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BURYING HIS HEAD IN THE SAND: Sigatoka people tell Fijileaks its bloody time Bainimarama saved the Sigatoka sand dunes from DOME and its Chinese shareholders - instead of pleading with Chinese to save Planet!

5/11/2015

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Dear Fijileaks Editor:

(1) Please investigate or at least make public about Sigatoka sand dunes mining near the river mouth by Dome, mostly CHINESE shareholders.

(2) The Fiji media is not covering this, reasons we all know. But there have been small protest by some Sigatokians which was also not covered by media but people are talking /protesting about this on Facebook.

(3) This is not only Fiji's icon but also hold cultural significance and historical value to native Fijians.

(4) The Fiji EIA prepared a report that Sigatoka River mouth is DEAD and not WORTH saving it and should go ahead with mining. It is well known that the Fijian guy who did this report allegedly takes lot of bribes.

(5) The Government officials did come for ''public consultation'' but only handful of CHOSEN public persons were asked to come for so-called consultation.

(6) Lots of Fijian rely on the river mouth for their daily fresh seafood and most of them have posted pics of the wild catches near the mouth telling people on Facebook that River mouth is rich in seafood and they rely on this for food.

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Bainimarama's SOS call to China: "Join us in the Climate Fight"

PRIME Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has made an SOS call to one of the world's industrialised nations, China. Speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Fiji-China diplomatic relations, Mr Bainimarama said Fiji looked to China as one of the leaders in the climate change talks in Paris later this month.

"China understands that while we have negligible contributions as Pacific Islanders to the carbon emissions that are warming the planet, we are enduring most of the negative impact through rising seas and extreme weather events. And we ask China to side with us in this struggle as we try to persuade the industrialised nations to embrace drastic cuts in carbon emissions," Mr Bainimarama said.

He said everyone understood the grave fears of the Pacific people if their calls for change went unheeded.
The fear was on the survival of some nations and the loss of valuable coastal land in others.

"No nation can afford to be part of what I have called the coalition of the selfish. No nation can presume to put its economic interests before the wider interests of global citizens the world over.

"So I am asking China and the other industrial nations not only to consider the disastrous consequences of failing to do what is necessary in Paris to arrest carbon emissions."

He has called on industrialised nations to consider the positive consequences of embracing change and reconfigure their economies for a more sustainable energy future.

"To embrace the use of sustainable energy sources such as hydroelectric and solar power instead of fossil fuels and especially coal. For their own sakes, as much as for ours."

He said if the hard decisions were made now there would be a chance to save the Pacific and the planet rather than sacrificing interests in Paris.

"Because it is abundantly clear that the whole world cannot continue on its present course. We must choose a more sustainable energy future now.

"We must not let the opportunity that Paris presents escape us. We must not fail our people or our planet." Source: Fiji Times

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11 Comments
Crystal
5/11/2015 10:19:43 pm

Bainimarama is an ostrich Puppet.

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rajend naidu
5/11/2015 10:47:48 pm

I can't see much point in appealing to the Chinese State. Their own people suffer immensely at the hands of the Chinese State and it's unrestrained pursuit of capitalist development taking little cognisance of environmental degradation and pollution.
Why would the Chinese mining interest give a care about some villagers at the mouth of the Sigatoka River? They have shown little concern for people in other parts of the world as they feed their cannibalistic appetite for raw materials and minerals.
And what's more we read in Chris Squelch's letter in The Australian 16/10 that " Chinese ban the public display of the Magna Carta, a British legal document from 800 years ago. Too hot for the Chinese? Too much too soon? This places Chinese law, human rights and governance in the Dark Ages. We need to be aware of this when making agreements with another pre-modern civilisation".
It is indeed hard to trust the Chinese State to do the right thing by others when it has an appalling record against its own people.

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On-Song
6/11/2015 03:39:04 am

Mineral plunder began in the west mountains, across to the highlands of Namosi then down to the Sigatoka delta. Any tracking of the real beneficiaries? Environment and risk assessment done to ensure these projects are not adding to man-made avoidable disasters?? Soon our souls too will be sold to the single bidder so far and it's all there in the Constitution on how to repay the national debt!!!

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Chiku
6/11/2015 06:19:58 am

So how many refugees fleeing violence, war and political persecution has been provided sanctuary by China as a demonstration of good global citizenry?

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Welcome Home
6/11/2015 07:22:35 am

In November 1975 there was a condolence book which we signed at the time of Chairman Mao's death. This was long before we had read two quite different accounts of the State-engineered famines in China in the countryside at the time of the Cultural Revolution. Satellites have revealed that it is now believed that as many as 33 - 40 million may have perished through famine and disease. These not unlike Stalin's famines in Russia were the result of state social engineering. It would never have occurred to us now to sign a condolence book now other than for these innocent victims who fell into such terrible trauma and suffering. The Folly of Untold History unearthed from space by advanced imaging and painstaking research.

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Fiji First Party
6/11/2015 07:52:48 am

PM Bainimarama has lost Credibility (again).

He shamelessly accepted BRIBE to take his family to see the world Cup Rugby in London. He didn’t use his head (intellect) to think if it was appropriate, if it was moral or even legal. No, like a greedy Puppet, as he often called, he went for it – shamelessly…drooling.

Bainimarama has showed the world that he is, indeed, – very Bribe-able.

The people of Fiji need to be careful, very careful, when our lands, our natural resources, resources of our sea and environment and the future of our children is entrusted upon a man - who is so easily and cheaply bought.

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No EIA
6/11/2015 07:54:58 am

No proper due diligence were carried out for bauxite mining in bua, new cement factory in lami, reclamation along Grantham Rd raiwai.. all by Chinese investors... but the fool has the gall to preach G20 about climate change.? cry poor Fiji..

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rajend naidu
7/11/2015 06:25:08 am

Editor,
We read in the article ' How high-end prostitutes are used to close business ' ( Yahoo!7 news 5/11 ) that " In the world of high end prostitution, sex is often used to sweeten or close business deals... This is particularly prevalent in professions where corruption and bribes are common, said Jean Sebastein Mallet an expert on the prostitution sector...In some Arab countries, a businessman who doesn't have a girl in his bedroom will refuse to sign a contract, he said... Carole, 41, a former prostitute who worked the champagne bars and brothels of Belgium where the trade is legal said she was often considered a VIP and offered as a gift to the heads of companies and politicians..."
I wonder how many of our mob receive such " gifts " to close business deals?
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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And
7/11/2015 01:27:01 pm

Vili this is another kind of " sumptuous spread " for the business and political gang!

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rajend naidu
7/11/2015 09:42:16 pm

Editor,
What Richard Campbell of Toorak, Melbourne says in his letter ' Selling off nation ' ( The Age 7/11 ) has significant relevance to Fiji in the post Bainimarama coup era.
He says " Our Malcolm ( the new Australian PM ) May have have won himself easy plaudits by abolishing knights and dames, but we don't see much action from his cabinet on cracking down on the increasing transfer of money out of China. A trickle has become a flood. UBS estimates that US$320 billion was transferred in suitcases, by bank transfers and fake invoices last year. Goldman Sachs estimates $200 billion left China by various means in September alone. Our share of these underhand flows may be a bonanza for those with property to sell, but grown up nations take the long view. They don't put themselves up for sale."
Is the " new Fiji " of Bainimarama and Khaiyum a grown up nation now?
How much of the " underhand flows " Campbell mentions in his letter enters Fiji to buy off the assets of the Fijian people and their future generation?
Who profits from these transactions?
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu
Sydney

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Bahuki
9/11/2015 05:01:01 am

Frankie will clearly run our valuable resources thin to the ground with these constant "Chinese Takeaways" happening, especially on the dunes.

But the pity, is that he's so hopeless with AK-47 in charge.

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