Pacific Islands Monthly
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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1991Vol. 61, No. 8

Pacific

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Islands

Monthly

Vol. 61 No. 8

The News Magazine

August 1991

BUSINESS: Close to US$25O million has been stolen, wasted or mispent in the US island territories 50 : Despite Manihiki’s $3 million harvest, the pearl industry has problems 43 : Air Pacific’s making money 46 : Fiji’s new no-wool sheep 56 : New legislation forces Cable and Wireless out of the Cooks 47 VANUATU: August 7 may be the end of an era for Uni 16 FRENCH POLYNESIA: time for growing up and leaving the French cradle 11 FOCUS: Wrestling with White Spirit, a battle to reconcile traditional culture and the white ethos in art 28 SPORT: Western Samoa’s ‘Fists of Fury’ 26 TOURISM: An ecotourism award for a FSM hotel 45 ; Castaways’ 25th birthday 45 FUTA HELU: Islanders, an en dangered species 13 DAVID BARBER: Overstayers create resentment in both camps 27 JEMIMA GARRETT: Bougainville tragedy comes to life 19 MARGOT O’NEILL: Lessons from the 80s’ poor economic growth 49

Letters: 6

BOOKS: Foreign corespondent Simon Winchester’s bizarre tales and tantalising scraps of memory about the Pacific 42

COVER STORY: Increasing drug traffick ing and organised crime pose a crisis for the region now 35

SPORT: The buildup for the World Cup has begun with most Pacific islands sports people keen to strut their stuff 25

LOSING THE BATTLE: Anti-tax blockates rock Flosse’s coalition and highlight French Polynesia's financial plight 8

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