Dateline Pacific evening edition for 29 October 2015

A former secretary general of Fiji's parliament says the opposition leader should be able to visit civil servants; A company proposes linking two Northern Marianas islands by monorail; It's hoped a conference in Fiji this week will give the region a strong platform ahead of a major summit in Paris, but others aren't so sure ; we look at the Indonesian government's progress with its grassroot development approach in Papua; and a Pacific trade ministers meeting in Rarotonga is hoped to accelerate PACER Plus talks.