ABSTRACT
Bongao, a peaceful tropical island state, lies in the center of the Pacific Ocean. The island has three main towns: Mapayapa, the capital, Malambing and Mahusay. Its climate is generally pleasant throughout the year except from M:ry to September, the wet months, when strong typhoons usually visit the island. Bongao has an area of 30 square kilometers. A hydro-electric plant powered by a big waterfall in Malarubmg provides the island with electricity. The island has2()O,llOO inhabitants who live in small villages scattered over tile island; the majority of them live in Mapayapa. Fishing am.! agriculture and a little tourism are the sources of incoll'C: for the inhabitants. Two years ago, oil was discovered off
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the west coast of the island, thus providing Bongao with more than its needed revenues and making it one of the richest island states in the Pacific. Money, therefore, is not a problem for Bongao. At present, the government wants to make Bongao the best of all possible worlds, so the governor, the head of the island, created seven committees that were asked to plan, discuss and present a five-year development program for the island's future. These committees are Buildings, Transportation, Commerce and Industry, Parks and Recreational Facilities, Sanitation and Waste Disposal System, Water System and Communications.
