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» Japan funds Water Supply Projects in the Kingdom of Tonga
Embargo: Friday, 11th August 2006, 10.00 a.m.
The Government of Japan will provide funds totalling US$224,631.00 (approx. T$416,949.00) for three (3) projects in the Kingdom of Tonga. The funding will be made available through the Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) programme.
Grant Contracts formalising Japan’s assistance will be signed by the representatives of the respective projects and Ms. Reiko Konosu, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Japan to Tonga, at 10.00 a.m. on 11th August 2006 at the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Nuku’alofa, the Kingdom of Tonga.
Details on the individual projects are as follows:
| No. | Project Title | T$ | US$ |
| 1 | The Project for Water Supply for Tupou College | 118,103.00 | 63,628.0 |
| 2 | The Project for Water Supply for Hofoa Village | 149,866.00 | 80,740.00 |
| 3 | The Project for Water Supply for Lakepa Village | 148,980.00 | 80,263.00 |
Japan’s assistance to these projects indicates its commitment to contribute to the improvement of the living standards and welfare of people in the Kingdom of Tonga 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. A total of 167 projects to the value of approximately US$5,110,889 have been funded under this program from 1993 to 2005 in the Kingdom of Tonga. 16 projects to the value of US$954,170 (approx. T$1,198,075) were funded in the Japanese financial year of 2005 in the Kingdom of Tonga.
It is hoped that this assistance will help further strengthen the friendly ties between the governments and the people of the Kingdom of Tonga and Japan.