PROFIT IS KING BUT CASH RULE
Not so long ago, Ray Set Fah Chu (hereinafter referred to as Chu) made our lives a hopeless case. But, he made history in Solomon Islands! Chu created the first political mining operation on west Rennell. Raychel Fasifera aka Mrs Ray Set Fah Chu, 2021 A learned friend told me, he supposedly leased the whole of west Rennell, in the same way he headed the Town Ground saga! (Town Ground Plaza) “Its better you don’t ask,” he said. “It don’t pay even to talk about it,” Chu died the year before last. We do not know how he died. What we do know, he died very wealthy! In 2013, Chu convinced the PM – Prime Minister, at that time, GDL – Gordon Darcy Lilo to mine West Rennell bauxite. And, Chu built his resources or empire around APID – Asia Pacific Investment Development, along with, a “court jester” to entertain guests and landowners in their quest to mine west Rennell! It changed SI – Solomon Islands politics forever. We were kind of acting like fools then, every single one of us, ...