Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol 63 No. 10

The News Magazine

October 1993

From The

Editor’S Desk 4

Letters 5

Headlines 7

Business Bulletin 9

Pacific Diary 10

:Over Stories 11

Melanesia

ipearhead surprise 18

Is Territories

i search of acific policy 20

Inited Nations

acific nations egin UN moves 21

Aw And Order

Act of (in)security 22

Awaii

nerica on trial 26

Culture

Back to their roots 28

Fiji Into The

Third Decade 35

Advertising Feature

Majuro Capitol Complex 46

Sport

Schoolboys show how 51 Fiji soccer wins series 53 Squash tourney attracts 50 53

Yachting

Magic of the reefs 54

Shipping

Shipping schedules 56

Columnists

Jemima Garrett 17 David Barber 25 Alfred Sasako 29 Bill McCabe 32

Publisher: Brian O’Flaherty

Acting Editor: Martin Tiffany

Associate Editor: Arvind Kumar Correspondents: Christine Hatcher, David North, Ed Rampell, lan /Villiams, Johnson Honimae, Karen Mangnall. Liz Fhompson, Nicholas Rothwell, Pesi Fonua, Wally tiambohn.

Columnists: David Barber (Wellington), Futa Helu Tonga, covering the Pacific Islands), Jemima Barrett (Sydney). ulian Moti (Pacific Law), Alfred Sasako (The : orum).

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