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No. 167 PM LEADS DELEGATION TO CHOGRM THE PRIME Minister, the Hon Dr Tomasi Puapua will be leading Government's delega tion to the Tbird Commonwealth Heade of Government Regional Meeting t o be held"in Suva, Fiji from_l4-18th October. The two other delegates are the Secretary Supernumerary in the Office of the Prime Minister, .Mr' Angu&t McOonald 4Q'd /:hi.:f,3Et . AasJ:e.~nt, • ~'· l Mr Kelese Kolone. The wife of the Prime Minister, TUV ALU CAPTAIN FEARS LOST ·FROM Mrs 'Riana Puapua, will be accompany'ing SINKING OF TRAWLER her husband to Fiji. A TUVALU Captain, Mr Angu·s Tine 45 , Sources from the Office of the is feared missing believed to have Prime Minister state that the meeting, been trapped in the cabin. ~cf t~ · will discuss issues of World and trawler he was skippering~ •F0rtuna1 Regional Polltical Trends; Intern~tional when it got sunk off the coast of Economic Issues; and Regional, "Economic New South Wales, Australia, 170 Ian and Functional Co-operation. east of Port MacQuarrie on Thursday l ast week. He is reported by Fiji The Broadcasting add Informa~ion Times to be trapped iogether with Officer, Mr Puein~lli Lafai, will also Mr; Sam Shini, 41, also on the trawler. be attending the same Conference ~s a member of the Commonwealth Secretari at Fiji Times reported that, the Press Team. vessel sank when o~ther route to Fiji from ~ort Stephens. The last CROGRM Meeting was held in 1980 .in New Del~i, India and was An Air Search was made on attended by the former Prime Minister, Thursday afternoon and three crewmen the Rt Hon Toaripi Lautt, PC., and the were rescued by the Japarieae Btilk Secretary to Government, Mr Ionatana carrier, Eden Maru, after a search Ionatana. The first of such meetings plane spotted them floating on a life was held in 1978 in hU Stralia and raft. Two are brothers from North Tuvalu did not attend. Sydney, Paul ~arries, 24, and Edmund Harries, 22, and another Tuvaluan, ·The party is expected to l eave Mr Kiio Moi. They were all reported for Fiji on October 11 and return on to be in good condition and were October 20. expected to have arrive at Eden, 300 ************************************ km south of Sydney on Thursday night. k coastal surveillance spokes­ ULU 0 :i'E MALO Ti:.KI KAUMAL.\GA ,KI TE CHOGRM man said three chartered _ ai~crafts were to search an area of 2000 square TE ULU o te Malo, tena Ma lu Dr Tomasi kilometres on Friday, and the Puapua ks takitaki neia a te kaumalaga survivors said that they did not see a t e Malo ki te Tolu o Ponotaga a Ulu the other two Gh'ewmen leave the o Malo Kau-Fakatasi tela ka f ai i Suva, stricken tra\111.er which sank very Fiti mai te po 14-18 Oketopa. Kote quickly. ************************************ {Fakaeoko kite ltulau 2) f'u-. P°'c.. ~SCl«> .\ f?'8 ( .. --. -"" - .- . .. - ~ ~ ~l_ ~~~~~....;;.;,,.;.;,..,~~~~----~---..;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--=-~ Page 2 lS September , 1982 KAPENI TUVALU FAI PELA ME KO GALO Lagplago ki te Malo 1 te Ofisa o te MAI TE PULUGl~ 0 TE VAKA FAIKA Olu o te Malo, kngus McDonald, mo tena fesoaaoani, Kelese Kolone. TE KAPENI Tuvalu, tela ko Angus Tine, 45, e faka t au pela me ko galo Te avaga a te .Ulu o te Malo, kae talitonu me kati e saitia i ~iana Puapua, ka olo ~1si atu mo loto 1 te potu o te vaka f aika tela tena avaga ki Fiti. ne ana kapenigina •Fortuna' i te taimi tela ne apulu i ei i · te mata Ne fakasi mai 1 tala mai te kl tai o New South Wales, Ausitalia, Qfisa o te Ulu o te Malo me ite 170 km ki S8S8e · O te taula g8 ko fonotaga tela ka f akatasi katoa kiei Port Stanley, i te Hsofa o te V8i­ a Ulu o Malo Kau-Fakataei 1 Asia aso ko teka. Ne lipoti mai nete mote Pasefika ka f aipati kiluga i nusipepa o Fi~i, Fiji Times, me 1 mataupu tau pulepulega a Malo i te a ia ne saitia fakatasi mote tagata lalolagi pela foki mo atufenua; ko Sam Shini, 43 , iluga f o ki 1 te mataupu e uiga mo kolos o t e lalo- vaka ·faika. 1ag1 mo mataupu kilugn i te fakatau f esoasoani o mea tau atufenua, Ne lipoti mai ~ ~ te Fiji Times koloa mo tiute o latou. me i te vaka ne apulu i tens auala mai Fiti ki Port Stephens. Te Ofisa Pule o te Matagaluega Fakasalalau mote Tusitala, Pusinelli E isi se salaga n e f a i ne Lafai, ka fakatasi atu foki ki te v akal~ le i te tutonu o te Asofa fonotaga tenei, pela mese tino kae tokotolu kauvaka ne fakasaogina tokotasi o te ~au tusitala o te Ulu nete vaka kako Tiapani, Eden Maru , Ofisa o Malo-Kaufakatasi. maitua o te mateaga nete vakalele 1 e tape~pea1 1 . lu ga ·t te ooti f ~kao 1~. Te kau,alaga e f akataute u pela E tokolua ne tau t Aina mai Sydney ke olo atu ki Fiti 1 te po 11 o ki Matuu, Paul Harries , 24, mo Oketopa kae f oki mai 1 te po 20. Edmund Harries, 22, mote sua tagata Tuvalu aka foki, Kilo Moi. Latou Te fonotaga taluai penei ne ne lipoti mai me malosi katoa kae fai 1 te 1980 1 N ~w Delhi, Initia f ak atautau pela me ko palele ne kae ne fakatasi atu kiei kote Ulu taunu atu ki Eden , 300 km ki saute o t~ Malo mua , tena Malu Toaripi o Sydney i te aaof a po. Lauti, PCo , mote Failautusi ki te Malo, Ionatana I o natana. Te fonotaga Ne fai mai a pAti a te tagata muamua loa o te vaega f onotaga tokotasi k ola e tiute i te fafatai tenei n e fai 1 te 1978 i Aus italia, e uiga mo fakalavelave tupu me e k ae seki f akatasi atu kiei a tolu a vakblele ne togi ke olo atu Tuvalu. o : sala i te koga tela e 2000 sikuea maila 1 te Asolima, k a e ko l atou ********************************** kola ne sao ne fai mai i olotou pati me e se matea ne latou te eua FIJI - A POSSIBLE Ma.RKZT FOR tokolua kauvaka n e liakina ne laua TUV ~LU H.tr.NDICRAFTS te vaka tela ne fatia kae apulu fakavave. A MARKET research report h~a been compiled by the former Randic~aft *****************..... -- . -· *****- *************. Officer, Mrs Molly Callon, and the Assi stant Accountant at the Tuvalu ULU 0 TE MALO TJ..KI K1.. UMAL1,GA Co- operative Warehouse, VSO KI TE CHOGRM Johnathan Gaunt. The report which l ooks into the possibilities of (Fakasoko mai Itulau 1) developing Tuvalu's handicraft· industries for export, and in sua tokolua o sui kote Failautusi Page 3 16 September , 1982 particular Fiji, i s present ly under E I SI se lipoti tel a n e fai ma ilu g~ o consideration by the Ministry of tJUk esukega mo ilo iloga ko palele ne Commerce and Natural Resources . f akatoka ne Ofiea o Meataulima mua, t e fafine avaga, Molly Callon, mote Information for this report was Teu .Tupe Fesoasoani 1 te Fale Kako o te put t og e ther from dis cussions with M~tua o Fusi, te t agata VSO. Jonathan makers and retailers at a Craft Fair Gftunt. Te lipoti tela ne sukesuke held in Suva, as we ll as interviews k tluga i te maf ai o atiake te koloa o with r etail outl ets in Suva where meataulima o Tuvalu kc f akatau atu ki handicrafts are · sold. tua, kae ma i se loa i Fiti, tenei ko faipati nei kiei te Minisituli o te Th e report notes that the range Maumea mo Pisinis1. o f Pacific Island handi crafts sold in Fiji is limited. Tuvalu could fill Ro tala mo te lipoti tenei ne tuku 8 gap in this product range especially fakatasi mailuga o f a ipatiga mo tino with i ts fans, and Coconut l eaf . f ai meataulima pela foki mo tino kola products. Canoes , small fishermed's e fakatau atu ne latou, 1 t e faka siga boxes and Women's ha te are also thought o meataulima tela ne f ai i Suva, pela t o be items that would readily be sold. foki mo sautalaga mo tino i sitoa togi meataulima i Suva. People commented on the high quality of Tuvalu Handicrafts though Ne fakasi mai i te lipoti me e se the report concludes that some uke a meataulima kesekese o fenua o te finishing d etails on a few products Pasefika e t ogi i Fiti. E maf a i ne may need some attention t o improve the Tuvalu o fakafonu atu se avanoaga o se quality. vaege o meataulima, kae m~ise loa ko ana ili, mo mea kola e faite mai Parttcular interest was shown launiu. Vl.lka, tuluma, mo pulou a in the us e of local dye s , eape ci a l~y fafine e mafauf augina foki pela me ko red. There are no roots that give a mea kola e manakogint1 o togi fakavave. red dye in Fiji. Ne fai mai foki a pati a tino The number of touTis ts coming t o e uiga mote ma luga o te t ulaga o Fiji with money t o spend on traditional, meataulima o Tuvalu, t e la (le fakasi aka quality handicrafts may well increase i te f akapalelesa o te lipoei me e a l ot over the next 10 years.
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