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Chinese Government provides FJD 151,539 grant for Thomas Baker Memorial Junior Secondary School Building Project (Linked to Record ID#64207)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$156,647
Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•FijiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•FijiSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 27, 2007
Start (actual)
Jul 1, 2007
End (actual)
Oct 26, 2008

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to construct a building for Thomas Baker Memorial Junior Secondary School in the district of Navatusila within Nadroga-Navosa province. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/732493483.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Fiji

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides FJD 151,539 grant for Thomas Baker Memorial Junior Secondary School Building Project (Linked to Record ID#64207)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On June 27, 2007, roughly six months after the December 2006 military coup in Fiji, the Chinese Government provided a $5 million cash grant to the Government of Fiji (as recorded in Record ID#64207). These monies were deposited into a trust fund controlled by Fiji’s Office of the Prime Minister. Then, on May 22, 2007, Fiji’s Cabinet approved the utilization of the $5 million cash grant to finance the construction and upgrading of rural roads and other rural projects. FJD 151,539 was earmarked for the Thomas Baker Memorial Junior Secondary School Building Project. The purpose of this project was to construct a building for Thomas Baker Memorial Junior Secondary School in the district of Navatusila within Nadroga-Navosa province. In July 2007, an MOU was signed between the Office of the Prime Minister of Fiji and the RFMF Engineers regiment. It specified that the RFMF Engineers would be responsible for the implementation of the project. As of December 16, 2007, the project was nearing completion. It was ultimately completed on or around October 26, 2008.

Staff comments

According to Fijian law, any monies that are deposited into government-controlled Trust Funds are not the property of the state and not utilized for the purpose of government. As such, these monies are to be deposited in separate bank accounts and accounted for separately from public money and other money (since they are being ‘held in trust’). Fiji’s Office of the Prime Minister operates one Trust Fund that is financed by the PRC Government and another that is financed by the Taiwanese (ROC) Government. The PRC Government, in effect, entrusted its $5 million cash grant to the coup leader (Frank Bainimarama), who became Fiji’s Prime Minister.