FIJI: Ambassador brings Chinese ethanol investors

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Updated February 29, 2008 20:43:21

Another plan has emerged to make ethanol in Fiji. A group of Chinese investors is considering setting up a 27 million US dollar plant to produce ethanol from cassava. The Chinese entrepreneurs are currently in Fiji, hosted by Fiji's ambassador to China. But while those involved in Fiji's fuel industry seem alternately excited or unfazed by the project, the public response has been more cautious.

Presenter: Megan Flamer
Speakers: Fiji's ambassador to China, Sir James Ah Koy; Chairman of the Sugar Commission of Fiji, John May

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