17 Oct 2006

Normal business activities in Tonga resume after a month of mourning

9:27 am on 17 October 2006

Normal business activities in Tonga will resume today one month after the death of the late King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.

Paula Ma'u the Deputy Secretary of the Prime Minister's office says that a ban on entertainment, bars and nightclubs, has now been lifted.

The Matagi Tonga online reports state mourning began on September 11, a day after the late king died at a New Zealand hospital.