What did you do for the Fiji Day Weekend?

Jack's leads the way

Maciu Malo
Sunday, October 09, 2011

Jack's of Fiji employees sing the national anthem in Nadi yesterday. Picture: BALJEET SINGH

DRESSED in blue, more than 150 Jacks Handicraft staffs paraded in front of their shop in the main street of Nadi to sing the national anthem celebrating the 41 years of independence.

Training manager Altaab Khan said it was to show case their pride.

He said the company encountered many good and bad times during its 42 years of existence.

And against all odds more than 30 shops were operating country wide.

Mr Khan said the singing of the anthem was to commemorate and celebrate Fiji Day with the main idea of showing members of the public their loyalty to the country.

"We have been practising this song for the past few days and we wanted to show the people of how proud we feel for our beloved Fiji," he said.

"We are very proud for our country and we are happy to have continued the tradition that we have been doing it for the past years.

"This is to inspire the people of Nadi to have pride for the country and we also wanted to portray the bula spirit"

"This means a lot to us as we are operating in the hospitality business."

Mr Khan said the gathering was also used as a team bonding exercise for staff.