Council shows trend
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THE number and types of buildings being built and the rate at which they are built in Fiji are all indications of social and economic and in some instances cultural trends. A study of statistics with Suva City Council shows trends of the past 10 years. The city’s Chief Engineer,
Dipak Solanki, said in 1994, 878 building applications with an aggregate value of $54,115,472 of building works were submitted to the Council and 729 applications represent ing an aggregate value of $61,273,646 were approved. He said the statistics showed that
after a steep rise from about $l6 million in 1970 to about $32 million in 1983, the aggre gate value of buildings work decreased to about $24 million in 1984 and further decreased to about $ll million in 1987 and to an all time low of 54.7 million in 1988