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PIM has a new editor, Bob Hawkins, who is well-known in the Pacific Islands. Orig inally from England, now at the age of 39 he has had wide editorial experience in this part of the world.

Bob, at one time, edited the New Guinea Times- Courier in Lae (it was after wards absorbed into the Papua New Guinea Post- Courier, Port Moresby), was a reporter on The Fiji Times, and sub-editor at dijferent times on both the Far East ern Economic Review in Hong Kong and The Bull etin in Sydney. He was, until just before agreeing to join us, Counsellor for Infor mation at the Australian High Commission, Port

Moresby.

PIM is not noted for a quick turnover of editors. In almost 50 years of publi cation (our first issue came out in August 1930), Bob is only the fifth.

He takes over from John Carter, who happily is not leaving the organisation. Be cause of his wide knowledge of the Pacific, John has been given responsibility for our expanding production of Pa-

cific handbooks and travel guides. He won 7 sever his re lationship with PIM he’ll continue to act as PIM adviser.

In the next few months you’ll see some changes in PIM indeed, they’ve started with this issue. This is not because every worth while editor leaves his own stamp on his publication. It is a natural development of the changes in format and style which began in January and which, from the number of letters and comments we receive, have been welcomed by readers everywhere.

Bob Hawkins