6 Jul 2016

China writes off loan for Tonga school rebuild

2:29 pm on 6 July 2016

The Chinese Government is to write off Tonga's loan for the reconstruction of Ha'apai High School, an amount of about $US3 million dollars.

The Minister of Finance, 'Aisake Eke, thanked China for the write off.

Radio Tonga reports him saying China had also allowed Tonga an extra year to pay off a loan for the reconstruction of roads in the capital of Nuku'alofa.

School children from Tonga's Ha'apai Islands.

School children from Tonga's Ha'apai Islands. Photo: RNZ / Jane Patterson