tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83426788145710740582024-03-21T22:23:58.056+10:00Namatanai Electorate PNGWelcome to Namatanai Electorate. This is the official blogsite for PNG's Member of Parliament and Minister for Mining and Namatanai MP Hon. Byron Chan. This site aims to update Namatanai people, development partners and ordinary people throughout Papua New Guinea and abroad the latest news on developments taking place in his electorate,and also for the mining industry as well.The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-23861686631431278432012-02-08T09:46:00.002+10:002012-02-08T09:46:46.968+10:00Chan refutes Simberi Landowner claim<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>MINING Minister Byron Chan has refuted landowner claims over the removal of Australian mining firm Allied Gold in Simberi, New Ireland province.</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This follows recent comments made in the media by the Simberi Mines landowner spokesman regarding proposed changes by the mining ministry to replace Allied Gold which the minister said is a lie.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“The proposed change to replace Allied Gold Plc in Simberi that was reported in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Post Courier</i> by Henry Salin, the SML 136 Landowners’ spokesman is baseless argument and lacks truth at this stage. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Yes there is talk about interest over certain actions with ongoing discussions by the Tabar Landowners and their proposed partner and developer that I am aware is happening. And these are discussions seen fit by the mandated and legitimate representatives of the landowners such as the Simberi Mining Area Association (SMAA) and the Tatau and Big Tabar Landowner Associations,” Chan said. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He explained, “the State, I must clearly express here that it has no part in it and it is not obliged to be part of those private talks or negotiations they have carried out. Salin should know this as normal process and not to take the matter further than that and raise unwarranted statement that serves partisan and other interests”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Chan said any developer or investor wishing to look into existing business or new business opportunity is a normal practice and is an internal affair for those concerned.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“As Minister for Mining I have responsibility to protect the interest of the state and the people in any matter that fall under and within my ministerial responsibility. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Therefore, in terms of breaches and non-compliance, if any is proven, say within Simberi Gold operation or another mine in PNG, it is my lawful duty and within powers enabling me under relevant state laws to step in and take necessary actions. This may include referral action as the case may require. In the mean time there is none and no need for alarm.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I want to remind Salin and his faction 136 Leaders that there had been several concerns raised about the Simberi Gold operation and it has taken a long time to resolve due to differences and non-cooperation by ML 136 and the developer not coming to the round table<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>talks. This had happened in the past meetings, so how do we solve our problems if other parties do not come to talks aimed at finding an amicable and lasting solution. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“As part of my responsibility I have instituted another inter-state agency team to investigate the Simberi operation and I await the findings for this.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I caution Salin and his band of ML 136 leaders to be careful in making their statements’ to suggest that the Simberi issue may result in a crisis likened to Bougainville. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“This is utter nonsense and unfounded. If the SML 136 Leaders think and suggest this, they are treading on a fine and dangerous line and it is better for them to confine themselves to the issue at hand and deal with their landowner concerns via dialogue, consensus and peaceful process we all aspire to guard,” Chan said.</span></div></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-21634811551586356832012-01-26T13:03:00.002+10:002012-01-26T13:03:46.748+10:00Chan condemns MRA boss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MINING Minister Byron Chan has described acting Mineral Resource Authority Director Kepas Wali’s recent public statement against New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan in the media as outrageous and in total disrespect.</span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He was responding to recent comments Mr Wali made in a full page paid press release regarding the implementation of Public Investment Program (PIP) projects under the Lihir MOA and Simberi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr Wali said in his statement that he had followed due process in executing the expenditure of PIP projects and that earlier outburst by Governor Sir Julius for lack of consultation and in breach of protocol is uncalled for.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">However, Minister Chan in support of the provincial government has condemned actions of Mr Wali saying he has failed measurably to consult the provincial government in implementing the original Lihir MOA commitments and revised MOA commitments as well as non payment of Special Support Grant (SSG) and Infrastructure Development Grant (IDG) to New Ireland Provincial Government.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Basically the fact that MRA acting MD (Kepas) completely failed to administer original Lihir MOA commitments that Sir J as Prime Minister in 1995 agreed on four major infrastructure projects and revised MOA commitments of May, 2007 estimated around K400 million in the Alternative Dispute Resolution process.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“MRA should admit that it has led the State into confusion and the province into conflict. This is total blunder and slap in the face of the government of New Ireland. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I believe other mining provinces are also affected by MRA’s lack of attention and focus as Namatanai district, my electorate,” Chan said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He said any consultation must go through the Provincial Executive Council (PEC) and this has not been adhered to by MRA boss thus, bypassing normal government protocols and procedures.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The minister added that all PIP project expenditure where clearly outlined or captured in the provincial budget and it was only fair the acting Managing Director should work within the framework of the budget in delivering the projects.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Furthermore, while Mr Wali claims that all is well in delivering PIP projects in the province Chan said he (Mr Wali) has failed to address existing MOA reviews of Lihir, Simberi and Nautilus.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“The provincial government must be given the recognition and representatives of MRA must follow proper procedures and laws under the MOA. The failure has led to Lihir LLG and landowners of Simberi not receiving their royalties when I intervened as minister,” he said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Minister also questioned the motive why there was huge PIP project expenditure concentrated on Namatanai electorate alone and not others as highlighted by Mr Wali in his media statement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He said the focus on delivering PIP projects should also go to other mine impacted provinces in the country such as Porgera, Tabubil, Ramu, Yandera, Bougainville, Sinivit, Wafi Golopu and Hidden Valley.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I as minister I’m ashamed that all PIP projects have been directed to my Namatanai electorate. The focus on Namatanai has been shameful and total disrespect for the country and other mining provinces.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I also question the current nature of PIP expenditure disbursement in my electorate which I believe is a conflict of interest and deliberate campaign strategy using public office. I will refer the matter to appropriate authorities for further action.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I call on Kepas to restrain from making public statements on this matter and should not take credit but apologise to the people of New Ireland and the country as a whole for not financing the NIPG budgets for the past four years with outstanding SSGs and IDGs and other projects listed in revised MOA of May, 2007 which the State is obliged and MRA is responsible for,” Chan said. </span></div></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-26686663104133349142012-01-26T13:02:00.000+10:002012-01-26T13:02:22.246+10:00Chan to fix Namatanai Secondary School<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>MINING Minister and Namatanai MP Byron Chan has assured concerned parents, students and staff of Namatanai Secondary School in New Ireland Province that he will continue his support for a major infrastructure overhaul of the school.</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Minister made the assurance after learning of a petition which went before the school’s board and administration by disgruntle parents, students and staff regarding the deteriorating state of the school infrastructure that needs major revamp.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A concerned Parents Working Committee chaired by Abraham Alapi has submitted a series of petition letters to the school’s administration and the District Administrator since November last year and the recent being just last month regarding their grievances and demands.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">However, Minister Chan said he acknowledged the wear and tear of school buildings and facilities of Namatanai Secondary School over the years and will intervene to address the problem. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I have always supported this school in other ways but not so much in major repair and maintenance since it is the only secondary school in my Namatanai electorate. I will continue to support the school through my Joint District Planning and Budget Priority Committee (JDP & BPC).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I had requested a full maintenance proposal totaling K1 million which was to be funded under the Rehabilitation of Education Service Infrastructure program (RESI). When I submitted this proposal to all RESI stakeholders for funding I was told the funds had been exhausted and we missed out on RESI funding as a result.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“In December 2, 2011, I met a working Committee for Namatanai Secondary with the Principal and his Deputy Principal including the Chairman and other members who presented a report on the urgent work needed to be done in the school. I authorized K50,000 for immediate repair and maintenance to start and I am informed that work had commenced on this K50,000. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“My JDP & BPC also approved another K100,000 in early January 2012 for immediate release to continue the repair and maintenance work on the school. This will prepare the school for a smooth resumption of classes in February 2012,” Chan explained. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Minister Chan said, “NIPG did not receive any appropriated funds from Special Support Grants (SSG) and Infrastructure Development Grant (IDG) that is owed by MRA to the province and this failure led to many such important institutions are left unattended to such an appalling state. The State through MRA failed to pay outstanding grants and commitments to New Ireland to carry much needed repair and maintenance work which led to the bad state of Namatanai Secondary School”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Furthermore the Minister said, “an additional amount of K3 million under Newcrest Tax Credit Scheme (TCS) that will be spent on Namatanai Secondary during the year for further facelift on the school buildings and facilities. This funding thankfully is supported by the New Ireland Provincial Government (NIPG) and me as the local MP. These funds are prioritized funding for Namatanai Secondary. I hope that every single toea of these funds are expended and accounted for so that the state of the school buildings and facilities been condemned get a real facelift because there is definitely more money now available for Namatanai Secondary maintenance”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I call on the contractors to work well within the short time remaining by doing diligent and quality work so that the children can start their classes as scheduled by the Department of Education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also ask all the parents whose children will be attending Namatanai Secondary in 2012 to be patient and allow the identified maintenance work to go ahead unimpeded before the students can be asked to start classes for 2012,” Chan said.</span></div></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-81182501084667469142011-10-11T11:20:00.001+10:002011-10-11T11:59:40.427+10:00Chan assures Aussie counterpart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">MINING minister Byron Chan has reassured his </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Australian counterpart Martin Ferguson that Australia’s investment in the mining sector in Papua New Guinea will not be deterred by the proposed amendments to the mining act.</span></strong> </div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Minister Chan who was accompanied by MRA acting managing director Kepas Wali and First Secretary Gaius Toaligur met with Mr Ferguson, Australia’s Minister for Resources and Energy in Melbourne on Friday after returning from a mining conference in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accra, Ghana where he briefed him of the current mining review and other policy issues the government will undertake.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“I assured the Federal Minister on Australia’s huge investment in PNG’s mining sector that there is no immediate changes to the act to give ownership back to landowners. Currently, the State owns the resources,” Chan said.</span></div> <br />
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He told Mr Ferguson that the decision to make the amendment to the 1992 mining act is only political but made an undertaking to immediately set up a special committee to look into the changes.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“I cannot change the policy overnight with PNG already having multi-billion kina companies operating in the extractive industry. Anything to change will be drastic and a big blow to the economy.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“However, my immediate agenda now is to look into the mining act and amend certain provisions of the act with consultation from all stakeholders so that landowners, government and investors are equally benefited,” minister Chan said.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The minister also noted that he will be pushing for a policy to be in place within the proposed mining act for an establishment of environment protection and rehabilitation fund.</span> <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The fund he said will assist mining areas and increase more benefit for landowners and provincial governments where mining operations are currently in progress.</span> <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Meanwhile, Mr Ferguson thanked his counterpart and said the meeting is a forward for the two countries and paves way for the upcoming Australia – PNG bilateral ministerial forum in Canberra this week.</span> <br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">INDIA's high commissioner His Excellency A.M Gondane made a courtesy call on mining minister Byron Chan’s office recently to discuss investment opportunities that India would like to explore in the mining and petroleum sector in Papua New Guinea.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mr Gondane who took office three weeks ago after serving as Ambassador in Washington was mostly impressed about the country’s overall economic growth performance of eight percent which he said is similar to India.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On a diplomatic note he said India and Papua New Guinea are developing nations and share similar development setbacks including poverty, health, education and over population and there needs to be <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>greater cooperation between the two countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One important aspect of their meeting was the need to have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place between the PNG Government and the Central Government of India.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The MOU in their brief discussions have looked at several key issues that would be more beneficial to the mining sector in PNG which India has agreed to provide through its ministry of mining.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“We would like to participate and we are ready in areas of exploration and extraction where we would like our relationship to be respectable to host country,” Mr Gondane said.</span></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">MINING minister Byron Chan has reassured PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum executive director Greg Anderson that the proposed amendment to the Mining Act 1992 will not deter investors.</span> </strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He made the statement after learning that several individuals decided to bring back Sir Michael from his sick bed in Singapore just to attend parliament this week. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Speaking as a close son and with family ties going back decades minister Chan said, “We don’t have proper medical facilities in the country to sustain Sir Michael’s life especially when he has gone through three surgeries. He is better off in Singapore then being forced out to take a long journey to PNG”.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“I’m very mindful of this and who knows we might lose the father of this nation in the process. I need to see those responsible to think more mature and not play politics at the outset. Life of Sir Michael is important than playing petty politics,” the minister reiterated. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-71425244455583281502011-08-29T09:26:00.001+10:002011-08-29T09:29:57.039+10:00Chan clears air on proposed mining policy review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><strong closure_uid_ifef8r="115">MINING Minister Byron Chan says he stands by his policy statement that resource ownership rights must go back to the people provided there is wide consultation between the state, landowners and industry partners.</strong></span> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span closure_uid_qls7z6="144" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Speaking during a mine tour to <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Simberi</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Island</placetype></place> on Thursday he assured the business community and particularly industry participants in the mining sector that the proposed changes to the Mining Act 1992 which has now become a heated debate in the media will not affect their operations.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“Let me assure the business community and especially the mining industry in the country that there will be no immediate policy changes to the existing laws until proper case study and wide consultation with the industry and relevant stakeholders is carried out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“As government we will try as much as possible to polish up the policy that I believe will be suitable for all Papua New Guineans. If it means for us to go out and study other countries whose mining activities and laws are similar to what we are proposing then let it be. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“I believe this will enlighten us to see for ourselves how best we can fine tune the policy that we will be implementing in the O’Neill/Namah Government to benefit our resource owners, non-resource owners and industry partners in the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“I must stress also that this is not a deliberate attempt to discredit any mining firm or developer in the country. In fact there’s nothing new. All I’m saying is for developers to recognise resource owners as custodians of their own land in the proposed policy,” the mining minister said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He said if the developers cannot live up to the policy, they should not waste their time in the country but to pack and move to allow for other investors who are keen and can respect resource owner rights and work closely with them to bring about meaningful development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“I’d like to clear the air on landownership rights, which is the bigger issue raised here and abroad by respective mining commentators and relative industries. For example, I appreciate what Australian Minister Neil Swan said recently – “that <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Australia</place></country-region> and Australians must benefit from the existing mining boom and enhance the country’s economic position through policy changes”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Minister Swan also goes on to elaborate how Australian businesses were “missing out on the supplies procurement of machinery, goods and services which Australian companies and Australians can provide”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“Likewise, my statement is principally the same through with greater landowner rights, though this policy would take at least six months before the “policy changes” be brought to Parliament for debate,” Chan said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Minister Chan said this would take time to properly assess with other existing policies and an appropriate case study to be done by his department, MRA and all industry stakeholders to properly substantiate the proposed changes, though until then the “Status quo remains” business as usual.</span></div><div closure_uid_qls7z6="112"></div></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-86124302585856041372011-08-29T09:22:00.002+10:002011-08-29T09:29:10.504+10:00Resource owners still in the dark: Chan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span closure_uid_x021dy="112" lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong closure_uid_x021dy="116">MOST resource owners in the country must be made aware that for so long considerable wealth has been siphoned through public equities and not from the actual sale of minerals.</strong></span></div><div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span closure_uid_x021dy="115" lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">They are misled to believe that resource developers make millions of kina through the sale of commodities such as gold, copper, silver and nickel.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_x021dy="114"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mining Minister Byron Chan highlighted this today during his first ministerial visit to the landowners and company executives of multi-million kina Lihir and Simberi mines respectively.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Most of us have little knowledge about the way resource developers actually make money. We’ve been led to believe that their benefit comes from the sale of gold, copper, silver, nickel and carbon energy. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“But since taking office I have come to learn that significant wealth is accumulated in the public equities that are bought, sold, and traded on international stock exchanges using our resources. Company stocks soar on news of the granting of exploration and mining licenses and, to date, no party in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Papua New Guinea</place></country-region> has seen any tangible benefit,” Minister Chan said. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chan who is also the Member for Namatanai, the richest electorate in Papua New Guinea that houses world class mines in its backyard such as Lihir, Simberi and Nautilus wants to see new changes for resource owners and the nation at large. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“So today, in the dawning of the new paradigm for mining in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Papua New Guinea</place></country-region>, my office is exploring ways to insure that the expansion of shareholder value in the global equity markets for announcements made, and rights granted by my office include benefit that flows to landowners and the nation. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Using state-of-the art quantitative market tools, we have begun a process of learning the value of our intangible asset announcements – our granting of licenses – and we will develop world-class methods to insure that when our resource developers win, our people win alongside them,” Chan said. </span></div><div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He also would like to see more dialogue between mining companies and industry partners to fully understand clearly the motive behind his proposed amendments to the Mining Act 1992.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The minister raised this concern after learning that both foreign and local commentators in the media misunderstood the nature of his move and what it meant for resource owners in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Papua New Guinea</place></country-region>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“In my capacity as the Minister for Mining, it is well known that I have long stood with citizens of <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Papua New Guinea</place></country-region> in calling for a more equitable participation in the benefit extracted from the land and sea of this country. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“For many years, ministers before me have been advised to favour mining operators under the veiled threat that, standing up for our rights and interests would intimidate investment in development of our country’s resources. This advice has placed our interests secondary to those of the international markets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“However, as we see the global markets transform, with economies from the U.S to Europe to Asia undergoing considerable stress, the assets of this country are highly desired and, in this time, the maturing Papua New Guinea must now stand side by side with nations of the world, expecting and receive mutual respect, dignity for our people, and appropriate sharing in the abundance of our resource wealth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“My office is undertaking a comprehensive review of a number of initiatives that you will hear about in the coming weeks and months. Abuse of our land, sea and people will be addressed. But even more than that, abuse of our government’s actions will be addressed,” Minister Chan said. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt;">He reiterated that the O’Neill /Namah Government will focus on four key policy Issues that include:</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">· </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Recognition and protection of traditional landowner’s right to mineral ownership on or under their traditional land and seabed;</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">· </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Urgent review of the mining legal regime;</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">· </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Deep-sea mining; and</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div closure_uid_x021dy="127"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">· </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Environmental Protection. </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span closure_uid_x021dy="126" lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The minister noted the four policy directions would take time to be properly assessed with other existing policies and an appropriate case study will be done by the mining department and MRA and local and international advisors and consultations with all industry stakeholders to properly substantiate the proposed changes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The policy would take at least six (6) months before the “policy changes” be brought to Parliament for debate. </span></div></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-14410089307569498402011-08-15T17:51:00.002+10:002011-08-15T18:00:47.035+10:00Give resource ownership back to the people: Chan (Speech)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="Pa2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HTIy31QpPt7eMRkvXYGTwGKU7tLFPBvXzpkz14O7xU-PzCwL4yVyU4nKBRLju8-wNhVQEbyihxTCJiRpv2nppui8B5Vu7iaDHyAMAV-MGvQcQT4nxSdh-bfhyWStcn9kiFnhe6rQDr0/s1600/PNGEMBLEM2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HTIy31QpPt7eMRkvXYGTwGKU7tLFPBvXzpkz14O7xU-PzCwL4yVyU4nKBRLju8-wNhVQEbyihxTCJiRpv2nppui8B5Vu7iaDHyAMAV-MGvQcQT4nxSdh-bfhyWStcn9kiFnhe6rQDr0/s1600/PNGEMBLEM2.JPG" /></a></div><br />
</div><div align="center" class="Pa2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Futura BT';">OFFICE OF THE MINISTER F OR MINING </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Futura BT';"></span></div><div align="center" class="Pa2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span class="A2"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>BREAKFAST ADDRESS TO DIVISIONAL HEADS OF MINING DEPT & MRA BY HON. BYRON CHAN, MP </strong></span></span></div><div align="center" class="Pa2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="A2"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt;">AT YACHT CLUB </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Futura BT';"></span></strong></div><div align="center" class="Pa2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Futura BT';">Thursday, 11th August, 2011</span></div><div align="center" class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Good morning ladies and gentlemen, </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I would like to acknowledge the presence of Prime Minister Hon. PETER O’NEILL, Minister for Finance & Treasury Hon. DON POLYE, Minister for Education, Hon. THEO ZURENOUCH, Works and Transport Minister Hon. FRANCIS AWESA, New Ireland Governor Sir JULIUS CHAN, Mining Secretary Ms NELLI JAMES, MRA Managing Director KEPAS WALI, representatives from the PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum and other distinguished guests and Media representatives. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thank you everyone for coming. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As your new Minister for Mining, I would like to brief you on your key policy issues that the <b>O’Neill-Namah Government </b>will focus on in the mining industry during our term of office. The four key policy issues are: </span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Recognition and protection of traditional landowner’s right to mineral ownership on or under their traditional land and seabed; </span></b></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Urgent review of the mining legal regime; </span></b></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Deep-sea mining; and </span></b></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Environmental Protection. </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Let me take you through the briefly how each of these issues will be addressed by the <b>O’Neill-Namah Government. </b></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">TRADITIONAL LANDOWNERS’ CLAIM TO MINERAL OWNERSHIP </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Traditional landowners’ ownership claim to all hard-rock minerals and petroleum (oil and gas) has never been debated since <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Independence</place></city> to the present. The only time issue was debated was in the colonial House of Assembly. At that time, when Bougainville Copper was being developed, the <place w:st="on">Bougainville</place> landowners claimed that by virtue of their ownership of the land under which the minerals were found, they were owners of the minerals. Land and minerals are part of the same thing; they cannot be separated. Their argument was rejected in the House and the Australian precedent was followed. Since then we have adopted a legislation based on Australian experience that vests mineral ownership in the State and not the landowners. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I would like to make two points about this historical record. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">First, <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Australia</place></country-region> has always been treated as a land mass owned by no one – the technical term is <b><i>terra nullius</i></b>. Based on the legal fiction, the Australian Aboriginals were not recognized as citizens capable of owning land until as recently as 1971 when they were given citizenship. But the <b><i>terra nullius </i></b>doctrine remained until it was thrown out by the <b><i>Mabo Case </i></b>in 1992. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The legal consequence of the terra nullius doctrine is this: since no one owned the Australian land mass, the Crown was the absolute owner. Upon attaining independence from <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Great Britain</place></country-region>, the Australian States became owners of the mass and minerals. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That cannot be said in the case of Papua New Guineans have always owned the land handed down from one generation to the next since time immemorial. Commodore Erskine’s Proclamation of part of our country as a British Protectorate from Hanuabada, next to where we are, recognized and protected customary rights to the land. Customary land ownership was protected; not taken away unlike in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Australia</place></country-region>. From then on to the present, customary land ownership has been recognized and protected. Consequently, we are told that 97% of the land in PNG is owned by customary landowners. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Therefore, there was no reason – like the Australian reason – existed in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Papua New Guinea</place></country-region> for the colonial House of Assembly to divest the customary landowners’ of their property rights in minerals and petroleum and vest them in the State. Without debating and carefully considering the unique historical circumstances of <country-region w:st="on">Australia</country-region> with that of <country-region w:st="on">Papua New Guinea</country-region>, successive governments since <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Independence</place></city> have allowed the law taking away mineral rights of the traditional landowners to remain. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The <b>O’Neill-Namah Government </b>will change that. This Government sees that <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Papua New Guinea</place></country-region> was not a land mass belonging to no one. On the contrary, it was, it is, and it will always be a land that belongs to thousands of tribes who have lived here for thousands of years. Therefore, it is proper that the mining and petroleum legislations recognize and protect what has always belonged to the people in the first place. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To do so will amount to correct a moral wrong – the wrong that what belonged to the landowner was taken away without their consent, taken freely by the force of law. Just as the <b><i>Mabo Case </i></b>in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Australia</place></country-region> corrected the historical error of the <b><i>terra nullius </i></b>doctrine, this Government too intends to correct the wrong we have done to our people by taking away their mineral rights by the force of law. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Second, I understand the historical justifications for vesting ownership of minerals in the State during the debate in the Colonial House of Assembly to be based on three key justifications: </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">• Revenue generation for the young nation; </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">• Equitable distribution of briefs; and </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">• Uniform development </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I do not see how the revenue generated from mining projects will not benefit the State if and when the minerals are owned by the traditional landowners. On the contrary, the more money Papua New Guineans earn from the sale of their minerals, the more the State will benefit. The State can still generate revenue through the taxation regime as well, just like it does today. Therefore, this argument can no longer hold. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In relation to equitable distribution, I think the current regime under State ownership is concentrating wealth in a few landowners who, according to the current law we have, are not owners of the minerals. So, effectively, State ownership has enriched a few landowners at the expense of the vast majority. Accordingly, this justification too must go. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">While uniform development is ideal, at least State ownership of minerals and petroleum have not caused development to be promoted on a comparatively equal basis throughout the country. In fact, even the mining and petroleum areas like Kutubu oil and Lihir gold. So, this justification too must be out. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">From one standpoint, Papua New Guineans wonder why the law allows mineral royalty benefits to be given to the landowners in the project areas if they are not owners of the minerals. I know the Government transfers its royalty entitlements to the landowners, but the perception is that because the State’s royalty entitlements to the landowners, but the perception is that because the State’s royalty is not shared with all the rest of Papua New Guinea apart from the landowners, it is seen as if the landowners are receiving these benefits because they are owners of the minerals; when they are not, in fact they are. So, the <b>O’Neill-Namah Government </b>re-vesting or restoring traditional landowners’ mineral ownership will not disturb the status quo as some might think. Instead, the law will be revised merely to recognize and legitimize the current practice. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Before I close on this point and move to the second, let me point out to one more reason why mineral ownership must be restored in the traditional landowners. Some development researchers found, from a comparative study, that developing countries that are mineral-resource-rich like Papua New Guinea are cursed when traditional ownership rights is taken away by the State and the transferred to others, especially external investors to own, mine and control is extraction. However, developing countries who allow their domestic companies and citizens to own and control majority of the interest s in mineral projects avoid going through the resource curse. Therefore, the <b>O’Neill-Namah Government </b>believes that recognizing and protecting landowners’ rights to their minerals and ensuring that they stake a large share of what they own will beat the resource curse and place this country on an accelerated pace of development. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We must note three important facts; </span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Governor of the New Ireland Provincial Government, who has been voted vocal on this point in the recent past, has put a Motion in Parliament in 2009, which the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Mining and Petroleum has taken up, to review the mining laws to transfer ownership to the landowners. The Committee, I believe, is touring the country to gauge views of the people on this issue. I would be surprised if the Committee does not receive 100% in favour of allowing traditional landowners to won the minerals beneath their land. </span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The National Goals and Directive Principles of the PNG Constitution, and the last Government’s Vision 2050 call for empowerment of Papua New Guineans to own and control bulk of the economic activities in this country. Hardly Papua New Guineans are involved in the mineral industry although we have been independent for 35 years. Restoring ownership to traditional landowners, we believe, will allow Papua New Guineans to move towards the achievement of their Constitutional goals. </span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Protecting and recognizing traditional landowners’ rights to mineral ownership will not affect current mining projects. It will apply to future mineral projects only, after reviewing and revising the mining legislation to amend the provision that vests property in all minerals in PNG in the State, and divest them to the customary landowners. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Now let me move on to my second point. </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">URGENT REVIEW OF HE MINING LEGAL REGIME </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The second agenda I will deal with during my term as Minister this year is to review all the laws on or relating to mining. From my personal experience, the following are some of the problems presented by the set of current mining legislations:</span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Consultation with the Provincial and Local-Level Governments. There must be a provision for meaningful and substantive consultation process at every step of the mining process between the Provincial and Local-Level Governments in whose province an exploration or development licence is granted. The Open Member of Parliament in whose electorate the mining activity is taking place must also be included.</span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Provisions requiring financial capacity and technical capability must be reconsidered to determine how it will discourage junior Papua New Guinean mining companies from entering the industry. If it is prohibitive, then it would amount to failing to give effect to the National Goals and Directive Principles of the PNG Constitution which calls for bulk of the economic enterprises to be controlled by Papua New Guineans: if opportunities are denied to build the necessary experience and build up technical capacity from trial and error by entering the industry, then when will they get the experience, and how will they build up the technical expertise?</span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Enforcement of the mining laws will be reviewed in order to provide clarity as to who has authority to do it, and how it must be enforced. This will have to include raising of the penalty fines which, at present I believe, is only up to a maximum of K1,000.00.</span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Critical review of the MRA Act o overhauls the MRA Board so that the conflict of interest inherent in the provision for the Regulated to be present with the Regulated to be present with the Regulators is dealt with and ironed out. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa1" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa1" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I am aware of policy reforms and law s being drafted by my Department on these and other issues. I will support these reforms and look forward to work closely with the staff and management of MRA and the Department of Mineral Policy and Geohazard Management to ensure that the views of the people of this country, the true owners of the rich mineral resources, are recognized and protected. The O’Neill-Namah Government is a government by the people of the people and for the people. And we will ensure that their interest becomes our utmost interest. </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LEGISLATION FOR OFFSHORE OR DEEP-SEA MINING </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Just as we have proceeded into developing our natural gas resources without a specific legislation governing the development and export of our natural gas resources, we have also allowed deep-sea mining to take place without a specific legislation governing and regulating deep-sea mining. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This government will ensure that during the mining legal regime review process, a deep-sea mining policy and legislation is adopted and passed. We must protect and properly regulate deep-sea mining. The current Mining Act 1992 is insufficient to regulate this sector of the industry. I will expect MRA and my department to work on this legislation as soon as possible. My Department, I’m advised, has drafted a deep-sea mining policy by now. We will move fast on that. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT FUND </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The fourth and final point before I sit down is that I would like an Environmental Disaster Management Fund to be set up as soon as possible. All mining companies will be required to contribute to this Fund annually, will be sustainable managed, so that in the event of an environment disaster like in Ok Tedi or elsewhere, monies from this Fund will be used to clean up, restore and rehabilitate the environment. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I would like the support of the Department and MRA to look into the setting of this Fund immediately. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">CONCLUSION </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Papua New Guinea</span></span></place></country-region><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is an island of gold floating on a sea of oil powered by gas, as they say, and this is true, compared to the small population and the large world-class mining projects we have and the oil projects. Yet, the living conditions of our people tell a different tale. </span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The <b>O’Neil-Namah Government</b>, by restoring mineral ownership back to the landowners, wants to improve the lives of the people and allow them to own their mineral wealth. Papua New Guineans, as landowners, can become important and equal partners with international investors with the skills, tools, capital and equipment to mine and develop mineral ore deposits for their mutual enrichment. </span></span></div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="Pa0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The State then becomes the regulator; not owner and regulator at the same time. As owners, the landowners will make or break the mineral projects. The endless and bag-load of claims against the State by landowners will become something of the past. The O’Neill-Namah Government recognizes that these policy changes are good for all stakeholders. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="A0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thank you.</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"></span></b></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-41084097164849285022011-07-22T09:38:00.001+10:002011-08-15T17:13:16.595+10:00Chan urges his people to be self-reliant<br />
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</tbody></table> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">NAMATANAI MP Byron Chan has urged his people to be self reliant and not to rely entirely on government handouts. </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">He made the call following the recent launch of two community projects in the Namatanai Local Level Government (LLG).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The two projects include the newly established aid post in the Muliama community and a three classroom building at Lipek, Susurunga and Tanglamet constituency at the expense of the respective local communities.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“I’m happy to see that at least people are now beginning to take responsibility upon themselves to move away from the traditional mentality of waiting for government services to be delivered at their door steps,” he said. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mr Chan further noted that if communities need real development at the local level, they need to organise themselves first and work collaboratively to bring about services to better their lives. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The MP praised both communities for their commitment and dedication towards having basic services closer to their communities and especially the communities of ward 17 and 28 of the Namatanai LLG for contributions towards development.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“Both the Muliama aid post and elementary classroom where initiatives of the respective communities that wanted the services closer to home. This was the community’s efforts towards having better services for women and children and I applaud such community programs,” Mr Chan said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The MP also stressed that all LLG’s in Namatanai district had already been given K2 million in District Services Improvement Program (DSIP) and K2 million in royalties from 2007 to 2011.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">He further committed K70,000 towards the Muliama growth centre concept which will service nearby communities and people traveling in from Anir and Konoagil LLGs.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, the Lipek elementary school has also benefited from the assistance by governor Sir Julius Chan and MP Byron Chan of which the MP committed K50,000 towards the Lipek health centre maternity ward and maintenance program as well as a truck for Lipek and Warangansau top-up schools in the Namatanai LLG. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>A total of K400,000 has been earmarked to improve transport and agriculture services in Namatanai electorate this year.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Namatanai Joint District and Budget Priority Committee (JD&BPC) under the District Support Improvement Program (DSIP) recently approved the Transport and Agriculture projects for 2010 and 2011.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The JDP appropriation will include:</div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>The purchase of 10 trucks for the remaining top-up primary schools in the district and;</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Purchase of 20 boats to assist surrounding islands and the Konoagil Local Level Governments (LLGs) with the transportation of copra, cocoa, and market goods to the buying points and;</li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Buying of additional water tanks that will be supplied to all LLGs that experienced difficulties during the Elnino type drought.</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal">From the K400,000 project funding, K100,000 will go towards transport while another K100,000 will be for agriculture as grants for all five LLGs in the Namatanai district.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The JD&BPC also endorsed the remaining balance of K200,000 for agriculture particularly coffee and to conduct Cocoa Pod Borer (CPB) awareness programs by the district didimans (agriculture advisers).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile, Member for Namatanai Byron Chan who is also the chairman of the Namatanai JD&BPC noted that the coffee and CPB programmes were approved in 2010, but due to slow implementation has been brought forward to this month.<span> </span></div></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-80922616524441067352011-07-22T09:28:00.002+10:002011-07-22T09:28:43.638+10:00MP lauds Australian Doctors International<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MEMBER </span>for Namatanai Byron Chan has commended the recent visit by provincial health officials and the Australian volunteer doctors to the electorate.<span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">“I sincerely like to express my sincere appreciation to ADI-Australian volunteer doctors association and New Ireland province medical team who travelled throughout the Konoagil LLG- rural health centres last month,” the MP said.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“The initiative by the Australian Doctors International (ADI) and NIP provincial government has been a great success by both parties.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He called on the ADI and provincial government to continue such services for the province as this initiative has given hope to the rural population which will be also scrutinized and budget appropriated to upgrade and maintain proper health services to the people.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mr Chan applauded the current initiative which Namatanai would also like to participate in future ongoing programs. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He also commended all local officers attached to the program for their dedication and commitment to serve the rural population as well as providing and aiding ADI doctors.</div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-79920073728723471732011-06-03T18:49:00.000+10:002011-06-03T18:49:35.480+10:00Simberi, Lihir face probe<b>Mining Minister John Pundari has assured Parliament that he will order an investigation into the operation of Simberi gold mine and Lihir Gold Limited for not honouring their memorandum of agreement (MoA) obligations.</b><br />
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He was responding to questions raised by Namatanai MP Byron Chan, who wanted to know if the minister and his department were aware that the two mining companies in his electorate were not recognising the legitimate landowners of the mining areas.The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-32275250524128594092011-03-11T02:40:00.004+10:002011-03-11T03:12:19.268+10:00Chan calls on government to stop the signing of MOPU environment permit<m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">By TERENI KENS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">MEMBER for Namatanai Byron Chan has described the government as greedy, shameful, ignorant, and shows no mercy as it tries to sign yet another environment permit to allow Newcrest to begin Million Ounces Production Output (MOPU) on its site at Lihir Island.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Currently the developer, Newcrest is producing approximately 800,000 ounces of gold per year and would like to increase that to more than 400,000 ounces (K200m –K400m) this year which the government is expected to sign today at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Port Moresby. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mr Chan said this would be a slap in the face and a shameful act by the government as it has not handled the Simberi and Nautilus issues that are pending government intervention over environment pollution and landowner woes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“I’d like to say that isn’t that enough. What’s happening with Nautilus and Simberi? I do not see any logic in this. The government’s agenda is to bulldoze the people of New Ireland and entertain the company and its own agenda. The people are real losers,” said frustrated Mr Chan.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">He further added that the government is the biggest beneficiary of resources derived from Namatanai taking into account the lucrative mines like Lihir, Simberi and now Nautilus which contributed immensely to the national coffers but to date there’s nothing to show for in terms of development. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> “Not only it has that but from the agriculture produce as well such as copra, coffee and cocoa. Yet my people suffer the most when it comes to tangible development and other spin of benefits.” </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mr Chan stressed that the environment study on Lihir cannot be proved in principle. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Surely, the government must defend and protect the people’s rights and benefits. In fact this is not done. Where is the interest? There is no significant impact project from the state that has not been forced otherwise. The government is irresponsible to go ahead with the signing because it has not consulted the people and their local level governments, he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“The government must consider the plight of the people. I’m calling on the government to stop the issuance of any licenses of MOPU but put in place a benefit package in terms of infrastructure, roads and bridges, district development plans, provincial government and Lihir destiny plan. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“This must be achieved before the signing goes ahead. Basically there have been no constructive discussions on benefits with the provincial government, the local level governments and the landowners. To proceed would be regarded as another slap in the face and a shameful act by the government,” Mr Chan concluded. </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 0cm;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">By TERENI KENS</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">THE national government must be blamed for all the environment damage on Simberi Island and immediately revoke Allied Gold Limited’s mining license. </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Member for Namatanai open Byron Chan aired his frustration after learning of the cyanide spill story carried by Post-Courier in its front page yesterday.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>“The government has totally failed my people. This is not the first time; there are many issues that need to be addressed by the government. But most importantly is the environment that we care about and the livelihoods of the island people,” the member said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">He said total negligence by the government has mounted to such and the people want the government to take decisive action in addressing the many environmental problems faced by the island people.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The member has strongly called on line agencies directly responsible for this such as the Mineral Resources Authority, Department of Environment and Conservation must take action in addressing the island woes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“I had several meetings with landowners and they have expressed disgust at the developer, Allied Gold operations on the island. There was no proper environment assessment done. Rausim Allied Gold,” Mr Chan said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">He said the provincial government and the landowners are ready to take over the mine and as such want Allied Gold to quickly vacate the island. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Meanwhile, Governor of New Ireland Sir Julius Chan also spoke out in support of the Simberi landowners and people with a blunt message for the mine developer to "get out of Simberi and New Ireland if you are not willing to consult, listen and negotiate amicably with local landowners".</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-3019065815726644342011-03-02T12:43:00.000+10:002011-03-02T12:43:27.252+10:00Chan raises school transport standards in Namatanai<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;"><b> By TERENI KENS </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcGaDilbkjIvjdITEacFS4ZfXv2u5w7dyiRZkacZ0uMQcdahOS9O7MfBUwMk9Knldv05mHRBzgPCy74fPQrvplepxW3HgZrd_YTlUGMdgGSRDdFoyrKn-ZqH7og0yYQHR4llorexwbx8/s1600/Chan+launches.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcGaDilbkjIvjdITEacFS4ZfXv2u5w7dyiRZkacZ0uMQcdahOS9O7MfBUwMk9Knldv05mHRBzgPCy74fPQrvplepxW3HgZrd_YTlUGMdgGSRDdFoyrKn-ZqH7og0yYQHR4llorexwbx8/s320/Chan+launches.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">WALKING long distance to attend school for students in the Namatanai electorate in New Ireland province is now a thing of the past.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Students can now be able to commute to school on their own school truck on time and without much hassle.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Local member Byron Chan is the driving force behind this new developmental change. Mr Chan usually known as “Man for the youth” knows what’s best for the students.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">“I always believe that today’s youths are potential leaders for tomorrow and this is true in itself. That’s why I want to see students in my electorate given the best education and the facilities to use such as generator sets, computers, and internet and satellite discs. By doing this I’m building the best primary schools to be par with any urban schools,” he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Mr Chan’s aim is to have Namatanai become the model electorate in the country by providing transport services for all its primary, secondary and technical schools. He said it was his (Mr Chan) commitment in improving the quality of education in the electorate and province as a whole.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">In a recent electoral visit MP Chan together with Governor, Sir Julius Chan delivered three vehicles to schools on the west-coast Namatanai in the Sentral Niu Island LLG and one in the Namatanai urban LLG. This includes Lahur, Panaras, Kulot and Messi.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Mr Chan who is also the Joint District Priority & Budget Priority Committee Chairman (JDP&BPC) so far provided for in the budget more than K1 million this year to buy trucks for schools thus, complimenting the provincial government’s free and subsidised education policy.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">He noted that the trucks will not only help schools but the local communities as well and urged the various school boards to take good care of them. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Also the schools that benefited from this programme last year include Logogo Primary School, Namatanai Secondary and Vocational School, Fonly Township on Tanga Island. Others include Sohun and Matantiduk primary schools on the east-coast and Ulaputur, Labur, Kabanos, Tubuana and Palabong on the west-coast of Namatanai.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The other schools that the MP announced will benefit are Lihir primary where three 25-seater buses will be delivered together with several speed-boats in the next three weeks.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, apart from the trucks the member is also embarking on quality education and will be sponsoring local teachers to attend Lahara courses and curriculum development training by next year. </span></span></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-51999565634761894552011-03-01T16:20:00.001+10:002011-03-02T13:18:09.578+10:00Miner improves district infrastructure<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">For more than 20 years, the people had not seen improvement in government infrastructure such as public servants’ housing, electricity and police establishments at the Konos government station, which had led to low working morale and productivity from public servants.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
On Feb 15, however, the people and public servants at Konos feasted, danced and sang joyful hymns in celebration.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
The special occasion was the launching of 17 houses, a police station and a brand new 100 KVA generator for Konos public servants.<br />
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</span></a></span></b></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-24251261783785087352011-03-01T16:18:00.004+10:002011-03-02T13:16:04.161+10:00Drought hits Namatanai<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PEOPLE in the Kandas area of west coast of Namatanai in New Ireland are bracing themselves for hunger as the long dry spell begins to take its toll.</span></b></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
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Men and women from Waptu, Pukpuk, Semalu and Kabotan villages are reportedly walking distances to Tampakar, Kamdaru and Siaman villages to either buy food or seek relief assistance from relatives as the situation worsens.</span><br />
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A local, Wesley Bupalau, who was on holidays at Semalu village witnessed food and cash crops as well as ordinary tree withering and dying while bushfires have become a frequent occurrence.</span><br />
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He said the heat from the sun was so hot that people could not even walk around bare feet or even work in the open and the ground had also become so hot that food crops were dying.<br />
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</style> <![endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By JEFFREY ELAPA</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NEW Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan said last week that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has been automatically removed from duties.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Sir Julius, himself a two-time prime minister, made the comments last Thursday at the closing of the second council of elders conference.<br />
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</span></a> </span></b></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-71101208573187608202011-03-01T16:14:00.001+10:002011-03-02T13:12:09.281+10:00Momis for NI’s autonomy plans<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">AUTONOMOUS Region of Bougainville President John Momis has pledged his support for New Ireland to also reach autonomy.</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> He made the commitment during a family reunion at Matanakala village in Namatanai, New Ireland, district last week.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /> <br />
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</span>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-62350671833629382792011-03-01T16:04:00.001+10:002011-03-01T16:06:43.509+10:00Exchange programme bonding New Irelanders<m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIkXBEP4rCwplliaa4411UP8KIDRWm4X1B7fS4rWGtPNHhGNQIWA3QR0shqzZ5asIwhYLhEbXYDj4-Fi5JBo0hYD_-jImjp-6lhwmhfW5Bo7Gsmol6Hcnk9HjWOxMYJhMkjRXwISw_6M/s1600/nationdii_243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIkXBEP4rCwplliaa4411UP8KIDRWm4X1B7fS4rWGtPNHhGNQIWA3QR0shqzZ5asIwhYLhEbXYDj4-Fi5JBo0hYD_-jImjp-6lhwmhfW5Bo7Gsmol6Hcnk9HjWOxMYJhMkjRXwISw_6M/s320/nationdii_243.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">AN exchange programme in New Ireland has been described as the best initiative for villagers in fostering mutual understanding and relations.</span></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Former air hostess Cathy Hiob, who runs Tamed Eel Visit, said Ungalik and Voluagan islanders sailed to the mainland and exchanged their baskets for food and other goods.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
She said the programme had been running for the past 10 years where every year, the islanders came to the mainland and exchanged their goods while the mainlanders sailed to the islands. All the goods, both from the islands and mainland, had their own value.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Hiob said the programme, which had strengthened the relationship the two groups, was initiated by a man who married an islander but the trade only involved women in church groups. The idea developed further as more men became involved.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
She said although the women came from a matrilineal society, they could not exercise their right and freedom but through the programme, they were able to discuss, travel and make decision for themselves, adding that it had opened the doors for them in recognising their authority in the society and raised their status at a village level.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
So far, 34 women and 24 men are involved in the programme.<br />
Hiob said the group was also planning to take educational trips to countries like Indonesia when enough funds were raised.</div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342678814571074058.post-44400876209527839712011-03-01T15:50:00.000+10:002011-03-01T15:50:46.511+10:00Momis begins New Ireland visit<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiQtOyyuwo6FRuczE2i-Tc54OOjoECsutCg0dSvBeNitnzBTAwvwZUA_zQja9KDDsZj6AXVyoD-Vl6nTmM5Q5x6TkzuKj4s8CML9q068vTCSD-c3lGUERVJSC1jRid_zSwk9xvfhgouE/s1600/nationcii_238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiQtOyyuwo6FRuczE2i-Tc54OOjoECsutCg0dSvBeNitnzBTAwvwZUA_zQja9KDDsZj6AXVyoD-Vl6nTmM5Q5x6TkzuKj4s8CML9q068vTCSD-c3lGUERVJSC1jRid_zSwk9xvfhgouE/s320/nationcii_238.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>By JEFFREY ELAPA in Kavieng</strong></span></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"> <b>PRESIDENT of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville John Momis arrived in New Ireland for his first official visit recently to the province since he became president.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
He was received at the Kavieng Airport by New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan and members of the provincial and Namatanai district administration, including Namatanai MP Byron Chan and Deputy Governor Florence Stocken, and school children.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
Accompanying Momis was his wife and members of the Autonomous Bougainville Government.<br />
Other visiting politicians currently in the province are Western Governor Dr Bob Danaya and Sumkar MP Ken Fairweather. Both leaders were expected to join Sir Julius, Momis and the Namatanai MP in their tour of the province.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
However, their trip was cut short due to Friday’s one-day parliament sitting to swear in Michael Ogio as the ninth governor-general of Papua New Guinea.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
Momis and his delegation met with Sir Julius and members of the New Ireland executive council. They also attended the second council of elders (village chiefs) meeting in Kavieng.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
They then left for Namatanai with local MP Byron Chan to launch and deliver several projects in the district.<br />
They also witnessed the delivery of three vehicles to Lahur Primary School, police and the courts.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Two LLG buildings and the local MP’s official residence at Namatanai station will also be launched.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The group traveled to Matanakala village where Momis was reunited with some of his relatives and friends.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Meanwhile, three vehicles were also been delivered to Panaras, Kulot and Mercy primary schools on Saturday.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></b></div>The Sunday Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570646764562096455noreply@blogger.com0