I reiterate my thanks to the Board, management and staff of HFC for their support and cooperation with the Reserve Bank’s policies and guidelines. I also salute this institution on achieving its Golden Jubilee Year of existence and for the role that it has played in Fiji’s economic development. Congratulations on this new branch and all the very best in your future endeavours.
The focus has, of course, been on that day in a movie theatre in Nova Scotia in 1946. A successful business woman was denied a seat downstairs, was arrested and jailed, then ultimately convicted and fined for doing what was right in a system that was wrong. Yet, that day in the theatre was not the first time Viola Desmond had experienced systemic racism.