The study conducted by the Fiji Council of Social Services in partnership with Help Age International finds that the elderly believe that there is a need for top up by government to compensate for the VAT and other taxes for those on FNPF pensions.
Can the board and management of FNPF please take note, “TOP UP” does not mean cutting pensions.
There are alternatives and whilst we can understand the reluctance of the FNPF Board to admit they have been hasty and not taken all factors into consideration, now is the time for them to reconsider and go back to the drawing board and act on the submissions received.
Clearly their original proposal was framed without consultation with the members, as proven by the presentations at Public Meetings.
Greybeard
Fiji Pensioners 
Talei Burness said:
And to TOP IT OFF, I am now waiting to see if BSP Insurance will accept my application for health insurance, now that Fijicare will not have me after I turn 70 in December, even though I am fitter than most of the younger ones on the zumba floor! AND why do they describe having to deal with the aged who have managed to live a long life as a “problem”?! YET they advise people to exercise and have good eating habits so that they can live a long and healthy life……… perhaps I should take up cigarettes and whisky and wild wild men??????
Greybeard said:
Put me on your list if you do the latter.
Greybeard