|
poration;
and
the
1S
hotels
er-island air car‘ronesia provides
Territory.
tust Territory to
Gross Territorial Product
1 Okinawa. The
previous service
erican operated
et of two DC-4
-16 amphibious
7 jet and/or a
districts except
16 aircraft must
landing strip is
al Airlines has
broad training
ximum employin ali phases of
movement
of
and through
has contracted
lly to developrough: sizable
hotels, adverIts contract
te expenditure
venues during
ct for promo12 an informa-
travel trade,
relopment of
rful and interf travelers are
elopment. In
yal Taga, the
the Territory,
> three-story,
be expanded
- Within the
| also plans to
d interesting
ach district.
vill begin in
during calenTaga, about
O travelers in
i
throughout
the
community organization of Saipanese
businessmen and civic leaders working
‘to promote industry and
the civic and
social welfare of the people of Saipan.
The estimated (imprecise) tot The Saipan Chamber of Commerce
dollar value of all goods and service also has nonindigenous members. A
available for consumption and invest Rotary Club, organized on Saipan in
ment in the Territory plus net addi ygq7, has Micronesian and nonindigtions to capital facilities for the yean gous members.
1965-1967
amounts
to
abou
per capita. About 47% of this tota
ices, about 35% results from local
The Administering Authority of the
Territory bases its economic development program on:
Chapter 2
product, or real income, consists of
production of both subsistence and
POLICY AND PLANNING
locally marketed products; the remain. |
ing 18% comes from goods imported’ administrative Organization
into the private markets of the
economy. These estimates indicate the’
The Resources and Development
source of the total economic product Department of
the High Commisavailable
to be distributed among and. sioner’s
staff
consists
of
several
to support the people of Micronesia! specialists and technical advisers who
coordinate programs in economic
devclopment;
administer
copra
Wage and Export Income
purchasing agreements and develop-
; ' The following is an estimate of} ment loan funds; direct the marine
income from wages and exports avail’ resources
development
program;
able to Trust Territory citizens for the? develop, implement,
and administer
past 5 fiscal years:
‘the entire land management program;
Year
National Income’
1964
1965
1966
1967
$ 7,589,000
10,257,000
10,746,000
11,370,000
1968
14,904,672
fassist in the development of local
cooperatives, credit unions, trading
companies, smal! business and other
}commercial activities; administer the
Fagriculture and forestry development
> program; and advise on transportation
matters. Other members of the High
Commissioner’s
staff,
such
as
the
| Attorney General, give advice and
"Does not include U.S. employees’ f assistance where necessary. Technical
salaries.
| assistance also is obtained from univerNongovernmental Organizations
-— sities, Government agencies, the South
# Pacific Commission, and the United
@ Nations.
The Marshall Islands and Mariana’
Islands Districts are the only districts
In the districts, the Resources and
Development program is carried out
under the general supervision of the
district administrator with technical
direction by agriculturists and land
management and economic advisers.
Policy
$38,300,000 a year or about $430.0¢
government-provided goods and serv.
economic development specialist was
addedto thestaff.
During the year, an Economic De-
with Chamber of Commerce organiza-& velopment
Division
was
established
tions. The Saipan Chamber of Com-¥ within the Resources and
Developmerce, founded in 1960, is af ment Department
and an experienced
Part VI—Economic Advancement? Fiscal Year 1968
a iitatladeeedeate ne
RE om ee agere OT
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 communityisolation, 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 andfacilities
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.
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