Letters
Letters
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Chinese help I was shocked to read an article on page 10 under the column "We Say" in the December issue of your magazine. The author, whose name is not revealed, uses whatever wild abuses, irresponsible distortions and baseless accusations he can grab to defame and attack my government and people. I am just surprised that an article like this with little professional ethics should appeal to your readers in the whole Pacific region. I hereby express my strong dissatisfaction on the publication of such an irresponsible article. - ADVERTISEMENT -
The Chinese Government and people are maintaining goodwill relations with most countries and peoples in the world, including those in the Pacific. In conducting the state-to-state relations, the Chinese Government upholds and strictly follows the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, namely mutual respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, peaceful co-existence. The cooperation between China and South Pacific countries serves the fundamental interests to world peace and progress, and benefits people in the Pacific.Take Fiji, for example, we attach no strings in funding the multi-purpose hall and its auxiliary sports facilities, which not only played a big role in the last South Pacific Games, but also benefitted the people in the long run. As a responsible and influential magazine, Islands Business is supposed to be objective and fair in its reports and editorials. By publishing the abovementioned story, it only serves to jeopardise the reputation of your magazine. M A Kezheng PIBA's affairs I was interested to read in your November on-line edition some questions being raised about the affairs of the Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association, commonly known as PIBA. I had some dealings with PIBA when it was based in Port Vila, Vanuatu, under the stewardship of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Mr Bob Makin. I have been saddened to see PIBA's decline since its move to Fiji. It no longer holds its most useful general assemblies of its members and I am surprised to see from your report that it has not produced audited accounts since its departure from Vanuatu. From what I have heard, the current leadership has also neglected PIBA's primary role as a promoter of excellence in public service broadcasting. I am not aware of the details of this PIBA-PINA merger or the problems you refer to. However, I am deeply saddened by the decline of PIBA. My friends from FES built a strong and transparent foundation for an organisation dedicated to public service broadcasting. Why has it failed so fast? Tony Milner |
