PEACE UNITY LIBERTY

AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE PEOPLE OF FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

Volume 12 Palikir, Pohnpei, March 15,1991 Number 5

Official results of FSMNational Election

PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM IN-FORMATION SERVICE) - Theofficial results of the elections ofmembers of the Seventh FSMCongress show that PresidentJohn R. Haglelgam and VicePresident Hirosi H. Ismael havelost their chances to bid for thenext Presidency and Vice Presi-dency. Incumbent Senators Jo-seph Urusemal won the four-yearseat in the state of Yap and JacobNena won in the state of Kosrae.

Urusemal received 1,631 votesedging Haglelgam's 1,280 votesand Nena captured 1,638 votesdefeating Ismael who received1,369 votes.

In Yap, incumbent Isaac V.Figir was running unopposed forthe two-year seat and received2,873 votes. In Kosrae, incum-bent Vice Speaker Claude H.Phillip running for the two-yearseat won with 1,908 votes whilehis opponent former GovernorYosiwoP. George received 1,077votes.

In the state of Pohnpei, for thefour-year seat, former FSM VicePresident Bailey Olter defeated

(See ELECTION, Page 2)

Inauguration scheduled for May 21PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM IN-

FORMATION SERVICE) - Theinauguration ceremony for the3rd President and 4th Vice Presi-dent of the Federated States ofMicronesia (FSM) is scheduledto be held in front of the FSMCongress Chamber, in Palikir, theCapital of FSM at 9:00 a.m., May21,1991, accordingtoFSMHumanResources Secretary Dr. EluielPretrick who is the Inauguration,Chairman.

FSM President John R.Haglelgam appointed Pretrick as

Chairman of the InaugurationCommittee.

Although it is not presentlyknown who will be the next Presi-dent and Vice President, the 7thFSM Congress will elect thePresident and Vice President fromamong its four at-large members,Bailey Olter of Pohnpei, JacobNena of Kosrae, Redley Killionof Chuuk, and Joseph Urusemalof Yap, during the convening ofits First Regular Session on May11. At the same time Congress

(See INAUGURATION, Page 5)

MEDIA CONSULTANTS VISITS PRESIDENT - Australian Media Consultants DonHook and Adrienne Jones paid courtesy cation the President. From left to right are Chiefof Staff leske lehsi, Hook, Jones, Australian Ambassador to the FSM Kenneth Brazel,and the President.

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(Continuedfrom Page 1)incumbent Leo A. Falcam with5,725 votes while Falcam re-ceived 5,609 votes. For thetwo-year seats, all incumbentsretained their seats. In Elec-tion District number I, incum-bent Floor Leader Dohsis Hal-bert received 2,672 votes de-feating his opponent PostMaster General BethwelHenry who received 1,330votes; District number 2, in-cumbent Wagner M. Law-rence, 2,621 over 1,109 votesfor Benskin B. Etse; and in Dis-trict number 3, incumbentPeter M. Christian garnered2,079 votes defeating his op-ponent Dr. Catalino L. Can-tero who received 1,490 votes.

In the state of Chuuk, run-ning unopposed for the atlarge seat, incumbent SenatorRedly Killion garnered a totalof 13,396 votes. For the two-year seats, Election DistrictNo. 1, incumbent NishimaYleizah defeated his three op-ponents with 1,869 votes, trail-ing him were Ritis Heldartwith 1,471 votes, Joseph Peter508 votes, and Daro Malonwith 434 votes. In ElectionDistrict No. 2, losi Ludwigwon the four way race with1,163 votes, Nickson Bossysecond with 1,019 votes, EndyMathew with 878 votes, andSekap Esah received 687 votes.In Election District No. 3, in-cumbent Speaker Jack Fritzrunning unopposed received2,515 votes. Election DistrictNo. 4, incumbent Senator

KalistoRefalopei defeated his Legislature Speaker Simeonopponent Samuel Nethan Innocent! defeated incumbentwith 2,979 and 2,284 votes Senator Tony Otto by collect-respectively. And in Election ing 1,139 votes to Otto's 821District No. 5, former Truk votes.

The APPU officials who visited the FSM met with FSM Congress Vice Speaker ClaudePhillip (left) in his office. From left to right are Phillip, Advisor to APPU Mr. MotoharuMorishita, Interpreter Ms. Misao Nishinori, and Secretary - General of APPU Mr.Gohachiro Shono.

APPU officials visited PohnpeiPALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM IN-

FORMATION SERVICE) - Adelegation of Asia-Pacific Par-liamentarians Union (APPU)officials arrived Pohnpei March11 to conduct Preliminary talksconcerning the upcoming APPUcouncil meeting, to promote fri-enchips and goodwill, and tointroduce Mr. Gohachiro Shono,the new Secretary-General of theAPPU to the FSM APPU Na-tional Group.

The Delegation comprised ofHonorable Motoharu Morishita,a former Member of the Japa-nese House of Representative;Advisor to APPU SecretaryGeneral Gohachiro Shono; Ad-ministrator of Japan National

Group Tsutomu Tadakuma; andInterpreter Misao Nishinoiri.

While in Pohnpei the delega-tion paid courtesy calls on Dep-uty Secretary of the Departmentof External Affairs AsterioTakesy and Pohnpei State Gov-ernor Resio S. Moses in the after-noon.

The delegation met with FSMCongress Vice Speaker ClaudePhillip, who is the Vice Presi-dent of FSM APPU NationalGroup, the Floor Leader DohsisAlbert, Secretary General of FSMNational Group, and SenatorTony Otto to consult on currentplans in holding the next APPUCouncil Meeting in Palau in

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Hook advises InformationPALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM IN-

FORMATION SERVICE) - A for-mer Australian Government In-formation Officer, Donald Hook,is working as a consultant to theFSM Public Information Office(PIO). He will be with the PIOfrom 8 March to 5 April and willreturn for a further four weeksin July to keep with the mediaarrangements for the South Pa-cific Forum. Hook will provideassistance in general trainingandgive professional advice to PIOstaff. He will oversee the pro-duction of the National Union,the FSM Government's bi-weekly newsletter, train perma-nent staff in news gathering tech-niques, general editorial produc-tion, layout methodology, pro-duction and distribution of gov-ernment press releases, currentaffairs broadcasting programs,general aspects of shortwaveradio broadcasting and intro-duce commercial techniques incopywriting to governmentbroadcasting operations. Hookwill also advise on general as-pects of the operation of govern-ment public affairs units operat-ing in both the domestic andinternational spheres and on themedia arrangements required inorganizing major internationalevents and conferences.

After working on newspapersin Australia and Great Britain,Hook joined the AustralianBroadcasting Commission in1962. He was stationed in PapuaNew Guinea from 1962 to 1967,in Singapore as South East Asiacorrespondent from 1967-1970,as South Asia correspondent inNew Delhi 1970 to 1973 and inPort Morseby as South Pacificcorrespondent 1973-1978. In hisrole as foreign correspondent,

Hook covered the Vietnam warand a host of other major newsevents in Asia and the Pacific.He interviewed most of the po-litical leaders in those regions.

HookHis on-the-spots analysis of po-litical and international issueswere features of ABC news andpublic affairs programs. He re-turned to Australia in 1978 andwas appointed acting Director

of News and Public Affairs forRadio Australia in Melbourne.In 1979, he was in Sydney asacting Federal Editor for ABCNews.

Hook's intimate knowledge ofAsia and the Pacific and a longlist of important regional con-tacts led him to becoming a for-eign service specialist publicaffairs officer. He was the Aus-tralian High Commission FirstSecretary to the Republic of Sin-gapore and then at the Austra-lian Embassy, Bangkok, as FirstSecretary (Information) from1985 to 1987. There his opera-tional area included public af-fairs liaison with diplomatic mis-sions in Vietnam, Laos andBurma.

Hook 56, is married to formerJane Bowhill of London, GreatBritain, and they have a daugh-ter Kate 27, and sons James 25and David 22.

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APPU(Continuedfrom Page 2)May. The delegation also trav-eled to Palau after Pohnpei todiscuss the possibility of hold-ing the next APPU council meet-ing there.

Since the 25th General Assem-bly of the APPU was held inPohnpei in December of 1990,Speaker Jack Fritz is the Presi-dent of APPU and will continueto be President of APPU untilthe next General Assemblywhich is scheduled to be held inJapan some time near the end ofthis year.

The group took a boat trip toAnt atoll eight miles southwestof Pohnpei island. The delega-tion departed Pohnpei March 13to Guam enroute to Palau.

APPU - The APPU officials when visitingthe FSM met with the Acting Secretary ofExternal Affairs Asterio Takesy. From leftto right are: Mr. Gohachiro Shono, Ms.Misao Nishinori, Mr. Motogaru Moishita,and Takesy.

4 Australia supports broiler project with $39,000PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM IN-

Sj FORMATION SERVICE) - Aus-S tralian Ambassador Ken BrazeljrT on March 13, handed over ajs check of $39,000 to Secretary of| Resources and Development;g (R&D) Marcelino Actouka as2f Australia's support for theO Pohnpei State Broiler GrowingjK Project in a short ceremony held^ outside of the R&D Office.«C The ceremony was attended5 by Bruce Moffatt, a volunteerP poultry consultant to the project,«< whose services were organized£ by the Australian Executive Serv-J£ ices Overseas ProgramH (AESOP); Pohnpei State

Government's Agriculturist KipedAlbert, FSM Bank's BroilerManager Selina Johnson, FSMChief of Agriculture Sailas Henry,and Livestock Development Ad-visor Kiosi lehsi Phillip.

The check will be for purchas-ing an emergency generator forthe project's hatchery and proc-essing plant and the balance willbe used in assisting with othercapital expenditures. Powerbreakdown has contributed tothe poor hatchability of eggs pro-duced by the two breeder farmswhich supplies day old chicks tothe raiser farms for the project.

During the five weeks endingMarch 13, Moffatt undertook acritical appraisal of the technicaland economic aspects of theBroiler Project. At an evaluationmeeting Moffatt indicated hisenthusiasm for the project de-spite the problems associatedwith the temporary lack of supplyof day old chicken to keep theprocessing plant adequately sup-plied. The problems had devel-oped in November and Decem-ber I990 on the breeding farmswhich cut the supply of day old

checks to the raiser farms.However, one breeder farm has

now been brought back into pro-duction and is performing verywell, said Moffatt. Chicks will beavailable from this breeder farmin April. The project has im-ported chicks from Hawaii whicharrived on 28th of February, dis-tributed to the raiser farms andshould be ready for slaughterand processed in late April.

Production of chicks will gradu-ally increase over the year andfull production may be reachedby the end of the year. Newbreeder stock will be purchasedin March to fill both breederfarms.

Ambassador Brazel has showngreat interest in the project andhas also provided some items ofequipment to help the project.He is providing some silver paintfor the chicken house roofs toreflect heat and so cool thesheds. Brazel recently made anofficial visit to the Pohnpei Agri-culture Station to inspect thehatchery and processing plant

where he also discussed theproject with the Agriculture Sta-tion staff. He later visited EldenPretrick's breeder farm, one ofthe Broiler Project farmers, tosee the breeders in productionat first hand.

Local public opinion on poultryproduced by the project has beenvery favorable with a decidedpreference for the fresh locallyproduced chicken over importedones. The project aims to caterfor local demand and provideopportunities for employmentand business investment. Theproject is being managed tomaintain a steady supply to thewholesale market.

A blast freezing plant is plannedto be added to the processingplant which will provide coolstorage and freezing capacity tomaintain the high quality of theproducts. The products avail-able will be fresh and frozenwhole chicken, parts and giblets,packed in plastic bags under thelabel "Malek en Pohnpei".

AUSTRALIA CONTRIBUTES TO FSM A CHECK FOR BROILERS PROJECT-Thepicture above was taken March 13, outside the FSM Resources and Development (R&D)Office, Palikir with Australian Ambassador to the FSM Kenneth Brazel presenting acheck of $39,00 to R&D Secretary Marcelino Actouka as support for the Pohnpei BroilerProject. From left to right are Pohnpei State Agriculturist Kiped Albert, PoultryConsultant Bruce Moffat, Actouka, FSM Chief, Agriculture Sailas Henry, Brazel, FSMR&D Livestock Advisor Kiyoshi Phillip, and Broiler Manager Selina Johnson.

Solar equipment worth nearly $5,000 for Pakin AtollPALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM IN-

FORMATION SERVICE) - In abrief ceremony held at the FSMResouces and Development (R&D)office March 13, R&D SecretaryMarcelino Actouka turned over toSokehs Chief Magistrate KustoLiehmen a complete unit of solarequipment worth nearly $5,000 tobe installed for community use onPakin Atoll, an atoll of Pohnpeisome eight miles northwest ofSokehs Municipality, as part of theIntegrated Solar Energy programfunded by a grant from the U.S.Department of Energy.

The Nanmwarki of Sokehs loanisArtui, other FSM officials, PohnpeiState Energy Technician DanielLebehnand Bruce Best of Solar &Communications Solution forOceania attended the ceremony.Best, from Guam, who designed thesystem was contracted by the FSMto install the equipment. Best alsodesigne and operated in conjunc-tion with the University of Guamand College of Micronesia and otherschools with their solar power tele-communication systems includingthe outer islands.

ACCEPTING SOLAR EQUIPMENT - Secretary of Resources and Development Mar-celino Actouka turned over to Sokehs Chief Magistrate Kusto Liehman the complete unitof solar equipment. Present at the brief were Pohnpei and FSM officials, Nanmwarki ofSokehs loanis Artui, Pohnpei State Energy Technician Daniel Lebehn, and Bruce Bestfrom the Solar & Communication Solution for Oceania. From left to right are:Nanmwarki Artui, Actouka, Lebehn, and Liehman.

The unit for Pakin Atoll includes water to drinking water. A usefulthe basic components as solar pan-els, battries, inverter, meter box,switch box, and flourecent ceilinglighting fixture. Also included werespecial rechargeable battery-pow-ered hand tools such as power circu-lar saw, hand drill, home VideoCassette Recorder, and TV Moni-tor, a SSB radio for telecommunica-tions, a water pump and a desalina-tion unit to convert salt or brackish

SOLAR ENERGY - Above is a solar energy system component including four solarpanels, meter box, switch box, batteries entertainment units: T.V. Monitor, VCR, CJi.Radio transmitter receiver, water pump and desalination purifier, tools rechargeablebattery power circular saw, drill and others. The Unit is for Pakin AtolL

and needed device which will alle-viate the drinkable water problem.Water is short on Pakin atoll.

Inauguration....* (Continuedfrom Page 1)will also be organized by elect-ing its Speaker, Vice Speaker,Floor Leader and Chairmen ofall Standing Committees.

The Sixth Congress appropri-ated $40,000 dollars to defraythe Inauguration expenses. Butthe Committee feels that moremoney will be needed. It is alsoauthorized to and has decidedto solicit monetary and materialcontributions from the privatesectors and general public tosupplement the Congressionalappropriation.

To start the ball rolling, theCommittee decided that eachsubcommittee shall submit itswork plans along with its antici-pated expenditures forCommittee's review and ap-proval.

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$800,000 for Marine Pollution projectThe Canadian Government has ap-

proved a grant of $800,000 U.S. tofinance a major research project onMarine Pollution in the Pacific.

The program will be carried outover five years, starting in July, by theUniversity of the South Pacific andthe University of Victoria in WesternCanada.

As part of the project, two Cana-dian lecturers will be seconded to theUniversity of the South Pacific, whichwill hold a range of courses on Ma-rine Pollution.

Global ban for Driftnet fishingA leading German Environmental

politician has demanded a global banon driftnet fishing.

Chairman of the EnvironmentCommitteeof the German Parliamentin Bonn, Wolfgang VonGeldern, saysthat huge driftnets destroy all life inthe ocean.

He has accused Japan of being themain offender but mentioned Tai-wan, France, and South Korea as well.

Von Geldern describes the damagecaused by driftnetting as immeasur-able and said that a global ban is nec-essary as regional bans are impos-sible to police.

Proposed new security systemThe U.S. Ambassador to Australia

says that the Pacific and Asian coun-tries would be expected to pay forcontinued United States protectionunder a proposed new regional secu-rity system.

Ambassador Mel Sembler said thatthe still emerging concept was one of"cooperative vigilance," based in parton international alliances similar tothat forged by the U.S. during theGulf War.

He said under the concept that theysee a growing security partnershipwhere all parties provide adequatefinancial contributions to commondefence needs and show a credible

degree of self-sufficiency.American officials said that after the

speech the key to the new concept wasSembler's use of the phrase, "adequatefinancial contributions."

They said that U.S. would expectPacific Region countries to help pay thecosts of any U.S. Military effort in thearea, particularly in war.

U.S. Allies like Germany and Japanwere forced by the U.S. to contributebillions of dollars to help pay Americancosts of the Gulf War.

But the officials said that the regionalcountries would still need to developtheir own capabilities, and could notexpect to buy American troops as a se-curity force.Biggest Polynesian Festival

The world's biggest annual Polyne-sian Festival has ended in Aucklandwith Mangere's Nga Tapuwae Collegedeclared the overall winner.

Organizers says that a recorded crowdof more than 50,000 packed the HillaryCollege and adjacent Ngati Otara Ma-rae venues for the two-day AucklandSecondary School Maori and Pacific?Islands Cultural Festival.

There was also a record number ofperformers, nearly 6,000 in the two-dayFestival, with 41 schools and 125 teamstaking part.

Nga Xapuwae College also won aspecial cup, awarded on the nominationof the wardens controlling the festival,for behavior, dress and sportsmanship.

Spokesman for the sponsors, GavinButler, says the Auckland Savings Bankis already planning for a bigger and bet-ter festival next year.

But festival manager Tom Matiahasays the event has grown too large forany one school to organize and mayneed a full-time professional organizerworking for the 1992 festival.

Info about AIDS should be sharedNew Zealand's Pacific Island Com-

munity is being warned that it needs todestroy some my ths about AIDS, and torealize it's as vulnerable as anyone else.

This was the message put to a confer-

enceof the Pacific Islands AIDS Trust,held in Wellington.

Spokeswomen Louisa Crawleysays, for too long the community haspretended AIDS would not affectthem.

She says that Pacific Islanders muststop using their culture and regilion asan excuse.

Crawley says, not many in the com-munity will talk about AIDS, espe-cially in mixed company, but she saysthat's not good enough and it's timethat the people started sharing infor-mation on how to prevent the disease,

And she adds, that the Pacific Is-landers have to realize that AIDS is asvulnerable as anyone.

Bush to unveil monumentUnitedStates President George Bush

has been invited to Townsville to unveila $250,000 National Monument beingbuilt to mark the 50th anniversary nextyear of the battle of the coral sea.

The battle was a turning point ofWorld War Two (WWII) in the Pacificand Townsville Mayor Tom Mooneysays he is confident the invitation wouldbe accepted.

Alderman Mooney says he is en-couraged by the interest shown byAmerican officials since the requestwas formally accepted last year by theU.S. Embassy in Canberra.

A number of top U.S. military offi-cials had since visited Townsville tocheck out the city.

The mayor says Townsville playedan important role in WWII and it isfitting that someone of PresidentBush's stature unveil the NationalMonument they are building.

Townsville served as a major stag-ing base for the American militarycampaign in the Pacific in 1942 whichculminated in the Coral Sea battleagainst the invading Japanese forces.

The Japanese lost 80 aircraft andabout 900 men while U.S. losses wereput at 66 aircraft and 548 men in thefierce encounter.

Subolmar & Joseph to represent FSM to Cultural Value ConferenceKAPALUA, Maui, Hawaii (FSMINFORMATION SERVICE) -Chief, International Affairs J.Raglmar Subolmar and DeputySecretary of Finance Men Josephwill be representing the FSM to acultural value conference inKapalua.

More than 20 Pacific Island na-tions will be represented by theirgovernments' young planning andeconomic development officials ina week-long series of meetings andfield trips sponsored by federal andstate agencies. The theme will bethe preservation of cultural valuesin an age of technology, accordingto a release from Kapalua PacificCenter.

Kapalua Pacific Center, a groupaffiliated with the Maui EconomicDevelopment Board, announcedtoday that Senator Daniel Inouyeand Governor John Waihee are lead-ing the effort to help emerging Pa-cific nations cope with issues raisedby technology and economicgrowth.

Center Director Donald B. Mal-colm said the reality of economicdevelopment is rooted in technol-ogy.

"Whether these nations seek eco-nomic expansion in tourism, com-munications, fisheries, agricultureor commerce, they find technologyas a common business basis," Mal-colm said. "They are also impactedby technology in the effect it has ontheir youth, the expectations raisedby global television, the questionsraised over traditional values."

With funding provided by the U.S.Congress through the East-WestCenter at the UH, the program willbring at least two young govern-ment leaders from each of 20 nationfor a week with counterparts fromHawaii state government and busi-ness and educational leaders fromPacific Rim nations.

Senator Inouye and GovernorWaihee are both scheduled to speak.

With the cooperation of the U.S.State Department, the U.S. Infor-mation Agency (USIA) and Hon-olulu based nonprofit organizations,Malcolm journeyed to a number ofthe participating nations in Febru-ary. In addition to promoting theprogram to be held at Kapalua BayHotel, June 24-28, he met with is-land officials to learn of specific is-land needs for their youth. He alsomet with U.S. Ambassadors whileon the tour to further coordinate theprogram with existing initiatives ofthe federal government for economicexpansion in the region. Malcolmwas accompanied on his trip by LouPlichetti who is the Director ofUSIA' s Pacific Islands Program, andwho also coordinated meetings withthe embassies.

President George Bush in the Oc-tober 1990 Summit of Pacific Lead-ers in Honolulu, referred to thePacific as "a great aquatic conti-nent." He pledged funds for eco-

nomic development, an extensionof the South Pacific Regional Fish-eries Treaty, educational exchangesand private sector assistance pro-grams in agriculture and fisheriesdevelopment. The June program,though deriving from the privatesector, is closely linked to the spiritand substance of the government togovernment initiatives announcedby the President.

Malcolm's program includes twoseries, one closely studying tech-nology and economic growth andthe second, cultural and environ-mental concerns. The meetings canbe attended by the public thoughparticipation in the field trips toMaui economic and educational siteswill be limited to those applying byJune 1.

Persons interested in attending orparticipating as sponsors should con-tact Malcolm at Kapalua PacificCenter telephone number, (808)875-0500; fax (808) 879-0011 orwrite to 300 Ohakai Road; BuildingC-3, Suite 301; Kihei, HI. 96753.

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Inauguration(Continuedfrom PageS)tions Subcommittee ChairmanJ. Raglmar Subolmar reported thathis subcommittee expects to sendout by mailed and faxed diplomaticnotes to more than one hundredindividuals including foreign dig-nitaries and state public and privateofficials inviting them to the Inau-guration.

Other members of the Inaugura-tion Committee are Elias Thomasfrom the Office of the President/Information the Co-Chairman;Pohnpei State Governor's represen-tative SeNellie Singeo who is theVice Chairperson for the overallcommittee; Suda Rayel from FSMCongress Administration as Secre-tary; and FSM Supreme Court's

Administrator Patrick Mackenzie,Treasurer.

The Chairmen of the Sub-Com-mittees are: Invitation, J. RaglmarSubolmar; Program, Iso NahnkenIhlen Joseph; Refreshment & Enter-tainment, Francis Panuelo; Logis-tics, Namio Nanpei; Set-up andClean-up, James Inek; Decoration,Wehns Billen; Crowd Control,Camillo Noket, Fund Raising, Pat-rick Mackenzie, and Inter-Denomi-national Service, Weldis Welly; andWelcoming & Farewell is chairedby Reed Nena.

The Inauguration Committee isauthorized to seek staff help fromall departments and agencies of theNational Government and volun-teers from the private sectors.

8 Phillip joined R&D as Livestock Dev. AdvisorPALnaR,Pohnpei (FSMIN-| FORMATION SERVICE) -~l Kiyoshi lehsi Phillip, a formerIH teacher at Chuuk High School,* has recently joined FSM De-v2 partment of Resources and£- Development (R&D) as Live-O stock Development Advisor.Z Phillip will coordinate live-j stock activities and provide<! technical assistance to projectsO including piggery, broiler, andH goats in the FSM and Statejr Governments. He will alsoW design training programs,^ drafts proposals regarding

livestock activities and beresponsible for recruitingconsultants and resourcepeople.

Phillip taught agriculture tothe llth and 12th grades atChuuk High School from 1978until 1991. As a student heattended Pingelap ElementarySchool in 1969, Pohnpei IslandCentral School from 1969 to1972 and graduated fromWinston Churchill High Li-vonia, Michigan, in 1973 afterbeing awarded an AmericanField Services Scholarship in

1972. He was among severalTrust Territory AgriculturalScholarship recipients whograduated with a Bachelor ofScience (BS) from the Univer-sity of Hawaii (UH) at HiloCampus in 1977.

Phillip was employed byHawaiiPestControlfroml973to 1976; Trust Territory (T.T)

PhillipCoordinator of T. T studentsatUH Hilo Campus from 1976& 1977; was T.T. Plant Patholo-gist I from 1977 and 1978;Chuuk Poultry Raisers Coop-erative Association Board ofDirectors President from 1983to 1989; Manager of ChuukFamily Poultry Business from1983 to 1990; was the VicePresident of the Chuuk State

Parents Teachers Associationof Seventh Day AdventistSchool from 1984 to 1987;Chairman of Chuuk HighSchool Division of Agriculturefrom 1978 to 1990. He wasalso a council member of theBerea Evangelical Churchfrom 1986 to 1990 in ChuukState.

Phillip attended South Pa-cific Commission Root CropsWorkshop in 1979; UH Alter-nate Energy Seminar, SummerSession 1979; Livestock Im-provement Land Grant Semi-nar of 1984; Broiler Produc-tion Land Grant Workshop;and Management/Implemen-tation of Agriculture Educa-tion Program under the spon-sorship of Anderson ValleyAgriculture Institute in 1990.

Phillip 37, is married to for-mer Dorothy Mori of WenoChuuk. They have daughtersDorianne, 11 and Dooriya, 5and sons Alvin, 12, Renad, 8and Kalvin, 7. The familymoved from Chuuk State andnow lives in Kolonia, PohnpeiState.

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