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The struggle of the indigenous people

Ebruary 1993

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American Samoa US$2.5O; Australia A 53.50; Cook Islands NZ$3: FIJI (tncl VAT) F 51.92: FS Micronesia US$3; Hawaii US$3: Kiribati A 52.50: Nauru A 52.50: Niue ■s3; Norfolk As 3; New Caledonia cpf2so; New Zealand (Incl GST) NZ53.45; Nth Marianas US$3; Papua New Guinea K 3: Palau US$3: Marshalls US$3: Solomon Islands As 3; French Polynesia cpf3oo: Tonga P 3; USA US$3; Vanuatu VT22O; Western Samoa T 3.25. retail nrice nnlv

COVER: The Sigatoka Bridge

across the Sigatoka River was de

stroyed by flood waters during Cyclone

Kina. It was a major link between the Western and Central Divisions on Fiji’s main island. Ferry services now trans port goods and people across the river.

The bridge was one of three major

bridges destroyed.