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23 171 493 PC 0 1 1 422 ILE American Samoa DOC17l1ENT BE till 23 171 493 PC 0 1 1 422 ILE American Samoa. Annual Report the Secretary of the InteriorSeptember 30,1976 ough September 30, 1977. INSTITUTION American Samoa Office of Samoan Information,page Pago. SPANS AGENCY Department of the Interior, Washington,D.C. PUB DATE 77 NOTE 124p.; Photographs may not reproduceclearly A VAI LABLE EP CM Revenue Division, Department ofAdministrative Services, Government ofA serican Samoa, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 ($1.00) ?DVS CE M!01 /PCOS PlusPostage. *Community Agenci.,?s (Prblio) Community Change; DESCRIPTORS Community Colleges; Developing Nations; Early Childhood Education; *Economic Development; *Education; Elementary Secondary Education; *Government Role; *Health Services;Humanities; Leadership; -*Legislation; Services;'Transportation IDENTIFIER *American Samoa BSTRACT In fiscal year 1977 the ,s of the America n Samoan Legislatureis enacted some 60 public la vs. Some ofthese laws were preparing for the newelective governor, the first to beelected (rather than appointed) in the 77-yearhistory of the islands as an unincorporated territory of the United States.The total budget for the government of American Samoa forF?1977 was $62,381,000. The public schools served a total of9,87F students on a budget of $7,8 23, 623. Some 2000 of the children were 3 to 5 year olds and participated in the Early Childhood programsat 135 centers in 54 villages. Approximately 5,622 children wereenrolled in 25 elementary -Schools, and 2,144 high school studentsattended the four high schools. The American Samoan CommunityCollege was granted full accreditation in 1 977, its sixth year ofexistence. 'IhePort Administration reported a 72 percentincrease in revenue compared with the previous year. The customsdivision entered 801 vessels, and collected exise taxes of $1,322,192.Pago Page International Airport handled 11,992 flights and processed77,610 inbound and 81,820 outbound passeng-ers. Tax revenue forthe veal was S1.1 million; $1.9 and the rest from corporate million came from individual income tax4,166 households and a total taxes. A 1 977 sample census indicated population of 30,600. Broad areascovered in this report include general information, legislativeactions, legal affairs, general government, education, medicalservices, transportation, and economic development..(DS) * * *** ** **** *4 * ** ********* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the bestthatan be made from the original document.- * ********************* ********** U 4 DEPARTMENT OFPE ALTN. DUCAT ION &WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS [DOCUMENT HAS OLICED FXAC1LV AS PEEN NE-PRO. tHE Pr TTSON 04 Ft Er Filer() FROM OTTGANITA TIONURICON AT thiGT POINTS or vrEw ST AT CO DO NOT OP OP iNI044 SE NT 06-F ICIAL NECESSAWL Y PEPRE. NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF EDUCATION P0,0 TIONON POT Page, Page Samoa, American of Government $1 Price 96799 Samoa, American Division, Revenue the by sale For Services, Administrative of Department ANNUAL REPORT ts4.6d a,4, 1977 ,Tye! 4474 4,7f yr,' t4 r71"1 ,y*TyyIf .T Ti y , InformatiQ Publi ba, Pago Pap it T #7 eri11 e r .;ari74 OFFICER II 41 OFFICERIiI Tr) F ltESTAFF 1P I PerT fll#T 741' 0 The Annual- Repat eon oti the ki.acat years aaivitieh OA aft de- peuttmenth and oKiiieeh in the &Nutmment otS American Samoa. rhiA yealt's tepoAt eove/th the pet,Zod litomSeptembet 30, 1976 to Septembet 30,1977. In oompatLzon, 6igate6 bettoe_-n iheat yearn 1976 and 1977 tkat 1976 inctuded an wioteading Tkih 4 dne to the6yet a thAge month bLanhitton putiod. Any inquinie4 4ega/tding liaeth Oft iiigateh maybe made to OSI ot to the 4pecA16ic. olgiee concerned, in6o4mation 46 obtained dixect- ey 64om G/- olgiceh and depoitmenth. -------- FISt'At. Vei:krt 1E177 ANNUAL REPORT_ _ IV U .IPC 14)()1't(i 11011 flov Port Acfmir ra tion 1(111011 1 ('(`()11()1111(' General fo Ernat ion it In Economic Development History II0 Agriculture [1=1:11; Resonrcon 1,eciit; tuto 1spassed. Judicial _paic stwrIces iub is Safety raffic Snfeiv Sosann \(f lira ...Communications Attorney Deneral .Marino Railway A Criminal Justice Elia.unino) SaMOan Information TeleviRiem sf,atiom geltesirdclomr14»lor_ AdministrAtve Services Manpower Resources ECOlot=p; Public Works Department Material l'Ianagement. Audit 4, Hurloct & Pn- TA(iA CUM/ Education Community (lel 4 Health Servie L 4,4 S eeket aizy This 1977 annual nepck _maths the end oli an eta in American Samoa. 7t1Spnesented by the last o6 a ,scAe,s o govekhots appointed eithc by the U.S. Wavy to the U.S. Vopatt- ment 06 the Inteniok_ The nett nepot,t wilt be made by the Aitst ejected goocknon ,lAl the 777yean histoky oK this small gtoup (4 .isCands as an unincokookatdd tent:A:04y o4the United State.s. Appkoximatety three oiorttks ago, you 4Ni:tested that I come out 06 liedeitat netiftememtand ketuitnass g0V0Anok Amican Samoa--a past I heed litom 1961 to 1961to help /04ePake the tektitokY bon OLSt' etected governor. Ound many ptobtemi which should not have existed, oonsideking the oeneusiY o6 the Icedenal government overt the Cast ten yea.th. The Aura tact teem 6 the tetnito4iat govennmehtweke in such completechaos that these was no way 06 knowing whethet the tettitoky had a several million doZtatsurplus nn an equatfy time deliiat. The physicat AaedZties 06 the islands that had been built so cconomicatey and proudly by the Samoans dusting the 1960s hadbeen attowed to deteniotate through .Pack o6 maintenance. The biggest disappointment was the apparent slowdown in the impkovement 06 the educationaf system. White the educat.Conat TV 4y6- tem that was making such ptogkess in the 1960s hadeto6 the chi/dun now speaking English, the system had been downgraded to the po,Cnt where the overalleducational levet is improving votysfowty, i6 at att. White most o6 the above problems are assecir ted with the Executiveteadetship, 7 6awzd that the Legistatuna had continued to atow e.n statute andnesponsibility. In 1tb,tie6 pertiod 6 -`tom July 1 to SeptembeA 30, 1977, the ono enacted many sound pieces 0 eg,E6- The.i_Aknde- Zation pkepaking eiee.[ive anvetnak and other desirable measutes. pendent tkinkimg, peas their 1:641U-tics and industka combinedwith those o6 thei4 cum elected goveAnot, hoi'd pkomise 6oir a oteatey imp/to:Ad governmentliot the oecvo to come. I otho 6ownd a case 06 histoty repeating itseZA. When I lcikst came to Samoa as governor in 1961, we were6ac,ing the ptospeets 06 ho4t- fling the South PaciAic ConAetance in 1962.There wasn't a great deal we cowed 61zow 066 with pride, but with the enormous ability and indttstky oKthe Samoan people, and with the coopetation o6 the Vepaktmmt o6 the Intetionand the U.S. Congkass, We cuated a con etence site which drew the pkaiseand admitation o6 defegates ptom thAoughowt .the Paei ic. When I returned to Samoa in inty, 1977, I was suttivtised to teatnthat -the South Paci6ic Con6etence was again sheduled bon September -- on 6' time since 1962. And a- gain, .there waS a gkeat deal oic preparation which had tobe accompashed. ConstAucUon was just stetting on the new Convention CenterinLitttlei,and out territory was hakdly a Showca-se. Putting the Bove/tnment back on an even kee on in Januaay had to be top pniotity, so hosting the SPC seem an added and .it e- timed choke. At this point,I catfed on two h.tahey-quati4ied veteAams hot assistance--John A. Catvet J4., 4otmet Undetzemotaty o4the Tntmiot and Fedeta Powet Commissionak, and AZ Putt, the ditectot o6 PubEie (ia'th during my 4itzt administtation in the 1960z. At. Caavet setved as my Executive Assistant in meeting the administaatve ptobtems ahead, and Mk. Pratt speatheaded the job 06 pluoleaffy actoting Ametiean Samoa, as much a4 possibte, to ita 19604 condition. The South Petec Con .turned out to be a vatuabCe asset to the tettttofty, A04 seveaat /masons. Whiee a special task 4otce c6 accountants taekeed the job o6 un- tang-eing the aevmnment's 4inane,iae situation, the Govetnment and .the people o4 Amen.- 'can Samoa began a ulash beaatiticate_on paogaam to plepate the tot/1.2.61/1y 4,ot the SPC and visitors litom thaoughout the wontd. Atthough tugs and now chains weae Atite being tns.ta trd in the new Con6etence Centet on the eve o the con4otence,i.t opened with mute than 200 deeegale4 and oNeucoo on hand a4 Fiscal Yeah 1977 drew to a close- -and it was a tAemendous success. It kekindled a new tetationship between AmeltZean Samoa and the South Paciiiic Commission, and baought an awareness o6 Ametican Samoa to many oh oita Pac44ic Island Wends who visited heae 6ok the iiitot time. The coniieitence aLs maxi ed by an event wh,ich emit(' have a ttemendouz impact on the 6wturte o6 Ametican Samoa and the mate South Paegic oxen. Thitough the cooperation o4 the Nationat Ackonautic,s and Space AdministAatioo, the Goveamnent o AmeaLean Samoa was able to conduct a demonstration o diteet satettite zeavcce between the United States and it4 South PacQi_c pos.oe56ion. The people or; Samoa, who noamata receive theLt tete- vision shoum one week Bate beeauze they have to be mailed, heaAd NBC Nightly News and some PBS ptogaams Live 40a the Iiitst time--and even got a b'ue6 woad 04 outing 4tom John Chancettot at the end o6 .tho. news AepoAt. The bkieli demoWtation was the 464zt step in what might become a sateaite 00- gam which wouLd being American Samoa on a day-to-day basis with the /Lost o6 the states and tettitotio o6 the United States 4tom both an educationat and entettainfflent stand- point, and assist gteatty in our poe-it4caC and economic development. The closing o6 the South Paci4ie Con4etence mwdzed the cease o4 the 4is at oak. Oltlt teatitoty has taken on a now took, and the 4inanciat task bocce iA hand at woak.
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