Selling bread on Sunday is prohibited Featured
Nuku'alofa, 1 July 2016. Selling of bread in Tonga will be prohibited starting this Sunday, July 3, 2016.
The Minister of Police announced this in Parliament on Wednesday after the Legislative Assembly passed the national budget for 2016/17.
Hon. Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa said it has been about 30 years now that Tonga has breached its own Sabbath Law with bakeries and restaurants operating on Sunday.
Only restaurants in hotel and other accommodations are to operate on Sunday.
According to the Constitution, Sunday should be kept holy and no person shall practice his trade or profession or conduct any commercial undertaking.
Hon. Tu’i’onetoa said Tonga is a Christian country and Tupou I formally decreed Sunday to be kept holy and the prohibition of trading activities on Sabbath.
He said there is exception to trading on Sunday but only in times of natural disasters.
The public has been urged to kindly abide with the Sunday Law.
-Legislative Assembly of Tonga
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'Oku ngangau hotau kete he kata he foi Lao Sapate koeni. Kuo iai e u falekai ne faitohii e tapu ke aluatu ha taha mei tua o kai atu kiai koenau kau Guests pe e ngofua ke kai ai.
Asi he facebook a e comment a e tokotaha aia ne nau kai kae tapu ke take away meakai ki tua. Kuo asileva ia he nusipepa oku ava pe a Oholei ia ke aluatu e kakai o kai ai.
Oku ikai pe ke toe kehekehe eni mei he maliu kihe maaka to'ofua hala ke mahino kihe tokolahi oe Fonua aia kuo puputu'u e taha kotoa he faahinga tu'utu'uni ae Pule'anga o e Kakai. -
MO'ONI LAHI KOE FIE-'ILO...'E toe fakautuutu e kaitunu puaka 'a e kau hauá 'i 'uta he 'aho Sāpaté ko 'enau fie kaiá. Ko e fakamālohi'i eni 'a e 'alu ki Hēvaní 'oku fai 'e he kau takilotú, mo e Pule'angá.
1. 'Oku 'ikai fiema'u 'e he 'Otuá ke faka-mālohi'i e kakaí ki Hēvani. Foaki mai 'e he 'Otuá ke tau'atāina e tangatá ke fili ke 'alu ki Hēvani pe 'ikai (free agency).
2. Mahino mai 'oku lava pe 'e he Minisitā Polisi 'o faka-ngaloku mai e Lao Sāpaté 'o kau ki he fakatau māa. Kau ia ki he tokoni fafanga e kakaí kenau mākona mo 'enau fānaú, 'i he fakalakalaka 'o e kuonga onopooní.
3. Monū'ia 'a Minisitā Tu'i'onetoa mo e kau ngāue faka-Pule'angá 'oku 'i ai honau vāhenga ke fakatau 'enau tokonaki lahi 'i he 'Aho Tokonakí. Faka'ofa e kau masivá he 'oku $10 'a e kato manioké, ka 'oku $1.20 pē 'a e fo'imā.
4. Monū'ia mo e kau takilotū he 'oku nau tānaki foaki 'i falelotu 'i he 'Aho Sāpaté, mei he kau masivá ka e fiekaia 'enau fānaú.
5. Fakailifia ko 'enau ta'e 'ofa 'i he masivá. He 'oku nau sisino kinautolu he kai e melie 'o e fonuá, pea 'ikai kenau kei manatu'i e faingatā'ia 'a e kau masiva 'i he ngaahi 'ahó ni. -
Koe fehu'i mahu'inga heni 'oku pehe ni. Ko hono ta'ofi ko 'eni 'a e fakatau maa Sapate, 'e monu'ia kotoa ai e kakai 'o Tonga, 'o hu kotoa ki Hevani? Kapau koe tali koe 'ikai' teu iku hihiloku pahia au i 'uta he Sapate kotoape.
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Koia ai si'i kau pisinisi mou manonga aa tukuange atu aa e Sapate ma'a Sihova, ka oku mou mamahi ia Akilisi mo e Pule'anga mou ave ki he Eiki he koia pe tene solova e me'a kotoa.