There werereportsthatChinawasdeliveringsignalsequipmentformonitoring stations on variouscoastalsites, and had a permanent presence onGreatCocoIsland (see map).
Some people still swear they can read the English word "sex" in the fronds of the Coco-de-Mer palm tree that adorns the ten-rupee note issued by the island nation of the Seychelles.