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Unhappy with appointment
I AM dismayed that our ambassador in
Brussels, Isaac Lupari, has been earmarked for the chief
secretary’s post. What is the basis for this? It cannot be based
on experience even though he has served as secretary of various
departments. He was in his early 30s and hardly had any experience
when the Skate government first appointed him in 1997. So whatever
knowledge and experience he has would have been basic from his
early jobs with the Rural Development Bank and supplemented by
textbooks. I understand that his performance as ambassador in the
last three years has also been dismal at best. Port Moresby is
full of very experienced and highly-educated individuals.
What is also sad is that if he were to be removed after the
elections, he would have to be compensated with taxpayers’ money.
– Mangi Waghi, Port Moresby
Mistreated by guards
I WAS treated like an animal by
border security personnel at a checkpoint near Wabag and Western
Highlands recently. When my bus stopped at the checkpoint, I went
to a small creek for water. Three guards came up to me and
demanded K50 for washing in the creek. When I refused, they
grabbed me and took me to a cell where I was assaulted. One guard
then offered to release me if I paid him K10. I was kept in the
cell for three hours and punched every time I tried to speak. –
Tony Sulupin, Lae
Punish academics
I AM disgusted at the way the
so-called academics at the University of Technology (Unitech) have
gone about to resolve their dispute with the administration.
They were educated and trained at the higher institutions in PNG
and other countries at the expense of the people and swore to
serve the country. In their quest for better benefits, it is
unfair for them to cause our future leaders and workforce to
suffer. They should use other available means to resolve their
grievances. I hope the court will punish them severely to deter
similar incidents in future. – Concerned Parent, Kundiawa
Proceed with elections
THE Permanent Parliamentary Committee
on Law and Order, which is of the opinion that the time is not
right for a general election and that the term of the present
Parliament therefore be extended by another year, needs to look
further ahead. The Government has been struggling to address law
and order issues all along. Can it do so in the next months? Let
us proceed with the elections and select robust, dynamic and
ethical leaders who can bring prosperity to the country. – No
extension please, Via email
Fund Boram hospital
THE Boram hospital in Wewak is in
dire need of an upgrade, maintenance, supplies and a whole list of
other things. The hospital services both the Sepik provinces and
should have been one of the major consideration of the
Government’s K600 million development package for East Sepik. The
Sepik provinces are among the worst-affected by malaria and other
diseases. It is not too late to make some changes to the K600
million package and direct some funds to Boram hospital. –
Concerned Sepik, Australia
Clinic for cancer detection
I WISH to clarify a report headlined
“IMR women in drive for cancer machine” on March 13 which
contained some factual errors. The aim of Healthy Women Healthy
PNG (HWHPNG) is to provide education and awareness on cancer to
women, in an effort to prevent rather than cure. Our aims do not
include the raising of money to purchase a radiotherapy machine as
at this stage we do not believe it is achievable. We are, however,
working towards the establishment of a clinic in Goroka where
women can receive diagnostic services for the detection of cancers
instead of travelling to Lae. Our efforts extend to both the rural
and urban areas of the province. – Susan Gandi, Executive,
HWHPNG
Editor’s note: The report was based on a
speech Mrs Gandi made at the PNG Institute of Medical Research on
March 8 and we stand by it.
 
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