The conversion of sea water to gas is supposed to be a process discovered in South Korea for which a plant will be constructed here in Tonga to provide residents and industry a fuel source cheaper than currently available. Back to School Both government and private schools re-opened this week for the beginning of the new academic year. Students and parents spent much of the week in town finding and buying required 'stuff' which included notebooks, textbooks, clothes. Leprosy Day Leprosy day was observed on Sunday to mark the beginning of the 70 th year since the first 13 cases were daignosed in the Kingdom in 1927. Although cases have been reported in many parts of the world, the disease exists mainly in tropical and subtropical areas.
Modern treatments are highly successful.
A variety of treatments are available, and in the great majority of cases can lose all signs of the disease, and the relapse rate is relatively low. Later, the Fale'ofa Centre was constructed in Neiafu, Vava'u, under what was then called the New Zealand Loprosy Trust Fund. By 1972 there was no need for the Fale'ofa Centre and it was demolished. Dental equipment for Niuafo'ou The Niuafo'ou Health Clinic was presented with new dental equipment funded by the NZ Official Development Assistant Programme. Millenium Celebrations - The Winning Tender National Development Corp. Ltd has been appointed by Cabinet as the Kingdom's sole agent for negotiating media rights to the celebrations marking the new millenium.