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Inter-
t Center, University
ing was received in
, teaching, nursing,
rcial sewing, hotel
music leadership,
ficronesian students
leges or other instit learning, 77—or
fic Commission and
‘ulture Organization
jointly the fourth
Economic Training
ce women trainees,
nd one from Truk,
g at this center
Three Micronesian
K part in a 3-week
refresher seminar,
n Honolulu by the
d the SPC.
er 4
OR
ry Health Census
sons in the Terri1at is, all persons,
and housewives,
165. Only about
di to be remunerad about half of
subsistence-copra
handicraft prors, who receive a
‘or example, the
come per copra
285. Thus some
7 of the total
iw] ation—received
ular or part-time
> of actual wage
potential work
force varies among districts, ra om
well-planned
vocational
from a high of 38% in the Ma
von.
The
Administration,
Islands to a scant 13% in Truk.
other percentages are: Palau, eh the joint efforts of the Educapy
Marshall Islands, 19: Yap, 18; b Department and Community DeEoment Division, 1s approaching
Ponape, 17.
“task through its scholarship, vocaprograms.
At the end of fiscal year Iogal and adult education
spins instituted by the Commu8,450 Micronesian wage earners— F \ction Agencies also have aided
guzmented the Administration’s
employed by the Trust
soward the development of a
Jotal Micronesian wage income for
1968 _ was
$11,924 101.
ms
$2,875,059 more than was ear
167,
Micronesian wages and employment
have been rising steadily for the past 5
yeais as shown in Tables 3 and 4.
The Micronesian Title and Pay Plan
establishes standards of employment
Bureau, Coast Guard and Post Offe.
district and municipal governme
and the Congress of Micronesia.
ble 3. Number of Micronesians in private ond government employment and wages
Most private wage employment Horobie
the 5-year period 1964-1968.
the Territory is with Micronesian
Employment
Micronesian-American owned busines
Yeor
€s—principally stores, religious
sions, and in domestic service. 5
Micronesians also work intermitten
as
stevedores,
cargo
handlers,
casual laborers. In the past year,
grams operated by the local Com
nity Action Agencies, described bel
provided full employment for ab
75 Trust Territory citizens and
time employment, or training stipen
for periods of three to six months,
about 500 persons.
ree
966
4967
1968
Private |Government|
-
2,183|
2,419
2, 57)
2,987
3, 077
4,437
5, 083
5, 078
§, 235
§, 373
Wages
Total
6,620]
7, 502
7,649
8,222
8, 450
Private
Government
$1,140,009|
1, 369,
1,855,
2,212,
2, 358,
Total
$4,443,854]
64)
169
409
35!
§,735,
5, 882,
6, 836,
9, 565,
§ 5, 583, 863
100
406
033
759
7,104,741
7,737, 575
9, 048, 442
11, 924, 101
le i Number of Micronesians employed for wages during the 5-year period
4.3968.
With some $20,000,000 in Gove Number
ment capital construction schedula
for fiscal year 1969, together with
planned construction of two 4
tourist hotels in Palau and Truk dur
the same period, a sizable increase
Micronesian employment is anti
pated.
-
in Thousands
7
6
5
(Government)__¢———*
—
(Private)
The degree of this increase will
contingent on the Territory’s ability
ge
provide skilled Micronesian labor
private building contractors now ent
ing the area. This, in turn, will depe
on the Administration’s capacity
develop a skilled labor force in c
struction and other service industri
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1966
1965
1967
1968
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