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No. 101 July 1981


LettersUpdate

Uninvited Guests
For centuries foreigners have abused the hospitality of the people of the Pacific Islands. Issue editor Bob Hawkins argues there's more of the same in store.


The Facts on the Pacific Islands

Mixed fortunes at Ok Tedi
Papua New Guinea's new copper mine is expected to earn $10 billion in 20 years. Russell Hunter points to the winners and losers.

We are Kanaks
Two independentists in French New Caledonia tell their people's tragic story.

The Last Resource
A poster for Women in the Pacific

Guano, Going - Nearly Gone
Utter devastation of their homeland is the price
two islands have paid for 'development'. Bob Hawkins reports.

Phoenix: Ashes to Ashes
Mike Parsons investigates the 'pirates' of free enterprise.

Keeping Levers at Bay
A tiny Solomon Islands community is resisting the advances of a mighty multi-national.

Troubled Waters
Reagan's blockade of the Law of the Sea leaves Islands nations high and dry, reports
Tony Marjoram.

Distant Lures
How foreign fishing companies are finding loopholes in the 200-mile limit.

They Still had Tails
Ross Stevens reports on media myth-making.

Worth Reading on...The Pacific Islands

Ideas for action A monthly guide to action groups around the world.Reviews: New books and a classicCountry profile: Democratic Yemen
Cover photograph
: Biliso Osake


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