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  Fiji
The Republic of the Fiji Islands occupies an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu.
The first inhabitants of Fiji arrived from South East Asia[?] long before the islands were discovered by European explorers in the 17th century.
Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though still with a large subsistence sector.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fi/Fiji.html   (536 words)

  
 Central Division, Fiji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Central Division of Fiji is one of Fiji's four divisions.
The capital of the divisions is Suva, also the capital of Fiji.
The division includes the eastern part of the largest island in Fiji, Viti Levu, with a few outlying islands, including Beqa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_Division,_Fiji   (129 words)

  
 Fiji PM predicts big poll win on eve of vote count - Boston.com
Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase predicted on Sunday he would be returned to office with an outright majority as officials prepared to begin counting after Fiji's chaotic, racially charged election.
Qarase's pro-indigenous Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (United Fiji Party, or SDL), won 32 seats in the 71-seat parliament and needed the help of minor parties to take power in 2001, a year after he was installed as caretaker by the military.
Chaudhry won elections in 1999 to become Fiji's first ethnic Indian prime minister but was toppled a year later in a coup by armed nationalists launched in the name of indigenous rights.
www.boston.com /news/world/australia/articles/2006/05/14/fiji_pm_predicts_big_poll_win_on_eve_of_vote_count   (706 words)

  
 Fiji - Country Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In Fiji, little attention has focused on women's roles as sustainers of families and communities in times of conflict; however women's participation in peace processes is vital.
The Chief Justice of Fiji, when speaking of a rape case, stated that the victim did not suffer any adverse effects because she was only 17 at the time and she had known different men sexually before the incident.
Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM), who is associated with AusAid, has designed projects in 2002 that are concerned with lobbying the government for legal reform with a particular focus on family law reform and the promotion of legal literacy and rights awareness in the community.
www.womenwarpeace.org /fiji/fiji.htm   (4613 words)

  
 Fiji   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Fisheries Division also has a network of Honorary Fish Wardens, appointed by the Minister on the request of the head of the unit which owns the customary fishing rights, their duties being centred on the prevention and detection of offences under the Fisheries Act and the enforcement of the provisions of the Act.
Fiji was the first country to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on 10 December 1982.
Fiji is not a party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the purpose of which is to monitor and control international trade in wildlife and plants, and to protect those that are vulnerable or endangered by such trade.
www.spc.org.nc /coastfish/Countries/fiji/fiji-c.ffa.html   (5738 words)

  
 Australian Parliamentary Library - Research Paper 7 1997-98
Fiji is a country of over 750 000 people, and as the second largest of the Pacific island countries after Papua New Guinea, has often played a leadership role in the region.
Fiji is a society marked by deep social divisions which follow regional and economic as well as ethnic lines, cleavages which have been complicated by the country's transition from an isolated colonial territory to an independent state in a competitive world economy.
Conventional explanations of Fiji politics which suggest that there is a simple division between two ethnic groups with broadly homogenous interests ignore the social and regional diversity within the various communities and, in particular, the transforming pressures on the indigenous Fijian community as it is brought into the market economy and the urban environment.
www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/rp/1997-98/98rp07.htm   (8464 words)

  
 Fiji - Gurupedia
The Republic of the Fiji Islands occupies an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, east of
The island of Rotuma, north of the main archipelago, has the status of a dependency, with a degree of internal autonomy.
The government's ability to manage its budget - which ran a net deficit of 6% in 2002 - is dependent on a return of political stability and investor confidence.
www.gurupedia.com /f/fi/fiji.htm   (1296 words)

  
 BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Fiji divisions grow
Chiefs from an economically-important region of Fiji badly hit by the coup crisis are reported to have decided on self-governance.
The 70 chiefs from the western side of the main island of Viti Levu are to set up a separate administration with their own Great Council of Chiefs, Fijilive website has reported.
Fiji Sugar Commission chairman Gerald Barrack told Fijilive website that further delays in harvesting would have a great impact on the country's economy.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/asia-pacific/782243.stm   (404 words)

  
 Divisions of the fiji islands
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 A Fact Sheet: Fiji Islands and ADB - ADB.org
As one of the key development partners of the Fiji Islands and having supported public sector programs in road upgrading, ports development, water supply and sewerage, and agriculture and rural development, ADB has contributed to Fiji’s progress in achieving the MDGs and attracting the private sector and economic growth.
With the Fiji Island’s sugar industry in deep decline due to high costs and low yields from antiquated mills, and the expiry of 10,300 farm leases over the next 25 years, the livelihoods of thousands of farmers are in jeopardy.
The Fiji Islands is the 27th largest shareholder among regional members and the 35th largest shareholder overall.
www.adb.org /Documents/Fact_Sheets/FIJ.asp   (1523 words)

  
 Basic Facts-Fiji
The Fiji coup is the latest in a wave of unrest engulfing the Pacific Islands.
Indians originally came to Fiji to work on the canefields in 1879 and now predominate (but are not exclusive to) small businesses and are a significant section of big business.
This is the basis of the racial division.
home.mira.net /~sp/voice/v0600/voice0600b.html   (2399 words)

  
 The changes in primary teachers' work in Fiji
Fiji lies in the heart of the Pacific latitudes 15 degrees and 22 degrees south.
Fiji's exclusive economic zone containing approximately 330 islands, of which about one third are inhabited covers about 1.3 million square kilometers of the South Pacific Ocean.
The Education Fiji 2020 document has a strong emphasis on educational development for Fiji with objectives focusing on participation, a learning culture with community recognition and partnerships in management, recognition of multicultural heritage as well as having students becoming informed citizens in a technological world.
www.leeds.ac.uk /educol/documents/00001667.htm   (6233 words)

  
 Department of Lands and Surveys Fiji
The division includes the Cartographic Section which produces the various national maps of Fiji that are sold to the public and utilised by other Government Departments and the Photogrammetry Section which produces aerial photographs of Fiji from which the base plans for the various maps of Fiji are produced.
An important function of the division is to collate and analyse land sales data from throughout the country which is used as a basis for property valuation.
The division is responsible for ensuring that well trained staffs are available at all occupational/classification levels of the department echelon.
www.lands.gov.fj /divisions.shtml   (411 words)

  
 Gateway to Land and Water Information: Fiji national report
In general the winds over Fiji are light or moderate, the most persistent being in the period July-December; strong winds are uncommon with the exceptional cyclones which genrally occur in the period of November-April.
Earthquakes are fairly common in Fiji as the Fij Group lies in one of the most seismically active areas of the world.
Fiji is better off than many Pacific Island nations as 70% of the population has access to proper piped water supplies.
www.fao.org /WAICENT/faoinfo/Agricult/agL/swlwpnr/reports/y_pa/z_fj/fj.htm   (3690 words)

  
 Café Pacific: Asia-Pacific Network: Fiji
The uncertainty is largely caused by the fallout between the Fiji Military Forces and the Soqosoqo ni Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) Government and lack of progress by the SDL to "accommodate" ethnic diversity.
The uncertainty is largely caused by the fallout between the Fiji Military Forces and the Soqosoqo ni Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) Government and lack of progress as well as initiative by the SDL to "accommodate" ethnic diversity within an effective multicultural party policy.
Fiji’s Police Commissioner, Andrew Hughes, stated that over 2,000 people have been interviewed by investigators in relation to the coup related offences (Fiji Village News, 6 Jan, 06) and that seven individuals, six companies and one organisation are implicated in allegations that they were financiers of the 19 May takeover.
www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac06/270406fijipoll_ramesh.html   (2135 words)

  
 FIJI GOES TO POLLS AMID UNCERTAINTY - April 27, 2006
Fiji Police are involved in two sets of investigations- one dealing with the illegal takeover of the government and the other involves pre- 2001 election agricultural scam, where farm equipments were distributed to indigenous Fijians.
The Government of Fiji published a report on the affirmative programs for indigenous Fijians and Rotumans and it states that:" it is also a reality, given the ethnic divisions in Fiji's society, that affirmative action involves issues of race.
Fiji will only resolve its racial differences by dealing with them honestly and openly and removing the inequities and inequalities, which cause social and political tensions.
archives.pireport.org /archive/2006/April/04-27-com.htm   (1992 words)

  
 Stuck in the M.U.D of Fiji socio-cultural and socio-political limbo.: 08/07/2005 Stuck in Fiji M.U.D   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Corporate giants in Fiji, F.N.P.F are in damage -control after details of it's purchase of Fiji Telecom blob A.T.H. The monopolies in Fiji are sure throwing their weight around, not if the unions have the last say.
Fiji Government is pussy-footing around the concept of forming Fiji's own identity and in the process created an atmosphere of mis-direction and ingrained the colonial mentality of 'entitlement'.
Fiji's Finance Minister enjoys inflating the horrible performance of Fiji's balance sheet, Often ignoring the internal conflicts like poor industrial relations, high inflation and skilled migration that will release shockwaves of reality to these old farts in power.
stuckinfijimud.blogspot.com /2005_08_07_stuckinfijimud_archive.html   (4881 words)

  
 Fiji Divisions
Fiji was a British colony from 1874 until it was granted independence on 1970-10-10.
Fiji is divided into four divisions and one dependency.
The divisions of Fiji are subdivided into provinces.
www.statoids.com /ufj.html   (255 words)

  
 Fiji Islands Law
The President of the Fiji Islands (head of state) is appointed for a 5-year term by the Great Council of Chiefs, a traditional ethnic Fijian leadership body.
There are four administrative divisions (central, eastern, northern and western), each under the charge of a commissioner.
The Fiji Judiciary is completely independent of the legislative and executive branches of government.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/fiji.htm   (502 words)

  
 Rural dwellers get further assistance from Provincial Development - Fiji Government Online
Provincial Development Minister Ted Young said that vocational students at Nakauvadra and Ra High Schools were engaged for the first time on a trial basis as carpenters to carry out construction work for homeowners affected in the flood in the Ra and Wainibuka areas.
The students' imput were supplemented by a group of carpenters engaged by the Commissioner Central Division.
Mr Young said that in the Northern Division, about 239 families with a population of 1049 people were affected by flood resulting in loss and damage to houses, food items, personal effects, crops and livestock.
www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/page_6250.shtml   (456 words)

  
 Radio Australia - News - Fiji military chief rejects call to stay out of politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Fiji's military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has rejected comments by the Australia's foreign minister that the army should stay out of Fiji's political affairs.
He says he is disappointed by Mr Downer's earlier comments that it is the job of a military commander to lead his troops, rather than play politics.
The military chief has criticised plans by Fiji's government to introduce legislation which could provide amnesties to figures involved in a coup in 2000.
www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1472371.htm   (427 words)

  
 Attempt to reconcile Fiji reopens ethnic divisions - World - www.smh.com.au
The latest effort at reconciliation over Fiji's divisive 2000 coup has been welcomed by indigenous nationalists, but bitterly resented by others, not least the country's military commanders.
Fiji's 67-year-old Vice-President, Ratu Jope Seniloli - who stayed on the public payroll while in prison for joining the 2000 coup - resigned on Monday, three days after his release on medical grounds.
But the military maintains that the release of Seniloli, a high chief and former Fiji rugby international, three months into a four-year sentence, was tantamount to endorsing the coup.
www.smh.com.au /news/World/Attempt-to-reconcile-Fiji-reopens-ethnic-divisions/2004/11/30/1101577487087.html?from=moreStories   (469 words)

  
 Category:Politics of Fiji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are 10 subcategories to this category shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
Religious reaction to the Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill (Fiji)
This page was last modified 12:10, 7 September 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Politics_of_Fiji   (94 words)

  
 Young Leaders for a Sustainable Fiji, Fiji
The project marked the launch for the Youth Parliament Alumni of Fiji with the theme of 'Young Leaders for the Sustainable Fiji'.
On October 28th, 2005, 26 young people from all of the Fiji divisions took part in a training workshop where they discussed important issues and committed to 3 youth campaigns, the beginning of many more to come.
Such an initiative is the first for the Pacific Region and is an important step in empowering island youth to make a difference in their communities.
www.unesco.org /csi/YV/projects/Fiji/fiji-proj.htm   (480 words)

  
 Nomoa.com :: FIJI COUP DIVISIONS RESURFACE...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
SUVA: Bitter divisions in Fiji resulting from a coup four years ago have resurfaced here after a key figure slammed as the "height of hypocrisy" a state funeral for the deposed president and founding prime minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
Mara's former official secretary Joseph Browne criticised the Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and revealed some of the details of the way he was forced out of office.
Fiji is an archipelago with a population of 845,000 people north of New Zealand.
www.nomoa.com /index.php/articles/FIJI_COUP_DIVISIONS_RESURFACE...   (795 words)

  
 The Order of St. John in Fiji
St John Fiji was established in 1939 as part of the Auckland New Zealand Centre.
There are 15 Open Divisions and 4 Closed Divisions (Police, Fire etc) around Fiji.
John Fiji has links with New Zealand, Australia and London (Prince of Wales's) District, UK.
www.orderofstjohn.org /countries/fiji.htm   (103 words)

  
 Scoop: Academic Calls For Fiji To Boost Women In Politics
Only seven percent of Fiji's lawmakers are women and Dr Rae Nicholl, of the University of the South Pacific's World Politics Programme, suggests an amendment to the alternative vote electoral system.
Writing in a research paper in a special gender edition of PJR, Dr Nicholl says "one reason for this lack of female visibility [in Parliament] is the focus on racial divisions in Fiji, which has resulted in the neglect of the gender gap".
Fiji's week-long general election ended at the weekend with first results expected on Monday.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0605/S00241.htm   (731 words)

  
 divisions - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about divisions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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By this time the four divisions of De Montfort's army were in full view of the town.
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encyclopedia.farlex.com /divisions   (171 words)

  
 Chaudhry's son marries Tui Lau descendant in Fiji - Wikinews
Sachindra Chaudhry, the youngest son of Fiji Labour Party leader and former Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, married Marian Ma'afu, a descendant of Fiji's first Tui Lau Enele Ma'afu, in a Hindu ceremony at Wailailai Temple in Ba yesterday.
Intermarriage between Fiji's indigenous and Indian communities is uncommon.
He was deposed a year later, in the Fiji coup of 2000.
en.wikinews.org /wiki/Chaudhry's_son_marries_Tui_Lau_descendant_in_Fiji   (443 words)

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