Invest for the future, says Polye

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Works and Transport Don Polye has challenged resource landowners throughout the country to invest for the future rather than spending all for now.
He issued the challenge last Friday during the launching of the upgraded website for the Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC), the trustee of the petroleum and mineral resources landowners’ stakes in the country.
Polye said from past experiences, there had been carefree spending by landowners without giving any second thought about the future and it was of paramount importance for landowners to invest for the future.
“We must invest for tomorrow. We must live for tomorrow. Let’s not live for today but live for the future.”
He challenged that the landowners, especially the multi-billion-kina PNG LNG project landowners from Hides, Angore, Gobe and Juha  in the Southern Highlands, that landowners of world-class Porgera mine in nearby Enga was a good example for them to learn.
Polye said he did not want to go into details because of a conflict of inertest as he was from Enga, however, he said it was a good example where landowners should consider and make wise decisions.
“Landowners must be responsible and invest for future. Papua New Guinea cannot change if we don’t invest in the future,” he added.