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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1996Vol. 66 No. 2

Pacific

pp. 1-3 · Read in the full issue

Islands

Monthly

February 1996

Lightingeire

With Fire

But hofllr committed is PNG's govt to combatting the cfljfttrti’y'a worsening crime situation?

American Samoa USS2.SO: Australia A 53.50; Cook islands NZ$3: Fiji F 52.50 Vat inch FS Micronesia US$3; Kiribati A 52.50; Nauru A 52.50; Niue NZ$3: Norfolk As 3: New Caledonia cpf2so' New Zealand NZ53.45 incl GST: Northern Marianas US$3; Papua New Guinea K 3: Palau US$3; Marshall islands US$3; Solomon Islands As 3; French Polynesia cpf3oo: Tonga P 3: USA . US$3; Vanuatu VT22G: Western Samoa T'3.25. These are recommended prices only.

6 COVER: PNG’s national govern ment is pouring money into fighting the country’s worsening crime situa tion. But is this the answer?