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_ "Program tt ‘that has joined the ©

sn itEAn Py Age

mu

: time to to -talk Eout the .
‘Tourism

. " Atlantic’ Canada
with: vis

Program, what
a ts.to areas of
Canada, the United: States
‘and Europe;-where the bulk
on’s tourists come

a MBimpson, tim’. genial,
_. greyin etime .executive
ae ihe Cunard: Steam-Ship-

718. coordinator of the.

‘ogan. a. ‘amall. -downtown
’ office: in ‘Halifax, Simpson
oversees -the functions of a
~. tourism: “AesOUrces of
” Newfoundland. :

ick, Nova tt a and:
‘Prin ‘Edward alana inna,

partnership _to ive
Prospective visitors- en :
on as a: le

vacation estination....

The. Partnership includes
the Canadian Government
Office ‘of Tourism, Air
Canada‘ ©

gether'they plan marketin

Strategies, share resear

and resource material: a

co-ordinate advertisins

avoid duplication. =
Sa he- likes 10. haan

oan
e concept -of- the
caine’. message.’
a buck's worth ..;
_ though:

ee to

: “COCOS ‘ISLAND |
“, Reuter) ~ The “King of the

... Cocos,” John’ Clunies-Ross,
Nee ‘millionaire, : ‘isthe fifth
meniber of his family to rule

.: the Cocos Islands, a string of

““goral atolls in ‘the In jan
‘Ocean, Since an ancestor

~- began ‘farming copra there .
140 years ago.

But: ustralia- is.
‘détermined -to. impose full
authority over ‘the 27 palm-

covered islands,’ which. lie

_ 1,300 - miles northwest ‘of
Perth:

io recent wisi to Coos the
- main : ‘island,’ Reg
--Wethers,:°

-. minister ;'s
that. ‘poprel Canberra
" government is. determined
. to.remove Clunies-Ross.

- The minister told Clunies-

- “Ross Australia will im

ite:
~ “land:

—

jovernment, _insiat -

. Frights: for. the
jiation, introduce social:
‘welfare: services and

“” Australian. ‘currency. and |

-offer.: islanders Australian
citizenship.’

Withers added that in ex- .
change: for... complete —
control; —
‘willing to pa
millions © PY

Auste alian
> administrative” services
all'doubis |

_ Later,”

island's ‘only. general atore,

which he owns..
Islanders: ‘are given free -
health: ~treatment ::by -. the

Australian government and .
food’ ‘ands clothing. are .

subsidized by Clunies-Ross
who -said he plans: to

increase: wage rates; aby 8 20.

per cent: .

housing,” an

The: first John " Cluniés-

‘Ross,.a3 seaman, took 'a-few

Malays’ to the islands in 1827

in. farming. and |
ttaimed

and, Eastern -
Provincial Airways. To:

‘an indi- |
vidual program, one of. the |

“We believe | we. . have

gitected savings and carried

t . region with sue!
he -bapedts a8 scenery, ocean
s 4, an » -
ie _ tagivigualy aB ‘well, ”

a Gua
Povid es bigger tout int

beyoadathe tiaditonal U Ss.
and central Canada.

four in additiom. .
for greinees agar
said. Simpson. °

provinces are. still com-

vetitive but ‘under. this
: program the

and:
ett

co-or

themselves as-

.- beaches;-

e-resources in'a

“I’s an umbrella for the th

strategy 7

meeting this year ‘has*
allowed Simpecn t - give the.

four provinces a a
ey might 1 not be ie 4 to... ve,
nea individuall.

. “The ar

: proving not ape an

“common
but ~necessaril

Region to ‘its: ‘traditional . ae
- markets.” i ie

+ ily the. 1976-77 fiscal ' year,

‘siith ‘a. budget of $910,000, |.”

television:

“we went. heavy. :on | |,
- commercials,” vb y
The’ ‘1977-78 ; proved oa in fa

_ "$910,000, has
ar reduced teli

BPs ‘favor . of mhagezine and ; o ,
a : ade teng nthough ‘tele-

-'- materials to build’ Boats to oe hall]
‘fish in the lagoons. a

(Youre ovo vou)

COST OF LIVING WAS.

land rights that -|-:;

‘were .granted by Queen
Victoria.in 1886.

The British government
was nominally responsible
for administration until 1965

when -the. islands..were' [Lo

‘ handed to Australia; which
- classed Cocos as a territory.
ressure from the f
lations Decoloniza-

United '
tion Committee.

Government officials

deny rumors that Canberra
bere ‘a-major ter to al
ere similar to nited

Canberra was - f
-Clunies-Ross _ -
- Australian. .

dollars in. ‘eom pensation. a

_, But. Clunies-Ross says. ‘he.

7 intends ‘seckin: self-
‘government=for..

. -Islands..
bitter’ end;'” he: said:

_Australian’.
- can't come here and decide
‘the futtre of the islanders. ”

“He. has: 360°: : Malay

oy “subjects” who'work in the

‘The

coconut plantations. A year . ©
‘numbered 600. -
ost of those who left’ went .

io: they:.

reas. Nerented thy "dle’ of
feudal ‘king:

“government of draining
- filand. population “by ‘of-

fering assistance for: e -
to-leave, He said he eons a

like. -to Jauncm a __re-

Gke ges |

"Me. rejected. the charge
that he runs Cocod like.a

_ feudal kingdom: by ‘pa ing

his workers $3.50 a-

plat tokens usable in ne :

CH :Cocos
TY ‘fight ‘to the.

government ,

. ‘not the,” and ©
- aceused - the - Australian

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"Television cost lest this.

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“High advertising costs are | .

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