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edit Polynesian United News Agency — 18.APR.2008 — Tokelauan government: no comment on rumored buyout

FAKA'OFO— The Provisional Council, or Tulafono, of Tokelau continued to meet behind closed doors as the work week drew to a close. None of the council members would confirm reports that their body was considering an offer by a wealthy Westerner to buy the islands as private property.

"The delegates and elders of the islands have many crucial decisions to consider," Chief Elder Ake Liang of Nukunonu told reporters before boarding a ferry to his home atoll. "But rest assured that a major change in Tokelau's status would be brought before the people."[BK]

(To be added to http://www.bethisad.com/news2008a.htm. Source: Conculture Archive Hub

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