Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol 63 No. 6

The News Magazine

1993

From The

Editor’S Desk 4

Letters 5

Headlines 7

Pacific Diary 10

Opinion

What of Fiji’s future? 12

Cover Story

Crime wave 14

Elections

Mamaloni win on the cards 18

Conflict

Border patrol 20

Business

Pagan ash 23 Tax Havens in paradise 24 The good news and the bad 27 Trade overture 32

Japan Today

Japan of today 35 Simply elegant 36 A new social order 39 Building up human resources 41

Law

Test case for treaties 44

Religion

The case of the missing icon 46

Science

Lost fleet 48

Arts

Richly diverse 50

Profile

If I ruled the world 53

Yachting

Dancing the night away 54

Shipping

Shipping schedules 57

Columnists

Jemima Garrett 11 David Barber 18 Bill McCabe 33 Alfred Sasako 52

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 Helu (Tonga, covering the Pacific Islands), Jemima Garrett (Sydney).

Julian Moti (Pacific Law), Alfred Sasako (The Forum).

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A special feature on Japan begins on page 35