Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol 62 No. 12

The News Magazine

December 1992

Letters 5

Headlines 6

South Pacific

Commission

up this mess 9 Starting off with a bang 10 Removing barriers 11

20Ver Story

tebuka walking a tight-rope 14

.And Rights

.and disputes in Polynesia 16 -rench no inside. Stay outside’ 19

Politics

)emocrats make clean sweep in US territorial elections 20 loyalty under threat 23

The Region

War on drug trafficking 24

Profile

No difference between Anglophone and Francophone 32

Advertising Feature

PAFCO and its origin 35 Over 100 separate checks and tests 37

Environment

Tourism’s balancing act 38

Migration

Control migrants or promote tourism 41 Three visa policies 41

Western Samoa

Cultural centre controversy erupts 42

Science

World's first poisonous bird 44

Arts

This is the Yarnangu 48

Festival

The fastest canoe in the South Pacific 50

Sports

See ya around, champ 52

Yachting

Stepping off the treadmill 54

Shipping

Shipping schedules 56

Columnists

Jemima Garrett 13 Margot O’Neill 27 Alfred Sasako 29 Julian Moti 39 Bill McCabe 42 David Barber 47

Publisher: Brian O’Flaherty Editor: Mala Jagmohan Senior Writer: Martin Tiffany Correspondents: Christine Hatcher, David North, Ed Rampell, lan Williams, Johnson Honimae, Karen Mangnall, Liz Thompson, Nicholas Rothwell, Pesi Fonua, Wally Hiambohn.

Columnists: David Barber (Wellington), Futa Heiu (Tonga, covering the Pacific Islands), Jemima Garrett (Sydney), Margot O’Neill (Washington), Julian Moti (Pacific Law), Alfred Sasako (The Forum).

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