4 Mew ee eee ee wee Geelee te, ok aEa te Blew ow RA Me oR Hiede one abi, th aati ceee te, a ate ea me olan anitaae “ emda oy lieEe he ellained. tates aiae . sae lla” ats tamer a!Ca Wehbe. owes 3 Air Micronesia’s agreement calls for building a hote/ in each district. Besides Air Micronesia. new air service from Tokyo to Guam and the opening of a 54-room first-class hotel have already attracted to Saipan increasing numbers of tourists from Japan, Okinawa and Guam. Maritime transport of cargo has improved somewhat with the addition of a fourth major logistic vessel, the M/V Majuro, to the fleet serving the Territory. The newly acquired M/V James M. Cook is the first of several administrative vessels planned to handle educational, medical, and community services needs of outislands and thus to free field trip vessels to serve direct logistic needs of the islands. Maritime transportation still is not satisfactory, but negotiations with several shipping lines were underway at year’s end for a new, 10-year contract for maritime service. The overtaxed communications system among districts is now undergoing a major overhaul with the assistanes of the Federal Aviation Me emer emt am etepaLd te etn | Mi Nl ie SitaH h am a mile Administration, Credit facilities for Micronesians continue tO improve as seven new credit unions opened this year. By year’s end, the 48 credit unions. often the only source for certain types of loans, increased their total assets by 62% to $880,000 from the previous year. Cooperatives also increased in number and volumeof business. The large revenue from copra export was mainly responsible for the overall increase of about 30% in exports; imports also increased by nearly 30%. 140 The work of Peace Corps \ unteers has contributed to econo development, such as in fishet development and in agriculture, wh Volunteers gave added impetus to coconut replanting program. Experiments in rice and pep; growing in Ponape have progres: smoothly with increased plantings a production. The Administratio agricultural stations have emphasiz demonstration farming and producti of plant material and breeding sto for distribution to farmers. Social Advancement Education continues to improve the accelerated pace begun in 19¢€ Enrollment reached new highs ag: this year in both elementary andhi. schools. Construction of new schor and classrooms continued. Engli. instruction im the schools has ir proved and accelerated with impi mentation of a 5-year, territory-wic program for Teaching English as Second Language (TESL). Peace Cor: Volunteers, American contract ar Micronesian teachers received intensi' training in the TESL program. A second year of study was adde to Micronesian Teacher Educatio Center and admission standards wet raised. Enrollment will be doubled i the fall of 1968. Vocational education is receivin. new emphasis and plans are we. underway for a new occupationa school in Palau. Vocational educatio: and basic English literacy have bee stressed in continuing adult educatio: programs. The number of Micronesians pursuing higher education abroac continues to increase, this year 35: Part XI—Summary and Conclusion: