Pacific
Islands
Monthly
Vol 62 No. 7
The News Magazine
July 1992
.Etters; 4
’Clitics:
olitics boils in American islands 6 eeping politicians money honest 7 esource development the dividing line in PNG olitics 11
[Nvironment:
aradise Lost 17 ational park 20 iribati 20 s a matter of political will 21 access for Pacific nations at Rio 25 oomsday delayed 26 reen cross 26 auru’s experience after strip mining 27
Usiness:
JG relaxes investment policy 29 ands experimentwith minimum wages 30 >n’t buy those shares 31 deal looks doubtful again 31 nday work banned 31
The Region:
Tradition lives on 41 Lotto fever hits the Cook Islands 44 A royal monument revisisted 45
Health;
Firing up the smokee debate 49
Sports:
Pacific gears up for the Olympics 51 PNG expected to do well in Barcelona 54 Fiji team prepares for European experience 55 Tonga building a strong base 55 The best of Guam 57 Cooks bank on Pera 57 W. Samoa’s achievement 57
Yachting:
Humpback whales the gentle giants 58
Books:
A lesson from time immemorial 60
Shipping:
Shipping schedules; 61
Columnists:
Jemima Garrett 15 Futa Helu 34 Bill McCabe 35 Margot O’Neill 36 David Barber 37
Publisher: Gene Swinstead Editor: Mala Jagmohan Senior Writer: Martin Tiffany Correspondents: Al Prince, Angela McCarthy, David 'Jorth, David Robie, Diana McManus, Dykes Angiki, : rank Kolma, Franck Madoeuf, tan Williams, Irene slisbet, John Hunter, Karen Mangnall, Lovenia Enari, Jlo Vilisoni Macel Manua, Nicholas Rothwell, Pesi •onua, Richard Dinnen, Ulafala Alavao, Wally liambohn.
Columnists: David Barber (Wellington), Futa Helu Tonga, covering the Pacific Islands), Jemima Jarrett (Sydney), Margot O’Neill (Washington), uhan Moti (Pacific Law), Alfred Sasako (The orum).
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