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» Japan Provides Waste Management Assistance to Nausori Town Council

The Government of Japan has provided a new Garbage Compactor Truck, worth US$109,231.00 (approx. F$175,000.00), under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) Programme to the Nausori Town Council.

The Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency Mr. Kenro Iino will officially handover the Garbage Compactor Truck to the representatives of the Nausori Town Council at 10.00 a.m. on 06th July 2005 at Nausori Town Council Office, Wainibokasi Road, Nausori.

The Nausori Town Council will use the new Garbage Compactor Truck for the sanitary and safe cartage of household refuse from Nausori area to the new Naboro Landfill site. It is estimated that this project will assist approximately 40,000 people in the Nausori Town Boundary Area and would ease the financial constraints the Town Council is facing in providing the rubbish disposal service.

Japan's assistance to this project indicates its commitment to contribute to the improvement of the living standards and welfare of people in Fiji Islands and is in line with its Official Development Assistance (ODA) policy of promoting development at the grassroots level. The GGP programme is specifically designed to address basic human needs, which include water supply, health, basic education, vocational training, sanitary environment and rural infrastructure. It is hoped that this assistance will help further strengthen the friendly ties between the governments and the people of Fiji Islands and Japan.