“ This should've been done way back , not just now . There was a time when Pacific island countries were scraping a living from copra and banana export , because none of the big nations took the time to consider the need of their smaller neighbors , but now that China stepped in and offer unlimited AID loans , everyone's woken up , but the bamboo curtain already drawn , which is good in that the big nations have now opened many doors that were not previously available to the small island countries before . This work scheme should have been in effect way back , but as the saying goes " better late than never ". ”