Pohnpoi-Kosroo Goodwill Gamos Hold- Pago 4&5 r*« National l/nlon ffltaee ^M OFFICIIAL ^^'^TIONIFOR ™E PEOPLE AND TWE STATES OF THE FEDERATED STATES Of MtCWMESIA Volume 7 Pohapei, October 30, 1986 Number 14 FSM PASSPORT TO BE ISSUED ON NOV.3 FDIONIA, Bohnpei - The ESM At- torney General Carl UUman an- nounced on Oct. 30, that the ESM Imrtigration Office will begin is- suing the FSM's own passports on Monday in conjunction with the effective date, November 3, of the Compact of Free Association. Hie FSM passport, which is de- ESM CDNSMJCnDN CDNHfflCT SIGNED - Vies President Bailey Ol- ter, left, is signing the FSM Capitol Construction Contract on be- signed in three colors of blue half of the FSM Government with Hanil Development Co. of Korea rep- (the regular passport), black resentative GORM Hanil Office General Manager Rwcn Chang, right, (for officials) and burgundy or during the Oct. 23 signing ceremony at the Sunset View. Witnessing the signing are, FSM Office of Planning and Statistics Acting Direc- red (for the diplomats), is is- tor John Sohl, center, and Bahnpei State Public Works Department Di- sued at a fee of $15 each, Oilman rector Bersrin Weilbacher, standing. Wailbacher was the Master of said. Oaremony during the event,, Oilman urged all ESM citizens especially those residing abroad Capitol CoKtracttai Contract Sigied to file for applications for the new ESM passport as soon as pos- HDI0NIA, Bahnpei - Vice Presi- ccftplex in Palikir, Pcteped, was sible. dent Bailey Olter said that he awarded the $10 million base bid Applications, which must be was very glad and the nation is and the alternate on road pave- prepared in duplicate, can be happy that the U.S., Congress and ment to the Capital site in Pali- picked up at ESM Inndgration the Reagan Mmirristration have kir. Offices in the four ESM states finally recognized the promise Olterj who signed the contract and Liaison Offices in Guam, To- made 14 years ago in providing on behalf of the F9Nf Govemraent, kyo, Honolulu and Washington, for funding of the oceistfuction thanked Hanil for submitting "a D.C., Oilman said, adding that of the new capitol for the 5BM very generous bid" to build the completed documents should be f doriBg the oaitract-signing cere- Capital and "we tope that this forwarded to the ESM Tnmigraticn mony held Oct. 23, at the Sunset capital can be built seen like Division's Central Office, P.O., View. former projects that Hanil under- Box 490, Kolonia, Bohnpei FSM 96941. Hanil Develcprent Ocnpany, took in the State of Bahnpei," Ltd., of Korea, the lowest bidder and adding that the governments Ote FSM passport requirements among 10 firms bidding for the and the ccrarunities en Bohnpei (Continued ©n Page 2) construction of the FSM Capitol |( Continued on Page 3) PDF receives $100,000 for TUNA Project VO Passports KOIONIA,Pohnpei - The Tuna Pro- release said, adding that a por- 00 ject of the East-West Center's tion of the grant also will be (Continued from Page 1) Pacific Islands Development Pro- used to train Pacific Islanders include: 1) A black and white or gram (PIDP) has received a grant who will be attached to the pro- color photo in duplicate. No po- of $100,000 from the United Na- ject for short periods as interns. laroid photos are acceptable. tions Development Programme (UN- The grant was awarded through The size of the photo should not DP) to support research, accord- the UNDP Regional Programs Fund, exceed over one-and-a-half inch ing to an East-West Center's news upon the request of the govern- square nor less than one-inch release. ments of Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, square. 2) Proof of citizenship The grant will fund production and Western Samoa, the release by either birth certificate or of technical reports on aspects said. other documents and/or Trust Ter- of tuna industry development in The Tuna Project is part of a ritory passports. 3) Notariza- the Pacific Islands region, the larger study to evaluate the po- tion of application documents. tential beneficial roles of mul- 4) Payment pf a US$15 fee in mon- KosrM fovid tinational corporations in the ey order or cashier's check. No Pacific islands. The project has cash is acceptable from ESM citi- I£LU, Kosrae - Two fishermen five broad areas of investiga- H zens residing abroad, Ullman not- from Kosrae were returned hone tion: 1) an overview of the tuna ed. safely Oct. 10 by a Japanese industry in the Pacific region, Because the ESM does not intend fishing vessel M/V Sumiyoshi Maru 2) world tuna markets, 3) the to continue using the T.T. pass- No. 8 after missing three weeks role of international business port, all FSM citizens are en- on a fishing trip in rain storms and foreign investment in the couraged to apply for the new ESM and rough seas, according to a Pacific tuna industry, 4) pos- passports, said UUman, who noted news release from Kosrae Gover- sibilities for joint tuna ven- that "temporary passports" will nor 's Office. tures and 5) the cost of multi- not be issued anymre. Brothers Alik and Lainus Albert national corporation involvement. No readier alkwed m of Tafunsak, Kosrae, reported Pacific island nations are in- that they survived on small fish- creasingly turning to the sea to classroom without es, birds and rain water and augment national income. Migra- FSM cerfffkofe sometimes without anything to eat tory skipjack tuna is a plentiful KOIONIA, Pohnpei - A total of for days during the time they resource. In 1984 an estimated 1,761 ESM teachers were certified were drifting. 630,000 metric tons of tuna of to teach during school year 1986- They left Tafunsak morning of all species were harvested in the 1987, according to ESM Office of Sept. 17 in a 15-foot Boston Pacific islands region. Education Administrator Daro Wei- Whaler with a single 15-horse- The Republic of Kiribati (one tal. power outboard motor and were re- of the more important tuna-rich These teachers are legally ported seen by local fishermen nations), which recently signed a eligible to teach in the class- that afternoon during a heavy fishing agreement with the Soviet rooms throughout the four ESM rain storm with limited visibili- Union (and a Fishery Management states, Vfeital said, adding that ty twenty itdles east of Kosrae treaty with Palau and the FSM in the FSM Office of Education has Island before riight fell. May), is the subject of one re- been issuing ESM teacher certifi- They were sighted and rescued cent PIDP report that traces the cates over the past four years as by Sumiyoshi Maru on Oct. 7 and origins of this agreement, the part of its conformity with the were found in good condition, release said, noting that the ESM Code, Title 40 Chapter 2, State Public Affairs Director report outlines why the conclu- subchapter 1, sections 211-214, Fred Skilling said. sion of the agreement was expedi- which require that all nonpublic A special "Kulo Ma Lulap" ent for Kiribati in order for the and public preschool, elementary (Thank you very much) is extended country to further its develop- and secondary teachers be certi- to the Captain and crew of Sumi- ment goals. fied. yoshi Maru, U.S. Coast Guard in The Tuna Project, under the di- The law requires that no teach- Guam, Captain and crew of M/V rection of David Doulman, is er, in any level excluding post- Frysna, ESM Patrol Boat Eerresa, scheduled for completion in June secondary education, is allowed and FMA on Pohnpei and all who 1987, the release noted, adding to teach in any ESM classroom participated in the air sea that PIDP reports are made avail- without an ESM valid teacher's search and rescue efforts, from able to all Pacific island gov- certificate. the Governor's office, the news ernments and to the general pub- (Continued on Page 7) release said. lic at cost. Hanil won bid for FSM Capital a Commemorate Compact (Continued from Page 1) Hanil's Guam Office General Manager Kwon Chang who signed the H3IONIA, Pohnpei - The Canpact- will try their best to accommo- contract on behalf of Hanil De- G date whatever they can to help 2 Nov.-3rd-effective-date oatmenDr- velopment Company, Ltd., said M O ative stamp issue, featuring the the company fulfill its contract. Hanil is "pleased to work here 2 FSM new passport, will be re- The Vice President joined Duty again after nine years of ab- Officer State Education Deputy O leased Nov. 4 simultaneously in sence. We built the Pohnpei Hos- O Director Ewalt Joseph, who repre- ft Micronesia, the United States, pital about nine years ago and we O Europe and the rest of the World, sented Governor Resio Moses, would like to do our best in pro- sr according to FSM Postmaster Gen- Pohnpei State Legislature Speaker ject to meet your satisfaction eral Leo A. Falcam. Ambros Senda and FSM Senator Ray- and to put your dreams into real- ow "We chose the ESM passport as mond Setik, who represented FSM ity." the item on the 22-cent stamp to Congress Speaker Bethwel Henry, Hanil came out the lowest among VO show the world our independence in welcoming the representatives 00 the three last base-bidder firms Cft in Free Association with the of Hanil and the officials of the with $8.2 million to $11.2 mil- United States," Falcam said, add- state and national governments lion of Atlantic Gulf & Pacific ing that stanp features the FSM present at the ceremony.