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Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama assured participants at the mini-Economic Summit that his Government is committed to upgrading infrastructure considering that the issue of infrastructure was raised again during the meet.
Mr Bainimarama emphasized that following this summit he would take steps to appoint a Minister with the dedicated responsibility to spearhead regional, provincial and outer islands development including infrastructural development.
This is one area of productive investment on which I propose to give very high priority in the 2009 Budget, he said.
I propose to allocate appropriate levels of resources especially since this is vital for private sector-led growth, and for improving the living conditions of our people.
Prime Minister Bainimarama highlighted that the 2009 budget will focus on the enhancement of the private sector and Government has ensured that there is a need for substantial and quick progress in upgrading, rehabilitating as well as developing new infrastructure.
Mr Bainimarama wants the private sector to come up with innovative proposals including ways and means to enhance and strengthen the partnering between the private sector and Government.
I would like us to be prepared within this year, that is, firm projects must be ready for us to get implementation underway starting in January 2009, he said.
I intend to set up a joint Government and private sector team to look into this now, before we finalize the 2009 budget.
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