Korea – Singapore TCTP onNew Town Development & Urban Renewal August 20 ~ 30,2003 Anyang,Korea
BY ARVIN KUMAR OF FIJI
FIJI ON THE MAP
Fiji
Fiji Islands
Korea
MAP FROM MS ENCARTA
A DETAIL MAP OF FIJI
MAP FROM MS ENCARTA
Land And Location
• Fiji is an archipelagos nation consisting of more than 300 islands scattered over 1.3 million km² of the South Pacific ocean. The islands varying in size from the 10,000km²to islets, a few meters in circumference. The total land mass area is 18,333 square kilometers. Fiji Island lie between longitude 170° east and 177° west and latitude 15° and 22° south. Situated just west of International Datelines, and is literally where new day begins and although the 180th meridian passes the island group, the international dateline is adjusted so that the entire archipelago falls into the same zone, which is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
2 HistoryFiji Islands was settled by native indigenous Fijians three and half centuries ago and most authorities agree that people came into the
Pacific form the south-west via the Indonesian Islands.
Here the Melanesians and the Polynesians mixed to create a highly developed society
long before the arrival of the Europeans. The first European discoveries of the Fiji Group were accidental, occurring when the early
navigators were on their way elsewhere. The first of these discoveries was made in 1643
by the Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman and English navigators including Captain William Bligh, who sailed through the group after the mutiny on the “Bounty” in 1789. The Indians
were brought in the country by Colonial government after Fiji was ceded to Great
Britain in 1874.
3.Climate and Natural Disasters
Fiji has a mild tropical climate with plentiful rain under prevailing conditions. However, it is subject to a potentially catastrophic climate events such cyclones, earthquakes, flooding and multiple land slips which can have a major impact on the economy and infrastructure. The predicted sea level rise, as a result of global warming could have profound consequences for all Fiji’s urban centers, agriculture and coastal development.
Population
• The population of Fiji on August 25, 1996 stood at 772,655. There were 358,131 persons in the urban areas and 414,524 in the rural areas.
• Of the total 394,999 were Fijian (51.1%), 336,579 were Indians (43.6%) and 41,077 others (5.3%).
• Compared with the 1986 Census there was a net increase of 57,280 persons during the 1996 Census. Fijian numbers had increased by 65,694 persons, Indian numbers registered a decrease of 12,125 persons as a result of high international emigration and lower rate of natural increase. The net population loss of Indians through emigration between the Census were estimated at 58,300 persons. The number of other component increased by 3,711 persons. The annual average growth rate between the last Census was 0.8%.
Lautoka City Councilpart organizational Chart
Town Clerk /Chief Executive Officer
DIRECTOR ENGINEERING SERVICESDIRECTOR BUILDING SERVICES DIRECTOR FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Director health Services
Works ManagerEngineering Assistant
Clerk of WorksNew City Development
Secretary
Construction supervision Horticulturist Store man 27 Un established workers 37 Contractors
Director Health Services
Town planning /rezoning matters
Presently I am Both The Engineering Assistant And Acting Works Manager and Clerk Of Works
Urban Planning
• In Fiji the Town And Country Planning Department are responsible for the overall planning in consultant with the local authority like Lautoka City Council Which under take public participation and other exercise and recommends to the Director this and more in depth details would be provided by my counterpart M/S TALEI
LAUTOKA CITY
Field 40 Subdivision
THANK YOU
• MY CONTACT IS169 VITOGO PARADE
LAUTOKA
FIJI ISLANDS
E-MAIL [email protected]
PHONE (679)666 0433
FAX (679)666 3288