Australian damage control

Dear Sir I am writing to you to express my belief that the organisers of the Sydney Olympics should invite several Pacific island coun tries, which have not as yet competed in the Olympics, to compete in the Sydney Olympics; these countries being: Marshall Islands, Niue, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia.

I believe that if these countries were to be invited, some of the damage caused to

Australia’s reputation at the recent South Pacific Forum meeting could be repaired.

Ted Davis

New South Wales Australia

Letters to the Editor should be addressed to: The Editor Pacific Islands Monthly PO Box 1167 Suva Fiji

The names and addresses of the

following letter writers were

inadvertently omitted last month:

• “Mormons - doing more, recognised less?"

John Uri Sydney Australia • “Media to be blamed for Di's untimely demise"

Dr Vijay Naidu Suva Fiji • “The century turns - but when?”

Robert Silberstorf Antioquia Colombia