(L-R) David Barton, ADB Principal Investment Specialist; Mataia Meritiana Fepuleai, CEO of UTOS; Malaeulu Aysha Rimoni, Minister of Finance; Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molioo; Jyotsana Varma, ADB Regional Director Pacific Office, Taskforce Chairman; Taimalie Charlie Westerlund, Samoa Attorney General Mauga Precious Chang; Ian Bryson, ADB Principal Operations Coordination Specialist; and Kamel Bouhmad, ADB Country Operations Head.
(Photo: Consular for Samoa in Sydney Australia, Tuaopepe Dr. Cam Wendt.)
A fact-finding mission by a Samoan delegation exploring the government’s proposed national airline was met with what has been described as a “direct” warning from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which cautioned that a Samoan airline could be “financially devastating.”
