Isn`t Irian Jaya now called Papua, to add to the confusion? And it`s not western PNG, but western NG. Yet New Guinea is one island, so shouldn`t it all be in Asia or Oceania? How about putting all these islands into ``Australasia``?
73, Glenn Hauser --- lim kwet hian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think in world-geography book, PNG is in Oceana group, but what we call > Irian-Jaya (western PNG) is part of Indonesian Archipelago, absolutely > belonging to Asia, because Indonesia is in south-east Asia region. > Regards, > Lim Kwet Hian, Jakarta. > > > >From: "Matti Ponkamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Matti Ponkamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: [HCDX] Asia - Oceania > >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:31:15 +0200 > > > >Hi Bjorn, > > > >You are correct about PNG belonging to Oceania. But it might be only > >radiowise, because, for example, the (Finnish) geography books belonging to > >my 10-, 14- and 16-yr sons do not recognize Oceania. > >To my children, PNG is in (Pacific) Asia. > >We collide with terms every day. Some terms meaning this in one occasion > >are > >that in another. > >I tend to think as a radio enthusiastic, so PNG is a part of Oceania to me. > > > >73 de Matti Ponkamo, Naantali, Finland (KP10AK18) > > > > > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 > > > From: "bjorn fransson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [HCDX] PNG > > > > > > New Guinea is Papua New Guinea (PNG) and is not Asia either - it is > > > Oceania > > > (Pacific) in my geography book. > > > 73 from Björn > > > >---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > > >Preorder your WRTH 2007: > >http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 > >---[End Commercial]----------------------- > >________________________________________ > >Hard-Core-DX mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > >http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > >_______________________________________________ > > > >THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > >and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > >published by Michael Stutz at > >http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > Preorder your WRTH 2007: > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 > ---[End Commercial]----------------------- > ________________________________________ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
