Pacific

pp. 1-5 · Read in the full issue

Islands

Monthly

June 1990

Ratu Mara turns 70

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Tahiti has become a land of fast cars, soaring prices and insatiable sex appeal

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Cover They were dancing in Tahiti and they were dancing in Fiji last month. The events were totally unre lated, but both were celebrated with the same show of extravagance. In Tahiti, (p 8) the star of the show was French President Mitterand who was helping celebrate Papeete’s 100th anniversary as a munici pality. In Fiji (p!4), the star was Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara who invited diplomats 200 miles away from the capital Suva to celebrate his 70th birthday on his island of Lakeba.