“Managing Director of the Kokonut Pacific Solomon Islands (KPSI), Mr Bob Pollard said the high tax and high charges imposed for services to local farmers has caused the slow economic boost for the country.
“He said business partnership between businesses in Solomon Islands really needs to step up into higher level.
“Pollard said the Prime Minister's award though was good, there’s more to be done by the government to help the businesses going forward.
“I am just wondering what the government has done or busy with because our farmers are still suffering with no good transport services, infrastructure is not good and taxes are too high for them,” he said.
“He said the Solomon Islands Ports Authority also has very high charges with unnecessary fees which make it harder for our business to operate well.
“They don’t realised that with those unnecessary fees and high charges, the main people who are suffering to pay those fees are the farmers,” he said.”
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