been taken from Azg, should have read 7 128, not 8 of 108.
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of
tralia should not exceed 20,000. Even if we
Kevork Yazej ian, Editor Spurk Monthly Beirut, Lebanon
ure still does not exceed 25,000. Now, about the "40,000" Armenians in
refertoBytes onFile (December 1993),
Armen Gakavian
in which the figure for the Australian-Armenian population was given as 35,000. Unfortunately, abitofresearch goes to show thatthis numberis wishful thinking, andthat the correct figure is probably in the vicinity of 20-25,000.
I arrived at this figure by first cross-
checking the Sydney Armenian Gold Pages with the Sydney White Pages, which gives a figure of roughly 2668 Armenian households in Sydney. Taking into account silent numbers, Armenians with non-ian ending surnames, and intermarriage of Armenian
women, this figure can be boosted to
Glendale....
Epping,
Austalia
No Way Out But One Air transportation (Field Report, February) is a critical national resource forArmenia, and it is currently mismanaged by corrupt and incompetent elements who are engaged in myopic charter strategies revolving around personal enrichment. It is high time for the government to entrust air transportation to a competent and qualified management team that is capable of instituting massive reforms and total modernization of its assets and infrastructure.
roughly 3500 households. Applying a multiplier of 3.7 per household, this brings the total number of Armenians in Sydney to
Efficient and effective air transportation will attract investment, tourism, trade and
12,950.
lines, thenationalcarrierof Armenia, needs to adapt to best business practices and follow the successful andproven path ofcommercialization, liberalization, deregulation,
Finally, there are, according to the Armenian Gold Pages, about 150 Armenians in the rest of the state of NSW. It is also estimated that there are another 7000 Armenians, concentrated primarily in Melbourne. So, the total number of Armenians in Aus-
world and to the global economy.
allow for additional error margins, and throw in an extra 5,000 for safety, the fig-
economic development. Armenian Air-
privatization and globalization. ForArmenia, aviation is the mostviable and possibly the only means to the outside
AIM, JUNE. JULY 1994
Vahe Mirkhanian Hawthonte, Califurnia
Dosc ol Reality For those repulsed by the picture on the cover of your February issue, I have this to say and I'll put it in plain and simple English. Wake up and smell the coffee! Did you think there is no price to pay for freedom? I suggest that all Armenians embrace this picture. Rather than viewing it as negative, it should be the spark of encouragement to
actively contribute to your people. Yes! Withmoney! RichardAtamian Woodland H ills Califo mia
ttTrespalsct3" Weleomc I wonder if you would allow
a
non-Ar-
menian to trespass into your columns for a
moment.
Armenia, having been for so long regardedasjusta little-knownpartof apotential enemy during the Cold War, is understandably comparatively unknown to the average person in Britain. Since the dissolution of theold SovietUnion, Armeniahas to be appreciated as an independent country in its own right with an ancient culture