Pacific

Samoan-owned company stops manufacturing in Nukualofa

11:01 am on 23 November 2006

A Samoan-owned company Friendly Islands Snack Foods Ltd has stopped manufacturing in Nukualofa as a result of last week's riots.

Although their premises were untouched by looting and arson, the electricity supply is on for only a few hours a day and has caused them to shut down.