Lau susuga i le taitai o le sauniga Susuga Nuuausala Siaosi Siutaia,
Afifio afioga i Minisita o le Kapeneta
Afio lau afioga i le Fofoga Fetalai
Afifio Minisita Lagolago
Afio le Taitai o le Itu-Agai ma le mamalu o faipule o le Maota Fono o
Samoa
Lau Afioga i le Komesina Sili o le Malo o Niu Sila
Afifio Faauluuluga o Matagaluega ma Faalapotopotoga ale Malo
Alalata’i sui mamalu o le aufai pisinisi
Le maualuga o Samoa ua potopoto

Talofa, Talofa lava
E manatu o lea ua fa’amua le taulaga sa i le Atua ua faavae ai Samoa. Ua
ifo foi i ati-malie le lupe tuamafa ale Atua na filimalae i malae totofi o
Samoa, o lona Agaga Paia lea ua tu aao i le taeao ma le aso. Faafetai i
faiva o le Ositaulaga ale Atua ua ia faapaiaina ai lenei aso ma le
faamoemoe. Tau ina ia fa’atumuina e le Atua lau utu aua lana feau ma le
valaauina.

Ou te le toe fāloina le afa loloa a tautai o le vasa taupotu, pe toe tau
faafuluina le pa sina, pe tau laeiina foi le maaosofia ale tautai nofova’a i
paia ma mamalu o Samoa. Talitonu o Samoa o le atunuu ua uma ona

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paelago, uma ona mamanu fa’atiti o tamalii, susu’i foi fa’atiu ma sasala a
tausala, ma fafatu faapale laei o tupu ona upu. Tulou, Tulouna lava:

Ae o le ‘auga o aute o le aso, o le TAEAO MUA e tatala aloaia le amataga
o galuega mo le fausia o le tatou MAKETI FOU i lona nofoaga tuai i
Savalalo nei. Ua loaloa tausaga ua tapena mai lenei fa’amoemoe taua ao
lenei ua taoto ataata o Taulelei. Sa taoto le lafo i le faigamalo ua mavae
atu ina ia fausia lenei maketi i sona nofoaga fou i Sogi.

Peitai, ua a’e se tōfā ma se finagalo o le faigamalo i lenei vaitau i lana
silasila mamao e alagatatau ona toe fausia le Maketi Savalalo i lona
nofoaga tuai ua masani ai nai o tatou tagata e pei ona tatou molimauina
i lenei aso. O mafuaaga autu, ia faafaigofie le fela’ua’iga o oloa ma ia
taugofie le auaunaga i le mamalu o le tatou atunuu o le a fa’aaogaina
lenei maketi aemaise foi si o tatou atunuu e faimalaga mai nuu i tua e
aofia ai Manono ma Apolima faapea le motu tele i Salafai.

O le atoaga lea o le manulauti, ia ‘FA’AFAIGOFIE’ ma ‘TAUGOFIE’ mo le
mamalu o si o tatou atunuu. O le nofoaga lenei o le ogatotonugalemu o
le taulaga poo fea lava e feafioa’i ai le tatou atunuu pe aga’i i sasa’e pe
aga’i i sisifo i Apia nei, o le nofoaga lava lenei e aga’i uma mai iai. O le
nofoaga foi lenei sa iai le tatou Maketi muamua ma ua tele tausaga o
faaaogaina pea lenei nofoaga e avea ma Maketi. Peitai o le aafia ai i se
mu i le 2016, na amata mai ai ona fa’ataoto mai nei fuafuaga ma o lenei
ua tatou molimauina i le asō le amataina aloaia o galuega mo le toe fausia
o le tatou Maketi Fou i sona ata ma se foliga fou e tusa ma lenei vaitau o
suiga ua tatou iai

O lenei galuega ua fuafua e 18 masina e fausia ai le maketi, o lona uiga
e tatau ona maea lona fausiaina i le masina o Aokuso poo Setema 2025.
O le tau aofa’i o le galuega e tusa ma le $24.9 miliona tala ma ua
manumalo ai le Kamupani ale Zheng Construction Company Limited i le
maea ai o le tauofoga ale Malo (Tenders Board procurement).

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Faafetai
E avea ai lenei avanoa e momoli ai le agaga o le faafetai tele i le Malo o
Niu Sila i lau Afioga i le Komesina Sili, ona o le Vaega Tupe (NZD$12.0
miliona tala Niu Sila poo le SAT$20.0 miliona tala Samoa) ua tauaaoina
mo lenei galuega tele ale tatou Malo. Ia fa’amanuia le Atua i le loto
fesoasoani ma le agalelei mo Samoa.
E ao ona silafia e SAT$10.0 miliona tala le sao o le tatou Malo e tauala
mai ile Faalapotopotoga o Eleele o Samoa mo lenei fa’amoemoe.

Project Manager
O le Kamupani a Tinai Gordon & Associates (Project Manager) o le a gafa
ma le mata’ituina lelei o lenei galuega ma o le Susuga ia Leiataua Tom
Tinai o le sui o le Kamupani ma le susuga Anne Milbank o i laua ia e gafa
ma le vaaia lelei o ata ma le fa’atinoga o lenei galuega se ia mae’a lelei
lenei galuega ma tuuina mai mo lona fa’aogaina.

Upu faaiu
O le tatalo ina ia silasila mai fofoga alofa o le Atua agalelei ma agaalofa
ma fa’amanuia i lenei galuega tele ale tatou Malo aua se manuia mo
Samoa ma ona tagata fa’apea i latou uma o le a fa’aogaina lenei Maketi.
Aua ma se mala e afe ae ia afe mai le Atua o Samoa e atoa ai tino o lenei
fa’amoemoe.

Ia fa’amanuia le Atua Samoa i ou Laufanua, i ou Tagata, i au Paaga ma
lou lumanai manuia.

Manuia lau tapuaiga Samoa.

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OFFICIAL GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SAVALALO FLEA MARKET PROJECT
@LOCATION: SAVALALO (old market place)

Rev. Nuuausala Siaosi Siutaia of the Apia Protestant Church
Hon. Ministers of Cabinet
Hon. Speaker of the House
Associate Ministers
Hon. Leader of the Opposition
Members of Parliament
Your Excellency New Zealand High Commissioner
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Heads of Government Ministries and Corporations
Business Community
Ladies and Gentlemen

Today marks another milestone in the development of the Apia Waterfront
Project. We are gathered here to officially witness the ground breaking
ceremony to officially start the construction of the new Savalalo Flea
market redevelopment project. This is another major Government project
to enhance the development of the Apia Central Business Township.

The goal of this project is for the Government of Samoa to successfully
rebuild the Savalalo Market in the original waterfront location. I am happy
to say this is the original place where the former market was built.

The outcome to be achieved for this project as discussed by both Partners
(Samoa & NZ) includes:
• Sustainable recovery and growth of the local construction industry,
private sector and local vendors.

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• Improving gender inclusive job creation in the small businesses that
will have the opportunity to be vendors in the market and
• Contributing early to positive impressions of tourists to Samoa to
aid the strength and speed of the recovery of the tourism sector.
Furthermore, this project will cater for our small business entrepreneurs
such as flea market operators, handicrafts, small restaurants and mini
offices for our local people.

This project was initially planned to build the new flea market at Sogi by
the previous Government but when we came on board we decided the
best place is Savalalo, its original place. Why? This place is central and
very ideal to our people whenever they come to Apia. Its easily accessible
and cheap when compared to going to Sogi. It is a place the previous
market was built more than 4 decades ago and it’s an iconic site where
our people congregate and meet, producers and sellers of goods ranging
from agricultural to handicrafts to fish and shellfish to small food stalls
like pani keke and aisakulimi and much more.

I would like to acknowledge with much appreciation the major
contribution of the Government of New Zealand through a Grant Funding
Arrangement of $12.0 million NZ dollars signed in April 2023 between
Hon. Nanaia Mahuta, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and our Former
Minister of Finance, Afioga Mulipola Anarosa Ale Mulipola. In addition, the
Government of Samoa through the Samoa Land Corporation contributes
$10.0 million tala towards this project.

The detailed design and construction of the new Savalalo Flea Market
project is expected to take 18 months and will be completed in
August/September 2025. The Cabinet following the completion of the
Government procurement process approved the Tenders Board
recommendation to award the design and build phases to Zheng Company
Limited, a local company with the winning bid price of around $24.9
million tala.

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The project manager for this project is Tinai Gordon and Associates
Company Limited representing today by Afioga Leiataua Tom Tinai and
Anne Milbank.

We pray to the Almighty for his guidance and protection over this Project.
To protect all the people involved to ensure the fruitful success of this
Project so that this project will become a wonderful and delightful reality
come August/ September 2025.

God Bless our Land, our People, our Partners and our Future.

Soifua.