"Crude data"

"This, of course, is crude data [unclear: and] you must treat them with [unclear: ation]," I was patronisingly [unclear: in-] med."But if you go to [unclear: Government] Official A he will be [unclear: to] give you all the data [unclear: you]. But really why do you want [unclear: pursue] this any further? If you start writing about this problem, you'll only create an emotional atmosphere and people will unjustly point an accusing finger at some department or the Fiji Government itself, and we're doing everything with the amount of money we have available. After all, we have unemployment problems in Britain also you know!"

It was difficult for me to convince this individual that while I am concerned about unemployment and poverty throughout the world, including Britain, my immediate responsibility lies in Fiji.