On Thursday 29 April, the charter flight arranged by the China Harbour Engineering Company, in
collaboration with the Embassy of China, to bring its workers for the ADB funded Apia Port Safety
project, also provided the opportunity for technical experts for a number of other development projects
for Samoa as follows:
Project Number personnel Counterpart ministry
1. Construction of the new embassy 56 Embassy
2. Arts and Culture centre Malifa – Friendship park 16 MESC
3. TA Sports Centre 5 SSFA
4. Rotational medical team 8 MoH
5. Forensic pathologists team 8 MJCA/Police/AGO
6. Construction police academy 6 Police
7. Agricultural Technical aid project 12 MAF
8. Apia Port safety project 34 SPA
9. EPC engineers 2 EPC
10. Private sector returning businessmen 49 Private sector
11. Diplomatic staff 1 Embassy
12. Interim Head WHO 1 WHO
New projects that will now begin with the arrival of project staff include the Apia Port safety project
funded by the Asian Development Bank, the new Chinese embassy and the Police academy. The
Forensic pathologist team will assist the courts and Ministry of Police in expediting the conclusion of
outstanding cases requiring forensic analyses and subsequent release of bodies for burial.

Ministry Foreign Affairs
2 May 2021