Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1996Vol. 66 No. 4

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COVER: Diabetes climbs high 8 around the region as urbanisation increases and Pacific islanders turn away from a subsistence economy to depend largely on a westernised diet and lifestyle.

6: Letters 13: Will Indonesia listen? 15: Rethinking sustainable development 19: Putting donors first 20: A home for Pacific treasures 24: Glad to be gay 26: Fidel’s Cuba: Island on the brink 42: A decade of change 46: Micronesia’s prospering trust funds 52: Super League fights for survival 57: Yachting

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7: David Barber: Keeping everyone happy 22: Alfred Sasako: Reason to celebrate 48: Jemima Garrett: Yesterday’s man no more

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