Pacific

Islands

Imonthly

Vol 64 NO. 7

The News Magazine

July 1994

Letters 4

Environment

Greenhouse warning 5

Headlines 6

Cover Stories

The sovereignty business 8 Elvis, Marshalls and junk mail 14

Vanuatu

Good times for Korman 16

Fiji

Opposition boycotts parliament 18

Race Relations

Islanders allege racial taunts 19

Business

Flying into debt 22 Business bulletin 23 Pearls ’94 24 Queen of pearls 25

Education

Scholarship boost 29

Issue

Hope for end to war 30 The amazing Joseph 31

Northern Marianas

Tinian home of the A-Bomb Pits3s

The United Nations

Can small islands rely on anyone?

Learning from past mistakes 38

Television

Fiji gets permanent TV 39

Books

The days of old 53

Environment

Fallout of another kind 54 Wildlife worry 55

Pohnpei/ Marshall

Islands

Land a hot issue 56

Sport

The Fijian threat 57 Rugby nightmare 58 No looking back for Luke 59

Yachting

Return to Raga 60

Shipping

Shipping schedules 61

Columnists

Jemima Garrett 17 'Atu Emberson-Bain 27 Alfred Sasako 28 David Barber 40

Publisher: Brian O’Flaherty Acting Editor: Arvind Kumar Senior Writer: Fiona Phillips 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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Vanuatu villagers: a special Visit Vanuatu Year '95 feature begins on page 42