492 vehicles bought for Apec summit, says official

THERE were 492 vehicles bought and used for the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders’ Summit in Port Moresby, says secretary for Finance Dr Ken Ngangan.
Of the 492, 166 were donated and 326 bought by the Government.
Of the 326, 119 were “low-end state purchased vehicles which have been distributed to various government departments, district and provincial governments and state-owned enterprises for administrative purposes”.
And of the remaining 207, 102 have not been returned.
The rest are being disposed of by the Finance Department through public tender.
He said the 166 donated vehicles had been given to non-government organisations, churches and charitable organisations.
“Fire trucks, ambulances and buses are being used,” Ngangan said.
“We are looking for those (102 unreturned) vehicles,” he said.
“Some of them are now with agencies and individuals who have been advised to bring them back for disposal.
“For example, 15 vehicles are now used on Covid-19 operations by the Health Department, Police and Defence Force on a temporary basis.”