In the early 1980’s Fiji suffered a high incidence of damages to buildings resulting from a series of tropical cyclones that struck the country. Some of you may recall Cyclone Erick, Nigel, Gavin and Hina which struck Fiji one after the other in 1985 to be followed by even more destructive cyclones. The losses sustained to the Fiji economy was no doubt very high.
The foundation has been laid and one can be confident that the Indian democracy would once again stand the test of the time. On our part, we certainly think that the slew of economic reforms measures undertaken by the government recently would impart a positive momentum to the economy.