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Able and willing sponsor
By DAVID KAPI
Able Computing has
committed 25% of every personal computers sold to help fund the
PNG team to the Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, in August.
Sales manager Maria Bautista said that the mechanics of
sponsorship initiative was developed by the company to give
something back to the community and is also strongly supported
by Brisbane-based owners Andrew and Marijun Locke, who
themselves have represented PNG in the then South Pacific Games
in the 1990s.
Ms Bautista said that so far they have sold about 300 computers
and that by end of July it was possible to raise more than
K25,0000 to support the contingent.
She also took the opportunity to thank major clients such as Air
Nigini, Telikom, Department of Education, Pacific Adventist
University, and UPNG for their support to realise the vision in
supporting the athletes. At the same time she appealed to the
corporate entities, government departments and the general
public to buy computers at Able Computing top help fund the
cause.
The 2007 Pacific Games team manager Numa Alu said that it was a
great support by the company as PNG was aiming to take its
biggest contingent ever to the games in August.
"Thank you Able Computing for your contribution and hope we win
more medals than we did in the past games," Alu said.
The collected amount will be presented in July before the PNG
teams departs for Samoa.
 
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