Samoa optimistic about new tuna loining plant for Savaii

Updated August 13, 2010 16:45:48

Samoa is investigating the possibility of setting up a tuna loining plant on the island of Savaii - a project that would create 1200 new jobs. Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister, Misa Telefoni, told the Pacific Investment Summit, in Sydney today, that the Samoan government has been holding high-level talks with the United States company Starkist - which owns a tuna cannery in neighbouring, American Samoa.

Presenter: Jemima Garrett, Radio Australia's Sydney based Pacific Economic and Business reporter
Speaker: Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister, Misa Telefoni