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President's Message (Jean Aoki) Changes to the State Excise Tax? (Astrid Monson) Member Survey Coordinated Community Response System to Domestic Violence (Val Kanuha) Fairest Among Thousands (Betty Smith) Making Democracy Work: Campaign Finance Reform (Toni Worst) Wetlands & Agriculture: Public Interest and Public Benefits League Local News - Hawaii County League Local News - Kauai County League Local News - Honolulu League Education Committee (Mary Anne Raywid) General Election Statistics for 1996 & 1998 Population Explosion: 6 Billion People in 1999 Scorecard on Gambling Positions Model UN Project (Helene Hale) State Board Actions Web Page

Population Explosion: 6 Billion People in 1999 The United Nations has announced that June 16, 1999 will symbolically mark the day the world reaches 6 BILLION PEOPLE. According to a brochure Gaining People Losing Ground produced by The Population Institute: IT TOOK UNTIL 1830 for humanity to reach 1 billion people 1930 to reach 2 billion people 1960 to reach 3 billion people 1975 to reach 4 billion people 1996 to reach 4 billion people 1996 We are at 5.85 billion people According to an article in the Nov. 19, 1998 edition of the Honolulu Advertiser, the Census bureau has predicted that by the year 2050, the United States population will grow to 394 million, about 50% more than at present.

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