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CUSTOMS & INLAND
REVENUE
RECEPTION
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On the evening of Thursday 4th
August, the Department of Customs & Inland Revenue hosted a reception to welcome
the British Friends of Vanuatu back to Port Vila. Although intended
primarily as welcome for Norman, Mena and Nathan Shackley (Norman worked
with Customs and Taxes from 1982-199 in both Santo and Vila) the event
just grew, as these things do in Melanesia, and turned out to be a
veritable feast of entertainment, fellowship and food. The customs
staff even invited a number of Chevening Scholars to join in the fun. The event was
honoured by the presence of M. Moanna Carcasses, Minister of Finance and
M. Vincent Lunabeck, Chief Justice, who attended on behalf of His
Excellency the President of Vanuatu. In the course of the evening
the Chairman of the British Friends of Vanuatu was honoured to receive on
behalf of the association a Jubilee Medal for distinguished service to
Republic of Vanuatu in the 25 years since independence. |
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The BFOV extends a warm thank you
to the acting Director of Customs & Inland Revenue and his staff for a wonderful,
warm, happy and memorable evening in their company. |
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 Who
are those two outsiders who have slipped into the band? I can see
Longworth on the drums . . . |
 Queen
of the carcasse - Chef par excellence, if the quality of the pork was
anything to go by. |
 Chief
Justice Vincent Lunabeck presents the 2005 Jubilee medal to the BFOV. |
 Chevening
Scholar Edward Nalial is a guest of the Customs & Taxes. We saw a
lot of Edward and his wife helen during our stay. |
 MInister
of Finance, M. Moanna Carcasse, honoured the visitors with his presence at
this event. |
 Chief
Justice and madam Vincent Lunabeck à table with Mena Shackley |
 BFOV
guests after receiving the traditional lais on arrival at the Tennis Club. |
 Another
Chevening Scholar and old friend to many of those visiting - Nancy Wells.
These customs & taxes officers think of everything! |
 Jeffrey
Wilfred and Timothy Williams were both recruited by Norman in the mid
1980s and both now head departments. |
 Master
of Ceremonies for the Customs side of the activities for the evening,
Baddley Tari. We could do with Baddley at our events in England - he
was outstanding. |
 Who's
that tripping the light fantastic across the floor? And wasn't he in
the band playing the drums a minute ago? |
 The
hard kernel of gaiety left at the end of a wonderful evening -- Chris
Nicol asks Roger Beynon if he brought a car. |
 Ol
big man long side long ministri blong Finance. |
 Patricia
Watkin, April Beynon and Nan Churchill take a well earned rest from the
dancing. |
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