AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2004
Fed: Australia to help boost South Pacific students' links
A $2 million Australian aid project will boost global links for students in the South Pacific.
Foreign Minister ALEXANDER DOWNER says Australia will fund a high-speed broadband connection
for the Fiji-based University of the South Pacific.
He says the connection to the Southern Cross undersea fibre optic cable will give students
and academics better access to the internet and improve their links to international research.
The project is part of Australia's $200 million commitment to the Virtual Colombo Plan
-- a joint project with the World Bank to improve education and access to knowledge through
the developing world.
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