Others such as hotel owners will be required to make payments to the ethnic Fijians holding the rights.

The army is composed almost entirely of ethnic Fijians.

The main players on both sides were ethnic Fijians.

The councils deal with all matters affecting ethnic Fijians.

Under its terms, majorities were reserved for ethnic Fijians in both houses of the legislature.

Previously, in 1989, the government had released statistical information showing that for the first time since 1946, ethnic Fijians were a majority of the population.

To safeguard their interests, ethnic Fijians wanted a formal role for their traditional chiefs.

Like many ethnic Fijians, he rarely uses his surname.

Further protests are planned, but both ethnic Fijians and Indians say they expect no violence.

Yet the primacy of the ethnic Fijians in politics had partly compensated for that.