The Writer
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of this article, Ludwig Dowong, is a 27-year-old Nauruan, a graduate in dentistry from the Central Medical School, Suva.
After working in Nauru last year as an assistant dental officer, he is now in Brisbane, studying for a Bachelor of Dentistry degree at the University of Queensland. His parents still live in Nauru. Dur ing the war, as a boy, Mr. Dowong was one of those Nauruans who experienced life under the Japanese at Truk Island. He re ceived his secondary education in Sydney. He wrote this article for “PIM” after reading what he described as the “interesting survey” of the Nauruan situation published in February. His argu ments do not take into account Nauru’s frequent water shortages (rain fall varies from 12 to 182 inches a year) but his views are worth stating. It is an example of the great interest which Nauruans have Li this perplexing problem of finding a new home when the phosphate deposits are worked out in 30 to 40 years. The Rabi islanders will be Invited next month to reply to his criticism of their island.