Tonga's Capital, Economy Remain in Ruins a Year After Pro-Democracy Riots

Tonga's economy is stagnating and the Pacific island nation's capital remains in ruins a year after rioting by pro-democracy demonstrators left businesses destroyed and eight people dead. via Bloomberg.com - Asia

[what the]

Good point Emma, Tonga has and is suffering because of the prodemocracy riot of nov 16 2007.

Where will we get help from??? Not the ones who burnt Nuku'alofa thats for sure.

Koe toe sio ai pe ki pule'anga ke fai e kolekole!

[Captain Cook]

As long as you have the fat guzzling overweight king and his family and all the leeches and hangeron's
Tong will alway's be poor.Get rid of them!!!

[Dan]

Captain Cook wrote:

As long as you have the fat guzzling overweight king and his family and all the leeches and hangeron's
Tong will alway's be poor.Get rid of them!!!

Captain Cook died in Hawaiki!They killed him
there,You must be a old bugger now!

[ahiohio]

Captain Cook wrote:

As long as you have the fat guzzling overweight king and his family and all the leeches and hangeron's
Tong will alway's be poor.Get rid of them!!!

HALLELUIJAH !

THANKYOU! THANKYOU! THANKYOU !

PEACE!

[what the]

Captain Cook wrote:

As long as you have the fat guzzling overweight king and his family and all the leeches and hangeron's
Tong will alway's be poor.Get rid of them!!!

our people are not poor vakai ki he ngaahi misinale kou toki 'osi. But you will always be poor he 'oku ke matamata'i manumanu pe koe.
Malo e kuki kapiteni!

[prisoner_tonga]

Koe lahi taha e pa'anga ko'eni 'oku lii he misinale moe ngaahi pola, koe ha'u ia mei muli mei he ngaahi familii. Lahi taha e pa'anga mei NZ, Aust, USA. Koe ngaahi fonua fakatemokalati.

Koia ai,'oua mu'a tetau fu'u vave ke pehe 'oku lahi e pa'anga 'i Tonga ni. He kane lahi, pehe ni he'ikai tetau lele koe kole no 118 miliona mei China.

[what the]

'"oku 'iai e pa'anga lahi 'oku hu mei muli ka 'oku fakafou kotoa ki Tonga.

'Oku 'i Tonga leva hono vahevahe holo ki he kavenga 'i fe mo fe.

So in essence 'oku pa'anga 'ia 'aupito pe 'a kau tonga 'i Tonga neongo 'oku tokoni lahi 'a muli.

Na'e 'ikai mei faie feinga kole ka kohono tutu 'o nuku'alofa so I hear.

Secondly Koe ongo fonua eni 'oku temokalati pea toe fonu koloa mo'oni( natural resource), but they also have their fair share of corruption, unfair distribution etc.....

Malo pe moe si'i kainga 'enau kei 'ofa ki 'api.

[ahiohio]

what the wrote:

'"oku 'iai e pa'anga lahi 'oku hu mei muli ka 'oku fakafou kotoa ki Tonga.
'Oku 'i Tonga leva hono vahevahe holo ki he kavenga 'i fe mo fe.
So in essence 'oku pa'anga 'ia 'aupito pe 'a kau tonga 'i Tonga neongo 'oku tokoni lahi 'a muli.
Na'e 'ikai mei faie feinga kole ka kohono tutu 'o nuku'alofa so I hear.
Secondly Koe ongo fonua eni 'oku temokalati pea toe fonu koloa mo'oni( natural resource), but they also have their fair share of corruption, unfair distribution etc.....
Malo pe moe si'i kainga 'enau kei 'ofa ki 'api.

Anga fefe ke ke pehee 'oku pa'anga 'ia 'aupito pe 'ae kakai tonga nofo tonga ia neongo ai pe 'ae tokoni fakapa'anga mei muli hili koia koe vahenga 'oe tokolahi taha 'oku ngaue 'i tonga (please correct me if im wrong)'oku 'avalisi pe he $2000.00 he ta'u ?
Fu'u fakavalevale 'aupito 'eni ia fakatatau kihe mahu'inga 'oe koloa moe lolo 'i tonga kae pehee kihe ngaahi fiema'u 'ae famili , kavenga 'ae nopele ma'utofi'a ,'ae tu'i kae'uma'aa 'ae siasi.

Ko tonga , koe talu pe 'ene tupu 'ana mo'ene kole tokoni ki muli kihe ngaahi fonua TEMOKALATI he ta'u kihe ta'u kihe ta'u.
Ko China ne toki popped hake pe 'eni 'aneuhu.
Remember ?

Mo'oni 'aupito ho'o pehee 'oku corrupt e fonua kotoa ,kae hange ko 'eku lave ki mu'a atu 'o pehee 'oku kehekehe 'aupito hono handle 'ehe ngaahi fonua TEMOKALATI 'ae CORRUPTION mei he ngaahi fonua 'oku pule'i founga fakatikitato.
Ko'ene confirm pe 'oku hoko ha ngaue FAIHALA 'iha tafa'aki pe 'ihe ngaahi fonua TEMOKALATI pea 'oku ngaue leva kiai e " LAO PE FAKAMAAU'ANGA " 'o tatau ai pe pe koe Kaiveve 'i hala ,Minisita ,Palemia pe koe Palesiteni he 'oku ngaue "TATAU " pe 'ae lao kihe taha kotoa he Fonua ,which is not the case in tonga at the moment.

[prisoner_tonga]

So far, this is how we rank.

Corruption???
Tonga is very very very corrupted in comparison to the U.S.A, Aust, NZ.

Economy???
We are a joke, compared to U.S.A, Aust, NZ.

Those are just facts we should consider as we look at democracy and Monarchy/dictatorship.

[prisoner_tonga]

Don't forget to vote on the Poll for when political reform should take place in Tonga.

http://www.topix.net/forum/world/tonga/THEV84...

[what the]

Lets just say that many people in Tonga are corrupt and even if we adopt democracy Tongans will always be Tongan.

I am not belittling Tongans but trying to remind you that our to'onga fakatonga etc feveitokai 'aki and tauhi va will need to be wiped out so democracy can survive.

Are we really asking for something we should not rush?

Are we really ready to let a very few elite decide on our land?

Will we not become more selfish and fend for ourselves instead of the rest of our families?

To become democratic will result in another group of elites that will dictate our everyday lives.

The majority will never be always right!

[prisoner_tonga]

Right now in Tonga, the elite few is ruling.

With Democracy, the majority of people will rule. Majority means many. Accountability, Transparency, Good Governance are factors that will be enhanced if we go democratic.

Democracy does not stop our people from USA, Aust, NZ from helping their families here in Tonga. Selfishness is not the result of democracy. Selfishness is the result of a dead conscience.

The majority is better than the corrupted few.

[what the]

I cant stress enough that we will each have a nobility class with democracy. It is happenning in every democratic governmnet.

Lets pay more peopele to fight corruption ( human nature)!!

[prisoner_tonga]

Democracy gives us a fair playing field. Fair for all. Those who will work hard and strive will reap the reward. Those who will not try will never win a thing. The main thing is "fair playing field".

[what the]

I hope that the players will remember whom they are representing.

If they dont pea ta 'oku sai ange a tu'i ia na'e foaki mo'ui ene fanga kui kae ma'u e lakanga.

[prisoner_tonga]

Michael Jordan said. "you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk". After that, he went and walked it.

PM, Feleti Sevele, Ministers, Fineasi Funaki, Peauafi Haukinima, and others, can sure talk alot. But when it came to walking (action), it is what we call, "smoke but no fire". In Tongan, Posiposii. Such players will loose the game.

[what the]

he also got aids I believe from walking the walk.

Look its fair enough the people you mention could be posiposi but why can the temo party give us a list of their possible candidates. So we can which hoose to pick, and know who they are.

[ahiohio]

what the wrote:

he also got aids I believe from walking the walk.
Look its fair enough the people you mention could be posiposi but why can the temo party give us a list of their possible candidates. So we can which hoose to pick, and know who they are.

Michael Jordan got aids ?

It's Magic Johnson fool!

PEACE!

[what the]

Thanks 'ahiohio', I am such a fool. but the question still remains, where are the possible canditates and how many political parties will we have?

[ahiohio]

what the wrote:

Lets just say that many people in Tonga are corrupt and even if we adopt democracy Tongans will always be Tongan.
I am not belittling Tongans but trying to remind you that our to'onga fakatonga etc feveitokai 'aki and tauhi va will need to be wiped out so democracy can survive.
Are we really asking for something we should not rush?
Are we really ready to let a very few elite decide on our land?
Will we not become more selfish and fend for ourselves instead of the rest of our families?
To become democratic will result in another group of elites that will dictate our everyday lives.
The majority will never be always right!

Toe pe ho'o fo'i lapavale peheni tu'o taha pea he'ikai teu toe talanga au mo koe.hahahaha!

Koe tauhi va moe feveitokai'aki 'oku ke lave mai kiai 'oku 'ikai koia ia .
Koe me'a 'ena ia 'oku tau ui koe KAKAA ,MALUOLOI ,FEVALELOI ,etc.
Koe me'a ia 'oku lahi ai e FAIHALA 'i tonga koe fa'ahinga tauhiva 'oku ke nofo ai .

Kataki ka kuo ke hela'ia pea ke si'i me'a atu 'o maloloo kae tuku e 'ai'ai kovi he ko'ena teke teketeka pe mei he ngalilelei kihe Ta'elelei.

PEACE!