They Want the Airport
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Airport at Suva Point
opposition by the three Government representatives on Fiji’s Regional Airport Committee, the committee in June decided that an airport should be built on the coral at Suva Point.
The Suva Chamber of Commerce also in June decided to support the Suva Point site, which according to a recent survey (PIM June, p. 126) would cost about £500,000, compared with a cost of £300,000 to recon struct the existing airport at Nausori, about 15 miles out of town.
The Chamber of Commerce said only a minimum amount of money should be spent on maintaining Nausori meanwhile. The matter of a new airport site has been a bone of contention in Suva for some time.