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GOOD morning. Whether you are snapping open this morning’s newspaper over
the crisp linen-shrouded table on the patio overlooking the Coral Sea,
or hounding the kids out of the bathroom so that Dad, who is obviously
the worse for wear, can do something about his stubble and his bad
temper – welcome!
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IT is Thursday the 13th. And that’s not conducive to the effervescence
that normally accompanies the early morning. Those who are their own
bosses are encouraged to stay in bed, where at least the parameters are
understood.
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THE PNG media, for so long muzzled over the Moti affair, will now have
the freedom to publish the results of the Defence Force inquiry and
perhaps demand an explanation from our leaders. At least our citizens
could then catch up with what has been public property overseas for
weeks.
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REPORTS say that cars imported from overseas are being readily stolen
from the capital’s wharves. We can’t help wondering how this can happen.
Cars are not exactly pocket handkerchiefs that can be made to appear and
disappear at will. Such an activity must involve quite a few people –
and what are the Customs officials doing while the lads are pinching the
cars?
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WE certainly agree with the NCD’s Powes Parkop – our capital needs some
innovative, attractive architecture. Most of the old timber buildings
that made Port Moresby a pleasant colonial haven have vanished; they
were no longer appropriate for a bustling melting pot of tribes. But
what has replaced them has generally been bland architectural modernism
at its cheapest and least imaginative.
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ISN’T it about time that far-sighted citizens began some sort of
rearguard action against the constant demands for new provinces? At the
rate we’re going PNG will become so fractured in the near future that
attempts to govern the nation will be doomed to failure. Ignorance is
fuelling these demands coupled with a refusal to recognise that the only
hope for this nation’s survival lies in the strength of unity.
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