I specially welcome to our shores all the participants from our neighbouring Pacific Developing Member Countries (PDMCs). I hope you will enjoy your stay in Suva during the course of the workshop. I would like to thank the Asian Development Bank and the Sub Regional Office in Suva for organising this workshop.
As you know, the former President Chino of the ADB officially opened this Sub Regional Office in Fiji last year and I must say that we are already seeing the benefits of this office already in our closer collaboration with ADB. As you know, the ADB is the most active of multilateral lenders in Fiji and I believe also in the region.