BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
A hospital ship from China is expected to visit Solomon Islands later this year.
This is according to the Minister Counsellor Ding Yunghua of the Embassy of PRC in Solomon Islands.
“We going to see hospital ship from China coming to Solomon Islands in the next half of this year,” Yunghua said.
He said it is not a very long time that the People’s Republic of China and Solomon Islands have become very genuine friends and old friends and it has been seen the outcomes of our relationship
“In Honiara stadium has been the landmark of that city which will host more than 8,000 people come November for Pacific Games 2023.
“We have seen students studying in China, more than 108 of them are studying in China and they will be graduating from China this year,” Yunghua said.
He said he believes these students will bring changes and new knowledge to the development of this country.
“We’ve also seen medical teams coming from China. The second batch of them now working the National Referral Hospital (NRH).
“This is year we are going to see another milestone that is probably Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s trip to China
“This relationship has been so fruitful that is because of the honorable leader’s determination,” Yunghua said
He echoed the above sentiment during his recent visit to East Choiseul Constituency (ECC), Choiseul province.
