Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1999Vol. 69 No. 9

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Special Report: Living three feet above sea level 10 AOSIS workshop calls for adaptation 12 Vested interests fight change, but SPREP optimistic 13 Business; French Polynesia "as rich as New Zealand" 14 PNG to Queensland gas pipeline on track 16 Marshall Islands to drop import tax 17 Ok Tedi damage "greater than forecast" 18 Solomon forest to be signed over for clear felling 21 New technology uses industrial waste to create clean-burning gas 22 Outrigger Hotel Tahiti opens 24 Australia extends Fiji derogation 25 US companies offer cash (or carbon in greenhouse gas war 20 Cover: Murder, intrigue and the death penalty 30 Widow of slain minister vows to continue his fight 32 Head of State could prevent Vitale's hanging 33 Political murders not unknown in Pacific 33 Politics: Former police commander gets short end of stick 34 PNG back in Australia's fold 36 Pacific Islands urged to use Internet as tool 38 Yachting: Dock Party! 52 Opinion: David Barber/Jemima Garrett 54

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