PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES Five capital improvement projects under the Guam Rehabilitation Act were completed during the year. The}' were a College of Guam Library Building, a Fine Arts Building, an addition to the Dedcdo Elementary School, a new Juvenile Institution, and the first phase of a planned islandwide sewer system, bringing the total to 31 projects constructed with funds allocated under the Rehabilitation Act. The Rehabilitation Act authorized an expenditure of $45 million for rehabilitation and capital improvement projects. As of the end of the fiscal year, $36,761,000 had been appropriated by the U.S. Congress for projects in education, community development, public works, resources development, and public utility rehabilitation and expansion. The territory participated in many other grants-in-aid programs and almost all agencies of the government benefited under such programs. Among major highlights of the year was commencement of service by a second airline - Air Micronesia which offers regularly scheduled service between Guam and the major islands of the Pacific Trust Territory. Au· Micronesia is partly owned by Continental Airlines. Construction started on a new commerical port facility which will, when completed, cost in excess of $10 million. The new facility, located at Cabras Island across from the present
port site, will provide more than half a mile of wharf space, large warehouse and open storage areas, and contiguously, an industrial park for the de-. velopment of commercial facilities. Both breakbulk and containerized cargo will be handled. As of May 31, 1968, a total of $4,104,744.70 had been expended for the design and construction of the new port complex. The Guam-Tokyo direct air flight, inaugurated in May 1967,continued to show increasing popularity. Pan American World Airways increased its fl_ight frequency from two to three times weekly in April 1968, and plans call for 4 weekly flights by late 1968. International flights served by the Guam international airport terminal averaged 26 weekly and scheduled flights to and from the Trust Territory averaged 23 weekly, an increase 'Of 16 and nine, respectively, over the previous year. The Guam Economic Development Authority cosponsored an exploratory tuna fishing survey with the Taiwan Ocean Fishery Development Administration. A 350-ton fishing clipper with a complement of 35 men conducted a 4-month exploratory survey on fishing grounds south of Guam. The survey indicated that there are potentially good fishing grounds in the waters around Guam. The authority disbursed $24,000 to five applicants for agricultural devel23
