First-year awardees of
"Okinawans' Study Abroad Program"
visit Prime Minister Hashimoto.

     Part of a package plan to redevelop Okinawa, this program is sponsored by the Government to have about 10 young Okinawans educated in US, UK and other countries each year. They presented Mr.Hashimoto a tapestry died in "Ryukyu blue." He encouraged them: "I hope you will return home in a year's time with your sense of pride firmed up in your culture and history."

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