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Nauruan cuisine is greatly influenced by Chinese cuisine.The Chinese are the major foreign community of the country, and there are a number of Chinese restaurants on the island, most notably in Yaren.
In the same year the Nauru government budget shows that income from licensing foreign fishing vessels was over US$3,000,000. Nauru needs to import almost all basic and capital goods, including food, water, fuel, and manufactured goods, with Australia and New Zealand as its major import sources. In 2004 Nauru's imports totaled about US$19.8 million.
Nauru is known to have the highest rates of obese inhabitants worldwide. [2] The average body weight among Nauruans is approximately 100 kilograms (220 lb). [1] Nauru has an average BMI between 34 and 35. [3] In 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) warned Nauru about the dangers of obesity, including heart attacks and premature death.
Nauru, [c] officially the Republic of Nauru [d], formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of the Oceania region in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east.
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The Nauru contract was the only significant contract that the company held. [8] Rard No 3 had $340 million in cash and investments, compared to Canstruct having only $8 million before the Nauru contract was awarded. Rard No 3 made $101 million profit in the previous financial year, about $500,000 per detainee on Nauru (of which there was 115). [9]
[4] [5] On 9 August 2016, Appi was made a caucus member of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust Working Group. [6] In the 2019 election , Appi was re-elected alongside Martin Hunt . [ 7 ] On 28 August 2019, President Lionel Aingimea appointed Appi to four deputy minister positions: Public Service, Foreign Affairs and Trade, Multicultural Affairs ...