corporation; and inter-island air carMicronesia provides Trust Territory to and Okinawa. The the 15 Territory. American operated fleet of two DC4 SA-16 amphibious 727 jet and/or a all districts except \A-16 aircraft must w landing strip is ntal Airlines has ' a broad training maximum employ1s in all phases of dollar value of all goods and se jas nonindigenous members. A be available for consumption and i an in | Club, organized on Saip ment in the Territory plus net £9647. has Micronesian and nonindig &€ previous service hotels throughout ' ; Gross Territorial Product anese bmmumty organization of Saip ing work ers lead civic mre messi yen and ff and civic the and ry dust promote in welfare of the people of Saipan. The estimated (imprecise) 4 big} Commerce e Saipan Chamber of tions to capital facilities for the y Semous amounts to aha 1965-1967 $38,300,000 a year or about $43Q production of both subsistence } f locally marketed products; the rerigiy St hotels, adver- ion. Its contract mate expenditure revenues during tract for promoiding an informathe travel trade, development of olorful and inters of travelers are development. In Royal Taga, the in the Territory, The three-story, vill be expanded oms. Within the ntal also plans to and interesting 1 each district. y will begin in cts during calenval Taga, about le to travelers in Bevelopment; administer copra Burchasing: agreements and develop- The following is an estimate ire nt lusan funds: direct the marine income from wages and exports < Jae : sauices development program, able to Trust Territory citizens for clop, unplement, and administer past 5 fiscal years: Me cntuc land management program, ; ist in the development of local Year National Income’ Booperitives, credit unions, trading 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 $ 7,589,000 10,257,000 10,746,000 11,370,000 14,904,672 Bompanics, small business and other j Bominercil activities, administer the } Bgrniculture and forestry development 7 rogram: and advise on transportation § Matters. Other members of the High § . ommussioner’s staff, such as the Attorney General, give advice and "Does not include U.S. employém salaries. Nongovernmental Organizations management and economic advisers. ment program on: POLICY AND PLANNING ing 18% comes from goods impogii dministrative Organization into the private markets of economy. These estimates indicateyy | The Resources and Development source of the total economic prog Pepartiment of the High Commisavailable to be distributed among g Moner's stalf consists of several to support the people of Microng Speciilisis. and technical advisers who Soordimate «programs in economic Wage and Export Income district administrator with technical direction by agriculturists and land The Administering Authority of the Territory bases its economic develop- Chapter 2 cs movement of to and through ital has contracted ntially to developthrough sizable under the general supervision of the Policy per capita. About 47% of this tame: ices, about 35% results from ideB In the districts, the Resources and Development program is carried out members. product, or real income, consists3 government-provided goods and economic development specialist was added to the staff. Istunee where necessary. Technical ‘i Sistunee also is obtained from univer- Aaitics, Government agencies, the South racic Commission, and the United BNatictis. The Marshall Islands and Ma Islands Districts are the only distr ; Durning the year, an Economic Delopment Division was established with Chamber of Commerce orga tions. The Saipan Chamber of Z#: ithin the Resources and Developmerce, founded in 1960, ie nt Department and an experienced Part VI—Economic Advancem# PF iscal Year 1968 e Increasing food production through improvement of crop farming and encouraging use of local materials for house construction, furniture, and handicraft. e Developing transportation and communications systems to overcome community isolation, increase educational opportunity, promote higher standards of family and community life and provide an adequate and uninterrupted air-and-sea logistic support of the island communities. e Encouraging development of tourism and the personnel and facilities needed for tourism. e Maintaining a wage structure and conditions of employment consonant with the advancing social and economic conditions of the Trust Territory; this structure to be based on periodic economic surveys and cost-of-living studies. e Reserving to the inhabitants their land and resources by applying appropriate controls and constraints so that land use plans and patterns are designed to achieve optimum use of land resources. 43 pte