Pacific

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Islands

Monthly

Vol6S No 3

The News Magazine

March 1995

□ Letters 4

□ Headlines 6

□ Law

In pursuit of justice 9 Crime and punishment 16

□ Briefly

Saipan’s offer- of sorts 10 How do our islands rate? 11

□ Violence

Tragedy strikes home 12

□ Focus

The Papal visit 14

□ Opinion

David Barber. 21 Alfred Sasako 32

□ Business

A taxing business 25 Abusing the system 27

□ Media

Degrees of freedom 28 The Trading Post experience 29

□ Entertainment

The Tongan explosion 39 Our Samoan heart throb 53

□ Advertising Feature

Aviation 42

□ Books

Through the ages 55

□ Yachting

A rollicking good time 56

COVER DESIGN: James Ranuku

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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