Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1999Vol. 69 No. 7

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Editorial 4 Letters 5 Briefs 7 Special Report: Tarawa’s main islet in appaling state 9 Seaweed earns money for tiny atoll nation 10 Kiribati prepares for millenium 10 Kiribati’s tourism future looks bleak 11 Second radio station on Kiribati closed 11 Korean fishing access in Kiribati in doubt 13 China sets up “spy” station on Bonriki 14 Sole survivor talks abour massacre 15 Business Samoan economy soars 16 Nation heads for trouble as kina continues to fall 18 Gold prices plunge as kina devalues 19 PNG looks to securing financial assistance 20 Polynsesian Airline soars 23 Cover: Ethnic tensions in the Solomons 24 People fear for their lives 26 Malaitans flee homes 27 Business: Free Trade Area endorsed 28 Focus: British nuclear tests in the Pacific 34 Politics: Cook Islands king maker crows 50 Yachting: Crusing the Hawaiian Isles 52 Opinion: David Barber/Jemima Garrett 54

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