Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1990Vol. 60, No. 7

Focus

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The New

COVER WHEN leaders of the Pacific meet in Port Vila for the 21st South Pacific Forum next month their attention will focus on the environment and their decisions will shape the region’s environmental policies for the 90s.

There is urgency in the move to set up regulations before Paradise is Lost.

Cover photo: Waste dump on Western Samoa’s main island ofLpolu; by Lesley Slone, Greenpeace.

The Region

Western Samoa: As the country goes through a rehabilitation programme after Cyclone Ofa, politicians debate the right of com moners to vote. Page 15.

Micronesia: an innocent move to bring some United States islands under the jurisdiction of Hawaii and Guam has revived an accident claim. Page 19.

Tonga: Commoners continue their battle to bring accoun tability to the noble-dominated government. Page 39.

Vanuatu: Soldiers play a diffe rent role by erecting a simple hoist to make life easier on the remote island of Futuna. Page 40.

Marshall Islands: President Kabua goes to Washington, meets President Bush and tries to win some deals. Page 46.

Business

Papua New Guinea: Prime Minis ter Rabbie Namaliu tries out a strategy to arrest his country’s di ving economy, mostly the result of the unrest on the island of Bougainville. Page 23.

Fiji: The Asian Development Bank reports that the prospects for the Fiji economy look optimis tic but warns of lack of growth in some sectors. Page 26.

Shipping: A crocodile hunter’s yacht is found. But there is a mis sing link. Page 33.

Editor Jale Moala Correspondents: Al Prince, Belinda Meares, Carrie Loranger, David North, David Robie, Diana McManus, Dykes Angiki, Ed Rampell, Frank Senge, John Hunter, Jope Balawani lotu, Karen Mangnall, Macel Manua, Nicholas Rothwell, Paul Moon, Pesi Fonua, Ulafala Aiavao,’

Richard Dinnen.

Business correspondent Robin Bromby

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