Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1999Vol. 69 No. 10

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Editorial 4 Letters 5 Briefs 12 Special Report: Now East Timor, next West Papua 14 Full text of President Habibie's speech 16 Business Southern Cross Cable to increase Telecommunication capacity in the region 18 Canoe fleet to herald new millennium in NZ 20 Fiji's millennium project delayed 21 Historic commercial rocket launch set 22 New Britain may set up shell money bank 24 Taiwan places major role in election lead-up 26 Fiji's first environment auditors at Emperor 28 Cover: The Numbers Game Time for small islands to level the playing field 30 Trade and competition - an opinion 32 Oevelopments Hawaii - the new Hollywood 36 Pacific Unified Airspace proposal on hold 40 Oemand (or smaller regional jets to rise 42 Peace brings new crisis to Bougainville 48 Australian Museum devotes gallery to Pacific 52 Yachting: Pacific Hitchhikers 54 Opinion: David Barber 56 Jemima Garrett 57

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