Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has highlighted that talks have begun with the Minister for Infrastructure Parveen Bala to provide an Overall Urban Town Planning.
Sayed-Khaiyum was asked a question during the budget consultation with students from the Central Division at Suva Grammar School on whether the budget had a capital project that would see to the extension of the Suva Bus Stand.
He says most of the towns and cities were planned way back in the colonial days and subsequently did not have any overall master planning done.
Sayed-Khaiyum states that it is critical to ensure that nationwide budget consultations are held as 25% of Fiji’s population is between the age of 17 to 30 years and 69.4% are below the age of 40 years.
He says the public consultations help them to listen to the key issues, they are able to talk about how the budget works, what are the things taken into consideration, where the economy is at and what is the economic outlook.
Over 200 students and teachers were present at the budget consultation at Suva Grammar School.
