GROWTH of business in Savusavu Town may be hampered by the absence of a chamber of commerce.
And the town’s business community feels nothing is being done to address this matter, although it registered for a chamber of commerce in November last year.
Savusavu Tourism Association chief executive officer Karl Smith said the establishment of such a body to facilitate relations between the business community and Government in expanding the town was long overdue.
Mr Smith said despite their efforts at registering a chamber of commerce for the township last year, nothing was done so far.
“We had sent a draft constitution for the chamber and a list of names for office bearers to the office of the accounting firm handling the registration, but without success,” he said.
“All we are asking is for the appointment of such an office to enable the business community in Savusavu to work closely with Government in expanding the town’s business sector.”
Mr Smith said Savusavu had a lot of potential, adding this could only be fully exploited once a chamber of commerce is set in place to address issues.
Responding to this claim, Fiji Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Peter Mazey, said he was unaware of the application for registration encouraging the business community in Savusavu to set up a chamber of commerce.
“In checking with our secretariat I regret we cannot find whether we have received a formal request from Savusavu,” he said.
“We are planning a visit to our Chamber of Commerce in Labasa in the next few weeks and that would be an opportune time to spend time in Savusavu.”
Edit By:Luke Rawalai
Fiji Times Thursday, July 14, 2016
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