Snells sun shelter nears completion
Kawau Bay Fishing Club hopes a controversial sun shelter that it is erecting at Snells Beach will be finished before the end of summer.
Club secretary Gael Knight says the shelter at Sunburst Reserve is in fact complete, but there needs to be further drainage works and the installation of a table, which will be undertaken by Auckland Council.
The fishing club decided to gift the sun shelter to the Snells Beach community using money raised for a clubrooms project, that was ultimately abandoned.
The fishing club secured more than 280 signatures in support of the project but around 30 residents living in nearby streets strongly objected to it – fearing the shelter would become a focal point for noisy parties, alcohol and drug use.
27 Jan 2021 - 8:16
Indonesia’s Ambassador to Qatar, Ridwan Hasan
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, trade volume between Qatar and Indonesia has reached almost $1bn in 2020, said Indonesia’s Ambassador to Qatar H E Ridwan Hasan yesterday.
Speaking at the virtual Qatar Indonesia Business Dialogue and Matchmaking webinar which was jointly organised by the business councils of both countries, Hasan said bilateral trade between the two countries have shown an increasing trend of 11 percent annual growth rate from 2015 to 2019.
“Despite the COVID-19 challenge, our trade volume has reached almost $1bn last year. Also we have seen Qatari investments in Indonesia through the presence of Ooredoo, Qatar National Bank, Nebras Power, and Qatar Investment Authority. Something we should be grateful. I believe there is still a lot of room for improvement, and I am convinced that our trade volume can be increased in various cooperations in general,”
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