Ambassador of China Hosted Farewell Reception PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1, 1997 – The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Chen Yongcheng hosted a farewell dinner on August 24, 1997, as he prepares to return home after nearly four years as his country’s…

FSM is Hosting SPREP’s 6th Conference PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 24, 1997 – The South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP) based in Apia, Western Samoa, is holding its 6th Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas from September 29th to October 3rd, at the FSM…

FSM Signs Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty NEW YORK, September 24, 1996 (FSM Permanent Mission to the UN) – The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) became one of the first signatories to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (commonly known as the CTBT) when Honorable Asterio R. Takesy, Secretary…

Setik Prominent Businessman Passed Away in Honolulu PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1, 1997 – Word has reached Pohnpei from Honolulu on August 25, 1997, informing the untimely passing of prominent businessman Raymond Setik from the State of Chuuk. Setik died at about 8 o’clock Saturday…

FSM Banking Boards’s March 31, 1997 Consolidated Balance Sheet PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 23, 1997 – The Consolidated Balance Sheet for the FSM Commercial Banking System for the Quarter ending March 31, 1997, reflected a decrease in total assets by 9,848,000 or eight percent from…

UH Offers PA Certificate and Masters Degree Programs PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 23, 1997 – The University of Hawai’i at Manoa (UHM) is announcing that the 1998/1999 Certificate and Masters Degree Programs in Public Administration are opened for interested applicants. The deadline for filing application…

FEMA Officials Visited FSM to Close Out FEMA Projects PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1, 1997 – A team from the Region Nine Pacific Area Office at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, headed by Director William Carwile and two staffers spent nearly a week meeting with officials in…

Nena Signed First Special Session Act No. 10-36 into Law PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1, 1997 – President Jacob Nena, on August 29, 1997, signed into law Congressional Act No. 10-36, designating it Public Law No. 10-27. It was the first of the proposed legislations…

August 28 to Sept. 7, Trip Report by FSM Finance Secretary PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 19, 1997 – FSM Secretary of Finance Department John Ehsa submitted to the FSM President a report on a trip which took him to the States of Chuuk and Yap,…

Vice President Respond to Kosrae Governor on FSM Customs Regulations PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 19, 1997 – Vice President Leo A. Falcam, on September 15, 1997, responded to Governor of Kosrae Moses Mackwelung’s concerns contained in his letter of September 5, 1997, regarding the implementation…