tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7498572838111462352024-02-20T21:33:36.570+10:00Morobe Elite GroupMangi Morobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09306783791869266902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749857283811146235.post-31882904286255678472010-12-07T13:41:00.001+10:002010-12-07T14:00:56.529+10:00Morobe Elite Forum<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">By Dr GAE YANSOM GOWAE</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Introduction</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This forum came about as a result of concerned Morobeans raising issues affecting Lae City, particularly the potholes and the escalating law and order problems in the city, the environmental issues affecting the local communities along the Watut River all the way to the mouth of Markham River as a result of Hidden Valley gold mining activities, and the general trends of poor government services and deteriorating state of public facilities and utilities from the district levels up to the provincial level, and thus the overall welfare of the people of Morobe province.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><placename w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lae</span></placename><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype>, the capital of <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype></place> and the hub of industrial activities in the country, and the gate way to the highland provinces has been neglected over the last 10 years or so. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Yet, <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Lae</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place> and the Morobe province boast the highest number of MPs in the National Parliament and generate much of the national government’s consolidated revenues annually. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It appears that these MPs are not working together for the betterment of the people of <placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype> and the city of <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Morobe</city></place>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Consequently, the national government is not paying much attention to the deteriorating state of <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Lae</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place> and thus the welfare of its residents and the people of Morobe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Through this forum, the issues affecting <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Lae</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place> and the people of Morobe at large can be shared and discussed to provoke attention and actions. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Morobean elites are thereby strongly encouraged to use this forum to share ideas, views and comments on any matters and issues affecting the Province and its people. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Also through this forum, the technical and professional expertise of Morobeans can be noted and recognised, and called upon for effective utilisation where and when needed in the Morobe Provincial services delivery mechanisms and programmes. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is envisaged that a database of these expertise will be compiled as the forum progresses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Vision</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The vision of this forum is for Morobeans to be wiser, happier and healthier in their city of <city w:st="on">Lae</city>, villages and the <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename></place>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The idea here is that if PNG’s new Vision 2050 is for Papua New Guineans to be wiser, happier and healthy then let that be also translated into the lives of Morobeans comes 2050.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thus this requires collective efforts from Morobeans including the hidden talents and expertise that had not been effectively utilised during the last 35 years of independence. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Purpose</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The purpose of this forum is to engage Morobean elites in the issues affecting <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype></place>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is envisaged that through this forum Morobe elites will share technical and professional ideas, views, and comments on the issues affecting the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype></place>, and thus provoke government attention and actions through effective leadership of the Province.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Objectives</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The following are some of the objectives of the forum:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in creating awareness on the issues affecting Lae city and the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype></place> as a whole; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in creating and establishing effective political and administrative leadership in attending to the issues affecting the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype></place>;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in creating effective political and management leaderships in restoring and creating harmonious living environments in <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Lae</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place>;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in creating effective political and social leaderships in promoting residents and landowners’ rights and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>discourage</u></i> settlement activities;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in creating effective political and management leaderships in protecting and promoting landowners’ rights and maximum benefits from the natural resources developments in the province;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in creating effective political and technical leaderships in protecting and promoting landowners’ rights and maximum participation in the social economic development activities in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lae City and the Province;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in providing effective technical and professional leaderships in the planning and the management of the resources and the wealth distribution in the Province; and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To assist in creating effective goods and services delivery systems for the people of <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Morobe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype></place>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Operational structure</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The forum will be run through regular informal meetings, to be held every second Monday evening after government fortnights, in the case of NCD-based Morobeans. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There won’t be any formalisation of the forum or group as yet. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The group will be operating on volunteer basis through individual commitment and interest until certain outcomes and impacts are realised to warrant the formalisation of the group. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It was noted and agreed that often the technical commitments and requirements of such registered groups led to lack of interests and participation by the members, and thus the collapse of an association.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This forum is open to all individuals of Morobeans living in PNG and abroad. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Each centre or branches of groups can organise their own meetings at their conveniences. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The meeting outcomes can be shared through email network.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Issues</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The forum identified number of issues and classified them into the following categories:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Governance</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2012 Elections (potential candidates, voters and awareness); </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Governor’s court cases (contracted legal firms); </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">District Support Improvement Programme (assets registrar, non-completion of projects); and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Morobe Provincial Government administration (transparency, deficiencies in HRD recruitment and staff development program, nepotism, aging and qualification of the public servants).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Development</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> (human and infrastructure)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lae</span></placename><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></span></place><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> roads (methods of construction using cement); and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gerson Solulu Scholarship (selection criteria, fees, postgraduate studies, job prospects).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Social</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Urbanisation (people’s rights of movement and not of settlement); </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Use of state and customary lands within the metropolitan boundary of Lae; and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Landing grounds for coastal villages (Voco Point).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Environment</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mining royalties (methods of payment, beneficiaries); and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Environmental impact study (mine waste discharge into <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Watut</placename> <placetype w:st="on">River</placetype></place> system).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">General Issues</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lae bus service (ownership, fees collected); </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Malum Nalu’s online blog; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Local MPs (lack of cooperation); </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Database in MPG (Morobe professionals, field of expertise); and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">e.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Communication strategy (dissemination of the groups discussion)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Other issues</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Your issues yet to be raised</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Way forward</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The group to work closely with authorities in Lae and Morobe Province to make Lae City a better place to live and for Morobe Province to prosper.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The group has proposed to hold a forum at the beginning of 2011 in Lae, and invite all the political leaders to come and listen to the views of the professional Morobeans. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The venue will be decided, but possibly Unitech Duncanson Hall or Rose Kekedo Centre at Unitech, pending arrangements.</span></div>Mangi Morobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09306783791869266902noreply@blogger.com4