Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 2000Vol. 70 No. 2

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Special Report: Tonga's king favours youngest son for PM 8 Pearls of wisdom from a crown prince 10 Business: George hits the big time 12 BP Oil pulls assets out of Samoa 14 Only unleaded fuel now sold in PNG 16 All eyes on Australia for Olympics 18 Sacrifices for stardom 22 Shell money to become legal tender 20 Palau establishes Banking Commission 29 Cover: Bargain hunting on the Web hots up 30-31 RjiShop.com cashes in on E-commerce boom 32-33 Prospectors strike gold in Website names 34-35 Virus information on the Internet 35 Politics: West Papua mobilising (or freedom from Indonesia 30 Racist politics not dead, just 'mainstreamed' 39 Development: To-selling author reveals link to Joyita mystery 41 Newspapers show role in Papua New Guinea conflict 42 Propelling into the world markets 44 Orbituary: Solomons controversial ex-leader dies 51 Sport: Pride, poise and dignity 52 Yachting: Cruising Ku-ring-gai 54 Opinion: David Barber/Jemima Garett 56 Pacific Puzzle 58

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