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The Taiwan-funded International Conference Center may be the fastest-ever construction project in the western Pacific for this size building. Pacific International Inc. crews have been working overtime to produce the new facility that opens Friday morning.
Marshall Islands President Kessai Note told the United Nations General Assembly that not enough is being done to prevent the disastrous impacts that sea level rise will have on low-lying countries such as his. Speaking late last month at the UN meeting in New York, Note said: “My people’s survival and well-being also rely on our ocean resources.”
Hawaii looks at Compact obligations
RMI Attorney General Posesi Bloomfield joined Hawaii State Senator and Vice President of the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures (APIL) J. Kalani English at the first meeting of the Compact of Free Association Task Force in Hawaii late last month.
English is calling for support for a Hawaii State policy on its relationship with the Freely Associated States — RMI, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
College boys win contest in business
Two college students from the Marshall Islands won essay contests and will soon be getting on a flight to attend the Asia Pacific Association for Fiduciary Studies conference that will be held October 18 and 19 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manila.
Rendy Johnny is the winner from the College of the Marshall Islands in Majuro. Maludrik Maludrik is the winner from the University of the South Pacific Center in Majuro.
on Majuro summit
Taiwan is chartering a Jetcorp Australia plane to fly in heads of state and their delegations from Nauru, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Tuvalu on Thursday, bringing President Chen and an entourage or more than 120 on a China Airlines
| Plant ready to bloom Pan Pacific Foods’ tuna loining plant is expected to begin processing fish by the end of November, according to plant officials. Zuliang Zhang, president of Pan Pacific Foods (RMI) Inc., and Don Xu, plant manager, gave the Journal a tour of the under-construction facilities and talked about the plans for opening. The crew brought in from China in January to spearhead construction has dropped from about 70 to 38 workers, with about 40 Marshallese now on the building crew, Zhang said. |
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ROC President Chen Shui-bian
All domestic flights ground to a halt Wednesday, as Air Marshall Islands’ only plane suffered mechanical problems at Kwajalein, stranding about 30 passengers heading to Bikini and Rongelap. The Dash-8 was making a scheduled flight Wednesday to northern islands and while refueling at Kwajalein, problems were identified that necessitated off-loading the passengers and ferrying the Dash back to Majuro for repairs. AMI general manager Dan Fitzpatrick said the earliest either the Dash or the Dornier will get back in the air will be mid-next week. Parts are anticipated to arrive this weekend for the Dornier, while availability of Dash-8 parts for the cash-strapped airline will determine when it flies again.
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