SI Gov�t told to cut vehicle imports
Quoting the Solomon Star newspaper � 28 February 2018
�The number of imported vehicles continues to increase yearly and will need further regulations to curb the rise.
�That�s according to the Ministry of Finance and Treasury principal statistician Henry Risoni.
�He was sharing his views in light of the increasing number of vehicles in Honiara city and other provincial centres.
�Raisoni said in 2016, a total of 2,383 were imported. Figures for last year are still being compiled.
�That figure is relatively high considering the bad state of the roads in our city and towns,� he said.
�Our country is very small and our road infrastructure is not good enough but vehicle imports has been unbelievably higher,� Raisoni added.
�Government should come up with a strict policy to minimize the number of imported vehicles per year, because this is also a contributing factor to the ongoing traffic jam.
�Nearly every week we have vehicles coming in from overseas, despite the bad state of our roads.�
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