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S ta y m a n b a ck s CNM I a u to n o m yHONOLULU (AP) - Until the Clinton administration’s position is developed, it is wrong for the Democratic-controlled Congress to suggest policy for the North­ern Mariana Islands through leg­islation, an Interior official said Wednesday.

“We may not be happy with some of the things that are going on out there, but it is premature to be introducing some of these b ills ,” Allen P. Stayman, Interior’s new deputy for teirito-

rial and international affairs, said.“ I don’t think that federal gov­

ernment unilaterally should be changing policies on the CNMI,” he said. “They have a right to self-government.”

Stayman said legislation in the US House of Representatives concerning the Northern Marianas textile industry, tax re­form, immigration, labor and fed­eral economic aid “ is just begin­ning. We’re waiting to see how serious they are.”

Stayman, who takes over his Interior post on Monday, for nearly nine years was a key pro­fessional staff memberof the Sen­ate Energy andNaturalResources Committee. He helped shape leg­islation for Compacts of Free Association and dealing with the territories. He has traveled in the US-Pacific insular areas on sev­eral occasions.

Except for a companion bill dealing with multi-year Com­monwealth covenant funding, no

bills affecting the CNMI have been introduced in the US Sen­ate, he said. Stayman alsorioted that any House bills must be ap­proved by the Senate and signed by the president before becom­ing Hw.

“There are problems and we want to deal with them,” Stayman said from Washington in a tele­phone interview with the Associ­ated press in Honolulu. “ But the Clinton administration doesn’t have a position and we can’t have

n / o o u i v c u u i n g ceremony manrea me opening or me new waixway ro me peaK or m i . lapogcnau, a project or the ¿Saipan Chamber or Commerce. Photcf-shows (from left): Bishop Tomas Camacho, Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero, Marianas Visitors Bureau Managing Director Bennet Seman and SCC President Roy Morioka.

CUC meter project cost soars 213%Contractor also C U C ’s advisor

THE COST of a project to install water and electric meters in the Northern Marianas soared by 213 percent, from the original con­trae ted price of $955,116to $2.99 million, Public Auditor Scott Tan said in a report dated April 1.

Tan, in a letter to CUC Execu­tive Director Ramón S. Guerrero, said the utilities firm did not strictly follow applicable procure­ment rules and regulations and did not adequately manage and control contract costs.

Tan said the project cost in­creased because of 20 change or­ders approved and paid by CUC. “The number of change orders

and the corresponding costs ap­pear to have violated the procure­ment regulations,” Hfc said.

The contract was awarded by CUC to Lyonnaise Marianas America (LMA) on July 18,1988. When the request for proposals was announced in March 1987, the plan was to install4,000water meters and 2,500 electric meters. When the contract with LMA was sighed in 1988, the numbers were reduced to 2,500 water meters and 1,800 electric meters.

“Although the reduction in the number of meters caused a de­crease of $145,086 or 15 percent of LM A’s original proposal of

$955,063, there was still a $150,000 or 16 percent increase in cost resulting from expanded work in one scope of the con­tract,” Tan said in his final audit report, which was dated Decem­ber 1990.

The auditor said LMA might have had an advantage over other bidders when it prepared its bid because LMA was also CUC’s advisor under a technical man­agement services contract and operations manager under an op­erations and management con­tract.

“Some personnel interviewed claimed that many change orders

that made up this increased cost wererecommendedby LMA, who benefited financially under the metering contract,” the report said. “ CUC relied too heavily on LM A’s advice in areas where more objective advice could have been sought.”

Tan blamed CUC for not prop­erly supervising the contractor to complete the metering of all elec­trical and water consumers. It also failed to detect computation er­rors resulting in overpayments, he said.

On July 21, 1992, CUC re­sponded to the audit findings,

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a meaningful discussion until there is one. The Senate may share some of the same concerns with the House, but we don't want to rush to judgment.”

Stayman said with upcoming elections in the Commonwealth for governor arid lieutenant gov­ernor, the legislature and Wash­ington resident representative there could be further delay in resolving some of the issues be­tween the commonwealth and certain members of Congress.

By Rafael H. Arroyo

THE SANITARY landfill project in Marpi will be delayed because of discrepancies in the revised lease agreement between United Micronesia Development Asso­ciation (UMDA) and Marianas Public Land Corp. (MPLC), House Speaker Thomas P. Villagomez said yesterday.

In an interview, Villagomez said the agreement does not con­form with the conditions laid out by the Legislature in approving a 15-year extension of the company’s lease of public land in Marpi.

“I will not sign the agreement unless some of its provisions are made to conform with the terms of the approving resolution. They know they should not put in any­thing contrary to the resolution, but I am amazed that they are trying to,” he said.

Senate President Juan S. Demapan has also not signed the agreement.

UMDA committed to build the landfill as a public benefit contri­bution to accompany a planned multi-million dollar golf course and resort hotel complex in Marpi.

UMDA also offered to operate and maintain the landfill for 12 years.

Villagomez said the approving resolution for the initial 25-year lease period included a UMDA commitment of a total of $26.8 million for the landfill: $10 mil­lion for the procurement and con­struction and $16.8 million for the cost of operating the landfill for 12 years at $1.4 million per year.

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MHS wins award for Island Images’PUBLIC School Commissioner William S. Torres recently re­ceived an awardnotificationfirom the Literary Committee of the National Council for the Teach­ers o f English in recognition of the Marianas High School liter­ary magazine Island Images, Vol­ume I.

According to the notification, MHS and its publication, Island Images, Volume I, was one of only seven high schools in the “American Schools Abroad” cat­egory to be awarded national rec­ognition in the 1992 ratings. And this included at least eight high school submittals from Hawaii high schools.

Claire Bock, Island Images, advisor of the MHS English De­partment, said ‘The magazine is a total publishing experience where students learn and practice skills of planing, writing, editing, graph-

William S. Torres ics designing, layout, printing and even into sales and distribution.·1’

“But its value goes beyond stu­dent learning as it could be used as a part of the recruiting package to entice potential teachers to the CNMI,” she said.

The Island Images advisor said there is a third issue underway at this time and will be ready for release andsale in May of this year.

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f o r F e b r u a r yTHE PACIFIC Islands Club, Saipan recently honored Rudy Geron as February’s employee of the menth. As the recipient of the award, he received $100 and a deluxe overnight stay for two at the hotel.

Geron, a member of the house­keeping department, has proven to be a leader not only in his own department, but to all PIC em­ployees. He is always setting examples with his flawless atten­dance, willingness to take on new

R udy Geron responsibilities, positive attitude, and much more. Geron has been employed by PIC for 2 years.

His manager said “Rudy is a very honest, dedicated, and ver­satile employee. He is easily ap­proachable and willing to do any task assigned.”

C U C . continued from page 2‘The CUC response did not pro­vide sufficient information tocon-. sider our eight recommendations resolved,” Tan said.

For instance, the audit recan- mended thatCUC not allow aprivate

company to act as a contractor and as a project manager for CUC projects at the same time. CUC’s engineering division manager said the legality of the contracts was approved by the attorney general. (NL)

Landfill. e continued from page 2According to the speaker, the

new and revised agreement which was submitted to him on March 22 for his and Demapan’s signa­tures, showed $21.8 million, or $5 million short of the amount specified in the approving resolu­tion.

“I don’t know if they inadvert­ently missed the figures. But I don’t think I can agree to that big discrepancy. Besides, it was not only the House that passed that approvingresolution, and it would not help to deviate from the provi- sions e f the resolution,” Villagomez said.

Under the new agreement, only $5 million is being put up by UMDA, to be paid in two equal installments, but the $16.8 mil­lion for the 12 year operation and maintenance is left intact.

Such a discrepancy is viewed to be a result of the the move by the Villagomez said the Legisla­ture diverted half of the construc­

tion money to other infrastructure projects because it determined that the project would not cost $10 million.

“Under the original agreement, UMDA will be undertaking the construction of the landfill at a cost not to exceed $ 10 million. If the landfill costs only $5 million or $7 million, then we do not benefit from the unspent amount. So we insisted on having the $5 million for the landfill and the $5 million for Saipan CIP projects,” he said.

But the main thing, according to him, is that UMDA should stick to the original figure of $26.8 million, total contribution andnot go lower than that. He said if UMDA wants to get back the $5 million, then the com­pany must justify that the $10 million is needed and the delega­tion could have the option to ear­mark the money back to the land­fill.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3------------- _ щ-------------------— ;Guerrero orders agencies to follow IG suggestions

GOVERNOR Lorenzo I. Guerrero has directed the heads of government agencies to follow the recommendations of the Inte­rior Department’s inspector gen­eral.

In a memorandum dated April 5, Guerrero told the different de­partment and activity heads to assist the Finance Department in responding to the inspector general’s requests. He designated Finance Director Eloy S. Inos as the contact person and coordina­tor on'matters pertaining to in­spector general audits.

“There are audits that the IG conducted that included certain recommendations. Althoughmost of these recommendations were responded to by the concerned local agencies, there were others that were not acceptable to the auditee. The governor recognized the need for follow-through on these matters,” Inos said in an interview yesterday.

According to Inos, the CNMI government is reviewing the au- ditfindings and recommendations to determine the areas that needed

action from the concerned agen­cies and to resolve the concerns raised in those audits.

Inos cited the audit on the use . of capital development funds,

Commonwealth Development Authority, Commonwealth Utili­ties Corp., Commonwealth Health Center, and Mariana Islands Housing Authority.

“The key here is to follow up on outstanding audit recommenda­tions that need further responses or those not responded to at all. A response from the auditee is not the end of an audit, there is a long audit resolution process to make sure that the intended results are achieved,” he said.

“It is a continuing process and we have to accelerate efforts to­wards audit resolution due to the need for a timely response as ear­lier agreed upon by the CNMI government with the Interior,” Inos said.

Asked whether the governor’s memo came as a result of the currently strained relationship with the US, Inos said “not di­rectly”. (RHA)

Maid saves boyAN UNIDENTIFIED domestic helper saved a four-year-old from fire in a house in Dandan, police said yesterday.

Police said the maid was wash­ing dishes when she heard the boy’s cries from the master’s bedroom.

The maid rushed to the bed­room and found the boy crying near the bed which was on fire.

The fire completely destroyed the master’s bedroom but the rest of the house was saved.

The fire occurred at about 8 a.m. Investigators were still try­ing to find out the cause of the blaze.

On the same day, fire fighters spent at least an hour trying to contain a bush fire that was threatening to spread to several houses in As Lito. The bush fire

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mined origin also damaged the roof of a tour agent’s office in Hafadai Hotel Wednesday morn­ing but the hotel staff managed to extinguish the blaze.

• In other police reports: A male eighth grader at Hopwood Junior High School was punched in the left eye by another un­named school mate.

The victim was reported to have been attacked on the Beach side of the campus without provoca­tion, shortly after classes opened that morning.

• A female guest of Hotel Nikko lost a black wallet when she left it unattended inside a rest room Wednesday. The wallet contained $600 cash and 200,000 yen. (GLD)

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CNMI: Victim o f glasnost?LOOKING at recent events liere and in Washington, D.C., some questions come to mind:

• What does the Northern Marianas have at present that the United States need?

• Is the Commonwealth a victim of glasnost?In the seventies the Soviet Union signed a fishing treaty with

Kiribati, which was interpreted as an attempt to gain foothold in this area of the Pacific.

In the seventies the United States signed the Covenant to absorb the Northern Marianas as a commonwealth, with all the benefits of US citizenship, including a commitment to raise the people's standardof living. On top of these the Northern Marianas was allowed to retain immigration authority and exempted from the federal minimum wage.

The US leased vast areas of land for military purposes, used the Northern Islands as missile targets and even built an elec­tronic “fence,” stretching from Alaska to the Philippines and to Saipan, to detect any missile launches from China or the Soviet Far East.

Russia has left Kiribati. The “fence” has been dismantled. The US closed its bases in Subic and Clark in the Philippines but did not establish any fallback position in the Northern Marianas (the troops just went back home).

During the mid-eighties Vice President George Bush, in a visit to Saipan, greeted the people, “My fellow Americans." Last week, fellow Republican, Congressman Elton Gallegly introduced two bills to terminate the commitments under the Covenant: no more $120 million directfederal grants, no more autonomy on immigra­tion.

Earlier, Congressman Lewis Payne proposed the removal of the CNMI's duty free privilege under a bill designed to close the local garment industry, whose growth was encouraged, in the first place, by the privilege and the grant of local immigration authority.

These moves would have been unthinkable at the height of the Cold War. The CNMI was, at that time, considered a strategic territorial possession, necessary for the defense of the mainland, the nearest US-owned relocation site for America's military bases in Asia.

But now, thanks to Mikhail Gorbachev, there is g lasnost. Russia, formerly number 1 enemy, is now America's best friend, and deserves $1.6 billion in aid in the interest of world peace. No need for the bases in the Philippines, noneed for fallback position in the Northern Marianas. Considering the number of years they have been sending missiles to Farallon de Medenilla, those firing the missiles from California must be sharoshooters by now.

The $1.6 billion aid for Russia is a.small amount to pay for world peace. The US, as the world policeman, had spent a lot more to promote that peace. And Russia has used “peace” wisely to raise funds to support its economy.

Unfortunately, the Northern Marianas does not have the same leverage. What is happening now is a simple shift from "strategic” to “expendable."

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Jr’s Agendaby John DelRosario

These are trying times notonly at the global village, but on the shores of these once pristine islands. Many of our friends from distant land refer to these isles as “paradise”. We are now at the brink of turning these pearly gifts into less of a paradise. While we may have improved the standard of living for our people, I am not sure that we have upgraded the quality of life.

Mind you, our internal problems have created larger ones externally. And for as long as we can’t understand the essence of the Goose and the Golden Egg, our fate may be hopeless. Let us try to keep the word “hope” alive and flush out the suffix “less”. I don’t need it nor do posterity. Time and circumstance tell it all— we have to have new approaches to old prolems— with the commit­ment to resolve them.

Our biggest drawback today, however, is the lack of integrity in the manner we have handled our internal affairs. This very fundamental issue is the most important element in the character of any public official which must be accompanied by yet another important trait— a sense of commitment. In short, if you don’t have personal

integrity and the personal resolve to offer concrete an­swers to current problems, then everything else you do is questionable. And when you lose the trust and confi­dence of your followers, isn’t it true that something’s gone afoul somewhere? How sad that only a few are willing to do something right.

As much as I try to convince myself with confidence that something’s bound to go right, I do so with guarded optimism. I am keeping my fingers crossed that those at the helm be it in the executive or legislative branch will be able to see beyond personal political ambitions the bold writings on the wall that we either work toward the common good or lose every iota of opportunity to do things “our way” in a “responsible” manner. Gentlemen, the ‘Tide waits for no man!”

Perception is a very powerful phenomenon in the sense that it is deeply ingrained.. In other words, how we see ourselves has a direct bearing on our actions that follow. If in our view we want less federal government intrusion without taking a realistic assessment of whether our

continued on pagesJACK AN D ERSON and M IC H A E L BINSTEIN

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

N e w b i l l w o u l d h e l p s m a l l b u s i n e s s e s

WASHINGTON — President Clinton’s plan to create new em­ployment opportunities during this otherwise “jobless recovery” could get a boost in the coming months from an unlikely source: Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y.

His solution? Takea load off small community banks by letting them bundle and securitize their small business loans, creating a “second­ary market.” If enacted, it could cre­ate enough deficit-neutral economic stimulus to make the current batde over Clinton’s $16 billion booster shot seem irrelevant

D’Amato’splan— theSmallBusi- ness Loan Securitization and Sec­ondary Market Enhancement Act— would cost taxpayers no money and would create no new government regulations. Instead, it would allow community banks to do what lower

interest rates and improved economic numbers have been unable to ac­complish: Get money flowing into the hands of small- and medium­sized businesses. D’Amato’s bill al­ready has 40 cosponsors, including five Democrats.

It’s no secret that small business is the engine thatdrivesAmerica’seco- nomic success. It’s where jobs are created and recoveries are bom. But this recovery has been different. While the Federal Reserve has been pressing all the traditional monetary policy levers to get more money flowing in the economy, loans to businesses have been tapering off. While banks experienced record profits of S32.2 billion last year, loans to businesses fell by $77.2 billion in the past two years.

Bankers say the reason they aren’t lending more is because of tight new

regulations, but others believe inter­est rates are to blame. While short term rates are at historic lows, long­term rates have remained relatively high. This has allowed banks to achieve record profits simply by in­vesting depositors’ money into risk­free government securities.

Clinton promised to end this credit crunch, and he delivered earlier this month by announcing rule changes that would trim much of the regula­tory burden banks face in small- business lending. Among other provisions, Clinton’s plan would let banks take into account the “charac­ter” of lenders as well as financial statements in deciding on loans. So far, Capitol Hill and economists have given Clinton’s plan a lukewarm response.

Ironically, candidate Clinton said continued on page 5

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> n , .he would favor a plan similar ‘to D’Amato’s to create a secondary market for small business loans. When Congress passed the Second­ary Mortgage Enhancement Act in 1984, which allowed banks greater flexibility jn selling securities backed byresidentialmortgages.ittriggered a flood o f easy money for homeowners that remains steady to this day.

D’Amato’s bill simply calls for eliminating the costly barriers banks face in selling theirloans to the capi­tal markets. By not being forced to keep theseloansontheir books,banks would be able to originate many more loans without having to meet difficultcapital requirements. In turn, small lenders would have access to capital markets that they don’tenjoy today— meaning more credit at lower prices. Investors would have greater opportunity to invest in small business by buying investment-grade securities backed by pools of small business loans.

D’Amato, who was recently el­evated to ranking minority member of the Senate Banking Committee, has a reputation as one of the most consumer oriented Senate Republi­cans. The outspoken senator made waves two years ago with a bill that would have imposed caps on credit- card interest rates. Though that mea­sure died in the House, it prompted several banks into voluntarily low-

contlnued from page 4► , · : — — -ering rates for preferred customers rather than face congressionally im­posed limits.

MARCH MADNESS— The Senate’s two in-house information access channels usually feature graphics on Senate business or com­mittee hearing schedules.

But for the time being, the normal fare has gotten bumped by the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament — thanks to a special feed from CBS. The network wrote Senate offices last month announcing that “in co­operation with the SenateRules Com­mittee, CBS ispleased to make addi­tional early round games ...available on two Senate television channels (17 and 22).

Until March Madness ends with the final game April 5, the odds- making and betting on Capitol Hill have shifted from legislation to lay­ups, from health care to hoops. When the subject of defense arises, it con­cerns the zone vs. man-to-man— not the future of base closings.

“Everybody throws some money in the pot mid it just runs like your neigh­borhood bar,” explains one Senate staffer.“Everyonemoni tors the games, and more time (is) spent during meet­ings talking about the office NCAA tournament pools than the issues.”

OntheHouseside.atleastoneoffice is know to have turned down the vol­ume (Mi CSPAN and turned up the volume chi CBS.

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house is in order or not, it is obvious that all our subsequent actions will run afoul. It is a shallow assessment of our real problems. And when this attitude is ingrained, our views are limited to our self-serving warped opinions of ourselves.

Ir tryng to shortcircuitthe process of natural growth, we deny ourselves and our children the opportunity to instill confidence and integrity in the system for we have become die pri­mary perpetrators of that very sys­tem. Under this set of circumstance, how can we impose changes that are difficult but which guarantee greater returns over the long haul? Is integ­rity, responsibility, accountability and commitment part of our work­ing vocabulary? Is equal protection for citizens and non-citizens alike inherent in our policies? Whose to blame for all the problems that we have today, the CNMI or the U.S?

Weren’t we given the penultimate warning last July to repeal discrimi­natory labor policies, review devel­opment policies that encourage the influx of non-citizens which trans­lates into millions of dollars not for the indigenous people but foreign­ers? Aren’t we also wary that in fact we have violated the intent of the immigration provision under the Covenant? In short, for all our neg­ligence and arrogance, do you hon- esdy feel that the concerns of the U.S. Congress were concocted by that august body itself? For once in. our lifetime, let’s be realistic and responsible for our actions and inac­tions. Letuspullourselvesoutofthe usual “blame somebody else cul­ture” and admit that we were the ORes who failed in putting up with our share of responsibility.

But for all that we have failed to do and for all the pressure that we’re now receiving from our benefactors in Washington, D.C. I remain opti­mistic that though we may not se­cure the entire $120 Million, we have leaders in our midst who are

willing to shoulder the task of put­ting things in their proper perspec­tive. Among them are Representa­tives Heinz S. Hofschneider and Herman T. Guerrero (Jun Pan) a prospective Washington Represen­tative. These are two gentlemen who “see beyond the years.”

A SelectCommittee bn Labor and Immigration has been appointed by Speaker Thomas P. Villagomez to take a comprehensive review and assessment of our labor and immi­gration policies. This Select Com­mittee is chaired by a superbly ca­pable and proactive member of the House of Representatives, namely Congressman Heinz S. Hofschneider. It is always a plea­sure working with this gentleman for he also doesn’t subscribe to the perpetuation of problems but rather their final resolution. And when we have a gentleman whose depth and clarity of understanding is simply awesome, coupled with his commit­ment to make things happen “our way” but in a “responsible manner”, you can rest assured that there’s still hope in our charting the destiny of these islands under a genuine part­nership with our Mother Country, the U.S. of A.

The issue friends isn’t the $120 Million as mentioned by our Wash­ington Representative Juan N. Babauta. Rather it is the ultimate control of our destiny. I am sure you too agree with him. The concerns being raised by the U.S. Congress are our problems. Let’s join hands and march together in unison. Let’s solve these problems. Let’s demon­strate not so much to the world but to ourselves that we are capable and truetoourclaims about our ability to exercise self-government. Let’sstart right here at home for herein lies our problems. Let’s show Uncle Sam that we too are responsible people in meeting our needs. Let’s do it to­gether. And may you all have one Happy Easter!

Shocked at Gallegly’s audacityDear Editor:

I am angered, shocked and ap­palled at the audacity of the US Congress and especially Rep. Elton Gallegly. How can they propose unilaterally to alter or cease an agreement that was bi­lateral? This is blatant colonial­ism. Furthermore, Gallegly com­plains that the US is not treating the CNMI like a state. It isn’t a state. The C is CNMI stands for Commonwealth, apolitical status signed and agreed upon by both parties. We are not the SNMI, State of the Northern Mariana Is-

• lands. If the Gallegly bill is passed and signed, we must demand two sets in the US Senate and the

proper representation in the US House of Representatives. Can you imagine the US giving that much representation to such a small group of people?

Clearly, there are problems here in the CNMI, problems in which the necessary steps to eliminate or correct them must be taken. The systems for correcting these problems, however, are already in place, but the management of these systems is not always ad­equate. What we could really use from the federal government is assistance in becoming better managers, but we don ’meed them hanging the systems.

We are a Commonwealth with

greater political freedom than a state because the framers of the Covenant had the foresight to re­alize that a government as far away as Washington D.C. cannot know what is best or even needed in this region of the world. Little more than 200 years ago a gov­ernment from far across an ocean deemed to know what was best for its subjects in the New World, it chose their governors for them without representation, it levied taxes without representation: would this resultant government endeavor to do what it revolted against?

Respectfully,/s/Cliff Friedman

Blaming accomplishes nothingDear Editor:

I can remember back in 1982 when people started complaining about the traffic situation in Saipan’s roads. Their complaints were legitimate. Getting through the Garapan and Susupe and Cha- lan Kanoa areas, especially dur­ing rush hours, was getting more difficult each month. People like me wrote letters to the editor, everyone started whining and blaming it all on anyone that they couldthinkof. Aliens got blamed. People who didn’t know how to drive very well got blamed. Plan­ners got blamed. Car dealers got blamed. Public Works got blamed. The administration got blamed. And nothing changed, it only got worse.

About 10 years later it got so bad that people were having trouble getting around and it was

getting dangerous. Then some­thing happened. People stopped talking about it and did some­thing. The roads got wider and some streetlights are being in­stalled. And guess what? It got better.

I can remember back in 1986 when people started complaining about the garment industry in Saipan. Their complaints were legitimate. Getting through the bank and Post Office lines was taking longer, and motorists were havingto maneuver around oblivi­ous sewing machine operators. People like Govendo started writ­ing letters to the editor, everyone started whining and blaming it all on anyone that they could think of. Aliens got blamed. People running the factories got blamed. The factory owners got blamed. Planners got blamed. Labor and

Immigration got blamed. The US government got blamed. Politics got btàmed. The administration got blamed. And nothing changed, it only got worse.

Today Covenant funding is in jeopardy, the loss of the CNMI’s

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So what’s it going to take? We had to have traffic jams and dan­gerous road conditions to finally take sane action. Do we need payless paydays and ruined busi­nesses to make people do the right thing?

Why do the same people con­tinue to do and say the same things and expect different results? Nothing changes if nothing changes.

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Tourist industry is for local peopleDear Editor:

I was delighted to read that the Nansay and Highbridge hotel projects have been abandoned. What good news! These hotels would have added another 1,100 hotel rooms. When you figure that each new hotel room built adds another four permanent non­resident workers to the popula­tion, these two hotels would have added another 4,400 aliens to our population, not counting tourists. The number of real local people who would have decent career jobs at these two hotels could probably be counted on the fin­gers of one hand!

No more hotels should be built in Saipan until everyone has 24 hours of water, power, sewer lines are built and sewage is properly treated. Infrastructure problems cannot be solved by adding people to the population. That’s just plain, ordinary common sense. If the Japanese economy had not taken a downturn, Saipan would now be crawling with construc­tion and hotel workers and our population would have jumped by another 25,000 aliens.

CRM has already issued per- mitsfor almost another 2,000 hotel rooms and condos. The four 500 room golf course hotels on public land which were approved last year will be granted CRM per­mits in record time no matter what environmental problems are cre­ated for our groundwater. When will we stop adding more and concentrate on what we already have?

Each large hotel here made promises to hire local people. I can clearly remember Hotel Nikko’s CRM hearing in 1985 in which assurances were given that

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three years after it opened, 20 percent of its employees who are of Northern Marianas descent. It is time for these hotels to keep their promises and open up career positions or their CRM permits should be revoked.

Hopefully, the garment indus­try is on the way out. Now that the US is carefully looking at our multi-year funding request and threatening to take control of im­migration, it is imperative that the CNMI does something construc­tive to create abroad-based middle class, (other than government workers) The best way is not by garment factory jobs but by creat­ing good jobs in the tourism in­dustry. To accomplish this sala­ries must be competitive with government jobs.

There was an 18 percent rise in tourism last year despite a world­wide recession. Thatshouldshow everyone how big the tourism in­dustry is here. This industry has low taxes and many hotels are on public land. It is making a lot of money; it is unwilling to share. If the CNMI is to survive, locals must be employed at high wages. Reality is here— vacation is over. The tourism industry can strengthen us economically in a very solid way if the large hotels are forced to hire and train local people. We have to wean our­selves from the “Yes, boss” non­resident workers, not add more.

It’s time to stop talking about new development and concentrate on the opportunities available right now. It is time to close our doors to Korean and Chinese small businesses and stop inviting for­eign labor intensive industries here. It is time for CDA to start

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Castro backs counseling proposal for wife-beatersPRESIDING Judge Alex Castro yesterday expressed support to the proposal to compel perpetra­tors of domestic violence in the home to undergo a counselling program upon convictioi.

Social Services Chief Lauri Ogumoro earlier suggested that the court do its part in curbing incidents of domestic violence by compelling a person convictedfor beating up a spouse, a mate or family member, to undergo a counselling program that specifi­cally addresses the problems of beaters.

In an interview, Castro said the task of ordering a wife-beater, for example, to undergo such a coun­selling program would be easier if the domestic problem is brought

to court through the Family Pro­tection Act which calls f a civil proceedings.

If the problem of domestic vio­lence is brought to court through a civil case, Castro said the court could tell the perpetrator to un­dergo counselling sooner than in a criminal case in which the sus­pect could only be told to do so upon conviction.

In a civil case, however, the court may only be able to issue such order if the offended party or the plaintiff’s lawyer asks the court for such order.

In civil cases between husband and wife the victim is usually hesitant to tell the judge in front of her husband or boyfriend that she wants him to undergo a

counselling program for beaters.Castro suggested that the better

way to enforce a counselling pro­gram for beaters is to create a family court. He said he floated the idea of a family court years ago.

Family feuds will be solved amicably because both parties would be less adversarial in a family court.

“It will be some sort of a half­way house to actual litigation,” he said.

Family disputes, quarrels be­tween neighbors, friends, cpus- ins, brothers, sisters, are better solved in the family court first, Castro said.

“This courtmay even bring back a couple together, or neighbors or friends,” he said. (GLD)

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Transamerica allowed to stay on disputed landTHE SUPREME Court allowed Transamerica Corp. yesterday to continue occupying a property in Garapan, which the company was ordered to vacate last week.

Transamerica re-opened its construction supplies business shortly after Supreme Court Chief Justice Jose S. Dela Cruz and Associate Justices Ramon G. Villagomez and Pedro M. Atalig suspended implementation of a Superior Court order that prompted the firm’s workers to vacate the premises.

The Superior Court ordered Transamerica and other occupants of the property to turn over pos­session of the 7,430-square meter land to Article 12 claimant Concepcion S. Wabol.

Transamerica had occupied the property for eight years. About 40 workers were displaced and the company’s business was paralyzed when the Superior Court authorized Watbol to take

- over the property.The Supreme Court, in

yesterday’ s order, said Transamerica could continue oc­cupying the disputed property while the lower court decision was on appeal with the high court.

If the motion for temporary suspension of the Superior Court order is denied, the high court said Transamerica as well as “ in­nocent third-parties” to the land dispute would have “great hard-

#ship.”On the other hand, the suspen­

sion would not unduly burden Wabol, the Supreme Court said.

Suspension of Wabol’s take­over of the property would also help alleviate the confusion that has arisen or might arise, and would help eliminate the adverse

effect of the Superior Court order on innocent third-parties, the high court said.

Opposing parties in the dispute were also told by the Supreme Court not to interfere, “or in any way harass, threaten, or intimi­date the other.”

PhilippineGoods, the company which first leased the property along Beach Road from the Wabol fam ily in 1978, joined Transamerica in asking the Supe­rior Court to suspend Wabol’s takeover of the property.

Philippine Goods likewise questioned the Superior Court’s jurisdiction to issue the writ of possession to Wabol.

According to the Supreme Court, the jurisdiction issue raised by Philippine Goods has substan­tial merit in view of previous rul­ings issued by the high court.

“Until we have addressed that (jurisdictional) issue, it is our opinion that the status quo prior to the issuance of the writ of posses­sion be resumed,” the Supreme Court said.

W abol’s counsel Theodore Mitchell countered that the juris­dictional question raised by Phil­ippine Goods was a “hyper-tech­nical argument that does not have merit.”

Philippine Goods contended that under the Judicial Re-organi­zation Act of 1989 the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands Appellate Division no longer received cases remanded by the US Supreme Court, Mitchell said.

The US Supreme Court re­manded the case to the Ninth Cir­cuit Court of Appeals which, in turn, remanded it to the District

Court, then to the Superior Court.Philippine Goods counsel

Douglas Cushnie also told the Supreme Court in a petition for writ of mandamus filed April 5 that the Superior Court should have first determined the amount the Wabol family should pay for the improvements made by Transamerica and Philippine Goods in the property to prevent “unjust enrichment.”

Philippine Goods and Transamerica constructed build­ings on the premises during their term of occupancy, including a warehouse, barracks, and offices.

Cushnie also said Transamerica obtained two new leases directly from Wabol in August 1991.

The Superior Court must also determine whether the two new leases Transamerica claimed it signed with Wabol in 1991 were valid.

“If these leases are determined to be valid, then petitioners (Phil­ippine Goods and Victorino Villacrusis) are likely a sub-ten­ant of Transamerica, and the Wabols have no authority to re­move petitioner from the pre­mises,” Cushnie said.

The Article 12 case was filed by Wabol and her brother Elias eight years ago. Elias died two years after the suit was filed.

The Superior Court, said Cushnie, “clearly acted beyond the scope of its jurisdiction when it issued a writ of possession, in blatant disregard of Common­wealth Supreme Court prece­dent.”

“Immediate guidance to the Superior Court is imperative to prevent irreparable harm to peti­tioners,” Cushnie said. (GLD)

G u e r r e r o t o c h o o s e c o m p a n y

t o s e a r c h f o r M a n i l a g a l l e o n sTHE HOUSE Committee on Natural Resources has given Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero full discretion on proposals to look for the remains of Manila galle­ons in the waters of the Northern Marianas, this was learned yes­terday.

A house joint resolution has also been prefiled to indicate that die proposed salvaging of arti­facts in the waters of the Com­monwealth does not constitute a submerged lands activity and, thus, does not require approval by legislation.

Nevertheless, the same resolu­tion also seeks to express the Legislature’s approval of the sal­vage agreement between the CNMI government and IOTA Partners, a salvage firm out of Bellevue, Washington;

“The governor now feels he’s free to go and sign the agreement with IOTA, but he is currently waiting for a clear offer from Proa Partners and the American Insti­tute of Marine Science,” said Tim Bruce the governor’s special le­gal counsel.

Proa, AIMS and IOTA have proposed to undertake search op­erations for the sunken galleons.

IOTA is offering the govern­

ment 25 percent of the value of the find, while AIMS, in partner­ship with locally owned with Proa Partners, is offering a 55 percent share.

Guerrero meet with IOTA managing partner Jack Harbeston and several legislators," yesterday morning.

The IOTA-CNMI draft agree­ment was first transmitted by the Department of Natural Resources to the Seventh Legislature in No­vember 1991 for review pursuant to the provisions of the Submerged Lands Act, but Was never consid­ered by either House.

In January 1992, the agreement was resubmitted to the Eighth Legislature and, after being con­sidered by the House of Repre­sentatives in January 24, was referred to the Natural Resources Committee.

The committee, in its report, noted that nowhere in the agree­ment is it stated that IOTA was leasing a particular tract of sub­merged land. Moreover, the agreement does not recite any lease term or payment.

The committee ruled that if ex­ecuted, it would be considered under the law to be a permit or license to survey submerged lands

and to salvage anything found having historic or market value.

According to the committee, the terms of the agreement are favorable to the CNMI. .

“It cannot be argued that trea­sure salvaging is a commercial or public development project. It is a temporary and short-term activ­ity that makes no developmental use of submerged land and in­volves nocapital improvements,” the committee said.

The committee further recom­mended that in lieu of approving legislation pursuant to the law, the House adopt House Joint Resolution 8-18, endorsing the agreement between the CNMI government and IOTA.

“The governor is cognizant of the fact that he can get ahead and approve project, but he was stopped on his tracks by a recent letter signed by ten House mem­bers indicating opposition to the IOT A bid, and urging him to con­sider Proa as a possible alterna­tive. So as a matter of courtesy he is waiting for Proa and AIMS to come up with an offer .with clean terms, that is a contract in writing that can be laid side by side with the IOTA proposal,” Bruce said. (RHA)

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GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMEDEach prospective contractor will be assigned to undertake construction of phase or section of

roadways and related horizontal work within Area I, II, and in of Kagman in Village Homestead. The Corporation will provide complete plans add specifications.

BASIS FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORSThe Corporation will pre-qualify the contractors based on the combination of following criteria: Ready local capability of the firm to under the proposed project in terms of operational availability

of heavy equipment such as bulldozers, graders, rollers/compactors, dump trucks, excavators and other related equipments used in road and horizontal construction.

Ready local capability of the firm to deliver coral materials and other rock products to be used in the road construction from existing quarry (MPLC does not have quarrying source for this project)

Experience of the contractor in road and related horizontal construction works.Past experience of the contractor in performing similar village homestead development construction

work for the Corporation.Financial soundless and stability of the company.Overall labor policy of the firm in terms of number of local hires (U.S. Citizens & CNMI Legal

Residents) for management & supervisory positions and regular construction workers.

SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTSAll interested contractors who are interested to be pre-selected must submit to MPLC office located

in Capitol Hill, Saipan, no later than 4:00 P.M., April 9,1993, the following documents and information.1. Latest financial statements of the firm.2. Copy of corporation documents and business license.

' 3. Provide staffing chart/pattem showing number of local hires (U.S. Citizens & CNMI Legal Residents) and non-resident employees.

4. Listing of construction equipment inventory.5. Copy of current Business Gross Receipt Tax.6. Any document to support capability of the firmFor further information and clarification, please contact me at 322-6914/6915/7142 or visit our

MPLC Office on Capitol Hill./s/William R. Concepcion

3/29.31 4/2(004315/ Executive Director ______

L e t t e r s . ______continued from page 6doing what it was created for — get locals into businesses. How many spankings do we need be­fore we get the message? There’s a giant industry here — tourism

— and very few locals benefit from it. The economy can change once we change our attitude and realize that the tourist industry is for locals.

Kenneth L. Govendo

H o c o g h i t s c a s i n o d r i v e

Dear Editor:I am writing this letter to register my personal concern and dismay

regarding the issue o f a casino gambling initiative in the upcoming general election. While" the fact remains to be seen, I wish to take this opportunity to voice out my sentiments as a citizen and resident of an island that will be impact«! by such industry. Casino gambling can bring the community either good or bad image. However, I am most concerned about the fashion this proposal has been mechanized.

On March 30, the general public was invited to a public hearing through the usage o f a public address system. The very agitating situation in that particular announcement having invited the general public and only to find out that this public hearing will be held in a private residential property. Evidently, this residential property Hap­pens to be owned by a middleman who is masterminding the casino gambling initiative.

The move in inviting the general public to attend the hearing or what not, particularly in a private owned property was not only unusual but, rather an insult to those individuals who in one way or another doubt what this industry will bring about. The intent of this so-called hearing for public education about casino gambling was an ill-motivated fashion tailored to lure people that can be undermined and to support such proposal in the event that casino gambling initiative is placed on the ballot in the general election.

Following are several questions the voters of Rota should ask:a. A public hearing being called at a residential area: How could

individuals attending such forum in their right and sound mind caa freely express their honest opinion on the issue, knowing that they are at the wrong environment if opted otherwise.

b. How can one individual attending this forum have the nerve to stand up and go against the intend of the proponent for casino gambling in his very own bedroom? Isn’t a fact that whatever one intend to say to the contrary will not be said because of the location this so called public education being conducted? And particularly, when participants can visually recognize that wine and dine were readily available before: and after their public seminar and training session is over.

c. Who chaired this public session conducted on a private property? Was the developer and or financier of this industry present when the public was invited for their seminar and training?

d. Was there a readily task team members formed to address the general public with questions and answers concerning the magnitude of this industry. I wonder who was the instructor during the session that gave out the lecture to the listening public. Was there really any study being done to address the social impact that this, industry will bring about? What about the welfare this industry will bring about to the island and its community?

e. Was the public hearing conducted, for the sole purpose of providing public education or was it for self-serving purpose?

To the people of Rota, I appeal before you to seriously consider this critical issue now being proposed before us. I believe it will be a big mistake for all of us to even give our consideration to this proposal at this point in time. I say this because I have noticed unethical movement on the first step when this issue was addressed before us. Having learned that even the most basic fundamental step to induce casino gambling initiative has been mistakenly carried out is enough element to foresight that the whole ball game for its implementation will be a flubbed. Of course, every business and industry have good and bad things that would bring about to our community. Specifically, casino gambling among other type of businesses and industries, is regardedto be the most sensitive, and therefore, the issue must be handled with utmost care and diligent before the eyes of the general public arid not under the shadow of darkness.

I was once your public servant in the House of Representatives, and still, I am your public servant in the business community. Therefore, I will not allow my silence to slide away when I smell something is not going right. It is my ultimate duty to inform the uninformed individuals as they will be affected by the present movement to place casino gambling initiative this up-coming general election. Whether or not the people of Rota likes casino to be placed on the island of Rota, for crying out loud address the issue the right way. The way it was mechnicalized will in fact bring more disastrous element rather than good.

It was further mentioned that cockfighting is also gambling and the church remains silent on this issue. The church have been publicly mentioned that perhaps will not go against the Casino Gambling initiative, as it has no opposition receiving cash donations generated from cockfight fund raising activities. Please be inform, that cockfight, bingo and bato are constitutionally legal. The above type of games are considered to be our forefathers tradition and culture and we inherited this traditions and culture. These games does not associate with what we can say underworld business connection and affiliation. Casino

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Judge Pedro M. Atallg April 12

9:00 a.m.Islander Dev. Corp. vs. Marfega Trading

Judge Alex C. Castro AprfU 2

9:00 a.m.CNMI vs. Jose C. Terlaie

April 13 CNMI vs. Jung, In YOung

April 14 9:00 a.m.

Union Bank vs. Antonio A. Arriola Joeten Motor Co. vs. Ricardo I. RangamarPacific Ent. vs. Fer, David Josefino B. Aquino vs. Common­wealth Examiner Inc.Hwang Jae Corp. vs. Marianas Trading & Development Saipan Credit Union vs. Isidro R. Sabían, et. al.Jung Keon Yoo vs. Quitugua, Nicolasa R.Mar Mort. Brokers vs. Amko Corp., et. al.Fermina M. Camacho vs. К & D Corp.Rosa C. Sorensen vs. Robert R.Long/Janet T. LongBank of Hawaii vs. Току odo Ent.Torres Ent. vs. Francisco R.MendiolaMita vs. Norbert G. Castro Microi Corp. vs. Herman M. Manglona, Jr.PIM vs. Jesus Monsalud, et. al. Bank of Saipan, Inc. vs. Carmen FujihiraMoon Rent a CAr vs. Lillian R. MatsunagaJoeten Motor Co. Inc. vs. Francisca T. & Ramon Sakisat Joeten Motors Inc. vs. Ramon Sakisat, et. al.CUC vs. Daniel LietoMeitetsu Shopping Center vs.Carmencita V. Alseika.Orien A. Butaud vs. Binlgno T.FejeranTriple J vs. Ramon L. CAStro Kirby Sales vs. Isidro R. Lizama CUC vs. Pablo T. Cuison Triple J. Saipan vs. Tom Norwel Sam, et. al.Highway Market vs. Juan S. Reyes J.C. Tenorio Ent. vs. Green Park Ent.Pacific Financial Corp. vs. ElaineS. OlopaiEsteven M. King et. al. vs. Ramon M. Sakisat, et. al.МТС vs. Norma A. AGana Lucky Supermarket vs. Ambrosio R. CamachoKirby Sales and Serv. vs. Remedios S. ReyesDollar Rent a CAr vs. Donald Flores Рас Int’l. Marianas Inc. vs. Basilius Ingais, et. al.Рас Int'I. Marianas, Inc. vs. Judy S. ADdyPIM vs. Anicio N. Merar Payless Market vs. Brother Ent. Inc. Joeten Motor Co. vs. Samuel F. TudelaCNMI vs. BeniteZ, Mario CNMI vs. Tiongson, Wilfredo S. Kirby Sales and Ser. vs. Francisco r. MondiolaCNMI vs. Efrain Reyes, Jr. et. al.

April 15 9:00 a.m.

CNMI vs. Calaquian, Bernardo G. CNMI vs. Mathew, Dien L.CNMI vs. Torwal, Galileo CNMI vs. Guiawan, Antonio Jr. CNMI vs. Joanes, Fred CNMI vs. Alday, Solito С.

April 16 9:00 a.m.

CNMI vs. Kang Chul JOng Wardship

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9:00 a.m.CNMI vs. Hamo, Piro AG & Ino vs. Gabriela Wala Dacquis CNMI vs. Ronnie f. Novela CNMI vs. Ngirutoi, Pkoi

1:30 p.m.AG & Ino vs. Seung Hoon Kwak AG & Ino vs. Soni Arada Banez AG & Ino vs. Luzviminda G. Orillo AG & Ino vs. Arturo В. Lopez AG & Ino vs. Bruna C. Anao Ag & Ino vs. MariaC. B. Florenciano

April 13 9:00 a.m.

CNMI vs. Antonio I. Sabían CNMI vs. Deluna, Teodoro H. CNMI vs. Soon Oh Kwon CNMI vs. Ngirchobong CNMI vs. Tebia, Fredrick T.CNMI vs. Seob Han Yeong CNMI vs. Crisostomo, Felipe C. CNMI vs. Castro, Jose Q.CNMI vs. Liang, Ming En

1:30 p.m.In Re Estate of Pialur, Catalina & AnaCNMI vs. Enriquez, FErnando C. CNMI vs. Juan S. Kileleman

April 14 9:00 a.m.

CNMI vs. Lariope, Joe T.CNMI vs. Roux, Pedro F.CNMI vs. Kocko, Masa CNMI vs. Ambrosio, John O. CNMI vs. Benjamin, Pelander J. CNMI vs. Taitano, Jesus O.CNMI vs. Hideo, Alonzo R.CNMI vs. Martin, Nancer

April 15 9:00 a.m.

CNMI vs. Florencio I. Manalaysay CNMI Ramon S. Guerrero CNMI vs. Mesengi, Marino CNMI vs. Palacios, Efrain C.CNMI vs. William S. Borja CNMI vs. Brando B. Biou CNMI vs. Cabanaro, Eduardo C. CNMI vs. Perez, Rex V.CNMI vs. Suzuki, Edgar CNMI vs. Ramangmau, thomas H. CNMI vs. Leal, George Madriaga CNMI vs. Villagomez, Manuel C. CNMI vs. Casing, Edgrdo L.

1:30 p.m.AdoptionAdoption of Vidal Aldwin M.

April 16 9:00 a.m.

CNMI vs. Park, Jong Ik CNMI vs. Lazarte, Arturo C.CNMI vs. Lambert, Larry J.CNMI vs. Renguul, Casinova Judge Marty W.K. Taylor

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9:00 am.CNMI vs. Lawrence Reiong CNMI vs. Ignacio lokop CNMI vs. Jose C. Terlaje CNMI vs. Brenda Kileleman CNMI vs. Jeremy Mendiola et. aI. CNMI vs. Deleon Guerrero, Kevinn CNMI vs. Benedicto Reyes Lizama CNMI vs. Sabían, Gabriel P.CNMI vs. Sabían, Nick C.

April 13 9:00 a.m.

CNMI vs. David D. Kapileo Bank of Hawaii vs. Santos, Joaquina

April 14 9:00 a.m.

Bank of Saipan vs. Maria I. Torres Bank of Saipan vs. Mentine I. EstevesBank of Saipan vs. Antonio Esteves Bank of Saipan vs. Ramon C. Sabían Bank of Saipan vs. Marciano M. MartinBank of Saipan vs. Juan Sn. PangelinanBank of Saipan vs. Ramona S. NavarroBank of Saipan vs. Joanée Sabían & Ramona S. Nav.Carmen K. Olopai, et. al. vs. Larry Hiilblom, et. al.

1:30 p.m.CNMI vs. Reyes, Efrain Jr. et. al. Carmen K. Otopai, et. al. vs. Larry Hiilblom, et. al.

April 16 10:00 a.m.

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At Easter we celebrate the Resurrection one of the greatest promises of the Christian faith. The

conquering of the grave, bringing joy. The victory over death, bringing life eternal.

At Easter, we celebrate renewal and resurgence, a stirring to life, activity and changed directions.

Standing aswe are at a terminal point in our history, we are challenged now to renew how we do certain

things in our life. And, renew we must.

History sometimes makes harsh demands. Demands that have to be met,if we are to remain the masters

and not the victims of our times.

The Spirit of the Resurrection calls us to recognize this necessity.

We are capable of rising above the present political, economic and social situations. Indeed, we are

acting already with a renewed dedication and a resurgence of common purpose. Herein lies our victory

and our joy, hope and trust as a people.

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Catholic churches line up Easter activitiesCATHOLIC churches started com­memorating the death and resur­rection of Jesus Christ yesterday with the holding of a mass of the Last Supper.

Father David Quitugua of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa said in an interview that Catholic churches would also have a symbolic wash­ing of the apostles’ feet, which was done in biblical times as Jesus’ way of illustrating that one must first serve the needs of others be­

fore he becomes a leader.Today, Quitugua said Catholics

in Saipan will follow a blessed cross from Mt. Carmel to Mt. Tapochau.

A sunrise service will then be held Sunday morning, also on Mt. Tapochau, to celebrate the resur­rection.

A mass of the Last Supper was held at the Mt. Carmel, San Vicente, San Antonio, Saint Jude, San Jose, Kristo Rai, Sta. Remedio

and San Roque Churches in Saipan and in San Jose Church in Tinian and San Francisco Church in Rota.

Mass will be said today at ML Carmel, San Vicente, San Antonio, Saint Jude, San Jose, Kristo Rai, Sta Remedio and San Roque Churches in Saipan and San Jose Church in Tinian.

Morning masses will be said to?* morrow in the same churches.

The Easter Masson Mt Tapochau will start at 5:30 a.m. (GLD)

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n o m i n a t i o n f o r t h e g e n e r a l e l e c t i o n t h i s N o v e m b e r .

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i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e f u t u r e o f o u r c h i l d r e n , n o m o r e , n o

l e s s .

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t h a t y o u j o i n u s i n o u r g e n u i n e e f f o r t s t o b u i l d a

b e t t e r t o m o r r o w f o r o u r c h i l d r e n . S e n m a s , S i Y u u s

M a a s e a n d m a y y o u a l l h a v e a H a p p y E a s t e r !

l a n N e k a i B a b a u t a(For Governor)

T h o m a s P . V i l l a g o m e z ( K i y u )(For Lieutenant Governor)

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L e t t e r s . . . c°nt|nued fr°m радо юgambling does. Rather than taking your time to antagonize the church and the game of tradition and culture, it is my personal recommendation that your resolute the approach for your casino gambling initiative. Like the saying goes... What is good fra- the Gandy, is good for the goose. So, do it right, otherwise say hell no casino.

Humiliated resident /s/Victor B. Hocog

M a f n a s h e l p s c o u p l eDear Editor:

This letter is all about the grati­tude and appreciation I have fore the Division of Immigration and in particular their leader, Chief Jose P. Mafnas.

Recently, two very special and important events took pi ace in my life. I married a Filipino girl and relocated to Guam. When I began the process of getting married and relocating my friends and work colleagues in Saipan warned me of the cumbersome government bureaucracy I would have to deal with and that I should expect de­lays and problems. I can tell you that the advice I received was very far from the truth. Not only did all our processing go

.smoothly, timely and without a hitch I had the pleasure, courte­ous, professional and above all very helpful to us. He was just terrific. In fact, his method of

doing business seems to prevail throughout the entire Immigra­tion staff. Everyone I dealt with were extremely professional and courteous. They are all a credit to the CNMI government.

Chief Mafnas played a vital role in enabling my wife to join me in Guam. My wife and I can’t thank him enough for all his efforts.

The real message in this letter is that with people likeChief Mafnas representing the CNMI govern­ment in action than the people of the CNMI are in very capable hands. Government must have people with character, integrity and professionalism guiding the direction of its policies.

So, my friends in the CNMI. I hope you read this because the road ahead for you and the CNMI is looking very good.

Sincerely,Garry Matthews

R e s i d e n t ’s f r u s t r a t i o n s

Please print my opinion and frustration without PrecinctI lead­ers regarding the basic needs of all the villages, particularly Koblerville.

My family and I have been liv­ing in this village since the early 80s and we’re still suffering from the lack of improvement in our community.

One of my foremost concerns is the unfinished sewer system in the eastern part of the village. Prior to the last election, Con­gressman Villagomez assured us that the money was already ap­propriated for the completion of the sewer system, to date, none of our elected leaders ever comes to the village to inform the residents about the status of the appropri­ated money for the completion of the desperately needed service to this part of the village. I know that some residents in this area do not have adequate septic tack fa­cility for proper disposal of waste product. This inadequacy poses environmental hazard to our fu­ture leaders (our children). It also threatens to contaminate our wa­ter supply.

I have been an active member of society exercising my rights voting every election year. And, during the past decade, I heard promises after promises that the water situation would be one of their primary goals.. . that is to provide the' public 24-hour water service. However, we have not as of yet come even close to realize their promise. This 24-hour wa­ter issue is like a broken record. We hear it at every.election.time.

I wonder if our leaders ever con­ducted an study to ascertain how much water the island can pro­duce versus the present demand, not to mention future develop­ments.

I believe the problem is that our leaders say things that they them­selves do not have the slightest ideahow they are going to achieve such intention. I strongly believe that one has got to have an idea, followed by a feasibility study before preaching anything to the public. Especially, when you are dealing with water and sewer is­sues considering their signifi­cance. .

The most bothersome and sometimes absurd thing to do is first of ail, the water situation in some areas are on ration. This is very inconvenient to a family, but the absurd thing is that they would open the water when no one needs.. . .when everyone is asleep and close it at times when we need it the most! In other words, they open for a mere one hour in the mornings and evenings then re­open at 10 p.m. Some areas will not get water service at all for day! My observation on this issue is that the big business that are reaping millions of dollars doing business in our own turf are the ones that have seldom face water shortage at the expense of the public in general.

I believe CUC should form a committee within the water divi­sion to forecast needs in relation to our economic activities and produce a sound plan to avoid

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water shortage when future de­velopments come to existence.

Our community lacks adequate streetlights. With the absence of the street lights in and around the village, it creates ample room for burglars and other criminals to exercise their unwanted behav­iors. As a result, the rate of bur­glary has risen and will continue to rise if street lights are not in place. It also poses tremendous hazard to pedestrians at night.

Our secondary roads are terri­bly bad. Although we recognize and appreciate the efforts of those people involved in the pavement of the main roads, I wonder why it wasn ’t thought of the secondary roads or if ever a plan existed and whether anything has been done to improve the issue. I believe the secondary should be twenty feet wide. However, most if not all secondary roads, with the excep­tion of the low-cost housing and the turnkey project areas are ex­periencing traffic problems due to the roads being so narrow that one has to stop and give way to oncoming vehicle, before he is able to drive through.

I strongly feel that this commu­nity, considering its large popula­tion, should have an adequate so­cial hall for private groups and community organizations to uti­lize for meeting place as well as community gatherings. It would also be an ideal place for our elected leaders in this precinct to utilize for village meetings to gather concerns and recommen­dations from their constituents as a gesture that they are indeed con­cerned and are working towards improving these communities. The existence of the social hall would also relieve Public School System from utilizing the class­rooms at Koblerville Elementary School for community, organiza­tional meetings and special events. Our representatives should real­ize organizational meetings and special events. Our representa­tives should realize that their great­est asset to their political career are their constituents.

I know that in the Koblerville master plan, a good size parcel of land is set aside for a church as well as Public Park located be­hind the DPS sub-station. Our youth would be the primary ben­eficiary of the proposed park and the community as a whole for relaxation and recreational area. The existence of the park would give our youth a place to spend their leisure lime to expend their energy to keep them out of trouble.

While I understand that our rep­resentatives are working dili­gently on the welfare of the entire CNMI, I believe that each one of you should also be representing the interests of your constituents that elected you in office. It has been over a decade now since the creation of this village, but I sel­

dom see any of you actually come to the village holding meetings to address us your efforts that you hay have taken towards the im­provement of the communities you represent. It is as if every­thing is in place, when in reality, it is not so.

I am deeply disappointed that in spite of the large number of elected officials representing this precinct, I have witnessed very minimal concrete evidence of work, legislation or a sign of co­hesiveness among the leaders and the communities to providing ad­equate infrastructure, essential building and other recreational facilities for these communities, especially Koblerville.

I think it’s high time that our leaders that were supposedly elected by the people to come to their senses and represent their constituents accordingly. It’s very frustrating when the only com­

munication link we have with our representatives is when they need our votes. Show me you confi­dence, consistency and commit­ment before I give anyone my vote of confidence.

I hope that our elected leaders from both sides would put aside their differences and establish some cohesiveness among all to improve their communities and the entire CNMI as a whole. It seems that important issues are only looked and preached upon during election time. Once they areelected, theplatformispersued the opposite direction.

I believe we need to bring in new breed into our political sys­tem. I ’m sick and tired of most of our veteran congressmen. These people sure may have more expe­rience in the game, but I think the enthusiasm, motivation, commit­ment and creativity are no longer

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Located in San Jose on Beach Road

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high in their ego. It is high time to give someone new that exhibits knowledge,.enthusiasm and com­mitment to help our Common­wealth prepare for the challenges

ahead. I would not be surprise if we start seeing them in the pre­cinct, not so much to deliver as­sistance, but to ask for our assis­tance for the coming election. I

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Located in San Jose on Beach Road

Automotive: 234-8616, 7524, 7525, 7017

Parts, Service & Body Shop: 234-7514,6881,6826

PUBLIC NOTICEC O M M O N W E A L T H ZO N IN G B O A R D M EETIN G

The Zoning Board will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday April 22.1993 at

12 noon, at the Zoning Board Office located at the Cabrera Center Bulding in Garapan. The public is invited to attend.

BENIGNO R. FITIAL Chairman

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strongly believe that it is time for a change.

Hafa Adai,ys/John M. Deleon Guerrero

B a b a u t a ’s

c o n c e r nDear Editor:

As concerned citizens of the. CNMI, we would like to thank our Resident Representative Juan N; Babauta for showing his con; cem regarding our indigenous- people in the Northern Manana

' Islands.: It is indeed and sad to lose con­

trol of our islands to aliens if our present leaders don ’ t do anything about it. Would our indigenous people be happy if we ever had an alien governor or representative? I’m, sure not! But it is up to our leaders to join hands and delegate to the US Congress to protect our interests. Just like Representa­tive Babauta has stated that the US Congress sees that we are in danger of losing our homes, due to the alarming increase in num­ber of aliens in our islands.••We don’t want to be like Hawaii where aliens are representing the indig­enous people.

Once again, we thank you Rep­resentative Babauta for your deep concern to our indigenous people here in the CNMI. And we look forward to continuing our sup­port in the future.

/s/Ben Piteg

Culturalcenter

An open letter to the indigenous people o f the M arianas.

Yes Jess. Since 1987 I have been advocating the significant importance of having or building an indigenous Cultural Center on a land location more representa­tives and conducive toour legacy, culture and tradition handed down by our great ancestors.

With this in mind, I want to call upon all of our indigenous people o f the Marianas to salute Con­gressman Mafnas for his ingenu­ity, courage and love for his people for envisioning and spearheading such a monumental project where one day we can proudly say “ this is ours, the indigenous people of the Marianas”.

Little do we realize, my friends, that by having an indigenous cul­tural center may be the lone re­maining saving-grace that will give us hope instead of despair, encouragement instead of denial, strength instead of deceitfulness, wisdom instead of false pleasure, honesty instead of false pretense, respect instead of wealth and power, sharing and giving instead o f taking away the lives of those who can’t even help themselves and last but not least - unity thru

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w o r k s h o p s o n w r i t i n gWRITER-instructor Nancy Flood, Ph.D., will conduct a series of free workshops in April to teach children and those interested in writing for children, to write about their heritage and themselves.

Funded by the Commonwealth Council for the Humanities, the workshops will include lectures, demonstrations, small group exer­cises, individual writing exercises and writing one story as an group, with emphasis on Micronesia themes and legends.

“We’ll work on creating settings, characters and problems that children will care about to give them a reason to read the stories,” Flood said. “As far as children go, every child has a story to tell.”

The adult workshops are schedule for Friday, April 16 at 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. and the workshop for children and adults will be held in Room V-215 at Northern Marianas College.

Contact Kathy Arriola in the N.M.C. Education Department for more information and registration.

L e t t e r s . . .humility equals LOVE.

I now ask each and everyone of you to rally all the support we can generate behind our Congressman Jess Mafnas so that his dreams and vision may one day be ours as well. I urge you to call him and let" him know. ·

Now let’s look back and com­pare. How many times have we heard during election time from past Representatives that protect­ing the best interests of our people and of our future was the most and foremost reason why we should vote for them? further­more, lets ask ourselves a more realistic question(s) and lets be perfectly honest about it. Of all the past and especially the present legislators whom have had more than one term in office - what tangible benefits have we (indig­enous) gotten that can actually be measured in real terms factored by indicators that yes, our way of life have improved or improving? Now lets compare this with out first-term Congressman Jess Mafnas.

We all know and understand that those of us who work for a living by earning wages or salary are being deducted every pay pe­riod a certain percentage for taxes called “income tax” right? Now our Dept, of Revenue and Tax collects all this money and depos­ited in what we cal 1 general funds.

By law, only the House of Rep­resentatives are allowed to take all this money and divide it up 3 ways-maybemore. Some goes to the Governor’s Office and all of its Departments and Agencies, some does to our Judicial and court systems and the rest or 3rd goes to both the House of Repre­sentative and the Senate.

I now ask you - does the House of Representatives have total con­trol of all of our tax money once it’s collected? Not to mention the

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Sunday 4-11-93

power to amend, abolish, repeal and make laws?

Now lets ask our present lead­ership of the House how did or do they divide their share of our tax money and how much each of them were given as their budget. We need to know these don’t you think? Let us not be fooled no more.

/s/John R. Castro

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P U B L IC H E A R IN GIN ACCORDANCE TO PUBLIC LAW 6-10 SECTION 1525: ATTENDANCE DISTRICTS (C) “ WHENEVER THE FORMATION OR REORGANIZATION OF AN ATTENDANCE DISTRICT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION, THE BOARD WILL SET A DATE AND TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND GIVE AT LEAST 10 DAYS PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSON.

THEREFORE, THE BOARD HAS SET A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE FORMATION AND REORGANIZATION OF ATTENDANCE DISTRICT BEFORE THE BOARD MAKES ITS FINAL DECISION REGARDING SUCH FORMATION OR REORGANIZATION.

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ZONES DATEApril 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 15

PLACEG.T. C. Cafeteria Tanapag Cafeteria Garapan Cafeteria Joeten-Kiyu Pb. Library Joeten-Kiyu Pb. Library

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Proposed School ZonesDonnie Hill Kagman Marpi Matuis Papago San Roque School Zone 3 -

Sadog Tasi Puerto Rico Lower Navy Hill School Zone 2 · Tanapag Resident Agag Asteo

GarapanResidency Navy Hill Chinatown Garapan Sugar King Guaio Rai Maturane Hill East-West Rental (Northwest)

School Zone 5 - W. S. ReyesResidency As Lito - Chalan Kanoa SusupeDandan (Airport)As Perdido Fina Sisu AsTerlaje School Zone 7- San Vicente Residency San Vicente Dandan Homestead Kanatabla Laulau

PUBLIC School Commissioner William S. Torres recently an­nounced the CNMI National Teacher of the Yearnominee, Mrs. Elda La Victoria, fifth grade sci­ence teacher of Garapan Elemen­tary School.

Mrs. La Victoria was selected for the US national level compel tition from a field of entrants nominated by school administra­tors and peers in the teaching pro­fession.

According to Jean Olopai, Na­tional Teacher of the Year coordi - nator, this is a national annual event sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers and Encyclopedia Británica Inc.

She said if Mrs. La Victoria is selected, she will be sent to the national awards which will be held in Washington D.C. in June. For winning the CNMI nomination, Mrs. La Victoria will receive a set of Encyclopedia Británica for her school library from Encyclope­dia Británica Inc.

The Garapan teacher could also join 25 participants from foreign countries for a week at the Inter­national Space Camp workshop at the Atlanta Space Center as a guest of the International Educa­tion Initiative program if she reaches the national level.

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Third quarter honor roll forCalvary Christian Academy inSan Antonio

A Honor RollCharity Moody 12th gradeBernice Diamzon 6th gradeJennifer Lee 3rd gradePaolo Diamzon 2nd gradeJi Young Jung 2nd gradeHyun Joo Lee 1st gradeJi Weon Lee 1st gradeDaniel Chong K-5Jong Heun Yang K-5Faye Yu K-5Hyun Ji Han

A/В Honor RollJohn Asucion 6th gradeJung Han Kim 5th gradeHanna Lee 5th gradeShy Maravilla 4th gradeDianalyn Paulino 4th gradeDenver Tangonan4th gradePaul Yu 4th gradePaulina Cepeda 3rd gradeAnne Kim 3rd gradeWon 11 Kim 2nd gradeElizabeth Lee 2nd gradeSung Hyun Lim 2nd gradeJi Hye Hwang 2nd gradeHyun Min Yu 2nd gradeRicardo Castillo 1st gradeDong Ho Ha 1st gradeJi Eun Jang 1st gradeCassandra Jim 1st gradeAh Lam Jung 1st gradeMichael Masiwemai 1st gradeApril Dave Paulino 1st gradeMina Yu 1st gradeNathaniel Jim K-5Young Jin Jun K-5Na Rim Kwon K-5Meena Lemieux K-5Joo Hae Lee K-5Simon Pae K-5Byung Hak Yoo K-5Hye Seon Kim K-4Sa Ra Ко K-4Lois Lee K-4Kevin Reyes K-4Hye Young Son K^l

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By Larry Thorso

BERLIN (AP) - Germany’s military role in the world, which has grown gradually since unifi­cation in 1990, may be further promoted by a case being argued before the country’s highest court

Sending German soldiers into foreign combat zones is one of the most intensely debated issues in German politics - one that could threaten Chancellor Helmut Kohl's center-right coalition.

On;the left, the Social Demo­cratic opposition wants to limit Germany’s international military role, and there is widespread pacifist sentiment in the popula­tion - a legacy of World War n.

Yet the US-led international community constantly urges Germany - the largest, richest country in Western Europe - to take military roles beyond the humanitarian missions and em­bargo monitoring it has done in the past few years.

German airforce crews are tak­ing part in the latest mission in former Yugoslavia - airdropping relief supplies over eastern Bosnia. They have been flying relief missions to Sarajevo and to Somalia.

German medical corpsmen are in Cambodia with the UN Deace-

keeping corps, and German naval vessels are part of western forces in the Adriatic monitoring the UN embargoes against Serbia.

But Germany, unlike its Euro­pean allies, did not send ground forces to join the US-led coalition against Iraq. It was a combat mis­sion, and Germany’s basic law is interpreted as banning a combat role outside the NATO alliance territory.

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe may rule this week on a suit brought by the centrist fac­tion of Kohl's coalition, the Free Democratic Party. It wants to block a Cabinet decision permit­ting German crews to man NATO reconnaissance planes that will enforce a UN no-fly zone in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Germans make up about one-ihird of the NATO crews aboard the AWACS planes.

If the court declines to act against the Cabinet decision, it could mean the first use of Ger­man troops on a foreign combat mission since World Warn. Some Free Democrats say they should leave the coalition if the Constitu­tional Court rules against them.

The case has been widely mocked in the German press. The government is criticized for be­ing unable to decide its own re-

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sponsibilities and throwing the issue into the legal arena.

“It is of course embarrassing,” said Klaus Becher, a German foreign policy analyst in Bonn.

Becher said Germany has ex­panded its world military role rather quickly since unification in 1990, despite apparent barriers in the constitution, which dates from 1949 when Germany was a de­feated and occupied nation. '“1 see decisive changes in the past three years,” he said ina telephone interview.

Kohl’s government wants to change the constitution to permit troops to join UN-led peace en- forcementmissions. The decision to permit German crews to man AWA

CS^planes over former Yugo­slavia in enforcing the no-fly zone _ a possible combat mission - marked a shift for Kohl’s party.

Becher said the problem is that the constitution does not clearly lay out procedures for war-mak­ing, and the politicians are argu­ing over whether the Cabinet or Parliament has the final say.

Previously, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the Cabinet has wide leeway in security is­sues. Becher said he suspects the court may again favor Kohl’s po­sition.

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UMANIDAT is an annual journal to be published by the Diocese of Cha­lan Kanoa in cooperation with the Commonwealth Council for the Hu­manities, and regional scholars.

The journal is devoted to the hu­manities and includes articles rooted in the insight offered by philosophy, history, linguistics, ethics, theology, literature, law and the socialscaences. The editorial board of the journal are currently preparing its first issue.

The first issue o f Umanidat fea­tures: the issue of land alienation as it affects the CNMI and other Pacific Islands. Articles, poems, fiction and

line drawings relative to the feature theme or other humanities topics are: welcome. It is asked that any submis­sions be typed and double spaced,: 2,500 words or less, and relatively free of jargon.

The editorial board hopes to have the first issue o f Umanidat printed and ready fordistribudonby October 1. Thus, there is a submission dead- HneofMay 15. For additional infor­mation abautsubmittingmaierial to the journal or receiving copies o f the journal when it is published, please call Richard Shewman at 234-3000 or fax at 234-8322 or 234-9192.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Armored personnel carriers have moved in. Police are packing rubber bullets and tear gas. Korean-American merchants have stocked up on guns. Even churches are ready, making plans to stay open as long as neces­sary andpatrol theirneighborhoods.

The city is nervous as the second Rodney King beating trial draws to a close. But it is determined to avoid a repeat of the devastating riots that followed acquittals in the first trial last spring.

Los Angeles isn’t the only wor­ried city. San Francisco was among other cities hit by rioting last year, and at least one store there already has begun boardingupits windows at night.

Jury deliberations in the federal trial are expected to begin on Fri­day and could continue through Easter.

Police ChiefWillie Williams and MayorTom Bradley promised this week to send 6,500 uniformed of­ficers into the streets as soon as deliberations begin. Those officers will carry special riot-control gear.

“We’re not going to fail you this time,” Williams told Los Angeles.

His predecessor, Daiyl F. Gates, was accused of not caring and not acting quickly enough last spring when the state jury acquitted four white officers of most charges in

M a r i a n a s P u b l i c L a n d C o r p o r a t i o n

P U B L I C N O T I C E

Pursuant to the provisions of 2 CMC 4141 et sec, the PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EX­CHANGE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987, notice is hereby given of Marianas Public Land Corporation’s intention to enter into an exchange agreement in­volving the parcels of land de­scribed below. Concerned per­sons may request a hearing on any proposed exchanged by contacting MPLC by or on April 16, 1993. If so requested, hearings on the transactions listed below will be scheduled on April 14,1993 at9:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of MPLC.

PUBLIC PURPOSE - Road­ways Acquisition

PRIVATE LAND - Part of Saipan Lot/Tract No. 496-, NEW-4-1-R/WContaining an area of 91 square meters

PUBLIC LAND - Saipan Lot/ Tract No. 026 K 73 Containing an area of700square meters

Sigongiprobensionsihagi 2CMC 4141 et sec i PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1987, sino i tulaikan taño para propositon pupbliku na akton 1987, nutisia manana i ginen este put i intension-na i Marianas Pub­lic Land Corporation humalom gi kontratan atulaikan taño ni ha afefekta i pedason taño siha ni manmadeskribigisampapa. Man interesante siha na petsona sina manmamaisen inekungok put maseha manu/hafa na priniponi put tulaikan taño. A ’agang i MPLC antes pat osino gi Abril 16, 1993. Yanggen' guaha inekungok marikuesta, i inekungok siempre para i sigiente siha na transaksion u fan makondukta gi Abril 14,1993, gi oran alas 9:00 gi éggan gi halom i kuatton konfirensian i MPLC.

PROPOSITON PUPBLIKU - 1’ Ma Chulé I ’ Chalan Para I ’ Pupbliku

TAÑO PRAIBET - Parte gi sitio Numiru 496 NEW-4-1 -R/W giya Saipan yah ha konsisiste 91 metro kuadrao na area

TAÑ O PUPBLIKU - Sitio Numiru 026 K 73 giya Saipan yan ha konsisiste, 700 metro kuadrao na area

Reel ayleewal me bwangil 2 CMC 4141 et sec, PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EX­CHANGE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987, nge-Marianas Public Land Corporation e arongaar towlap, igha e mangiiy ebwe lliiwelo faluw iye e toolong faluw kka faal. Aramasye e tipali nge emmwel ebwe tingor ebwe yoor hearing reel inaamwo lliiwelil faluw fa. Aramas ye e tipali nge emmwel ye re tipali reel kkapsal faluw, nge rebwe aghuleey ngali MPLC wool me ngare mmwal April 16, 1993. Ngare eyoor tingor bwe yoor hearing, nge rebwe ayoorareel tali faluwkka faal, nge rebwe tooto wool April 14, 1993, otol ye 9:00 a.m. mellol MPLC Conference Room.

AMMWELEER TOWLAP - Roadway Acquisition

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Llapal nge 91 square meters

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Llapal nge 700 square meters

the March 3,1991, beating of the black motorist.

What followed were three days of wanton lawlesspbss in which 54 people died andU0,000 businesses were destroyed. Damageestimates reached $1 billioa

“People cannot, afford to lose anymore or have any more damage done to their communities,” said Tony Salazar, co-chair of Rebuild L.A., a private group of business and community leaders formed af­ter the riots.

“People in Los Angeles are gen­erally tired of it and want to put the riots behind them.”

Easier said than done. The fed­eral trial isn’t the end of it. On Wednesday, a trial was postponed until July for three black defen­dants charged with attacking white trucker Reginald Denny at the start of the riots.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles waits. Police officers carry rubber bul­

lets and tear gas. The National Guard has moved in armored per­sonnel carriers. Churches through­out South Central, site of last spring’s worst devastation, will open as soon as the verdicts are read and remain open as long as they are needed.

The First AME Church, a rock for a big part of South Central’s black community, held a meeting Wednesday night to review church leaders’ strategies for patrolling

their neighborhoods, staffing aru- mor-control station and caring for their youngsters.

“We need to have a voice of reason,” church spokesman Mark Whitlock said. “We need to have a calm, analytic response.”

Some responses thus far have beenfarfrom analytical. Gun sales in Los Angeles, and especially Koreatown, increased sharply as jury deliberations neared. Targeted by looters and arsonists during the" riots, many Korean-American mer­chants have vowed to fight fire with gunfire.

In San Francisco, workers at the First Step athletic shoes store will doeverythingtoprotecttheirwares except arm themselves, assistant manager Edger San Gabriel said. “The first thing we want to avoid is a confrontation,” he said.

The store was looted last year. San Gabriel said workers have boarded up the windowsevery night this week. He and many other San Francisco merchants said they would close when the verdicts are announced.

In Los Angeles, some people have decided simply to escape. Travel agents reported an increase in residents booking late, out-of- town getaways for this weekend.

And the Information and Rumor Control Center, which opened Fri­day, has been logging calls at a clip that increases daily.

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v i o l e n c e a n e p i d e m i cfocused on violence in America, which Wittenberg said has 10 times the homicide rate in Britain and 25 times that in Spain.

Hesuggested a lOOpercentfed- eral excise tax on the sale of fire­arms and ammunition in the United States, where more than 200 million guns were in circula­tion in 1989 and where 100,000 students now carry guns to school.

With increasing pressure for “sin taxes” to cut demand for al­cohol and tobacco and shift dam­age costs to the users, “shouldn’t the same arguments be applied to firearms?” Wittenberg asked.

The month-long standoff be­tween authorities and the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, “has nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with access to guns,” he said.

While homicide is the main cause of death of American black males aged 18 to 24, the back­ground of violence “has nothing to do with race, it comes from being poor,” said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, founder of the Vio­lence Epidemiology Branch of the national Centers for Disease Con­trol and Prevention.

Youthful fights that in America once ended with bruises and black eyes now end in death, he said. “Kids are not fighting more, they are fighting with guns.”

By Gene Kramer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vio­lence, causing millions of deaths and injuries, has become a public health epidemic, speakers de­clared Wednesday at a US na­tional observanceofWorldHealth Day.

Gun availability and glamor- ization of violence in movies and television were charged as major culprits - warranting the kind of regulatory controls used against traditional disease epidemics and other health hazards.- ‘T o refuse to acknowledge ...

this clear evidence of a public health epidemic, we must be ei­ther numb to reality or deceiving ourselves,” said Richard L. Wittenberg, President of the American Association for Public Health.

Wittenberg presided over a gathering at the Pan American Health Organization, the regional center of the World Health Orga­nization. WHO has made injury and violence prevention the theme of its 1993 anniversary celebra­tion.

Intentional and accidental vio­lent acts kill at least 3.5 million people a year in the world, cost­ing nearly $500 billion in medical care and lost productivity, Wittenberg said. The observance

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HAIKOU, China (AP) - Chi­nese used to call the tropical, primitive island of Hainan in the South China Sea the “end of the Earth,” a place where the em­peror sent disgraced mandarins into exile.

Nowadays politically disgraced Chinese are moving to Hainan by choice, finding opportunities de­nied them elsewhere.

More than a few participants in the 1989 Tiananmen Square de­mocracy movement have taken up self-imposed exile in Hainan’s capital, Haikou, because it is one of the few places in China where business acumen counts for more than political background.

No one knows exactly how many such people are in Haikou, because the former activists have abandoned organized political activities and joined the rush to make a fast yuan that has gripped the island in recent years.

One dissident in Beijing said at least 10 close friends who were active in the 1989 democracy movement are doing business in Hainan. The dissident spoke only on conditionof anonymity.

About a dozen people from two top Communist Party organiza­tions alone - the People’s Daily, die party newspaper, and the Re­search Center for the Reform of the Political Structure, a liberal think tank - left Beijing after the army crushed the 1989 protests and settled in Hainan, 1,460miles (2,350 kms) to the south.’

The island, roughly the size of ' Hong Kong, was designated a spe­cial economic zone in 1988, with preferential policies for invest­ment and trade unmatched any­where in China.

Locals talk about it becoming a new Hong Kong, and visitors im­mediately see similarities with Hong Kong of 20 years ago in its energy, optimism and risk-taking spirit.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS DPW93-RFQ-00258

SOLID WASTE INCINERATION FACILITY

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Department of Public Works (DPW) is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (“Letters of Interest”) from solid waste engineering firms for the development of an Incinerator/Waste-to-Energy System for the Island of Saipan. The incinerator system would dispose of municipal solid waste including, but not limited to paper, vegetation, plastics, applicable metals, wood, garment waste, paper, .waste oil, and other applicable waste streams.

. The selected firm will be required to coordinate closely with the Department of Public Works, its contractors, and designated representatives, as well as private sector entities in the planning and development of this project. The incinerator, or waste-to-energy systems should be modular (allowing future expansion) and must be designed to meet current waste generation characteristics (daily rate, volume and composition, moisture content, etc.). The system must comply with all applicable United States (USEPA) and CNMI environmental standards and regulations. In addition, the system must maintain compatibility with the CNMU Government’s current plans to develop an Integrated Waste Management Program for the CNMI. The overall goal of the incineration project is to incorporate, supplement, and optimize ongoing CNMI efforts to construct a sanitary landfill, collection and recycling systems, and ancillary facilities in Marpi, Saipan.

The CNMI Department of Public Works seeks innovative proposals to finance, procure, and possibly “privatize” operation of an incinerator or waste-to-energy system. The CNMI Government will give preference to firms offering favorable financing terms, extended payment plans, and/ or “turnkey” installation and long-term operation agreements. The government will give serious consideration to integrated “packaged proposals” which include privatized refuse collection, equipment procurement and installation, waste segregation, recycling, and operation of appropriate waste management facilities. Such comprehensive proposals packages must take into account existing government plans to develop a sanitary landfill, transfer stations, privatized waste collection, and tipping fees.

Based on qualifications, feasibility, and specific proposals, the Government’s Evaluation Team will enter into discussions with at least three (3) firms providing the most responsive proposals. The Evaluation Team then will be prepared to rank and enter into detailed negotiations with selected firms, in order of preference, following the completion of initial discussions.Firms will be evaluated and selected for discussions based on the following criteria:* Overall Responsiveness and Approach to the Project* Technical Specifications (capacity, emissions control systems, provisions for power generation and desalination; waste acceptance and

separation equipment, and compatibility with waste streams).* Qualifications of Project Team Members.* Finn’s Experience in the Asian/Pacific Region.* Compliance with Applicable U.S. Environmental Standards.* Economic & Financial Feasibility Analyses.* Total Cost of Capital Equipment.* Use of Value Engineering to Ensure Cost-Effectiveness.* Extended Payment Provisions & Financing Terms.* Availability for Immediate Mobilization and Rapid Delivery.* Ease and Cost of Operation and Maintenance.* Compatibility with Existing CNMI Waste Management Programs.

Statements of Qualifications must be submitted to the Office of the Chief of Procurement and Supply no later than 2:30 p.m. on April 30,1993. Statements of Qualifications should be submitted to:

ChiefOffice of Procurement and Supply Department of Finance Lower Base'Saipan, MP 96950

Attn: Director, Department of Public Works ' Phone Number (670) 322-9482

Through this solicitation, the CNMI Government seeks to initiate serious discussions and ultimate financial negotiations for the development of this waste management project. However, the Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals if deemed in the best interest of the Government

/s/ELIZABETH H. SALAS-BALAJADIA Director of Public WorksDate; 331 /93 hojukwhi

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The island is booming. Cranes fill the skyline, and every block is gutted with craters as workers lay foundations for high-rise office and apartment buildings.

Appointments are hard to make- businessmen always seem to be out of their offices, cutting deals, or meeting clients, a sharp con­trast to the sleepy Beijihg office routine of reading newspaper? and sipping tea.

The streets are filled with luxury cars, a rare sight in most other places in China. Many have no license plates, a sign that they were smuggled in.

There is a general disregard for rules and regulations - and for politics.

“We never ask if you have a past history or what your political background is,” said LinZhixiang, the director of the Hainan Person­nel Exchange Service Center, the largest job clearinghouse in Haikou. “It’s not our responsibil­ity to ask about this.”

Lin said he has heard that po­litical activists sought refuge in Hainan after the crackdown.

“It’s possible that some came to us and that we recommended them to work in this or that com­pany,” he said.

A former ranking officialfrom. the liberal think tank in Beijing said he has had no political dis­cussions since he came to Hainan more than a year ago, and that no one has asked about whether he was involved in the democracy movement.

He spoke on condition of ano­nymity, fearing unwanted atten­tion from officials in Beijing.

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b a r i n g b r e a s t sNEW BRUNSW ICK, N J . CAP)- Thirty students at Rutgers University’s Douglass College bared their breasts at a student government meeting·· to protest what they say is the college’s pa­tronizing attitude toward women.

The all-women college “is im­posing stereotypes, myths and structures upon women that de­fine us,” said sophomore Jeanne Locicero, who helped organize Tuesday night’sprotest. “We want to be able to carve our own paths, take our own directions, and not be punished or chastised for it.”

The protestors also were upset with results of last week’s student government elections,· Locicero said.

School officials and some stu­dents expressed dismay with the group’s tactics.·. “If we’re going jo be women, We’d better act like women,” said K im Roberts, the student government's vice president­elect. “You didn’t see George Bush pull his pants down when he lost the election.”

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - In a brief but dignified ceremony, Vietnam on Wednesday turned over 16 sets of remains presumed to be those of Americans killed in the Vietnam War.

The remains were put aboard a US Air Force C-141 transport jet that arrived at Hanoi’s NoiBai Airport Wednesday to take them to Hawaii for identification at the Army’s Central Identification Laboratory.

At the foot of the plane’s cargo ramp, a US military honor guard stood at attention and saluted.

“The adrenalin right now is pumping heavy,” said spectator Larry Braden, 45, a US Army veteran of the war in Vietnam. “I never, ever dreamed I’d be here.”

Braden and his wife Cheryl, of Phoenix, Ariz., scheduled a weeklong trip to Vietnam around the two-hour ceremony.

They were watching the final stage of the 17th joint mission by Vietnamese and American experts combing the country for remains of the 2,260 Americans still listed as missing from the war.

Ho Xuan Dich, director of the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons, said Wednesday’s turnover brought to 532 the number of sets of remains handed over to the United States since American troops withdrew from Vietnam in 1973.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Adm. Charles Larson, commander of US forces in the Pacific, urged Malaysia Wednesday to buy American F/A-18 jet fighters, Defense Minister Najib Abdul Razak said.

Najib told reporters that he and Larson also discussed various coopera­tion masters.

He said Malaysia still has not decided whether to buy the American fighters or Russian MiG-29s.

Najib had said earlier that Malaysia wanted to buy 20 to 30 jet fighters to replace the air force’s aging F-5E’s.

C h i n a h i t s B r i t i s h n a v a l b a s e

BEIJING (AP) - China’s dispute with Britain over the future of Hong Kong broadened Wednesday to include anew issue - the disposal of British military land in the colony.

The Chinese government issued a statement condemning Britain’s decision to relocate a navy base from downtown Hong Kong to a small island to clear the way for development

“This is absolutely unacceptable to the Chinese side,” said the statement, issued via the official Xinhua News Agency.

The statement maintained that Britain should consult with China on the disposition of military lands. It said the military facilities currently used by the British in Hong Kong should be turned over to the Chinese army in 1997, when Britain returns the colony to Beijing.

“The Chinese sidehopes that the British side will stop its unilateral action and come back to consultation,” it said. “If the British side is bent on its own way, it will be held responsible for all the consequences arising therefrom.”

China has issued similar, vague threats in ongoing disputes over a British proposal to slightly increase democracy in Hong Kong, and over financing of a new Hong Kong airport.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Carpenter Technology Corp., an American steel maker, signed an agreement with a local company Wednesday to set up a steel venture in Taiwan, officials said.

The Reading, Pa.-based company will have a 19 percent stake in the US $250million venture withTaiwan’s Walsin Lihwa Wire andCable Corp., said Vice Economics Minister Yang Shi-chien

The new company, scheduled to begin operation early next year, will produce 200,000 metric tons of high-quality steel for both the domestic market and for export to other Asian countries, Yang said.

In a separate agreement signed with the Economics Ministry, Yang said, Carpenter Chairman Robert Cardy promised to help Taiwan improve its steel-making techniques by transferring technology to the new venture. The new company is to produce specialty steels that can be used for construction and for making machines and tools. Taiwan now imports such steel, mostly from Japan, Yang said.

Carpenter set up the joint venture to help promote its exports, which accounted for only 5 percent of its U.S. dlrs 600 million revenue last year, he said.

T h a i q u e e n a r r i v e s i n T o k y o

TOKYO (AP) -Thailand’s QueenSirikit arrived inTokyoWednesday for a 14-day visit to Japan to promote friendly relations between the two cotintries.

The queen, making her third visit to Japan, was to meet with Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and other royal family members, and attend exhibitions of traditional crafts of Thailand in Tokyo and Kyoto, an ancient capital city in western Japan.

The Foreign Ministry said the queen came to Japan to deepen friendly relations with the Japanese Imperial Family and promote cultural inter­changes between the two countries.

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T O K YO (AP) - Thousands of swastika-emblazoned posters urg­ing the ouster of “delinquent for­eigners” have been plastered in Tokyo streets, but they are appar­ently the work of a small extrem­ist group, a national newspaper reported Wednesday.

Most of the 30-by-25-centime- ter (12-by-lO-mch) posters had been tom down by Wednesday, but some ragged pieces were left on a telephone pole near Ueno Park.

The posters, whichhave ablack swastika rai a red background, are being put up every Sunday in spots in and near Tokyo where Iranians and other foreigners tend to con­gregate, the newspaper Asahi said.

“Get rid of the delinquent for­eigners who are destroying our nation’s culture, tradition and safety,” the posters say.

The group behind the poster campaign, the National Socialist League, is led by a 52-year-old businessman who was quoted as saying he was inspired by Adolf Hitler’s ideologies. He requested anonymity because he feared for his safety, the Asahi said.

The 15-member group put up some 2,500 posters in Tokyo and nearby Saitamaprefecture (state),

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B ubble gum p reven ts to o th d ecayBy Deb Riechmann

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) -Four researchers at one of the nation ’s lop dental research labo­ratories are busy chomping on wads of grape-flavored bubble gum, but they’re not a bit worried about cavities.

Not only is the experimental gum sugar-free, it contains a new patented compound to remineralize their teeth. The gum helps repair enamel before cavi­ties can cause tooth decay; it also makes teeth less sensitive to hot and cold.

“This is the first major scien­tific and technological break­through in the toothpaste industry

since the introduction of fluoride in the 1960s,” said dentist Steven R. Fox, who heads Enamelonlnc., a New York company with the exclusive license to manufacture the gum with thè patented miner­alization process.

The process was invented by Ming S. Tung, a chemist who works in the Paffenbarger Re­search Center at the National In­stitute of Standards and Technol­ogy in Gaithersburg.

Tung’s process includes a chemical compound called amor­phous calcium phosphate that crystallizes to form the mineral that makes up teeth and bone. The chemical compound triggers the natural remineralization process

already taking place in the body, he said.

Cavities are caused when bac­teria in the mouth digest sugar andproduce acid, which dissolves tooth enamel. Under normal con­ditions, there is enough calcium phosphate in saliva to repair the damage. The trouble is that many people consume more sugar and generate more acid than the saliva can fight, Tung said.

“So we say ‘Let’s give saliva a hand.’ We’ll help the saliva to repair the tooth,” he said. But Tung added, “It’s too optimistic to think that it can repair big cavi­ties.”

Researchers have tried fra- more than 30years to put calcium phos­

phate in gum and toothpaste, but they had a tough time getting it to dissolve. Tung, who has been working on the problem for about seven years, found a calcium phosphate material that can dis­solve quickly and be dispersed into the teeth.

Ten years of research on the latest development was backed by $ 1.5 million in grants and sup­port funds from the American Dental Association Health Foun­dation, the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, according to Frederick C. Eichmiller, associate director of the dental research center at NIST. Fox said he hoped the gum would

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Spokesmen at the National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers in Marlton, N.J., said they hadn’t heard of the ex­perimental gum, so they couldn’t speculate on how it might affect the $2 billion US gum market dominated by 10 manufacturers. ’

Besides gum, Eichmiller said the substance also could be put in toothpaste and gels, oral rinses, aerosols, or in a form that dentists could paint on teeth.

The compound could be used to control tooth decay in institu­tionalized patients or others who have limited access to dental care, he said. It also could be used by people taking certain drugs, or undergoing radiation or chemo­therapy, which causes saliva glands to dry up.

DavidPashley,professor of oral biology at the University of Geor­gia, said if Tung’s process could temporarily repair teeth, .it also could help patients through oral surgery that leaves teeth painfully sensitive to hot and cold.

“W e’ll have to do clinical trials' to see how it really works in pa­tients,” Pashley said. “The hu­man laboratory is much more complicated. It looks promising. If this doesn’t work, I ’m sure Tung will modify it until it does. He’s a very persistent chemist.”

Clinical trials are being devel­oped at the University of Wash­ington at Seattle and University* o f Maryland.

Enamelon will submitdatafrom these or other clinical trials to the US Food and Drug Administra­tion in an effort to get the com­pound approvedfor gum and other products.

In a separate study, a Univer­sity of Michigan researcher stud­ied the effects of chewing gum containing xylitol, producedfrom birch chips and com stalks, among more than 1,200 schoolchildren in the Central American country o f Belize.

S w a s t i k a . . .Continued from page 27the Asahi said.

Ueno Park is a popular hangout for Iranians, who have become one of the most visible groups of newcomers to affluent Japan. The recent foreign influx, which also include Chinese, Filipinos and Thais, has at times created fric­tion.

Some Japanese have found it hard to break from a tradition of shunning contact with outsiders. Complaints about rowdy foreign neighbors who don’t abide by lo­cal customs - such as which days to put the garbage out - are com­mon.

Liang Yiming, 29, a Chinese student, said he was horrified by the posters.

“The (swastika) mark is scary. I ’d been afraid that-something similar toGermany mighthappen in Japan,” he said, referring to the neo-Nazi groups that have been on the rise since German reunification.

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Clinton sends Congress $1.51 trillion budget

By Tom Raum

WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi­dent Clinton sends Congress his first full-scale federal budget on Thursday, a plan for spending $1.51 trillion ¿hat is guaranteed a serious - if notnecessarily smooth - reception in the Democratic-led Congress.

The Clinton budget for the year beginning Oct. 1 is drawing as much attention for what it will not include as for what it will: neither abortion restrictions, health care financingnor the president’s s 1.6 billion package for Russia.

It also is the first budget in 12 years that is not being declared “dead on arrival” by congressional leaders. Both houses have already approved budget resolutions en­dorsing its broad outlines, but fights are still expected.

Clinton will detail thousands of specific proposals to help him to­ward his'goal of close to $500 billion in deficit reduction over five years.

Battles always come over de­tails.

Republicans are expected to pounce hard on many proposals, as Ihey have on Clinton’s $16.3 billion stimulus package for this year, now stalled in the Senate.

The new budget envisions that jhe government will take in $ 1.215 trillion and spend $1.507 trillion, a $292 billion deficit.

It is expected to reflect Clinton ’ s central campaign promises: cut­ting defense, cutting the deficit, and increasing what he calls in­vestment spending on infrastruc­ture - including highways and bridges - on education and on communications and other high- tech programs.

The defense section _ largely unveiled March 27 by Defense Secretary Les Aspin - calls for spending $263.4 billion, $10 bil­lion less than this year and $12 billion short of what former President Bush envisioned. Defense savings come from a re­duction of 108,000 in active duty military, a pay freeze and modest cuts in the Strategic Defense Ini-

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tiative - sometimes called “Star Wars.” But the budget halts no major Reagan-Bush era weapons systems. Aspin has called it a “treading water” budget, mean­ing that it is not the result of a complete re-study..

Clinton’s proposal for addi­tional infrastructure is expected to be seen most clearly in the Transportation Department bud­get - a 10.9 percent increase over this year. Outlays would be dlrs 40.3 billion, including dlrs 28.4 billion onhighways, bus systems, railroads, airports and maritime development.

Clinton’s $590 billion budget for the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to boost spending for children, women’s health and AIDS re­search, care and prevention.

Nothing will be set aside for either universal health care or welfare reform, officials said. Clinton’s health care proposal is due late in May, including a sys­tem of health care for all Ameri­cans and a way to pay for it. Also to be gone from this year’s health budget: abortion restrictions that

had been perennial under both Presidents Reagan and Bush.

Clinton plans to scrap the ban on federal payments for poor women’s abortions and on cover­ing abortions in health plans of federal workers.

Clinton is expected to propose an increase of dlrs 700 million in aid to Russia, but he has said that all the dlrs 1.6 billion announced at the Vancouver summit will come from earlier appropriations.

Israel and Egypt will continue to be the single biggest recipients: $3 billion for Israel and $2.2 bil­lion for Egypt, same as this year.

Some other expected details:_The $30 billion Space Station

Freedom will be fully funded for now at $2.1 to $2.3 billion, al­though officials are looking for ways to cut the overall price by about half.

- There is likely to be a mini­mum of new education programs. But the budget is expected to con­tain money for a modest version of Clinton’s National Service Trust program, by which students could repay loans for university expenses by public service.

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B usiness/F inanceSSSSiForeign tycoons invading Hanoi

By Denis D. Gray

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - This once-Spartan bastion of revolu­tion is under assault from an army of foreign tycoons binging the Bank of America, golf courses and even - may Uncle Ho rest in peace - a stock market.

Armed with checkbooks, know-how and smooth talk, they are transforming Hanoi, seat of one of the world’s last commu­nist regimes, into acapitalist-style boom town.

Land prices have shot up 2,000 percent in five years. Graceful French villas are to be replaced by skyscrapers. The tangle of bi­cycle traffic is yielding to motor­ized chaos.

The foreign influx, along with another from the impoverished countryside; will probably change the face and spirit of this ancient, beautiful,resilient city more than past Chinese invaders, French colonials and US bombing raids.

Change began six years ago when Vietnam’s orthodox Marx­ist rulers opted for economic re­forms and opening up to the world. The pace has accelerated as more

businessmen, consultants and car­petbaggers pick up the scent of quick profits, low labor costs and legal loopholes in what is being called “Asia’s last economic fron­tier.”

On any night in the bar of the Metropole Hotel, one may hear a Hong Kong businessman evalu­ating the planned stock market, Australian geologists exchanging data on mineral exploration, American consultants toasting some victory over the formidable bureaucracy.

The State Committee for Coop­eration and Investment says it met with 6,000 foreign businessmen in 1992 and that three to four American delegations have ar­rived each week in 1993, given better prospects for the US.trade embargo to be lifted.

Although US companies still cannotlegally do business, Wash­ington allows them to open of­fices, and many have already ap­plied to do so. Leading the pack is the Bank of America, given the green light in March to open a representative office in Hanoi.

With housing and office space continued on page 35

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p e r s o n a l c o m p u t e r sBy Stefan Fatsis

NEW YORK (AP) - The per­sonal computerwars aren’tletting up, and IBM is moving aggres­sively to regain market share in a business it all but created more than a decade ago.

International Business Ma­chines Corp.’s PC business lost money in 1992, but sales have surged in recent months as the restructuring computer company faces a price and performance battle with rivals such as Compaq Computer Corp. and Dell Com­puter Corp.

to its latest offensive, IBM cm Tuesday unveiled 40 new low- priced PCs in its.PS-ValuePoint line, the first upgrade since it en­tered the “clone” personal com­puter business six months ago.

IBM in September gave its per­sonal computer unit more au­tonomy, establishing it as a sepa- r ate business. IBM PersonalCom- puter Co. quickly rolled out a se­ries of new models, including the ValuePoints andnew PS-1 home and small-business computers, new high-end PS-2 models and new portables.

“to order to maintain or grow your share you need to be there grabbing attention with new prod­ucts,” said Chris Vasko, an ana­lyst with BIS Strategic Decisions in Norwell, Mass. IBM “appears to be doing that wilhagoodmea-

sure of success now.”IBM said the raw ValuePoint

models, priced from $1,080 to $3,579, offer enhanced graphics, truer colors, more power and a broad ability to upgrade. The new models are powered by a version of totel Corp.’s 486 microproces­sor,andean be converted tototel’s new Pentium microprocessor.

.‘They’re not ahead of anybody here. But IBM has to prove that they can move at the velocity of the market,” said Richard Zwetchkenbaum, a PC analyst with International Data Corp.

IBM PC sales have risen partly due to a cutthroat pricing war that obliterated profits. According to BISStrategicDecisions,IBM sold an estimated 1.4 million personal computer units in the fourth quar­ter. The company said its three- month PC sales -were a record.

torecentdays,IBM executives have said first-quarter personal computer sales rose at least 30 percent from a year earlier and predicted the business would be profitable in 1993.

IBM’s share of the US PC mar- ketof 11.4 million computers was 12.3 percent last year, down from

' 13.9 percent in 1991, accordingto International Data, a market re- search firm. IBMfell behind Apple Computer Co. as the US market leader.

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NEW YORK (AP) - Traders broadened their selloff of German marks Wednesday, propelling the American dollar mostly higher on world markets. But the Japanese yen benefited even more from the mark-selling and touched another record high against the US cur­rency.

The mark’s decline was mostly traced to further speculation that Germany was preparing to cut in- terestrates following more gloomy economic news this week.

Gold edged higher in New York after falling overseas. On the Com­modity Exchange in New York, gold for current delivery rose 50 cents a troy ounce to close at $338.40. Republic National Bank quoted a late bid of $337.75, up 25 cents from late Tuesday.

The rash to sell marks began Tuesday on a repent of higher un­employment in WestGermany and news that Daimler-Benz, Germany’s biggest industrial group, planned 14,700job cuts.

Afraid of aggravating inflation, Germany’s central bank has been hesitant to lower interest rates too fast But more and more partici­pants believe the Bundesbank may begin to favor swifter easings as a way to stimulate the economy.

Reinforcing that view on Wednesday, the Dutch and Bel­gian governments cut their key short-term interest rates, seeming to help pave the wayforlowerrates in other European countries.

Stephen Flanagan, a vice presi­dent with Mitsubishi Bank Ltd. in New York, cited remarks by Bundesbank President Helmut Schlesinger in an interview pub­lished in Wednesday’s New York Times. While Schlesinger said that the bank would continue to move cautiously, he noted that recent in­flation figures may be giving the bank more room for further rate cuts.

Many traders sold their marks for Japanese yen, one of the few major currencies viewed as funda­mentally strong.

Despite recent reported attempts by the Bank of Japan to deflate the yen’s powerful advance against the dollar, most market participants still believe major industrialized nations favor a stronger yen. With Japan’s trade surplus with its partners at extremely high levels, a weaker dollar is viewed as one of the ways to create a better balance between sales of US and Japanese products. • “The market still believes the US

still encourages a strong yen,” Flanagan said.

The dollar closed in Tokyo at 114.02 yen, down 0.26 yen from Tuesday’s finish. Later in London, the dollar was quoted at 113.65 yea By 4 pin. in New York, the dollar was quoted at 113.50 yea down from late Tuesday’s 113.85 yen and a new postwar low.

NEW YORK (AP) - Foreign Exchange-, New York prices. Rates for trades of $1 million minimum.

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Taiwan NT .0383 .0383 26.08 26.09Thailand Baht .03954 .03954 25.29 25.29Turkey Lira .000106 .000106 9423.00 9397.00U.A.E. Dirham .2724 .2724 3.6715 3 .6715fUruguay Peso .000261 .000261 3835.00 3835.00zVenzuel Bollv .0118 .0118 84.9500 84,8500Yugoslav Dinar .00133 .00133 750.00 750.08ECU: European Currency Unit, a basket of European currencies. The Federal Reserve Board’s index of the value of the dollar against 10 other currencies weighted on the basis of trade was 91.83 Tuesday, up 0.52 points or 0.57 percent from Monday’s 91.31. A year aqj*4he index was 88.87 c-commercial rate, d-free market rate, f-financial rate, y-official rate, z- floating rate.Prices as of 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1900 GMT) from Telerate Systems and other sources.

S p o t m e t a l p r i c e sNEW YORK (AP) - Spot nonferrous metal prices Wednesday Aluminum - 50.3 cents per lb London Metal Exch. Wed. Copper - 1.0605 dollars per pound.Lead-32 cents a pound. ■Zinc - 48.04-52.04 per pound, delivered.Tin - - 3.7538 dollars per pound.Gold - 336.75 dollars per troy oz.Stiver - 3.830 dollars ¿er troy oz.Mercury - 2( .00-210,00 d otes per 76 lb flask.Platinum - 361.00-363.00 dollars troy oz.,N.Y. (contract).

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Singapore leads rise in A sian stock pricesHONG KONG (AP) - Asian stock markets closed mostly higher Wednesday, with the Singapore Stock Exchange’s key index rising to a new high for the fourth consecutive session.

Bargain-hunting also pushed the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s key indicator to its highest closing in more than a year, while the U.S. dollar declined against the Japa­nese yen.

Singapore’s Strait Times Indus­trial Index of 30 blue chips rose 10.42 points, closing at 1,721.40.

Tokyo’s 225-issueNikkei Stock Average rose 342.43 points, or 1.76 percent, closing at 19,829.23. It was the Nikkei’s highest close since 19,885.49 on March 26 last year.

On Tuesday, the average had shed 272.66 points, or 1.38 per­cent, on profit-taking after gain­ing a total of 1,167.51 points in the three previous trading days. Dealers said that drop led to Wednesday’s bargain-hunting.

The Tokyo Stock Price Index of all issues listed on the first section gained 29.75 points, or 1.95 per­cent, to 1,559.22.

tie dollar closed at 114.02 yen, Swn 0.26 yen from Tuesday’s

finish.Taipei: Share prices closed

higher in hectic trading. The market’s weighted index rose 30.67 points, closing at 5,013.28, the index’s highest close since March 14 last year.

Manila: Share prices ended higher in heavy trading, boosted by news that the Energy Regula­tory Board has allowed the state-, owned National Power Corp. to raise its rate. Analysts said the increase is an indication that the government is seriously address­ing the problem of power short­ages. The Manila composite index of 30 selected issues rose 26.75 points to 1,556.13.

Seoul: Share prices closed higher for the fourth straight day in active trading on continued

bullish sentiment. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 2.38 points to 699.49.

Bangkok: Thai share prices closed slightly higher in light trad­ing. The Stock Exchange of Thai­land index rose 2.32 points to 855.03.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian share prices closed higher in extremely heavy trading following Tuesday’s profit-taking. The exchange’s Composite Index rose 5.46 points to 661.35.

Hong Kong: Share prices closed lower for the second consecutive day on bearish sentiment because of the absence of any postive de­velopments. The Hang Seng In­dex, the market’s key indicator of blue chips, fell 59.13 points to 6,281.70, following Tuesday’s 63-point drop.

Wellington: New Zealand share prices finished slightly lower in moderate trading, with the mar­ket expected to drift around cur­rent levels over the next few days.

Airline rally boosts New YorkNEW YORK (AP) - The stock market ended higher Wednesday, buoyed by a rally in airline shares.

Recent better-than-expected air­line industry traffic numbers, hopes that the industry’s restructuring efforts will restoreprofitability and heavy selling in the widely held consumer-goods stocks were boost­ing carrier issues.

The Dow Jones transportation index was up 28.21 points, or 1.78 percent.

The airlines have been report­ing traffic for March and the re­sults, particularly in the domestic market, have been strong, to addi­tion,carriers havebeencuttingcosts and capacity, and increasing fares since September.

“The numbers are starting to look better,” said Tom Longman, an airline analyst with The Bear Steams Cos. of the industry that has lost more than dlrs 8 billion over the last three years.

And other analysts said the sell­ing over the last days of consumer stocks has helped airline issues. Brand-name companies are facing pressure from lower-cost generic products and investors are con­cerned profits will suffer.

Investors were also nervous ahead of the retail industry’s data on March sales. Stores will release those figures on Thursday. Per­sonal income and jobs are not grow­ing as quickly as they might in a recovery, analysts have said.

Markets overseas were mixed. In Tokyo, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 342.43 points, or 1.76 percent, to London, the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index fell 10.1 points, or 0.36 percent The Dow Jones in­dustrial average rose 19.45 points to 3,397.02.

Advancing issues outnumbered declines by about 5 to 4 on the New York Stock Exchange, with 1,063 up, 851 down and 585 un­changed.

NYSE volume totaled 296.30 million shares as of 4 p.m. (2000 GMT), against 289.51 million in the previous session.

The NYSE’s composite index rose 0.70 to 244.32.

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By Mari Yamaguchi

TO KYO (AP) - About 100,000 nurses and other medical workers staged brief strikes nationwide Wednesday to demand higher wages and better working condi­tions.

The shortage of nurses is a grow­ing problem that has set off a vicious cycle of long hours and hard labor. As more and more quit because of bad conditions, those remaining on the job are even more overworked.

Tokyo Women’s Medical Col­lege Hospital’s unionized medi­cal workers went on a three-hour strike after hospital management refused to give them a raise for

fiscal 1993, which began April 1.hi the hospital parking lot, about

500 white-uniformed nurses and other medical workers raised their fists, shouted slogans and waved placards saying “Wage hikes,” “Reduce overnight shifts” and “Give us two-day weekends.”

Similar strikes of up to eight hours were held at 580 other hos­pitals across the country.

“What I want the most is a rea­sonable number of days off,” said Eri Kawamura, a nurse at the hospital’s internal medicine de­partment.

“I can survive now because I’m still young, but if I get mar­ried and need more time for my family, I don’t think I can con­

tinue this,” said Kawamura, who usually works 12-13 night shifts a month.

The hospital’s labor union members said more than 250 nurses quit-in 1991 because of bad working conditions, but only 210 workers replaced them.

-Every year, about 40,000 nurses nationwide quit their jobs. And nearly 150 nurses died on duty between 1980 and 1991, reports have said.' Currently, there are about

830,OOOnurses in Japan, butSeishi Katsuragi, a spokesman for the Japan Federation of Medical Workers’ Unions, says at least 200,000 more are needed to re­duce their workload.

F o r e i g n . . .in meager supply and the laws of supply and demand replacing Marxist controls, newcomers pay up to $10,000 a month for a villa in central Hanoi. Land can sell for $1,000 a square meter, slightly more, than a square yard.

That'plus a frantic, haphazard building boom; a flood of rural migrants living on the pavements, and a huge increase of motor ve­hicles has produced a headache for city officials and planners.

“Disorder and uncivilized be­havior in the city’s streets have become some of the most notori­ous and disliked phenomena these days,” Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet complained. Another offi­cial noted that only 17 of Hanoi’s 496 intersections had traffic lights.

Conservation-mindedresidents and foreigners fear Hanoi, one of Asia’s best-preserved cities, is rapidly following the likes of Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore, now stripped of their charm and history.

A master plan unveiled in April 1992 lays down what can and cannot be done in various parts of the city. In general, it seeks to protect the lovely French archi­tecture, but some of it will be razed for high-rises or dwarfed by them.

Twin 24-story office and hotel towers will replace the jail called the “Hanoi Hilton,” where Ameri­can prisoners of war were held. A 20-story hotel will loom over the French-built Opera house.

“We have to be cautious,” says Nguyen True Luyen, head of the Union of Vietnamese Architects. “Each project must be considered carefully.

“Foreign investors want to build in the center of town where every­thing is located. This is one of the pressures on the architectural heri­tage. And with money you can do everything, even bypass regula­tions.” .

Another kind of pressure comes from residents who are tearing down or adding to shops and homes in the atmospheric Old Town, which once housed the

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MOSCOW (AP) - A radioactive cloud moved across Siberia on Wednesday after a tank of radio­active waste exploded in what the government called the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

Russian andforeignexperts said the explosion Tuesday at the Tomsk-7 nuclear weapons com­plex was far less severe than the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. But the environmental group Greenpeace said several villages were at risk from windbome fallout.

Nodeaths were reported andno one was evacuated from the re­gion 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) east of Moscow. Only one fireman received a high dose of radiation, said Georgy Kaurov, head of the Nuclear Energy Ministry’s information depart­ment.

Russian authorities said it was fortunate that the wind blew the radiation away fromTomsk-7 and the larger nearby city of Tomsk, which has about 500,000 inhabit­ants.

International environmental groups called for the immediate shutdown of the plutonium pro­cessing plant in Tomsk-7, a secret military city built by the Soviets in the late 1940s.

“The accident highlights the Russians’ inadequate attention to environment and safety issues,” said Tom Cochran, senior scien­tist at the Natural Resources De­

fense Council in Washington.Commonwealth television said

the Russian Air Defense Com­mand was monitoring the radio­active cloud, which was moving northeast at a height of 2 kilome­ters (1.2 miles) and a speed of 36 kph (22 mph).

On Wednesday afternoon, the cloud passed north of Asino, a town of 30,000 people 120 kilo­meters (75 miles) northeast of Tomsk, according to Dmitry Tolkatsky of Greenpeace’s Mos­cow office.

Tolkatsky said the cloud was heading toward the Yenisei River in the general direction of 11 Si­berian villages, each with a few thousand inhabitants. The largest town in the cloud’s path was Yeniseisk, population 23,000.

“They keep saying there’s no danger and no evacuation is planned, but the situation in those villages is unpredictable,” Tolkatsky said.

The Greenpeace spokesman also said he expected the number of firefighters with high doses of radiation to rise.

The explosion was considered a “third-class incident” on the seven-point International Atomic Energy Agency scale, according to Kaurov, the Nuclear Energy Ministry spokesman. The Chernobyl disaster rated seven. “It has been the single worst acci­dent since the Chernobyl catas­trophe,” Kaurov said. “However, it cannot be compared to

Chernobyl.”Kaurov said the Tomsk-7 ex­

plosion released only a few curies of radiation, while Chernobyl re­leased 80 million. A curie is a unit o f radiation named after the French scientist who discovered radium.

The underground tank that ex­ploded Tuesday morning con­tained about 20 cubic meters (7 00 cubic feet) of uranium and liquid wastes. Kaurov said the explo­sion occurred when nitric acid was added as a cleanser.

The explosion tore off a con­crete slab covering the stainless steel tank and short-circuited the plant’s electrical system, causing a fire that was extinguished in about 15 minutes.

The plant formerly produced weapons-grade plutonium. Greenpeace and Finnish officials said they were told by Russian authorities that both uranium and plutonium salts were released.

That “could make the accident much more severe than at first we believed, as breathing in pluto­nium is more dangerous than breathing uranium,” said Esko Ruokola, an inspector at the Finn­ish Center for Radiation and Nuclear Safety in Helsinki.

Tomsk-7 is one of many secret cities that were built in the Soviet era to make weapons. It does not appear on ordinary maps. Its ex­act population is unknown, but has been reported to be 150,000.

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Alcoholic Anonymous, a support group for those with drinking ( or drugging) problems meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 7:00 p.m., and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan.For more information, call the HOTLINE AT 234-5100 or Wolf M. at 234-6615 (and leave message).

INVITATION TO BID

The Mariana Islands Housing Authority (MIHA) is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of the SAIPAN MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY CENTER. Bids, in duplicate, must be submitted to the office of the Executive Director, Garapan, Saipan, no later than 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 13,1993, at which time all bids received will be publicly opened. Bids received after this deadline will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond made payable to MIHA. The bidder is required to submit with the proposal, a copy of business permit in compliance with the Contractor’s Registration and Licensing Law of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Specifications and Plans of the project are available at the MIHA Executive Director’s Office in Saipan on or after March 15,1993. A non-refundable payment of $300.00 is required for each set of the Plans and Specifications.

Attention is called to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 which requires the provision of training and employment, and the awarding of contracts for work on the project, to low-income project area residents and business concerns. MIHA also notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this adver­tisement, minority and women’s business enterprises will be accorded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation.

MIHA reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of MIHA.

/s/JOHN M. SABLAN MIHA Executive Director

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N. Korea resists global pressure to join treaty

By Laura King

TO KYO (AP) - North Korea’s parliament, meeting for the first time since the hard-line Commu­nist country pulled outof a nuclear- control treaty, vowed Wednesday to resist international pressure to rejoin the pact.

“The only road which our na­tion should follow is to reject ag­gression and interference of out­side forces,” said a declaration adopted by the Supreme People’s Assembly.

The parliamentary proceedings were reported by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, monitored in Tokyo.

The international community has been using a combination of diplo­macy and warnings of possible sanctions to try to persuade the Pyongyang government to rejoin the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which it quit March 12.

In the resolution, North Korean lawmakers said the pressure was

heightening the threat of war.‘Today the situation on the Ko­

rean Peninsula has come to an unpredictably dangerous phase,” it said. “Dark clouds of a nuclear war are heavily hanging over the head of the nation.”

Although the treatypullout does not take effect until June 12, North Korea ignored a March 25 dead­line to allow inspection of two se­cret sites by die International Atomic Energy Agency, the Vienna, Austria-based UN group that oversees compliance with the pact

The IAEA declared North Korea in violation of the terms of the accord and referred the matter to the UN Security Council, but so far no move has been made to impose sanctions.

China,NorthKorea’sclosestally, could veto any punitive measure, and the council has indicatedit will keep trying diplomatic means.

In Beijing, the North Korean Embassy on Wednesday distrib­

uted a Foreign Ministry statement calling for talks between Pyongyang and Washington to re­solve the nuclear dispute. The North has insisted all along that the inter­national inspectors were acting at the behest of the United States.

“Our so-called nuclear prob­lem is, in essence, not a problem between our country and the IAEA but a problem between us and the United States,” the-stale- ment said.

North Korea maintains the two sites the inspectors are demand­ing access to are military bases unrelated to its nuclear program. The North’s top diplomat in Western Europe on Wednesday reiterated that the bases are off limits.

“If we open it, they will ask us to open every military base we have to the enemy,” said Pak Dong Chun, North Korea’s am­bassador to the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Sci­entific and Cultural Organization.

R a d i o a c t i v e . . . continued from page37Kaurov said Tomsk-7’s produc­

tion of weapons-grade plutonium was phased out over the past three years. He said only one of the complex’s three reactors is still operating, producing electricity and hot water.

The State Emergency Commit­tee said radiation levels around Tomsk-7 were .03 roentgens per hour Wednesday. Northeastofthe plant, levels were .04 roentgens.

That means anyone who spends five days or more in the area could exceed the dose of radiation con­sidered acceptable for nuclear

workers, which is 2 roentgens per year, according to the Interna­tional Commission on Radiologi­cal Protection. A roentgen is a measure of the human body’s ex­posure to radiation.

Monitoring stations in Scandinavia and Western Europe reported no increased radioactiv­ity in the atmosphere.

“The radioactive spill is too lim­ited and too small to measure,” said Sven Carlsson, a spokesman for the Swedish Radiation Pro­tection Institute.

Emergency experts flew to the

site Wednesday. Nearly 500 civil defense troops, wearing white protective suits, were removing soil and snow from the area, offi­cials said.

The explosion was only the lat­est in a long series of nuclear accidents in the former Soviet Union.

A 1957 explosion at the secret Chelyabinsk-65 plutonium pro­duction complex in the Ural Mountains resulted in radiation contamination of 217 towns and villages.'Nearly 11,000 people were evacuated.

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4th M arpac-Am bros tournam ent b egin sTHE 4TH Annual Marpac- Ambros (Budweiser) Basketball conference will kick-off on Sun­day at the Civic Center Basket­ball court at 1 p.m., with 12 teams participating.

There will be two divisions, the age limit of the players. Nine regular teams will composed the age under 35 years old and three teams above 35 years old for the special teams.

Team entries include current

champion RB-Ambros, followed by MPI Bud Light, Sablan Enter­prises King Cobra, F.T. Const. Budweiser, CMSI Bud Dry, Crystal Palace Michelob Light, Diamond Gallery O’Douls, PAB Const. Michelob Dry, Lions Club Michelob, PABA Eagle Snacks, and FASA Marpac Distributors Inc.

After the opening ceremonies the 12 teams will draw lots to

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t o s u m m e r s p r i n t d u e lLONDON (AP) - Carl Lewis and Linford Christie, the 100- meter champions from the past two Olympics, have agreed to a two-race showdown in Britain this summer, a British promoter said Wednesday.

Track promotions officer Andy Norman said Lewis and Christie will both run at an invi­tational meet in Birmingham on July 16, and again on July 23 at a Grand Prix meet in London.

“Everything is in place for the races to be staged in Britain but we still have to raise the cash to make sure it takes place here,” said Norman; “But we are confi­dent it will all come together to the satisfaction of all the parties involved.”• 'Nonnan said he was talking to sponsors and negotiating do­

mestic and overseas television: rights to raise the estimated $750,000it will take to stage the races.

Efforts to bring to the two gold medalists together have been in the works since Christie won the: 100 in Barcelona last year. Lewis, weakened by ill­ness at the US.trials, did not qualify for the race and was un­able to defend his title.

Plans for a big-money, made- for-television “Challenge of Champions” duel at Las Vegas in May fell through earlier this year. The event was to feature a one-on-one Lewis-Christie race plus Lewis vs. world-record holder Mike Powell in the long jump.

The races in Britain will fea­ture Lewis arid Christie in an eight-man field.

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decide their respective opponents.The conference is under the

auspices of the Philippine Ama­teur Basketball Association and sanctioned by the Filipino Ama­teur Sports Association.

The main sponsors of the an­nual tournament are the Marianas Pacific Distributors Inc. and Budweiser.

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THE TRACK and Field Federa­tion is invitingmen and women of all ages to try out for the 1993 Mini South Pacific Games track and field team. The Games will

. be held in December in Vanuatu.There are no age limits for

competitors, but Mini Games regulations state that a competi­tor must have lived in the CNMI for at least four years before com­peting. In addition, potential competitors must demonstrate a commitment to serious training in preparation for this interna­tional event.

The track and field events which will be included in the 1993 Mini Games are: 100, 200 and 400 meter dashes; 800, 1,500, and10.000 meter runs; women’s3.000 meter run; men’s 5,000 meter ran; long jump; high jump; triple jump; shot put; discus; hammer; and javelin. Relay teams will be drawn from team mem­bers in individual track events.

Interested athletes may contact John Davis at 234-1002, Louie Wabol at 234-6220, or Bill Sakovich at 234-1001.

INVITATION TO BIDDPW93-ITB-00257

The Department of Public Works is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of the Commonwealth Superior Court Law Library on the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Bids in duplicate will be accepted at the office of the Chief of Procurement and Supply at Lower Base, Saipan until 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, April 23,1993, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15 % of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check- , Bid Bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with a notation on the face of the check: “Credit Account No. 1480-G3I480".

The bidder is required to submit with his proposal, a copy of his business permit as a compliance with the Contractor’s Registration and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Specifications and plans of the project are available on or after'March 29,1993 at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works on Saipan. A non-refundable payment of $150.00 is required for each set. Pre-bid conference for this project will be held at 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, April 16,1993, at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works on Saipan.

Attention is called to the Labor Standards Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Specifications must be paid on this project.

All bid documents received shall be the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the exception of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications section, “Instruction to Bidders” Page I-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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ELIZABETH H.SALAS-BAJADIA Director of Public works

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Direct Visual Merchandising staff through coordinated input from Merchandising and Operational management, in order to implement presenta­tion of new product, promotions and visual maintenance in all stores.

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^M ARIANAS VARffiTVNEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 9.1993

F o r e m a n to f ig h t M o r r iso n fo r $7M

By Bert Rosenthal

NEW Y O R K (AP) - When George Foreman told his wife Joan that he had been offered $ 2 million tofightTommy Morrison, she said, “You should retire, you should leave boxing.”

When the price increased to $3 million, she said, “You don’t want to get hurt, leave boxing.”

But when the figure reached $6 million, Joan said, “What, are you afraid o f Tommy Morrison? You’ve got to fight him.”

And so Foreman, the 44-year-

old self-proclaimed “phenom­enon” will meet the 24-year-old Morrison for the vacant World Boxing Organization heavy­weight title June 7 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Actually, Foreman is guaranteed

continued on page 43

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FRANCISCO CRISOSTOMO ALDANWe, the Family of the iate [Francisco Crisostomo Aldan would like. to

invite ait our relatives and friends to join us for the [First Anniversary Rosary of our Behoved hus Band, father andgrandfather.

Rosary zvitt Be said nightCy at our residence at Sadog rFasi Beginning April 10, 1993 at 8:00 p.m., Saturday. Daily mass zvillBe offered at Rristo Rgi Church at 6:00 a.m. starting April 10,1993.

On the final day, Sunday, April18,1993 the [Mass of Intention zvillBe offered6:00 a.m. at Rristo Rgi Church. Last day of Rosary zvillBe said3:30 p.m. April 18,1993 at our Residence at Sadog ‘Iasi. Dinner zvill follow Immediately.

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H o ly R osary is b e in g sa id n ig h t ly a t 7:00 P M , a t th e residence o f h is so n -in -law , P ete L. O lo p a i in San Jose. C e leb ratio n o f the M ass is b e in g o ffered every m o rn ­in g a t 6 :00 A M a t th e K ris to R a i C h urch in G arapan. Both M ass C elebratio n an d H o ly R osary w il l s ta rt on E a ste r S unday, A p r il 11, 1993.

A n n iv e rs a ry M ass w ill b e celebrated on A p r il 19th, M o n d a y , a t 6 :00 P M a t the K ris to R a i C hurch in G arap an . A p p re c ia tio n d in n e r w ill fo llo w im m e d ia te ly a fte r th e M ass.

P lease jo in us. W e th a n k you fo r y o u r prayers, an d w e th a n k you fo r rem em b er- in g o u r deceased fa th er. } t f p j

A N T O N I A R . F I T I A L (W IF E ) A N D C H I L D R E N

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J lx b ia n (te ld e e nwill be held nightly, beginning SApnlQfh, at 8 :0 0 CP.J7W.

at the residence of *Dan and Lucy O ledsen, Capitol [HAL On the fin a l day, U p rd IJ ih , SRosary will be said at 5 ^ 0 CP.cTVl.

at Son [Rogue Church with ¿Mass tofollovj at 6 : 0 0 CP.c/Vt.

Gveryofie is is invited to share in prayer.

Dhank ^¿ou,[M e fa m ily .

u e c rc e p . o p x p p p e C i^ o o N

A sim p le Thank You, S alam at Po, and Si Y uus Maase, d o e s n o t s e e m to e x p re ss en o u gh h ow m uch w e ap p reciate and valu e all th e thoughts, prayers, and sup port exten d ed to u s in ou r tim e o f grief and sorrow .

O ur fam ily tou ch ed d eep ly b y th e overw helm ing re sp o n se to our loved o n e 's p assin g aw ay and w e truly fe e l a part o f this com m u nity o f Saipan. Through this trial o f life, your g en erou s su p port a id ed u s w hen w e n e e d e d it th e m ost and instilled a g o o d a vision o f th e "helping han d“.This "helping hand" w as portrayed b y ou r lo ved on e tim e and again w e feel th at through th is gestu re, th e m em ory o f our w ife and m o th e r , Rosario "Cherry” G. M endoza, will rem ain a live in u s for all ou r years to co m e.

Again, w e thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and su p port and naturally you will alw ays b e in our thoughts and prayers as well.

FROM ROBERTO -BERT“ MENDOZA AND CHILDREN

REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALRFP93-0024

THE CHIEF OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY IS SOLICIT­ING COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS OR INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS LONG DISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR THE CNMI GOVERNMENT,

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MAY BE PICKED UP ATTHEOFFICEOFTHEPROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY,LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, DURING REGULAR GOVERNMENT WORK­ING HOURS.

PROPOSALS WILL BE EVALUATED BASE ON THE FOL­LOWING CRITERIA:

1) COSTS2) ACCESS3) BILLING AND ACCOUNTING INFORMATION

A'PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, ON APRIL 13,1993 AT 2:00 P.M.

ALL PROPOSALS MUST BE IN A SEALED ENVELOPE MARKED RFP93-0024, SUBMITTED IN DUPLICATE TO THE OFFICE OFTHE CHIEF, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, NO LATER THAN APRIL 26,1993 BEFORE 4:00 P.M. ANY PROPOSALS RECEIVED LATE WILL NOT BE CON­SIDERED. THE CNMI GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL PROPOSALS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CNMI GOVERNMENT.

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I N V I T A T I O N F O R B I D

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t iv e S e a le d B id s f o r a n o f f ic e s p a c e fo r th e C D A

b ra n c h o f f ic e in R o ta .

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a n d s itu a te d in S o n g S o n g V il la g e , R o ta . T h e

b u ild in g s h o u ld h a v e a d e q u a te l ig h t in g f ix tu r e s .

M a x im u m a m o u n t o f m o n th ly re n ta l p a y m e n t

s h o u ld n o t e x c e e d $ 6 0 0 .0 0 in c lu d in g u t i l i t y

ch a rg e s . O w n e r s h o u ld p r o v id e a n d m a in ta in

p u b lic l ia b ility in su ra n ce fo r n o t le s s than $ 10 0 ,0 0 0

p e r a c c id e n t an d n o t le s s th a n $300 ,0 00 to ta l

c o v e r a g e fo r a on e tim e a g g r e g a te c la im . T h e term

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O w n e r m u st h a v e c le a r title to th e p re m ise s and

e x is tin g e n cu m b ra n ces m u st b e a cce p ta b le to C D A .

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PHO TO shows participants in the Saipan/Japan Junior Bowlers Friendship Bowling Tournament held at the Saipan Bowling Center on April 1. The tournament was sponsored by Tokyo Bowl, Shiba Rotary of Japan, SaipanBowling Center and Saipan Rotary Club. (Photo by Jack Muna)

Saipan/Japan Junior Bowlers Friendship Tournament

Final Standing April 1,1993

Champion

BoysTsuyoshi Morikawa 585 JapanRalph Torres 565 SaipanJi Dong 555 SaipanSimon Maniacop 546 SaipanSan Cabrera 481 SaipanAlex Castro 479 SaipanEric Palacios 472 SaipanMitsuru Kawasumi 469 JapanHibiki Matsumoto 468 JapanRomeo Ardillano 453 SaipanWashizuka Masaharu 447 Japan

GirlsHiroko shimizu 557 JapanMasami Hayushi 528 JapanShima Washizuka 451 JapanSuzie Torres 417 SaipanNoriko Kmamura 402 JapanJoellene Guerrero 400 SaipanKaori Miura 373 JapanMarisa Guerrero 370 Saipan

B u d w e i s e r

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By Val Marcelo

BUDWEISER stepped stopped Ad­vanced Marketing to win two of their three games to earn 19 points and put them to 5th place despite Advance’s use of eight of it 11 mui who could find the right combinations but remains on top with 27 points.,

C.M.S.I. came in second with 24.5 points by beating second placer of the last season. Fun And Games with a postponed game last Sunday by takipg all the 4 points.

In another game, the tough team of R.V. enterprises put a good show by avenging their defeat last week by oucrolling The Water Company to put them on number 7th place with 18.5 points.

Also on Saturday, the squad of P.S.T.C. and the A-Team won three games to one with their opponent that put P.S.T.C. to 3rd place while the A- Team still remain in number 6.

K.A.S. Suwaso also won his games· against Townhouse but still on number 12th position of the twelve team stand­ings with 15 more weeks to play.

This coming S aturday will be a tough game for all the teams cause they will be playing 2 shifts in the absence of L & T regular league.

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS DPW93-RFQ-00255

Through issuance ol I Ms Notice ol Request for Qualifications (‘ RFQ"), qualified firms are inviled to submfla feller of inleresl with a slalemenl of qualifications ("lellerol InleresT) lor the preparation ol an Inlegrated Solid Wasle Management Plan lor the Commonweallh ol Ihe Northern Mariana Islands, including Ihe Islands ol Saipan, Tinian and Rota.

The Plan musl include, bul nol be limited lo, Ihe lollowing components: background/existing conditions, including history ol solid waste management adivities and present collection and disposal systems in Ihe CNMI; solid wasle goals and objectives; wasle assessment and characterization; household, governmental, commercial, Industrial, and hazardous wasle; source reduction; recycling and bioconversion; landlill, incineration and wasle loenergy; system capacity and lulure needs; facilities siting, program and location; enterprise zones; public awareness, involvement and education; inslilulional, legislative and regulatory requirements; program/ladlilies Implementation; program/ladlilles funding; and opportunities lor privatization.

The selected lirm will be required lo closely coordinate with and assist wilh and parlidpale in presentations to Ihe legislative and executive branches ol Ihe Government ol Ihe Northern Mariana Islands and ils political subdivisions, Ihe private sedor, and citizen groups.

Funding lor Ihis projed is lo be provided by Ihe OMice of Terrilorial and International Allairs, U.S. Departmontol Ihe Interior (Grant Number OMIP-CNMI-91-1). Alirm fixed price contract is contemplated. The procurement is being conduded as a procuremenl lor archilecl-engineer services under Sedion 4-102 ol Ihe CNMI Procurement Regulations and applicable CNMI and lederal la'ws, regulalions, andother requirements. Submissions will be evaluated toy an EvalualionBoard and ranked according lo the lollowing evalualioncrileria, which are lisled in order ol relative importance; firm's understands g ol Ihe project and ils technical approach; lirm's qualifications, experience and competence, includingspedalized experience and technical compelence; availability, abilities, qualilicalions and experience ol project team members; capability ol supporting staff and subconlradors; lirm's demonstrated capacity lo meet or expedite Ihe project schedule; lirm's lamiliarily wilh Pacilic Region and CNMI conditions; lirm's pasl performance on both governmental and private projects; and presentation ol a dear, concise and responsive Slalemenl ol Qualilicalions. A lull description ol Ihe evaluation criteria is sel lorlh in Ihe lormal RFQ.

Discussions will be conduded by Ihe Evaluation Board wilh al leasl Ihree (3 ) lirms. Key members ol Ihe lirm 's pro j eel learn musl be present lor purposes ol Ihese discussions. Following discussions, Ihe Evaluation Board will rank, In order ol prelerence, no less than Ihree (3) lirms determined lo be Ihe mosl highly qualified lo perform Ihe services required. Using Ihe Evaluation Team's recommendations, a Negotiating Committee will negoliale a contract al a price determined lo be lair and reasonable lo Ihe CNMI.The procurement and projed schedule Is as lollows:

Formal RFQ Available lo Firms March 30,1993Lellers of Interest Due . May 15,1993Nolllicalion ol Discussions May 30,1993Discussions June 30,1993Selection ol Contractor July 15,1993Award ol Contract July 30,1993Notice lo Proceed August 15,1993Complellon ol Contract May 15,1994

This schedule is subject lo change In Ihe sole discrellon ol Ihe CNMI.Interested lirms should obtain Ihe lormal RFQ which indudes a more complete description ol Ihe scope ol services required lor Ihe project and specific content requirements lor

lellers ol inleresl. Price and olhercost dalashall nol be submilled wilh a lirm’s letter ol Inleresl. Slalements ol qualilicalions currently on lile wilh Ihe CNMI will be considered under Ihis RFQ. However, lirms wilh slalements ol qualifications currently on lile with Ihe CNMI are responsible lor reviewing such slalements lo ensure lhal they are current and complete and meel Ihe specific content requirements lor Ihis procurement as spedlied in Ihe lormal RFQ.

Requests lor Ihe lormal RFQ, anyaddenda and olherinqulries regarding this projeclshould be directedto Elizabeth H. Salas-Balajadla allheaddress spedlied beloworal telephone numbers (670) 322-9482/9570 (facsimile number (670) '

Firms interested In being considered lor Ihe project musl submit len (10) copies ol letters ol Inleresl lo:

Ms. Elizabeth H. Salas-Balajadia Diredor ol Public Works

c/o Chiel, Procurement 8 Supply Commonweallh ol Ihe Northern Mariana Islands

Lower Base, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950

Lellers ol Inleresl may nol be submitted by facsimile. Lellers ol inleresl musl be received no taler than 4:30 p.m., Saipan lime, on May 15,1993 al Ihe above address.

ands reserves Ihe right lo reject any and

ELIZA8ETH. SALAS-BALMAD1A

The Government ol Ihe Commonweallh ol Ihe Northern Mariana Islands reserves Ihe right lo reject any and all slalements ol qualilicalions and lo cancel this solicitation in Ihe best Interests ol Ihe GovernmenL

Director Department ol Public Works

FRIDAY, APRIL 9 ,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANDVIEW S-43

Softball Fast-Pltch League (Team standing as of Sunday April 4)

T e am W in Loss Pet T3BToyota W heels 2 0 1 .000 -D andan Protectors 2 0 1.00 -Lite Beers 2 1 /6 6 7 1/2K an Pacific D-9*Ers 2 1 .6 6 7 1/2C O P enfrocers 1 1 .5 0 0 1H erm a n C abrera P iao 1 * .5 00 1M iller D feftS unrisers 1 2 .3 33 1 1/2

.S a n Antonio Am igos 1 2 .3 33 1 1/2D ia l R ent to O w n 0 2 .000 2K autz G lass G lazers 0 2 .000 2

B attin g lo a d ers (b a s e d o n 6 o r m o re t im e a t b a t)P layer T eam AB Hit Bat-tingJo e Tudela S u n Risers 8 6 .750R ay P. Cabrera Piao 6 4 .6 67A lek Sakisat P iao 6 4 .667Jo e Sab lan D -9 ’ers 10 6 .600Ben C . Cabrera Lite B eer 9 5 .556Kirk Virgith D -Protectors 9 5 .556Larry Tenorio D -9 ’ers 12 6 .500John Reyes Enfrocers 6 3 .5 00D ennis N geskebei Am igos 13 6 .461Nick Saim on Lite B eer 11 5 .454Jess Peterson D -9'ers 11 5 .454

R u n s : (7 ) John T. C am acho , T o m D iaz , Ben D uenas, Kirk Virgith, (6 ) Ken Babauta, Adrian S ab lan (5) Larry Tenorio, Darwin M asaharu, Nap Singeru, Dennis N geskebei, Ben C abrera

D o u b le s : (4 ) Kirk Virgith, D ennis Ngeskebei (2 ) Jess Peterson, Tom Diaz, Joe torres, Harry Blanco, Patrick C abrera

T r ip le s : (2 ) Joe Tudela, T w elve players a t (1 )H o m e ru n s : (1 ) E leven playersR B I’s (9 ) Kirk Virgith (6) Jo e Torres (5 ) Ben CAstro (4) S even Players P itc h in g Lead ers :P layer Team Inn ER Hit ,W /L EraBen C . Sablan D-Protector 7 1 7 2-0 1.00John C. Sablan Piaos 7 1 9 0-1 1.00Gil A d a G lazers 7 2 9 0-1 2.00Pete Taitano Am igos 11 4 13 1-1 2 .54Joe C . Sablan D -9 ’ers 21 8 26 2-1 2.66M ax Pangelinan ,L ite B eer 14 7 2 0 2-0 3 .5 0Tony M. Cam acho Sunrisers 12 9 13 1-1 5.25S tr ik e o u ts : (13 ) Joe Sab lan Torres, Max Pangelinan

(8 ) Tony C am acho , Ben Sab lan (6 ) Joe

F o r e m a n . . . _ Continued from page 40$7 million, and with percentages from gate receipts and pay-per- view, he could get as much as $15 million. Morrison is guaranteed $1 million, and with his percentages, which kick in earlier than Foreman’s, he could earn between dlrj 5 million and dlrs 7 million.

It’s being billed as the “Star- Spangled Battle” _ and rightly so. Foreman is well-remembered for waving the American flag in the ring after winning the Olympic championship at the 1968 Mexico City Games; Morrison, whose great uncle wasactor John Wayne, wears stars and stripes on his boxing trunks.

“The name of Tommy Morrison always stands for American val­ues,” the co-star of the film “Rocky V” said at a news conference Wednesday.

While Morrison was flaunting his patriotism, Foreman was em­phasizing his age.

“1 have become the standard- bearer for senior citizens,” the fun- loving Foreman said. “I want all senior citizens to take heart. I will lead you into the next century.

“When I went for my boxing license in 1986, they said, ‘Why do you want to come back?’

“I said, ‘For life, liberty and the

pursuit of happiness.’“I’m proud to be old.”Age, however, may finally be

catching up with the indestructible Foreman, who began his pro career in 1969 and has a 72-3 record with 67 knockouts. “This will probably be the last time you see me box,” he said, emphasizing the word “prob­ably.”

“I don’t intend to fight again. I have other things to do. I’ve waited so long for a title fighL After this, there will be no reason to go on.

“The Star-Spangled Banner will be the last one. I want to win this one in grand fashion.”

Foreman said he had hoped to fight WBA and IBF champion Riddick Bowe or WBC titleholder Lennox Lewis, but when they spumed him, he decided to fight the hard-punching Morrison (36-1, with 32 knockouts) just for tjie chafice to own a championship belt again.

While the WBO is not a widely recognized organization, Foreman said he would have no qualms about winning the title.

“I will consider myself a legiti- mateheavyweightchampion,” said Foreman, the former undisputed world champion before they began alphabetizing the titles.

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INVIIATIPN TO BIDThe Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

(CNMI) is soliciting sealed bids for the Construction of the Sadog Tasi Sewage Treatment Plant Modifications. The project is located on Saipan, CNMI, and the work consists of construction of a secondary wastewater treatment facility including, but not limited to a comminutor vault, aeration and aerobic digestion basins, clarifier, blower and belt filter press buildings and associated pumping, piping and appurtenances.

Bids will be accepted in the Office of the Chief of Procurement & Supply at CUC, Lower Base, Saipan 96950 until 2:00 p.m., local time, May 21,1993, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. A n y bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances. Bids must be marked “Sadog TasiSTP.”

Contract time is 365 Calendar Days. All bids must be accompanied by a bidder’s bond in the amount of 15% of the total bid price. Bid security may be bid bond, certified check, cashier’s check or other form acceptable to and made payable to the CUC.

A non-refundable payment o f $350.00 is required for every set o f plans, specifications and other bidding instructions which can be secured from the offices o f Winzler & Kelly, Island Commercial Center, Middle Road; Gualo Rai, Saipan, MP, on or after April 09,1993.

The CUC hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority and women business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the ground of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The contract awarded under this invitation is expected to be funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Neither the Untied States nor any o f its departments, agencies or employees is or will be a party to this invitation for bids or any resulting contract. This procurement will be subject to regulations contained in 40 CFR 33 dated July 01,1987.

The contract shall comply with Executive Order 11246 entitled “Equal Employment Opportunity” as amended by Executive Order 11375, and as supplemented in Department of Labor regulations (41 CFR Part 60). The requirements for bidders and contractor under these orders and regulations are explained in the specifications.

A pre-bid conference for all prospective bidders will be held at 10:00 a.m., local time, April 30,1993, at CUC’s Lower Base Conference Room # 1. Questions concerning the plans and specifications must be submitted in writing prior to the conference to Matt Breen, Construction Grants Manager, at the Wastewater Division, CUC, LowerBase, P.O. Box 1220, Saipan MP, 96950.

CUC reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection or minor defects in the bid if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best interests.

RAMON S. GUERREROExecutive DirectorCommonwealth Utilities Corp.

________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________4/9,16,23.30(10994)1

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INVITATION FOR BIDS/NOTICE TO BIDDERSC O M P E T IT IV E S E A L E D B ID S fo r th e C O N S T R U C T IO N O F T H E A IR C R A F T R E S C U E F IR E F IG H T IN G F A C IL IT Y (A R F F ) a t S A IP A N IN T E R N A ­T IO N A L A IR P O R T , S A IP A N , M A R IA N A IS L A N D S , A IP P R O J E C T N o . 3 -Б Э -0 0 0 2 -1 3 w ill b e re c e iv e d a t th e оШ р а o f th e E X E C U T IV E D IR E C T O R , C O M M O N W E A L T H P O R T S A U T H O R IT Y , S a ip a n In te rn a tio n a l A irp o rt, P .O . B o x 1 0 5 5 , S a ip a n , M a r ia n a Is la n d s i6 9 5 0 , un til 2 :0 0 p .m ., M a y 0 7 ,1 9 9 3 , at w h ich t im e a n d p la c e th e s e a le d b id s w ill b e p u b lic ly o p e n e d a n d re a d .

T h e pro ject, in g e n e ra l, co n s is ts o f a b a s ic b id fo r th e co nstruction o f th e p re -e n g in e e re d m e ta l bu ild in g fo r th e A R F F w ith a ll its re la te d a rc h ite c tu ra l, struc tu ra l, m e c h a n ic a l, e le c tr ic a l, a n d s ite d e v e lo p m e n t w o rk s . It a ls o in c lu d e s th e fire a la rm s y s te m u p g ra d e a t e x is tin g a irp o rts fa c ilit ie s w ith a la rm z o n e an n u n c ia tio n d u p lic a te d a t th e A R F F F a c ility u s in g d e d ic a te d te le p h o n e lin es.

T h e co nstruction p ro je c t a ls o in c lu d e s a d d itiv e b ids . A d d itiv e B id Ite m N o . 1 c a lls fo r th e c o n v e rs io n an d a c tiv a tio n o f a n ex is tin g d e e p w a te r w e ll b o re h o le into a p rod u ctio n w e ll. A d d itiv e B id Ite m N o . 2 in v o lv es th e co n s tru c tio n o f th e A R F F v e h ic le a c c e s s ro a d fro m th e A R F F F a c ility to th e e d g e o f th e ru n w ay . L a s tly , A d d itiv e B id Ite m N o . 3 c a lls fo r .la n d s c a p in g o f th e A R F F F a c ility g ro u n d s .

A ll o f th e a b o v e m e n tio n e d p a c k a g e s , th e b a s ic b id a n d a d d itiv e ite m s a re to b e p e rfo rm e d in a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e p ro je c t p la n s a n d s p e c if ic a tio n s .

T h e p ro ject is b e in g f in a n c e d b y fu n d s fro m th e C o m m o n w e a lth P o rts A u th o rity (C P A ) a n d b y fu n d s fro m th e F e d e ra l A v ia tio n A d m in is tra tio n . T h e co n tra c t a w a rd , if it is to b e m a d e , w ill b e m a d e w ith in sixty (6 0 ) d a y s fro m th e d a te o f b id o p e n in g .

A pro s p ec tive b id d e r’s a tte n tio n is c a lle d to th e fa c t th a t th e p ro je c t in v o lv e s su b m itta l o f p ro p o s a ls fo r th e B a s ic B id Ite m , A d d itiv e Bid Ite m N o . 1 , A d d itiv e B id Ite m N o . 2 , an d A d d itiv e B id Ite m N o . 3 . T h e s e a re re fe rre d to in th e p ro p o s a l s c h e d u le , p ro p o s a l se c tio n o f th e p ro je c t sp e c ific a tio n s , o th e r s e c tio n s of th e p ro ject s p ec ifica tio n s an d th e p ro je c t p la n s . A w a rd s o f th e c o n tra c t w ill b e m a d e fo r th e A d d itiv e B id Ite m s d e p e n d in g o n th e a v a ila b ility o f fu n d s .

T h is co n tract is u n d e r a n d su b jec t to E x e c u tiv e O rd e r 1 1 2 4 6 , a s a m e n d e d o n S e p te m b e r 2 4 ,1 9 6 5 , th e F e d e ra l L a b o r p ro v is io n s a n d th e E q u a l E m p lo y m e n t O p p o rtu n ity (E E O ) p ro v is io n s a s c o n ta in e d in th e c o n tra c t, s p e c ific a tio n s a n d b id d o c u m e n ts .

A ll m e ch a n ics a n d la b o re rs o n th e p ro je c t sh a ll b e p a id n o less th a n th e m in im u m w a g e ra te e s ta b lis h e d b y th e U .S . S e c re ta ry o f L a b o r. A c o p y o f th e D e p a rtm e n t o f L a b o r W a g e R a te D e te rm in a tio n is a p p lic a b le to th is c o n tra c t a n d is m a d e a p a rt o f th e s p e c ific a tio n s (s e e S e c tio n 7 0 -2 4 ) .

E a c h b id d er m ust c o m p le te , s ign an d fu rn is h , p rio r to a w a rd o f th e c o n tra c t (A IP P ro je c t N o . 3 -6 9 -0 0 0 2 -1 3 ) th e "B id d er's S ta te m e n t o n P re v io u s C o n trac ts S u b je c t to E E O C la u s e ," a “C e rtific a tio n o f N o n -S e g re g a te d Fac ilities" (s e e S p e c ific a tio n s ).

R eq u ire d N o tic e s fo r A ll C o n trac ts .a . T h e b id d e r m u s t su p p ly a ll th e in fo rm a tio n req u ired b y th e bid fo rm s a n d s p ec ifica tio n s .b . T h e C P A , in a c c o rd a n c e w ith T it le V I o f th e C iv il R ig h ts A c t o f 1 9 6 4 , h e re b y n o tifies all b id d e rs th a t th e y (b id d e rs ) m u s t a ffirm a tiv e ly in s u re

th a t, w ith re s p e c t to a n y c o n tra c t e n te re d in to p u rs u a n t to th is a d v e rtis e m e n t, m inority b u s in e s s e n te rp ris e s w ill b e a ffo rd e d fu ll o p p o rtu n ity to su b m it b id s in re s p o n s e to th is inv ita tio n a n d w ill n o t b e d is crim in a te d a g a in s t o n th e g ro u n d s o f ra c e , co lo r, o r n a tio n a l o rig in in c o n s id e ra tio n fo r a w a rd .

T h e b idd er's a tte n tio n is c a lle d to th e fa c t th a t th e p ro p o s ed 'c o n tra c t sh a ll b e u n d e r an d s u b je c t to th e e q u a l o p p o rtu n ity c la u s e a s s e t fo rth in P a rt III, S ec tio n 3 0 2 (b ) o f E x e c u tiv e O rd e r 1 1 2 4 6 , a s a m e n d e d by E x e c u tiv e O rd e r 1 1 3 7 5 d a te d O c to b e r 1 3 ,1 9 7 7 , a n d S e c tio n 6 0 - 1 .4 (b ) o f th e re g u la tio n s of th e S e c re ta ry o f L a b o r (41 C F R 6 0 -1 ) , a s im p le m e n te d b y S e c tio n 1 5 2 .6 1 o f th e F e d e ra l A v ia tio n R e g u la tio n s , to th e c o n tra c t an d la b o r p ro v is io n sa s s e t forth in S e c tio n 1 5 2 .5 5 a n d A p p e n d ix H , P a r t 1 5 2 , o f th e F e d e ra l A v ia tio n R e g u la tio n s , a n d to th e a p p lic a b le p ro v is io n s o f T itle V I o f th e C iv ilR igh ts A ct of 1 9 6 4 (7 8 S ta t. 2 5 2 ) , im p le m e n te d b y P a r t2 1 o f th e R eg u la tio n s o f th e O ffic e o f th e S e c re ta ry o f T ra n s p o rta tio n . A ls o , th e p ro p o s e d c o n tra c t w ill b e su b jec t to th e C o n trac to r's C e rtific a tio n o f n o n -s e g re g a te d fac ilities .

P e rfo rm a n c e a n d p a y m e n t b o n d s a re re q u ire d a s sp ec ified in th e s p ec ifica tio n s .

T h e a p p a re n t lo w b id d e r a n d a n y k n o w n first t ie r subcontractor w ill b e s u b je c t to a p re -a w a rd , e q u a l o p p o rtu n ity c o m p lia n c e re v ie w by re p re s e n ta tiv e s of th e O ffice o f F e d e ra l C o n tra c t C o m p lia n c e P ro g ra m s , U .S . D e p a rtm e n t of L ab o r, b e fo re th e a w a rd of th e c o n tra c t fo r th e p u rp o s e o f d e te rm in in g w h e th e r the b id d e r a n d /o r h is su b c o n tra c to rs a re a b le to co m p ly w ith th e p ro v is io n s o f th e e q u a l o p p o rtu n ity c la u s e .

If th e b idder h a s p a rtic ip a te d in a p rev io u s c o n tra c t su b jec t to th e e q u a l o p p o rtu n ity c la u s e an d h a s not su b m itte d c o m p lia n c e repo rts , a s re q u ire d by a p p lic a b le ins truction s , th e b id d e r sh a ll su b m it, p rio r to a w a rd o f c o n tra c t, a c o m p lia n c e re p o rt c o verin g th e d e lin q u e n t p e rio d o r s u ch o th e r p e rio d sp ec ified by th e F A A o r th e D irec to r, O ffic e o f F e d e ra l C o n tra c t C o m p lia n c e , U .S . D e p a r tm e n t o f Labor.

A b id d e r o r p ro s p e c tiv e p rim e c o n tra c to r o r p ro p o s e d s u b c o n tra c to r sh a ll b e req u ired to s u b m it s u ch in fo rm atio n a s th e F A A o r th e D ire c to r, O ff ic e of F e d e ra l C o n tra c t C o m p lia n c e , re q u es t p rior to th e a w a rd o f a c o n tra c t o r s u b co n tra c t. W h e n a d e te rm in a tio n h a s b e e n m a d e to a w a rd th e c o n tra c t or su b c o n tra c t to a sp e c ifie d co n tra c to r, su ch c o n tra c to r sh a ll b e req u ire d , p rio r to a w a rd , o r a f te r th e a w a rd , o r b o th , to fu rn is h su ch o th e r in fo rm atio n as th e F A A o r th e D irec to r req u ests .

C o n tra c t d o c u m e n ts , inc lud in g p la n s an d sp ec ifica tio n s , m a y b e e x a m in e d a t th e O ffice o f th e E x e c u tiv e D ire c to r, C o m m o n w e a lth P o rts A u th o rity , o r c a n b e o b ta in e d fro m th is o ffice upon th e p a y m e n t o f F O U R H U N D R E D A N D F IF T Y D O L L A R S ($ 4 5 0 .0 0 ) fo r e a c h s e t of p la n d o c u m e n ts . T h is a m o u n t is n o n re fu n d a b le . P a y m e n t sh all b e m a d e b y c h e c k p a y a b le to th e C o m m o n w e a lth P o rts A u th o rity .

C o p ie s o f th e a fo re m e n tio n e d co n tra c t d o c u m e n t m a y a lso b e e x a m in e d o r o b ta in e d a t th e o ffic e o f E fra in F . C a m a c h o C o n su ltin g E n g in e e rs :

E frain F . C a m a c h o C o n su ltin g E n g in e e rs F la m e T r e e T e rra c e

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A p re -b id c o n fe re n c e w ill b e h e ld a t S A IP A N IN T E R N A T IO N A IR P O R T C O N F E R E N C E R O O M , A T 1 0 :0 0 a .m . o n A p ril 8 , 1 9 9 3 to e x p la in a n d c la rify a n y question s reg a rd in g th is p ro ject. Q u e s tio n s sh o u ld b e su b m itte d to th e C o n s u lta n t, in w riting , a t le a s t fiv e (5 ) d a y s in a d v a n c e fo r a n s w e rs a t th is p re -b id c o n fe re n c e , w ith a c o p y of s a m e m a ile d s im u lta n e o u s ly to th e E x e c u tiv e D irec to r, C o m m o n w e a lth P o rts A uthority .

E a c h p ro s p e c tiv e b id d e r sh a ll f ile w ith th e C o m m o n w e a lth P o rts A u th o rity , a t th e a b o v e S a ip a n a d d re s s , a n o tic e o f h is /h e r in ten tion to b id in a fo rm su bstan tia lly s im ila r to th a t su p p lie d h e re w ith , no t le ss th a n six (6 ) c a le n d a r d a y s p rior to th e d a te h e re in a b o v e d e s ig n a te d fo r o p e n in g o f b ids .

E a c h bid sh a ll b e o n a fo rm fu rn is h ed b y th e C o m m o n w e a lth P orts A u th o rity . F u rth e rm o re , e a c h p ro s p e c tiv e b id d e r sh a ll su b m it h is /h e r q u a lific a tio n s ta te m e n ts not le ss th a n te n (1 0 ) c a le n d a r d a y s prior to th e d a te h e re in a fte r d e s ig n a te d fo r o p e n in g o f b ids .

E a c h p ro p o s a l sh a ll b e o n a fo rm fu rn is h ed b y th e C o m m o n w e a lth P o rts A u th o rity ( In te n t to B id ).

T h e C o m m o n w e a lth P o rts A uthority re s e rv e s th e right to re je c t b id s in a c c o rd a n c e w ith S e c tio n 3 .2 (7 ) o f th is P ro c u re m e n t R u le s a n d R e g u la tio n s .

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T h e p ro p o s e d c o n tra c t is u n d e r an d su b je c t to E x e c u tiv e O rd e r 1 1 2 4 6 , a s a m e n d e d , of S e p te m b e r 2 4 ,1 9 6 5 , a n d to th e E q u a l E m p lo y m e n t O p p o rtu n ity (E E O ) a n d F e d e ra l L a b o r P rov is ion s .

2 . A ll la b o r o n th e p ro je c t sh a ll b e p a id no le ss th a n th e m in im u m w a g e ra te s es ta b lis h e d b y th e U .S . S e c re ta ry o f L ab o r.3 . E ach b id d e r m u st su p p ly all th e in fo rm atio n req u ired b y th e b id d o c u m e n ts a n d sp ec ifica tio n s .4 . T h e E E O re q u ire m e n ts , la b o r p ro v is io n s a n d w a g e ra te s a re in c lu d e d in th e sp ec ifica tio n s an d b id d o c u m e n ts an d a re a v a ila b le fo r in s p e c tio n s

at th e C o m m o n w e a lth Ports A uthority .5 . E ac h b id d e r m u st c o m p le te , sign an d fu rn ish , p rior to a w a rd o f th e c o n tra c t (a t su bm iss ion o f th e b id ), th e "B id d er's S ta te m e n t on P re v io u s C o n tra c ts

su b jec t to E E O C la u s e " , an d th e "C ertifica tio n s of n o n s e g re g a te d Fac ilities" a s c o n ta in e d in th e B id P ro p o s a l.6 . A co n tra c to r h a v in g 5 0 o r m o re e m p lo y e e s an d his su b c o n tra c to rs h a v in g 5 0 o r m o re e m p lo y e e s an d w h o m a y b e a w a rd e d a c o n tra c t of $ 5 0 ,0 0 0

or m o re w ill b e re q u ire d to m a in ta in a n a ffirm ativ e action p ro g ra m , th e s ta n d a rd s fo r w h ic h a re c o n ta in e d in th e sp ec ifica tio n s .7 . T o b e e lig ib le fo r a w a rd , e a ch b id d e r m u s t c o m p ly w ith th e a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n re q u ire m e n ts w h ic h a re c o n ta in e d in th e sp ec ifica tio n s .8 . In a c c o rd a n c e w ith T it le V I of th e C iv il R ights A c t of 1 9 6 4 . M in o rity b u s in e s s e n te rp ris e s w ill b e a ffo rd e d fu ll o p p o rtu n ity to su bm it b id s in re s p o n s e

to th is inv ita tio n an d w ill not b e d is crim in a te d ag a in s t o n th e g ro u n d s o f rac e , c o lo r o r n a tip n a l o rig in in c o n s id e ra tio n fo r a n a w a rd o f a n y c o n tra c t e n te re d in to p u rs u a n t to th is ad ve rtis e m e n t.

9 . W o m e n w ill b e a ffo rd e d e q u a l o p po rtu n ity in all a re a s o f e m p lo y m e n t. H o w e v e r , th e e m p lo y m e n t of w o m e n sh a ll not d im in ish th e s ta n d a rd s o f re q u ire m e n ts fo r th e e m p lo y m e n t o f m inorities .

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Thepetitionof Hideo Sugiyama seeking to be appointed as Adminis­trator of theEstateofKinjiTakeuchi, deceased, has been set for hearing before the Superior Court, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on the 20th day April, 1993, at 1:30 pan.

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1 G E N E R A L M A N A G E R - College grad., 2yrs . experience. Salary $ 1 ,5 0 0 -$ 2 ,00 0 p er month.Contact: E V E R N E W C O R P O R A T IO N , P .O . Box 28 43 , S aipan , M P 96950 , Tel. No. 2 8 8 -2 0 2 0 (4 /1 6 )F /1 0937 ._________

1 0 F F IC E M A N A G E R -C o lle g e g ra d ., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 1 ,0 0 0 -$ 1 '8 0 0 per month.Contact: N E W R O Y A L C O R P O R A ­T IO N , P .O . Box 2 6 7 2 , S a ipan , M P 96 95 0 , Tel. No. 4 3 3 -0 7 0 2 (4 /1 6)F /109 47 .

ACCOUNTANT1 A C C O U N T A N T - College g rad ., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 3 .0 0 - $ 5 .0 0 per hour.1 A D M IN IS T R A T IV E A S S IS T A N T - C ollege grad ., 2 y rs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 - $ 3 .5 0 per hour.Contact: E Q U ITA B L E IN S . C O ., P .O . Box 6 8 6 , S aipan , M P 96 95 0 , T e l. No. 2 3 5 -5 4 5 2 /3 (4 /9 )F /1 0 8 9 5 .

ENGINEER1 M E C H A N IC A L E N G IN E E R - C ollege grad ., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 5 .8 0 per hour.Contact: T R IP L E J S A IP A N , INC . dba T R IP L E J M O T O R S , P .O . Box 48 7 , S aipan. M P 9 6 9 5 0 (4 /16 )F /109 49 .

1 M E C H A N IC A L E N G IN E E R1 C IV IL E N G IN E E R - College grad ., 2 yrs. experience. S a la ry $ 5 .8 0 per hour.2 C A R P E N T E R - High school grad ., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 per hour. 1 H E A V Y E Q U IP M E N T M E C H A N IC - High school grad., 2 yrs. exDerience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 - $ 2 .5 0 per hour.4 H E A V Y E Q U IP M E N T O P E R A T O R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 - $ 2 .5 0 per hour.Contact: W E S T E R N E Q U IP M E N T IN ­C O R P O R A T E D , P .O . Box 1402 CK, Saipan , M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 322-9561 (4 /1 6 )F /4 3 4 8 .

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1 E L E C TR IC IA N1 C A R P E N T E R - H igh school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .7 0 per hour. 1 A C C O U N T A N T - C ollege grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 9 0 0 per month. Contact: C & H S A IP A N IN C . dba A -Z C O N S T R U C T IO N C O M P A N Y , P .O . Box 1608, Saipan , M P 96 95 0 , Te l. No. 2 3 4 -7 7 0 9 (4 /16.)F /10946.______________

1 W E L D E R /C O M B IN A T IO N 1 H E A V Y E Q U IP M E N T O P E R A T O R 1 H E A V Y E Q U IP M E N T M E C H A N IC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 - $ 3 .7 5 per hour.1 M A S O N - High school grad ., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 - $ 3 .5 0 per hour.1 A C C O U N T A N T - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 5 .2 0 per hour.1 G E N E R A L M A N A G E R - H igh school grad., 2 yrs.-experience. S alary $ 1 ,50 0 per month.Contact: C M G E N E R A L FA B R IC A TO R , IN C ., P .O . Box 4 3 2 CK, S a ipan , M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 3 2 2 -5 2 0 3 /0 4 (4 /1 6 )F / 10944.

3 M ^ O N - H igh school grad ., 2 yrs. experience. S a la ry $ 2 .1 5 - $ 2 .3 0 per hour.Contact: R O M E O R. S A N C H E Z dba T H E E N T E R P R IS E S , P .O . Box 27 54 , S aipan , M P 96 95 0 , Tel. N o. 234-1481 (4 /9 ) F /108 97 . _________________

2 H .E . O P E R A T O R - High school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 per hour.C ontact: T M C O R P O R A T IO N , C aller Box P P P 21 6 , S a ip an , M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. N o. 2 3 5 -5 7 0 7 (4 /1 6 )F /1 09 38 .

ENTERTAINER6 W A IT R E S S , R E S T A U R A N T 4 C O O K - High school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 per hour.1 1 N T E R P R E T E R -H ig h school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 9 .0 0 per hour.1 R E S T A U R A N T M A N A G E R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 3 .5 0 per hour.C ontact: A M E R IC A N A D D C O R P . dba G R E A T W A L L R E S T A U R A N T , P .O . Box 6 8 6 , Saipan , M P 96 95 0 , Tel. N o . 23 4 - 1 8 2 2 (4 /9 )F /1 089 4 .

2 B A R T E N D E R - H igh school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .3 5 - $6 .00 per hour.Contact: R O N A L D D. SA B LA N dba P A C IF IC G A R D E N IA H O T E L , P .O . Box 144. S aipan , M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Te l. N o. 234- 3 4 5 5 /6 6 /7 7 (4 /1 6 )F /4 3 5 8 .

1 R E S T A U R A N T W A IT R E S S - High school equiv., 2y rs . experience. Salary $ 2 .5 0 per hour.Contact: Y O U N IS A R T S T U D IO . INC. dba E A G LE 'S P U TT , P .O . Box 231, S aip an , M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 2 3 4 -6 3 4 1 / 7 5 7 8 (4 /9 )F .

MISCELLANEOUS1 C O O K - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience . S alary $ 4 0 0 - $ 4 5 0 per month.1 W A IT R E S S , R E S T A U R A N T - High school grad ., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .2 5 per hour.Contact: M R S . A ID A F. V E N U S dba J A N E 'S E N T E R P R IS E S , P .O . Box 5194 C H R B , Saipan , M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 3 2 2 - 1178 (4 /1 6 )F /1 0952 .

1 D R E S S M A K E R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .7 5 per hour. Contact: S S P C O M P A N Y d b a S E A S H E L L P IN K C O . IN C ., P .O . Box 2786 CK. Saipan , M P 96950 , Tel. No. 2 3 4 - 7 1 9 9 (4 /9 )F /1 0 8 9 1 .____________________

1 C R U S H E R S U P E R V IS O R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 9 0 0 -$ 1 ,1 0 0 per month.1 H E A V Y E Q U IP M E N T M E C H A N IC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 - $ 3 .2 5 per hour.1 M A S O N - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $2 .15 - $ 3 .1 0 per hour.3 H E A V Y E Q U IP M E N T O P E R A T O R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 - $ 2 .9 0 per hour.1 C A R P E N T E R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary 2 .1 5 -$ 2 .4 0 per hour.Contact: B LACK M IC R O C O R P O R A ­T IO N , P .O . Box 5 4 5 CK, Saipan , M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Te l. No. 2 3 4 -6 8 0 0 (4 /9 )F /4 3 1 0 .

1 S A L E S P E R S O N - High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 -$ 2 .5 0 per hour.Contact: T R A N S P A C IF IC IN T E R N A ­T IO N A L , IN C . dba T R A N S P A C B U S I­N E S S C E N T E R /T H E H O B B Y S H O P , P .O . Box 2080 , Saipan, M P 96 95 0 , Tel. No. 23 5 -3 3 5 5 (4 /9 )F /1 088 8 .

1 A L U M IN U M F A B R IC A T O R - H igh school g rad ., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 per hour.Contact: R IC H A R D P. K A U TZ , JR . db a K A U T Z G L A S S C O M P A N Y , P .O . Box 26 56 , Low er B ase, S a ip an M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. N o. 3 2 2 -9 2 8 2 (4 /1 6 )F /1 0 9 3 9 .

1 _ F IN IS H IN G C A R P E N T E R - H igh school g rad ., 2 yrs.- experience. S alary $ 2 .2 5 - $ 3 .0 0 p e r hour.C ontact: F E L IX M . S A B LA N dba K IS ­M E T , IN C .. P .O . Box 2 0 1 9 , Saipan, M P 96 95 0 , Te l. N o . 2 3 4 -6 5 3 6 (4 /23)F /10995 .

CLASSIFIED ADS NEW1 F A C T O R Y M A N A G E R1 S A L E S M A N A G E R1 1 N T E R P R E T E R -C o lle g e g ra d .,2 y rs . experience . S alary $ 5 .8 0 per hour.12 P R E S S E R (M A C H IN E )140 S E W IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R S2 S E W IN G M A C H IN E R E P A IR E R S012 G U T T E R S (M A C H IN E )2 G E N E R A T O R O P E R A T O R S 2 E L E C T R IC IA N - H igh school grad., 2 yrs. experience . S alary $ 2 .1 5 per hour.4 S E W IN G S U P E R V IS O R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $4 .05 per hour.1 O F F IC E S U P E R V IS O R - C o llege grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $4 .19 per hour.C ontact: G R A C E IN T E R N A T IO N A L IN C ., C a lle r Box P P P 109, Saipan, M P 96950, Te l. N o . 23 4-9 682 (4 /23 )F /10984 .

1 A S S T . M A N A G E R (A C C O U N T IN G )~ High school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 1 ,0 0 0 - $ 1 ,5 0 0 p e r month. Contact: S A IP A N K O R E S C O C O R P O ­R A T IO N , P .O . Box 30 13 , Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Te l. N o . 288-6001 to 3 (4 /2 3 )F / 10 99 7 .________________________________

1 A D M IN IS T R A T IV E A S S IS T A N T - C o lleg eg rad ., 2 yrs .experience . S alary $ 8 0 0 per month.1 S U P E R V IS O R - H igh school grad., 2 yrs. experience . S alary $ 4 .0 5 per hour. Contact: T R I-A L L IN T E R N A T IO N A L C O R P ., P .O . Box 2610 , Saipan, M P 96 95 0 , Tel. No. 234 -1 610 (4 /23 )F /10 99 3 .

2 Q U A L IT Y C O N T R O L C H E C K E R S 10 C U T T E R S M A C H IN E10 S E W IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R S 1 0 IR O N W O R K E R S (M A C H IN E P R E S S E R ) - H igh school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .1 5 - $2 .25 per hour.1 C O O K - H igh school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. S a lary $ 2 .1 5 per hour. Contact: O N W E L M A N U F A C T U R IN G (S A IP A N ) LTD . P .O . Box 712, Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 23 4 -9 5 2 2 -2 5 (4 / 2 3 )F /1 1001 .

1 A D M IN IS T R A T IV E A S S IS T A N T -H ig h school grad ., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 4 .6 5 - $ 6 .0 0 per hour.C o n ta c t: ■ C H A N G S H IN R E S O R T S A IP A N C O R P . dba R IV IE R A R E S O R T C LU B S A IP A N , C aller Box AAA 928, Saipan , M P 9 6 95 0 , Tel. No. 23 4 -6 676 (4 /2 3 )F /4 3 8 4 .

1 C O O K2 M A IN T E N A N C E R E P A IR E R S - B U IL D IN G3 W A IT R E S S E S - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary $ 2 .5 0 per hour. Contact: J T G E N T E R T A IN M E N T & P R O M O T IO N dba S A IP A N B O W L IN G C E N T E R , P .O . Box- 29, Saipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. N o . 2 3 4 -6 4 2 0 (4 /2 3 )F /4 3 8 5 .

1 A D M IN IS T R A T IV E A S S IS T A N T - C ollegegrad ., 2 yrs .experience . Salary $ 4 .6 5 per hour.Contact: D IN O M. JO N E S dba D & L C O M P A N Y . C a lle r Box AAA 1 1 5 7 , S aipan, M P 9 6 9 5 0 , Tel. No. 322-8151 (4 /2 3 )F /1 1003 .

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Born today, you are energetic, de­monstrative, fiery, impulsive, funny, serious, and always intense. You are able to maintain a level of involve­ment in everything you do which ex­ceeds that of even the most dedicated around you. You are never one to let down — indeed, on the contrary, there are times in which friends and loved ones may actually have to intervene in order to get you to settle down and let go of something! You are one who lives life fully day in and day out,

Your ambitions are quite lofty, but you are able to maintain a level of re­alism in your aspirations which keeps you from pursuing that which you know to be impossible. Still, there is no reason, as far as you are concerned, not to go after that which others claim is improbable; indeed, you live to prove them wrong again and again.

A ls o b o rn on th is d a te are ; H ugh H e fn e r , p u b lis h e r , fo u n d e r of the P la y b o y e m p ire ; P a u l R o b e s o n , a c to r.

To see what is in store for you to­morrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -You’re going to have to make use of a good deal of newly acquired knowl­edge before the day is out

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - What you discover about yourself and a few close friends or loved ones may surprise you. Be willing to take a risk.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You are going to be exposed today to some­thing new which may become some­thing of a mild obsession. Explore possibilities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Do you have what it takes? If you've been asking yourself this question, never fear — today you may have the answer.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Money is likely to be on you mind throughout the day, whether you have too much or not enough.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You’re very likely to shape the course of the days ahead — and all because you made the right decisions during the morning.

'LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - You may be called away from your routine duties today — only to be introduced to things which rub you the wrong way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - That

which interests you the most today may be hard to find. Still, a compro­mise can result in a day well-spent.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — A strange sort of experiment can bring you numerous key answers to­day — provided you ask the right questions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Your energy level is on the rise, and you will be able to tackle more today than you have in the recent past.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Quality control is critical today; you cannot afford to do anything under par at this time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Marcb 20) - That which you recently started on a small scale is ready to expand and grow. Consider future possibilities today.

For your personal horoscope, lovescope, lucky numbers and future forecast, call Astro’ Tone (95« each minute; Touch-Tone phonaa only). Dial 1-900-740-1010 and enter your access code num­ber, which is 500.

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mondo (1933-), actor, is 60; Michael Learned <1939-), actress, is 54; Dennis Quaid (1954-), actor, is 39.TODAY’S SPORTS: On this day in 1959, the Boston Celtics defeated the Minneapolis Lakers, 118-113, and won the NBA cham pionship in four straight games.TODAY’S QUOTE: “As a remedy against all ills — poverty, sickness, and melancholy — only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work.” — Charles BaudelaireTODAY’S WEATHER: On this day in 1983, the year’s deadliest tornado killed three people just west of Inver­ness, Fla.

oSOURCE: THE WEATHER CHANNEL(R) 1993 Weather Guide Calendar; Accord Publishing, Lid.TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (April 6) and last quarter (April 13).TODAY’S BARB BY PHIL PASTORET Our incredible national debt taxes the imagination — or will, just as soon as they pass legislation to do just that.

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NOVICE Tagaman triathlete Doug Gomez plays Ultimate Frisbee to prepare for triathlon.

Saipan athletes train for TagamanLATE on a recent afternoon two athletes-in-training for next month's 6th Annual Tagaman “All Islander )s Championship Triathlon were getting some ex­ercise at. American Memorial Park.

But Dough Gomez and Matt ■Breen were not swimming, bik­ing or running— the relevant skills for the upcoming event. Instead, they were flipping plastic disks in a pick up game of Ultimate Frisbee, a football version of the popular recreational activity.

.It’s fun and relaxing, said Gomez and besides, if anyone thinks he’s not working hard enough, he’ll be doing a five mile run before he goes to bed.

Gomez hasn’t ever been a triathlete before, but he’s deter­mined to perform well— so deter­mined that he has taught himself to swim in the last few weeks so that he can participate in the en­tire event. He says he’s taught himself well enough that he can actually breath whenhe Joes 1500 meters daily in the pool, and that’s in addition to 25 to 30 miles on a bicycle.

Matt Breen is also new to the triathlon, but his experiences in three recent mini triathlons has taught him the need for pacing in this event. After a recent hot stint on a bicycle— his best event - Breen realized to his dismay that he still had seven miles to run.

Gomez, when he’s not getting ready for athletic events, works for the Division of Fish and Wild­life. Breen works for the Com­monwealth Utility Corporation.

The big day for would be “Tagamen” or Tagawomen” is May 15 and registration is cur­rently underway. The Marianas Visitors Bureau on Saipan has entry forms and more informa­tion, registration deadline is April 16th.

Last year 361 Triathletes from Australia, Guam, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the US mainland and the CNMI par­ticipated and the organizing com­mittee is looking for 500 triathletes this year.

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Tagaman is John Hoffman whose numbers is 1992 were 3:17:23. Hoffman placed 29th, while Saipan’s Kimber was at 201 with 3:59:40.

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High Scratch Series High Scratch SeriesR.V. Enterprises 278 Servie Regis 653Fun And Games 2778 Ross Zapanta 641

High Handicap Game High Handicap GameK.A.S. Suwaso 1154 Willy tiongson 294Advance Marketing 1152 Greg De Torres 278

High Handicap Series High Handicap SeriesR.V. Enterprises 3192 Servie Regis/Ben Benig 707Advance Marketing 3134 Manny Navarro 695

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INVITATION FOR BIDS/NOTICE TO BIDDERSCOMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS to PROCURE/INSTALL NEW 225kw GENERATOR AND CONSTRUCT GENERATOR BUILDING AT ROTA

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ROTA, MARIANA ISLANDS, AIP PROJECT NO. 3-69-0003-04 will be received at the office of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY, Saipan International Airport, P.O. Box 1055, Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, until 2:00 p.m., May 14,1993, at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and read.

The project, in general, consists of the procurement and installation of a new 225kw diesel-engine generator with all auxiliary equipment and accessories, and construction of the generator building and related works completed in accordance with the project plans and specifications.

The project is being financed by funds from the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) and by funds from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Thecontract award, if it is to be made, will be made within two (2) months from the date of bid opening.

This contract is under and subject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, of September 24, 1965, the Federal Labor provisions and the Equal EmploymentOpportunity (EEO) provisions as contained in the contract, specifications and bid documents.

All mechanics and laborers on the project shall be paid no less than the minimum wage rate established by the U.S. Secretary of Labor.A copy of the Department of Labor Wage Rate Determination is applicable to this contract and is made a part of the specifications (see Section 70-24).Each bidder mustcomplete, sign and furnish, prior to award of the contract (AIP Project No. 3-69-0003-04) the “Bidder’s Statement on Previous Contracts subject

to EEO Clause,” and a “Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities” (see Specifications).Required Notices for All Contracts.

a. The bidder must supply all the information required by the bid forms and specifications.b. The CPA, in accordance with Title VI of the civil rights Act of 1964, hereby notifies all bidders that they (bidders) must affirmatively insure that with respect to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for award.

The bidder’s attention is called to the fact that the proposed contract shall be under and subject to the equal opportunity clause as set forth in Part HI, Section 302 (b) of Executive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375 dated October 13,1977, and Section 60-1.4 (b) of the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR 60-1) as implemented by Section 152.61 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, to the contract and labor provisions as set forth in Section 152.55 and Appendix H, Part 152, of the Federal Aviation Regulations, and to the applicable provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252) implemented by Part 21 of the Regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. Also, the proposed contract will be subject to the Contractor’s Certification of non-segregated facilities.

Performance and payment bonds are required as specified in the specifications.The apparent low bidder and any known first tier subcontractor will be subject to a pre-award, equal opportunity compliance review by representatives of the Office

of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, before the award of the contract for the purpose of determining whether the bidder and/or his subcontractors are able to comply with the provisions of the equal opportunity clause.

If the bidder has participated in a previous contract subject to the equal opportunity clause and has not submitted compliance reports as required by applicable instructions, the bidder shall submit, prior to award of contract, a compliance report covering the delinquent period or such other period specified by the FAA or the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor.

A bidder or prospective prime contractor or proposed subcontractor shall be required to submit such information as the FAA or the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, requests prior to the award of a contractor subcontract. When a determination has been made to award the contractor subcontract to a specified contractor, such contractor shall be required, prior to award, or after the award, or both to furnish such other information as the FAA or the Director requests.

Contract documents, including plans and specifications, may be examined at the Office of the Executive director, CPA, or can be obtained from this office upon the payment of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS (S250.00) for each set of plan documents, this amount is non-refundablc. Payment shall be made by check payable to the Commonwealth Ports Authority.

Copies of the aforementioned contract documents may also be examined or obtained at the office of Efrain F. Camacho Consulting Engineers:Efrain F. Camacho Consulting Engineers Flame Tree Terrace P.O. Box 2415 Saipan, MP 96950Phone Number: (670)322-7814/7815

A pre-bid conference will be held at the SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONFERENCE ROOM, at 10:00 a.m. on April 16,1993, to explain and clarify any questions regarding this project. Questions should be submitted to the Consultant, in writing, at least five (5) days in advance for answers at thispre-bid conference, with a copy of same mailed simultaneously to Ihe Executive Director, CPA.

Each prospective bidder shall file with the CPA, at the above Saipan address, a notice of intention to bid in a form substantially similar to that supplied herewith, not less than six (6) calendar days prior to the date hereinabove designated for opening of bids.

Each bid shall be on a form furnished by the CPA. Furthermore, each prospective bidder shall submit his/her quali fication statement not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date hereinafter designed for opening of bids.

Each proposal shall be on a form furnished by the CPA (Intent to bid).

The CPA reserves the right to reject bids in accordance with Section 3.2 (7) of its Procurement Rules and Regulations.3/29/93 fs/JM. GUERRERO

Date Chairman/Contracting Officer

48-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 9.1993

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THE SAIPAN A-Team won the Division D championship in the Bud LightTriple Crown International stow pitch softball series held in Guam on March 26-28. The team is raising funds for the third and final round, also in Guam, in June. Front row (from left): Mike Camacho, Ben Mesa, Ben Duenas, P a t Tenorio (managed, Tony Reyes and Tony Camacho. Back row: Tournament official presenting trophy to team coach Mano Taitano, Frank Crisostomo, Pete Roberto, Ben Tenorio, Noel Ignacio, Paul Camacho, Greg Camacho, Paul Tenorio and A l Taitano.

Woodbridge ousts Chang from Japan

By Michio Yoshida

TO KYO (AP) - Australian Todd Woodbridge prevailed in a see­saw final set tiebreak Wednesday and eliminated third seed Michael Chang from the Japan Open Ten­nis Tournament. -

Top seed Jim Courier bounced back from a service break and then a lapse in the tiebreak. in the first set, beating Martin Damm of the Czech Republic 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in another second-round match.

American Chang, fresh from winning the Salem Open in Osaka, Japan, last week, bowed out 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) in a nearly three- hour match.

Chang and Woodbridge were tied 2-2,3-3 and 4-4 in the decid­ing tiebreak before Woodbridge gained an edge with a passing shot and a netted backhand by Chang. Chang closed to 6-5 with a forehand volley before Woodbridge ended the match with a volley winner of his own.

“In the end, I hung in well. In the tiebreak, I went for my serve and got a couple of my serves on line. I thought I played very well and was happy with my mental- ity,” Woodbridge said.

Chang said, “In the third set, he started to pick up his game and I didn’t keep enough pressure on him. I played a very rushed game. I didn’t take my time. Everything was kind of a crazy match and crazy weather ... (although) I wasn’t bothered by the wind.”

Damm, ranked 98th in the world, broke Courier in the first set’s ninth game, but Courier, broke right back and later took a 6-3 teacl in the tiebreak. He let three set points slip away before winning on a deep lob and a net­ted backhand by Damm.

''Courier scored three service breaks in the second set to two by

Damm.Besides returning well, Damm

fired 11 service aces in the match while Courier had three, includ­ing one on match point in the 1- hour, 40-minute battle.

“I played some good shots when I needed. I was not nervous,” said Courier, who is out to defend both his Japan Open title and his world No. 1 ranking in this tournament.

Fellow American Pete Sampras, who is pursuing Courier for the top ranking, won his second-round match on Tuesday.

“It’s windy.... Hopefully, (I’ll be) playing better for the next match,” Courier said.

American qualifier Doug Flach upset ninth-seeded New Zealander Brett Steven 6-3, 6-2, and sixth-seeded Wally Masur of Australia overwhelmed Joao Cunha-Silva of Portugal 6-4,6-2.

Fourth-seeded Alexander Volkov of Russia posted a 6-2,6- 4 triumph over lucky loser Jason Stoltenberg of Australia, and 11th- seeded Jan Siemerink of the Netherlands beat Japanese wild­card entry Hideki Kaneko 6-2,6- 3. Henrik Holm of Sweden, the fifth seed, downed Alex O’Brien Of the United States 6-2,4-6,6-3.

In the women’s second round, top seed and defending champion Kimiko Date of Japan needed just 45 minutes to crush China’s Li Fang 6-0,6-0 on the hard courts of Ariake Colosseum.

“She made many mistakes. I played the second round with ease,” said Date, ranked 19th in the world.

But second seed Naoko Sawamatsu was ousted by Japa­nese compatriot Mana Endo, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 in 2 hours, 50 min­utes. Sawamatsu saved two match points at 5-6 in the second set.

Third-seeded American Pam Shriver won by default.

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By Frank D. PalaciosJOE ATALIG went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple and four RBIs and Ben Sablan and Norbert Torres combined on a four-hitter as the Dandan Protectors remained unbeaten with a 13-3 shutout over the Kaulz Glass Graziers in the first game of the fast-pitch soft­ball league Sunday.

The D-Protectors jumped to an 11-0 lead in the first three in­nings, highlighted by Atalig’s three RBIs and Kirk Virgith’s two- for-five inning strikeout. Win­ning pitcher Ben Sablan; losing pitcher Tony Muna.

Nick Saimon stole home in the top of the seventh to break open a 9-9 tie as the San Antonio Lite Beer held on to hand the Kan Pacific D-9’ers their first loss of the season, 10-9.

The D-9’ers rallied from a 9-5 deficit in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, but were not able to regain the lead after taking a 4- 1 lead in the first. Max Pangelinan went the distance for the victory. Joe Sablan picked up his first loss but fanned seven batters to lead the strikeouts with 13. Sylvan Pua hit a three-run homer for the D-9’ers.

The Miller Draft Sunrisers avoided a back-to-back loss by coming from behind to edge out the San Antonio Amigos, 6-5. Trailing 5-2 after five complete innings, the Sunrisers rallied to pick up two runs both in the sixth and seventh while shutting down the Amigos as Tony Camacho retired the last seven batters for the victory.

Tony Camacho went 2-for-4, including a game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh. Ray Seman led the Amigos going 2- for-3 in a losing effort. Losing pitcher Pete Taitano.

By Ray D. Palacios

AFTER stopping their opponents with a combined 20-0 score in their first two games, the seem­ingly invincible Sablan Termites got a scare from thè Toyota Wheels before winning their third consecutive game, 19-14, on March 31 to remain the only un­beaten team in the baseball league.

After committing one error in 16 innings, the Termites commit­ted four in the first four innings, including three in the top of the first, resulting in threer unearned runs to trail, 8-3, after three and a half innings. The Termites got a relief with a six-run outburst in their half of the fourth and held on for the victory that lasted about 4 1/2 hours after allowing no earned run in their first two games.

Eddie Santos and Tony Benavente were rocked for six, including four in the fourth high- lightedby Pete Roberto’s andCris Pangelinan’s two RBIs.

Reno Celis and Bill Aguon led the Termites with three RBIs each, while Pangelinan led the Wheels with five and Roberto three in a losing effort.

April 2Naruse Idip’s RBI single in the

bottom of the ninth won it for the Blue Sharks, edging the UMDA Aces 8-7 for their first victory in three outings.

The Sharks jumped on top, 6- 0, after four complete innings behind Junior Martin’s two RBIs before the Aces finally tied it at 7-all, scoring seven of the next eight runs of the game before Idip’s single sent the Aces reel­ing for their second loss with one victory.

Singeru Singeru shut down the Aces in the first four innings, giving up just one hit before the Aces finally figured him out when the Aces sent in Jess Wabol, Glen Palacios, Inosuke Yam'ada and Anthony Pangelinan who were 5-for-6 combined but was a little too late.

M e n ’s M a jp r B a s e b a ll L eag u e(Team standing as of Sunday A pril 2 ,1 9 9 3 )

T eam W in Loss Pet GBS ab lan Term ites 3 0 1.000 -

Toyota W heels 2 1 .667 1U M D A A ces 1 2 ..3 3 3 2Blue Sharks 1 2 .333 2S ea b ee s Four 0 2 .000 2 1/2

Batting Leaders: (based on 9 or m ore tim es a t bat)

P layers Team AB Hit BattingM ichael L. M una S eabees Four 9 5 .556Jess W abol Aces 11 6 545P ete Roberto W heels 14 7 .500Ron Benavente W heels 14 7 .500Ngirmldol DArwin Blue Sharks 10 5 .500N arulse Idip Blue Sharks 10 5 .500Cris Pangelinan W heels 15' 6 .400Frank Pangelinan Term ites 12 4 .333Joe Tenorio W heels 12 4 .333G reg C am acho Term ites 13 4 .307

Runs: (8 ) Ron B enavente, Pete Roberto (7 ) Frank Pangelinan, Al Cam acho (6)G reg C am acho , Joe Cam acho

Doubles: (2 ) Bill Q ultano, Joe Tenorio (1 ) 15-players

Triple: (1 ) N ine Players

Hom erun: (1 ) Al C am acho, Ron Benavente

R BI's: (7 ) Cris Pangelinan (6) Reno Cells (5) Jess W abol (4 ) Jo e Cam açho,Tony C am acho , Pete Roberto, Ron Benavente.

Pitching Leaders:

Players Team Inn Er Hit W /L EraTony B enavente Term ites 17 8 4 2 -0 2.11Eddie Santos Term ites 8 6 2 T-0 2 .25R on B enavente W heels 3 1 4 0 -0 3 .00M ichael G uerrero S eabees 4 3 1 3 0 -0 3 .00Ciò Ngiraidong Sharks 6 3 6 0 -0 4 .5 0Elm er Sab lan Aces 11 6 13 0 -2 4 .90Alfonso A braham A ces 7 4 5 1-0 5 .1 4Ben Lizam a W heels 7 4 14 1-0 5 .14G iovanni Mira A ces 7 5 9 0 -0 6 .4 2Tony G uerrero W heels 5 4 6 0 -0 7 .20K aleb Dulei S eabees 4 12 10 16 0 -2 7 .5 0 .

Strikeouts: (20 ) Tony Benavente (12 ) K aleb D ulei (1 0 ) E lm er Sab lan

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