Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol 63 No. 12

The News Magazine

December 1993

From The

Editor’S Desk 6

Letters 7

Headlines 8

Pacific Diary 10

Business Bulletin Ii

Business

New Air France chief 12 Aloha Fiji 13 Terrible taro blight 14 Fiji’s budget 15 A clash of expectations 16

Politics

Fhe saga continues 17

Dover Stories

South Pacific Conference 18

Population

Growing pains 20

Issue

\buse outrage in NZ 24

/Anuatu

\ troubled govt / Uni’s view 26 Hilda Uni speaks out 27

*Alau

Vill referendum decide Blau’s nuclear stand? 28

United Nations

A voice in New York

Nz Election

Technology

Coconut power

Books

Unhappy natives

Tuvalu

Whither now Tuvalu?

Cnmi Election

Guerrero’s out

Pacific Telecom 44

34

Yachting

35 Fellowship in Fiordland 57

Sport

37 Fiji’s rugby league hero 58 Mini Games in Vanuatu 59

38 Computers

New database boon 60

40 Columnists

David Barber 23 Bill McCabe 31 41 Jemima Garrett 39

Publisher: Brian O’Flaherty Acting Editor; Martin Tiffany Associate Editor: Arvind Kumar 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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