No Passports
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From Paradise
• Some Tongans who want to go overseas on holiday have had to stay at home. The kingdom has run out of passports.
When the Immigration Depart ment found itself out of stock, it placed an order for more with the Government Printer but found that his department was snowed under with other government and commer cial orders.
Immigration Officer Inspector ’Ahome’e said 741 passports had been issued so far this year and stocks were exhausted.
Meanwhile, more than 50 would-be travellers, the majority bound for New Zealand for a holiday, are wait ing with their bags packed.