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ITCHING FOR HOME. Some of about 350 residents of Pagan who are seeking to go back to their native island pose for a photo at the Legislature during a visit. The House of Representatives recently adopted a resolution calling for their safe repatriation. Photo by Haidee v. Eugenio

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By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

DUE TO a $2.1 million budget cut approved by the Legislature, the Northern Marianas College is on the verge of letting go at least 50 employees, including faculty staff and librarians.

A visibly disappointed NMC president Agnes McPhetres yes­terday told reporters that the cut in budget will affect not only the college but the whole CNMI com­munity as well, since a number of employees will be laid off.

"If you have a cut of $2 million, of course, people would be af­fected. About 50 employees would be laid off, and its effect will get across campus," McPhetres said in a press confer­ence.

She added, "(The cut in budget) affects the future of the Common-

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wealth and if they don't sec the connection between this cut aml the future of the Commonwealth, it's pathetic."

McPhetres said the NMC Board will be holding a meeting to final­ize what programs will be af-

Cargo delays feared By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

THERE could be delays in the entry of goods into Saipan due to a random inspection scheme being initiated by a private group to check for misdeclared cargoes at the seaport, it was gathered yesterday.

Commonwealth Ports Au­thority (CPA) Executive Direc­tor Carlos H. Salas, in an inter­view, said the inspections, which were initiated by Sealand and Matson shipping compa-

nies, are meant to ensure that "what's listed in the manifest is what's in the container."

"What we have here is The Adherence Group (TAG) ... their mission is to do random checks on cargo coming in, verifying (it) ... to make sure if there is hazardous (materials), if it is handled properly, if the bill of lading is not understated or that if cargo is not unmanifested or unrecorded," said Salas.

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fected, adding that the college has "to cut back because we have to Jive within the budget that has been passed."

The House and the Senate ap­proved the $2,193,800 cut in the NMC Apprentice Program's $3.5 million appropriation under Pub­lic Law 10-66. The proposed omnibus government budget for fiscal year 1999 now goes to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio for action.

The $2.1 million cut has been redirected to the Department of Public Safety ($250,0()()), Public School System ($584,000), De­partment of Public Health ($829,800), Division of Youth Services ($60,000) and Scholar­ship Fund (400,000).

"It's very funny because these monies which are supposed to go to the (NMC) program are going

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By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

DESPITE his admission that the Northern Mariana Islands needs to institute strong representations in Washington DC,Gov. PedroP. Tenorio expressed doubts on the possibility of contracting a new lobbying firm due to budgetary constraints.

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6 non-resident workers are HIV-virus carriers

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

A TOT AL of six non-resident workers have been referred to the Department of Health with positive HIV results sinte the implemen­tation of the emergency health screening on Feb. 25, 1998, according to a DPH report submitted to the US Department of Interior.

"All six of these workers," said the report, "have been confirmed as having HIV."

The overall case i·ate for around 33,000 alien workers screened as of August 25 is pegged at 19.3 percent cases per a population of I 00,000. This i's nearly four times higher than the 1996 CNMI year end prevalence rate of 4.8 cases/ I 00,000 population.

According to the report, three of the six HIV-infected alien workers are from Thailand, while two are from the Philippines, and one of unindentified nationality. .

"The Thai rates are particularly alarming given that workers from Thailand also have high rates of syphilis," said the repmt.

From Feb. 25 to Aug. 25, the DPH has been able to issue 31,116 health certificates to around 33,000 alien workers which is approxi­

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Tourist arrivals drop from all origins except the U.S.

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

TOURIST arrivals in the CNMI dropped for the month of July from all destinations, except from the US including Guam, accord­ing to the Marianas Visitors Au­thority.

MY A statistics showed that there were 7,832 visitor arrivals from US (with Guam) last month as compared to 7,407 registered

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on the same period in 1997. The MV A figures indicated a 6

percent increase of mTivals from us.

From the months of March to June, tourists coming to the Com­monwealth have decreased, ac­cording to MV A statistics.

On the other hand, for the month of July tourist arrivals from Ja­pan, Korea, and Taiwan dropped

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UN arms inspector quits, raps Council

By NICOLE WJNFIEL UNITED NATIONS (AP) -Incensed that the Security Coun­cil has failed to take a tougher stand on the latest Iraqi inipasse over arms inspections, Scott Ritter, a controversial American concealment expert on the U.N. weapons inspection team, resigned Wednesday.

Malaysia falls into recession

In his letter ofresignation, Ritter singled out the United States for failing to fight for inspectors' unrestricted access to sus­pected weapons sites.

He also accused Secretary-General Kofi Annan of allowino his office to become a .. sounding board for Iraqi grievances, real or imagined."

But he held out the toughest criticism for the Security Coun­cil. whose recent decisions ··clearly indicates that the organiza­tion ... is no longer willing and or capable of the implementation of its own law.

By ALVIN UNG KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)- Malaysia has fallen into full­blovm recession, with its once boom­ing economy shrinking by 7 percent, the government announced Thurs­day.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the count:Iy's second quanergrossdomesticproductshrank a further 7 percent, from 1.8 percent in the first quarter. according to the .

national news agency Bemama_ The Malaysian economy, which

grew atarnpid pace for the last decade and expanded 7.8 percent in 1997. has now fallen into its worst recession in 13 years.

The central bank was expected to officially announce the bleak figures later Thursday, meeting the econo­mists' formal definition of recession: shrinking GDP for two consecutive· quarters.

Malaysianow joins the other Asian countries also in recession - Thai­land, Indonesia, Hong Korn.(, South KoreaandJapan-allofwhichhave been hard hit by the year-old Asian currency crisis.

For most of Malaysia's 22 million people, however. the word .. reces­sion·· only reaffoms what is already in the streets and visible along the highways.

..c,_o-n~ti~n_u_e~a~o-n_p_a_g_e_5_2 .. This abrogation of its most basic of responsibilities has made

the Security Council a witting partner to an overall Iraqi stragety of weakening the Special Commission.'· which carries out inspections. Ritter wrote.

Viagra coming to Australia soon .. What is being propagated by the Security Council today in

relation to the work of the Special Commissin is such an illusion. one which in all good faith I cannot, -and will not be a party to ... he wrote.

Ritter. 37 and a six-year veteran of the U.N. Special Commis­sion. submitted his letter of resignation on Wednesday and it

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Health Minister Michael Wooldridge said the drug had been assessed and approved by the

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There have been at least 39 deaths among American Viagra users, but the cause of death is not known for 13 of these patients, and key medical infonnation is missing for some oth­ers.

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By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - For the second time in two weeks, an unmannedrocketexplcded during liftoff Wednesday night.

This time. it was Boeing's newest rocket making iL, inaugu;tl flight.

The Delta III rocket v,mished in bright or.mg<: ffashes a little over a minute into flight. with the wrecbge crmhing into the Atlantic Ocean.

No one was injured. TI1e rocket and satellite on board. a

Galaxy communication satellite. were· valued at$ 225 million. The satellite W,Ls insured.

.. At this time, we have no idea what happened to the rocker:· Boeing's launchcommentatorreportcdcal~y.

On Aug. 12. a much bigger and more powerful Air Force Titan rocket

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Korea jobless rate reaches 32-year high SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -South Korea's sorning unemploy­ment rate hit a 32-yem· high of 7.6 percent in July. with 1.65 million people out of work. the government said Wednesday. -

TI1e unemployment mre will con­tinue to 1ise. reaching 8 percent by ye.u·'s end. mialysts predicted. lliat would me:m more th:m 2 million people out of jobs. a level which

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By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

THE FISCAL Year 1999 budget now heads to Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio after the Senate passed without amendments the $249.268 million government appropriations which was ap­proved by the House of Repre­sentatives Wednesday.

Senate President Pau I A. Manglona. in an interview from

Rota where the Senate session was held yesterday. said the im­mediacy of the Appropriations Act has prompted the leadership of the Legislature to expedite the passing of the FY 1999 budget.

Under the approved budget. some $186.20 I million will go to personnel salary and benefits while at least$63.066 million have been appropriated for government operations. Close to $129 million

If pilots' strike pushes through

will go to the executive branch.· This figure includes the $8.5

mil lion appropriations for the De­partment of Labor and Immigra­tion [DOLi]; $14.36 million for the Department of Public Safety; $38.342 for the Department of Public Health; $15.135 million for independent programs; and $836,000 as workers' deportation fund.

The judiciary will receive some

CNMI to ask JAL, Continental to fill in Northwest schedule

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By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Slaff

THE NORTIIBRN Mariana Is­lands is seriously considering ask­ing Japan Airlines and Continental Micronesia to fill in flight sched­ules that may be vacated by North­westAirlinesshould thecompany 's

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pilots push through with their strike plot

At least three international flights to and from Guam and the Northern Marianas a day may be suspended if NorthwestAirlines management and pilots, who are asking higher pay, fail to reach an agreement by today.

House probes cable service By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

ANNOYED by numerous com­plaints from cable subscribers, the House committee on public utili­ties, transportation and commu­nications [PUTC] will look into reports of poor cable services and alleged unwananted rate increase.

House PUTC chair Rep. David M. Apatang said a public hearing on the scrv ice performance and rate increase carried out by Marianas Cable Vision [MCV] has been scheduled on September 8.

In an interview. Apatang said his office has been receiving piles of complaints from cable subscrib­ers on Saipan regarding the al­leged poor services offered by MCV. the only cable service pro­vider in the Northern Marianas.

··There have been numerous complaints from the public that the service is not what it is sup­posed to be. And if the service is poor. any rate increase should be uncalled for. These are two major

issues that we need to clarify dur­ing the pubiic hearing," he told Variety.

He said a discussion has previ­ously been made between the House PUTC committee and the management of the cable com­pany but added that more ques­tions remained unanswered. thus the public hearing.

.. We discussed previously with the manager but the response we got was not too favorable. We ;;.,ant to make sure that the public gets the opportunity to comment andairtheirconcem," he stressed.

Senate vice president Thomas Villagomez, who also chairs the same committee in the Upper Chamber, stemmed down the al­leged poor service and rate in­crease to the fact that there is no competition in the cable industry in the CNMI.

"That's what happens with monopoly. We have been regu­lating television service through the Commonwealth Utilities Cor-

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While raising hopes that the dis­pute between the airline's pilots and management will be amicably settled, govenunent officials said there is no way the CNMI can afford risking tourist movement to and from the Northern Marianas.

Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio said the · Aviation Task Faroe may be asked to discuss with major earners the possibility of increasing their flight schedule to take fill in the services that may be suspended due to the imminent Northwest pilots' strike.

"Other airlines might be able to help alleviate the people traffic back­log if Northwest flights are sus­pended because of the boycott Of course, we will ask them," Tenorio told reporters in a brief interview yesterday. ·

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CHC gets4 re~pirators

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

THE COMMONWEAL TH Health Center has replaced some of its nine-year old respirators with the recent anival of fournew infant star ventilators, it was learned.

These long awaited respirators for newborn and pediatric pa­tients, according to CllC. will re­place the baby bird ventilators which have given over nine years of service to the patients of CI-IC.

A ventilator or a respirator is a machine which supports life when the lungs have failed until the time that the lungs regain their normal function.

The newly-,mived equipment called the Nellcor Puritan Bennet Infant Star Ventilators. have a mode called the Star Synch which allows the respirator to synchro­nize with the baby's own rcspira-

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Candidate's office burglarized By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

HAGATNA-Senator Lou Leon Gue1Tero' s office in Hagatna, was burglarized sometime between Wednesday evening and Thurs­day morning.

According to Chief of Staff. Barbara Jacala, the thieves stole two laptop computers, a stereo

system, and one desktop Apple Macintosh computer.

J acala said that nothing else in the office was missing, including an undetermined amount of money which was near one of the computers.

Jacala stated that this is the first time their office has ever been burglarized since it opened four

years ago. PIO Lany Flores. ofthc Guam

Police Department said that the thieves broke through tl1e front the office.

Flores stated that the case is under investigation and that they have no suspecL~ a~ of yet

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$5.89 million. Of this figure, $ J .889 million will go to the Su­preme Court; $3.623 million to the Superior Court and $378,500 to the Law Revision Commis­sion.

The CNMI Legislature is get­ting a total of $7.991 million; with some $2.163 mi Ilion going

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to the Senate. S3.925 to the Lower House. S 1.330 to the Legislative Bureau, and S572,890 to the Re­tirement Benefit Contributions.

Both Tinian and Rota will re­ceives 15.613 million each. while the office of the Northern Islands. Saipan and Municipal Council have been allocated with some $3.214 million.

The Public School System, de­spite its lobbying for $50 million. have been appropriated with $41.925 million, although it will receive supplemental $584,000 from the Apprentice Program of the Northern Marianas College.

The approved budget repro­grams some $2.124 million from the NMC Apprentice Program's $3.5 million to the departments of public safety and health. PSS, and the Governor's Scholarship Fund.

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The newest addition to Guam·s attraction is that of the Talofofo Falls park, that officially had its grand opening celebration yesterday. and which boasts of the first cable cars in the region. Chui Soo Lee. owner and chairman, of Hamilton Group and Paul S. Kang, vice president. Hamilton Tourist Development, Inc. (insets) both spoke to those in attendance. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

Services for elderly improving By Maxine Hillary Variety News Staff

HAGAT'.\'A - As moJern medical technology extends the average life span. th<.: number of Manamko or elderly on Guam incn;asl.!s.

People retire carliet· than they used to and the non-working period of their lives is longer. The perception exists that Guam's elderly arc cared for predominantly by their families so that little involvement is re­quired from the outside.

According to the Department of Public Health's Division of Senior Citizens, the perception is true to an extent.

Even with families helping th,·ir aging relatives. the divi­sion still offers a variety of ser-

vices. Adm in i strati vc O ffi cc r fort he

Division of Senior Citizens Tom Tcrlajc is staffing the phones while mcist of his co-\\·orkcrs are at a workshop Je,i.!,'.ned 10

improve sen·iccs 10 elders as well as make the ciders a11 :tr,· that ,crviccs are :n·ail:1bk. lk says that there about ~.:'iOO ci­ders on island.

.. We receive about 2.500 in­quiries a year and provide assis­tance to about I .~5o:· Terlaje explains that the division is a clearinghouse for a number of senior services that are con­tracted out to providers on is­land.

.. We primarily administer pro­grams that an.: contracteJ out.

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Right time to fall back in THERE IS something that isjustnotrightin the reported plan for the CNMI to return to the fold of the Pacific Basin Development Council, the elite group formerly made up of the governors of the four U.S.-affiliated insular areas of Guam. the CNMI. American Samoa and Hawaii.

The timing, specifically, is not that good. While one can't dispute that banding together is always advantageous in

terms of getting towards common goals, it is imperative that the CNMI carefully study the pros and cons of rejoining its fo1mer American buddies in the Pacific to see whether timing can allow maximization of the benefits, vis-a-vis the costs.

Leaders must remember that the plan to rejoin the PBDC comes at a time when the CNMI is reeling from the effects of what could be a global economic slump. It is a tim~ when fiscal prudence is imperative in light of declining revenues and a hurting local economy. So spending five-figures in annual membership dues may be worth a second look in terms of cost­effectiveness and advantages.

But more importantly. th~c Teno Administration should consider whether the cutTent PBDC still delivers the same kind of benefits as the PBDC of old used to give its members.

While PBDC aims to foster regionalism in an effort to achieve economic prosperity and social development for its members, the council's strength is in its power to have its collective voice heard in Washington, D.C. towards the advancement of common and individual goals.

All they ha~e to do is for their governors to lobby for support from the national governors' groups or let their elected leaders in US Congress do the work.

Traditionally. the group enjoyed tremendous influence in Washington. especially since the group's concerns, either collectively or individually could be advanced by Hawaii 'scongressmen and senators, as well as by the congressional delegates of Guam and American Samoa. In that respect, the CN~11, which has ~o congressional representation, draws enormous ben­efit from the union.

One must admit, however that with Hawaii quitting years ago, a tremen­dous amount of political influence may have been lost.

While Guam and American Samoa's delegates still command power and respect as members of Congress. the clout used to be wielded by Hawaiian congressmen and senators, who arc armed with full voting powers, is suddenly just not there and this apparently explains why PBDC has become less active than it used to be.

Compounding the inactivity as a disadvantage for the member entities is the fact that PBDC's remaining member governors, Carl Gutierrez of Guam and Tauese Sunia of American Samoa, are themselves too embroiled in political upheavals to be worrying about the PBDC.

Gov. Gutierrez is currently in the midst of a heated reelection campaign while Gov. Sunia has lately been faced with recent calls for his ouster. It may be expected that they will be more preoccu­pied with the issues they face back home than with putting PBDC back on track.

This is why it may be wise for the CNMI to wait a bit more for the right time rather than rush back into the folds of the PBDC and get minimal benefit.

PBDC can stil I rdurn to its old glory days, no doubt about that, but a lot of work needs to be done.

Definitely it would help if Hawaii can be lured back in. It can also get into full swing much quicker if Gov. s~nia survives calls for his ouster and if Gov. Gutierrez wins reelection.

Meanwhile, the CNMI can just sit back, adopt a wait-and-see stance, look at PBDC reorganize and then get in at the most advantageous time.

Timing is definitely the key to deriving the most out of this regional Ull!On.

The prudent way is the deliberate and careful approach.

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Setting an example IN THIS period of economic downturn when it has all the excuses not to settle most of its financial obligations, the government is finally paying its utilities bills on time ... For the first time in history," notes the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.'s (CUC) spokesperson Pam Mathis in a recent interview with the Variety. She says that though the Depart­ment of Finance (DOF) is sometimes between $200,000 to $400,000 "behind schedule," it usually settles the amount within a 30-day period. DOF, it should be noted, pays for all government offices, except for the Commonwealth Ports Authority, It should be noted, too, that the government used to be $1.9 million .. behind schedule," and this was during those years when government spending was increasing significantly.

I don't think there's any recent piece of news more reassuring to the business sector and to the general public than knowing that the government itself, confronted with low revenue projections, is still paying.its debts, is in fact paying them on time, for the first time. That the government is able to perform this no mean feat could only mean that government spending is indeed down, and that this administration, moreover, is managing the people's money very carefully. This administration, in short, is doing what it says it will do when it assumed office early this year. And it is doing it with the continued cooperation of the Legislature.

During the past seven months, the administration set in place austerity measures, announced spend­ing cuts and has convinced the Legislature of the pressing need to scale down or temporarily suspend the cffectivity of tax break and other generous .. dole out" legislation. At the same time, Governor Teno formed several joint government-private sector task forces-with panicipation from the Legislature­to speed up the release of federal grants, aiTest the declining tourist atTival rate, and propose legisla­tion that could, at the very least, cushion the effects of this economic crisis.

We are now nearing the end of the fiscal year, which could only mean that the administration's­and the Legislature's-resolve lo control spending will now tc l.Csted, is in fact tcing l.Csl.Cd, by the ongoing lobbying by the vruious depwtments ru1d agencies for a Iru·gershareofthc fiscal year 1999 budget pie. We will be hearing the usual and annual pieties about the need to protect the welfare of the children and the common people, which often means more travel perks, newer offices and equipment forour very hard working bun~au­crnl~, who think only of the welfare of the children and tJ1e

common people'. to be sure-without, unfonunately, improving the lot of either the children or the common people. Happily for the rest ofus, there is no election this year, which means that there is less pressµre on our legislators; in addition, there is really not enough money to pass around.

As usual, of course, the Public School System (PSS) wants more funding. The E.ducation Board says there hasbeena600percentincreaseinthestudentpopulation, which should, according to the board, "automatically" mean additional classrooms, teachers, materials, sup­plies and transportation. The exponential student popu­lation is the only rationale why PSS's budget has been increasing over the years. However, the time to rethink this rationale has anived, particularly now that the government's revenue projections are not likely to improve soon, while PSS 's student population will likely balloon further. Indeed, perhaps now is the time to rethink the government's generous public spending habits that have been seemingly instituted since the US Navy's administrntion of these islands. I'm refening to this notion that government is Sru1ta Claus, and you don't even have to be nice to get a hand-out from him. It is now time to challenge this misplaced senseof governmental generosity, if only because there is no Santa Claus.

Some will claim that helping people is a "culturnl" thing f<irlocals. But tohelppeopledoesn 'tmean you rob them of the will to help theinsel ves first; it shouldn't mean doing away with their self-initiative, their instinc­tual drive to impmve their lot through theirown efforts. To do so is to lead people to spiritual poverty--0fl.Cn amid apparent material well-being. Moreover, it usually results in perennial budgetary pmblems forthe govern­ment, with far reaching consequences for every tax­payer.

To change prevailing attitudes is, of course, a tall order. It takes years lo do so, and patience and determination on the part of those who want to effect this change.

Which brings us back lo the good news that tlie government is finally paying cue on time.

It has been said by a Frenchman that the attitude with which one approaches a difficulty is more important than the actual result. And that the· people's will is more significant than their present circumstances.

By showing us that it can perform its duties and responsibilities while anhe same time owning up to its obligations in the face of financial uncer­tainty, the administration is setting an example that should be noted not only by other govemment agencies, but by the rest of us a~ well. ·

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Economic outlook

Y2K--Marianas among the first to know the damage

By.William H- Stewart, Economist Economic Service Counsel "Can you imagine an inmate at the SaipanDetention Center thinking

he will be released on New Year's Day in the year 2000 only to wake up to learn that the computer has added another JOO years to his sentence."

I was thinking about the Y2K problem or the "millennium bug" as some call it. This is the time some 16 months from now - at one second before midnight on December 31, 1999 when the year 2000 is a mere "tick" away from beginning the new century.

A time of increasing concern that many worry about potential computer failure when countless machines will not be able to read the two digit year "00" as 2000 but rather as the year starting the 20th century rather than that of the 21st. In other words, slipping backward I 00 years in time. · . . . .

It occurred to me that we in the Mananas will be among the first m the United States to know the full impact, if any, of the failure of timing mechanisms and compute'r chips built into the world's computer systems.

So, January 1, 2000, New Year's Day, will b~the day of reckoning. In only 500 days if anything goes wrong It will hit us a full nine hours before computer clocks on the United States east coast register the date.

With this in mind I became curious if computer programmers would be interested in the area as a test site to evaluate repercussions in the Marianas as a harbinger of potential computer crisis elsewhere.

The ominous date· occurs on our side of the dateline on Saturday, (Friday in New York), thus there is an entire weekend to evaluate the impact since the first working day on the United States east coast will occur on the following Monday (our Tuesday).

A friend of mine sent me several comments made during a news conference of the National Press Club in Washington where the chief economist with Deutsche Bank Securities stated, "the world is so dependent on computers and· so behind on repairs that there is a 70 percent chance of a global recession. He predicted the U.S. economy would decline by 4 percent."

"The Year 2000 problem threatens to push us into a global recession as severe as the one that occurred in 1973-197 4."

"We have to recognize that even if we pull off a heroic fix here, we still run the risk that the rest of the world is too far behind," he said.

"Asia has a year 1998 problem. Many of their companies are trying to stay in business with 90-day survival plans. They're too distracted to deal with Y2K problems."

A systems auditor with the Government Accounting Offire is pessimistic about the country's ability to solve the Y2K problem because of the embedded information links among companies and government agencies.

Another conference participant noted that the chain of suppliers a company relies on is as important as its own internal systems.

One well known American manufacturer with almost 1,000 direct suppliers and more than 100,000 indirect ones, would face the potential for assembly-line shutdowns and other major disruptions if just I percent of its suppliers had computers that failed on Jan. I.' 2000. .

This individual is quoted as saying, "one thmg 1s ce11am, unless the proper steps are taken immediately by the world's poliiic~l and business leaders, because of the inter dependencies mvolved, a maJor heart attack is likely."

Some businesses, states and the federal government's fiscal year 2000 begins in the first and second quarters of 1999. This could cause chaos. As pointed out during the conference, the "big bang" will be January I, 2000, when many computers and embedded chips will either respond or not respond.

What happened to present such a serious problem? . To understand what occurred we must step back to a time when

computers first began appearing on the scene in many private businesses, stock exchanges and banks.

In those days data was coded and key punched on IBM cards. In order to save space on the card thereby permitting more data to be placed on a single card the number signifying years was reduced to two digits, thus, the year 1950 became "50."

The problem that only came to everyone's attention several years ago was that there was a terrifying and almost diabolical "melt down'' pro-grammed within many computer memo~ie~. . .

As mentioned above, unless cotTected m time -at m1dmght on December 31, J 999 (the end of the 20th century) - all the computers will revert to .. O~" rather than display the year 2000. Havoc could reign throughout financial records buried with the electronic mind of computers unless corrected m time.

It has been estimated that billions of dollars are required to cotTect the problem to keep records from rolling baC:k I 00 years to the year 1900, a date that began this century. . .

While many people will forego the revelry of the evening ai_id -:viii be sitting anxiously at computer mainframes all over ~he -:vorld at rn~dmght on December 3 I 1999 to monitor the impact, a locatron m the Marianas may afford a front ;eat precursor and enough time to correct or at least minimize a com]1uter meltdown elsewhere in the world.

II ~ Letters to the Editor 11

About the 'reunification' issue Dear Editor: This .is just a short comment on the head­

lined article on Monday, August 24 and a follow-up article on Tuesday, on the same subject.

The real issue behind the subject of reunifi­cation ·or reintegration of the Marianas was purely economics. It was true then and it is true today.

The only reason why a good many of the CNMI citizens voted in favor of reintegration with Guam in the early sixties was basically because we felt that reintegration would af­ford us the opportunity of earning more and, thus, better our standard of living.

While U.S. citizenship, better education and other amenities could also be considered as reasons for our desire to be reunified with Guam, it was the opportunity to make more money that prompted our citizens to vote in favor of reintegration.

Guam, as a U.S. Territory, and under U.S. rule since 1898, did not actually begin to enjoy economic, political and social promi­nence over the CNMI and the rest of Micronesia until after World War IL

This happened because the U.S. became the Trustee of the former Japanese mandated is­lands in the Pacific, which included the CNMI and the rest of Micronesia.

And to effectively carry out its obligation as the Trustee of the former Japanese mandated islands, the U.S. established the seat of its administration of the islands on Guam.

Guam then became the training and educa­tion center of Micronesia. But because Micronesians were not U.S. citizens, we could not establish residency on Guam and avail

ourselves of the many opportunities, the most important of which was employment.

Our minimum wage at the time was $0.32 per hour. While Guam's minimum was over fol!r-folds greater at $1.45 per hour.

Prior to the Guamenians going to the polls on the question of reintegration with the rest of the CNMI, Guam to us was a place for better education, higher standard of living and better social services.

But we were embarassed, if not down-right ashamed, that the people who were of the same race and many of whom were relatives voted in favor to reject our hopes and desire for all the Mariana Islands to be reintegrated so that we could become as one people as we did prior to the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Now, we have Robert A. Underwood, Guam's non-Voting Delegate to the U.S. Congress, singing the same song that we were singing in the early sixties. He claims that the CNMI has a string of advantages over Guam.

If he truly feels that the CNMI is b'etter and with advantages over Guam then, perhaps, he should try to get the people of Guam to go to the polls. and find out whether they would want to become part of the CNMI.

And why not? In addition to the string of advantages as mentioned by Non-voting Del­egate Underwood, we have a safer airport, a more reliable power system, safer and less congested streets.

If Guam's vote proved to be in favor of the idea of reunification, then it would be our turn to go to the polls.

LORENZO LG. CABRERA

Students air concern on Managaha Dear Editor: Our class has been very interested in the

issue of who will manage Managaha Island once PDI's lease contract expires in Septem­ber.

Our teacher gave us copies of the news article that was published in the newspapers and we discussed this topic in our class.

Our teacher helped us to understand what the plans of MITC are about Managaha. We also talked about Mr. Lino Olopai's opinion about it.

Our class agrees with Mr. Lino Olopai. Managaha Island should be returned to the Carolinian community.

Managaha has a very important place in the history of our people. It is very sacred to us because our great Chief Aghurubw is buried there.

The island should become a Carolinian Cul­tural Center and a shrine to our chief. We are not a greedy people and we like to share the island with anyone who is interested to see it.

Tourists will have more fun visiting the island knowing that they will learn more about the cultural traditions of the Carolinians. We can show them how we make our beautiful mwars and beads.

Maybe the government can fix Managaha so that it can look like a real Carolinian village and people can go there and learn how our people used to live many years ago.

Visitors can pay an entrance fee and some money can be earned through the sale of the mwars, the beads, and other Carolinian arts.

But we really think that Managaha should be exclusively operated by the Carolinians.

/sgd/ The OES 6th Grade class of Room26:

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Recognize the Carolinians Dear Editor: Olomwaay. I just finished reading an article

''CNMI not ready for reunification" and would like to point out that there also exists in the CNMI another indigenous race, the Carolinians.

I hope that we would also be given the oppor­tunity to decide on this very crucial matter, even though we are seldom mentioned when it comes to important issues such as these.

I have many Chamorro relatives and friends. and I'm glad they are recognized all of the time as native people of my beloved islands, but am also always filled with a sense of betrayal and degradation whenever my beloved people are not recognized like they deserve to be.

We still exis'i, you know ... the Carolinan people are not extinct!

CAROL PETER HOSONO

6-MARIANAS VA_RIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- AUGUST 28. 1998 -------------

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By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

HISTORICAL and Preservation Office (HPO) Director Joseph P. Deleon Guerrero yesterday bared the decision to allow the demoli­tion of the Chalan Kanoa Post Office to accommodate the con­struction of the new post office building.

The Chalan Kanoa Post Office used to house the former Admin­istration Building for the Saipan Municipal Government.

HPO reached the decision to demolish the building after the alternative plans turned out not to be feasible.

"Wehaveexhaustedeverymea­sure to try and accommodate the preservation (of the building). Unfortunately, our alternative plans could not be done. We worked until the very end to find an alternative way to have both the new post office and to pre­serve the building but it is not possible." Guerrero said.

Gue1Tero said the HPO and the US Post Office

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have agreed to come up with "interpretative dis­play" to be developed within the new post office.

'"There will be historic photo­graphs of the old building, his­toric information which will talk about the historical significance of the building to the people of CNMI. In addition, the US Post Office has generously offered the idea to have a small monument outside the post office facility," said Guerrero.

Guerrero stressed that it is al­ways the HPO' s preference topre­serve historical sites and pieces but on this case, their office cannot accom­modate preservation because of the limited land.space.

Guerrero added .that his decision with the postal office reached the point of balancing the needs of the community and the needs of preser­vation.

··Jtisnotatotallostcause. Whatis importanthereiseveniftheoldbuild-

ing is not here but the historical information for the public is there," added Guerrero.

The US Post Office Senior Ex­ecutive Leo Tudela said their of­fice is very sensitive to the needs of the community.

"For the last six years, we are trying to build a new post office but due to some internal situations withthelocalgovemment, what hap­pened is untiLtoday we don't have a brand new post office building. The present post office is old, it is already 32 years old," said Tudela

Tudela added the main reason for US Post Office to have a new build­ing is to provide the past, present and future needs of the community.

The building size of the new post office will be 15,CXXl square ft from the present' s 4,600 sq .a And the site sizewillbe50,600sq.afromtoday's 11,CXXl sq. a

Tudela said that if everything went smoothly, CNMI people could now have a new post office in twelve months time.

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But there's another popula­tion onGuam impacted by the increase in drug use-the Manamko-Guam's elderly.

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cause to believe that anindividual is suffering from or has died as a result of abuse, neglect orexploitation is re­quired to report." Typically the "report" would be to theGuam Police Department or Guam Public Health's Di­vision of Senior CitizensAdult Protective Services.

Therese M. Terlaje is an at­torney with the law firm who recently took overthe contract to provide legal services to Guam's elderly.

She says thatbefore her in­volvement with the Division of Senior Citizens, she was unawareof how many Manamko are either being abused or are in fear of being abused.

'"] was surprised. I didn't really believe it was as preva­lent. A lot ofit is financial abuse. People want the eld­erly person's money.'"

Tcrlaje says that since her firm· s taken the mantle of pro­viding legalservices for the elderly two months ago. she's seen at least half a dozencases where drug abuse has contrib­uted to exploitation of the eld­erly.

··] see clients who arc living in fear of mental and financial abuse.Unfortunately, it's com­ing from the families. Family members willmanipulate for control of the person· s money or belongings."

She says that family mem­bers either outright take money or they work on thccldcrly person to convince them to sign away their rights to their money .homes and property.

When the elderly has every­thing taken from them theyare left to fend for themselves.

"I've even seen some cases where we've had to get a re­straining order foran older person because someone is making the home unlivable for them. !haven't seen much actual physical abuse but there are cases where the personhas moved out because family members were doing drugs and they need us tohelp them get back into their home."

Elder abuse isn't talked about much on Guam. Terlaje holds that it's "hush.hush," but ice is usually at the root of it. "I'm amazed at how many timesdrugs are a factor-in fact it's always a factor."

Some elderly, however, spot the problem early and do what they can toprotect their assets and their descendants.

'"I've seen a lot of willschanged. A parent knows their adult child is on drugs so they change it sothe money won't be spent on ice. Some­times, the person isn't sure what'shappening at their home, but they know some­thing isn't right so they come tous for help. Usually the kids are on drugs."

The legal service has also been used to help children. Terlaje mentionsseveraI·cases where the grandparents want help in making sure theirgrandchildren are taken care of because the parents are usingmethamphetamine.

'"Either financial or protec­tive or custody issues."

Other areas Terlaje assists Manamko in include procurement of governmenthenefits such as medicare and food stamps and in the writing of wills. whichshe calls, "'very popular."

TI1e service is open to people aged 60 and overat no charge.

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Teno: No deficit spending By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday ruled out calls for his administration to resort to cfeficit spending should the government fail to meet the projected $249 million revenues for the next fis­cal year.

"We have to live within the resources that we have. If we only have $249 million, we have to limit the distribution of appro­priations to $249 million," the governor emphasized amid pres­sures from various government agencies for bigger funds.

Tenorio also mentioned the possibility of trimming down the appropriations given to every de­partment and other social pro­grams if actual collections do not tally with the projected govern­ment revenues.

"We have to cut the allocations approved by the Legislature for each of the agencies and programs in case we do not meet the pro­jected revenues. We have no op­tions left but to trim down the budget, everybody has to sacri­fice,'' he told reporters.

At the same time, the local chief executive stressed that his office will not entertain any lobbying efforts by government agencies that may be asking for a "bigger slice of the pie" at this point when the economy shows no sign of immediate recovery.

"At this lime, I will not enter­tain requests for additional money until such time that the economy improves and actual collection exceeds the projected revenues," Tenorio pointed out.

However, he stressed that the House committee on ways and means will be asked to reprogram

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excess monies to government agencies that need immediate funding should actual collection exceeds projected revenues.

"If there are additional re­sources that we can tap, we can ask the Legislature to re-appro­priate to other agencies that need supplementa.l funding. That's the only thing we can do," he added.

The Public School System has been pressing for a $50 million budget for Fiscal Year 1999 but House committee on ways and means chair Rep. Karl T. Reyes said present resources can accom­modate only about $41 million.

During the House session Wednesday, Rep. Heinz Hofschneiderproposed the repro­gramming of at least $584,000 to PSS from the $3.5 million budget allotted for the Apprentice Pro­gram of the Northern Marianas College.

The move agitated NMC presi­dent Agnes McPhetres who sug-

"gested the closure of the program since the available funding would not be sufficient to push through with the endeavor.

Despite the additional budget allocated for the PSS, Board of

Teno moves to help Dynasty By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

on occupancy permit laws will assist them, I think there is no reason that we should not help.'' he told reporters.

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Education chair Marja Lee Taitano insisted that a budget less than $50 million would not be enough to maintain operations and personnel services of the PSS.

Reyes has suggested that PSS

ask the governor for the re-ap­propriations of$0.5 million from the $1 million funds left for ef­forts to reduce the government's budget deficit which should be settled by next year.

Taitano met with Tenorio yes­terdaybutthegovernorstoodfirmon his earlier statement that he would not be entertaining any request for addi­tional budget unless actual collection exceeds projected revenues.

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As this develope·d, the House of Representatives approved on first and final reading a legislation that would relax provisions on exist­ing policies governing the issu­ance of occupancy permits to spe­cific projects.

If it is any indication. Tenorio said his administration would be ready to extend assistance to com­panies in the CNMI that may need immediate help to continue with their operations.

The Legislature leadership. as well as members of the Tinian Legislative Delegation, met with the governor Tuesday and dis­cussed suggestions made by the management of the embattled Tinian Dynasty to keep the hotel­casino in operations.

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HAGA TN A - A new $ 12.4 million pier opens today at the Port Authority ofGuam with a ribbon-cutting ceremony sched­uled for IO a.m.

Two vessels were docked at the pier earlier this week and theproductivity has already increased on those two vessels.

In August of 1993, the port was damaged during an 8.1 earthquake andabout 600 feet of pier space at F-5 was deemed useless.

Operationsin that area were forced to move to F-4 in a limited space next to awarehouse, and this has greatly effected the operations of the Port for thelast 5 years.

Joseph Q. Cruz, acting general manager stated, "Our employ­ees haveperformed miracles over the past five years keeping the cargo coming in.despite the significant obstacles," adding ''the cooperation between ouremployees and all of the port users made a very difficult situationbearable."

Winzler and Kelly managed the project, which began in September.

ThePier was designed by Liftech Consultants, and the work \Vas done by Blackconstruction.

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HAGATNA- The Pigua Lot Owners Association will protest the Pigua Landfor the Landless Project on Saturday at the Merizo Pier at I 0:00 a. m.

Ron Acfalle a member of the association wrote a letter to Gov. CarlGutierrez to bring to his at­tention a matter - that the associationthought was "very im­portant."

The Land for Landless program was created over a decade ago, to providefor affordable housing lots to residents.

This was created at a time when foreign real estate speculation had driven land prices beyond thereach of most citizens.

Acfalle stated in his letter that "the 132 recipients of Pigua Land for Landless lots have been wait­ing for eight years for the oppor­tunity toutilize the lots they were granted."

He states that the owners also feel "stymied" by what they con­sider tobe a "runaround" from government agencies tasked with

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ings, conflicting information, emptypromises. and bid invita­tions, that were promised. were neverdelivered."

He also states that the monies put aside for the projectwere "spent elsewhere."

Acfalle describes the lot own­ers as "futile" for being able to wait forwhat he called fulfillment of ··the promise of the Land for the Landless."

In the letter he also describes that work has been done to cut roadsinto the "subdivision with base coarse surfaces."

Many of the lotsidentified for owners, and the issoe of wetlands, are least organized.according to Acfalle.

He added that work had been done at the Piguasubdivision site in the last few months, then in eight years.

The workalready completed is allegedly in danger of being dam­aged by heavyrains, as we enter into what is supposed to be the rainy season.

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Inlicu of the current drought the allegations may not be cor­rect, althoughAcfalle still believes that the "work needs to be fin­ished."

A concernhas been raised that this runoff will was down into Cocos Lagoon.

Acfalle stressed in his letter that "the Pigua Lot Owners Associa­tion is determined to use what means necessary to see that infra­structure isinstalled in a sufficient manner to utilize the lots.''

He added,'.'ourresolve is to seek no more then what was promised to the lot owner' seight years ago."

Acfalle assured the Governor of his strong attitude of this mat­ter bystating in the letter that "we are prepared to lobby your office, thelegislature and the media.''

He backed up his statement by personal] ydel i vering a copy of the letter to KUAM, Pacific Daily News, NewsTalkK-57, and Sena­tor Angel Santos' office.

He also delivered a letter tothe Chamoru Nation.

The letter was ended asking the Governor to address the issue and thallhe protest was taking place tomorTow to ''demonstrate our re­solve to seethat the Pigua Subdivi­sion will get needed infra~ tructu re ...

According to the Governor's Office this is not a case of "empty promises."

··r fully understand the frustra­tions expressed by the holders of Pigualeases. I also believe they, and all the people of Guam, de­serve anexplanation for the delay on the project," said a statement made byGutierrez in April. but which still displays his stance on the issue today.

The project was first funded by the Legislature in I 992. and $2.3million dollars. which was lower than the estimated cost. wasappropriated for the project.

"When my administration took over, wefound just SI (one doll.u-) in the account. .. stated Gutie11ez.

"Since I 9'-J5 we haw accumu­lated S 1.7 million dollars which willutilize to immediately begin construction of a rough road in the hopesthat leaseholders will at least be able to access thcirpropc11y." he said.

Maybe the real problem is the actual cost of the project. and the lackof the legislative vote on fund appropriation. he said.

1l1e lowest bid. whichcame from the Dr:pa11ment of Public Wo1'ks. was $13 million.

Thal bidappcanxl two y.:ars ago. and the cost has since risen.

"Without alegislatiw appropri:1-tion. we do not have any money to build thcinfrasuucture."

Guticm.:z also wanted to make sure that the families who have been insuspcnse for IO years about the deadline on their 1990 leas~ cxpiration,that it was his firm pol icy of his administration to "honor ourcommitment to get these fami­lies onto the Pigua Land ...

I le also statcd that he would :1sk Sen . .John Salas to work (111

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NMHC works with Inouye on housing Gov't goes 'cautious'

on cable car project By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE NORTHERN Marianas Housing Corporation has been coor­dinating with Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye to get more federal money for housing programs in the CNMI.

HawaiiandCNMI,Adasaid,have the same situation where land alien­ation is a problem.

The corporate director said because of the Article I 2situation where lands are restricted to CNMI descent al ot of housing programs in the Common­wealth are not readily available.

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

GOVERNMENT is reluctant to sign a lease agreement with a CNMI-based Korean firm plan­ning a cable car service in Marp'i due to financial concerns. accord­ing to the Division of Public Lands (DPL).

In an interview, Henry Hofschneider, DPL Deputy Di­rector, said Saipan Leisure's own­ers - three Korean businessmen - have told him they have $5 million to finance construction of the cable car which will run from atop Suicide Cliff to Banzai Cliff.

However. Hofschneider said the money is still in Korea and can not be transferred to Saipan unless the businessmen are able to show a copy of the lease agree­ment on the project to their gov­ernment.

"We are pessimistic," said

Hofschneider. Hofschneider said government

is trying to avoid a repetition of past experiences where it agreed to issue a lease to other private devel­opers only to later on declare a default or impose measures after the proposed projects never mate­rialized.

"They (Saipan Leisure) should provide us with verifiable informa­tion on their source of finances," said Hofschneider. 'That's what we need to know."

Saipan Leisure and the Board of Public Land (BPL) have earlier reached an agreement on the pro­posed project.

However, the Board turned down the firm's draft agreement after the latter opted not to push through with plans to supplement the cable car service with a coffee shop at its Suicide Cliff terminal and shop­ping mall down Banzai Cliff.

Hofschneider, following sub­sequent discussions with the firm's representatives, said Saipan Leisure has agreed to push through with the construction of the shops.

The firm, said Hofschneider, wanted the project done in two phases, thefirstofwhich involves the construction of the cable car, and the second, that of the shops.

The shops will be built on the fifth yearof thecable car service's operation.

Hofschneider said the Board may agree on the proposal on certain conditions.

These include an agreement that the parcels ofland from which the mall and coffee shop will be built are to be taken back by government in case Saipan Lei­sure fails to erect the establish­ments.

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NMHC Corporate Director Marylou Ada said lnouye's Senate bill I 09 is expected to open up a lot of variety of programs to the Common­wealth.

Ada in an interview yesterday ex­plained that such bill will provide federal housing assistance to native Hawaiians.

"We 're not qualified for several programs because lands are restricted to CNMI descent..so with S l 09 it will open up a lot of channel and add an amendment that it will make fed­eral program widely available to na­tive Hawaiian home land," she said.

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CPA races against time to solve Puerto Rico problem

By Jojo Dass Variety New Staff

WITH the typhoon season clos­ing in, the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) is racing against time to stabilize the slopes of the Puerto Rico dump.

Carlos H. Salas. CPA Execu­tive Director. in an interview yesterday. said the ports author­ity has yet to bid out slope stabi­lization and silt fencing projects for the dumpsite.

"It (actual work) will take a little bit time (to starl) but not too long:· he said.

Salas said the ports authority is "going to try to minimize any po1ential threat or erosion" at the dumpsite befme the typhoon months begin.

"We are going to try to meet that schedule ... he said.

Salas said chances of a mudslide occurring at the dump "is alway, there."

Right now. he said. the ports authority is working on request for proposals (RFP) to have some 90.000 cubic yards oi' materials still to be dredged from the lwrbor'sscabed mo\·cd to the Marpi landfill site.

"We are doing RF!' to haul the remaining (materials) to Marpi. As soon as we arc done with this. we wi II work on Pu.:rto Rico." said Salas.

lk added that the ports au­thority is compacting the dredged materials at the Puerto Rico dump.

/\ bulldozer, he said. has been dispatcheu at the site "to con-

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trol the area and manage the dredged material that's ~n the dump ...

Salas said thi: porls authority is having difficulty with the dredged materials that have mixed with the trash.

"That's the real problem," he said.

The ports authority. accord­ing to the Division of Environ­mental Quality (DEQ). strll needs to scoop up some 120.000 cubic yards of materials from the sea.

The division has allowed CPA to dump .rn.ooo of these at Puerto Rico.

Thi: ports authority began dredging the harbor's seabed last year as pan of a plan to renovate the seaport and have it acro111modate bigger sea ves­sels.

The Department of Public Works (DPW) allowed it to dump the dredged materials at Puerto Rico to solve the prob­lem on fire incidents breaking

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She was reported missing at I 0 a.m. on the same day.

··our investigators are now go­ing house to house, and our search teams are still out there-we're checking everywhere," Ada said.

"Mrs. Camacho's family mem­bers are very worried, and we want to put their minds on ease," she said.

"That is why we are asking the public to please call us if they have any information regarding her whereabouts," Ada said.

DPS 's phone number is 234-6333. while the Crime Stoppers hotline is 234-7272.

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Manamko seeks support By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

THEOFFICEof Aging Admin­istration seeks support from dif­ferent organizations who wish to do some fundraising projects for the Manamko of Saipan.

ter to buy some of the needs of the elders. But an OAA official said they are also thinking of putting the money into raffle for the Manamko. By Louie C. Alonso

Variety News Staff THE CHAMORRO and Carolin­ian Language Policy Commission (CCLPC) Director Bill Macaranas expressed deep concerns on the lack of local language proficiency among the local youth today.

Due to the local language crisis among the younger NMI people, CCLPC plans to put up a survey during their Language Forum next month.

"The questionnaire the language forum participants will be answer­ing during the event could measure up levels on the use of the local language among the youth," Macaranas said.

According to Macaranas, most of the high school students have been trained "that their first lan­guage is Chamorro but they claim using English language more of­ten."

"'The problem here is the diver­sity of the ethnic backgrounds go­ing to school. We now have a hard time using the local language espe­cial!) that we are being taught english as a primary medium of instruction. So to build a strong

Dye-trace workshop

By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

HAGATNA -The Guam Envi­ronmental Protection Agency con­ducted a course on the basic under­standing of dye trace methodology, yesterday in Tiyan.

Dye-trace tests are used to identify connections between points where water flows intoanaquiferand where it flows out through springs and wells. In addition it is used to detetmine the direction and rate at which water flows.

Dr. Malcolm Field from the U.S. EPA Headquarters was on hand yes­terday to help the agency staff inter­pret and understand the results of a dye trace test.

"'This information is valuable for management of the system and to determine sources of contaminatioIL" saidGuamEPAAdministrator,Jesus T. Salas.

Oral History a·wards for '99 to be presented

THE ORAL History Association invites applications for three awards to be presented in I 999 that will recognize outstanding work in the field.

Awards will be given fora book that uses oral history to advance an important historical interpre­tation or addresses significant theoretical or methodological is­sues; for a completed nonprint

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foundation we have to use the lan­guage that is being understood by most. Teachers now are having a hard time because of the diversity in the classroom," added Macaranas.

The use of English language in schools, Macaranas said, has caught the students to have a hard time speaking in their own language as

well in English. "It is better if we could start

speaking, writing and listening in Chamorro or Carolinian first so we could easily transfer that skills in English," continued Macaranas.

The Language Forum is one of the activities under the NMI Cul­tural Heritage Month this Septem­ber.

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directed by the bureau of Motor Vehicles and is authorized by statute, 9 CMC 2301.

If you have any questions regarding this announcement, _please contact the Bureau at 234-6921 or 234 9137.

Last Monday, the Refaluwasch Golf Association donated $504 to the Manamko after their golf fundraising ac­tivity.

According to OAA, the money will be used by the cen- .

However, according to OAA, there are some organizations who made fundraising activities for the Manamko but until now, the center haven't got a word from the organizers.

OAA said the, center needs some financial help from differ­

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Judge suspends civil lawsuit vs Anderson ·

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

SUPERIOR Court Presiding Judge Edward Manibusan ha; suspended the proceedings in the civil lawsuit against· Kim Fell Anderson pending a deci­sion on her criminal lawsuit.

Anderson was sued by her former employer for allegedly stealing a "'secret database."'

She will be tried for theft. a criminal charge, by the court on Jan. 19.

Anderson has pleaded not guilty during a hearing last June.

She faces a maximum pen­alty of IO years in jail and a fine of $10,000. according to Assistant Attorney Gen;ral Marvin Williams.

Her accuser is Pacific American Title Insurance & Escrow (CNMI). Inc.

Anderson is a former direc­tor. manager and shareholder of Pacific.

In the civil lawsuit, Pacific alleged that Anderson is oper­ating a competing company that uses Pacific's equipment.

Pacific named as defendants Anderson, her company Secu­rity Title, Inc. and seven "John Does."

In its complaint filed in January, Pacific asked the court to prohibit Anderson from further using, duplicat-

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The database contains infor­mation on all real estate prop­erty in the CNMI, and is used to determine ownership of any parcel of land in the common­wealth.

Pacific is alleging that Anderson took the database without permission after be­ing fired in June 1997.

Pacific's complaint states that Anderson then opened a competing ti tie insurance business that may be using the database.

Anderson's lawyer is Rex Kosack, while Pacific is rep­resented by the O'Connor Berman Dotts & Banes law firm.

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LAWYER Michael W. Dotts yesterday asked the Superior Court to deny Theodore R. Mitchell's motion seeking to disqualify Dotts as counsel in the Wabol estate case, saying that the motion "totally lacks merits," and was filed only to delay Mitchell's eviction from TransAmerica building.

In his opposition to Mitchell's motion, Dotts also denied that he has a conflict of interest in the case, due to his ties with TransAmerica.

"Even of there were a con­flict, (Mitchell's client, Concepcion Wabol-Moteisou) has no standing to challenge the (new Wabol estate.

· administrator's) selection of an attorney to sue 'Mitchell," · Dotts said.

He added, "Certainly, there is no conflict for the estate to retain (Dotts) to pursue a claim against ... Mitchell. There is no divided loyalty­TransAmerica has no interest in whether Mitchell is ordered to pay the back rent he owes the estate. There is no con-

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to pay his rent." The new administrator,

Carmen Wabol-Nekaifes, pro­posed to hire Dotts to sue Mitchell, who supposedly owed the estate back rent for occupy­ing portions of TransAmerica building.

Dotts has said that Wabol­Nekaifes considers Mitchell's lease with Wabol-Moteisou a "nullity and that (Mitchell is) a tenant at sufferance."

In addition, Dotts said, Mitchell is "not entitled for fees (as lawyer for then administra­tor Wabol-Moteisou) from the estate for all his efforts in per­petuating his own tenancy on estate property."

At any rate, what Mitchell owes the estate in back rent can be used to offset his legiti­mate bill, Dotts said.

He added that though Mitchell "can be expected to fight the estate's collection action against him with ... vigor, (I'm) willing to take the case against Mitchell,. and at the risk that the estate will not be able to pay him his fees. Few if any attorneys would agree to this represen­tation."

Dotts said that "Under these circumstances, if Mitchell is able to disqualify Dotts from representing the estate against him, Mitchell may just be able to get away with his theft from the estate and his abuse of the heirs."

Last Aug. 19, Mitchell filed an appeal in the Supreme Court for a reversal of the Superior Court ruling ousting his client as Wabol estate administra­tor.

Mitchell at the same time asked the Superior Court not to enforce its Aug. 3 ruling pending the final disposition of his appeal.

Citing "conflict of interest," Mitchell likewise renewed his

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Chamber's Ayuyu to Gov't:

'Review anti-business laws' By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

CHAMBER of Commerce President Jose C. Ayuyu is ask­ing government to look into existing laws restricting busi­nesses in the Commonwealth.

In an interview, Ayuyu said a "comprehensive review" of these laws should be done to enable businesses to stay afloat.

"We want government to as­sist us by taking a comprehen­sive review of all existing laws so we can help businesses to survive," said Ayuyu.

The appeal was made in light Jose C. Ayuyu

of the economic crisis being ex­perienced in the CNML

Businessmen have reportedly been crying foul over laws that "stifle economic growth."

These include Public Law I 0-44 which requires investors to throw in $100,000 as security deposit and Public Law I 1-6 which puts a cap on the hiring of nonresident workers from abroad.

There is also a pending Sen­ate Bi \I 11-71 which seeks to require nonresident workers to leave the Commonwealth after three years of stay before they Pedro P. Tenorio

are allowed to be hired back. Ayuyu has urged Gov. Pedro

P. Tenorio to veto this bill say­ing it "does not make sense."

Chamber members have like­wise requested Labor and lm­m i gra tion Secretary Mark Zachares to support their bid to amend the moratorium law's implementing rules and regula­tions.

A formal petition on the mat­ter has been filed by the Cham­ber at the Department of Labor and Immigration (DOU).

Tourist nearly drowns, is saved by responding medics

The Chamber has also thrown its support on House Bill I J­I 31 which seeks to amend P.L. I 0-44 by allowing for alterna­tive sources of security depos­its.

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

A 49 YEAR old Japanese tourist nearly drowned at the Dai-ichi beach, according to police.

Department of Public Safety (DPS) spokesperson Rose T. Ada yesterday said Akiko Sakata, a Dai-ichi Hotel guest, was found by several persons floating face down at sea.

CPR was performed on Sakata

even before 1esponding police offic­ers and medics anived.

Medics rook over in the efforts to revive Sakata, who was then brought to the Commonwealth Health Center (CHC) whe1e she was confined at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

"She was revived," Ada said. "but she's still in !CW'

Police learned that Sakata told her husband that she would "go out and take a swim"' at the beach.

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In another police report, an MOC Drive Shop van was bur­glarized at Laulau Beach, result­ing in the loss of several items owned by two tourists, who were out at sea when the incident hap­pened.

Ada said Chieko Ogasawara, a

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These laws. according to the Chamber. is further aggravat­ing the situation by making it more difficult for businesses to survive the economic cri­sis.

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Shopping top activity for Japanese tourists

By Ferdie de la Torre

Variety News Steff SHOPPING w:.is listed as the 11um­ber one among the top three activities of J apanesc tourisL~ on pleasure llips as women in gcnerJ.1 rend to spend more in stores.

According to the latest study con­ducted by the Japan Travel Bureau. 60 percent of Japm1ese respondents \\·ho went on pleasure nips or honey­moons mentioned shopping as their top engagement at their destinations.

ITB said 59.5 percent p1efened \·iewing narurJ.l and scenic attrac­tions. and 43.3 percent told of visiting historic and culrurnl attractions.

'This is testament to the srrong appeal to Japanese rrnvelers of the

kind of naruraL historic and cul rural attractions that are found on! y in loca­tions outside Japan.'' said the new ITB report obtained by the Variety.

JTB noted that there were no major changes in the fourth most popular activities from 1995, suggesting that Japanese tourists tend to engage in pursuits which are quite typical when they go off on overseas nip.

A breakdovm of travel costs by market segment. JTB said. shows that elderly women were the biggest spenders having paid 453.CXXlyen for a trip.

The elderly men followed with 422,(XX) yen and middle-aged men with 417,CXXl yen and middle-aged women with 387,CXXl yen, the travel

agency said. JTB analyzed that the higher rates

for the total cost of nips taken by the middle-aged and elderly segments are due primarily to the higher tour participation costs.

Total travel costs were lowest for the male students, single women and single men segments, the report said.

The breakdown of costs. JTB said, funhershowsthat married men and middle-aged men spent more on local travel whereas middle-aged women, elderly women and housewives spent more on shop­ping.

The report indicatedthatwomen in general tend to spend high propor­tions of the total cost on shopping.

Castro: No new trial on_"CDC case By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THERE won't be a new trial in the lawsuit filed by CDC against Sekisui House. which was decided in favor of Sekisui.

Supreme Court Associate Jus­tice Alexandro C. Castro. in his capacity as Superior Court judge pro tern. has denied CDC's motion for a new trial.

Castro also denied CDC's mo­tion to amend the court· s judgment on the case.

CDC's lawyer. Richard W.

Pierce, filed the motion for a new trial last month, citing the court's "erroneous rulings" and the con­duct of Sekisui's lawyer, which allegedly prevented CDC from "having a far shake before the jury."

The case has been described as the longest jury trial so far in the CNMI.

CDC president Shigenori Hiraga sued Sekisui House over its alleged failure to honor a verbal agreement.

Hiraga alleged that Sekisui

promised to pay CDC millions of dollars for a hotel/condominium project on land near Hopwood iun­ior High School.

CDC was asking for $23 million in daniages.

Sekisui, through lawyer David Mair,filedacounterclaimdemand­ing almost the sanie amount in damages.

After 13 weeks of trial and four days of deliberation, the jurors de­cided in favor of Sekisui.

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THE MARIANAS Visitors Au­thority committee on public rela­tion and advertisement is eyeing an agency to assist MY A in the launching of the Visit the Marianas '99 promotional cam­paign in Japan.

The committee, chaired by Marian Aldan-Pierce, has ex­pressed interest in hiring the To­kyo-based Sanyo Company to help MV A in organizing the kick­off of the Visit the Marianas event this September.

Sanyo was among the compa­nies that have approached the MVA office in Saipan or the MV A-Tokyo office, indicating their willingness to work with the agency for promotional and ad­vertising/public relation services.

The committee agreed to pro­pose to the board to allocate a maximum $50,000 budget to hire the firm for a two-week services,

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MV A board member Bartley Jackson said Sanyo staff are very creative and familiar with the en­tire region.

"Given the limited time, they are the logical choice," said Jack­son, referring to the agency.

It was not clear yet whether the MV A board approved the committee· s proposal.

The board's hearing yesterday was closed to the media.

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Pierce stated that the visit cam­paign will be the "quick fix" be­tween now and the end of the year.

Pierce committee had convinced the board about the importance of participating and preparing the visit campaign, Osaka seminar, and the World Travel Fair.

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In Palau Congress DOLi bars employer for a~andoning worker

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

per month, representing the months she was abandoned be­fore her contract expired.

Measure debated to allow US citizens perma;nerit residency

THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Immigration has perma­nently barred an employer from employing nonresident workers in the Commonwealth for aban­doning an employee.

Labor.Hearing Office Super­visor Linn H. Asper also or­dered respondent Romeo L. Barcelon to pay $500 fine for labor law violation.

Asper in an administrative or­der asked Barcelon to pay the complainant. Ofelia A. Damaso, $1.800 in unpaid wages and liq­uidated damages.

DOU documents showed that Barcelon abandoned the com­plainant and left the Common­wealth.

Barcelon, according to DOLi papers, failed to attend the labor's administrative hearing despite notice sent to him.

Barcelon owed Damaso three month's salary at the rate of$300

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The complainant was given authorization to seek a trans­fer employer for a 60-day pe­riod.

"This order certifies complainant's eligibility for a temporary work authorization, transfer relief. and the right to remain in the Commonwealth during the time period.'' Asper said.

Asper said upon request to be repatriated or Damaso 's failure to provide proof of the filing of a laborpermit application within the 60-day time limit, she shall immediately' depart from the CNMI at the insurance company's expense.

By Palau Horizon News Staff KOROR - The proposed Alien Residency Act, which seeks to establish criteria for permanent residency status for foreign nationals in the Re- · public of Palau, is expected to

be passed into law within two months after both the House of Delegates and the Senate meet in a conference to go over the gray areas in the bi 11 during the Special Session.

In an interview, Senate Committee Chairman on For­eign Affairs Peter L. Sugiyama said they are trying to finish the conference on the pro­posed bill, Senate Bill No. 5-160, SD3 introduced by Sena­tor Lucius Malsol, during the holding of the Special Session for the proposed 1998-1999 $54 million national budget.

The committee is pushing hard for the immediate pas­sage of the bill. It will "'not

take longer than two months" before the proposed measure is enacted by Congress, said Mal sol.

The Alien Residency Act, according to Sugiyama, is pri­marily introduced to accomodate the language of the compact (agreement), al­lowing Palauans to enter the United States without any problem, to likewise apply to U.S. nationals wanting to be­come residents of Palau.

There is an existing law al­lowing residents of the Com­monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to become permanent residents of Palau without any hassles of the law, Sugiyama said.

The proposed Alien Resi­dency Act, according to Sugiyama, would address the issue on whether or not to

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accomodate American citizens in simil~r way as allowing the CNMI and FSM citizens to become permanent .residents of Palau.

It is essential for both the House and the Senate to de­cide during the conference on whether or not to include Amerizan citizens to be cov­ered by the existing law on alien residency or change the law completely, stressed Sugiyama.

Once the law is changed completely, there would be a new measure which would establish a uniform set of cri­teria for permanent residency status in the Republic of Palau.

Sugiyama though said he prefers giving people more access to come in and out of the country. "I prefer seeing peopel coming in and out, en­joying free access, but under certain regulations such as du­ration of stay, purpose of stay, among others," Sugiyama noted.

Giving free access to aliens or allowing people to have more mobility would "impact favorably on the economic side," he said.

Senate Bill No 5-160, SD3, therefore seeks to establish two catergories of and criteria for permanent residency sta­tus in the Republic of Palau for foreign nationals who are bona fide investors or bona fide spouses of citizens of Palau

The bill, once enacted into law, is expected to help push for national economic devel­opment and generate capital for specific economic de­velopment activities in the country. (MLS)

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Feb. 1997 motion to disqualify Dotts and the O'Connor law firm as counsel in the case.

Further, Mitchell has asked the Superior Court to set a bear­ing in the appointment of the estate's n~w administrator.

Mitchell, in his motion, said his client, Wabol-Moteisou, should be given an opportunity to be heard on the appoint!Jlent of the estate administrator in accor­dance with legal ru Jes and her right to due process oflaw, as guamnteed by the US Constitution.

Mitchell, moreover, filed an "op­position" to the petition filed earlier by Dow; mid Wabol-Nekaifes, who wanted the court to evict Mitchell frnm TransAmeiica building.

Mitchell said Dott~ employment as counsel to the estate has never been apprnved.

No application was made, noticed. heard or approved by the cou11. he said.

Dotts· petition should be sa'icken. Mitd1ell said. "and he should Ix: sanc­Lionetl for ustnping the role of estate (If l'OUJJseJ."

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY 1','EWS AND VIEWS-17

SGMA: 'Short notice' visits OK By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

AN UNANNOUNCED visit is "fine," but the Saipan Garment Manufacturers' Association (SOMA) prefers that on-site tours by members of the Commerce Chamber be made with prior appointment even on short notice, said SOMA Executive Director Richard Pierce.

"Totally unannounced vis­its ?" raised Pierce, "I don't even do that and I'm the ex­ecutive director."

Pierce said he usually calls "!Oto 15 minutes" before vis­iting a factory.

Pierce, citing business cour­tesy ,.said "there is no problem with (the visits)" provided there were notices made.

"Short notices, there's no problem with that," said

Richard Pierce

Pierce. Pierce made the remarks af­

ter Chamber President Jose C. Ayuyu, in an earlier phone in­terview, said he favors unan­nounced visits to see firsthand if the garment industry is shap­ing up.

Ayuyu, along with other rep-.

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resentatives from the business sector, recently toured at least two SGMA factories includ­ing that owned by SOMA President James Lin.

Ayuyu said he was "im~ pressed" though he stressed that he may try to visit gar­ment factories not owned by

Dededo store robbed by unknown man By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

DEDEDO, Guam - A Dededo store was robbed Tues­day evening by an unknown assailant and a poss'ible accom­plice.

According to PIO Larry Flores, of the Guam Police De­partment, a man entered M&R Sons Store to purchase a pack of cigarettes.

When the cashier, a57-year-

old Dededo woman opened the register, the man reached over and grabbed an undetermined amount of money and was exit­ing the store at the same time someone was entering, the sus­pect struck the individual and ran out.

He was last seen fleeing in a red Nissan pickup truck.

The victim sustained a lac­eration to his forehead, he was treated at the scene and was

later transported to Guam· Memorial Hospital.

The suspect is described to be a male, possibly local, 5'611

tall, heavy-set build, with a dark complexion.

The suspect was wearing a maroon shirt. H~ has a mus­tache and cross-set eyes.

If you have any information call GPD at 472-89 I 1 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 477-HELP.

Lin in the coming days. · The visits were being done

as part of efforts by the gar­ment industry to rekindle co­ordination with the Chamber.

The move shot off from con­cerns by other Chamber mem­bers who, according to Pierce, are worried their businesses, which are dependent on the

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These ·include insurance and transport firms.

The garment industry, ac­cording to Ayuyu, has "left its doors open for any Chamber members to visit."

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ADB on Marshalls:

Man hurt after electric shock

Lack of US aid oversight hindered development

By Tanya M.C. Mendiola Variety News Staff

DEDED0,Guam-A33-year­old man was hurt Wednesday after contact with high voltage power. line at the construction site of the Dededo Town Center.

According to Guam Fire De­prutmentPublic Information Of­ficer, Captain Gerard Terlaje a 91 \ call was made at 8:55 a.m.

Fire Engine 4 from Dededo, Medic 10 from Yigo and the Ad­vanced Life Support team re­sponded to the call.

Upon arrival. they found the man conscious and still respon­sive.

Capt. Terlaje said the man never lost consciousness throughout the incident which

Continued on page 56

Guam has ·new cops . . . By Jacob Leon Guerrero Vanety News Staff

HAGATNA -TI1e Guam Police Depmtmentissettoincreasethenum­b:r of p::ilice officers.

According to a press release from GPO. Governor Carl T.C. Gutierrez will deputize 28 police officers from the 38th pol ice cycle today at l 0:00 a.m., at a ceremony in the Governor's Conference Room, at Adelup.

The officers have completed

seven months of classroom rraining and will star1 a four week internship under experienced officers on the force. These officers will b: on the streets by the end of the month. Their internship will focus on enhancin.; basic field workskills in patrol func­tions, traffic investigations, crimi­nal investigations, ;ommunity re­lations, and crime prevention.

Two Superior Court Marshals, who have trained with the cycle will also b: deputized.

By Giff Johnson For rhe Variety

MAJURO -Pacific leaders at the South Pacific Forum in Pohnpei grappled with ways for island nations, many of them resource-poor, to increase their economic independence at a time of declining interest by foreign aid donors.

The Asian Development Bank is already backing major gov­ernment reform programs in the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. the Cook Islands and Vanuatu to cut bloated bureaucracies and pro­mote the private sector.

But the ADB contends that a key reason development initia­tives have largely failed to stimulate an economy in the Marshall Islands is because of the lack of American govern­ment oversight of nearly $1 bil­lion in grants and programs pro­vided to the Marshalls under a

Compact of Free Association that went into effect in 1986.

"The overwhelming reliance on grants from the United States without any conditions attached to ensure effective use of the funds has had pervasive and damaging effects on the Marshall Islands' ability to de­velop a productive economic base," the ADB says in a report, Asian Development Outlook 1998, a 256 page review of the economic status of its member nations.

Economic problems have "now reached the crisis stage because the government bor­rowed heavily against all future Compact resonrces," the report said. Foreign debt stood at$141 million in I 995 in a country whose national budget is about $80 million annually.

The ADB called the annual debt payments - which total about 25 percent of the national

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But despite changes in the Marsh alls tax structure, coupled with improved administration, that the ADB predicts "will pro­vide the Marshall Islands with one of the most economically efficient tax policy environ­ments in the Pacific," the Marshalis is being forced to lay off government workers and is considering a 12 percent pay cut for the public sector.

To resolve its serious debt problems the Mars halls must do more than balance its national budget, the ADB report said.

The government needs to have big money surpluses of more than 20 percent of the gross domestic product each year un­til 2001 "largely to meet princi­pal repayments," the report said.

Exports, however, remain minimal, and the Marshalls re­mains heavily dependent on continuing U.S. aid.

The ADB report predicts that emigration to the U.S. is likely to increase in the next several years as the job market in the Marshalls shrinks.

A provision of the Compact with the U.S. allows Marshall Islanders visa-free emigration rights to the U.S.

While the ADB said that fish­eries has the most potential for becoming a leading develop­ment force in the economy, "this sector suffers from several long­standing problems, including limited surveillance capabilities with respect to foreign fleets, lack of skills, high domestic costs, and inappropriate gov­ernment decisions."

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Palau seeks wage law changes KOROR (Palau Homon) - The House of Delegates is bent at correct­ing the shortcomings of the newly­approved Minimum Wage Law which establishes a per hour mini­mum wage of $2.50 in Palau.

This was learned from House Speaker Ignacio Anastacio in a recent interview wherein he stressed the need for the House to closely look into the law's "short­comings."

It would be noted that said legislation is among the top priority billsoftheHouseat the Fifth Olbiil Era Kelulau.

The Speaker has expressed discontent over some provisions of the law which, he said, are causing some discrimination.

"The minimum wage (law) does not discriminate its own citi­zen, emphasized Anastacio, add­ing that the law should be appli-

cable to all. "I feel strongly fo~ making

some important amendments to the law," the Speaker said, b:fore it is implemented on Januruy 1, 1999.

"It's wrong to create a two-tier piece of legislation," said Anastacio as he referred to the provision of the law which ex­empts non-profit organizations or businesses whose annual gross income is not more than $100,000.

Earlier, President Kuniwo Nakamura said that though the law is "imperfect" and has loop­holes, he signed it anyway because the law is "sufficiently clear to put employers on notice of their mini­mum-wage obligations."

"We'll have to take up neces­sary improvements in the Octo­ber(Regular) Session," Anastacio

said, and address the gray areas such as the provision that gives exemption for businesses earning not more than SI 00,CXXJ annually and its limitation for not providing a periodic raise of minimum wage level to cope with increases in the local consumer price index.

"A minimum wage is a mini­mum wage," the he said. r.,1LS1

Straub Clinic gives up to 40% discount to referred NMI patients

By Haldee V. Eugenio Valfety News Staff

DUETOtheDepartmentofPublic Health's timely payment of its ob­ligations to Straub Clinic and Hos­pital, Inc., a Hawaii-based health care provider, it has been given up to 40 percent discounted rates for every CNMI patient referred.

He.alth Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez, who just come back from Guam, yesterday told report­ers that his meeting with officials of Straub Clinic was "extremely succesful" with regards to medical referrals.

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Absence off athers disturbs family trend HONOLULU (Pacnews)-A disturbing trend in the United States, i;cause of increasing di­vorce rates and high non-marital births. is the absence of fathers in the lives of their children.

Marv Hm1sock. Director of 1he Hawaii Kids Court and a faculty member a1 the University of Hawaii's Center for the Family. made the comment at the Pan­Pacific and Sou1heast Asia Women's Association's regional seminar held at the Hawaiian Re-

gent Hotel. - Speaking on the changing roles of men and women in the family and society. Hartsock said the non­involvement of fathers in the fam­i I y often results in children par-1icipa1ing more in delinquent ac­tivi1ies.

Children in such families also are more likely to repeat a grade, have lower education expectations and lower average scores in school. which she says is espe­cially true for boys.

US may reopen Honiara embassy PALIKIR (Pacnews)-The United States government is con­sidering re-opening its embassy in Solomon Islands capital, Honiara. ·

The office was closed several years back as a result of cuts in the number of US diplomatic posts around the world.

This was revealed during discussions held between Solomon Islands and US representatives in the Federated States of Micronesian capital, Pohnpei, yesterday. •

Welcoming the move, Solomon Islands delegation leader, minister for national planning and development Fred Fono says the presence of US government in Solomon Islands is very important

He says the closure of the US embassy several years ago had inconvenienced a lot of people, especially in the issuance of visas.

Fire ravages Savaii island MELBOURNE (Pacnews)­Samoa' s agriculture minister. Solia Papu Vaai has described fires which ravaged more than a quarter of the drought stricken island of Savaii as a disaster.

He says plantations and farms were mainly damaged but no

casualty was reported. Solia says some 6-thousand

hectares of kava plants and co­coa trees were destroyed.

The fires were sparked off a month ago when farmers began clearing plots of land by burn­ing.

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Leaked mell)o: Japan bid to stop whale sanctuary POHNPEI, Micronesia (AP) -Japan launched a major diplomatic offensive to wreck plans for a South · Pacific whale sanctuary by arguing that whales would devastate the region's fish stocks if they were not killed, a leaked diplomatic cable re­vealed Wednesday.

The 29th South Pacific Forum in the Federated States of Micronesia on Tuesday endorsed proposals for the sanctuary, but only after a last­minute bid by Palau to give Japan the right to veto the sanctuary was re, jeered.

Palau's move infuriated Forum delegates who were in no doubt the veto plan was inspired by Japan, the biggest aid donor to island nations.

This was confmned by the release of a cable that Japan sent to the South PacificForumSecretariattobepassed on to Forum members.

"Suchnewsanctuary,aswellasthe existingwhalesanctuaries,alsocauses excessive and unnecessary protec-

tion of cetaceans, which would heavily damage appropriate balance of ma­rine ecosystem and could be destruc­tive for fisheries activities in the re­gion," the cable said. - "'Whales including blue whales, fin whales and bryde's whales con­sume large amounts of marine living resources than fisheries production," it said.

The cable claimed whales con­sumed I ITT million metric tons of marineresourcesinthesouthemherni­sphere, compared with only 2.7 mil­lion tons tak;:n by humans.

"Permanent ban for whaling or excessive protectipn of cetaceans would further decrease the food availability for our future genera­tions," it said.

Australian officials were scath­ing about Japan's claim.

They pointed out that whales largely eat kriJI and not the tuna and other major fish resources harvested commerciaJly in the

South Pacific. Australian Foreign Minister

Alexander Downer denounced Palau's proposal, saying it was not appropriatefortheForuminthe 1990s to be giving control of its affairs to outside powers.

Other delegates said the proposal was inviting a return to colonialism, and could for example mean allow­ing the region's tough anti-nuclear stance to be vetoed by France, an­other dialogue

partner. The support of the Forum will

greatly strengthen Australia and New Zealand's plan to have the sanctuary endorsed by the Inter­national Whaling Commission.

The South Pacific sanctuary would then be linked with sanctu­aries in the Southern and Indian Oceans and another planned for the South Atlantic, turning the entire southemhemisphere into a sanctuary for whales.

Fiji-Kiribati trade pact signing delay~d P ALIKIR (Pacnews)-A bilateral trade agreement to be signed between Fiji and Kiribati has been deferred to later this yearwhenKiribati celebrates its independence anniversary.

Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka and his counterpart from Kiribati, president Teburoro Tito were sched-

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Marshalls nuke fund in 'good shape' By Giff Johnson For the Variety

Majuro- Diversified invest­ments of a Marshall Islands nuclear compensation trust fund have limited losses dur­ing the most recent American stock market decline, said a fund manager from Smith Barney, which supervises the fund.

The Marshall Islands nuclear investment fund stands at about $87 million, with just $50 million left to pay over the next three years.

It started at $150 million 12 years ago.

Despite the recent drop in the American stock market, the Marshalls' fund remains "very healthy," said Smith Barney vice president George Dunn. on a visit to Majuro Thursday.

"There have been some con­cerns about the ability of the fund to make payments (re­quired by the Compact of Free Association with the United States)," he said.

"But with close to $40 mil­lion over (the amount left to pay) the fund's in pretty good shape."

Dunn said that diversifica-

tion - investments in differ­ent kinds of stocks as well as bonds - has proved to be a successful hedge against the current ups and downs of the stock market.

While the stock market de­clined about seven percent since the beginning of July, the Marshalls' fund dropped only two percent and that over­all the fund is up eight percent for the year to date, he said.

Despite the recent market drop, which Dunn described as a "correction," he called 1998 a "good year on the heels of three great years."

He said that the last three years were the three strongest consecutive years in the his­tory of the U.S. stock market.

He anticipates slower earn­ings for the rest of the year, with a possible market pickup in 1999.

In recent weeks, the U.S. stock market has been react­ing to the realization that the Asian financial problem won't go away and it will affect the U.S., Dunn said.

Since the beginning of the Compact of Free Association with the U.S. 12 years ago, the nuclear investment fund has

paid out S220 million to nuclear test-affected islanders from Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap and Utrik, to the Nuclear Claims Tribunal for compensation to other Marshall Islanders affected by the 66 American nucleartests, and for medical care in the islands.

About 68 percent of !he Marshalls' fund is invested in stocks, two percent in real es­tate and the rest in bonds -which have risen in strength as the stocks have dropped re­cently, Dunn said.

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The 18. 793-ton Panamanian­registered Sea Prospect, en route to Japan from Indonesia. sud­denly began tilting to one side Wednesday night. about 320 kilometers (200 miles) south­east of the southern island of Okinawa. said Yusuke Ono. a Maritime Safety Agency offi­cial.

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Rescue efforts continued Thurs­day for the missing. Ono said.

President Joseph Estrada (left) and Vice-President Gloria Macapagal (right) wave hankerchiefs "to receive the Lord's blessings" during the anniversary celebration of El Shaddai, a popular religious group, Sundayin Manila. AP

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Medalla, Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority, said the second-qu a.rter growth data will be marked by steep declines in agricultural and manufacturing production that were not offset by gains in the services sector.

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economist, said the poor eco­nomic performance in the sec­ond quarter could result in as much as a 1.5 percent fall in gross domestic product prin­cipally because of contraction in agriculture and. invest­ments.

To offset the decline, the industry and service sectors must grow by at least 5 per­cent in the second quarter for the GDP to rise by 2.5 per­cent, the low side of govern­ment estimates.

"This is a tall order," he said. "The recessionary momen­

tum is starting to accelerate in the Philippines," he said. "Al­though in fairness, it is nlikely to hit the dismal proportions being experienced by Thailand and Indonesia."

The gross national product in the first quarter grew 2.5 percent.

Medalla expects an im­provement in the economy over the rest of the year and that there will be GNP growth for 1998 as a whole.

However, comments by Meda Ila over the extent of the growth were open to wide in­terpretation.

Med all a said that government's target of GNP growing 2 percent-3 percent this year is still attainable.

The International Monetary Fund last week said the Phil­ippines will be "lucky" to post a I percent growth this year because of the sharp drop in agricultural production caused by a severe El Nino-induced drought.

"There will be modest growth," said Med all a, who had criticized the IMF's "irre­sponsible forecast." He added that growth may in fact be a "little bit lower than modest."

Still, the Philippine economy will at least grow this year, unlike many of its neighbors in the region. he said.

Two men balance a tall stack of used paint cans as they walk to place it in a truck in suburban Quezon City Tuesday. The cans are to be delivered in a recycling plant. AP

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$100M Palau resort project on By Palau Horizon News Staff

KOROR - At the far end of the idyllic hamlet of Ngermid, east of Koror, Hung Kuo devel­opers and their local counter­parts signalled the start of the development of a $100 million high-end resort, the biggest re­sort so far to be built in Palau.

The groundbreaking cer­emony for the Hung Kuo Re­sort, attended by a select group of guests to include some politi­cians and government officials, was given a touch ofrituals and symbolism to indicate the con­cern of the developers to pro­tect the environment while giv­ing a big boost to the country's

tourism industry and its economy as well.

In his speech, (Koror) Del. Allan Seid stressed the devel­opers' commitment to environ­mental protection as they agreed to build a monument in honor of the seacow (Dugong dugong).

Dugong, locally known as "mesekieu," is among the fast vanishing wildlife on the face of the earth.

This world's only herbivorus marine mammal has long been subjected to tremendous human pressure, butchered for their lus­cious, beef-tasting meat and threatened with the destruction of their habitat as a result of

land-based pollution. Dismally, only 200 dugongs remain out of the more than 2,000 dugongs that used to inhabit the Palauan waters. . The building of the Hung Kuo Resort in honor of the dugong, according to Seid, symbolically stands for the developers' "fore­most commitment to become a very active partner in Palau's endeavor in protecting its envi­ronment, natural tesources and the dugohg, itself."

According to Seid, it took five years before the investors could bring the whole project to a start, with capital investment ranging from a minimum of $90 million

to a maximum of $100 million. The resort is hoped to be inau­gurated by August 2, 2000.

The company is donating also funds to protect the environ­ment of Palau, Seid said as he noted of the mangrove reserve area at the right side of the re­sort that needs to be conserved.

Some special features of the resort include a very special health spa which will make use of indigenous medicinal herbs, a sauna, and a cultural center in the architectural form of "Bai" where local folk can display their craft such as wood carv-ing, weaving. (MLS)

New Mars.halls Cabinet to add credibility MELBOURNE(Pacnews)-A new cabinet lineup officially an­nounced by President Imata Kabua is expected to add cred­ibility and badly-needed experi­ence to the government.

Former opposition senators, Tony deBrum and Wildred Kendall are the new faces in the group. Mr de Brum is a former foreign minister and Mr Kendall was the Marshall's ambassador to Washington for ten years.

Three ministers were dropped from cabinet. .

They are Resources and De-

velopment Minister, Jiba Kabua -· the son of former President Amata Kabua, Justice Minister, Lames McKay and another minister, Litokwa Tomeing.

They were all long term gov­ernment backbenchers but each voted to ban gambling from the Marshall in late March, breaking ranks with President Kabua.

Mr deBrum, like the presi­dent has gambling interests and recently joined Kabua in an unprecedented lawsuit against the parliamentary speaker who refused to allow

them to vote on gambling­related legislation.

President Kabua said late . last week before leaving for the South Pacific Forum in the Federated States of Micronesia that he intended to form a coalition govern­ment with members of the opposition to bring new en­ergy to the cabinet to face the islands' severe economic problems.

Some members of the gov­ernment have privately ex­pressed dissatisfaction with the new cabinet.

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According to report on Kobe beheading:

Slain boys parents sue killer TOKYO (AP)-The parents of an elementary school student be­headed by a 14-year-old boy in western Japan last year have sued the killer and his parents for dam­ages. news reports said Wednesday.

The parents of Jun Hase filed the lawsuit with Kobe District court, seeking I 04 million yen ($722,000) from the killer, now 16, and his parents. Kyodo News agency and na­tional broadcaster NHK re-

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The decapitation and arrest of such a young killer stunned Ja­pan. Hase 's mutilated, severed head was found outside the front gate of a school in May 1997 with a note stuffed in its mouth calling police "fools."

The lawsuit argues that the teen-aged killer was old enough to know what he was doing. His parents, the Jaw-

suit said; were negligent in allowing already known ab­normal behavior by their son to continue and worsen, Kyodo reported.

The lawsuit was the first pri­vate legal action against the killer or his parents.

Kobe District Court officials were not available for com­ment late Wednesday.

The killer was convicted in October 1997 of the behead­ing of 11-year-old Hase, an­other killing and three other assaults and sent to a juvenile medical facility.

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Windows 98 big hit in Japan TOKYO (AP) - Sales in Ja­pan of Microsoft's new Win­dows 98 operating system topped 500,000 in the first month, more than triple the soft­ware giant's own forecasts, a news report said Wednesday.

More than 250,000 copies of the Japanese-language version were sold in the first two days after it hit store shelves here July 25, the Nihon Keizai

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Japanese consumers' appe­tite for the new operating sys­tem surprised Microsoft,

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The strong demand for Windows 98 has helped boost Japan's sagging com­puter market, with sales of personal computers rising by as much as 30 percent since the new system was released, the report said.

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Japan MPs battle over reform TOKYO (AP) - A political battle over the government's fi­nancial reform plans heated up Wednesday as opposition parties boycotted a key debate .on bills designed to clean up Japan's debt­ridden banks.

The debate on a series of bills aimed at reviving the nation's ail­ing financial system stalled Wednesday when opposition par­ties refused to attend a parliamen­tary committee meeting because of a dispute with the ruling Lib­eral Democrats over procedure.

The bills are seen as vital to saving Japan's economy and the delay dealt an immediate blow to Japan's markets. The benchmark stock average plunged 1.4 per­cent and the yen slipped against the dollar as investors worried that government deadlock could drive Japan deeper into recession.

"'If the opposition can block the proposals, in the worst-case sce­nario it could lead to another gen­eral e Jection," said Stephen Wood, senior equity salesman at ING Baring Securities. "That would lead to a delay in needed reforms."

Opposition lawmakers have vowed to resist the banking re­form bills, which they say would bail out poorly managed banks at public expense.

The ruling party's bills would allow the use of public money to take over ailing banks. Opposi­tion parties want the wording of the bills strengthened to ensure

·Ex.:.bank head denies ordering racketeer payoffs

TOKYO (AP)-A former chair-man of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank charged with getting the bank to extend payoffs to a corporate rack-cteerdenicd giving orders for such i !legal payments in court Wednes-day. a news report said.

Tadashi Okuda, 66, denied hav-ing stated in a deposition made during investigations that he gave instructions to extend l J _8 billion yen($ 81.9 million) in loans to a racketeer. K yodo News reponed.

"There was nothing of that sort. The content of the deposition was a product of the publir prosecu-tors' imagination," Okuda was quoted by Kyodo as telling the Tokyo District Court.

Court officials could not be reached for comment late Wednesday.

Dai-Ichi Kangyo is one of a handful of top companies impli-cated in a widening crackdown on so-called "sokaiya" racketeers who threaten to disrupt sharehold-ers' meetings with embarrassing company secrets unless they are paid off.

Okuda. who was indicted July last year with other DKB officials more than a month after resigning as chairman, said Joans were decided by a specific banking official.

"l have utmost respect for the au-tl1orityofthe official and would never interfere," he was 4uoted as saying.

Okuda. who wa~ DKB president from April I 992 t0Ap1il l 996before taking over the bank chairmanship, stepped down June 13 last yem· after the payoff scandal came to light.

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that public funds are used only as a last resort.

The opposition has focused its criticism on Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi' s plan to use public money to save the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd. The government wants to clean up the bank's bad loans before a pro­posed merger with Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co.

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Embattled Singaporean lawmaker:

' h offer not sincere' SINGAPORE(AP)-Anoppo­sition lawmaker sued by Singapore's prime ministec said Wednesday he doubts the sincer­ity of the premier's offer to waive huge court damages in exchange for an apology.

The Court of Appeal last month upheld a lower court ruling against veteran opposition politician J.B. Jeyaretnam for defaming Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, and ordered him to pay Goh 100,000 Singapore dollars($ 58,800).

Goh offered to waive the dam­ages if J.eyaretnam apologizes in terms of the Court of Appeal rul­ing. which said the opposition leader spoke in malice when he said in 1996 that another Work­ers' Party leader had filed a pol ice report against "Goh and his people."

Jeyaretnam, however, said on Wednesday that the apology re­quested by Goh would ruin his defence in other lawsuits he is facing. Seven other top Singapore

officials, including former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. now a senior minister, are suing him over the same statement.

"I am beginning to have very serious doubts whether Mr. Goh is sincere," Jeyaretnam said in a statement. "In my apology which I earlieroffered, I had praised him for acting like a statesman."

Jeyaretnam said last week that he had offered to apologize for the hurt caused by his statements. Not content with that apology,

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"If Mr. Goh, despite my accep­tance now, wishes to proceed with bankruptcy proceedings, so be it," Jeyaretnam said.

In addition to damages, Jeyaretnam also stands to pay about 150,000 Singapore dollars ($ 88,000) in court costs.

Goh Chok Tong

Goh' s lawyers on Tuesday took steps to proclaim Jeyaretnam bankrupt.

The case was used as an ex~ ample in this year's U.S. State Department Human Rights Re­port. which said the Singapore government uses legal processes such as libel and defamation suits to stifle freedom of speech and intimidate the political opposi­tion.

Under Singapore law, Jeyaretnam will lose his place in Parliament if proclaimed bank­rupt. He is one ofonly three oppo-

Jeyaretnam 's comments about the police report against Goh were accurate, but a lower court ruled the statement contained defama­tory innuendo.

Singapore, Netscape launch online venture

By JASMINA KUZMANOVIC SINGAPORE (AP)- Singapore's government-owned trade net­work linked up with a U.S.-based Netscape Communications Corpo­rations on Wednesday in a deal that will boost electronic commerce in the region through the Internet.

The agreement will combine Singapore Network.Seivice's exist­ing customer base of 20,000 users in industries and government

organizations with Netscape's software and expertise in Internet commerce.

"SNS is recognized as a premier electronic commerce provider in Asia, with an impressive user base in Singapore and the region," Netscape President Jim Barksdale said in a press conference.

He said that SNS' s qualities "complement perfectly with Netscape's pioneeting vision, technology and worldwide expertise."

"The combined strengths of SNS and Netscape make this a world­class partnership," said Barksdale.

In the lecture before the signing ceremony, Barksdale spoke about the fast emerging "net e.conomy" expected to cormect through the Internet more than 1.3 million companies around the world by 2000.

By 2002, Forrester Research estimates the e-commerce market value to hit $300 billion. In Singapore alone trading on the Internet is expected to grow from the current $5 million to$ I billion by 2001.

Barksdale said the net economy presents a "unique opportunity for Asia to jumpstart an economic recovery" by streamlining their operations with Internet-based technologies and building on-line businesses to penetrate into new international markets.

Cyber technology has already penneated every walk of life in this affluent island nation of 3.1 million. The Singapore government is now the first to mobilize the whole nation into the net economy.

SNS' managing director Pearleen Chan said the agreement will give Singapore a chance to be a "major player in the net economy that is so rapidly evolving worldwide."

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Habibie marks 100 days in office By GEOFF SPENCER

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -When BJ. Habibie became presi­dent of Indonesia in May. few thought he had the su-ength or savvy to last long.

Although Indonesia has yet to come co grips with an eco~omic crisis and rolling political tum10il. his position seems to have at least stabilized as he approaches \'00 days in office on Friday.

He has tried hard to shed once close links to the discredited re­gime of fom1cr President Suhaito 'and to cultivate the image of a democratic reformer dedicated to human rights and honest financial management.

Some observers say he's achieved more than most had thought possible.

"So far so good:· said William Liddle. an Indonesian expert from Ohio State University.

Others continue to doubt Habibie 's ability to guide the world· s fourth most populous na­tion through deep economic prob­lems and dangerous political times.

In a scathing editorial recently, the Jakarta Post described him as "an enatic leader" whose deeds don't match his words.

Habibie was forced to move quickly when he took .the oath of office on May 21 after serving as Suharto's vice president.

Troops and tanks were on the su-eets of riot-tom Jakarta.

Foreigners and frightened mem­bers of the ethnic Chinese minor­itv, blamed for the economic crisis ~d the target of much of the vio­lence, packed the airport to evacu­ate.

The deadly street violence had killed 1,200 people and had just pushed his powerful predecessor out of office. ending a32-yearreign.

The economy, hardest-hit by Asia's financial meltdown, was in tatters and seemed set to worsen, leading to fears of more violence.

Protesting srudents, who cheered when they heard that Suharto had quit. immediately called for Habibie to be put on trial. even hanged.

As a buddv of Suharto for 40 years and a C;binet minister for 20

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years, Habibie was widely de­nounced as a frontman for the old autocrat, himself the target of accu­sations over conuption and human rights abuses.

"Habibie still hasn't released himself from shadows of his pre­decessor Suharto," said Amein Rais, the leader of a 28-million member Islamic group who is shap­ing up as a serious political rival to Habibie.

Nevertheless, determined to make his own mark on the presi-

dency, Habibie has wound back some of Suhai;to's repression and has cut off many of lucrative deals that had enriched the ex-leader's family and cronies for decades.

"lam not a puppet (of Suharto)," Habibie protested in a recent inter­view.

He has even launched an inquiry into Suharto-era corruption and has pledged not to stand in the way of the prosecutors if they find any wrongdoing.

Habibie has also announced a sweeping program of democratic refoITI1.

The once-muzzled press is now free to report and comment.

Demonstrations, brutally sup­pressed by the military before, have become routine affairs.

He has released more than 100 political prisoners put behind bars by Suharto's regime and has prom­ised to set free more.

He has made an unprecedented apology for human rights aU'ocities carried out under Suharto.

He has reopened talks in the United Nations to bring peace to

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East Timar, which has endured a guerrilla war ever since Suharto ordered Indonesian U'oops to in­vade the ex-Portuguese colony in 1975.

Unlike Suharto, a retired army general, Habibie, a GeITI1an-edu­cated engineer, has no ties with the powerful military.

Still senior generals have consis­tently pledged their loyalty as they themselves set about refoITI1ing their own ranks.

In the wake of May political change, the anned forces have faced a barrage of allegations of past crimes and is currently the subject of major inquires over the shooting and abduction of anti-Suharto ac­tivists. On Monday, Lt. Gen. Prabowo Subianto, a son-in-law of Suharto, was fired amid suspicion he ordered the kidnappings of po-litical activists. ·

Habibie most ambitious refoITI1s, however, are in the political arena.

Stability-obsessed Suharto used to allow only three closely moni­tored parties to operate in a tightly controlled political system.

More than 50 new parties have been established .since Habibie lifted the ban on the foITI1ation of new political organizations.

Parliamentaryelectionsaretobe held in May 1999 and will be fol­lowed by the selection of a presi­dent a few months later by the nation's top legislative body, the People's Consulative Assembly.

Confident of his popularity, Habibie says he 'II stand if the people want him.

In a state of the nation address to Parliament on Aug. 15 Habibie out­lined a vision for "a just and open democratic society" without the scourge of corruption.

But some remain unconvinced that much has fundamentally changed.

As a trusted Suharto aide for two decades, Habibie, himself has been accusednepotismandothermisdeeds.

Critics groaned earlier this month when he awarded medals of honor to family members and close aides, in­cluding bestowing the nation's high­est civilian award to his wife.

Earlier, after showing compassion for poor people unable to cope with soaring food prices, Habibie publicly suggested that Indonesia's 202 mil­lion people fast every Monday and 11mrsday to ease the need for iice imports.

Financial markets have been slow to warm to Habibie as the economy lurches through its worst crisis in decades.

The rupiah, although m~ginally recovered, remains weak and vulner­able. Foreign investment has dried up.

1-labibie maintains that confidence must return bef01e economic.recov­ery can begin. But he, himself, might be part of the problem.

Some analysts still remember Habibie in his role of Suharto's tech­nology and research minister who was often criticized for sponsoring high-tech projects that the cash­strapped nation can now ill afford.

They find it hard to nust 1-labibie, even though he has enthusiastically pursued tough economic refoITI1S re­quired under a multibillion-dollar In­ternational Monetary Fund rescue package.

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cracks down on gangs HONG KONG (AP) - Police staged about two dozen raids and arrested 15 people for al­leged money laundering in con­nection with a cross-border gang, police said Wednesday.

The arrests are the latest in a series by Chinese and Hong Kong police to crack down on criminal activities related to 43-year-old Hong Kong gang boss Cheung Tze-keung, alias "Big Spender."

Last month, Cheung and 31 members of his gang were ar­rested in China on charges of kidnapping, murder, and armed robbery. The gang allegedly kid­napped two Hong Kong busi­nessmen for more than 1.6 bil­lion Hong Kong dollars (U.S. S

· 205 million) in ransom. Hong Kong police also issued

restraint orders against the as­sets of 17 relatives of Cheung. More than 160 million Hong Kong dollars (U.S.$ 20.5 mil­lion) in property, bank accounts, and vehicles are restrained un­der the order.

Form.er HK· company .... · chairman.· cltarged. · .for fraud HONG KONG (AP) - A former chairman of Hong Kong's Allied Group, which was involved in one of the territory's biggest commercial crimes, was charged Wednes­day for conspiracy to defraud, police said.

Lee Ming-tee, 58, a Malay­sian-Chinese, was charged with "various offenses involving conspiracy to defraud," a police statement said.

He was arrested Tuesday night at a mainland border checkpoint when leaving Hong Kong. A police spokeswoman refused to give further details.

Allied came under investiga­tion in 1992 for shares deals between January 1990 and May 1992 that regulator:, said may have breached the territory's takeover and disclosure rules.

The Hong Kong government said in 1993 that the probe into the property and manufacturing group uncovei-ed evidence that company executives side­stepped shareholder-protection rules and disguised share trans­actions.

It said the investigation showed standards of commer­cial corporate conduct that gave serious cause for concern, but did not say at the time what legal action it planned to take.

The 100 million Hong Kong dollar (U.S. dlrs 12.8) probe was the most expensive commercial crime investigation in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Standard said.

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The 15 arrested by Hong Kong police are still being detained for questioning.

Although no official informa­tion was ever released on the kidnapping, Hong Kong papers said they were believed to be tycoons from two of Hong Kong's wealthiest property de­velopment companies.

Chinese police also charged gangsters with murdering a mainland Chinese businessman and a Hong Kong resident, armed robbery at seven gold shops and smuggling explosives into Hong Kong.

In late July, police seized about 40 million yuan (U.S. $ 4.8 million) in cash, 11 vehicles, 50 properties worth 40 million yuan (U.S. $ 4.8 million), guns and explosives, according to Chinese state media.

Police officers surround the site where Hong Kong radio host Albert Cheng is lying in a pool of bloqd (le~t) after he was attacked by two men last August 19 out~ide the ra?io stat!on just before his show. Police sard the motive of the attack was unknown, but some legislators sard he might have been attacked because of his no-holds-barred commentaries. AP

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Israeli curfew raises tension By SAMAR ASSAD

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) - An Israeli curfew has -con­fined Hiyam Miyawi to her home for the past six days. All around her in the Israeli-con­trolled sector. metal shutters are locked and the streets are eerily st i 11.

Just a few doors down. in the Palestinian-run area. the city is alive and housewives in long robes haggle with vendors at an outdoor market.

.. I can see them from my win­e.low. If I yelled out to the gro­cer. he woulc.l be able to hear what l need ... Mrs. Miyawi. 36. a mo\her of four, said Wednes-

day. The curfew. first imposed last

Friday after Palestinian mili­tants killed a rabbi in his Hebron home. has heightened the divi­sion among the 130.000 Pales­tinians and 450 Jewish settlers in this city.

Israel says keeping Palestin­ians who live near the Jewish enclaves indoors is the only way to cool tempers and prevent re­venge attacks by Jewish settlers. But Palestinians see the restric­tions as collective punishment rather than protective custody.

When the curfew is lifted briefly each day to allow Pales­tinians to get food. people from

both sides fight each other with fists and stones.

On Wednesday. about 30 set­tlers huddled outside the Jewish enclave of Beit Hadassah and waited for a break in the cur­few. As the first Palestinian pe­destrians walked by on their way to buy vegetables at an outdoor market. the settlers tried to block their path. threw stones and shouted. ··Go home:· Israeli sol­diers surroundec.l the Palestin­ians and walked them to safety.

In other confrontations. the children of settlers have over­turned vegetable carts in the Arab market.

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A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem is detained Wednesday by Israeli border police officers in an alley in the old city of Jerusalem on suspicion that he threw a bottle at them. AP

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living in the Israeli sector are in their homes. the settlers focus their anger on Palestinian jour­nalists allowed to move freely.

Since the killing. Jewish set­tlers have cursed at journalists. pushed them. grabbed their cam­eras and pelted them with eggs.

Israeli soldiers usually move in to separate the two sides. but settlers are rarely detained for accosting Palestinians.

Noam Federman. once a lead­ing figure in the outlawed anti­Arab Kach Party, said Palestin­ians should not be allowed to feel safe.

They crossed a line, he said, when they killed Rabbi Shlomo Raanan in his own home and made every Jewish resident of Hebron feel like a potential tar­get.

Palestinian militants have killed several Hebron settlers in recent years. but the previous kill­ings always took place on the street.

'"With every Arab who walks in the street, we will have to assume he is a terrorist. and we will treat him accordingly ... Federman said.

The Palestinian Authority has done little to defuse tension. The Palestinians' West Bank secu-

rity chief. Jibril Rajoub. has re­fused to try to catch the killer. believed to have fled to the Pal­estinian-controlled sector.

On four occasions. Palestin­ian school children have thrown stones from the Palestinian sec­tor at Israeli troops and settlers.

Palestinian police made only half-hearted efforts to stop them.

··[t is either us or them. They are the enemy. and they always will be," said Mrs. Miyawi.

On Wednesday. she got so frustrated with being cooped up at home that she decided to go out and shop before the curfew was lifted.

She managed to get to the Palestinian side but was stopped by two Israeli soldiers on the way back.

The soldiers told her to turn back, but she argued with them as she carried two plastic bags crammed with groceries. Finally, she lifted her free hand and told them. 'Tm not going to listen to you. I'm going to go. Do what­ever you have to c.lo."

She walked on. The soldiers did not stop her. apparently de­ciding it was not worth starting a riot over one woman and her gro­ceries.

llamas leader calls for boycott of US products

By IBRAHJM BARZAK GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The founder of the Islamic militant group Hamas urged Arab and Muslim states Wednes­day to boycott American prod­ucts and called for a one-day fast to protest last week's U.S. air strikes in Sudan and Afghani­stan.

Sheik Ahmed Yassin spoke at a rally attended by 300 support­ers in Gaza City. The crowd chanted ··God is great'" and ··Death to Israel and America" and burned Israeli and U.S. flags.

Yassin said his group has be­gun collecting money to rebuild the Sudanese factory destroyed in the U.S. attack.

The air strikes targeted sites linked to Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden who is sus­pected of having masterminded

the bombings of two U.S. em­bassies in East Africa earlier this month.

Yassin told his followers it was time for the Arab world to take action. "We call upon all the Arab and Islamic countries to start an economic embargo against U.S. products," Yassin said. "I call on every Muslim to fast tomorrow in a sign of soli­darity with the people in Sudan."

Yassin reiterated that his group would remain focused on its struggle against Israel. "Weare notwillingtoopen fire on America,·· Y assin said. "Our battle is with the Israeli entity.

When we fight Israel, we are fighting America.''

Hamas, whichopposesthepeace process with Israel, has carried out more than a dozen suicide bomb­ings in Israel since 1994.

Palestinian members of Islamic fundamentalist groups chant anti­American slogans Wednesday during a rally in Gaza in support of Sudan and Pakistan following the US attack on sites within those countries. AP

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DHAKA. Bangladesh (AP) -

Surging tlood waters washed away a bridge over an irrigation canal. snapping links between the capital and 19 southern dis­tricts. an official ,aid Wednes­da).

\lost of the 120-foot (J6-meten bridge o,·er the canal on the Daultadia-Khulna Highway was washed awa\' Tuesday. said an official :H th~ Comm~nica-tion Ministry.

Engineers were trying to re­store road linb. he said on con­dition of anonYmitv. The area is l :,6 k i lomcter~ \ ~5 -mi !es) south­m: st of capital Dhaka.

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A restless mother and her baby sleep at Dhaka's diarrhea hospi­tal on Sunday as they fight against the water-borne disseases. At least 45 people have died of diar­rhea in flooded Bangladesh. AP

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At the height of the demon- ment from Denmark's Social stration, more than I 00 Democratic Party, "should be ac-Myanmarstudents and Thai pro- cepted and respected by all par-democracy activists had been ties. It is already there but should

encamped outside the embassy. be used." Late last week more than a dozen Myanmar is in a different situ-began a hunger strike. ation since becoming a member

Police confirmed an an- of the regional Association· of nouncement from the students SoutheastAsianNationslastyear. that the last 16 Myanmar stu- becoming more closely tied to the dents had been detained global community, said PD

Wednesday. Fourteen others Burma. had been taken away Sunday If nations such as Myanmar

· and Monday. expect to benefit from the aid of A news release from the All such international organizations

Burma Students' Democratic as the World Bank and the In-Front said three Thai protestors ternational Monetary Fund, they were not held but were forced to should understand the premises leave the area. It also said that - - -· · · · of human rights and democrati-police pulled down all the post- ~ TJf ~~icemfa~ s.tands near t~e tent 9f Myanmar students and dissidents reside in Thailand wh~ are on zation, said-Degn. ers that had been put up by the e ,,, ay o t eir hunger strike outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok Monday. AP "Economics-markets-de-

protestors. and expressed concern over the The group called on the mocracy. These things cannot

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the Myanmar protestors would stage po 1t1ca protests. a new visit by a United Nations s e said. "All of us are con-U.N. consultative committee, al-not be charged with any crime, nected economics-wise."

but instead would be taken to holding centers near the Myanmar border.

The move to clear the demon­strators came after Myanmar diplomats protested to the Thai Foreign Ministry that the pro­testers were interferring with their work.

The Thai government has asked the students to move their protest across the street from the em­bassy, but the students did not comply.

A group of European and Asian lawmakers meeting here Wednesday announced their support of the Myanmar opposition's call for the parlia­ment elected eight years ago to be seated.

The International Network of Political Leaders Promoting De­mocracy in Burma - known as PD Burma, for short - warned Myanmar's military against us­ing violence to prevent parlia­ment from convening. Myanmar is also known as Burma.

The group, holdi11g its annual meeting, has as its objective pro­moting freedom of speech, re­spect for human rights and de­mocratization in Myanmar.

Myanmar's military govern­ment held parliamentary elections in 1990, but refused to allow par­liament to convene after a land­slide victory by the pro-democ­racy opposition. Scores ofwould­be members of parliament were jailed, forced to resign their posi­tions, or fled into exile.

The main opposition party, the National League for Democ­racy, earlier this year demanded the government seat parliament by Aug. 21. After the deadline was not met, it said it would convene the parliamentary ses­sion on its own. The govern­ment has warned that ;uch an action would be illegal.

Members of PD Burma, speaking at a news conference, said they would also press for a dialogue between the military regime and the parliament-elect,

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A month after Cambodia elections: .

Protest highlights deadlock By KER MUNTHIT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - With Cambodia no closer to end­ing p:ilitical nnmoil a month after parliamental)' elections, opp:isition leaders declared Wednesday their

followers were willing to brave bul­lets and grenades to protest against strongman Hun Sen.

Some 5,00J people remained in a park across from the National As­sembly in the third day of a sit-in,

protesting alleged electoral fraud and demanding that Hun Sen _ the de­clared victoroftheJuly26polls_step down. · The leaders of the opp:isition par: ties, Prince Norodom Ranariddh and

Opposition politicians Prine~ Norodom Ranariddh (left) and Sam Rainsy j~in their hands in innaugurating De:71ocracy Square at the site of the March 1997 grenade attacks located m front of the National Assembly butldmg ,n Phnom Penh on Wednesday. The two leaders visited their supporters who vowed to continue their sit-in protest against election fraud, defying authorities' demands to relocate. AP

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Sam Rainsy, rejected government demands to move the protest to a sports stadium but agreed to work more closely with police on concerns abouthygieneandpickpocketsamong the crowd.

Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy said their followers remained committed to overturning what they called wide­spread electoral fraud and were pre­pared face violence.

Tuesday ,Sam Rainsy's party asked the U .N. to send monitors to the park, claiming he had received reports that elements within the government planned to kill him.

The park was the scene of a gre­nade attack last year against a Sam Rainsy-led protestthaikilled l 6people and wounded more than 100. Hun Sen has been widely blamed for the attack, but denies responsibility.

A United Nations-brokered mid­night meeting between Interior Min­istry officialsand theopp:isition lead­ers apparently averted a police crack­down planned for Wednesday morn­ing.

More meetings between U.N. and government officials were held Wednesday, but no progress was re­ported. .

"Both agree thai if there is any confrontation, there will be no ben­efit, eve!J'lhing will be lost," said Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak.

The park_ dubbed "Democracy Square"bytheopposition_ wasasea of makeshift blue tarpaulin tents sepa­rate by little paths. Supp:irters handed out baskets of free food, and even the poor were making donations of crumpled banknotes to keep up the protesL

'The people will not move," Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy said in a writtenstatemenL "ltisapublicplace, it is the site of the National Assel.1}bly thatismeanttorepresentthepeople's will, and it is a place where the people havelefttheirbloodinthestrugglefor freedom."

Tneirdefianceheightenedconcems of renewed bloodshed if Hun Sen's

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patience wears out with the political stalemate thathasonly deepened since last month's elections.

Though international observers gave a credible bill of health to the voting day and first day of counting, the opposition has alleged hundreds ofcasesoffraudin the IOdaysittook to finish the counL They also said widespread violence and intimida­tion before the vote poisoned the outcome.

They have challenged a formula whereby Hun Sen's party garnered 64 of the assembly's 122 seats, a slight majority giving him first right to form a government of the two­thirds needed to rule alone.

The opposition leaders threaten to boycott the assembly, preventing a government from forming, and have rejected Hun Sen's offers to form a coalition until their concerns are ad­dressed.

The parties still have a month be­fore_ the new assembly is scheduled to meetforthefirsttimeSept24,butthe lack of any visible progress in resol v­ing the dispute is making ordinary people highly nervous.

Hun Sen toppled Ranariddh as his co-prime minister last year in a bloody coup and called the elections in an effort to win back lost international legitimacy and aid.

The prince had won U.N.-spon­sored polls in 1993, but was forced to share power when Hun Sen threat­ened civil war.

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NW strike threatens deliveries By JUSTIN HYDE

DETROIT (AP) - It's not just travelers who could find them­selves grounded by a pilots' strike at Northwest Airlines.

Flowers. fresh fish and funerals could all be delayed without the cargo space inside Northwest planes. And businesses that have come to rely on getting their sup­plies just as they need them might face shortages.

Northwest told its cargo cus­tomers earlier this week that it would no longer accept any ship­ments after midnight Wednesday. The company also canceled doz­ens of flights into and out of De­troit.

said Wednesday. A Jack of space for freight "can

do a lot of coJlateral damage," he said. "There's a whole series of business that are affected."

The first businesses affected would be the freight consolida­tors that handle shipments.

Last year. the company can-ied about 800million pounds of cargo worldwide. Through June of this year. Northwest had moved about .30 percent of the cargo that left Detroit Metropolitan Airport _ roughly 29 million pounds (13 million kilos). Grounding that much cargo capacity could do more harm than the cuts in pas­senger service. Gov. John Engler

A Northwest Airlines jet heads for the runway as passengers watch in the terminal at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday in Chicago. Northwest said that 170 of 1,700 flights would be canceled Friday and 230 flights would be canceled Saturday if a strike is not averted. AP

Northwest Airlines spokesman Jon Austin listens to a question during a news conference Wednesday where he announced the cancellation of several flights. AP

Argents International export su­pervisor Angie Poirier said the company had started to avoiding Northwest because of the threat of a strike, but 'Tm sure we will run into problems because other airlines will be handling the over-

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"I've got live fish that comes in from overseas. Most other airlines don't even want to touch that."

In addition to its cargo, North­west has also handled about 80 percent of the mail shipped through Detroit. Cesta Ayers of the U.S. Postal Service said the current routes and facilities are now being reviewed.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)- The Red Cross appealed Tuesday for donations to help Kenyans re­coverfrom a bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi.

The appeal for dlrs 563,000 is intended to support a Kenya Red Cross program of medical and social assistance, backed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societ­ies, spokesman John Sparrow said.

At least 247 people were killed and more than 5,400 in­jured by the explosion. Twelve people were killed in a nearly simultaneous bombing in Tan­zania.

"'Many people require surgery and care for which they do not have the means. Many disabled can no longer practice their pro­fession," said Al Pachino, chief of the federation's Nairobi del­egation. "'Extended families have lost breadwinners. Chil­dren have lost parents. With all the trauma, injury and vulner­ability this tragedy has brought we must ensure that no one fal Is through the safety net the coun­try is constructing."

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Reno: Check Gore phone calls By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno opened a new preliminary inves­tigation Wednesday to determine if an an independent counsel is needed for a full probe of Vice President Al Gore's telephone calls soliciting campaign contri­butions, officials said.

This was the second time Reno she has authorized a 90-day ex­amination by Justice attorneys into the 45 telephone calls Gore made from his office in the fall of 1995 and spring fo 1996. Last Decem­ber, she closed a similar 90-day probe of Gore's calls, saying there wasn't evidence to warrant seek­ing an independent counsel.

As required by the independent counsel law, Reno transmitted her decision to a three-judge court that picks counsels, but the court did not immediately authorize her to publicly disclose it, according to officials who spoke on condi­tion of anonymity. The depart­ment said it would have no an-

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno or­dered on Wednesday a limited Justice Department review of the 30-year-old assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., department officials said.

The review is more limited than the national commission sought by the King family, whose mem­bers have expressed doubts about the official version that James Earl Ray, acting alone, shot King on the balcony of a Memphis, Ten­nessee, motel April 4, 1968.

The officials, who spoke on con­dition of anonymity, said the re­view would examine some new allegations not covered by the pre­vious federal inquiries that blamed the assassination on Ray.

The allegations to be reviewed include those by former Mem­phis bar owner Lloyd Jowers and former FBI agent Donald Wilson, both of whom suggested there may have been a· conspiracy in­volving additional people besides Ray.

In March, after 30 years of si­lence, Wilson said that after the assassination, he took papers from Ray's car that support claims of a conspiracy. Wilson, who worked in the FBI's Atlanta office in 1968, claimed to have found an enve­lope containing two pieces of paper with the name "Raul" written on them.

Ray died in prison this year serving a sentence for killing King, but he had long ago dis­avowed his initial confession and spent years futilely seeking a new trial. Ray contended he was set up by a shadowy gun­runner named Raoul, a man whose existence has never been verified. The FBI discounted Wilson's story.

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nouncement on the case Wednes­day.

Reno's decision means she has found a specific allegation Gore committed a crime which requires more probing. But it does not mean she will name an indepen­dent counsel.

Justice officials have said that unless more evidence emerges during the 90 days this second inquiry also will be closed with­out seeking a special prosecutor.

These officials also said Reno continues to weigh whether to start a separate 90-day prelimi­nary inquiry into the role of former White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes in campaign fund raising.

The Ickes matter was said by Justice officials to appear more serious at this point than the Gore calls.

But because Ickes is not a cov­ered person under the indepen­dent counsel act, there was no deadline for a decision on him.

In Gore's case, Reno went right up to a deadline set by the Inde­pendent Counsel Act for making a decision on the next step _ a practice she has repeated several times in nearly two years of a Justice Department investigation of campaign fund raising for the 1996 election.

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Gore has said his calls were to solicit only permitted "soft­money" contributions_ intended for party building and issue ads, and not for specific campaigns

Last December, Reno con­cluded the available evidence then suppoited his contention and she

closed a 90-day preliminary in­quiry into the Gore calls without seeking an independent counsel.

Gore spokesman Chris Lehane said the Justice Department has not told the vice president of any decision on a 90-day review.

"Whereverthis process may go and in whatever stage it may end, we 're completely confident that it will show that the vice president's actions were legal and proper," Lehane said Wednesday evening.

Reno's decision on Gore comes just weeks after a House commit­tee recommended that the House find her in contempt for refusing to tum over copies of two memos recommending appointment of an independent counsel to investi­gate campaign fund raising.

One memo, dated July 16, is from Charles LaBella, former chief of the Justice Department's campaign task force, and the other was written last fall by FBI Direc­tor Louis Freeh.

The House has not voted on the contempt motion.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Planet Hollywood restaurant bombed in Cape Town. South Africa. may have been targeted because of its U.S. links. the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.

""There remains the possibil­ity that the responsible person or group may carry out further such attacks:· the department said.

As a result, Americans in all urban areas in South Africa were cautioned to be extremely care­ful. They were advised to avoid large crowds. demonstrations and other potentially volatile situations.

The restaurant, located in a waterfront tourist area of Cape Town, is locally owned. The risk of another attack is hi 2hest in the Cape Town area, the ;tate­ment said .

Earlier, James Foley, a de­partment spokesman, said he was not aware of any American casualties among the two people killed and 27 injured in the blast Tuesday.

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By TED BRIDIS WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is investigating whether Microsoft tried to dis­courage computer chip maker Intel from developing new tech­nology that Microsoftdidn 't want produced, a person close to the case said Wednesday.

The New York Times, citing an August 1995 memo from an un­named Intel executive, said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was "livid" about Intel's '"invest­ments in the Internet and wanted them stopped."

An Intel executive wrote the document after a meeting among Gates, Intel Chairman Andy Grove andothersduringwhich''Gatesmade vague threats about support for other (non-Intel) platforms."

Microsoft denied it unduly influ­enced Intel.

The memo wa~ among documents that Intel, underci vii subpoena, turned over to federal and state officials pre­paring a broad antitrust case against Microsoft, which is set for trial Sept 23 in Wa~hington.

Intel declined to talk about what infonnation it's been ordered to tum over, but spokesman Chuck Mulloy said: "It's not unusual for a company like Intel to be asked for information in conjunction with investigations. We cooperate fully with authorities."

Although the pending case does not include allegations about Microsoft's behavior toward Intel, a person close to the govemment · s GL<;e

said tl1cy might be raised du1ing the t.Iial.

"'We Gm 't speculate about what new kinds of allegations tl,e govern­ment may make leading up to the trial." Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan replied.

1l1e Justice Department and 20 states accuse Microsoft of trying to use iL~ maiket dominance from its popular Windows software to stifle competition and hurt consumers.

Another person dose to the case said Wednesday that Gates is to be interviewed by government investi­gators for two days staJting Thursday at Microsoft's headqumters near Se­attle.

The implication raised in the latest charges is that Microsoft. tl1e world's most influential softwm-c maker. wa~ so aggressi vc tl1at it sought to smother even fledgling technoloi,,y developed by Intel. tl1c world's largest makerof computer microprocessors.

A frequent Microsoft ciitic. Mike Pcnitoftl1e Project to Promote Com­petition and Innovation in the Digital Age, said tl1e behavioralleged is "like General Motors trying to keep Fords and Honda~ off the road."

'This kind of predatory pressure and misconduct by Micrcsoft is the

kind of misconduct that prompted Intel have had disputes in the past NSPtech~ologydidn'tworkwithhis Grove said in a 1996 intei.'iew with ourlawsuittoprotectconsumersand Oneinvolvedlntel'sdecisioninl995 upcoming Windows 95, one of F M · • 11· f rod " "d ortune agazme. mnova on o new P ucts, sru to develop a new technology called Microsoft'smostimportantsoftware ··we basically caved." Attorney General Richard NativeSigna!Processing,atechnique products. After talks between "'When they develop things that Bthlumenthal of Connecticut, among to use instructions from Intel's chips, Microsoft and Intel, Intel decided not will not be compatible, we let them

e 20 states suing Microso~ rather than software code from to pursue NSP. kn b th · ow, ut eycancontmuetodoit," The Justice Department refused Microsoft, to run multimedia and ·'Iadmitweweredumbenoughnot said Microsoft's Cullinan. "They can

comment communications programs more to understand that the software we d 1 · Alth eve op thmgs that are compatible oughtheirproductsareclosely quickly. developed was actually contrary to withcompetitors,andwedothesame.

linked by the public, Microsoft and Gates complained then that Intel's someofthefeaturesofWindows95," This is not an exclusive relationship."

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Orders to U.S. factrnies for durable goods. big-ticket items expected to

last at least three years. rose 2.4 per­cent to a seasonally adjusted dlrs 187.5 billion. the Commerce Depart­ment said Wednesday.

111e increase far exceeded projec­tions by analysts. who had expected spilloverfromA~ia 'seconomicslump would hold growth in orders to a standstill.

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p,, CN/1' Public Schoo: Svslem llorouoh the CNMI Procurement & Supply is soliciti~% for co';,ipeli;,;,e seo:ed biJding for lhe renovot,on of O:eoi Elementarb~chool/es:rogmi l~i~~ duplicore will be accepfed2·00ot rhe CSN~:1 Prgcu;rtf?'fs ~ls~R~;; tim~c~~'1i.oo~d gloce oil Bose Sa,pon no later than . p.m .. ep em er . f . ,. d d t and b:ds will be opened and read aloud Any bids received ofter the a oremendone a e time \viii noi be occeptec "Jn:jer any c.1cumstonces

; bond of ;5s; of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security maybe a certified ~lieck cosh·e(s check. bid bond or other forms acceptable by the Public School System riode payo::;le to the PSS Treasurer. Cl,MI Public School System .. 3rd floor of the Nau~u Build1nq Susupe. Saipon. The c1dder IS ,equestec to suo.mit with hrs bid O copy of h1s/h 0 r bus .1ess icense in compliance to tr,e contracto(s reg,strat,on and hcens,ng low of the Commonwealth of the ,,orthem lvlonono lsla1ds

Bid documents are now avai'oble at the Public _School Syslem Procurement Office situated on the 3rd floo1 ot tre Nauru Building. Susupe Srnpan. A non r.elundoble porcx3°1 ol $~.00 1j r~quned for each set. A pre-bid conference walk through will be held at I .. o.m.. ugus 19 1998. in front of the Olea, Elementar1 School Admin~lrot1on.omce. Son Jose Village. Sopan. ~1P .. ~II prospective bidders ore reques'ed to submit all questions perta,rnn~ to the spec,f,ca· ticns two days prior to rhe p,e-bid confe1ence ona subm1Hed duectly lo Katheryn Lo,douhs. Public School Svstem facility Spec1al1st 4th floor Nauru Bu1ld1ng. Susupe. So,pon o7~a, ,o /hi!· 3737 Attn: Katheryn Ladoul1s and mo•1be contacted at telephone number &64·3 8.

Atention is called to the Laber s:andards prov'.sions for wage rate determination of,the CNMI Clossil,cation and Slructure P1ons and payment of not less than the minimum so.ones an.ct

i f rth Tho documen's rece,,Jed shall be the sole property of the CNMI Public S~o~~eil ~~si:mo Gover~rien'. of th~ Northe;n Mariano Islands with the exception ol the bid D·Jnds. certif'ed checks. or cosh,er"s check which w,11_ be returned to the b,?ders 1n occc'Dan:e ,:iir, the spec,f,cot,on ·1nstruct•on to B.dders Page 1·2. paragraph No. 5. B1d Guaro."ltee

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July's sizable increase. tl1e most since November. followed a small, 0.2 percent 1ise in June - which previously had been reported as a 0.1 percent decline - mid a 3.3 percent drop in May. theworstinfivemonths.

Durable-goods orders now have risen three ~f the last four months, despite Asia.

Durable-ooods orders are an im-<= • portant signal of how busy f~ctones will be in the months ahead. Smee the start of the year, Asia-related slug­gishness in manufacturing has led to declining factory employment.

In July, orders were led by a 12

percent surge in elec~ca) and el~­tronic equipment. A big mcrea<;e 111

electronic components more than offset a drop for communication equipment 1necategoryalsoincludes radios, telephones, televisions. VCRs, lamps, cooking equipment and re­frigerators.

Orders for industrial machin­ery and equipment. which in­cludes computers, rose 2 percent. Transportation orders rose 0.3 percent, the first increase since April. A gain in aircraft and pans offset declines in shipbuilding and auto manufacturing, which was

held back by the General Motors strikes, settled in late July.

However, there was a 0.2 percent decline - the third in a row - in orders for primary metals such as steel and aluminum.

Shipments of durable goods, a measure of current production, fell 0.2 percent in July, to a sea­sonally adjusted $186.2 billion. It was the third drop in four months.

Because orders rose and ship­ments fell, the backlog of unfilled orders rose OJ percenttoaseasonally adjusted $506.2 billion. the first rise since April.

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On Lewinsky controversy:

Clinton weighs new comments

President Clinton talks with FEMA Director James Lee Witt from his vacation house in Edgartown. ~ass., Wedn_esday a~ernoon. Clin_ton is being handed a report on hurricane Bonnie, as Witt updates him by phone. AP

By TERENCE HUNT WASHINGTON (AP)-Wonied that he remains in political peril, Presi­dent Bill Clinton is weighing whether, when and how he should address lingering questions about his affair with Monica Lewinsky ,officials said.

Democrats pushing for a stronger statement than Clinton's address last week include the party's national chairman, Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, who said. 'The issue is still unsettled in some people's mind. It got scrambled."

But the White House believes most Americans feel Clinton has apolo­gized sufficiently and don't want to hear more _ even though congress­men and columnists are still clamor­ing. "You don't have a single audi­ence," said one senior aide, speaking on condition of anonymity.

From his vacation retreat on Manha's Vineyard, Clinton has reached out for advice in telephone calls to friends and political advisers, officials said. Back in Washington, White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles has 1L~sembled recommen-dations from a wide range of sources.

Many Democrats lament that Clinton's televised address last week struck the wrong note, opening with an admission of guilt and regret but then veering into an angry attack on Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.

Uncertain of the truth and facing midterm elections in November. mimycongressional Democrats have distanced them~lves from Clinton, refusing to defend him against talk of impeachment or resignation.

Clinton will interrupt his vacation briefly Thursday to speak on school safety and juvenile crime initiatives in Worcester. M,L,sachusens. Aides said he did not phm to talk about the Lewinsky matter then. even a~ they struggled to line up a show of suppoI1 fro;;local Democrat~.

lnonesctback,citycouncilwoman Konstantina Lukes n:fused to gn:et Clinton at the airpoI1. ·Toe president h,L\ shamed himself. his family, the country mid tl1c presidency and l don't want to validate tl1at behavior," she said.

And Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls said Wednesday she isn 'tsure she 'II be on hand when Clinton visits for a [)emocmtic fund-mising lunch

Steve Chabot, has often taken oppor­tunities to be seen with Clinton and failing to do so this time might be perceived as a sign of concern about political fallout from the Lewinsky affair.

But her campaign wanted no such implication made. "At this point, I don't know ifl'll go to the luncheon," Ms. Qualls said.

"If there is an opportunity to actu­ally meet with the president, I would take that opportunity .... Despite his present tribulations, I have a lot of respect for both his position as the president and for his political insight"

The Lewinsky issue also is like! yto dog Ointon in Russia next week, when he is certain to be hit with embarrassing questions at a Wednes­day news conference with Boris Yeltsin.

Romer said it is obvious Clinton must take another stab at public con-

trition. wrong,"' Romer said in an interview. ·Toe speechdidn 't quite set it right

The speech did not communicate what the president intended to com­municate.

··Jt got overshadowed by the sec­ond half of the speech. His reference should be: '!did it(anditwas) wrong. I admit that I take full responsibility for it. I regret it. I want to get it behind me and I want to get on with the work of the nation.' l11e first 2 I 12 minutes

got covered up with his further com­ment~on Starr. I think that was unfor­tunate."

White House press sccrctmy Mike McCuny said Romer's "political in­stinct~ are pretty good" and Clinton may come to the same conclusion a, the governor.

"He needs tosaywhathesaid in the fir,t half of that speech: ·J did some­thing wrong, my behavior was

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JOINT ANNIVERSARY ROSARY 'We, Ute~ oJ tk Ide.

Daniel Tudela Borja 3rd Anniversary

Joaquina Santos Borja 22nd Anniversary

Would likl: to invite all our relatives and friends to join us in the Anniversary Rosary of our beloved Parents,

Grandparents and Great-grandparents.

:-Jightly rosary will be held at the family residence in Santa Lourdes, As Teo beginning on Saturday, August 29, 1998 at 7:00 p.m.

On the final day Sunday, September 6, 1998, Anniversary Mass will be offered at 6:00 a.m. at the Kristo Rai Church and Rosary will be at 5:00

p.m. followed by dinner at the family residence in Santa Lourdes, As Teo.

Kindly Join Us Si Yu'us Ma'ase

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Division of Labor

PUBLIC NOTICE

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'The following pcrson(s) (employees of Min Seon Ent., Inc.) with pending Labor or Agency Case arc hereby notified to report to the Division of Labor, Compliance and Monitoring Section (JDC) located on the 2nd Floor of Afetna Building, San Antonio, Saipan within THIRTY (30) <la.vs from the date of the publication of this notice.

NAME LABOR/ AGENCY CASE NO. !. Liu Zhen Zi ......................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 2. C:hi Chun Zi ....................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 3. l.i Rc:nshu ............................................................................................ CAC98-076-03 4. Lin Jingzi ............................................................................................. CAC98-076-03 ~. Jin ,\ki\'Ll ................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 6. Lin Sh.i°n .'\u .. . .................................................... CAC:98-076-03 7. Li.rn Yu B.11. . ....................................... CAC98-076-03 8. Cui H.1i Yu.... . .......................... Cl\C98-076-03 9. Chen Ju Jin.... . ............................................................................ CAC:98-076-03 10. 1\linghu,1 Yin ........................................................................................ CAC98-076-03 11. Jin Tai Shan ......................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 12. Jin Ai Hua ............................................................................................ CAC98-076-03 13. Li Ji Yu ................................................................................................ CAC98-076-03 14. Zhc:nzi Liu ........................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 15. Xu Xin Ri ............................................................................................ CAC:98-076-03 16. Liu /\ling Jin ........................................................................................ CAC:98-076-03 17. Zhao Cui Hu,1 ..................................................................................... CAC:98-076-03 18. Jin1 Li .................................................................................................. CAC:98-076-03 19. Ji;1 Mei n1 ............................................................................................ CAC:98-076-03 20. Jing,hu )in ........................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 21. Mc:iHua Jiang ...................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 22. Mc:ilan Huang ...................................................................................... CAC98-076-03 23. Yuhua Han ........................................................................................... CAC:98-076-03 24. Li Ming Yu .......................................................................................... CAC:98-076-03 25. Mcizi Li ............................................................................................... CAC:98-076-03 26. Yujin Jin ............................................................................................. ,. CAC:98-076-03 27. Jin JinFu .............................................................................................. CAC:98-076-03 28. Li Shun Jin ........................................................................................... CAC:98-076-03 29. Li Fushun ............................................................................................ CAC:98-076-03 30. Zhcnhu Cui ......................................................................................... CAC:98-076-03 31. Jingshu Zhao ....................................................................................... CAC:98-076-03 Failure to appear at the Division on or before the date and time specified above shall be ground for dismissal of the above cases and appropriate action and/or sanction shall be taken against the above individuals, including the referrals of their matters to the Immigra­tion Office for their actions. Dated this 26th day of August, 1998.

/s/GIL M. SAN NICOLAS Director of Labor

Mexico crusades • • vs serious crimes

By MARK STEVENSON MEXICO CITY (AP) - After special police forces and army troops failed to stem growing crime, Mexico decided Wednesday to at­tack from another direction, hitting at police corruption and soft sen­tencing.

The National Crusade Against Crime, an eight-point reform plan that Interior Minister Francisco Labastida called "the most an1bi­tious program in the entire history of the·country," is the latest federal initiative aimed at halting a four­year wave of thefts, kidnappings and murders. .

President Ernesto Zedillo said he hopes to imitate programs such as New York City's "zero toler­ance" policy. "We will promote a strict respect for the law," he said.

Zedillo said he will propose de­nying parole to those convicted of serious crimes, making p1ison sen­tences consecutive instead of con­current, imposing stricterpenalties for white-collar crimes and strengthening victims' rights.

Labastida, who oversees na­tional security, acknowledged that "there are police who act in collu­sion with criminals and who some­times carry out the crimes them­selves."

The program aims to weed out corrupt. officers while improving police training and pay, goals it shares with many failed programs of the past. It also aims to increase the number of investigative police.

Zedillo noted that the effects of the program won't be felt for one or two years.

And officials acknowledged that

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plans for a national police force, to supersede the often-conupt and disorganized local and state agen­cies, have been abandoned - ap­parently due to opposition

from state governors. In 1996 and 1997, the federal

government called out army troops to help patrol rural areas and some sections of Mexico City. While the army's role has declined in 1998, Attorney General Jorge Madrazo said troops would con­tinue helping police.

Madrazo also said he had dis­cussed plans with U.S. drug offi­cial Barry McCaffrey on Tuesday to increase intelligence-sharing with U.S. police and install better drug trafficking-detection technol­ogy.

In Mexico City, an average of700 crimesinvolvingaweaponwerecom­mitted eveiy day in 1997. The crime wave has driven away business and led to travel warnings by the U.S. Embassy.

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It was the first decline in tax revenue since Singapore's last re­cession in 1985 and 1986, The Straits Times reported.

Tax earnings dipped to about 7.6 billion Singapore dollars ($4.3

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Economists indicated that the fall was representative of the gen­eral economic malaise in Singapore, which has been un­able to shrug off the regional cri­sis despite some earlierresi!iency, said the newspaper.

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Taiwanese charities ·hold off on aid to China TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ World Vision of Taiwan has canceled a$ I 00,000 shipment of aid to Chinese flood vic­tims following opposition from donors, the charity said Wednesday.

Donors notified of the ship­ment last week doubted the aid would be properly used, said Kuo Su-chen, a World Vision spokeswoman.

Others said Beijing didn't deserve help because of its ag­gressive stance towards Tai­wan.

"Many donors had the atti­tude that 'China is unfriendly towards us, and since they don't show much concern for their own people, why should we pick up the slack,"' said Kuo.

China and international hu­manitarian groups are meet­ing relief demands, and the charity will again consider providing assistance once wa­ters recede and recovery be­gins, she said.

Humanitarian groups here have aided China since at least 1991.

But the murders of Taiwan­ese tourists in China and Beijing's threatening military exercises against the island in 1995-96 dried up much good will among Taiwanese to­wards China.

Beijing claims sovereignty towards Taiwan. and threat­ens to use force to reunify it with China.

Newspapers here have re­ported with a touch of cyni­cism on the massive Chinese propaganda effort riding pig­gyback on this year's cam­paign against the floods, which have killed over 2.000 people throughout China and left millions homeless.

The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation said it was still surveying the need for aid. The charity has rebuilt schools and houses for Chinese flood victims in past years. but a spokeswoman. who declined to identify her­self. said it often has had to overcome donor opposition to providing aid to China.

The Taiwanese Red Cross Society said it plans to send blankets, medical equipment and other relief supplies to China.

Though it is impossible to gauge the level of ambiva­lence, opposition to aiuing China. seems to have peaked this summer.

Kuo said Worlu Vision Tai­wan received enthusiastic sup­port in January for donations of 10 million Taiwan Jollars ($2X5.714) for victims of a devastating earthquake in northern China. and has con­sistently aided poor children in China's southern Guangxi province.

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Protesters ask Beijing:

'Stop aid to Indonesia' By TARA SUILEN DUFFY

HONG KONG (AP) - Activ­ists marched to the Chinese For­eign Ministry on Wednesday and demanded Beijing end aid to In­donesia, where officials have de­nied reports that ethnic Chinese women were raped during recent riots.

The protesters, led by the Demo­crats, Hong Kong's major oppo­sition party, criticized comments Monday by Indonesia's intelli­gence chief that his investigation had found no evidence of wide­spread rape.

"We are very outraged by the expression made by the chief of intelligence," Lt. Gen. Moetojib, said lawmaker Albert Ho.

About 25 protesters, including several Indonesian Chinese, waved banners saying: "We de­mand the Chinese government to exert pressure on Indonesia to ensure the safety of ethnic Chi­nese.,,

A ministry official received the protesters· petition addressed to Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji,call­ing for China to withdraw its pr~mised U.S. S 373 million in loans and U.S. $ 27 million in flood aid to the country.

Beijing has condemned the anti­Chinese violence. but has not in­dicated that it will withdraw aid to the country.

Women's rights groups alleged at least 168 women and girls, in­cluding many ethnic Chinese. were raped during the May riots.

Report: Malaysi~ · pulls ot1t from · . regional military · exercises · ·

KUALA LUMPUR. Malaysia (AP)-Ma!aysia will not participate in :my milit:u-y exercises involving tl1e Five Power Defense Ammgc­menl this ye:u· due lo border tensions with ncighlxi1ing Singapore. a news repo11 said.

·The government has decided that we would not be able to take pait in ,my such activity this year :md we have given them notice:· Defense Minister Syed Hamid Albm· was quoted it, saying by tl1e Far Eastern Economic Review in Thursday's edition.

The notice went out to Malaysia's four partners in the ammgement -Austntlia. Bii rain, New Z.ealand and Singapore - and effectiveiy called off Stardex, a joint naval and air exercise scheduled for October.

However, Hamid was quoted a, saying the decision did not spell the end of a27-year-old agreement origi­nally forged to protect Malaysia ,md neighboring Singapore from the th,eat of communism.

He said the government, in the midst of combating an imminent full­blown recession, was forced to can­cel this year's exercises because of economic considerations, the maga­zine said.

Nevertheless, he acknowledged that recent tensions with Singapore

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in which 1,200 people were killed. Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas Tuesday said investiga­tions are continuing.

Women's groups in Hong Kong are demanding a United Nations investigation into the rapes, the South China Morning Post re­ported.

Outraged by the anti-Chinese riots, ethnic Chinese have pro­tested outside Indonesian diplo­matic offices, in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States.

Ethnic Chinese represent only 4 percent of Indonesia's 202 mil­lion population, but control an estimated 70 percent of the economy. They were targeted in the May riots and scapegoated for the country's worst economic cri­sis in 30 years.

A group of christians hold candles outside the Hong Kong Indonesian Consulate during a candlelight vigil Wednesday as they prayed for the victims who were raped in riots in Indonesia earlier this year. AP

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K o hl woos East Germans By TONY CZUCZKA to voters to trust his leadership. He also admitted making a seri­

ous mistake at the time of unifica­tion that helped kill most of east German industry.

BONN, Germanl (AP)-Chan­cellor Helmut Kohl reached out Wednesday to voters in ecqnomi­cally depressed eastern Germany. pledging ro raise their living stan­dard ifhe is re-elected next month.

Eastern Germany is key terri­tory for Kohl's campaign as he battles· Social Democratic chan­ce 11 or candidate Gerhard Schroeder, the front runner for the Sept. 27 election.

"In 1990, I believed that a large number of west German compa­nies would help east German firms become competitive," he told the newspaper. "But many were only interested in shutting down pos­sible competitors."

Campaigning in Gera in the formerly communist east. Kohl declared that the region's unem­ployment was receding because of economic growth and appealed

In an interview with the weekly Die Zeit, Kohl said one of his goals for a fifth term is "to make ~ore headway toward equalizing living conditions in Germany." Eastern voters flocked to Kohl

NOTICE OF PROPOSm lEASE Of PUBLIC LAND . I d . h I C\IC , '67 5 lf) (I) the Dil'ision of Public Lands is hereby giving notice of its intended action in connwion with.the leasing of cenam naccor ance~1t . ,- , r I di h' . h II ar· thispaperforapenodof8days andany

publicland in Garapan. Saipan. As required by theafore-cited section of the pub IC an aw, I IS notices a appe m . bl' I d 'h' 1s'd r inreresred am of ,he ~eneral publir may submi1 commems. data. views. arguments of al!ernal1\'e proposals to lease 1he .sub;ec1 pu 1c .an '. w1: m ays_o this annouficcnient. after whirh time the Division of Public Lands shall no( accepl any comments or proposols from any interested pan). This eight-day nOIJCe shall commence 8,'25,98 and end 9/3198.

As funher provided in 1 01C § 2675 (0 (I) (A to EJ. the follo"ing peninent infomtation is required 10 be published.

A. That ponion of the Beach Road right of way immediately fronting the Joeten Hafa Adai Shopping Center and directly across from the Duty Free Shoppers in Garapan.

B. The proposed Lessee in PKS Planning and Land Resounrces.

c. ~1r. Peter K. Barias dba PKS Planning and Land Resources, a sole proprietorship, negotiated the proposed Lease Agreement.

D. The propeny shall be used solely for the opera11on and maimenance of a gift shop dealing ind the sale of lurnry iRms, watches and time pieces, jewelry, perfume. cosmetics and consumer goods and prennum quality male and frntale clothing an accessories.

The tenn of ihe proposed Lease Agreement shall be for a penod of four years, with an option to e,tend for an additional two years.

The annual rental for the four-year penod was negotiated after an appraisal of the subject land parcel was made. The mi~imu!'l annual rental as nego:ed wi!\ be, I 550 oo The annual rental shall be paid quanerly on the first day of each quaner. At the end of the first four)ear penod of the Lease, the guarani annu rentai payabl~ by ihe Lessee to the Division forthe ne,t two years ,hall be based on eight percent (89,) of the fair market value of the subject lot, as required by

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A complete copy of the proposed lease may be obtained al the Division of Public Lands. locatetl in the JTV Commercial Building at As Lito, Saipan.

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The Director of rhe Di1 ision of Public Lands shall accept writ1en comments, views. agrumems or alternative proposals from imercsted parties on or before 9 J·'l8 a11he Di1ision of Public Lan<ls' Office al As Lito.

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Helmut Kohl

and his Christian Democrats after German unification eight years ago. But they have increasingly turned their backs because Kohl's 1990 campaign promise to tum the area into "blooming land­scapes" has largely failed to come true.

In elections last April in the eastern state of Saxony Anhalt, support for the Christian Demo­crats slumped to its lowest since unification.

Kohl, in a speech opening a new government building in Gera, reminded eastern Germans that

his government has extended aid to the area through 2004.

The 68-year-old chancellor also winked at younger, ecologically­minded voters.

He said he would not rule out an alliance between his party and the Greens in the future-though not after the upcoming election - if they tone down their pacifist and environmentalist stands.

Kohl contrasted his portly, homespun image with that of Schroeder, a telegenic pro-busi­ness Social Democrats given to designer suits and cigars.

"I am not on the chic side of German politics," he said. "I'm an inelegant type of person."

Schroeder revealed more plans for the early days of a Social Democratic government, saying he would link corporate tax cuts to companies' willingness to help find jobs for 100,000 young people.

"We have use crowbar tactics if necessary to give young people perspectives for the future again," he was quoted as saying in the weekly Die Woche.

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMI GOVERNMENT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP NO.: RFP98-0079

FOR: REPAINTING THE EXTERIOR AND SELECTED

INTERIOR AREA AT COMMONWEALTH

HEALTH CENTER

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 14, 1998

TIME: 3:00 P.M.

GOVERNOR PEDRO P. TENORIO AND LT. GOVERNOR JESUS R. SABLAN, THROUGH THE DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, ARE SOLICITING COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS FOR REPAINTING THE EXTERIOR AND SELECTED INTERIOR AREA AT COMMONWEALTH HEALTH CENTER. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRJ.\1S MAY PICK UP PROPOSAL FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, DURING WORKING HOURS (7:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M.).

IS/HERMANS. SABLAN DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-49

Chirac touts EU strength

French President Jacques Chirac gestures as he addresses French ambassadors to foreign countries gathered at the Elysee palace in Paris Wednesday. AP

· By CHRISTOPHER BURNS PARIS(AP)-PresidentJacques Chirac on \V ednesday touted what he called the increasing clout of the European Union and sug­gested a meeting in Paris to pre­pare for a proposed summit on the troubled Middle East peace pro­cess.

In his annual foreign policy speech, Chirac also called for an international convention on fight- . ing terrorist financing.

He also gently chidedthe United States for its reluctance to back efforts to create an international criminal court and an anti-per­sonnel mine treaty, as well as Washington's embargo policies. But he also urged greater U.S.­EU cooperation.

With a European Union and its eu ro cunency that takes effect next year. France wants to ''en­courage the irresistible movementoward a multi-polar world. where Europe will natu­rally find its place," Chirac told a gathering of the country's ambas­sadors.

The euro "will permit Europe to be America's equal in the deci­sive domaine of currency," he said.

After speaking of close coop­eration with Germany. Chirac spoke of cross-Atlantic ties.

He spoke of differences with Washington, which he said "trans­late, among some. into a tempta­tion toward isolationism and unilateralism.

"I know how much President Clinton deplores that situation and I salute his resolute international commitment," he said .

He called for intensified U.S.­French cooperation, including in the Middle East peace process. Noting he has joined with Egyp­tian President Hosni Mubarak in proposing a peace summit, Chirac suggested a meeting in Paris of government officials from Arab countries, Europe, Russia and the United States.

U.S.-French relations have chafed in the past over Chirac's efforts to pursue diplomacy inde­pendent of Washington.

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In the wake of the latest terror bombings against the Unitea States, Chirac called for an inter­national "convention against the financing of terrorism." Wash­ington has been seeking to cut off financial sources for terrorists linked to the bombings.

ChiracsaidtheFranco-U.S.dia­logue has also "again become positive" on Iran, wiih Washing­ton now calling for improved re­lations with Tehran.

In Kosovo, Chirac said the so-called Contact Group of na­tions, which includes Russian, must "quickly define the con­tours" of possible NA TO mili­tary intervention, aimed at press­ing for peace talks in the troubled Yugoslav province.

He also urged that a NA TO summit in Washington next April "should affirm more clearly the European identity" within the U.S.-led defense alli-

ance. Chirac also noted the financial cri­

ses in Asia and Russia and called for "urgent reinforcement of the world financial system around the Interna­tional Monetary Fund."

He added that IMF aid to Russia '"will only succeed if the indis­pensable internal reforms wanted by President (Boris) Yeltsin are resolutely put to work by the new government" of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.

NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

The Division of Public Lands, on behalf of the Board of Public Lands ( "Divisior.''), is hereby giving notice to any and all interested person(s) or company(ies) that the Division of Pub­lic Lands is soliciting proposals for tourist related commercial operation(s) on Managaha Island. Any and all proposals submitted to the Division shall be open for Public Inspec­tion or view by any interested person(s) or company(ies) of the general public.

Written proposals must be submitted, unsealed, to the Division's Office located in the JTV Commercial Building, Ground Floor, As-Lito, Saipan, before the closed of business (4:30 P.M.) on or before August 31, 1998. The Division shall not accept any proposals after Au­gust 31, 1998.

This solicitation of written, open proposals for tourist related commercial operation on Managaha Island by the Division shall not be construed as a form of bid or request for proposal (sealed or opened). The Division shall accept any and all proposals in any for­mat. Any and all submissions shall be accepted by the Division Solely for the purpose of evaluating the future use of Managaha Island with respect to operating or conducting a tourist related commercial business on Managaha Island.

NOTICIA GINAGAO I MA'PROPOPONI

En Kuenta Nu I Board I Public Lands ("Division") I Dibision I Tana Publiko Estague Na Alaknos Este na Noticia Para I Man Enteresao Yan Toda Petsona Osino Compania ("Party" Pat "Parties") Na I Dibision Tano Publiko Man Solisita I Ma'Proponin Operasion Busi­ness Komutsia Gi Bandan Tourista Gi Islan Managaha, Todo I Proponi U ma Entrega Halom Gi Dibision Yan Debi De Uma Baba Para lnspeksion Yan Uma Atan Ni Man Enteresao Na Petsona, Kompania Yan Publiko Henerat.

I Matugi Na Proponi Debi De Uma Entrega, Yan Mababa, Guato Gi Dibision I Oficina Ni Gaige Gi JTV Commercial Building Gi Giya As Lito, Saipan, Antes De Uma Och um I Businis (4:30 P.M.) Yan LokkueAntes De Augusto 31, 1998. I Dibision Ti Debi UfanAksepta Proponi Despues De Augusto 31, 1998.

Este Na Matugin Atmoneda, U'mababa I Proponi Pot I Bandan Kometson Busines Tourista Gi Islas Managaha Ya Ti Debe De Uma Kuenta Komo Fotman Atmoneda Osino Requestan Proponi (Mababa Osino Ma'huchom). I Dibision Debe De U Aksepta Todo Proponi Gi Maseha Hafa Na Klasen Fotma. Todo. I Man Ma'Entrega Debe De I Dibision U Akscpta Solemly Para Operasion Pat Konductun I Bandan Busines Komotsian Tourista Giva Managaha. ·

ARONGORONG EYEEL EEW TINGAAR

Raaraal Lemelemil Faluwer Toulap (Public Lands), Kompaniya Me Pattida lkka Re Tipeli Bwe Raaraal Lernelemil Faluwer Toulap E Tipeli Me Bwughil Ischilongol Reel Mille Tour­ist lye Eghil Ngali Bisinisil Commercial Mew661 Faluw Ye Ghalaghaal Alongal Proposal KKA E Isisilong Nga Ii Raaraal Lemelemil Faluwer Toulap Nge Ebwe Su usu Ngaliir Toulap Reel Amweri Ghatchuw Ngarc Ouruuru Mereer Ara mas, Kompaniya KKA Re Tipcli.

Ischil Proposal Ngel Efil Ebwe lsisilong Nge Ebwe, Suusu Ngali Bwulasiyo lye Elo JTV Building Ground Floor, As Lito, Seipel, Mmwal Tittil61 Otol Bisinis (4:30 PM.) Augusto 31, 1998. Dibision Ess6bw Bwoghee Proposal Takkal61 Ll61 Mamamal Eluwel (August) 31, 1998.

Ting6rol Ischil, Mille Open Proposal Reel Tourist lye Eghil Ngali Bisinisil Commercial Mew661 Faluw Ye Chalaghaal Mereel Dibision Ngc Ess6bw Apasa Bwe Eew Form Reel Bid Ngarc Request Proposal (Sealed Ngare Opened. Dibision Ebwc Akscptill Alongal Tappa! Proposals Ll6\ Alongal Tappa! Format Alongal lsisilongol Pmpnsa\s Nge Dibision Ebwc Akscptal NgL· Reel Scl1agh Tapp Ye Ebwc Ebaluate Li Ebwe Faisil Yaava,il Fah'.tw Ye Ghalaghaal Ll6l Ragh Kka E Mwcmwetto Bwclle ReL'l Mw6ghutt.'1ghutt.'il ·Me Afalafalal Tourist lye Eghil I\ig,ili !3isinisil Cnmmcrcial Mcw66I F,1It.'tl Ye Ghalil~haal.

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Germans polled: _

'Too many foreigners in Ge~~~ Die Woche newspaper. found The poll found 52 percent of Campaigning mainly on anti- , H..\)IBLRG, Germany (AP)

- Half of Germans said in a poll released Wednesday that there are too manv fore i goers in Germany. and I (l perc~nt said they could sec the111se Ives vot-

far-right sympathy strongest Germans felt there were too foreigner slogans. far-rightpar-among Germans under 30 at 13 many foreigners in Germany: ties have been gaining support,

gration policy should not be avoided before Sept. 27 national elections, but politicians should be sensitive as to how they ad­dress the issue.

percent. among those supporting the far- especially in economically strug-The difference between east right the figure was 84 percent. gling eastern Germany.

and wcst was slight - IO per­cent in western Germany and 1 I percem in the east.

The weekly poll of 1,006 el i- The German People's Union gible voters gave no margin of won almost 13 percent of the vote

"To take up existing fears and prejudices in an enlightening way is one thing," she said in present­ing her final report Wednesday.

error. in state elections in Saxony-ing for a far-right pany. The Forsa poll. conducted for

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CHILD ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT The Familv Violence Task Force is pleased to present a conference concerning child

abuse and sn~al assault. The objectives of this conference are: 1. That participants understand their professional role in child maltreatment ( abuse

and neglect) and adult sexual abuse in relationship to other disciplines; 2. That participants understand the multi-disciplinary investigation team model

(MDIT); 3. That participants understand the sexual abuse response tean_-i (S_ART) model;. 4. That participants and community leaders can explore the apphcaoon of the multi­

disciplinary model to their community.

The conference will train our caregivers, law enforcement officers, and other support agencies in how to effectively and appropriately deal with victims of child abuse and sexual abuse when it docs happen through the following topics:

1. Medical Examinations and related topics; 2. Forensic Interviewing; 3. Child Protective Services ( and related victim services); and 4. Law Enforcement and Prosecution.

The CNMI is involved in an on-going process of strengthening our community, con­necting our families and protecting our children. Therefore, the conferenc_e will also serve to inform the public of the realities of child abuse and sexual assault. It 1s expected that CNMI leaders whom will lead the CNMI in the struggle to prevent child abuse & sexual assault and to ultimatc\v nadicate it in our islands will be speaking at this conference. We are encouraging all memb~rs of families and communities which have been touched by child abuse & se:rna\ assault concerrn:d about it to hear our leaders speak on Tuesday, September O l, 1998 at 8:00 a.m. at the Saipan Diamond Hotel.

For more information, pkasc call Michelle A. Sabbn at 322-7469, Laura Post at 323-6575 or Rose Pangelinan at 288-4102.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

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Pursuant to Public Law 8-41, Section 11, Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan through the Office of the Public Auditor is soliciting proposals for a financial and compliance audit of the Commonwealth Development Authority (CDA) and its subsidiary, the Northern Marianas Housing Corpo­ration (NMHC) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998 in accordance with 0MB Circular A-133 and applicable auditing standards. Proposals shall be submitted to the Public Auditor, P.O. Box 1399, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than 4:00 p.m., Sep­tember 21, 1998. Copies of the RFP package may be obtained from CDA at Wakin's Building in Gualo Rai. Inquiries may be directed to Ms. Lydia M. Sablan, Acting Executive Director, at telephone no. 234-6245. The Office of the Public Auditor and the Commonwealth Development Authority reserve the right to reject any proposal in the interest of the CNMI Government.

/ s/Lydia NL Sablan Acting Executive Director

Anhalt in April. Its strongest sup­port came from men 18 to 25, one in three of whom voted far-right.

Parliament's outgoing commis­sioner for foreigners, Cornelia

"But to promote them as a cam­paign tactic is something com­pletely different."

Ukraine preparing its debt restructuring plan

By SERG8 SHARGORODSKY KIEV, Ukraine(AP)-Ukraine 's Cabinetispreparing a debt restructuring plan that would allow investors to swap Treasury bills denominated in the local currency for dollar bonds, the Fmance Ministry said Wednesday.

The plan might be formally signed Wednesday or Thursday ,said ministry spokeswoman Iryna Bezverkha She declined to disclose details.

TheITAR-Tass news agency, however, said the proposed dollar bonds would mature in a period from 18 months to five years and carry a 12 percent to 14 percent coupon payable serni-armually. . .

Such a proposal would in fact benefit investors, analysts said, since they stand to lose money if they are to get redemption payments in the Ukrainian currency, the hryvna, amid a sharp decline in the currency's exchange rate.

Foreign investors currently hold about 18 percent of Ukraine's outstand­ing Treasury bills, which totaled some 103 billion hryvna ($4.6 billion) in mid-August, according to Central Bank and ITAR-Tass figures. In all, 3.8 billion hryvna ($1. 7 billion) are expected to mature by the end of 1998 and the rest in 1999.

Ukraine, with dlrs 18 billion in foreign debt, long has been gripped by a fmancial crisis caused by high-interest borrowing abroad, the withdrawal of foreign investors from its shaky financial markets and inability to collect tax

payments. Russia's ruble crisis has prompted fears of a further investor exodus and

put a question mark over the future of trade with Russia, Ukraine's largest economic partner.

It also has pushed thebatteredhryvnadownfrom2.1435 to the U.S. dollar in mid-August to 2.2485 on Tuesday, close to the limit of the government­set currency fluctuation corridor of 1.8 to 2.25 to the dollar.

Most mm·ket analysts expect that corridor to be widened in the near future. The government's decision to restructure the bond debt apparently has

been accelerated by the IMF's delay in discussing a $2.2 billion loan for Ukrnine.

An International Monetary Fund mission approved the release of the loan last month and its board of directors was expected to discuss it this week..

But on Tuesday, the IMF said it would need more time to assess the effect of Russia's intensifying financial crisis and political change on Ukraine before it set, a date for the meetin~.

''With recent developments in Russia, we are reviewing the siumtion in Ukraine," an IMF spokeswoman said in Washington.

The delay has put heavy pressure on Ukraine's Central Bank, which had hoped to used the loan to replenish its coffers. The bank's rese1ves have decreased by almost half, to $1.l billion so far this year, in efforts to defend the hryvna.

~uam ~'1\ltngs SAIPAN SENIOR CREDIT OFFICER

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IF YOU MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKJNG IN A REWARDING AND CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT, PLEASE SUBMIT OR l'AX YOUR RESUME TO:

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Department of Labor and Immigration

Division of Employment Services

Are you searching for a job?

Have you heard that when Resident Worker( s) (applicants) applies for vacant job( s ), they were told that the vacant positions are for the renewa~s of contract workers "only"?

Have you heard that when Resident Workers (Applicants) applied for available jobs in private sectors in which they are qualified, they were told that there were no jobs available when actually there were~

The law mandates that all resident workers should be given preference to available jobs reported by employers as vacant here in the CNMI. Before an employer hires an alien worker, they must first endeavor to try and seek for qualified resident worker(s).

All interested resident workers (applicants) are urged to report to the Department of Labor and Immigration, Division of Employment Services, and register as an avail­able and qualified resident applicant for job( s) in which you are qualified to fill. Personnel of this division will assist you with your needs.

Should anyone have any question( s ), please feel free to contact 664-2080 /3 / 4/5 / 6, or 664-2078, a!)d ask for Joseph DLC. Camacho, Job Placement Officer; Mariana Ilal, Job Placement Assistant; and/or, Joan Savea, Job Placement Assistant; to help you with your concern.

Hafa Adai,

/s/ ALFRED A. PANGELINAN Director, Diviision of Employment Services

52-MARIANAS VARlETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-AUGUST 28, 1998

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But Tenorio promptly added that his administration is not giv­ing the Tinian Dynasty any spe­cial favor since the government would be willing to hclp any busi­ness which may be facing prob­lems due 10 restrictive laws.

House Bill 11-284 stated that the provision on the Developer Infrastructure Tax prohibiting the issuance of an occupancy permit for a project until the final pay­ment of the entire tax due a fully

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Her sandals we 're also seen at the edee of the cliff.

Since Monday. three separate search teams. including the boat safety patrol. have been scouring Saipan and the Koblerville beach area in search of Camacho.

Ada said the police search will continue for a week.

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was accepted effective immedi­ately. said the chief inspector. Richard Butler.

··1 deeply regret his going and I thanked him deeply for the extraordinary gifts he gave this place:· Butler said.

The resignation was sure to be greeted in Baghdad. where Ritter had incurred the wrath of Saddam Hussein for his work in Lr\·ing Lo uncover Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

A u·1,pute last year between the lcnitcll Nations arn.l lrnq first surfaced when the American weapons inspector was bl:iTed from entering a presidtntia\ pa\-

completed project is "overly re­strictive."

Tinian Dynasty has been ask­ing for the prompt release of its occupancy permit from the De­partment of Public Works al­though it is yet to complete the payment of its developer tax.

Reports claimed Dynasty has so far paid only about $700.000 of its obligations to the govern­ment under the developer infra­structure tax system. When HB 11-284 is siened into law. the casino-hotel facility may be able to receive its occupancy permit

Drug use. . . Continued from page 6

right so they come taus for help. Usually the kids are on drugs.··

The legal service has also been used to help children. Terlaje mentionsseveral cases where the grandparents want help in making sure theirgrandchildren are taken

ace in 1996. Ritter has angered Iraq with unannounced inspec­tions.

Ritter's departure comes at a time when inspections have been paralyzed by Iraq's Aug. 5 decision to freeze cooperation with U.N. inspectors. who must certify that Iraq has destroyed its banned weapons before sanc­tions will be lifted.

··The Special Commission of today. hobbled as it is by unfet­tered Iraqi obstruction and non­existent Security Council en­forcement of its own resolu­tions. is not the or!!anization I .\oinell almmt scvet; years ago:· R i tLer wrote.

Ritter ,1ccornpanied Butler to an Aug. 3 meeting in which Deputy Prime Minister Tariq

even without paying the whole amount ..

Rep. Jose A. Hocog, the bill's proponent, said that the time re­quired by the Department of Fi-. nance to verify the final tax due on large projects can· delay the opening and beneficial use of the project.

He said HB 11-284 will revise the tax and building safety re­quirements to allow partial occu­pancy and use of projects subject to the developer tax '_'under ap­propriate circumstances and with proper safeguards.''

care of because the parents are usingmethamphetamine.

"Either financial or protec­tive or custody issues."

Other areas Terlaje assists Manamko in include procure­ment of governmentbenefits . such as ~edicare and food stamps and in. the writing of wills, whichshe calls, "very popular."

The service is open to people aged 60 and overat no·charge.

Aziz asked Butler to declare Iraq had complied with U.N. resolu­tions and Butler refused, essen­tially ending the talks.

In January, Iraq accused Ritter of being a spy and said that his team included too many Ameri­can and British inspectors. They refused to give him Iraqi es­corts, preventing him from working.

Ritte;'s team was one of"the largest ever sent to Iraq.

His last field inspection oc­curred in March, after the latest standoff over inspections was resolved. Butler said.

Annan negotiated an agree­ment Feb. 23 to allow inspec­tors into presidential palaces which Iraq had declared off­limits.

DEATH AND FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT JOSE

TAIMANAO IGNG

Better known as "Joe>> of the Island of Rotn wns bom on Jnnunry 8, 1957 nnd en/led to his Eternnl Rest on A 11gust 23, 1998 nt the age of 41 years.

In his passing, he now joins his: Parents: Jrnc T,1i .... 1i.:.rn & ~l.1ri.1 l.1im.rn,1<1 King Maternal Grandparents: \i\to :\. & it1111<1n,1 ~!. l.1imJnJo Paternal Grandparents: Jose & C<>1Kcp,ion l. King

Uncles and Aunts: Jo,c la1111Jnao, l.conarJo M. & ~!JriJ Ch. Ta1mrnao, :\11<,nso Ill. & Gcsina S. bim.mao, Fran,is(o ,\I. & C:cc1lia R. Ta1nu1wi

His Spirit and Memories will lire in the hearts of his: " Wife: Jawb,11 \dil') l'!Jw,lll Kin~ Children: Jcs1e, JamJica, Hilbrv & HermMl

Brothers/Sisters & Spouses: .\!,ria K. & ,\ntonio .\ks11gon, Juanita K. & Odie )J(Ob, \orbert & Elena King, lkllina K. & TipuHJque. ,\l,ri.1 Elrn,1 K. & (;ilhert c:J1.1eo. Ju,111 T. & :\ngdina D. King, l'riScillal. King, ,\lid1,1d l. King & 111.irgarita C. Bmm,is, Crn1(qxion K. & ,\lilton .\ldlonalcl, .\hin T. & Joa,1111n.1 L King, '.i.mdrJ T. Kmg & Kdrin T. . .\t.1lig, :\ngcb l. Kfog & :\hfcd l\rn,1bc. \'i1Kr.:11t L.1,Hcnff Stolp

' Additionallr s urvivcd lw his: l'arents-in-iaw: Fcli, S. ·& ltil.1 C. Fl.111,1u Brothcrs/Sistcrs·in·laws and Spouses: Antonia C. & \oli lloro1ml, l\.111nond C:. ~' .ll.icrin,1 t:.1'\ro, Bcrlind,1 Flall.lll Jnd Fred Hocog Godparents: Bertram,\! Rc)CS (de,.J & .\nJ C. Rercs, ,\!»i"·' .\Llllgl<>n.11de,.1 & :\p»l<>ni, I. .. \!Jnglon,1 Uncles and Aunts: Ramon.\!. & :\11,1 :\. r.11111,nm, ( nst111.1 S ·1·.1irn.m.ui

Numerous Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Nieces and Ncphc,vs

Rom,·y is being mid 11i_ql,t/y nt 8:00 P.M. nt bis nsidmcc in Sinnpnlu Vi/Inge, Rotn. Last ,·cspccts a11d viewing may be paid at bis residence in Si11apn!tl, Rotn, on Monday, A11g11st 31, 1998

b,~qi1mi11g nt 8:00 A.M.,fo/lon•ed by Rosm·y nnd Ri·spomo nt 11:30 A.M. Mass 0JC/n·istia11 B111·inl 011 the mmc dny at 3:00 P.M. at the San Isid1"1J Clnt1·ch nt Si11npal11, Rota. I,,tc1·me11t IV ill folloll'

nt the San Jose Cemctc,·y, So11gso11/f, Rota.

Tbn11k You FROM THE FAMILY

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"Look around you and you 'II see carcasses of buildings built halfway," said Rol:ert Tan, who supplies im­ported steel girders to the country's dismantled construction sector.

''We've spent so much money on piling, earthworks for !he foundation. But there's no building," he said, adding that his company's revenue has plunged by 90 percent "We can only hang on for anolher year."

After a heady decade of more than 8 percent growth annually, Malaysia is bracing for a wave of bankruptcies, rising inflation and unemployment rates.

More than 2,600 people lose iheir jobs every week, according to the latest Human Resources Ministry report

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Ex­change has taken a beating while !he Malaysian ringgit has lost 40 percent of its value against ,lhe U.S. dollar since the Asian financial crisis erupted in July 1997.

Even some of the nation's most admired corporations have scunied to court seeking protection against creditors. As a result, cash­strapped banks have become leery of dishing out credit for major industrial and construction projects.

This has prompted the prime

Viagra . .. Continued from page 2

He said the government had fast­tracked the approval process to en­sure a blackmarketor Intemetmarket in the drug didn't develop.

He said he expected Viagra will 1:e as widely used as penicillin, but warned against its abuse.

··1t's not a recreational drug, it's seriousmedication,"hesaid. "Itshould

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exploded 40 seconds after liftoff, de­stroying the spy satte!ite on board. The total mishap cost over l billion dollars.

Everything appeared to go well when the Delta IIl bla,ted off at 9: 17 p.m. (0117 GMT) from Cape CanaverJl Air Station, a half-hour late because. of high wind and faulty signals with the rocket's safety sys­tem. As six of the strap-on boosters began peeling away asplanned,how­ever, the 12-story rocket tilted and then blew up.

Cape Canaveral residents wai:ch­ing the launch groaned when they saw the brightfla~hes in the rtight sky. '"Not again," one said.

Elsewhere. spectators cheered the separation of the boosters and then, within seconds, grew silent when they realized something had gone wrong.Somereportedseeinganother

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could create serious social instability. 'The jobless rate is rising very

rapidly - and very dangerously," said Oh Su-won, a researcher at Dongwon SecUiities and Investment Co.

The Office of National Statistics said July's jobless rate of7.6percent was up from 7 percent in June, 6.9 percent in May and 6. 7 percent in April.

The July jobless r.ite was the high­est since 1966 when it wa~ 8.4 per-

minister's top economic adviser, Daim Zainuddin, to order banks not to deny loanstoprofitablecompanies !hat need credit for growth.

Unless these financial institutions wantto''choketheeconomytodeath,'' he threatened, they had better "con­tribute by shaking off its over-cau­tiousness toward lending."

The government may need to re­vise downward yet again its annual economic projections, Oaim said Thursday.

"Although the forecast for GDP growth for 1998 is negative I percent to 2 percent, lhe slide could be deeper if we fail to get this package of mea­sures implemented," said Daim.

Intrcxluced last month, the National Economic Recovery Plan is the country's blueprintfortwningaround its current bleak economic prospects.

During the go-go days when the stock market expanded at breakneck speed, analysts from foreign broker­ages entertained their clients with helicopter rides to tropical island re­sorts.

Today,thoseanalystsaregoneand brokerage clients are treated to 30 ringgit (dlrs 7) lunches.

"Market observers, analysts, the companies the ms elves, are still too optimistic," said a senior economist who requested anonym­ity after her brokerage firm warned hernot to speak to !he media "You think things are bad -:- but this is worse than your worst nightmare."

be used under medical supervision ... it's not something you pop 1:efore a night out"

The minister said Pfizer had devel­oped the drug after many years and massive spending on research.

''WecertainlywantAustralianmen to have access to Viagra and its per­formance-enhancing 1:enefits, but we want to ensure that it is used wisely and that people with heart conditions are aware of the risks," he said.

explosion when part of the wreckage slammed into !he sea.

Boeing officials said an investiga­tion into the accident would begin immediately. The last time a Boeing rocketexplodedwasinJanuary 19'17, 13 seconds into flight because of a cracked booster, that one was a Delta II.

The new Delta III is the eighth model in the Delta rocket line. wl1ich began soaring in 1960. It's !he largest and mightiest Delta to date, powered by nine strap-on boosters, !he usual core engine and an extra large upper­stage engine.

It' sdesigned to lift more than 8.400 pounds (3, 7 SO-meter) of pay load into a 22,300-mile-high (35,680-ki\ome­ter-high) orbiL

That's double the load of the slim­mer Delta II.

The Galaxy satellite on boaro wa~ to have begun providing television and da\a services to the United States and the Caiibbean by the end of September for PanAmSat Corp.

cent. Thousands of South Korean com­

panies have collapsed since the coun­try called in the International Mon­etary Fund in December to bail out iL~ battered economy.

Analyst~ said the economy is ex­pected to continue to shrink at least until the first half of next year.

Finance and Economy Minis­ter Lee Kyu-sung predicted in a report to the National Assembly Tuesday that South Korea's economy would contract by up to 6 percent this year. one percentage point lower than he had previously foreca~t.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 , .1998 -MARIANAS VARIE"f}' ifEWS AJs.fQVI?~~-~3

Gadhafi moves to break isolation By LOUIS MEIXLER

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 's qualified acceptance of a pro­posal to end a stalemate over where to· try two Libyans sus­pected of causing one of the world's worst airliner disasters is a cautious move that coul.d help ease his country's interna­tional isolation.

For almost six years, Libya has been subjected to U.N. sanc­tions aimed at forcing Gadhafi to surrender the men accused of planting a bomb that destroyed a 1988 Pam Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270.

On Wednesday, Libya ac­cepted a U.S.-British compro­mise to try the two suspects in the Netherlands, but it also urged that the U.N. sanctions be lifted.

The Libyan move came after Washington and London agreed to hold a trial for the bombing suspects in the Netherlands, un­der Scottish law, dropping their earlier insistence that any trial must be held in Britain or the United States.

The United Nations is now considering a draft resolution that would suspend the sanc­tions after the suspects-Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah - ar­rive in the Netherlands for trial. Libya did not say when the pair might be moved to the Nether­lands or when the trial might start.

For years, Gadhafi has car­ried out high-profile acts of de-

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fiance of the U.N. sanctions, which ban air travel to and from Libya. He has flown to friendly countries, and Muslim pilgrims have flown from Libya to the holy city of Mecca.

But the sanctions have largely held.

Many foreign companies have shunned dealing with a country that is on the U.S. State Department's list of nations en­gaging in state-sponsored ter­rorism. Also discouraging busi­ness is a U.S. law that imposes economic sanctions against companies that invest more than $40 million in the Libyan oil or gas sectors.

Tourism to the country is vir­tually non-existent. Visitors must take a ferry to Libya or fly to neighboring Egypt or Tuni­sia and drive to Libya, which can take up to half a day.

Libya has long supported radi­cal Palestinian groups. and the United States has accused it of

Russia builds new train for transporting nuclear waste MOSCOW (AP) - Russia is building a new cargo train for transporting nuclear waste, in an attempt to cope with the large volumes of radioactive materials that need to be taken out of temporary storage, officials said Wednesday.

Russia now has only one special train for transporting nuclear waste, said Nuclear Power Ministry spokesman Yuri Bespalko.

"That train was obviously unable to cope with the volume of shipments," he said.

Norway is financing the $2 million construction, the ITAR­Tass news agency reported, citing Deputy Nuclear Power Minis­ter Nikolai Yegorov. The train is expected to be completed by next year, it added.

Russia's methods of storing nuclear waste have been under international scrutiny, especially since a retired naval officer spoke out two years ago against the dangers posed by the careless handling of the waste.

Capt. Alexander Nikitin has been charged with treason for his aid to a Norwegian environmental group, the Be Ilona Foundation, in compiling the report that focused on the potential hazards caused by improper storage of radioactive waste by Russia's Northern Fleet.

The United States plans to finance the dismantling of two nuclear submarines decommissioned from Russia's Northern Fleet, ITAR-Tass said.

Yegorov has said that more than 150 discharged submarines are holding in excess of 80 metric tons (88 tons) of spent nuclear fuel in Russia's north, and the government does not have the estimated $1.5 billion necessary to scrap the subs or improve radiation safety.

Russia has agreed to dismantle I 00 of its aging submarines by 2000, but the deadline is seen as wildly unrealistic, given the country's financial problems.

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Location: MVA Saipan Closing Date: 9/08/98

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Assist the managing director at work related meetings, press conferences, or events. Coordinate in compiling and preparing materials for the monthly board meetings. attending meetings. monitoring and recording proceedings, taking notes and preparing minutes and disseminate final copies to the Board members. Draft memos. letters. speeches/remark messages and reports and other related documents and duties as assigned by the Managing Director. Prepare records and documents for meetings and conferences. Organize and maintain a filing system of all related Board documents such as correspondence, Board min­utes, testimonies and others. Maintain daily, weekly and monthly appointments schedules for the Managing Director and Board members.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION: Bachelor's degree is desirable; plus iour (4) years work experience, including two (2) years of supeivisory experience in related field. Must be a computer literate, able to work flexible hours and hardworking. Copy of a degree/official transcript and police clearance must be attached to the qualifications.

SALARY: Ungraded: Salary depends on qualifications. Interested persons may contact the Marianas Visitors Authority at telephone 664-3200 or 3201 for application forms. Deadline of application forms must be submitted to the MVA Office in San Jose no later than Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 5:00 p.m.

POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEM.ENT POSITION: CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OPENING DATE: 08/25/98 LOCATION: MVA Saipan CLOSING DATE: 09/08198 ~ DUTIES: ~ Direct the management and supervision of the Marianas Visitors Authority's ac­counting activities. Supervise and implements generally accepted accounting procedures and techniques. Prepare, utilizing computerized accounting, or di­rects preparation of reports which summarize and forecast MVA's financial posi­tion in areas of revenues and expenses based on the past, present, and ex­pected operations. Directs determination of depreciation applicable to capital assets. Ensures that MVA complies with all laws and regulations which may have a finan­cial statement impact. Oversees the operation of the internal control system of the accounting department. May prepare an internal control policies and proce­dures manual. Establish, or recommends to management on desirable operational adiustments due to tax code revisions. May arrange tor linanciat audits ol MVA. Prepare audit responses. May recommend Hnancial planning, procurement, and invest­ment ol lunds. Per1orm other related duties as assigned.

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Ruling junta wants talks with opposition, but not Suu Kyi YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The military regime con­firmed Thursday that it wants to keep fledgling meetings going with the opposition, but prefers to leave out Nobel lau­reate Aung San Suu Kyi.

The government, facing a month of low-level but con­certed agitation by pro-democ­racy forces inside and outside the country, reiterated that it found other leaders of Suu Kyi's party, the National League of Democracy, more "responsible."

Government officials have been meeting diplomats and foreign military attaches over the past few days, stressing that the NLD's demands to convene a civilian parliament would upset attempts to hold talks between the two sides.

In line with the relatively more diplomatic approach, official newspapers have muted their usual criticism of Suu Kyi and her party in re­cent days.

Suu Kyi, 53, has been re­covering since Monday from a 13-day roadside standoff against authorities preventing her from traveling to the prov­inces to meet supporters. She was suffering kidney and uri­nary tract problems, dizziness and low blood pressure.

Meanwhile, the country's holiest Buddhist shrine, the gold encrusted Shwedagon Pagoda, reopened after an un­precedented one-day closure due to apparent fears of anti~ government protests.

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The pagoda was closed on the anniversary of an impor­tant speech given there by Suu Kyi in 1988 during a nation­wide uprising against military rule. Troops eventually crushed the unrest, killing an estimated 3,000 people.

Commemoration of the up­rising has been used by the opposition to demand that a parliament elected in 1990 fi­nally be convened. The NLD overwhelmingly won the vote, but the military, which ,has ruled the country since 1962, refused to relinquish power.

Though Suu Kyi is gener­ally seen inside and outside Myanmar, also known as Burma, as the leader of the opposition, she is intensely disliked by many of the country's ruling generals.

Official newspapers typi­cally describe her as arrogant and portray her marriage to a

Briton as betraying both Myanmar and her father, Aung San, who Jed the country's

'independence struggle against British colonial rule.

A government spokesman, on customary condition of anonymity, said in a faxed statement to The Associated Press that the military remains willing to meet other NLD leaders.

The government views NLD Chairman Aung Shwe as "the most responsible person of the party" and is also willing to meet with "officially recog­nized central executive com­mittee members."

Last week, Aung Shwe held his first meeting since last year with Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, the powerful chief of military in­telligence, as Suu Kyi chal­lenged the authorities to let her travel to meet members of her party in the provinces.

In that encounter and a meet­ing this week between lower­level officials on both sides, the NLD said it was warned against pushing for the con­vening of the parliament.

The government has por­trayed the talks as "initial stages of confidence-build­ing" and insists that a new constitution must be put in place before any parliament can be called.

The NLD walked out of the committee drafting a new constititution in 1995, saying it was stacked in favor of the military. The committe has not met in two years.

. INVITATION FOR '=IIDS . . . DPW98-Iii'B~024 August 28, 1998 · . . .

Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Department of Public Health (DPH), are soliciting sealed bids for Various Repairs to the Commonwealth Health Center on the island ofSaipan, Common­wealth of the Northern Mariana islands.

Sealed bids, in triplicate, must be submitted to the Office of the Director, Division of Pro­curement & Supply, Lower Base, Saipan no later than 2:00 p.m. local time, Friday, September 18, 1998 at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A bid bond of fifteen percent ( 15%) of the total bid amount must accompany the bid. This security may be Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bid Bond. Checks must be made pay­able to the CN MI Treasurer, with a notation of the face of the check: "Check Account no. 44660".

The Scope of Work and bid documents are available on ~rafter Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at the DPW Technical Services Division, Lower Base, Saipan.

A Pre-bid Conference for this project will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time, Friday, September 11, 1998 at DPW Conference Room, Office of the Secretary, Gualo Rai, Saipan. All ques­tions/concerns must be submitted in writing to the DPW Technical Services Division no later than 4:30 p.m. local time, on the Pre-bid Conference date.

The responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid will be awarded a contract with the CNMI Government and will be required to deliver Performance and Payment bonds equal to 100% of the contract price. Performance time for completion of the project is ninety (90) calendar days. Liquidated damages to be assessed at one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per calendar days. ,,_

All bid documents received shall become the sole property of the Government of the North­ern Mariana Islands. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in a bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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/s/TElU TlUPP Acting Secretary of Public 1-kalth

/s/HERMAN S. SABLAN Director, Procurement & Supplv

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firm R,,bntson. \elon,1gk :111d Eastaugh offc:rc'J to n:present the CNt-.11 in thL' LIS Congresson:1 lu111p sum. fi\eJ kc l\L,is of S(il.(XXl per mllnih. l lnJer the proposal. the ,111K,unt wi 11 h,1w to bl' paiJ in the first \\'eek of each 111,mth.

"Other th,m 1h:11 SJX'e'ifi,· pmpos:tl 11·hich I ha1·e not ,;ecn \'L't. 11·c ha1·c abo Lx-cn n:cci1 ing some offers from t1tlw lobbying groups in tl1e US. We :m:: 1-e1·ic11 ing the proposals but :L, we all know. 11·c :u-e in a Jeep fin:mcial c1isis 1ight now."Te1101iotol<l1-ep011-c1,.

He sn-essedthattheC'NMlneeJs to install su·ong lobbying efforts in tl1e LIS especially now when bilateral Jiscussion. ini1i:11/y schcJuleJ to 1-e­sumc ncxr month. between the Com­mon11·ealtl1 :mJ tl1e FeJed govem­rncnL, h:L, LX'en culleJ off due to Jiffe1-ences in the items that shoukl be mcluded in the agend:1.

--we neeJ lobbyists to help us but 11·e ,u-e also wry nmch concerned about our lin:mcial 1-esuictions," the gm crnorsaid. aJding that he r-emains optimistic that tl1e Commonwealth's 1clation,hip witl1 the US govemment will imprO\'c soon.

Tcno1io said the prolcssional lob­bying group p1-eviously conu-acte<l by the CN\1I h:L, lxen of signilic:ml help to the lo:al government at the

height ofrontrol'c1,ies 1cg:u'ding the rcponed l:tlxir :1buse :uiJ immigra­ti,m problems in the Northern tvtu·i:u1:L,.

11,iuse ways:md me:mscommittec chair Rep. Km! T. Reyes, in :m imer­, iew. said no approp1iations for pro­lcssiord lobbyist, wc1-e maJc by Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio in his proposeJ Fiscal Y e:u· 1999 bud!!el,althou£h he saiJ the govemor'sdis:'1ctiomuytund may lx used 10 fin:uice such a con­tract.

However·.undertheproposed 1999 bud!!et. tl1c !!OVemor w:L, allocated only~ about $500.CXXJ in disci-etionary or contingency furn.ls. while tl1e of­fice of the lieutemmt governor gel, only S 100,000.

Even when the $200,000 money approptiated under tl1e professional se1vices of the Governor's Office is combined witJ1 tl1e $50:J,OCXJ discre­tion:uy fund, the money will not be enough to pay for a new lobbying team in US Congress.

l11e law fitm based in the US has offered to represent the Northem Mrni,ma Isl;mJs in Washington OC., on a lump sum, fixed fee basis of $60,000 per month which should be paid in advance in tl1e first week of each montl1.

Under tl1e proposal, the CNMI would also be 1esponsible,othcrtl1:m the monthly ch:u·ge, for reimburse­menl of incidental co,ts includ­ing local transportation. photo­copying, long distance telephone

charges, overnight mail .u,d post­age.

Additionally, :u1y u·avel outside tl1e Washington OC meaupolitrn1 area including meals, lcxlging and phme f:ue wou Id be billed to the Common­wealtl1. Such tJ~1vcl would not be undet1akenunlessexp1esslyreques1ed by the Commonwealth.

But Reyes said hiring anew lobby­ingcornprn1y tliat would 1ep1escntthe CNMl in Washin£ton0Cshouldnot be a top priotity, especially in times when the govemmentiscrumbling to generate more n: venues tl1at would finrn1ce mid em1y out social prog1,1ms and se1viccs.

Robettson, Mona de and Eastau gh claims to have a s!Ju~g. ongoing 1ela­tionship with the House Resources Committee, the Senate Energy Com­mittee :md the Alaska Cong1cs.,ional De1e£alion.

It [, p1uposing a th1-ee-point gen­eral su,1tegy which include de!..iying futther discussion of le!lislation on theCNM I this ye:u·toallo~theCNMI government to di:vclop ,md imple­ment a Jet.1iled internal stJ-ategy to enforce it, own laws :md 1cgulations.

lt also seeks to mo1e actively coor­dinate Tenorio's intern:·.! strategy with the offices of Chairman Young and Senator Frank Murkowski immediately, as well as to dcve lop a proposed

strategy to increase federal funding for the enforcemenl of immig;:llion and other US laws.

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resulted from a high tension power line.

Medic IO treated the victim at the scene and then shortly trans­ported to Guam Memorial Hospi­tal.

He sustained second degree burns to both feet, and according to hospital administrator, Tyrone Taitano, he is listed as in stable condition.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is conducting an investigation into the inciJent.

The victim's name. occupation and other information concern­ing the case cannot be released until the investigation is com­pleted said an OSHA official.

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ent institutions. However. they expre,sed gratitude from those people who continue to visit the center to entenain the elders of

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media project that addresses a signifi­cant historical subject or theme and exemplifies excellence in oral histOI}' mcthcxlology: ,mJ to a ptecollegiate educator who h:1, made outsUUlding use of oral histmy in the cl,Lssroom.

In all cl:Lsses. aw:u-ds will~ given for work published or completed be­tween Ap1il I. 1997. ;md 'v1mch 30. 1999.

Aw:u-ds :u-e honrnitic :u1d will be :umounced at the As,ociation 's an­nual meeting. to be hdd October6-H. 1999. in Anchrn-age. AI.L-,ka.

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Th~ governor adJed that he h:1, alrrnJy givcnofficialsof the Muirn1as Visitor, Authority hi, blessings to rnnduct discussions with JALcxc:cu -ti\·es in Jap:m next month. in erfor1s to crKourage mrnc intemation:il !light .scrYices to the CN\11.

"MV.i\ chai1m:u1 Da\'e Sahl:u1 is b, ing for Jap:m to work clo,;cly \\'ith other airlme co111p:u1ies :md see 11 h:n \\'L' ,·:m do together to continu­rn1sh hring in trniri,L, to tl1e CNMI ,,ithnut lli~ht h,bsb."" he said.

.·\I the "1111c t1111i:. llou,c public l!tli :UL'' :111d tr:11hpnt1:ition chair Rep. I)"' id \1. .·\p:11an," said the A\'iation T:i~~ 1 ·nrc~· h nn,,· \()nking ~ncncour· :igi11~ <llhc·1 111:1j"r ,·:11licrs to launch r]dlt ,L'I' i,·,•s to the ( ".\irvJJ.

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"\Ve wi II approach Continental or JAi. and sec if the:- can p<.lssibly take the' hacking. Somebody h:L, lo take car-e of the· mutes:· he told Y·.1ricty.

\orthwc:st-S,1ipa11,tation man­ager· Yolanda Elliott. in an inter­view. admitted that the airline rnrnpany i, now i11 :1rhitration and a hoycou i, rmssihlc with the: .'\O day period ;ct by the firm "s pi lots e•nding on tmla,.

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also prompted the decision. "Some of tlle meetings were sup­

posed to be held in Singapore. Willi tlle current environment. we

felt it was inappropriate," FEER quoted him as saying.

The two Soutlleast Asian neigh­bors have been squabbling over a wide range of issues since the 1960s, soon after tlleir governments gained independence from British rule.

The most recent dipustes revolve around differences caused by the shift-· ing of a shared railroad immigration and customs point. Other longstanding tiffs include land dis­putes and the sale of Malaysian wa­ter, on which Singapore depends heavily.

the community. For those organizations who

wish to fundraise for the benefit of the Manamko of Saipan. inter­ested parties could reach the Of­fice of the Aging Administration in Gara pan with telephone num­bers 233-1320.

ll1e Association welcomesentJies ;md nominations from all who prac­tice ornl history. including academic schol:u, :mJ eJucators, public his­tory institutions and practitioners, in­deJXndent professionals. librmiesand archives.community-based groups and inJiviJuab. and others.

for guidelines and submission information. write Oral History Association. Baylor University. P.O. Box 97D4. Wuco. TX 7679X-7234: c-111:1il. OIIA_Suppo11@Baylor. or see the OHA home page: http:!/ www.bayk,r.edu-OHA'.

Deadline for1-eceiptofall nomina­tion mate1ials is Aptil i. 1999.

remain optimistic that we will come toanagreement Wearestillonnego­tiations with the pilots:· she told Ya-1iety. while adding that N01thwest will still be in normal operations upto tom0!1"0\\'.

No1thwest Air! ines services S aip:m once a day :mJ flies Guan1 two times a day. It flies direct between Saip:u1 :md Tokyo using a Boeing 7Ji7 air­craft witl1 pw,sengcrs av.::raging to

?,(X) per day .u,d almost I (X).(XXl in :1 ye,u·.

Elliott stressed that tl1e airline com­p:u1y has alt-eady come up with con­tingency plans. She did notdahor:!le. She only ,aid the airline company Im, stoppi:d arncpting pc1ishablec:u-goe,. in d"fons to minimize the elTecL, or the looming lxiycott.

W:L,hington Rep..lu:u1 N. Babauta. in a lctterto l1 S Tr:msponation Sm-e­t:uy R<x.lney Slater. expressed con­ccms on tl1c: "serious .. impact of th.: pl:u111cd su·ikL' by N011hwcst pilots. adding tl1at tl1e suikc rrnymc:m d, iublc whammy for the C'NMI since the Com monwcalth h: L, ~en u·apped into worsening economic situation due to declining visitor ,m·ivals.

Babauta i, prcx.lding Slater to :L,k l'r·e,idcnt Clinton to use his p<.iwcr unJcr the: Railway Labor Act and other legislation relating to inter­state commerce. in order to ddav the pilots' action. ·

·n1e ,tri kc ,md the con.:s1xmdi ng shu tdownof Nrnthwest' s Airtink ser­vice offe1-ed by Mesaba Airlines mid Express I Airlines would eliminate 2A60daily dcp:utures at 223 ai1prn1S in the United Suites.

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thorit\· h:1,·e 11,,t rc:cc:i1·ed report, or 111isdcc larc:d cargoes in the past.

Salas ,aid this i, thL' first time that Saip:111 is subjectL'd to the inspection,. \\'hie·h arc bL'ing car­ried out by TAG.

"Maybe it"s :1bnut time ... he ,aid.

ConcL'rns arc being raised by 111L'mbc:r, of the local business rnmrnunity about a possible daily i11,pc:ction or all incoming car­goes.

But Sala, :dlayed this saying such will 11otbc:do11easi1·\vill l.Je costly I le expbinc:d the T/\Ci inspectors opted to do a random check to avoid cargoes from being piled

Tourist . .. Continued from page 1

by 19 pc:rcent. ~-I pcr·cent. a11J 56 percent re,pcctivc:ly.

1\rri,·als from I longkong de­crca,c:d by I percent. Philippines by V1 percent. Russia by 23 per­cent. China by I() percent, and a Ill pc:rcenl drop i'ro111 othi:r areas.

Tourists \\'ho went to Tini:111

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mate! y 80 percent oi" the cstimateJ popul:1tion of alien wmkers in the CNMI.

/\lic:ns have been registcrl'li from :iis Jillcrent rnuntrics. l low­c\'l.:r. 85 percent of a 11 :ti iens sec:k­in~ hc::tlth ccnit.il':1tc:s h:1vc cornc

Senate Continued from page 3

(1m·crnor Tenorio i, banking 011 an inne:1,L' 01· S:i million m·cr anJ :1hm·.; the aumini,tration·s 1·ir,t estimate on revenue collec­tion from wagc:s and salary foJ"the nc~l fiscal yc:,1r is expL'cted.

I le also mer11irn1cd anticipated lll't positil'e gain, amounting to

S(,. I million from the increase in

CHC ... Continued from page 3

tory pallern. Thi, reduce, the need l'.l ,edatc or paral11e the ;11f,mt i11 order to vc:ntilate him.

Gov't ... Continued from page 9

"\Ve can ta kl' hack thi: portion 01· the: puhlil· l:ind for ,h,>pping mall :,llll 1nlucc, thL' arc a ol lease ir the, do11 ·1 huild it." "1id I lllbchncid,:r.

I lllf,chncidn s:1id the husinc"­rne·11 told him th:1l thn 11·ill need ')I:, mil I ion rnr,re [ll hu i id the ,ho11,.

I k ,aid the: B<l;ird 111a_1 grVL·

due [() a bau L'l"llllllllly. rvtd'hctrcs )L'stcrday 111L't with

,c:11ator, hour, befo1·L' lhL'y IL'ft for Rnta 11·1tc:rc: a si:s,io11 \\'as he: h,·ltl to act on the pmpo,L'd hud['.L'l, The sc11atm, e1cntually passed the budget hill without any ch:111gL's to the I louse vc:rsion pas,;ed prc:viously. (,cc rc:latc:d stmy 011 p:1ge 3)

up :1t thc port "s facil itic:s and incur losses tn its ,hipper.

S:tla, said TAG inspection is a "rn111111011 thing" in the U.S. main-1:tml.

(iuam. hL' said. i, likewise cur­rently undergoing similar cargo checks.

"lt is a self-policing mecha­nism ... to ensure that everybody is complying with l"eJcral mari­time law," said Sal:1s.

I le added th:1t only cargoes sent to Saipan by the two big shipping firms are being audited. These, according to him. comprise 50 percent ol' the shipments being handled at the seaport.

Salas failed to say what prompteJ the two shipping com­panies to call in TAG. Ile ncvcr­thL'kss explained that it is "typi­cal for ports to ensure that all cargoes are accounted for. ..

last month WL'rc 261 mostly be­cause or the Tinian Dynasty Ho­tel and Casino. Out of 261 visi­tors. 210 came from US (includ­ing Guam).

l'i11:tl statistics showed that ar­riv:tls in thi: CNMI have contin­ued to dL'crc:ase as the numbers declined by 32 percent for July and not 46 percent as slmw11 in the p1diminary rc:port.

from tht: Philippines and the Peoples Republic or China.

The DPH earlier· said that all those non-resident workers found with IIIY anJ who arc to be de­ported from the CNMI will r·e­ceivc continuous medical treatment in their country or origin sinci: the Dl'll \\'ill try to \\'ork on it.

u~er" .... 1·i.:L' r~!lc from.\) PL"l"CL'lll t~)

3.7 perTe'nt unckr Public L11, I 1-23. and the 1 :due oi' garments cxponc:J.

/\111u,e111ent machine license ke. which was proposed to be rai,ed to SX.00() per machine and thc: rc111ma! of the limit i11 the number of poker and pachi11ko machines in Saipa11. is also rai,­in,!! hopc:s 1·or an additional S.1..l) million in total revenues.

I lcalth SeL-rel:11·y Joseph Kc1 in Vil lagomcz yesterday told rcpon­crs that the old equipment at the Cl I(", Rc,pir:1tmy C:1r·c Dcpart-11w111 ca11110 longe•r he: fixed ,ince thc:y han, already outlaste•d the: a1·ailahility of r·epl:icc111rnt parts .

Saip:111 Leisure one: yearto prm·iJe prnof of finance, and anorhcr year to constrnct the cable car upon sign­ing the ka,e agrcc:rncnt.

"Op,-ration ( 01· 111c: c:1hlc: car ser­, icc) ,h,,ultl hc~in i11 the second war ai'tcr th,· lca,c i, signed."" ,aid I lnfschnc1de·1.

\:tip:111i.,: . ,,.,i::its,,hcdut\·-h, llllld lo ,11< "' ,:"11,tnr,·ti, 111 11laris t'<>r tile' c11lte·c· ,11"!' :111d shoppi11:• 111:dl 1111 the· r'i!'th \l':11.

FRIDAY. AUGUST 28. 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-57

--1 met with the senators this morning ... and it looks like they're going to pass the: budget as it i.s. 11·11ti:y pass the budget the way it is. we will be in trouble," the NMC president rcma1-ked.

million cut in budget. She also brought out tl1e possibility

or the NMC losing its U.S. amcdita­tion.

"U.S. st:md:u·Js ,u·e applied hc1-e. lfnlor1unately. the House commit­tee on health. education and wel­fare who swayed the whole house to vote for it (buJget), did not realize: that we have a good ac­creditation standing. And because or their action, they may jeopar­dize our accreditation:· she said.

committee on health, eJucation and welfare with financial reports, contrary lo what Rep. llofschneidcr said Wi:dncsday.

"We had provided them reports. I can't possibly let him read if they Jon' t rcaJ, but the report. \\'t: provided them. lfthcyJon't real­ize the importance or it and the imp::ct of it. sornething's defi­nitely wrong with our leaders. and definitely wrong with the voters voting the same people: who saiJ they arc committed," saiJ Mcl'hetres.

She said the: governor can veto the hill 011 budget ii' he chCXJses to.

"We: 'II p1-ep:11-e our actions and if the govcmor signs that, thrn we have to move. /\II we llL'cd lo do is to give all our l~1c11lty :mu staff here 60 d:1ys notice:· she said, aJding that she will go to evcty cl:Lssnxim to tell the stu­dents tl1e p1-edicamcnls of the S2.2

The: NMC pr·csidcnt also said the college provided the: I louse

M~ .fe,u!,a, Ma/ua, B~ ./I~

cwtd IJ/-elipe 2~ .//~, wish lo extend our profound ,md sincere grntitude lo ,ill our rel,1tives and friends for your prcse11ce, prayers, support and words of comfort during our time of sorrow. We recognize ,ind L'Xlcnd our speci,11 appreciation lo our friends and relatives from Gti.1111, Rol,1 ;imi ·)·ini,rn for being here with us during our bereavement. Our beloved Eling h<1s left us, but will live ,ilwilys, among us and in our hrnrls, and most especiullv through friends like you. V-l'L' cunnol ,ind words lo express our deepest uppreciation lo alf of vou for ~iving us your precious Lime in pravers for our love one <1s she L'nlers i1 new lile with Cod our Lither in heavL'n. People like vou wilf remilin in our evervd;iv pL1yers.

I lame ni familiiln i di fun la ;is P/Jyllis He11avc11tc Atalig Lcuta, si J\lasin,1 l.c:ul,1, r·: si tvlilria Benavente /\lalig y;in Felipe Quitugua /\lalig, manmagof h;im para IN""=,. --....:.:.___.,,~~-b,1in ekslendi un tadong y,1n sinscro 11a agr,1disi111ic11lo para lodo i 111,111- ,· ;;....;.;.__, p<1rie11lL:s yan m,11hllungo' sih,1 pol i fin,1!011-miyo, i lindytl_\"Ol sih,1, i , ... :f;:~-l.:. . , supolas1on j'i:lil p,1labras konsuL·lu p,1rt1 hr1n1c g1 duronte I p1n1lPnn1c1n1t'. {;,J4-:. .. "~ .~.c.f}J!f

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i_,~ rckognis1.1 y;1 i.n-11c1na'cesJ-1esi.at n~ ,1prcsil1si~)n pi:Hll ~ n1an-i1lungo' ~ih,1 ;i:"~· ;!_~~--:. J·:;!r rn man-mallo g111e11 chago lugal, 1 man-p,menlcs 111 111an-m,1tlo g1nen i.::,.• ;i;{ ;:-i Cuarn, Lula yan Tiniiln. I guinaiyan-m,1me ;is Eli11g hil dingo hit lao siempre ,V~~~ u:lalu'b h,1' giyil l:ila lodos gi halom i ~orason-la, !au 1.nils ~spesi,1lmenle ,-':.-;;:~-::--~::;-,1 gmen 1111iln-gu111il1yayon na rnan-atungo komo h,1myo. laya palabrils :;111a ~,

\ b,1i csprl'sa i tadong na ilpreci;:ision-milme pi1ri1 lodos hamvo ni in-na'e hilm ·• /; ~~u i or~n n1iyo gi linayuyol pora i guinaiyan-n1an1e gi onui hun1c1nc10 p<1rc1 i nuL·rbo nc1 ... )~ i ',a'li1 yun si Yu'us clala gi !angel. Todo i liernpo miln-guige hamyo gi linayuyot - marne. t (C

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S, 'lfu'#4 Mc;.'c;Je' ,.,, ~u ,:>~; LEUTA, BENAVENTE & ATALIG FAMILY _i'5 i?~~'-i

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JFI//R.Sl1 /D/EA 11/Hf ANNI/VIE/rlSA/R_ Y

fo Lovi11Jf Memory of

FRANCISCO TORRES BORJA D We, the.family, would like to invite allfrirnds and rdatiFcs to Join 11s in pmycrs as we remember and rnmmemoratc the Fint Death AimiPcrsary of my Hwband, our Fritlm; Gmndfathcr and Grcllt"qmndfathCI'.

Ho(v Rosm:v will b(qi11 on Wednesday, September 02, }1)1)8 at 8:00 p.111. at the fami(y rcside11a in Crrpital Hill.

The cdcbrarim1 o(t/Jt" Death Aimh>crsary mns,; will take plrrci- rrt Kristo Rrri Church o'.1 :nn!rsda,v, Scptc11:bcr IO~ n_t 6:00 _rr.'.11. Afw_- the Special Mass / cPo-y011c zs 1m11tcdjor lm:akfnst nt ['cnsto Raz Clmrc/J, Socznl Hall. //

Filwl Rosary ll'ill bi: sn1d nt 6:00 J1.111. Srpt 10, at the-~'-'-, .,:0 · .· jirn,ily rcszdmcc 111 Crrpital Hall and di1111cr wzll /11: ~:;;;:3:t''-'·":~-·-- 'M si:i·i,cd ri._q/;t rrftcr t/Je rnsrrn'. -'\.. '~ ··. 11

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We, the familv o(t/Jc late Frn11cisco cforrcs ]for.fa ll'Oltld /1 J\ .• '· -.3 r:..

fif.:c to 'JJ1rr11/i "ui11 /rii" \'0111" /li"CSi"/lCC and jll"i1\'t:1"S. ti/ fr;~ \ ~

.Si '1/u'u,;, Ma/w.Je . f {F \ ·. ~ILJI~ From: . .:i.. • . : 8

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58-MARlANAS V ARlETY NEWS AND YlEWS-FRlDA Y · AUGUST 28, 1998

World . .. Continued from pag~ ~

From 1962 to 1975, before golf became the international spectacle that it is for millions of television viewers, the World Series brought together the winners of the Mas­ters, U.S. Open, British Open and

PGA Championship fora 36-hole exhibition. The prize money was unofficial, but the bragging rights were genuine.

The~ tournament has seen more than its share of the odd and memorable:

• In 1996, someone detonated a small b6mb in a trash container

just behind the first tee, a couple of hours after the last group had teed off. Two spectators were injured, no one was ever caught and the case is still open.

• Lon Hinkle skipped a ball off the pond in front of the 16th green and ended up saving par to win the 1979 tournament

JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IT IS THE PO/Jct" OF THE COMMONWEALTH UT/UT/ES CORPORATION (CUC) TIIATTHE cue MERIT HIRING SYSTEM Si/ALL BE APP/JED ii.ND ADMINISTERED ,\CCORDING TO Tl/£ PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS AND NATIONAL AS DEFINED BY TlfE NORT/IERN MARIANAS COM.\ION\VEALTli CONSTITUTION AND S1ATUTES REGARDLESS OF AGE. RACE. SEX, RELIGION. POUT/CAL

Affll.lATION OR BEUEF. M,\RII41. ST.·\TUS. HANDICAP. OR PLACE OF ORIGIN.

PERSONNR SPECIALIST I Job Vacancy Announcement No.: 98-038

Opening Date: 08/21198 Closing Date: 09/04/98

DUTIES: Assist in the operations, processing, maintenance and coordination of all Human Resource related matters.

LOCATION: COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION,SAIPAN

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: BA from an accredited college or university plus two (2) years work experience in Human Resources or related area. Applicant must possess strong computer skills.

STARTING SALARY: $17,700.92 · $20,484.60 per annum Pay Level/Step 25/01-04

Applications are available at the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, Lower Base, Saipan, and the CUC Rota and Tinian offices.

FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC DISOUALIFICATION.

by a shot. , Olazabal opened the 1990

tourney with a course-record 61 and went on to win by 12 shots. Not wanting to change his luck, he ate dinner every night in a nearby steakhouse owned by two Spanish friends.

• In 1994, John Daly got

Far .. . Continued from page 64

Carolina team in the series since Mooresville in 1952.

In the international pool, Sean Sargent hit his fourth homer of the World Series as Langley, Canada, beat Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 9-3 to advance to Thursday's international cham­pionship game.

The undefeated Canadians wiJI face Kashima, Japan, a team they beat I 0-5 in seven innings behind five home runs_ four in the extra inning.

A Canadian team has never won the World Series and no team had even gone to the international pool final since the round-robin for­mat began in 1992. The last team from Canada to make it to the championship: Stoney Creek, Ontario, in 1965. It lost 3-1 to

NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION A ·1::1··.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BFP98-0066

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

AM;RNDMENf NO. 1- EXTENSION DATE FOR CLOSING

Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the North~r~ Maria~as Housing Cori:orati?~ ~NMHC) Board of Directors, and the Division of Procurement and Supply, are hereby givmg nooce that NMHC 1s sohc1ong se~}ed proposals for the construction of the "REHABILITATION OF PINATANG PARK SWIM~ING P?OL - PHASE II at Songsong Village, Rota, MP, Commonwealth of the Northern Ma~ana Islands. Proposals m duplicate must be m~rked "CD BG-Construction, Pinatang Project Phase II", and must be submitted to Procurement and Supply, ~wer Base, Sa1pan, no later 2:00 P.M., local time, Friday, September 18, 1998. Any proposals received after the above Orne will not be accepted

under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total proposal price exceeding $25,000 must accompany the sealed proposal documents. This security may be Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bond made payable to the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation, P.O. Box

514, Saipan, MP 96950.

The participant is required to submit with his/her p_ropos_aJ, l) a copy of cu:rcnt CNMI -iss~ed business license; ~) updated financial statement; 3) listing of existing and past projects, mcludmg compleoon dates; 4) certificatton of tax compliance from the Department of Revenue and Taxation; 5) written confirmation from a reputabl~ bo~di~g firm as to the, company's capability to obtain bond insurance and pe:forma~cc and payment bond; 6) copy_ofBmlder: ~sk and W?rkmen s Compen­sation coverage; 7) iisting of manpower with copies of CNMI-1ssued work permits; and 8) listing of equipments.

Plans and Specifications for the project are available on or after August 3, 1998 at the Office of Henry_ K. Pangelinan and Associates, Inc., Chalan Laulau, Saipan during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Fnday, except CNMI holidays. A non-refundable payment of $150.00 is required for each set.

Attention is called to Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 19"68 which requires the provision of training and employment, and the awarding of contra~t for work on_ the project, to l~w income project area _residents and business concerns. NMHC also notifies proposers that It will affirmanvcly ensure that, many cont~act entered_ mto pursua~t to this advertisement, minority and women's business enterprises will be accorded full opportumty to submit proposals m

response to the request.

Attention is also called to the Labor Standard Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the Commonwealth. Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract must be

paid on this project.

All documents received shall be the sole property of the NMHC with the exception of the bond, certified check or cashier's check, which will be returned to the proposers in accordance with section "Instruction to Proposers" page 2-3, paragraph

No. 03, Proposal Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any defects in the said proposals, if in the sole opinion to do so would be in its best interest. All proposals will become the property of the Government.

MaryLou S. Ada Corporate Director Date: 08/27 /98

Herman S. Sablan Acting Director, Procurement & Supply Date: 08/27 /98

into a fight in the parking lot with the elderly parents of club pro Jeff Roth.

• Six weeks before the start of that 1994 tournament; officials had to shift the World Series across the· street to the North Course

'because the Sou th' s greens were dying.

Windsor Locks, Conn. Cypress struck first in a en-or·

riddled third inning. Following two walks and two wild pitches by Hodges, overthrows by third baseman Sam Byrum and center fielder Richard Barnhill allowed two runs to score.

Barnhill redeemed himself with a three-run homer in the third inning that tied the game at 4-4. Then, in the fifth, Massey and Hodges welcomed reliever Zach Wesley with the back-to-back shots.

Hodges followed that blow with another: He struck out the side in both the fifth and sixth innings.

Langley, which has with nine home runs in the series and 28 in the post-season, is the biggest team in this World Series, and the Canadians beat Dhahran with power.

Sargent's solo shot to left led off a five-run third inning, Jared Krause knocked two runs home with a double to the warning track and Mark Henderson hit an RBI single up the middle, then scored on a wild pitch as Langley led 7-0.

Sargent is batting .SOOwith five RBIs.

The Canadians rocked starting pitcher Amit KmT for six earned runs on five hits in 2 2-3 innings.

Langley starter Jared Krause gave up one run on four hits over five innings.

Doug Grosch had an RBI single for Dhahran.

The world championship game is Saturday.

Saipan ... Continued from page 64

cobwebs off those gloves, wipe the bats clean and please watch those calories, it's practice time.

For more information please contact Joe ToITes at 235-1662 or Carol Nigiraids at 323-4247.

1992 DIAMANT MITSUBISHI SEDAN $7,000.00 1995 HYUNDAI SONATA SEDAN $6,500.00 1992 CHEVY CAPRICE SEDAN $6,000.00 1994 DODGE VAN (15 l'ASSENGERJ $13,000.00 1994 HYUNDAI BUS (45 PASSENGER) VERY GOOD $20,000.00 1995 HYUNDAI BUS (35 PASSENGER) VERY GOOD $18,000.00 1993 ASIA BUS (45 PASSENGER) $17,000.00 1989 TOYOTA CAMRY (NC GOOD) $2,500.00 1995 TOYOTA TACOMA $8,000.00 1989 KIA BOXER TRUCK (4.5 TONS) $4,500.00

Please Contact: JAMES PARK at Tel.# 234-2340 & 287-8949

w.11 SAIPAN, INC. has openings for: .

. DRIVER/BUSBOY '

• •

for local hir<? only. Experience pr<?ferr<?d. Must be obi<? to work diff<?rent shifts. Must possess valid CNMI Driver's License. Must hove own reliable tramportation.

•

Police Clearance. WDI Saipan, Inc. offers compelitive employee benefit packet.

Please apply in person at: Tony Roma's & Capricciosa Restaurants

2:00 p.m .. 4 p.m. only (Monday thru Friday) No phone calls, please.

~SAIPAN, INC.

La Fiesta Ill, 1 F & 2F, San Roque (across Hotel Nikko)

APARTMENT FOR RENT 2 BEDROOM · FULLY FURNISHED --------------------WAREHOUSE FOR RENT

1,200 sq. n. w/bathroom & kitchen sink. For more information call: VESTCOR@322-3797

LEAVING ISLAND Must Sell

I • e • Like New, 4sp, 4·Dr. Hatchback, AC,

AM/FM, Rustproof, 45+MPG, 7500Mi $3,500 OBO

Tel. 322·1630

We are looking for a used Fork Lift, Hon Diesel Engine & 20·FI. or

40·FI. Used Containers. PLEASE CONTACT:

Hong Ye Trading Company at Tel. 235-87 48

LOT FOR SALE --San Yiccnlc, 1583 sq. m.----Tuturan, 5851 sq. m.---Capitol Hill, 3420 sq. m.--

Contact: Frank Yuan Tel. 1-626-588-3660 Fax: 1-626-588-3655

E-mail: frank@c-mc.com

YARD SALE Near NMC look for signs

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Two Bedroom, One Comlort Room, 24-llrs. water S~PY, Fuly Fll'ltislted, Back-!IJJ Generator, One Airconditioner (19,0008111). contact G!lEG DI' RUDY al Tel. #322·37E3/94 Olllce Is at Bldg. #B, llauyun, ltd. Jan!or, Inc.

'LEAVINGISLAND:SALE': POOL BALL & BAR

· It's l,~m i1 lJood busillcss,good 1ocfltio1L-to.cntctl iu <;arapn,1; hitcr~stcd p9'son, pbsc c.ill: 233-3321 ·

HOUSE FOR RENT AS LITO

Three ( 3) Bedroom, 2 Bathroom,

Car Garage, Fence Around with Privacy.

Contact: Rit at 664-3271/288-3208

HOUSE FOR RENT I. Three Bedroom with 1\vo Bathroom, Partly Furnished Concrete House. 2. Tuo Bedroom with One Bathroom (Part of a Triplex) Furnished. Both arc available immediately wilh power, 24 hours cily water. 1000 gallon reserved waler lank, telephone and cable tv wire are in place and located in Puerto Rico Village.

RENT: $900.00 & $750.00 respectively with ONE MONTH SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED.

FOR MORE INFO. CONTACT TEL. #234-7497 or FAX# 233-0641 between 9AM to 5PM.

_____ ~pA Y,_AUQUST 28, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY_N__!i~~Al'J"J?.~l§~S-59

House ... Continued from page 3

poration and I hope that CUC can look whether the increase is man­dated or not," Villagomez said.

He said the Legislature may force the cable company to pro­vide a better service in order to justify any rate increase that has been and will be carried out. "I guess what we should do is to force the company to provide a better service for whatever in­crease that they are charging the subscribers."

He added that if the rate in­crease was carried out to cover the MCV's takeover of the de­funct Saipan Cable Television, the move should not be accom­modated by the regulating gov­ernment agency.

"If they do the increase for cov­ering up the expense of takeover, -:believe that it is illegal and should not be accommodated," he told

Services ... Continued from page 3

We go through a procurement process. Some of our providers are Catholic Social Services, SPIMA and Guam Association of Retired Persons. _ Our meals are administered through CALS Corporation and the congregate meals are served at 15 sites.

The Case Management Pm­gram is the entry point for any­one requiring help.

They assess the needs of a particular individual and refer them to the proper places. This can be anything from legal as­sistance to transportation."

Terlaje says that home-deliv­ered meals are among the most popular services offered. Meals are delivered to elderly shut-ins and their spouses or primary caretakers providing them with healthy meals, even liquid supplements. During Typhoon Paka, clients were provided with three days worth of non-perish­able food.

'"I think they (Manamko) are better taken cared of on Guam than otherplaces." Terlaje main­tains. "It comes with the cul­ture. Adult Protective Services helps too. We do outreach and presentations to people. I think that makes individuals hesitant to abuse or neglect an elderly person because they know we 're looking."

Lia Ponce, who serves as Pro­gram Director for the Catholic Social Services Adult Day Care Center in Harmon agrees. A stateside resident of 30 years before her return to Guam, she's seen elders in far worse condi­tions than on Guam.

'"I really think that Guam has the best services of anyplace.

NMHC ... ~ontinued from page 9

Hawaii isaddressingthe same prob­lem by introducing Senate Bill 109.

'"As soon that it (bill) will pass then we will come in and work with Sena­tor Inouye's office," she said.

"Hawaii and CNMI have the same problem ... a lot of fedeml programs are not qualified on Hawaiian home

Variety, as he expressed support to the action made by the House PUTC committee to hold the pttl:i· lie hearing.

Apatang, at th(, same time, stressed that MCV should not rest on its laurels and allow the quality of service to suffer even when it has no competitor in the cable service industry in the Northern Mariana Islands.

"The quality of service should be acceptable because the.people are paying for it. If you are into business and you are getting good money, you should provide a bet­ter service, and that is what we want to see," he said.

MCV earlier this month raised the current rates of premium chan­nels, citing the increasing pro­gramming and maintenance costs. But MCV general manager Joe Butters said installation fee and regular channel charges will be unchanged.

In earlier interview, Butters said MCV has to consider program-

The elderly are really well taken cared."

She cites the elders under her care. '"The elderly here live with their families. If the fami­lies didn't care for them, they. wouldn't be at our center. Most of the family members are work­ing and they don't feel comfort­able leaving them alone."

Ponce says that family mem­bers drop off and pick up the elderly person or they use the transportation services provided by SPIMA. She says that most of the people in her care are able to care for themselves, that is, they feed, dress and bathe them­selves. The Center provides safety and it keeps them active. Ponce elaborates.

"It keeps their minds func­tioning and keeps them socially active. We have many different activities such as dancing, sing­ing. karaoke, etc. Almost ev­eryone can fend for themse Ives without assistance."

Terlaje says the Centers around island also serve as sites for the Manamko Yan Manhoben Program-a project that connects elders with teen­agers. ··we randomly select Senior Center sites and team them up with schools. Recently we got ceramics students at JFK High School together with the Manamko and the kids taught the elders how to work _with clay."

Manamko Yan Manhoben also places kids in situations where they can learn from the elders. "We also have skilled senior citizens who are hired pan time through the Depart· ment of Labor. They're called Cultural Instructors and they go to schools after classes arc done and get together with 'latchkey'

land because they resuict lands to Hawaiian descent the same thing here," she said.

The best strntcgy that they talked about was to let this bill pass then NMHCwill work withlnouye'sstaff and the committee on Indian affairs to include CNMI as an amendement to the bill.

"This is the stumbling block that is still preventing us fromreceivingmore

ming costs and other factors like the multi-ethnic subscriber base, hotel and tourist needs is trying to come up with channel line up.

Akin to the increase in the rate of premium channels, MCV will also offer a new premium service called Sundance which airs inde­pendent and foreign films not usu­ally seen on regular TY. ·

Butters said subscribers' monthly bills may increase or decrease, depending on the com­bination of services they have. Starting August I, MCV was to be charging $1 I. 95 a month each on HBO, Cinemax and Disney.

HBO/Cinemax Combo will be increased to $21.90 while Showtime Supersaver Pak, which includes Shoyitime, TMC and Sundance will beat$14.95amonth. ABS-CBN and the Filipino Chan­nel will be raised to $9.95; NHI<, $9.95; and KACV $19.95.

Installation fee remains at $25 and rate for regular channels stays at $25.90, according to Butters.

children. They keep them busy with arts and crafts. We've also sent Manamko to middle schools for storytelling ses­sions.',

Teri a je maintains that many relationships have formed be­cause of these programs and it's not uncommon for an older per­son to become sort of a surro­gate grandparent to a child he or she has met through Manamko Yan Manhoben. "That's pretty much what happens. they bond.··

Ponce says that she doesn't often encounter abused elderly people at the Harmon Center. "We do look for it. We have a registered nurse on staff and if they come in with bruises or looking hungry or tired. we 're worried. Weaskthemifthey've eaten and slept. We 're con­cerned."

She holds that while abuse to the elderly is well hidden on island, the majority of the aged are well cared for. "It's not unusual for an adult grandchild Io stay at home with a grandpar­ent who needs to be cared for.

I've even seen it where the son or grandson quits his job to be able to care for someone. Perhaps someone will come in to bathe and change the bed rid­den elder. but th; relative will stay close all day to make sure they eat. have water and are okay."

The Division of Senior Citi­zens offers a variety ofprograr:ns including in-home and home­maker services which assist se­niors with personal care and light housekeeping. Also avail­able are adult day care. congre­gate and home delivered meals. transportation and more. For more information, call 671-475-0265.

federal programs for home onwnership in the Commonwealth.'' she said.

"We 're working with them so that it will promote improving the liveli­hood of our CNMI citizens here by opening up a wide variety of federal progrnms," she said.

·Inouye will introduce an amend­menttoincludetheCNMiasarecipi­entofthe S109.

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in common with others born under your sign, but what is even more remarkable is that you seem to have a great deal in common with everyone you meet, regardless of his or her sign. You have a sort of everyman quality that allows you to get along with most of the people you encoun­ter, and vice versa. You arc strong­willed and persistent ,md you have a su1prising inner strength that is not often on display but still impresses everyone who has a chance lo see it in action. You are a survivor.

You have numerous talent~, and it is likely that you will spend much of your youth exploring the many op­tions available lo you. It may be much laterinlifethatyou finally pinpoint just what it is you wish to do professionally, and you will never abandon entirely those things that interested you when you were young.

\To sec what is in store for you tomon-ow, find your birlhday and read thecon-esponding paragraph. Let your bi11hday star be yourdai ly guide.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -You may find, by day's end, that someone from your past has kept a promise that you thought was long forgotten. Show your gratitude.

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National League:

Sosa hoiners as Cubbies win but McGwire sets HR pace M•lltl~&lial Cl:'iCI:'i:'i..\ Tl (.-\P) - S:umny S,,s:i fin:!lh made con1:1c1 against Br.:tt To111'i..o. hitting a towering sl1<1t t"c,r his 52nJ homer \\'edn.:s­cby a, th.: Chic1gc1 Cubs beat the Ci1Kinn:1ti Reds 9-2 t,)enJ a four­':.!allk' \osinl.! strc~tk.. • K.:n, w:)Od ( 12-6 l ,truck out 16 in ~ight innings. the s.:conJ­hi~h.:,t total of his rookie season.­:ts"iie won for the first time since Jul\ .:ll.

So,:1. who had struck out in his four career :H-bats a>!ai nst Tomko I I I - I()). hit :1 solo /10111er in the thirJ inning th:11 smacked an ad­, crti,ing panel 011 the facing of the thirJ ,kck in left-center field.

The homerdrc\\ a st:mJing ova­tion from a large part oft he crowJ of 20.31 5 amJ moved Sosa to within one of Mark McGwire as they close in on Roger Maris' recorJ of 61 .

Mets 4, Giants 1 In San Francisrn. 1-liJeo Nomo

pitcheJ a three-hitter anJ struck out I() as the New York Mets retained their kad in the: National Lea!.'.ue wilJ-carJ chase with a..\-1 win Wednesday 0\ er the San Francisco Giants.

l\omo. rduming to the park where he maJc his major k:ague tkbut in 1095 anJ in ,1hich he came ,,·ithin fi1·c outs of :1 pe1frct !.'.ame l,ne1· that season. had the C,i,mts swinging ,1 i\Jly throughout the ::;arnc.

'.',;um,1 \6- \ \ 1 Jicl not a\luw ,1 run­rn:runti \ Jdf Ken\ kcl ,,ff the filth with " ,,,1\ ,in'!k lll kl\. I k stn.K·k out B,un Brn;Js thn:c: times. "·hilled the ,ii.le ·in the third inning. ,md ,1,rlked (in\y lWU.

l..enn: 11:uiis bl off the g:1me witJ1 a h,,mer off On:\ I krshiser ( Y-Y) ,u1J B1iu1 \ kRae had :1 pair,iR!ll singles fortJie \ kLs. ,1 ho hn ,kc a t\111:e-game I, >Sing st1i:ak. ·111,' other '.\e,1 Yrnt 11111 ,n,n:d nn ,1 11·ild pitdi.

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In I !uuston. John Snmlu. won his eighth su-.right Jecision ,u1J Javy I JJP,.:l hit a two-nm hom:r. snapping tlie Asu·os' Jive-gamewinningsu-eak.

llra,·cs thirJ baseman Chipper Jones pulled muscles in his right rib cag~ in batting practice, then ~1ggr~1-

vatei.l the injury when he tkJ out in the first inning. He left the gm11e m1J is e\["lCCteJ to miss a few days.

Snmltz (I:>-~) alloweJ five hi Ls in ~\·en strorn.! innin~~ and avcn~ed a loss to the t\;uosrn; t\lay 17. Hi;only other loss came on June 26 against Toronto.

l11e Braws have m1 18-3 record in Smoltz · s 21 st.l.lts. lk is 9-1 since coming off the disabled list on June 20 afte~· n.:cove1ing from an inflamed elbow.

Atlanta scored three times in the fourth off Sc,m Bergman ( I I -7) for a 4-0 lead.

Padres 2, Phillies 0 In Philadelphia, Joey Hamilton

pi tchcd seven sonng innings and Steve Finley homered for San Diego.

Hamilton ( I !- I I) gave up five hits in winning for the sixth time in seven decision/ He strnck out four and walked four.

Randy Myers pitched a perfect eighth and Trevor Hoffman worked the ninth for his career-high 43rd save. Hoffman is one sho11 of the te:U11 record set by Mark Davis in 1 Y89.

Finley connectei.l for his 11 t\1 home run in the first inning. a solo shot off Mark Po11ugal (8-4).

M.u-lins i Cardinals 6, 10 innings In St. Louis, Mark McGwin: had a

509-foot ( 155-metcr) m1swer for Sammy Sosa.

After Sosa hit his 52nJ home iun earlier in afternoon. McGwi1c re­spon,kd with No. 54 at night, a two­run shot that moved him closer to Roger NLuis' hallowcJ n:corJ.

Mc(iwire. now within eight hom­ers of bii:akin>! f'vtu·is' record or b I homers in a se·w;on. is only the tl1irJ player in NL histo1y to hit 54homcrs ,uiJ the first in 4Y years. Ralph Kirner hit 5..\ horncrs in l Y40 ,m<l Hack Wilson hit a lca~ue record 56in 1030.

\k(iwire 's l~omer w,L, 011c or six in a t11·0-i1111ing burst after the g:1nll' had lie en score less through :-,!.\.

John ,\l:thry also h:1d :1 t,1D-run homer in the Cari.linals' five-run eighth before the Marlins hit four horne runs in the ninth, including three on cons<ecutive at-bats by !Jenck Lee. Cliff FloyJ and Kcvin Orie. in an eight-pitch sc4uencc o\T reliever John Frascatore.

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1,lonlreal i 1 83 .381 3i: 2 Balt:more 69 63 .523 26 t-2

F,orida ;i 86 .353 41 Toronlo 67 66 .504 29 Tampa Bay 49 81 .377 451-2

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After the St. Louis bullpen blew its 29th save, Randy Knoff's RBI double in the 10th off Juan Acevedo (6-3) sent the Cardinals to their fifth straight loss.

Brewers 6, Rockies 5 In Denver, Bill Pulsipher

pitched six shutout innings, Jeff Cirillo hit a solo home run and Phil Gamereame<l his 500th vic­tory as a major league manager.

Pulsipher (2-1) gave up two singles, sttuckout two and walked one.

Marquis Grissom tripled and scored twice for Milwaukee. Gar­ner is 500-539 in seven seasons as manager of the Brewers.

Ja~ey Wright (7-12) pitche<l 6 2-3 innings, al!owing IO hits and four runs - all after two outs. Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 3 In Phoenix, light-hitting Kevin

Pokovich drove in three runs Wednesday night and the Pitts­burgh Pirates won their ninth straight game, beating the Ari­zona Diamondbacks.

Polcovich, with just two hits in his previous 34 at-bats and bat­ting only .189, helped Pittsburgh extend its longest winning streak since an I I-game string in Sep· tember 1996.

JeffTabaka (2- l) got the win in relief of starter Chris Peters.

Rich Loisel!e got the last out for his 17th save_

Omar Daal (6-9) took the loss. Dodgers 4, Expos 3

In Los Angeles, Eric Young's home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Los Angeles Doi.lgers a win over the Montreal Expos.

Montreal had tied it with two runs in the top of the inning be­fore dropping their seventh straight game.

Steve Kline (2-5) n:tircJ Charles Johnson on a grouni.lcr to short :111d struck out Adt ian Beltre before Young drove a 1-:2 pitch ovc:r the wall in right for his fifth homer.

Despite getting charged with his eighth blown save. Jeff Shaw (3-6) was creditcJ with the vic­tory.

row.. .. . . .. Tewksbury. (&9), out since mid­

July because of a sore rightshoul­<ler, allowed two runs and four bits in five innings.·

The TwinsmaytmdeTewksbury before baseball's Aug. 31 deadline for setting postseason rosters, Scouts frpm anumberofteams, including Atlanta, San friln· cisco,. Anaheim and the> New York Mets, watched hiffi pitch

.. at Tropieana Field,

Hershiser gives fan $5000 for Bonds home run ball

Fla., who offered to give Bonds were short of money. So I didn't By ROB GLOSTER

the ball in exchange for an auto- hesitate in telling them I would SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Orel I krshiscr saw the tears in a fan's graph. 1-lcrshiscr was in the club- get them their money."

eyes. anJ made them disappear house when Sica came by with his Hcrshiser told Giants traveling

with his generosity. wife and two kids. secretary Reggie Younger Jr. to

lkrshiscr gave a :ii '.i,000 check "The game wa:, going on and write the Sic as a check for$ 5,000

to a Horida family on Sunday in the family was brought to the club- and then deduct it from his pay-

exchange fm the ball that San house. They <li<ln 't want any check. When Bonds came out of

Francisco Giants teammate Barry money. they just wanted to meet the game, Hcrshiscr gave him the

Bonds hit for his historic 400th Barry and get an autograph. They ball.

homer. were going to give him the ball," "When I gave him the ball, he

The homer. durinu 1-lershiser said Wr,Jncsday. offered to pay for it," 1-lershiser said. I: a gan1e

against the Marlins Ill Miami, The Sicas had been offered money "B_ut I said, · No, this is something I

made Bonds the first player in by collectors forthe ball. wimte<l to do."' '1l1ey had been off ere<l $5,000 for U.S. Major League Baseball his-

Bonds, who will donate the spikes

tory with 400 home runs and 400 itm1d !could see that it wa,;asensitive . he wrne Sunday to the Hall of Fame,

stolen bases. issue, because tl1e wife had tears in gave the batting gloves he wore to

The ball was caught in the right- her eyes," 1-!ershiser said. 01el Hershiscr's son,Jor<lan,.who is

field scats by Joe Sicaofl-lialeah, "They were good people who a GianL~ batboy.

_________________ _:..:FR:.::I~DA Y, AUGUST 28, 1998 °MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-63

Tough field will test Sampras By Bob Greene

NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Sampras will be tested as he chases history at the U.S. Open.

Sampras was hanJ.:u a difficult draw We<lncsJay for the season· s final Grand Slam tournament, with a potential 4uarterfinal meet­ing with J\nJre Agassi.

And if he gets by the eighth­seeded former champion, Sampras then could face defend­ing titlist Patrick Rafter in the semifinals. a major obstacle in his quest for a fifth title at Flushing Meadow and record-tying 12th GranJ Slam tournament singles crown.

Sampras, who won his fifth Wimbledon singles title in July, needs one more crown to match the record dozen won by Aus­tralian Roy Emerson.

Defending women's cham­pion Marti~a Hingis drew a potentially tough route to the finals, too. The women's top seed faces a qualifier in the opening round. Then the fun begins.

Hingis' second-round foe would be either 1997 French Open champion !va Majoli of Croatia or Germany's Anke Huber. Majol i, rankeJ 20th in the world, and Huber, 21st, will battle in what shou!J be the toughest first-round matchup.

In the fourth round, if the seedings hold, H ingis would take on ! 6th-sec<le<l Ai Sugiyama of Japan, possibly followed by No. 6 Monica Seles, who has beaten Hingis in both of their meetings this year.

Hingis and Venus Williams,

who played for the women's title last year, were placeJ in opposite halves of the Jraw. meaning they can only meet in another champi­onship match.

With Sampras, Agassi and Rafter in the top half of the men's draw arc hard-serving Goran lvanisevic, who is seedeJ 14th; Britain's Greg Rusedski, last year's runner-up who holds the record for the fastest serve; No. 9 Karol Kucera of Slovakia; No. 12 Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden; and No. 15 Alberto Berasategui of Spain.

Ir the seedings hold, Agassi wou-ld play Kucera, Rafter would _face lvanisevic and Bjorkman would take on Ruse<lski in the fourth round.

The fourth-round pairings in the boltom half of the men's draw could pit No. 5 Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands against No. 11 Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia, No. 4 Petr Korda of the Czech Re­public against No. 13 Tim Henman of Britain, No. 7 Alex Corretja against No. IO Carlos Moya in a battle of Spaniards, and Rios against No. 16 Albert Costa of Spain.

Steffi Graf, winner of the last two opens in which she has played, meets Corina Morariu or Boca Raton, Fla., in the first round. Graf missed last year's tournament after knee surgery but was seeded eighth this time despite being ranked 38th.

Another interesting first­round women's match sends Wimbledon champion and No.

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Despite strong showing CNMI came up short

Editor's Note: During the_past day, the Variety has been printing results from /he six baseball games the CNMI played m the 1998 Micronesian Games. Today's report is the final one. The information has been provided by Frank Palacios. The CNMI All-Stars failed lor the first time in tour Micronesian Games to place in the baseball medal ranks, as Guam avenged an earlier loss by beating the CNMI 17-7. Guam led 3-2 after one complete 1nn1ng and never looked back. They put the game away early in the second inning with a six run outburst highlighted by Roman Duenas· three-run homer to lake a commanding 9-2 lead. The Guam All-Stars went on to knock lour out of the park including Jimmy Reyes· seventh of the tournament. as they got the bronze medal. '

1998 Micronesian Game Baseball Tournament

CNMI: Game 6 vs Guam

CNMI Yamada N. Guerrero M. Guerrero Ben Hocog Ed Kapileo Jess Mesa Ben Mesa C. Sanchez M. Teregeyo F. George J. Flores J. Ayuyu G. Palacios E. Santos E. Sablan C. Camacho

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Guam Jim Reyes Tuquello Rico Castro Roman Duenas Nauta Alvares

· D. Cruz Alcantra Pascuel L. ldelbang Brian Cruz Acta Gumatatotao Fernandez Roy Quintanilla Joey Blas

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3 seed J :ma Novotna against JcnniferCapriati, a semifinal­ist at the National Tennis Cen­ter in 1991 before burnout and personal problems interrupted her career.

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, who won her third f'rench Open earlier this year, will play Kristina Brandi of Bradenton, Fla., in the open­ing round, while second­seeJeJ Lindsay Davenport will meet Romania's Catalina Cris tea.

Besides Hingis-Sugiyama, other fourth-round women's pairings could send Seles against No. ! 4 Dominique Van Roost of Belgium, Novotna against No. 9 Irina Spir!ea of Romania, Graf against No. 11 Patty Schnyder of Switzer­land, Williams against No. 12 Mary Pierce of France, Sanchez Vicario of Spain against No. 15 Anna Kournikova of Russia, No. 7 Conchita Martinez of Spain against No. 13 Amanda Coetzer of South Africa, and Davenport against No. I 0 Nathalie Tauziat of France.

Of the seeded players in the men's field, Bjorkman may have the toughest first round. He wi II face Cedric Pioline of France, a semifinalist at the French Open this year and run­ner-up in New York in 1993.

Two other interesting first­round matchups wt11 pit Jvanisevic against Australian Mark w;odforde and Ruse<lski against South Africa's Wayne Ferreira.

CHESS NEWS ALL INTERESTED chess player.;, whethertlicy have paid tl1e registration fee or not. are requested to be present at tl1e Pacific Island Club lobby on Sun­Jay. Aug. 30, tl1e first day of tl1e 1998 Allied lntemational lnsur,mce Services Cupllndividu,tl Chess Ch,m1pionship Tournament.

C'NMI Chess /\ssocialion (CC/\) vice' president Junncl l ,,im,ull:Ls said players should i"lC at tl1c Panik lsl:md Club (PIC) lobby by 10 a.m. for tlie ,umouncement of tl1c pairing scheJulc.

111e l,Lst day for registration is on Aug.29.

Sponsored by Allied lntcmational Jnsurmice Services (AllS) ,md CC A. tlie round-robintoummnent' s first round gmnes will be held at PIC.

Pacific Gardenia is the otl1ertouma­ment venue.

Rescheduled gmnes will be held at Pinoy Special on weekdays from 5 to 8 p.m .

111erc is ,m cntJy fee of$25 for each player, ,md two categories for tl1c tour­nament-bracket;\, for veter,m play­ers. ,md bracket B for new players.

Each player will be given one hour per game.

CL sh prizes :md medals will be given out to tl1e winners. ~

Participating players will also get a CC A ID card. CCA rating ,md t-shins courtesy of Marpac Dis;ibutors, Inc. and its promo manager Jobbie Macabalo.

M.u-pac is also donating banners for tl1e toum:unent.

For more infonnm ion, contactJ unnc I Lormmt,L, at his daytime phone num­ber, 233-3193, or tlirough his pager, 234-4433. (zd)

Great Britan's Greg Rusedski returns the ball to Brazil's Fernando Meligeni in their Hamlet Cup match at the Hamlet Golf and Country Club m Cammack, New York. Rusdeski defeated Meligeni 6-2 7-6 /8-6). A~ '

Bucks kick Ford out in midst of lockout

By Jennifer Balog MILWAUKEE(AP)-ChrisFord. who failed to enJ the Milwaukee Bucks' seven-year playoff absence, was fired Wednesday as coach.

The team is "going in a diffeient diiection," gen~ral ~mmiaoer Bob - "' Weinbauer said <lu1ing a news con-ference. -

"We'n; in the busincssofwinnin>! basketball g,unes. Even though we 'v~ haJ succe;, to some extent,-we have not had enough."

Point gu,u<l Tcncll Br,uiuon. ac­quired in-a major trade last Septem­lxr. said Ford's tiring did noi s111pri.se hi Ill.

"I\ e bcl'n u:1dcd ldcHl'.so I lc:uncd nllt to be smpriscd.'' Br:muon s:iid. "When you '1c :ununJ fo1- a certain amount of yc,u,, you unJe1,trn1<l 1he business anJ I think it's a business decision mrne thm1 m1ytl1ing else."

B1:m<lon said he liked Ford, :mu a new coach would be m1 adjustment for evc1yone.

"! tl1ink he was gri:at. I just stm1e<l tounderst,mdhis philosophy, sotl1at 'II be different," Br,mJonsai<l. "But we have some gocxlguysontheteam tl1at can ad just to different things."

Forj, 49. a frnrncr Bost~n Celtics coach,joinc<l tlic Bucks in June I 996 withath11:!c-yc.u-conu:1ct. ll1e Bucks hin:dhimaftcrMike Dunleavy moved up tl1e gcnet:tl m,mager. But Dunleavy resigncJ :L, genernl mm1agcr in 19')6 ,m<l laterret~mcd to coacIJng in Po11-lm1d. -

c!l1c Bucks WCI\! .~3-40 in Fot<l's firs! season mid showcJ only slight impmvemcnt, to 36-46. last sc,L,on.

W einhaucr,mJ Bucks owner Herb Kohl made the decision to fire Ford Monday after lengtl1y discussion, W cinhauer said.

"Chris Ford has in m,my 1cspccL, Jone a gocxJ job," Kohl said. "But we think in order to maximize tl1e talelll

that we have, the best thing is to go ,md find a coach of a natu...;: of a s~11 that would ensure that we 1each tl1e next level.''

Weinhauersaid he spoke with Ford Wednesday morning, ,mJ "l c,m safely say he w,L, Jisapr:ointcd, but undersum<ling."

Assist,mt Dick Yc1,ace also was fired. Weinbauer saiJ.

ft will be up to Ford's 1epl:tccmcnt whether to keep .L,sist,mts Jim ToJJ and Mike Woodson. Wcinhauersaid.

Team members had not been told of the decision bcfon: tk wmounce­mc:nt because of tlic NBA kx·kouL which prohibits pl:tyer, :inJ m:u1:1g­c'l:i from .SJ1C,1ki11g.

W einhaue1·acknow lcd>!ed tJ1e awk­w:u<l ti ming of the 111Dvc. :vhich c,mie during tl1c ~lockout ,md two months after the NBA Jraft.

"Some of you might wonder ... why now:· he said. "I think this sum­mer is unusual L1Cc:msc of !lie lockout ,u1J the time that we had.

"Even if this were a nom1al sum­mer, if we felt that this was the right thing to <lo now. it probably would-be the tight thing to do whctlier the1e (w,L,) a lockout or not a lockout," Weinbauer said.

'Ilic temn pl:ms to"goaftcrtJ1e best 1xople tl1at mi: available" to replace Ford, Wcinhaucrsai<l. He said he had a shrn1 list or cm1didates, although he declincJ to identify ,myonc. -

Ford's succcssorwill be the te,u,1 's sixth coach since 1987.

ll1is decade tl1e Bucks have been unable to pm-\ay lotte1y picks into a playoffberth.'!11e Bucks were widely cxpcctc<l tocml theirplayoff drnught l,L,l yem·. with a nucleus of forw.u·ds Glenn Robinson m1<l Tyrone 1-lill ,UlJ grnu<ls Ray Allen ,md Br,ui<lon.

But all four lost signifinmt playing time to injuty, <looming the team to a seventh sn:tight lottety-pick finish.

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World Series of Golf set to· change name and format

It's a packed·weekend for local sports scene

Variety News Staff AKRON, Ohio (AP)-After 37 Tiger Woods, PGA champion years, the World Series of Gal f is Vijay Singh, Nick Price and David abouttofadeintotheshadows- Duval will be on hand for at least in its unique format. - Thursday's opening round of the

As usual, though, the tourna- 72-hole tournament, which in-ment will offer a good show and eludes winners of international rich history. events from the previous year.

Lurge crowds and a glittering Starting next year, there will be field including Masters and Brit- a new name - the NEC Invita-ish Open winner Mark O'Meara, tional - and a new format. The

Tiger Woods gets some advice from his coach Butch Harmon, right, as they walk to the 11th green at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio during the World Series of Golf Pro Am. AP

CNMI House commends Micro. Games athletes

Variety News Staff THE CNMI House of Representa­tives p,L<;sed a resolution la<;t week officially congratulating all the "shin­ing athletes of the CNMI for their unpmalleled achievemenLs;," at the 1998 Micronesim1 Gmnes in Palau.

Signed by House Speaker Diego T. Benavente, the resolution pointed out that the CNMI won both the first

mid h<;t medals of the Gm11es (in swimming competition), and that the achievemenL" in Palau "will continue to be a living testimony of the finest athletes the CNMI ha<; ever had."

Copies of the resolution were sent to the President of the North­ern Marianas Amateur Sports As­sociation and to Governor Pedro Tenorio.

Saipan softball gears up for start of league play

By Tony Celis For the Variety

TIME TO PRACTICE. For many of you softball enthusiasts who have been waiting and wondering, the Saipan Softball Association is pleased to announce that the Men's Fastpitch Night League and the Co-Ed League is about to begin. While the exact start date is yet to be decided, the Association has mid-September in mind. Like­wise, the managers and coaches meeting will be announced some­time next week.

Interested persons are urged to begin preparations. Dust the Continuecfonpage 58

field will include the most recent Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams.

The Invitational will be one of the four n~w World Golf Cham­pionship events, devised by the America, Europe, Japan, South Africa and Australasia tours.

One of the main ideas behind the new format is to bring to­gether a more diverse field than those in the Masters and U.S. Open, creating a worldwide ver­sion of the four majors.

The other idea is money. That diverse field won't just be play­ing for fame, but also $5 million in fortune.

The players say they come for the competition, not the guaran­teed paycheck (there is no cut).

"The main thing," Spain's Jcise Maria Olazabal said, "is to play every week against the best."

England's Lee Westwood said, ·'It will be very difficult for play­ers not to play. When you get to a certain stage, you want to test yourself against the best players in the world."

Firestone Country Club's South Course has received the likes of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Ray Floyd, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Curtis Strange and Greg Norman. And those are just a few of the winners since the course became host of · the Rubber City Open in ·J 954, on through three PGA Champion­ships ( 1960, '66 and '75) and the World Series, which debuted in its curTent form in 1976.

THE LOCAL sports scene heats up quite a bit this weekend with a number of events at island venues. Here's a list of what's going on (in no particular order):

Baseball It's playoff time for Saipan Major League Baseball. The number one

seeded Pacific Trad~rs square off with #4 Team Palau Saturday morning at 10 am. Then on Sunday at 10 am, #2 UMDA Aces face the #3 Kautz Glass Glazers.

Aikido The Saipan Aikido Association will be giving their first Aikido demon­

stration to the residents ofTinian tomorrow morning at the Tinian Gym. The demonstration runs from 3 to 5 pm. Twenty adults and ten children from the Saipan Aikikai will participate. The general public is invited to attend the free demonstration. If there is some interest on Tinian, Saipan Aikikai may begin regular classes in the future.

Golf The Refaluwasch· Golf Association is holding its monthly Ace qualifier

tournament on Sunday at the Marianas Country Club. Tee time is at 7 am, but organizers say be there by 6:30.

Softball The Palau League has a full slate of gmnes scheduled at the ballpark nem·

Koblerville Elementary. The first game between the Turtles and the Waniors begins at 10 am.

Basketball The RP Basketball League resumes with games.on Sunday at the Civic

Center courts. The first game is set to begin at 2:30 pm.

Far East ready to battle for international championship

By DAVID KINNEY innings to earn both of WILLIAMSPORT,Pennsylva- Greenville's wins. nia (AP) - Brack Massey and Richard Barnhill hit a three-run Kevin Hodges hit consecutive home run as Greenville rallied homers and Hodges struck out the from a four-run deficit. last six batters as Greenville, North In Thursday's final, Greenville Carolina (U.S. South) won a spot faces Toms River, New Jersey in the U.S. final with a 6-4victory (U.S. East), an undefeated team over Cypress, California (U.S. that beat the Greenville 4- l on West) Wednesday in the Little Tuesday behind Todd Frazier's League World Series. two-run home run and Casey

Hodgeshasgivenuptwoearned Gaynor's five-hitter. runs on five hits and struck out 17 Greenville is the first North

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11 Former Saipan resident sets ti •: sights high in swimming ··

ON August 14, Ms. Lola Joyce Terlaje ii Woodworth, 14, daughter of Mr. & : i ;·] Mrs. Don & Antonia Terlaje l ! i:'J Woodworth of Annandale, Virginia [1 /J s':amCin

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lJ ming rnmp1onsh1ps held at the Clovis , , , Olympic Swim Complex in Clovis, /i' ... J, I i California. . 1• I She swam in the Women's l(X)meters 11 1.1 Breaks:.;·,:;ke event (qum-iedinals). [ 1 , In this event, she swam ,in a time of N\ : I 1: 14.05 for 54th place out of l 04 swim- h ! i mers. ·n1e Ame1icm1 record holder mid n1 . ' 01 . A d B d th d (j l',i ymp1m1 mm, a e,u· , e meet n~cor H 1 ·; holder K1isty Kowal also swmn in the smnc l,:'i1

1 r i event. I.J i I /.j Lola also made it to the Top 16 in the i.·.·1· :'i nation in her age gmup of 13-14 yem· olds ,. , i : in this event coming in at Number 9. l! f. j Lola's goal is to make it to the USA fl ' J Swim Temn mid represent the Common- r ·: 1 i wealth of the Noithern Mariana Islands 14-yearold Lola Joyce Terlaje is ranked number nine in the l:j /) in this prestigious organization. nation within her age group in the 100 meter Breaststroke. El :.:' She is a former resident of Saipan. She hopes to make the USA swim team in the future. r: 1

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