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Government lost its direction?
THE Government seems to have forgotten what it is supposed to do. Its main
job is to educate our children, maintain our health care system, maintain
our roads, preserve law and order and protect our borders. Most of our
schools are poorly maintained, our teachers are underpaid, there are not
enough books, our clinics and hospitals are in a terrible state, our doctors
and nurses are underpaid, our roads are filled with potholes, our police and
Defence Force personnel are underpaid and do not even have enough funding to
regularly put fuel in their vehicles. While all these are happening, our
Government has been busy giving itself pay raise, and spending way too much
time and money running State-owned businesses. Maybe the way to resolve this
is to pass a law that all MPs have to put their children in public schools
and they and their families can only be treated at public clinics and
hospitals. Maybe this would help them to remember their purpose. –
Concerned citizen, via emailCrime surge in
Madang
I HAVE been in Madang for almost one year and I find that criminal
activities have increased tremendously. The police must beef up its manpower
in Madang quickly. Following an attack on three people recently, some youths
were seen stopping cars and ordering the passengers out. They did this for
almost two hours. Luckily, there were no untoward incidents but there was
not a single policeman in sight during the two-hour period. – Confused,
Madang
‘Unholy’ emphasis
A FEW days ago, when I was at Boroko, I saw a street preacher preaching the
gospel of Christ but showed scant respect for the Holy book. While
preaching, he emphasised his points by throwing the Bible several times and
even trampled on it. It is understandable that preachers get emotional and
uplifted when stressing life-saving points. However, his actions tell
another story. Although the Bible is written by human beings, the message is
inspired by God. – P. Toko, Port Moresby
How much more to suffer?
THE people of PNG have been suffering for a long time. People are dying from
curable diseases, lack of basic services, lack of clean water, low standard
of living, lack of job opportunities, etc. How much more does the Government
want the people to suffer? – The messenger, via email
Don’t treat us as kanakas
I HAVE a question for our Government. How can we call ourselves a democratic
country when we do not allow the Opposition to ask questions in Parliament
or to discuss matters affecting our nation? Is it not part of our
Constitution to have freedom of speech? Why is the Government trying to
regulate the press? If you can’t handle people criticising you, then get out
of politics. Isn’t the Government supposed to represent the people and do
what is best for our people? Please do not treat us as if we are uneducated
kanakas. – Honourable kanaka, via email
Plan wisely for basic services
IN PNG, the majority of the people live in the rural areas. Unfortunately,
these people lack basic services such as health and education services,
improved roads and bridges, communication services, etc. This unfortunate
scenario has not seen any positive change over the past years and successive
governments have done nothing to improve the people’s lives. As such, the
allocation of K4 million in the Supplementary Budget is highly commendable.
Hopefully, the MPs will use these funds to deliver much-needed services to
their people. The onus is now on the MPs to plan wisely on how they would
use the funds that will benefit the people immediately and in a long run.
People will rejoice only when the basic services reach them. – Zikiu
Songae, via email
High time for Hela province
THE time is right for the leaders and elites of Hela to join hands and
continue the fight for the separate province once and for all. Over the last
20 years, we had problems fighting the issue because the leaders had their
own hidden agenda. We now have a good chance of getting the Hela province
bill passed as the Prime Minister has more than the required two-third
majority to pass it. It is imperative this bill is introduced immediately
before the number in the Government changes. – Filamon P. Lapu, Wuhan
city, China
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