Message-ID: <199811161504.KAA09969@cti06.citenet.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:56:03 +0500 From: "George(s) Lessard" <mailto:media@citenet.net> Subject: Bringing Internet to all Pacific nations To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:35:04 +0000 From: Journalism12 <mailto:robie_d@usp.ac.fj> Subject: 1819 COMMUNICATIONS: Moves to bring Internet to all Pacific nations To: Pasifik Nius <mailto:nius@pactok.net.au> Reply-to: mailto:robie_d@usp.ac.fj Organization: Journalism, University of the South PacificTitle -- 1819 COMMUNICATIONS: Moves to bring Internet to all Pacific nations Date -- 16 November 1998 Byline -- None Origin -- <A HREF="mailto:mailto:niusedita@pactok.net.au">Pasifik Nius</A> Source -- Radio Australia/Pacific Islands Report, 12/11/98 Copyright -- RA Status -- Unabridged -------------------
MOVES UNDER WAY TO BRING INTERNET TO ALL PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS
NOUMEA, New Caledonia (November 12, 1998 - Radio Australia)---The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is implementing a program to bring the Internet to all Pacific Island nations.
The SPC says the program will concentrate, in particular, on connecting the Internet to remote areas of the region and encouraging users to design and operate their own web pages.
The SPC's Information Technology Manager, Al Blake, says the project will maximize the use of developments in information technology and enhance the Secretariat's presence in the Pacific.
"I'm, a passionate believer that in fact the internet is possibly of more benefit to people in dispersed areas like the Pacific, than it is to people living in Merlbourne, Sydney or New York.
"Kids in Melbourne, Sydney and New York have probably got 10 or 15 libraries that they can walk to and look for a book," Blake said. "Most kids in Pacific island countries don't have that possibility because the books just aren't there.
"If we can provide that some other way, we are probably going to make more of a difference to the social structures and the possibilities for islanders in those countries than we would be improving communications in countries that already have those facilities," the technology expert concluded.
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