Fiji Sugar Corporation. [File Photo]
Minister for Sugar and Multi-Ethnic Affairs Charan Jeath Singh says the ministry will privatize the Fiji Sugar Corporation.
He says he is committed to remodelling FSC and has a fair idea of the planned changes.
He says he wants FSC to run independently and be financially stable.
Minister for Sugar, Charan Jeath Singh. [Source: Fiji Government]
Singh says the Corporation should finance itself and not rely on the Government.
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During the event, the minister pleaded with landowners to assist farmers by availing the land to enable cane farmers to increase and improve production.
[Source: Fiji Government]
He has also indicated that there are plans to improve the railway system as transportation during harvesting season is costly to farmers and millers.
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Singh highlighted this during his visit to the North where he was accorded a traditional welcome by the people of Wailevu.
[Source: Fiji Government]
The minister will be touring parts of the Northern Division today and tomorrow.