Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1999Vol. 69 No. 11

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Editorial 4 Letters 5 Briefs 9 Special Report: Forum makes minor recovery from irrelevance 10 A decade of forums 12 TCSP focus on private sector to boost tourism 14 Business: Ragg predicts riches in brewery trade 17 Whales bring good fortune to Jonah's land 18 Small business - the key to conservation 21 French propose ambitious satellite TV 22 Shark fin anyone? 23 Sewage - a problem not to be treated lightly 24 Qantas profit increases 38 per cent 25 NZ makes it easier to retire in the tropics 27 The Internet: it's all about addressing demand 37 Pacific moves to deal with marine spills 40 Cover: A financial ruck and maul - Smaller nations penalised by rugby's commercialism 30 - 34 Politics: Health protests shake up Marshalls 42 Small islands gain support at special UN session 44 Development: HIV positive Maire Bopp wins Media freedom Award 48 A 'read' letter day for Tonga's royals 50 Te Vaka returns after third successful Euro tour 52 Yachting: Cruising Ku-ring-gai 54 Opinion: David Barber/Max Quanchi 56

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