Prominent Labasa businessman, Charan Jeet Singh has confirmed that he has applied to contest the general elections under the FijiFirst party.
He is now awaiting the party’s decision.
Meanwhile, Singh who officiated at the start of the crushing season at the Labasa mill as a Justice of Peace and Commissioner of Oaths yesterday said they are hopeful that the Labasa sugar mill will crush just under 700,000 tonnes of sugarcane which will produce 70,000 tonnes of sugar in this crushing season.
He said some people were earlier saying that farmers were moving away from sugarcane farms but they have seen that farmers are returning to the farms as there is an indication that there is an increase in production.
Singh said the sugar industry is here to stay and everybody needs to constantly strive to improve on the methods of cultivation and harvesting.
