Wednesday 1: Not within my brief!

Dear Editor,

In response to your smoke signaller’s query of March 30, the enquirer is confused. Contrary to claiming the feng shui of Avarua is “wonderful” during my talk of last Friday night, what I actually said was, “it has classic feng shui”.

This was in reference only to the fact that Avarua has rising mountains to the rear and water to its front.

My following comments about both the freshness of the island’s geology, especially as it pertains to the craggy broken volcanic rock-faces so prevalent throughout Rarotonga, and the open nature of the port facilities were an indication of the opposite of your writer’s supposition.

As for the state of the courthouse, I would have thought it obvious that due diligence in the choice of appropriate building materials or otherwise, is not within the spectrum of any feng shui consultant’s brief -- Chinese or otherwise.

This would normally be expected to be covered by that of either the architect or the civil authorities who sanction the construction of such an edifice.

Danny Thorn

Director

Feng Shui Consultants

New Zealand