Kiribati
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Car corruption alleged KIRIBATI Audit Director Beniamina Tinga has sent a special report to the
country’s parliament calling for an inves
tigation into the alleged irregularities he discovered regarding the sale of used government cars by lender. He said the Government had missed out on about A 5200,000 (US$l5,OOO) because cars had now always been sold to the people who won government tenders. Some cars were released before payment was re ceived.
No homing beacon A RECENT Air Marshall Islands flight from Nadi could not find Kiribati’s main island of Tarawa because the Bonriki In ternational Airport radio beacon was not working. The pilot managed to send an urgent message to Radio Kiribati, which is normally off the air in the afternoon, and a technician raced to turn on its transmitter. The aircraft was able to home in on the signal and make a safe
landing.