Ummeli waseJapan u-Aioki uthe izibuko elitsha eMatautu eSamoa ngoku linokuzisa eSamoa “uninzi lwabakhenkethi abavela kwamanye amazwe abaya kuyivuyela indalo entle, amasiko awodwa kunye nokubuk 'iindwendwe kwabantu baseSamoa.
“Ikomkhulu laseSamoa linezibuko elisandula kuphuculwa eMatautu. Iprojekthi yezigidi ezingama-30 zeedola zaseMelika yokuphucula ukhuseleko kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kwizibuko eliphambili laseApia kuthathe iminyaka emibini kwaye kwavulwa kule veki ngummeli waseJapan eSamoa.
Le projekthi ixhaswa ngokupheleleyo ngurhulumente waseJapan phantsi kweJapan Arhente yeNtsebenziswano yeHlabathi.
Ukuphuculwa kubandakanya ukwandiswa kweemitha ezili-103 zedolophu entsha nokuvuselelwa nokwandiswa kwendlela yokuhamba yabakhweli entsha.
Inkulumbuso yase Samoa uTuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi uthe eli ziko liphuculweyo linceda urhulumente ukuba aphuhlise umnqweno wezothutho "oluzinzileyo, olukhuselekileyo, olukhuselekileyo nolunobungqongileyo oluxhasa uphuhliso lwezoqoqosho nezentlalo zaseSamoa."
I-Apia Port ilawula malunga ne-97% yazo zonke izinto zorhwebo lwangaphandle lweSamoa.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ukuphuculwa kubandakanya ukwandiswa kweemitha ezili-103 zedolophu entsha nokuvuselelwa nokwandiswa kwendlela yokuhamba yabakhweli entsha.
- The US$30-million project to improve safety and efficiency at Apia’s main port has taken two years and was opened this week by the Japanese ambassador to Samoa.
- Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said the upgraded port helps the Government’s development aspirations of a “sustainable, safe, secure and environmentally friendly transport network that supports Samoa’s economic and social development.
