Annual Report 2020

Mr Alo Maileseni, CEO, Ports Authority Tonga

This financial year has been a tough one for our people and the organization in general. In March 2020 one of our colleagues, Mr. ‘Etikeni Samani passed away at Vaiola Hospital.  ‘Etikeni was a valued member of our executive team since December 2015 who had been working diligently and committed to his role as the Risk and Compliance Manger during his term and will be missed. This was a great loss for Ports Authority and our thoughts are with ‘Etikeni’s family and friends.

This has been a critical year considering the uncertainties of the impact of COVID 19. The Authority have had to implement crisis strategies once the pandemic was declared worldwide to mitigate the impact of COVID 19 on PAT’s income statement and cash flow by ceasing the overtime payments, freeze of new recruitments and cease of acting allowance payout to name a few. The employee who were 65 years and above also ended their service on June 30th which was marked by a farewell ceremony hosted by the Authority. Further, administration costs were mitigated as well including the cease of ration and staff pick up and drop off. In addition, the non-committed CAPEX was deferred until further notice and the CAPEX budget for the next financial year was reduced. These cost saving measures were some of the strategies PAT took on board and had introduced great change within PAT but they are imperative for PAT to sustain its core functions while also prioritizing the most important asset of the organization, its employees. 

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