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 ARVINKUMAR@CONNECT.COM.FJ

PHONE (679)666 0433

FAX (679)666 3288