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Good work, Customs!
I REFER to the article
“Contraband” (Sept 5). The Customs officers did a good job. I
believe this is the tip of the iceberg as the seizure indicated
that such things could have been going on for a long time and
PNG had already lost millions in revenue. – Nationally
concerned, Lae
Grateful for Agiru win
I WOULD like to thank
the people of Southern Highlands for giving Anderson Pawa Agiru
a landslide victory for the governor’s seat. He has been our
choice all along and the result speaks for itself. We believe in
the leadership of Agiru and have the trust and confidence in him
to fulfil the wishes of the people, which are ensuring there is
law and order, service delivery at the district and grassroots
levels, and ensuring the public service is restructured and
appointments made on merit. To our governor, your immediate
priority is to ensure you have vibrant and impartial public
service machinery that will work not to impress but to inspire
and bring back the lost image and pride of the public service.
They are the servants and agents of service delivery and you
cannot deliver without them. – Kali Walu, Kagua-Erave, SHP
Timely move on roads
THE Baiyer-Lumusa
people’s plea to the governments to maintain the roads is timely
(Sept 4). The national and provincial governments have failed
miserably to maintain the Kumdi to Kombolopa section of the road
for decades. The nasty road accident at Baiyer Gorge two weeks
ago was a wake-up call for those responsible for maintaining the
roads to minimise car accidents. I attended the Kombolopa High
School and I share the same sentiments with the Baiyer-Lumusa
people. The new WHP Governor Tom Olga must seriously look into
this. – David K. Ulg, Georgia, USA
Accept defeat gracefully!
I REFER to a court
petition by losing candidate Luke Manasseh. Why can’t he respect
the wishes of the majority by gracefully accepting defeat? If he
thinks he is the so-called educated elite in Kandep, then he
should set aside his differences and co-operate with Don Polye.
Otherwise, it shows he lacks wisdom and understanding to accept
the outcome. – India Rasta, Via email
Highway of benefit
I REFER to the letter
“Proposed highway would create more problems” (Aug 23) by “NCD
Boy”. The writer failed to realise the enormous benefits and
opportunities that this proposed highway would bring. Of course,
there will be implications in the long term, the benefits would
certainly outweigh the cost three to four times. The proposed
project is not as useless as the writer suggested. – Casper
Auntari, Port Moresby
Happy for Rambi
WE, the students from
Mul-Baiyer electorate at the University of Goroka (UOG), would
like to congratulate Sani Rambi for being appointed the Internal
Security Minister. It is a bonus for the people of Mul-Baiyer
Lumusa that their MP is now a minister. We trust that you would
deliver basic services and bring development to the people of
Mul-Baiyer Lumusa electorate. – Joseph Wambi, Mul-Baiyer UOG
students representative
Okapa eyes on Oveyara
THE people of Okapa in
Eastern Highlands province have suffered long enough and wanted
a leadership change. They have spoken through their votes and
Bonny Oveyara was given their mandate. The Member must improve
Government services and bring progress to the electorate over
the next five years. Okapa was recently branded a failed
district because of a lack of political leadership and public
service. We look forward to changes and better governance in
Okapa by Oveyara. – Kandre Serave, Port Moresby
Find workable solutions
I REFER to the
statements by Don Polye a few weeks ago. He mentioned that there
had been too many changes in policies, yet no actual work had
been done. There are so many factors such as policies,
infrastructure, management, employment conditions, etc, that
contributed to non-delivery of goods and services. The
Government has tried changing policies and management, yet still
end up with the same result. If these factors fail to bring
about the desired results, then why don’t the Government
consider other factors especially infrastructure (road network,
communication network) and public service conditions (housing
allowance, pay rise, etc) and see if these factors do the trick.
I don’t think the Government has seriously considered these
factors. – Ruthy Cruz, Port Moresby
 
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