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Happy to realise a vision
I REFER to the article ‘Public
officers attain Masters in Singapore’ (The National, July 18)
regarding the graduation of two officers from the Department of
National Planning and Monitoring – Igo Gari and William Sent.
As the first PNG graduate of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy in the National University of Singapore (2002-2003), I
would like to congratulate the two promising officers.
The article was very articulate and accurate but failed to state
how the MoU was secured to pave the way for Papua New Guineans to
attend that school as an alternate to attending schools in
traditional countries.
I am happy to say that I was responsible for that breakthrough
into one of the most advanced economies of the world.
I saw the need for PNG to diversify its human resource training
especially, the training of public officials and proposed the
initiative and with the foresight of Secretary Valentine Kambori
and support of Jacob Mera, former first assistant secretary of
finance and administration division of the Department of National
Planning, we secured the MoU after three years.
PNG citizens can now attend the National University of Singapore,
which is ranked 18th out of the world’s top 25 universities.
The expansion of the initiative includes Simbu provincial
government securing agreement with the Lee Kuan Yew School of
Public Policy and two secondary teachers were to have commenced
the Masters programme this month and the Department of Education
is in the process of finalising the MoU.
I am happy what I envisioned in 2002 during my studies in
Singapore has become a reality.
Joe Wemin,
Pioneer PNG graduate of LKY School
 
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