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While there is a debate about what piece of inhabited land, it will be the first to greet the new millennium, the Pacific Islands that make up the Kingdom of Tonga seem to have a reasonable claim the honour. On the stroke of midnight in Tonga on the eve of new year continue to 5 a.m. Eastern time.
To mark the occasion, based in San Francisco Forthenews.com offer webcasts live the Tonga Millennium celebrations. "Do not have a television broadcast station in Tonga, but do very sophisticated things with the Internet," said Alan Schulman, President of Forthenews.com. "Tonga has been virtually ignored by all committees of Millennium."
At the stroke of midnight, hour of Tonga, said Dr. Shulman, the Real Video feed to your company site www.forthenews.com, show King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV praying ahead of a chorus of 10,000 Tongans. Another part of the site will feature a series of age-old firsts from the living room but created first inside real school of Sciences of Tonga. Among the planned features are the first cup of coffee, the first kiss, first profit and loss statement. Dr. Shulman auction rights to conduct some of them. "Some duffer will love the first swing Golf", said Dr. Shulman. "Will be the climax of his life."




Finally, the site also trained at one of its rooms in a team of personnel, as a company announcement highlights, show the world "reality of Y2K, at least in Tonga problems." IAN AUSTEN
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