PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS GETTING BRAILLE NEWSPAPER

      (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) -- The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier and The
Fiji Times are working on a joint venture to set up a Braille
newspaper as a community service. Braille is a system of raised dots
representing letters that can be read by the visually impaired. The
announcement was made at a recent Pacific Island News Association
(PINA) convention. Both newspapers are part of the News Ltd. group
headed by Rupert Murdoch. The project will be headed up by
Post-Courier publisher Bob Howarth, who has spearheaded similar
Braille newspapers in Africa, Asia and Australia. He will work with
his predecessor, Tony Yianni, who is now publisher of The Fiji Times
in Suva. (PINA Pacific Media Nius 29 Oct 2001)
http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2001/October/10-31-pina.htm


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Justin


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