Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol. 64 No. 11

The News Magazine

November 1994

Letters 4

Headlines 6

Cover Stories

Bougainville - An island of sorrow 9 The way we were 11 In the beginning 12

Focus

Conflict on Campus 15 “Incubating a time bomb 19

Volcano

Rebuilding Rabaul 23

Money

The rise and fall of the kina 24

Business

Facing facts 27 Business Baron Loy 29

Books

Spoofing the Spooks 32

Advertising Feature

Construction in the Pacific 35 How about a Kitset home 37

Economy

World Bank releases GNP data 39

Mystery

One stubborn gal 42

Forestry

A united approach to logging 44

Election

Underwood gets a free ride 46 Eni seeks fourth term in congress 47

Fraud

Boiler-room scam 48

Sports

Oceania strikes back 52 Samoan backs soccer 55

Yachting

UVEA? ...Where’s that? 56 COLUMNIST: David Baber 51

Publisher: Brian O’ Flaherty Editor: Mala Jagmohan Senior Writer: Yunus Rashid

Correspondents:

Christine Hatcher, David North, Ed Rampell, lan Williams, Karen Mangnall, Liz Thompson, Roman

Grynberg, Wally Hiambohn.

Columnists: David Barber (Wellington), Futa Helu (Tonga, cover ing the Pacific Islands), Jemima Garrett (Sydney). Alfred Sasako (The Forum).

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