TONG
... the Republic Adolphe COLRAT (since 7 July 2008) head of government: President of French Polynesia Gaston TONG SANG (since 15 April 2008); President of the Territorial Assembly Antony GEROS (since 9 May ...
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tong
... secretary]; Federation of Hong Kong Industries; Federation of Trade Unions or FTU (pro-China) [CHENG Yiu-tong, executive councilor]; Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Patriotic Democratic Movement in China [Szeto ...
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TONG
... or MTM [Teburoro TITO]; Maurin Kiribati Pati or MKP; National Progressive Party or NPP [Dr. Harry TONG] note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties in Kiribati; they more closely ...
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Tong
... head of government: Prime Minister LEE Hsien Loong (since 12 August 2004); Senior Minister GOH Chok Tong (since 12 August 2004); Minister Mentor LEE Kuan Yew (since 12 August 2004); Deputy Prime ...
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Tonga
... Antigua and Barbuda 1, Bahamas 1, Bermuda 2, Dominica 2, Fiji 1, Marshall Islands 2, NZ 1, Panama 4, Singapore 11, Tonga 1, Tuvalu 1, UK 3, US 2, Vanuatu 2) (2008
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Tonga
... Islands 38, Norway 2, Panama 17, Poland 1, Russia 1, Samoa 1, St Kitts and Nevis 1, St Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Tonga 1, Turkey 2, UK 2, unknown 1) (2008
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Tonga
US 16.9%, UK 11.1%, Australia 10.8%, Samoa 5.3%, Tonga 4.6%, NZ 4.4% (2007)
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Tonga
Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European
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Tonga
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
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Tonga
... RAMSI) - originally made up of police and troops from Australia, NZ, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Tonga - had been scaled back to 303 police officers, 197 civilian technical advisers, and 72 military ...
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Tonga
... Italy 5, Liberia 12, Malta 25, Marshall Islands 13, Panama 27, Paraguay 1, Portugal 2, Russia 4, Singapore 2, St Vincent and the Grenadines 6, Tonga 1, UK 1, Vanuatu 1) (2008
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Tonga
Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 ...
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Tonga
conventional long form: Kingdom of Tonga conventional short form: Tonga local long form: Pule'anga Tonga local short form: Tonga former: Friendly Islands
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Tonga
... private sector, especially the encouragement of investment, and is committing increased funds for health and education. Tonga has a reasonably sound basic infrastructure and well-developed social services. High unemployment among the ...
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Tonga
general assessment: competition between Tonga Telecommunications Corporation (TCC) and Shoreline Communications Tonga (SCT) is accelerating expansion of telecommunications; SCT recently granted authority to develop high-speed digital service for telephone, Internet, and ...
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Tonga
Tonga Defense Services (TDS): Land Force (Royal Guard), Naval Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2008)
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Tonga
... 5, Panama 50, Singapore 13, Slovakia 1, South Korea 1, St Kitts and Nevis 1, St Vincent and the Grenadines 14, Sweden 2, Thailand 5, Tonga 1, US 1, unknown 1) (2008
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Tonga
... Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wallis and ...
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Tonga
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
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Tongan
Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2% note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)
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Tongan
Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English
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Tongan
definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 98.9% male: 98.8% female: 99% (1999 est.)
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Tongan
... its food, mainly from New Zealand. The country remains dependent on external aid and remittances from Tongan communities overseas to offset its trade deficit. Tourism is the second-largest source of hard ...
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tongas
mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese)
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