Comment: Punja needs to pay a fair share to the society in which he does business. Enforcing the laws of the land should be seen as a confidence booster rather than a deteriorating business climate. It's about time that they face real competition.

Comment: Punjas contribution to the community has been tremendous in very many ways. One also happens to be to employ local people.

Comment: Things seem to be going from bad to worse ....

Comment: The IG should make sure that the businesses in Fiji are well looked after. We can see every time they appear in court, the people of Fiji have to pay. We can see in only 2 weeks, water only, a loss of $8 million. Fiji will never survive this one.

Comment: Why is Punja complaining? He has made millions from the poor farmers. He is crying because the tariff is changed. But it has not changed only for Punja but for all businesses.

Comment: Punja has made a lot of money over the past decade or so. By saying that they will not operate the chocolate plant and brewery will not change the laws of Fiji. They have to stay within the laws which are implemented for every business and to increase Government revenue.

Comment: Hari Punja should have a better understanding than that FMF would be able to bully the laws into its favour. FMF runs a big industry, fine, but leave the enforcement to the government. I am still not convinced with his claims to stop doing business in Fiji. There will be certain impact but I am sure this will not halt the country. He needs to do his lucrative business here more than the people needing those jobs. He will give up on the boycott soon.

Comment: Mr Hari Punja's family has been enjoying three good meals a day while there are many Fijians struggling to have a decent meal. Yet he is complaining about the tariff reduction which is helping poor families. It would be a better day for Fiji when other areas are deregulated

Comment: What a lame excuse from a mighty businessman. Some business people are finding it hard to make the maximum profit from cheap labour. If one door closes, the other will be open.

Comment: I fully agree with Babba.

Comment: Mr Punja hasn't been jolted for the last 30 or 40 yrs or so, working with the Fijian elite in society. He must come back to reality and a word of advice please refrain yourself from trying to use emotion to derail the good work the IG are doing. It is time you play games on a level playing field.

Comment: Punja seems to oppose reduction in import duties so that he can monopolise the Fiji market.

Comment: About time Punja did business without the help of Govt. Millions of dollars have been lost in protecting his business. He has a virtual monopoly in all his businesses. C'mon Fiji wake up.

Comment: Perhaps Mr Punja you should think about coming to Tonga. Govt should provide incentive to local companies to produce.

Comment: The million dollar question is "What on earth Fiji needs a brewery and a chocolate plant for" in these hard economic times. Why not do some more meaningful things that help the entire society in which the likes of Punja have made their tremendous fortunes.

Comment: Hari Punja and the likes had made millions and established their business empires during 70s & 80s under an economy heavily protected by tariffs. We saw deregulation in the 90s which was strongly opposed by Punja. Somewhere the spirit of deregulation was lost in the previous government and tariffs started to creep in again providing protection to likes of Punja. Bottom line is we live in a global economy and Fiji needs to take advantage of global prices. If Punja cannot compete with prices and requires higher tariffs then consumers of Fiji are indirectly supporting higher prices of Punja and filling their coffers. I think protection of 120 jobs is a huge price to pay for millions of dollars in higher prices. Consumers in Fiji deserve to pay lower prices in line global prices. $30M in investment is not worth having if consumers are going to pay higher prices.

Comment: A real businessman. He could have given a real boost to Fiji's economy by offering jobs to local people and local farmers an initiative to grow rice and other commodities.