that those who do so reap huge benefits for themselves and their families. Those who keep bitching will eventually been dealt with by the AG and the military and they will feel very severe pain for nothing.
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