Deaths

Ratu Peceli Rinakama, 70, of Naivucini Village, Fiji.

A high chief of Naitasiri, Ratu Peceli was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list in June.

He was buried in the village’s chiefly burial ground.

Ratu Peceli was received his MBE for a distinguished career in Fiji’s administration and for dedication to his people and his country.

Mrs Flora Paul, wife of the first leader of government busi ness in Western Samoa, the late Mr Eugene Paul.

A large group of mourners was led by the head of state His Highness Malietoa Tanumafi li 11.

Deputy prime minister Tupuola Efi excused himself from parliament to attend the funeral.

James Makasiale, Fiji’s permanent secretary for pri mary industries, of heart failure at the Colonial War Memorial.

Family spokesman, Mr Steve Yaqona said a private Tongan mass would be held at Mr Makasiale’s home for members of the family, before a public service at the Sacred Heart cathedral.

Mr Makasiale was an agricultural graduate of the Uni versity of Hawaii. He joined Fiji’s civil service as an agricultutal officer after his graduation. He had also served as commissioner for the Eastern Division.

Mr Makasiale was buried at the Suva Extension Cemetery.

Dr Sherif Charouti, of the department of dentistry at UPNG, in an aircraft crash at Daulo Pass, Eastern Highlands,

Png.

Dr Charouti was also consul tant oral surgeon to the Port Moresby General Hospital and

travelled around the country to treat mouth cancer and other diseases.

The light aircraft was owned by University Publications manager, Ms Adri Grovers who survived with severe in juries.

Dr Charouti was bom in Cairo in 1948 of Lebanese parents and received his Bache lor of Dental Surgery from Cairo University in 1970 before becoming a Fellow in dental surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in London in 1983.

He went to Papua New Guinea in 1984.