| 21
July 2004 |
An
invitation has been sent to all members
and Swiss living in Fiji for a
get-together to celebrate the upcoming
Swiss National Day. If you are
interested, click
here to download the invitation. |
| June
2004 |
Some local
cultural organisations have approached
us for funding their trips for shows,
concerts and exhibitions in Switzerland.
If you are one of them, checkout out www.kulturforderung.ch
(also in English) for interesting links. |
| May
2004 |
We have now
received the "Certificate
of Registration of an Industrial
Association" by the Registrar
of Industrial Associations. Vinaka
Shalini Chand and Brian Singh! |
| 18/4/2004 |
Fiji's
first former prime minister and later
president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara,
passes away peacefully at the age of 84.
Our sincere condolences to his family
and friends. |
| 28/2/2004 |
We are
still waiting for the official
registration as trade organisation which
is issued by the Ministry for Labour
& Industrial Relations. Until we
have such paper, we have "to lay
low". Bear with us. |
| 14/1/2004 |
We just
found out that the magazine "Swiss
Review" for Swiss living abroad is now
available online. Good news for us
in Fiji since the delay using the mail
was sometimes horrific - if we received
it at all. |
| 22/12/2003 |
www.swissworld.org
is the new Internet portal of Presence
Switzerland. |
| 19/11/2003 |
Swiss
Music Radio is now available
throughout Europe from satellite. It
airs 100% Swiss rock and pop music.
Maybe we can expect it once in the
Pacific region? |
| 3/11/2003 |
The
official press release from our 2003 AGM.
Click
here to open it ( 60KB). |
| 20/10/2003 |
The
"Constitution of Industrial
Association" has been drafted as version
1.0.
|
| 18/10/2003 |
The first
General Annual Meeting was held on 18
October 2003 in Suva. Elected were:
President: James Rafoi
Vice-President: Gerhard Stemmler
General Secretary: Daniel Zender
Treasurer: Melissa Vatabua
Ordinary Member: Thomasina Ah Ben |
| 1/8/2003 |
An ad
commemorating today's Swiss National Day
has been placed in the newspaper.
Unfortunately it is not placed under
'public notices' but under
'entertainment'. We apologise for the
error. |
| 29/7/2003 |
We have now
four registered members. A few more are
expected prior to our first annual
meeting which will take place in late
August or early September |
| 8/7/2003 |
New page
inserted called "Other useful
links". We acknowledge again the
help of Sippo
who provided us with the raw data. |
| 2/7/2003 |
The SFBA
launch is made public to Swiss companies
through Osec's
newsletter. Download No. 62 of 2 July here
(287KB). |
| 30/6/2003 |
Fiji
companies interested in exporting to
Switzerland or the European Union can
now download a questionnaire and fill
their company information. It will then
be included in Sippo's Exporters List
which contains currently more than 2000
foreign companies. Click
here for details. |
| 18/6/2003 |
The Swiss
Ambassador to Fiji, H.E. Mrs. Sylvie
Matteucci has launched our association!
Guest speaker was the Chief Executive of
the Fiji
Islands Trade & Investment Bureau,
Mr. Jesoni Vitusagavulu. We also would
like to thank Nestlé Fiji for their
presentation and the product display. Click
here for further details about this
event. |
| 11/6/2003 |
A
last-minute change occurs: the inaugural
meeting/launch will now take place on
Wednesday, 18 June 2003 at 6.30pm. New
venue is the Holiday Inn. |
| 31/5/2003 |
Our second
advertisement for interest registration
appears in the "Fiji Times".
Next to it: a trademark registration
from Knorr (Thayingen, Switzerland).
Coincidence? Check it out here. |
| 24/5/2003 |
SPG2003
logo taken off this page. However, we
still invite anyone from overseas to
attend the South
Pacific Games in Suva, starting on
28 June. |
| 22/5/2003 |
The Swiss
Embassy in New Zealand has confirmed the
new launch date: Wednesday, 18 June 2003. Time and
venue to decided later. |
| 28/4/2003 |
Received
promotional material from OSEC
(Business Network Switzerland),
including DVD presentation. Thank you,
Ms. Därendinger. |
| 17/4/2003 |
New launch
date has been set for either 18 or 19
June 2003. We hope that both the Swiss
Ambassador and the Chief Executive of
the Fiji Islands Trade & Investment
Bureau can attend. |
| 16/4/2003 |
Our website
is now listed with www.swissinfo.org
in their links page (Chambers of
Commerce - International). |
| 11/4/2003 |
Somehow the
CSS file and the web theme got
corrupted. We apologize for any
inconvenience caused. |
| 8/4/2003 |
Fiji
companies currently listed with links in
our site have been officially asked for
permission to use their logos. |
| 3/4/2003 |
Swiss
companies currently listed with links in
our site have been officially asked for
permission to use their logos. |
| 26/3/2003 |
Received
valuable documents from SIPPO (Swiss
Import Promotion Programme). Special
thanks to Mario A. Braescu. |
| 20/3/2003 |
E-mail that
H.E. Ambassador Matteucci of the Swiss
Embassy in New Zealand may be attend the
SFBA launch during her visit to Fiji in
mid-May. |
| 11/3/2003 |
Negative
reply to our first sponsorship request
(i.e. advertisement cost for SFBA
launch). Hopefully better luck next time |
| 6/3/2003 |
Received
donation for hosting of website until
October 2003 |
| 5/3/2003 |
E-mail from
Mr. Jesoni Vitusagavulu, Chief
Executive, Fiji Islands Trade &
Investment Bureau, offering support:
"...I suppose it is worth a
try." |
| 21/2/2003 |
Second
shipment of Swiss documents arrives
courtesy of the "Bundesamt für
Bauten und Logistik BBL". Special
thanks to Nicole Andres. |
| 19/2/2003 |
Received
donation for hosting of website until
May 2003. Beta website published to
SFBA's domain name. |
| 9/1/2003 |
First
donation enables us to register www.swissfiji.org
as our domain name. |
| 24/11/2002 |
Start with
beta version of the SFBA website |
| 19/10/2002 |
SFBA logo
created |
| 14/8/2002 |
Two Swiss
people discuss the idea of forming a
Swiss-Fiji business and/or social club |
| 14/11/2001 |
The new
Swiss Ambassador in New Zealand, Hon.
Sylvie Matteucci, invites Swiss living
in Suva for a social event |
| 17/5/1994 |
Verbal
support for proposal from the Swiss
Ambassador
in New Zealand, Hon. Ernst
Thurnherr |
| 8/4/1994 |
A proposal
for an image and
promotion campaign of Fiji's products
and services in Switzerland is submitted to the Fiji
Islands Trade and Investment Board
Image
and promotion campaign proposal |
