Now the challenge for you is to find out how you, as a Fijian entrepreneur, can contribute to this economic development and nation building process. By strengthening and consolidating your business base now, Fijian business will be better positioned to contribute to the growth process.
I mentioned in some recent conferences and would like to reiterate here, that we live in a world of competition where many countries have  BIS Review 88/2010  3  low cost structures and high productivity. Therefore, unless we raise our productivity and do business in a smarter way, we will not be able to compete successfully against the rest of the world.