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WASHINGTON (AP) - TheNorth- em Mariana Islands government will likely lose a $120 million, multi­year financial aid package from the United States because it has failed to enact tax, immigration and other re­forms.

Rep. George Miller, House Natu­ral Resources Committee chairman, told a House subcommittee hearing

Thursday that it was doubtful he would support legislation to provide the money for capital improvement projects in the Western Pacific is­land chain of about 45,000 people.

Under an agreement negotiated with the Bush administration but re­quiring congressional approval, the Northern Marianas would be re­quired to match the proposed US

George Millerassistance.

Theproposed program would start Oct. 1 and continue through the year 2000.

The federal funding would be pro­vided under the Covenant, which established the Northern Marianas as a US commonwealth.

It was not clear what next would happen in the tiny island chain’s quest for the economic package.

“If the chairman of the committee which must approve the legislation ' is against it, then it seems unlikely it will be approved,” an official said

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THE SEVEN candidates in the 1993 Northern Marianas beauty pageant were presented to the press a t the Pacific Gardenia Hotel Saturday. Standing, from left: Victoria T. Tudela, Marylee N. Taisacan, Lucrecia A. Tudela and Michelle I. Kukkun. Seated (from left): Marissa Ann Muna, Therese B. Guerrero and Tanya C. Belyeu.

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By Howard Graves

HONOLULU (AP) - Like a child returning from the woodshed fol­lowing aparent’sscolding; North­ern Mariana Islands’ government officials this week are expected to begin patching a rip in their rela­tionship with some members of the US Congress.

At stake for the tiny US com­monwealth are millions of dollars in potential US financial aid, pos­sible loss of favorable treatment for its garment industry and relin­quishment of its immigration au­thority.

Several witnesses said a House- subcommittee hearing Thursday in Washington on future funding under its Covenant was raucous, tense and, in view of Guam fresh­man Delegate Robert Underwood, “a very sobering experience.”

The subcommittee on insular and international affairs was con­sidering whether to support an agreement which would give the CNMI $ 120 million over the next seven years for capital improve­ment projects. The Common­wealth would be required to pro­vide matching funds.

Representative George Miller, House Natural Resources Com­mittee chairman, walked into the hearing and told the NMI’s gov-' emor, House speaker and Wash­ington representative face-to-face, “I can’t recommend we support another several years of money. The CNMI has flaunted them­selves, ignored (Interior Depart­ment) inspector general audits and US policies, and failed to comply with the simplest requests. We have arrived at the point that this program cannot be continued,” one witness quoted Miller as say­ing.

Miller said he would make his views known to the House Ap­propriations Committee.

Delegate Ron de Lugo, the sub­committee chairman, says if CNMI government leaders “will take corrective steps and address these serious concerns in a solid way, we’ll go from there.”

De Lugo said he was extremely disturbed by CNMI projections that its non-resident population could grow to between 39,000 and 59,000 people by the year 2000. He said the present non-US citizen population of about 25,000 people exceeds the indigenous population which, he said is not expected to increase appreciably.

“You can’t have a disenfran­chised majority under the Ameri­can flag,” the Virgin Islands Democrat said in a telephone in­terview Friday with the Associ-

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2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- MARCH 22,1993

Manglona urges action on July 30 promises

By Rafael H. Arroyo

ACITNG Governor Benjamin T. Manglona urged executive and all elected legislative officials Friday to exert all efforts to achieve the local reforms sought by the US Congress.

Manglona issued the statement following the CNMI’s failure to get support from a US Congress subcommittee for the SI20 mil­lion federal assistance package in the next seven years.

“We shall never underestimate the concerns raised by Congress. Their warning is serious so it is high time for our incumbent lead­ers to shape up, set aside differ­ences, and act on these concerns,” Manglona said in a press confer­ence.

Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero headed a CNMI delegation which appeared before the Subcommit­tee on Insular and International Affairs chaired by Virgin Islands Delegate Ron De Lugo to seek approval of the Section702 agree­ment.

Representative George Miller, chairman of the House Commit­

tee on Natural Resources, and De Lugo, criticized the CNMI gov­ernment for its failure to act on promises made before the same panel during the July 30 oversight hearing.

Guerrero, in his testimony, claimed significant steps had al­ready been taken on these issues, specifically on minimum wage and tax reforms.

A bill that would raise mini­mum wage is currently pending before the Senate while an across- the-board tax increase and a low­ering of the tax rebate rate is still being prepared on by the task force.

Manglona said adverse com­ments on the 702 package did not come as a surprise and that “it should open our eyes to reality.”

“I have full respect for their (Miller’s and de Lugo’s) views. I am not disappointed as I under­stand their concerns. It’s high time that we understand them too,” he said.

“We must try to help ourselves in justifying continued assistance from the federal government in spite of national efforts to tighten

the belt. We, too, must show we will sacrifice for how can we bur­den the US if we cannot share in that burden. Though we are in the process of growing up as a young member of the American family, we must demonstrate we are wor­thy of their help,” Manglona said.

Manglona said he believes the commitment of the federal gov­ernment under the Covenant has not been fully met yet.

The US, under the Covenant, pledged to provide financial as­sistance to the Commonwealth until its people achieve a progres­sively higher standard of living comparable to that of the average American community.

Manglona said this commit­ment might be measured in terms of the quality of education, public health, infrastructure being of­fered on the island, if they can compare with those offered in the mainland.

“Gauging the CNMI in these areas, I could proudly say that the commitment under the Covenant is not made yet, but we ’re getting closer to that with this new 702 multi-year package,” Manglona

Benjam in T.said.

Responding to criticism in Con­gress that the CNMI is not putting federal funding to good use, Manglona said each senatorial district of the Commonwealth have undergone tremendous im­provements over the years.

“All the money we received went through the legislative ap­propriation process as approved by die senatorial districts. Before we signed the second 702 agree­ment, we conditioned it so that money would not be abused. We made sure the money was to be spent on capital improvement

Manglonaprojects only and we even amended the CIP law to assure the federal government that ev­erything is accountedfor,” he said.

After expressing displeasure about recent statements made by gubernatorial aspirant Juan N. Babauta regarding the use of fed­eral funds, Manglona asked local leaders toput their differences aside and workforwhatthepeopleof the CNMI need.

“Let’s forget about the elections and unite. What we need now is a responsible government thatknows theneeds of our people - infrastruc­ture,” the acting governor said.

2 indicted in World Trace Center bombing

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By Larry Neumeister

NEW YORK (AP) - Two jailed suspects were indicted Wednes­day in connection with the bomb­ing of the World Trade Center that killed six people and injured more than 1,000, authorities said.

Mohammed Sal ameh andNidal Ayyad, both 25, were charged in the single-paragraph indictment of damaging the twin towers “by using an explosive device, caus­ing the death of six persons.”

The charge involves a federal law against using explosives to damage a building used in inter­state commerce.

The indictment was unsealed in US District Court in Manhattan. A third man, Ibrahim Elgabrowny, was indicted for obstruction of justice and fraud - the latter charge stemming from five phony pass­ports found in his Brooklyn apart­ment.

The indictments were handed up shortly after a judge ordered

the deportation of Muslim funda­mentalist preacher Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman. Salameh and Elgabrowny are alleged follow­ers of the cleric who preached at a Jersey City, N.J., mosque.

The FBI did not return a tele­phone message asking whether authorities investigating the bombing might seek to postpone the deportation.

The US Immigration and Natu­ralization Service said Abdel- Rahman did not disclose in 1991 that he is a polygamist and that he was convicted of falsifying a check in Egypt in 1987. Both are grounds for exclusion from the United States.

In Manhattan, the indictments echoed the earlier charges filed against Salameh and Ayyad. The fraud charge against Elgabrowny was the only new count returned by the federal grand jury.

All three suspects remain jailed without bail.

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ated Press in Honolulu.He also said the Commonwealth

government must put into effect income tax reforms to generate more revenues. He suggested CNMI residents with high in­comes are paying less taxes than those earning $22,000 and less annually. He said CNMI taxpay­ers pay one-third less than Guam and mainland US taxpayers and CNMI taxpayers receive a 95 per­cent rebate.

De Lugo said US taxpayers are, in effect, subsidizing the islands’ infrastructure improvements, some of which have been brought on by a large alien population, especially in Saipan.

“The governor tells us he has submitted a tax reform bill to the Legislature,” de Lugo said. “At the same time he is telling us that, we leam that a resolution opposing tax reform has been signed by a major- ity of the legislators, including the

House speaker.”He said,“Their Legislature hasn’t

committed itself to provide $120 million in matching funds’ ’ as called forinthe agreementnegotiatedlast year by the Bush administration. Congress must approve the pro­posal. “Moreover, the Legislature could change the terms even if Congress passes the Legislation.”

After meeting with CNMI lead­ers Friday, de Lugo said, “We’ll have to see what happens. If noth­ing happens in the CNMI, I doubt there will be any money. They un­derstand.”

WashingtonRepresentativeJuan N. Babauta did not return Associ­ated Press telephone calls. Babauta’s office said Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero had checked out of his Washington hotel.

After the public scolding from Miller and de Lugo, Babauta asked to speak.

“I share the concerns expressed

byChairmanMiller,”he was quoted as saying. “This is my first time to hear such strong statements from either chairman. But please don’t change the terms of the agreement Change the law on immigration authority if you must do some­thing.”

Guerrero, whose bid for a sec­ond term is being challenged by Babauta, didn’t make any com­ments to the subcommittee after Miller’s lecture, source said.

Between fiscal years 1978 and 1992, the CNMI received $420 million in Covenant funding from the United States. This fiscal year they will receive $27.7 million. Some sources said that could be terminated.

A US Senate subcommittee held a brief hearing Thursday on a com­panion bill. A spokesman saidmore information was needed from the CNMI before any action would be taken.

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Commonwealth. . . continued from page 1after the hearing ended. “We’ve had the door open to the CNMI, but all we’ve gotten are promises and not a lot of follow-through.”

“We are at a critical point,” Gov­ernor Lorenzo I. Guerrero told the House Subcommitteeon Insular and International Affairs hearing. “A cut in federal assistance may prove most harmful. Despite best efforts, we still don’t have a strong enough foundation for a stable economy.”

Virgin Islands Delegate Ron de Lugo, subcommittee chairman, dis­agreed.

“Higher wage-earners, busi­nesses and investors paid $49 mil­lion less in income taxes in 1991 under the Commonwealth’s (tax) rates than they would have under the federal rates that the Covenant

provided for and other insular areas use,” he said.

De Lugo also laid some of the Commonwealth’s problems to alien labor practices.

“They have made the economic growth of the Commonwealth pos­sible, but it is debatable whether this growth has generated as much revenue as it should in light of the public burdens it has imposed,” he said in a statement opening the hear­ing.

De Lugo also suggested “sub­stantial amountsofpastassistance” from the US government “have re­portedly been poorly used or used improperly.”

Between 1978 and 1992 fiscal years, the Northern Marianas re­ceived $420 million in Covenant

funding from the United States.During the current fiscal year, the

CNMI received $27.7 million.Delegate Eni F. H. Faleomavaega

of American Samoa said he ques­tioned whether “it is prudent to obli­gate such a large sum of money to one possession of the United States when the overwhelming needs of other territories arebarely being met”

He said during the past five years American Samoa has received an estimated $6 million per year for its capital improvement projects.

Faleomavaega said the CNMI economy “has developed to the point that it can generate funds” to meet its needs.

A Senate subcommittee met for about an hour Thursday on an iden­tical bill, but took no action.

MONDAY, MARCH 22,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3

No running m ate yet

Demapan says his team is unbeatableSENATE President Juan S. Demapan expressed confidence Friday that he and his running mate would be the unbeatable candidates for governor and lieu­tenant governor in November.

In an interview, Demapan re­fused to identify his running mate but said his choice is now under­going the family consultation pro­cess.

He said he would make an an­nouncement either on March 24, Covenant Day, or after the pri­mary that is yet to be called by the Republican Party.

“I am very confident that we will win the primary and the elec­tions. We will be the unbeatable pair to the point that we will just literally and figuratively walk in,” Demapan said.

According to the incumbent Senate president,hisrunningmate has the qualifications to make an outstanding lieutenant governor - credibility, quality, and integrity - and that he will certainly boost his chances at the polls.

“I am looking at someone who will strengthen the party, and I tell you, all three camps will be comfortable with him if and when we make it in the primary. So our candidacy will not cause division among GOPmembers,” Demapan said.

A three-way gubernatorial pri­mary is almost sure to happen, with Demapan expected to fight it out with Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero and Resident Represen­tative Juan N. Babauta.

Guerrero is again teaming up with Lieutenant Governor Ben­jamin T. Manglona, while Babauta is going with Speaker Thomas P. Villagomez.

Of the three possible guberna­torial candidates, only Demapan

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Meanwhile, party insiders are fearing a possible split among members as to who to support among the three contenders for the Republican Party’s nomina­tions.

According to Demapan, his still-to-be-formed team would lessen the likelihood of a split.

“Our team will be the ones that can strengthen the party and help restore the people’s trust, respect and confidence to their govern­ment,” he said.

Demapan declined to give clues on who his second man will be, but there rumors mentioned Sena­tor Paul A. Manglona.

Demapan refused to confirm or deny such rumors, but said Manglona may have problems in running against his uncle (Ben-

Dem apanjamin).

Villagomez, Demapan’s origi­nal choice, decided to join the Babauta , saying he believes the CNMI needs a younger and more capable team.

Demapan is a freshman senator from Saipan, who joined a coali­tion of Rota and Tinian senators in ousting then President Joseph S. Inos in August 12, 1992. He was chosen by the group to re­place Inos, making him the first senator since the First Common­wealth Legislature to win the presidency inhisfirstterm. (RHA)

Demapan, who boasts of not having lost a single elections yet, bids to jo in G uerrero and Manglona, both formerpresidents of the Senate who later became the top officials of the executive branch.

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Poor Pacific nations face capital shortageBANGKOK (UNIS) - A senior United Nations official has called for concerted international effort and commitment to provide new impetus for development of the Pacific subregion’s poor econo­mies.

“The growing marginalization of those economies suffering from a variety of severe constraints should be a matter of concern to all”, said Rafeeuddin Ahmed, ex­ecutive secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

In his opening statement to the first session of the Special Body on Pacific Island Developing Coun­tries held Feb. 25-27, Ahmed fur­ther said “the looming shortage of global capital and the attendant prospects of reduced development assistance on which these econo­mies will have to rely heavily for quite sometime to come for their growth and modernization gives this concern a sense of greater seri­ousness and urgency.”

“Nevertheless, embodied in the emerging patterns of Asia-Pacific development and cooperation are grounds for cautious optimism,” Ahmed said as he pointed out that there are incipient signs of deep­ened interdependence between the fast-growing economies of East and South-East Asia and the Pacific subregion through trade, invest­ment and factors services.

These developments widen the space and opportunities for greater integration of the relatively weaker economies into the mainstream of

economic dynamism in the region as a whole.

The meeting of the special body represents an important outcome of the commission’s restructuring exercise to ensure a more focused attention and response to the spe­cial problems and issues in devel­opment faced by disadvantaged groups of ESCAP members and associate members, in this case the island developing countries in the Pacific.

“For a large majority of develop­ing economies in the region, there is still a considerable gap to cover in reaching minimum levels of transformation required for sus­tained growth and development... most of the island countries in the Pacific and the least developed countries of Asia are among those lagging economies, Ahmed said.

A basic problem in the subre­gion is the acute lack of a minimum critical mass in many key areas for initiating a self-sustaining process of growth and transformation, re­quiring levels of investment far beyond domestic capacities for re­source mobilization.

Confronted with severe struc­tural problems of the small size of domestic markets and a remote geographical location as well as vulnerability to frequent natural disasters and other exogenous shocks, economic performance in many island countries has been minimal.

“Growth in output was lower than or barely caught up with, the rate of population increase during

the last decade,” Ahmed said.To help redress the situation, he

said the more industrialized and richer countries have a major role to play in strengthening the growth impulse in the region’s lagging and more disadvantaged economies through expanded financial and technical assistance as well as pref­erential market access.

Ecological preservation presents yet another set of critical issues to these already disadvantaged coun­tries Ahmed said, adding that the very existence of several island communities and the livelihood of many others are threatened by such factors as global wanning and the rise of sea levels. Concerted inter­national action is required to assist these countries in maintaining the integrity of their fragile environ­ment.

There are 19 developing island members and associate members of ESCAP in the Pacific subre­gion; five of those belong to the United Nations category of least developed countries.

The meeting will review the re- centdevelopmenttrends, andpolicy implications for greater stability, sustainability and équity in island economic growth and structural transformation. It will also discuss major issues in development and. policy perspectives for enhanced performance in Pacific island economies as well as the contribu­tions from the ESCAPregion tothe Global Conference on the Sustain­able Development of Small Island Developing States.

Calcutta bombing spreads terrorBy Santosh Basak

CALCUTTA, India (AP) - A bomb blast rocked India’s second- largest city early Wednesday, kill­ing at least 60people and spreading, the terror that began with a series of explosions in Bombay last week. Two suspects were taken into cus­tody.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, nor any evidence that the blast in central Calcutta was linked to the Bombay explo­sions that killed 317 people and wounded 1,100.

Police said a bomb toppled two timeworn buildings housing furni­ture shops and storerooms where dozens of day laborers slept.

Outside, homeless rickshawpull- ers and other poor sidewalk dwell­ers were buried under debris.

Nearby buildings were badly damaged, and the explosion shook police headquarters, 300 meters (yards) away.

PressTrustoflndiasaid lOmore bodies were recovered by relief workers this morning, raising the death toll to 60. One hundred people were injured. Rescue operations continued Wednesday.

Calcutta Police Commissioner Tushar Kanti Talukdar said the owner of the buildings and the manager, both Muslims, were taken into custody. He said the explosion might have been caused by acci­dental detonation of explosives that

were stored in the buildings.Of India’s 875 million people,

Hindus comprise 82 percent and Muslims 12 percent

Though proof is lacking, many Indians believed the Bombay bombings were related to the Hindu-Muslim riots that swept the nation in December and January. Nearly 2,000 people were killed.

Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun, pleaded for calm Wednesday. In a telephone interview from her Calcutta mis­sion for the poor, she said: “Don’t destroy each other because God has created us to love and be loved.”

In New Delhi, the American Embassy said it has advised US citizens to avoid going to hotels, bazaars and other public places.

Army demolitions experts and police forensics specialists were searching for clues about the type and manner of the Calcutta explo­sion.

“Some people have been stock­piling explosives in the buildings,” said Police Commissioner Talukdar. “We are trying to find out why they were being stock­piled.”

Deputy Police Commissioner Goutan Chakraborty was quoted as saying by Press Trust that “the extent of the damage cannot be caused by anything but a very pow­erful bomb.”

An 18-yearTqld.survivor said he had just finished working at about

midnight when the explosion oc­curred.

“We were nine people in the room. I had just started my rice, and as I put the first bite into my mouth there was a big bang,” said Atxhil Hussein, speaking from his hospi­tal bed.

“It was like amassiveearthquake. I was buried under bricks. I screamed and screamed. I don’t know how long I screamed. Then I lost consciousness. I woke up and screamed again, and that time the screaming brought help,” said Hussein.

“My father who was sitting be­side me is dead,” he said.

Calcutt a, with 10 million people, is India’s second most populous city, after Bombay. Its formerly elegant Victorian buildings, now corroded with neglect, once housed the administration of Britain’s co­lonial empire in the Indian subcon­tinent.

Wednesday’s blast was bound to heighten tension in a nation still frightened by the coordinated ex­plosion of 13 bombs within two hours in Bombay on Friday.

The director-general of police of Maharashtra, of which Bombay is the capital, said initial investiga­tions did not suggest a link between the explosions there and in Calcutta.

“But we certainly have to find out if there is a similarity between what happened here and there,’.’ S. Ramamurthi said.

MONDAY, MARCH 22,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5

D PW eyes change to m etric system(Public Works Director Eliza­

beth Salas-Balajadia requested publication of the following ar­ticle on the metric system, in preparation for the department's plan to conduct an experiment on metric conversion. Ed)

By Robert L. Clevenger, Daniel S. Turner and Jay K. Lindly

The United States is converting to the metric system of weights and measures. This includes the highway industry, and major changes must occur during the next few years.

This article has been written to explain why America must con­vert, to review the role of the Federal government in leading the change, and to outline the steps the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Of­ficial (AASHTO) is taking to movetowardmetric. It also intro­duces the AASHTO Guide to Metric Conversion as the docu­ment which sets out planning and implementation steps for each agency to form its own conver­sion plan.

Reasons for the ConversionThere is only one industrialized

nation in the world which does not utilize the metric system- the United States. This situation is the heart of a difficult problem that is becoming more important for two significant reasons: (1) the world is rapidly moving to­ward a global economy, and (2) the world’s measurement system is now metric.

International Competitiveness.American businesses are fac­

ing increased competition when they try to sell their goods over­seas. The European Community (EC) has overtaken the United States as the world’s largest market. The EC has indicated that after 1992 it will not buy goods which are not marked in metric units. Japan lists the non-metric nature of American goods as the primary reason that it does not import more of this nation’s products. America’s immediate, neighbors, Canada and Mexico, are predominantly metric coun­tries. These facts underscore the need to convert to metric.

Private Sector Conversions.There are other good reasons

that America should change. For instance, many private companies have already converted including General Motors, IBM and Otis Elevator. These firms recognized that change was necessary if they were to successfully compete in international markets.

Other Nation’s Conversion Experiences. Another reason to covert is the successful conver­sion experiences of many other nations. Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa all adopted metric in the 1960s and 1970s. These nations all found that metric was a supe ·̂ rior system. Canada had a very positive conversion experience which can be used as a pattern for metrication of US highways... Simplicity and Ease of Use.

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Perhaps the strongest argument in favor of metric is its simplicity. It is decimal-based (ie, based on units of ten), making calculations much more simple. Also, there is only one type of unit for each type of measurement. This is not so for the customary US system. For example, several conversions would be required to find the area of a field which was one mile and 216 yards long, by 216 feet, nine and three-eighths inches wide. Such conversions would not be necessary in metric because all distances are measured in a single unit (meters) and in multiples or decimal equivalents of that unit.

The Government RoleThe Legislative Branch. The

US Congress recognized the in­

creasing economic disadvantage and the consequent need to move toward metric. The 1988 Trade and Competitiveness Act (Public Law 100-418) was adopted to amend the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 USC 2056). This Act designated the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for US trade and commerce. It also required that each Federal agency convert, and that each Federal agency use the metric system in its procurements, grants and other business-related activities to the extent economi­cally feasible. In taking this ac­tion, Congress obviously intended to use the considerable buying power of the Federal government as a catalyst for the change.

The Executive Branch. In July of 1991, the President signed Ex­ecutive Order 12770, Metric Us­age in Federal Government Pro­grams. It required all federal agencies to adopt metric conver­sion loans by November 30,1991. It also directed the Department of Commerce to coordinate the met­rication effort.

The United States D.O.T. As a federal agency, the Department of Transportation responded to the legislation and Executive Or­der. A DOT Metric Coordinator was appointed, and United States DOT Order 1020.1C was issued in May of 1990 to establish poli­cies and administrative, proce­dures for the transition.

Table I. FHWA Metric Transi­tion Timetable

Program Elements/Activities Target Dates (Completed)

I. FHWA metric conversion plan. (Approved 10/31/91)

n. Initiate revision of perti­nent laws arid regulations tlfkt serve as barriers to metric con­version. (1991)

HI. Full metric conversion of FHWA manuals, documents, and publications 1994

IV. Full metric conversion of FHWA data collection and re­porting. 1995

V. Newly authorized Federal Lands Highway and Federal-aid construction contracts in metric units only.September 30,1996

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Commuter fined $117,000TOKYO (AP) - A commuter who duped railroad ticket takers for five years using an expired pass has been fined a record $117,000, the railroad said Wednesday.

The 39 yearOold culprit whose name was not released, began using the expired pass on March 8, 1988, East Japan Railway Co. said. He apparently flashed it quickly at atation attendants, who usually do not check carefully to see whether passes are still valid.

But the railroad said a suspicious attendant caught the commuter last week. He admitted his cheating and agreed to pay the fine, said spokesman Shinji Okada.

Okada said the fine - 13,733,880 yen or $117,000- is the largest in company history.

Malaysia regrets Pyongyang actionKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday Malaysia-regrets the North Korean decision to pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

"The decision also carries serious implications for the overall stabil­ity of the Asia-Pacific region and in particular the Korean peninsula." it added. The statement appealed to North Korea to reconsider its decision and continue to contribute toward regional confidence build­ing and the enhancement of international security.

Police investigates stowaway caseKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Police said Wednesday they will investigate how a Malaysian boy managed to stow away in the wheel well of a Malaysian Airlines plane flying to South Africa, where he was found dead. Police officials said they wanted to know whether there had been a breach in security at Kuala Lumpur's airport.

Shamsul Ramli, 16, was found dead Monday at Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg by an engineer who saw a foot dangling from a wheel well of the Boeing 747-200 plane.

Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik told reporters the preliminary report he received did not say how the boy might have entered the plane for the direct flight to South Africa.

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Three other men suspected of involvement in the bombing have fled the United States, according tonewspaperreports Wednesday. FBI spokesman Joe Valiquette wouldnotcommentonthereports.

Within 48 hours of Salameh’s arrest, the three Arab men went to John F. Kennedy International Airport with false passports |n d took the first available flight out of the country, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

The men first sought a flight to Europe but it was filled and “they asked the airline reservation clerk for any flight that would get them off the North American conti­nent,” the Journal quoted an investigator as saying.

They got seats aboard a flight destined for South Africa, the newspaper said. One of the three apparently was Mahmud Abouhalima, a New York City taxi driver believed to be an as­sociate of Salameh, who lived in Jersey City. An indictment against Abouhalima and possibly others was expected. Abouhalima ap­parently has fled the country and might be in Pakistan, The Record of Hackensack, N.J., reported Wednesday, quoting a law en­forcement official.

The. official, speaking on con­dition of anonymity, said Abouhalima is believed to have left the United States from Kennedy two days after the March 4 arrest of Salam eh._________

Abouhalima, “possibly with ( another person,” flew to South

Africa, then to Germany, “and then to another country, possibly Pakistan,” the official said.

A law enforcement official told The Record that a relative of Salameh’s told investigators in Germany that he wired thousands of dollars to Salameh’s Jersey City bank because Salameh said he needed money after being injured in a traffic accident. The name of the relative living in Germany and his relationship to Salameh was not disclosed. The official said the relative is a medical doctor.

The Los Angeles Times re­ported Wednesday that the funds ■ were wired from Duesseldorf nine days before the bombing.

“At this time ... there’s no rea­son to prove (the bombing) is attached to a state sponsor,” the paper quotes a senior US special­ist on terrorism as saying. “There’s no evidence yet to draw any con­clusions.”

The WorldTrade Center’s twin 110-story towers have been closed since the Feb. 26 lunchtime blast. They will get their first tenant back on Thursday: New York Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Cuomo will move in two weeks ahead of the schedule reopening. T wo more tenants will return Fri­day, followed by more next week, Cuomo said Wednesday.

“We have to show the tenants and everyone else that the place is safe and we are returning to nor­malcy,” he said.

On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio said those who plant bombs that kill people “forfeit their own right to life,” and called for the death penalty for anyone convicted of setting off the World •Trade Center blast.

MONDAY, MARCH 22,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7

M a rsh a lls’ nuke investm ents get boost from bondsM AJURO - The Marshall Islands ’ nuclear investments continue to hold strong at $ 125 million follow­ing a surge in the bond market the past two months that produced a “phenomenal profit, The Marshall Islands Journal said in a report pub­lished on March 12.

The report quoted Dan Roland, vicepresidentofShearsonLehman Brothers overseeing the nuclear trust investments, as saying that after a $3.6 million quarterly pay­ment in January, the fund now stands at $125.9 million.

A total of $104 million has been paid to nuclear claimants to date, he said.

Two of the stock managers suf­fered poor returns in 1992. One, according to Roland, “fell apart,” but the performance of a newly hired manager overcame this un­der-performance.. Navellier, which specializes in buying what are known as “small capital” stocks, the equivalent of “mom and pop” stores in compari­son to a Gibson’s, earned more than the other stock managers that the Marshalls employs.

“Our analysis (in early 1992) thatsmall capital stocks wouldeam well was proved by Navellier,” Roland said.

But small capital stocks are much riskier than those in the major cor­porations sothefundhaslimitedits investment in small capital stocks to about 10 percent of the entire fund.

In addition to stocks, a substan­tial portion of the fund is invested in the bond market, which has in­creased its profits handsomely since President Bill Clinton too office, Roland said.

While the stock market dropped and is now recovering from its reaction to Clinton’s economic policy, “bonds leaped in response to Clinton,” he said. “We made a phenomenal profit from Jan. 1 through Feb. 12 of $3.7 million. We’re ecstatic at the rates, but it is unrealistic to expect them to con­tinue.”

Roland explained that these ups and downs are a fact of life in the stock and bondmarkets. “We have a lot of managers to protect against volatility in the market,” he said.

Despite a generally poor fourth quarter ending 1992, “overall the fond has done well,” he said. “The fond is in good shape.”

Overall, the fund, which started at$l 50 million, has earned at a rate of 10.34 percent, with stocks pro­ducing 11.55 percent and bonds a slightly lower 9.2 percent. It is re­quired by the Compact to pay 12 percent a year, a goal that Roland does not believe possible, given current economic conditions in the US. But he said the progress of the fund has shown that it is possible to come close to the 12 percent mark.

Atthispoint,Roland’smaincon- cem is when the Nuclear Claims Tribunal will withdraw the approxi­mately $10 million that is due it from the investment fund. Three million dollars annually is desig­nated for the tribunal, but to date it has only collected a portion of the income needed to meet compensa­tion payments.

Roland would like the fund to get in “another one or two good quarters to build the fund up to $130 million before the trib u n a l w ithdraw s its money.”

Phone customers to pick long distance companyALL TELEPHONE customers in the CNMI will soon receive an Equal Access ballot in the mail from MTC and must choose one of three long­distance companies by May 3.

The three companies on the bal­lots are IT & E Overseas Inc., MTC (Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation) and PCI Communica­tions Inc.

Equal Access, which will be imple­mented by June 17,1993, will make it easier for telephone customers in Saipan, Tinian and Rota to use their prefeued long distance company. Currently, some companies require their customers to use as many as 14 digits to reach their networks. With Equal Access,customers will beable

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FIRST AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE IN

DEED OF TRUSTLucia D. Kashi (aka Lucia D. Deluna) and Akio Kashi, on or about October 26, 1984, gave and delivered to the Mariana Islands Housing Authority, acting on behalf o f the Farmers Home Administration, United States o f America, a Deed of Trust upon certain real property hereinafter described, which Deed of Tmst was recorded on October 29,1984, under under File No. 84-23-3 to secure payment of a Promissory Note of the said Trustor to the Mariana Islands Housing Authority, acting on behalf of the Farmers Home Administration, United States of America.

The Deed of Trust and this Notice of Sale affect the property hereafter described:

LOT NO. 0051538, AND CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1,025 SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN THE DIVISION OF LANDS AND SURVEY’S OFFICIAL CADASTRAL PLAT NUMBER 2084/GINAL OF WHICH WAS REGISTERED WITH THE LAND REGISTRY AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 14232 DATED MAY 14,1982, THE DESCRIPTION TH EREIN BEING INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

The Trustor has defaulted on payment of the Note secured by the Deed of Tmst, and .by reason of said default the Mariana Islands Housing Authority issued its Notice of Default on December 11 1992.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mariana Islands Hous­ing Authority will, on April 16,1993, at 10:00 a.m., at the office of the Mariana Islands Housing Authority, Garapan, P.O. Box 514, Saipan, MP 96950, under power of sale contained in the Deed of Tmst, sell the above described parcel of real property at · public action to the highest qualified bidder, to satisfy the obligations secured by said Deed of Tmst. The minimum bid offer shall be not less than $68,000.00, total amount due to FmHA loan and MIHA’s expenses.

The sale shall be without warranty as to the title or interest to be conveyed or as to the property of the Deed of Tmst, other than that the Mariana Islands Housing Authority is the lawful holder of such deed of Tmst. .The purchase price shall be payable by cash, certified check of cashier’s check and shall be paid within 72 hours from time of sale.

The Mariana Islands Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to cancel or extend the date, time and place for sale of such property. Any prospective buyer must be a person authorized by the Constitution, and.Laws of the Com­monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to hold title to real property in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

DATED this 11th day of March, 1993.

By: /s/Juan M. Sablan Executive Director

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN)MARIANA ISLANDS ) ss.

On this 16th day of March, 1993, before me, a Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, personally appeared Juan M. Sablan, duly authorized represen­tative for the Mariana Islands, Housing Authority, known to me as the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing NO­TICE OF SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE IN DEED OF TRUST, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same on behalf of the Mariana Islands Housing Authority.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first written above.

/s/JOSEPH MUNA-MENDIOLA Notary PublicCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands My Commission Expires on the 3rd day of September, 1993.

FIRST AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE IN DEED OF TRUST

Maria C. Tagabuel. on or about April 26.1984. gave and de­livered to the Mariana Islands.Housing Authority, acting on behalf of the Fanners Home Administration, United States of America, a Deed o f Tmst upon certain real property hereinafter described, which Deed of Tmst was recorded on April 29,1984, under under File No. 85-0795 to secure payment of a Promissory Note of the said Tmstor to the Mariana Islands Housing Author­ity, acting on behalf of the Fanners Home Administration, United States of America.

The Deed of Tmst and this Notice of Sale affect the property hereafter described:

LOT NO. 0051027. AND CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1.014 SQUARE METERS. MORE OR LESS. AS SHOWN ON CADASTRAL PLAT NO. 005 I 01. THE ORIGINAL OF WHICH WAS REGISTERED WITH THE LAND REGISTRY AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 16706 ON MARCH 11. 1983. THE DESCRIPTION THEREIN BEING INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

The Tmstor has defaulted on payment of the Note secured by the Deed of Tmst, and by reason of said default the Mariana Islands Housing Authority issued its Notice of Default on December 11m L

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mariana Islands Hous­ing Authority will, on April 16.1993. at 10:00 a.m., at the office of the Mariana Islands Housing Authority, Garapan, P.O. Box 514, Saipan, MP 96950, under power of sale contained in the Deed of Tmst, sell the above described parcel of real property at public auction to the highest qualified bidder, to satisfy the obligations secured by said Deed of Tmst. The minimum bid offer shall be not less than $66.000.00. total amount due to FmHA loan and MIHA’s expenses.

The sale shall be without warranty as to the title or interest to be conveyed or as to the property of the Deed of Tmst, other than that the Mariana Islands Housing Authority is the lawful holder of such deed of Tmst. The purchase price shall be payable by cash, certified check of cashier’s check and shall be paid within 72 hours from time of sale.

The Mariana Islands Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to cancel or extend the date, time and place for sale of such property. Any prospective buyer must be a person authorized by the Constitution and Laws of the Com­monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to hold title to real property in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

DATED this 11th nd day of March, 1993.

By: /s/Juan M. Sablan Executive Director

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN)MARIANA ISLANDS ) ss.

On this 16th day of March, 1993, before me, a Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, personally appeared Juan M. Sablan, duly authorized represen­tative for the Mariana Islands, Housing Authority, known to me as the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE IN DEED OF TRUST, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same on behalf of the Mariana Islands Housing Authority.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first written above.

/s/JOSEPH MUNA-MENDIOLA Notary PublicCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands My Commission Expires on the 3rd day of September, 1993.

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Patten to meet Clinton on HK reform planHONG KONG (A P ) - Gov. Chris Patten will meet President Clinton on a trip to Washington in May during whichHongKong’s demo­cratic aspirations are expected to be discussed, the magazine Far Eastern Economic Review re­ported Wednesday.

The report, in the magazine’s March 18 issue, said Patten also would urge Clinton not to slap conditions on China’s preferen­tial trading status in an effort to break the Sino-British impasse over Hong Kong and prod Beijing to improve its human rights record.

A Hong Kong government statement said the governor plans to visit the United States in late April or early May but that details of the visit remain to be worked out.

It said the trip’s main purpose is to argue the case for uncondi­tional renewal of China’s most- favored-nation trading status, without linking it to trade or po­litical issues.

The trip, which had been plannedfor earlier this year, would be the latest overseas journey by the embattled governor to high­light pressing political and eco­nomic issues in the British colony.

He already has visited Canada and Japan, and is expected to visit Belgium next month.

US officials have expressed growing concern over the pro­tracted political tussle between China and Britain over Hong Kong’s future.

China has objected vehemently to Patten’s proposals to give Hong Kong a greater degree of democ­racy before its transfer to Com­munist China in 1997.

To hammer that point home, China has hinted at setting up a shadow government to undermine the authority of the Hong Kong government and tear up all busi­ness contracts signed by the colo­nial government without Beijing’s consent.

With no breakthrough in sight, US officials have said they may want to revoke or attach condi­tions to China’s most-favored- nation trade status to pressure Beijing not to carry out such threats against Hong Kong.

But Patten and Hong Kong busi­nesses contend that revoking un­conditional MFN _ which grants the lowest trade tariffs possible - would devastate the territory’s economy, which relies heavily on Chinese products being re-ex­ported through Hong Kong.

The British colonial govern­ment has estimated that Hong Kong could lose nearly 70,000 jobs and US $21.4 billion in trade if MFN is revoked.

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1 (M A R K E TIN G ) M A N A G E R -C o lle g e grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $650 per month.2 R E F R IG E R A T IO N M E C H A N IC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .5 0 per hour.1 P L A T F O R M A T T E N D A N T - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2.20 per hour.Contact: JG SABLAN IC E & W A TE R , IN C ., P.O. Box 2119, Saipan, M P 96950, Tel. No. 32 2 -5 1 5 5 /5 8 (3 /29 )M /42 45 .

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ACCOUNTANT1 A C C O U N T A N T - C o llege grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $ 1 ,4 00 -$ 1 ,900 per month.1 C O N TR O LLE R , F IN A N C IA L -C o lleg e g rad ., 2 ye ars ex p e rie n c e . S a la ry : $4 5 ,0 00 -$60 ,00 0 per annum .Contact: J.C . T E N O R IO E N T . IN C ., P .O . Box 137, Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 . Tel. N o. 2 3 4 -6 445 /64 48 (03 /22 )M /04 l07 .

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ENTERTAINER4 W A IT R E S S , R E S T . - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S a lary $2 .24 per hour.Contact: SA IPA N H O T E L C O R P O R A ­T IO N dba HAFADAI BEA CH .HO TEL, P.O . Box 338, Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 23 4-6495 ext. 806 (3 /22 )M /4 1 0 8 .

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2 C A R P E N T E R1 M E C H A N IC , M A IN T E N A N C E - High schoolgrad., 2years experience. Salary: $ 2 .1 5 per hour1 A C C O U N T A N T - College grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $ 5 .20 per hour.1 C O N S T R U C T IO N M A N A G E R -C o l­lege grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $ 1,000 per month.Contact: D A TA B O N D C O R P . dba Construction(lnterior W orks) an d A c­counting Services, C aller Box A A 39 ■2nd Floor Nauru Bldg. Susupe, Saipan,

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ENGINEER1 C IV IL E N G IN E E R -C o lle g e g ra d ., 2 years experience. S alary: $ 1 ,0 0 0 .0 0 per month.Contact: JO H N T . SA B LAN d b a JG Sablan Realty Construction, P .O . Box 2119 , Saipan, M P 96 9 5 0 . Tel. No. 23 4 - 3 2 1 9 (0 3 /2 2 )M /10708 .

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4 O V E R H A U L E R 10 C U T T E R1 0 IR O N E R (P R E S S E R )10 PA C K ER (H A N D P A C K E R ) High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2 .1 5 -$ 5 .0 0 per hour.2 C O O K - High school grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $ 2 .1 5 -$ 3 .0 0 per hour.6 0 S E W IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R - High school grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $ 2 .15 -$3 .60 per hour.Contact: M IC H IG A N IN C O R P O R A TE D , P.O . Box 2682 , Saipan, M P 96 95 0 . Tel. Nos. 2 3 4 -9 555 /6 (0 3 /2 2 )M /10 704 .

MECHANIC1 H .E . M E C H A N IC - High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 5 0 0 per month.1 H .E. O P E R A T O R -H ig h school grad.,2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .7 5 per hour.1 H .E. W E LD E R , A R C - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .5 0 per hour.4 T R U C K DR IVER , H E A V Y - High school equlv., 2 yrs. expérience. Salary $ 2 .2 5 -$ 2 .7 5 per hour.Contact: JO H N T. SA BLAN dba JG SABLAN R O C K Q U A R R Y , P .O . Box 2119 , Saipan, M P 96 95 0 , Tel. No. 3 2 2 - 51 55 /58 (3 /29 )M /4244 .

1 A U TO B O D Y R E PA IR ER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .15 per hour.Contact: V A LE N TIN G. D EL R O S A R IO dba DEL R O S A R IO E N T E R P R IS E S , C aller Box AAA 676, Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 2 3 5 -1 9 0 7 (3 /2 9 )M /1 0766.

1 R E F R IG E R A T IO N & A IR C O N D I-. T IO N IN G M E C H A N IC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .15 per hour.Contact: N A R U S E ID IP , P.O . Box 32 2 - 97 97 , Saipan, M P 96950, Tel No 3 2 2 - 9 7 9 7 (3 /2 9 )M /1 0761 . _________

1 A U T O M E C H A N IC -H ig h school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 5 2 5 per month.Contact: M A R IA N A S NAPA INC . dba N A PA A U T O PA R TS, P .O . Box 562, Saipan, M P 96950, Tel. No. 2 3 4 -1 1 7 9 (3 /29 )M /10 76 7 .

1 A U T O M O T IV E M E C H A N IC 1 M A C H IN IS T1 A U T O P A IN TE R - High school grad.,2 y rs .’experience. Salary $2 .15 per hour.Contact: B & W C O R P O R A T IO N , P.O . Box 3052 , Saipan, M P 96 95 0 Tel No 2 3 4 :61 43 (3 /2 9 )M /1 0 7 6 9 ..............................

1 A IR C O N & REF. M E C H A N IC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $7 00 per month.Contact: TO W N H O U S E , INC., P.O . Box 167, Saipan, M P 96950, Tel. No. 2 3 4 -6 131 /64 39 (3 /29 )M /4237 .

2 A U T O M E C H A N IC5 A U T O B O D Y R E P A IR E R 2 PA IN TER2 A U T O ELE C TR IC IA N - High school grad ., 2 years experience. Salary: $2 .15 per hour.1 PR O JE C T M A N A G E R -C o llegegrad .,2 years experience. Salary: $1 ,00 0 .0 0 per monthsContact: ED C. C A C E R E S dba E .C .C . Com pany Inc., C aller Box P P P 293, Saipan, M P 96950. Tel. N o 23 4 -0884 (03 / 22 )M /10698 .

MISCELLANEOUS1 A S S IS T A N T R E S T A U R A N T M A N ­A G E R -Colleg egrad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 5 .8 0 per hour.1 A C C O U N T A N T -College grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $5 .20 per hour.1 W A IT R E S S (R E S T A U R A N T ) -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 3 .1 2 -3 .4 3 per hour.1 ELE C TR IC IA N -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $3 .37 -3 .71 per hour.6 C L E A N E R (H O U S E K E E P IN G ) -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .6 2 -2 .8 8 per hour.2 G A R D E N E R -H ig h school grad. 2 yrs. experience. S a la ry : $2 .25-2 .99 perhour.1 F R O N T DESK C LER K -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .9 0 - 3 .19 per hour.1 B A R T E N D E R - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .4 8 -2 .7 3 per · hour.1 C A S H IE R - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary :$2 .50 -2 .75 perhour.2 C O O K -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. S a lary:$2.65-3 .08 perhour.3 W A IT E R (R E S T A U R A N T ) -H igh school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .7 5 -3 .4 7 per hour.2 K ITC H E N H ELPER -H igh schoolgrad.2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .1 5 -2 .8 4 per hour.C ontact:H O TEL N IK KO S A IPA N , INC . dba H O T E L N IKKO S A IP A N ,P .O . Box 5 1 5 2 C H R B Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 . Te l. No. 322-3311 (3 /29 )M /00 42 49 .

1 M A IN TE N A N C E W O R K E R (Sw im ­ming Pool) - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 3 .5 0 - $5 .50 per hour.2 C O O K - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3 .00 - $5 .50 per hour.1 B A R TE N D E R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .50 - $3 .50 per hour.1 C A S H IE R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 - $3 .50 per hour.1 G E N E R A L M A N A G E R -C o llege grad., 2yrs.experience. Salary $ 2 ,5 0 0 -$ 4 ,6 0 0 per month.1 A S S IS T A N T G E N E R A L M A N A G E R - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 ,00 0 - $4 ,500 per month.1 M A IN T E N A N C E M A N A G E R -C o lleg e grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 1 ,2 0 0 - $ 1 ,4 5 0 per month.1 W A IT R E S S S U P E R V IS O R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 3 .5 0 - $ 6 .0 0 per hour.1 BAR S U P E R V IS O R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 3 .5 0 - $ 5 .0 0 per hour.2 O F F IC E C L E R K - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .15 - $3 .00 per hour.6 C LE A N E R , H O U S E K E E P IN G - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .15 per hour.Contact: S U W A S O C O R P O R A TIO N dba C O R A L O CE A N P O IN T R E S O R T C LU B, P .O . Box 1160, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7000 (3 /29 )M /4234 .

1 7 A D M IN IS T R A T IV E A S S IS T A N T - High school grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $ 7 0 0 .0 0 per month.Contact: JE S U S V. D L G U E R R E R O dba JM & Associates, P .O . Box 1292 S a ip an , M P 9 6 9 5 0 . T e l. No 2 3 4 -

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1 G A R D E N E R - High school grad., 2 years experience. Salary:$2 .20perhour. Contact: SA IPA N P L A N T C E N T E R , INC., P.O . Box 1292, Saipan , M P 96950. Tel. No. 234-15 7 2 (0 3 /2 2 )M /0 4 113.

2 Q U A L IT Y C O N T R O L C H E C K E R - High school grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2 .15 per hour.Contact: SA IPA N IN S P E C T IO N S E R ­V IC E S , IN C ., C a lle r Box A A A 2 2 5 , S a ip an , M P 9 6 9 5 0 . T e l. N o. 2 3 5 - 5269 (03 /22 )M /04 11 0 .

1 F R O N T D ESK C L E R K -H ig h school grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $ 2 .5 0 per hour.Contact: Y U K IO Y A T S U H A S H I dba Marine Sports Hotel, C aller Box P P P 158, Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 . Tel. No. 2 3 4 - 14 6 2 (0 3 /2 2 ) M /10701 ._________________

1 D R E S S M A K E R - High school grad., 2 yrs .experience. S a la ry $ 2 .2 0 perhour. C ontact: B R IA N A . T O R R E S dba LIZE LLE ’S E N T E R P R IS E S , P.O . Box 1231, Saipan, M P 9 6 95 0 , Tel. No. 2 3 3 - 05 23 (3 /2 9 )M /1 0763.__________________

1 B U IL D IN G M A IN T E N A N C E R E ­PA IR ER - High school grad., 2 yrs. ex­perience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 per hour. Contact: M A N U E L M ES A dba M & G ENT., P.O . Box 2251, Saipan, M P 9 69 50 , Tel. No. 23 5 -1 780 (3 /29 )M /42 35 .

CLASSIFIED ADS NEW1 A C C O U N T A N T -C ollege grad. 2 yrs. 1 experience. Salary: $1 ,60 0 -1 ,7 0 0 per month.Contact: JO E T E N M O T O R CO ., IN C ., P.O. Box 68 0 Saipan, M P 9 6 95 0 (4/ 5)M /

4 S H IP F IT T E R - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary :$800 . per month. Contact: S E A B R ID G E M IC R O N E S IA , INC. Caller Box AAA L25 (4 /5 )M /1 0865 .

1 (SALES) M A R K E TIN G R E S E A R C H A N A LY S T -College grad. 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary: $ 1 ,00 0 per month. Contact: M ID O R E E N O C O R P ., C aller Box P PP 25 6 Saipan, M P 96 95 0 . Tel. NO. 2 3 4 -9 5 7 9 .(4 /5 )M /004 28 9 .

6 C A R P E N T E R -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .1 5 -2 .2 0 per hour.Contact: T A C I N T ’L C O N S T R U C T O R S , IN C . P .O . Box 1579 Saipan, M P 96 95 0 . Tel. N O . 234-6834 /78 33 /76 31 (4 /5 )M / 0042 80 . __________ _

1 H .E . O PEF1A TO R -High schoolgrad,2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .1 5 per hour. >Contact: H Y E W D U C K JA N G , P .O .B o x 2571 Chalan Laulau, Saipan, M P 96950. Tel. No. 23 4 -9 0 1 1 /1 2 (4 /5 )M /108 67 .

2 W A R E H O U S E W O R K E R -H igh school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 2 .5 0 perhour.Contact: T R A N S A M E R IC A D E V E L O P ­M E N T C O R P O R A T IO N , P .O . Box 1579 Saipan, M P 96950 . Tel. No. 2 3 4 -6 8 3 4 / 7833 /7631 (4 /5 )M /0 0 4 2 8 1 .

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1 A C C O U N T A N T -C ollege grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 6 .0 0 p e r hour. C ontact: P A C IF IC E A G L E E N T E R ­PR ISES, INC . C aller Box PP P S uite 2 4 0 Saipan, M P 96950. Tel. No. 2 3 4 -7 9 1 4 / 1210 (4 /5 )M /10863 .

2 D EC K E N G IN E E R -H igh school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 1 ,5 0 0 per month.Contact: SA IPA N C R E W B O A T S , IN C ., C a lle r Box A A A L25 , S a ip a n , M P 9 6 95 0 .(4 /5 )M /10866 .

8, . ' . . . . 10 FO U N T A IN S E R V E R -H igh school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $3 ,00 -3 .5 0 per hour.Contact: 3 ’S C O R P O R A TIO N dbaH U LA GIRL, P .O . Box 1292S alpan , M P 96 95 0 . Tel. No. 2 3 4 -3 5 3 3 /2 3 3 -2 0 5 6 )(4 /5 )M / 10864.

1 Q U A LITY C O N T R O L C H E C K E R - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2 .45 perhour. Contact: S A IP A N IN S P E C T IO N S E R V IC E S , IN C . C ALLER BOX AAA 225 S A IP A N , M P 96 95 0 . TEL. N O . 2 3 5 -5 2 6 9 (4 /5 )M / 004290._______________________________

1 R E F R IG E R A T IO N A IR C O N D IT IO N - ING M E C H A N IC -H igh school grad. 2 yrs. experience. S a la ry : $ 4 .0 0 per hour.. Contact: ISLAN D F IE S T A F O O D S C O ., INC. P .O . Box 2247 , Saipan , M P 9 6 9 5 0 . Tel. No. 234-3824 (4 /5 )M /004 29 1 .

2 C O O K -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary :$ 2 .5 0 -4 .00 per hour. C ontact:RO YAL TA G A BEA CH C LU B, INC., P .O . Box 235 C H R B Saipan , M P 9 6 9 5 0 . T e l. N o . 2 3 4 -9 3 8 8 (4 /5 )M / 004292.

1 A C C O U N T A N T -C o lleg e grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $ 9 0 0 per month . Contact: S .T .R . C O ., LTD., P .O . Box 1292 Saipan, M P 96950. Te l. No. 2 3 4 - 3533 (4 /5 )M /004293 .

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YOUR BIRTHDAYBy Stella Wilder

Born today, you are usually a pa­tient, understanding, and generous in­dividual, and you pride yourself on your healthy relationships with others. Of course, if you think you are infalli­ble in any way you are sorely mistak­en, and there are times in which you will certainly become acquainted with your more selfish, intolerant side! You are not always the fun-loving, friendly soul you think you are; remember, no one is perfect — though you, at times, may come quite close!

You are likely to discover a single unusual, if not bizarre interest when you are still quite young, and the thor­ough exploration of that interest is likely to pay off for you both personal­ly and professionally throughout your lifetime. You are likely to make mon­ey doing precisely what you enjoy the most in life!

Also born on this date are: Wil­liam Shatner and Karl Malden, ac­tors; Chico Marx, comic; Marcel Marceau, mime.

To see what is in store for you to­morrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

TUESDAY, MARCH 23ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You

mustn’t be too quick to chart a course today, or you’ll find it necessary to make small changes all day long.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - You’ll very likely find yourself in a sit­uation which prompts you to remem­ber much you’ve recently been trying to forget.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You needn’t wait too long today for some­thing you’ve been eagerly anticipating.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - You may have to split you focus today be­tween that which you want to do, and that which has to be done. Use caution.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Your senses are likely to be quite keen to­day, and you’ll be bombarded with sensations which bring back memories.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Your patience is likely to be sorely tested today. Your plans may have to wait while someone else demands priority.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — It is not necessary for you to sacrifice too much today, even as you go out of you way for others.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -

You’ll be expected to accomplish more than you think is possible today— but you may, in the end, surprise yourself!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— You must apply yourself through­out the day, anything less than a first- class effort will not be tolerated.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You’ll have every reason to wonder just “where you are" today — if not literally, then figuratively.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Look beneath the surface today and you’ll discover much that will come in handy in the days ahead.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - There are those who claim you haven’t got “what it takes." Others, however, know you’ve got a surprise in store!

For your personal horoscope, lovescope, lucky numbers and future forecast, call Aatro*Tone (95c each minute; Touch-Tone phones only). Dial 1-900-740-1010 and enter your accesa code num­ber, which is 500.

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TODAY’S SPO RTS: On th is day in 1986, D ebi T h o m as of th e U n ited S tates becam e the first black woman to win the world figure skating cham ­pionships.

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TODAY’S QUOTE: "T here’s a place for us." — Stephen Sondheim

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The P u litzer P rizes w ere endowed by Joseph P u litzer (1847-1911), pub­lisher of The World, New York, N.Y., in a bequest to Colum bia U niversity, and a re aw arded annually by the president of the university on recom ­m endation of the P u litzer P rize Board for work done during the p re ­ceding year. All prizes a re $3,000 (originally $500) in each category , ex­cept M eritorious Public Service, for which a gold m edal is given.

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Inflation slows, but analysts still worried

By John D. McClain

WASHINGTON (AP) - Inflation slowed in February, but it still wor­ried some analysts because the larg­est price increases came in goods that are normally the most stable.

Nevertheless, most believe that government figures released Wednesday show consumer prices under control. And another gov­ernment report made clear the in­dustrial sector of the economy con­tinues to grow.

The Labor Department reported a moderate 0.3 percent increase in its Consumer Price Index in Febru­ary. That was down from the 0.5 percent jump in January, which was the largest increase since 0.6 percent in'January 1991.

The government attributed a quarter of the overall February in­crease to apparel prices which shot up 1.5 percent during the month.

Apparel prices are part of the normally more stable core infla­tion rate, which excludes volatile food and energy prices.

And that core inflation rate shot up0.5 percentfor the second month in a row.

The report came just days after the department reported prices on the wholesale level had climbed 0.4percentinFebruary, the biggest increase in two years.

“We’ve got to be careful not to overreact to just two months data,” suggested Chris Varvares, an economist with Laurence H. Meyer and Associates, a St. Louis eco­nomic forecasting firm.

“I think-the CPI will remain very well restrained,...butitbears watch­ing,” he added.

Economist Marilyn Schaja of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corp. in New York agreed the report “heightens con­cerns of inflation accelerating.” .

But she noted that inflation was at its highest during the firstquarter of each of the last three years. She added, “We continue to believe that the annual inflation rate this year will likely be close to 3 per­cent.” Consumer prices rose just 2.9 percent in 1992, the small­est increase in six years.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, asked about the report at a congressional hearing, ac­knowledged that inflation data so far this year is less favorable than last year.

Still, he said, employment costs, a major contributor to higher prices, remain subdued and do not now pose a problem.

“While we must clearly remain vigilant, my inclination is to view the latest data as aberrations,” he said.

In the second report, the Federal Reserve said the output of the nation’s factories, mines and utili­ties increased 0.4 percent in Febru­ary, the Fifth straight monthly ad­vance.

“Although motor vehicle assem­blies decreased more than 2 per­cent in February, increases in other components pushed up manufac­turing output 0.3 percent for the month,” the report said.

“In addition, the output of utili­ties, which had been held down in January by relatively warm weather, rebounded sharply last month,” it added. “However, min­

ing output weakened in February because of reductions in oil and gas extraction and a coal mining strike.”

The increased production meant that US industry operated at 79.9 percent in February, the highest since a similar rate in September 1991.

Energy prices fell 0.4 percent after jumping 0.5 percent in Janu­ary. A decline in charges for energy services more than offset an in­crease in petroleum products.

Transportation costs were up 0.5 percent in February, down slightly from a 0.6 percent gain a month earlier. Gasoline prices rose 0.6 percent. Public transportation in­creased 1.5 percent, reflecting a 2.2 percent rise in airline fares.

Entertainment costs were up 0.1 percent; tobacco prices, 0.6 per­cent

TOP OFFICIALS of Kirin Brewery Ltd. of Japan recentfy visited Saipan Beer Factory Boga Boga (from left): plant manager Fujio Nakazawa, chef Makoto Shirota, general manager Kazuteru Sudo, assst. chef Kiyohiro Fukuyama, Kirin Service Food managing director Toyotaro Kanda and restaurant manager Shiro Enomoto.

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12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- MARCH 22,1993

Senate to act on pay hike soon

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SENATE President Juan S. Demapan last Friday assured Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero that the Senate would act soon on the proposal to increase the minimum wage but not because of pressure from the US Congress.

“Simply stated, I, for one, will not be coerced by any external force just to correct any deficiency resulting from any current or pre­vious idiosyncratic procrastina­tion,” Demapan said in a letter to Guerrero on March 19.

The governor, just before leav­ing for Washington, D.C. to at­tend a congressional hearing on the new 702 agreement, asked Demapan to expedite passage of House Bill 8-197, which seeks increase the minimum wage by 30 cents a year until it reaches $4.25 per hour by 1999.

The bill, which had been passed by the lower house, is still pend­ing at the Senate.

While saying he shares con­cerns about the resolution of the minimum wage issue and the need for a unified response to the is­sues raised by US Congress, Demapan said he felt there is a need to engage the people of the Commonwealth into the lengthy decision-m aking process to achieve what is best for them.

“I realize the power of a unified voice especially if such a voice is

echoed by the majority of the people whom we represent. But I also realize that our people, through their elected leaders, are being pressured to deliver NMI legislations to resolve certain is­sues that are of major concerns to our benefactors in Washington, D.C.,” he said.

As an elected leader, he said he owes his presence at the Senate to none other than the people of the Commonwealth and that they have to be considered in choosing the best course of action.

According to Demapan, an ap­propriate committee of the Sen­ate is reviewing HB 8-197, and reporting on its findings in due course.

“I am fully convinced of the need to raise the minimum wage because unless the present mini­mum wage is increased to keep pace with the rising cost of living, I for one will find it hard to say that the majority are better off economically or that the level of living has progressed substantially to meet the American standard of living,” Demapan said.

“But my role as Senate pre­siding officer mandates me to leg isla te , no t b lind ly , but knowledgeably, to consider every piece of legislation with the people’s interest foremost and upperm ost.”

restricts wetland useDEVELOPERS now have a hard time obtaining permit from the Army Corps of Engineers to fill wetlands in Saipan and Guam because of concern for yet an­other endangered bird species.

As early as last year, the US Fish and Wildlife Service recom­mended, that applications for even small wetland fills might be de­nied if the project threatens the survival of the Mariana Moorhen.

“The demand for land to de­velop, and subsequently, the in­creased desire to fill wetlands, are largely a result of increased in­vestment interests and decreas­ing land availability,” the office said.

According to Fish and Wild­life, the overall effect of wetland fills “has reached a point where even relatively small fills in areas of high current or potential wet­land value threaten both the sur­vival and recovery of the Moo­rhen.”

In Saipan, more than half of the wetlands have been filled due to increased economic activity.

There are 690 acres of wetlands remaining in Saipan but only a small fraction is suitable for wa­ter bird.

Figures provided by the Fish and Wildlife show that a total of

322,846 square feet of wetlands in Saipan alone have been filled or are being considered for fill­ing.

In Guam, 330,000 square feet of wetlands have likewise been filled or are the subject of filling permit applications.

ATanapag resident who wanted to convert a portion of a wetland in his property into a farm and a site for a retail store and office was the latest Saipan resident to be denied a filling permit.

The corps ordered Jesus Pua on Feb. 9 to remove the landfill on a wetland which is part of his prop­erty because the fill will “likely jeopardize” the continued exist­ence of the Mariana Moorhen.

Francis M. Dayton, chi^f of the corps’ Guam operations office, told Pua that die US Fish and Wildlife Service that the landfill project would adversely affect the endangered water bird.

The Tanapag resident was told that “it is in the best public inter­est” that his application for land­fill and to expand the fill area be denied.

According to the Fish and Wild­life Service, the wetland in Pua’s property is important to the sur­vival and recovery of the Mariana Moorhen.