Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama met with a group of business people from Singapore yesterday who requested for a Fiji trade office to be established in Singapore.
The Ministry of Information confirmed that a group of 15 businessmen and women told Commodore Bainimarama that they wish to have a trade office in Singapore because of their strategic location and it will help the Fiji Government in its look north policy.
A member of the visiting group added that Singapore and Fiji are very well placed however there is a need to take advantage of that to attract investors.
He said that an office in Singapore will lure more investors.
The group also heard that Fiji had recently opened a trade office in Beijing, China to further attract investors.
Commodore Bainimarama said that he will take the idea from the group and see where the government can go from here.
Story by: Sneh Chaudhry
PM meets with business people from Singapore
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