Language Policy and Education in New Zealand and the South Pacific
The language situation in an area as extensive as the South Pacific region is, not surprisingly, characterised by its complexity and diversity.
The flight of the Amokura: Oceanic languages and formal education in the South Pacific. By Richard A. Benton. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1981. Pp. xiv, 236
complex phenomena, researchers need good descriptive studies of sociolinguistic situations in various parts of the world, and the present work fills that need in the case of the South Pacific region. But far from being a dry academic treatise, it is a wellwritten book that should be readily accessible to teachers, educationists, parents and others with an interest in language education in Oceania and beyond. Since the author is a New Zealander
ANALYSIS OF SAUDI ARABIAN MARITIME TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
This paper analyses the past, present and future of the maritime transportation industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian seaborne trade and the shipping capacity are analysed for the past 15 years. Relationships between the declining Saudi shipping capacity and other economic measures are identified. Analysis of the Saudi Arabian maritime transportation is performed with respect to the world carrier fleets and models are developed to determine the theoretical shipping capacity required for transportation of the national seaborne cargo. Forecasts of the future shipping capacity requirement for the Kingdom are also presented. This paper illustrates the general approach for analysing a country's maritime industry and thus could help other researchers in that respect.