PACIFIC BRIEFS
$1M gift to Marshalls from Taiwan
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (PIR) — Taiwan ambassador Leo Fu-tien Liu has provided nearly a million dollars for new development projects on several islands.
Liu handed over a check for $919,839.17 to government officials in a capital building ceremony.
Among the projects the aid funding will make possible are a new fire station on Ebeye, a Majuro city hall building and erosion prevention facilities on Ailuk.
FSM President Falcam to Japan
TOKYO, Japan (PIR) — Federated States of Micronesia President Leo Falcam will make a four-day official visit to Japan starting March 7.
During his stay, Falcam, 65, will meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, hold economic talks with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.
The visit will be Falcam’s third to Japan since becoming FSM President in May 1999.
US Nuke sub to be home ported in Guam
HAGÅTÑA, Guam (PIR) — The fast-attack American submarine, the USS City of Corpus Christi, will be assigned to Guam beginning in April 2002.
Guam Congressional Delegate Robert Underwood said the Department of Navy has advised him that the nuclear submarine is the first of three fast-attack submarines definitely to be home ported in Guam.
It is part of the Navy’s “continuous forward presence in the Pacific Rim,” he said.
Seven nuclear submarines may be assigned to Guam over the next 10 years.
