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The another major step taken is to install the membrane structure on canopy of main stadium grand stands which signifies the significant headway towards the Pacific games. Up until now nearly twenty units of membrane canopy have been installed while stretched to the fullest.

The governments of Australia and New Zealand have pledged to fund the Suva Agreement im­plementation.

Some of the Government ministries lack technical capacity to speed up projects so the Department of Strategic Policy, Planning and Aid Coordination (DSPPAC) has been providing assistance.

The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has injected a SB$5 million budgetary support to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) to boost the National Broadcasters services locally and abroad. This is an increase of SB$4 million dollars from the annual subvention grant of SB$1 million every year.

The Australian government decided to publicly release information about problems with Pacific patrol boats despite a warning from defence officials that this could harm important regional relationships. In previously secret advice, the Department of Defence also raised fears that potential publicity about the problems “may then be exploited by criminal networks or malign actors”.