STORY:
Tonga Wants To See Millennium First

The Kingdom of Tonga is so determined to be the first country in the world to see 2000 that it might introduce daylight saving this year for the first time ever.

Tonga prides itself on being the first country in the world to see the sun each day, although New Zealand catches up with Tonga's time zone each summer.

According to the Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Tonga has great plans to welcome in the year 2000 but its hoped for tourist boom has lost some of its shine because New Zealand is claiming that its Chatham Islands will be the first place in the world to greet the New Year.

Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millennium Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.

He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan Government.

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corp

DATE: 5/03/99

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