New Role For
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Tv Actor
TV actor Raymond Burr, who gained fame and fortune for his role as lawyer Perry Mason in the small-screen series of Erie Stanley Gardner's mystery stories, now plans to play the role of a Fiji businessman.
Mr, Burr got a foothold in Fiji two years ago when he bought Naitauba, one of the islands in the northern Lau Group. (PIM, Feb., 1966, p. 33).
Mr. Burr's latest venture is the formation of an export-import company designed to develop trade links between Fiji and Canada.
An announcement on the new company was made at a Press conference in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, in late January. The company's head office will be in New Westminster, and there will also be one in Suva.
Mr. Burr said at the Press con ference that the company would attempt to establish Canadian markets for Fiji products and Fiji markets for Canadian products. It would also encourage Canadian investment in Fiji, particularly in the tourist industry and in real estate; and it would bring experts to Fiji from all parts of the world to teach local artisans modern techniques for example, silk screen printing.
Raymond Burr