Uhambo oluya eChina olwethunywe yithimba lase-Cook Islands ekuqaleni kwale nyanga lubonakala lube yimpumelelo futhi abantu bendawo maduze bangalindela ukubona izithelo zalolu hambo, kusho unobhala wezamasiko u-Anthony Turua. UTurua ngesonto eledlule ucabange ngokuvakasha kwezinsuku eziyisithupha eZhuhai, eChina, lapho iziQhingi zaseCook bezibambe iqhaza emkhosini waminyaka yonke wamasiko ezokuvakasha e-Guangdong.
“Bamema zonke izifundazwe eziseduze kwaseChina, bese benezimemo ezikhethekile ezivela ngaphandle kwaseChina. Ngakho simenywe kanye namazwe afana neRussia nePoland,” kusho uTurua.
“Ukubona iqembu lethu licula bekumnandi. Ngicabanga ukuthi bekuyingqayizivele ezibukelini ezibabukayo ngoba babengakaze babone kushaywa izigubhu, bengakaze bayibone i-hula idansa ngaleya ndlela.
“Kwathi uma kushaywa izigubhu, wonke umuntu weza ukuzobona. Baze bafika egunjini lokushintshela bezothatha izithombe zabaculi.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi bagajwe ngamasiko ethu. Ngethula isigqoko sami eqenjini lethu, bekuyiqembu elikhokhelwayo.”
Kuphinde kwadalwa umbukiso okhethekile mayelana ne-Cook Islands, enezithombe ezingu-30 ezinosayizi we-A3 ezigcizelela ubuhle bezwe.
Ibonakale idume ngendlela emangalisayo ezivakashini nakubasebenzeli bezokuvakasha baseShayina, njengoba ukulandisa nolwazi ngezithombe konke kwakungesiShayina.
Ithimba laphinde lanikezwa izincwajana ezidalwe isisebenzi seCook Islands Tourism esizinze eBeijing, esahumushela amagama esiShayina.
“Bekungakholakali. Uma ubheka zonke izithombe zase-Cook Islands, konke okuqukethwe bekungesiShayina.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ngosuku lokuqala sivakashelwe ngabaphathi bezokuvakasha abayi-100 abavela eChina, futhi bamangala."
Ngesikhathi kuvulwa lo mcimbi, ungqongqoshe wezeziMali, uMark Brown, obehola ithimba, wenze inkulumo mayelana nokusebenzisana kwe-Cook Islands neChina iminyaka engu-20.
Ngaphandle kwemibukiso nezinkulumo zamasiko, ithimba liphinde lahlangana nezikhulu zikahulumeni waseZhuhai.
“Okwamanje sinohlelo lweminyaka emibili nabo, oluhlanganisa ezolimo, ezasolwandle namasiko,” kuchaza uTurua.
“Ngakho-ke ngajabula ngoba enye yezinhlelo engangizicelele ihholo lethu kwakuwukufaka izikrini ezimbili ze-LED. Ngakho ngoMeyi bazobe belapha ukuze bafake izikrini.”
UTurua uthe lezi zikrini zingasetshenziswa ezingqungqutheleni zamazwe ngamazwe, lapho abantu bengase bangene ehholo ngoSkype.
Cishe ama-ejenti ezivakashi ayi-15 azofika ngesikhathi esifanayo njengoba izikrini zifika, futhi zizosingathwa lapho kuvakasha e-Rarotonga nase-Aitutaki.
“Bafuna nje ukubheka indawo, izinsiza, indawo yokuhlala babone ukuthi yini etholakalayo,” kusho uTurua. “Babe sebebuyela emuva bayokuqinisekisa lokho kumakhasimende abo.
"Kungase kube nokulindela ukuthi singabona ukwanda kwezivakashi zaseChina, kodwa ikakhulukazi ekugcineni, lapho benemali yokusebenzisa."
Ubuye wakhuluma mayelana namandla okuthuthukiswa kwamandla avuselelekayo e-Cook Islands, njengenkampani yaseZhuhai, Gree, ingomunye wabaholi bomhlaba ekukhiqizeni ama-air-conditioner asebenzisa amandla elanga.
“IziQhingi zaseCook bezihlose ukuncika ngokuphelele emandleni avuselelekayo ekuqaleni kweminyaka eyishumi ezayo, kanti nakuba kuzofanele siguqule amasistimu ethu ukuze ahambisane (ne-solar air-conditioning), kuzonciphisa i-carbon footprint yethu.
“Ungqongqoshe wethu unentshisekelo enkulu yokuxoxisana noGree ukuze babheke izinhlelo zethu lapha.
“Ngiyaweseka lo mbono, ikakhulukazi owemnyuziyamu wethu, njengoba kungasho ukukwazi ukuba nendawo yokugcina umlando egcinwe lapho, nokuyinto engiyidinga ngempela.”
Khonamanjalo, izinqolobane zezwe ziyawohloka, uthi njengoba i-AC ingeke ihlale ngaso sonke isikhathi esakhiweni abahlaliswe kuso. Ukuba nesiphephetha-moya esisebenza ngelanga kuzonciphisa izindleko zokusebenza futhi kuvikele namarekhodi abalulekile.
“Enye indawo engiyibhekile wuqeqesho lwamakhono amasiko, mayelana nesigcinamagugu, umtapo wolwazi kanye nezinqolobane.
"Ezindaweni zomlando, sithola isithwebuli sedijithali ukuze sikwazi ukukopisha izinto eziningi eziqhingini ezingaphandle ngaphambi kokuthi zilahleke unomphela."
