Honiara, Solomon Islands (PINA Nius) \u2014 Hundreds of Malaitans are expected to roll up their sleeves in a display of community pride tomorrow when the island’s capital holds a “Clean Up Auki Day”.<\/p>\n
A number of religious organizations including the Catholic Church, Church of Melanesia, Seventh Day Adventist, Assembly of God and South Seas Evangelical Church are organizing the clean up.<\/p>\n
It follows the signing of the Townsville Peace Agreement which ended two years of ethnic conflict between militant forces from Guadalcanal (Isatabu Freedom Movement) and Malaita (Malaita Eagle Force).<\/p>\n
The Malaita Provincial government and the International Peace Monitoring Team are also involved in the community clean-up.<\/p>\n
International Peace Monitoring Team Auki team member Constable Young says he was looking forward to joining with the community to help tidy up the township.<\/p>\n
Constable Young says the team feels privileged to have been asked to come and help the Peace Monitoring Council with the peace process in Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n
He says the International Peace Monitoring Team has been overjoyed by the warm way the people of Malaita have accepted them into their community.<\/p>\n
Constable Young says the team is looking forward to working along with the rest of the community as its way of thanking the people of Auki for their friendship.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Russell Islands Plantation Estates Limited, RIPEL, has asked the public in and around Honiara to stop harvesting coconuts at the Lunga and Tenaru RIPEL plantations.<\/p>\n
These plantations are located east of the capital.<\/p>\n
In a message to the public, RIPEL’s management said that anyone found harvesting coconuts in the two areas would be dealt with legally.<\/p>\n
The company has resumed its normal operations following the peace agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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