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USP’s new boss
Saviour or destroyer?
www.islandsbusiness.com JUNE 2019 FJD $4.35
June 2019 Vol. 45 No.6
CONTENTS Cover photo: Kanalevu Cook Islands ...................................................NZ$6.00
Australia ............................................................AU$6.00
Federated States of Micronesia .......US$6.00
Fiji Islands ...........................................................F$4.35
French Polynesia ..........................................CPF500
Hawaii .................................................................US$6.00
Kiribati.................................................................AU$6.00
Marshall Islands ..........................................US$6.00
Nauru ...................................................................AU$6.00
New Caledonia ...............................................CPF500
New Zealand ..................................................NZ$6.00
Palau ....................................................................US$6.00
Niue .......................................................................NZ$6.00
Papua New Guinea .......................................K10.00
Samoa ....................................................................T10.00
Tonga ......................................................................P10.00
Solomon Islands .......................................SL$20.00
Tuvalu ..................................................................AU$6.00
Vanuatu ..............................................................Vatu500
10 A Rocky start for USP’s
new Vice Chancellor
5 Publisher’s note 20 Elections sharpen independence
6-7 We Say contest in New Caledonia
8-9 Whispers 24 United States of the Pacific
13 Poor childcare costs 26 Is PNG part of Pasifika?
15 Sopoaga is saved by the bell 31 ADB funds flood management project
16 Pacific trailblazer Priya Singh 32 Movers and shakers
18 China’s BRI gains momentum 34 Sports: rugby, golf and faith
36 InDepth: Ahluwalia’s aspirations
4 Islands Business, June 2019