Kiyun joins SDP board

THE PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd (SDP) has announced the appointment of Western provincial administrator Robert Kaiyun as a board director.
Kaiyun, from Karemgo village in the Middle Fly Community Mine Continuation Agreement (CMCA) region, brings a wealth of experience to the SDP board.
Before his appointment as the provincial administrator, he was the district administrator of North Fly, the provincial planner, local government manager, and had been engaged in rural development work for almost 20 years.
He travelled extensively in the province and understood the challenges the people of Western faced.
“For me, being a director on the SDP board, adds value as it is the desire of our people in terms of representation,” he said.
“I am confident I can share information with the board in terms of our development challenges, and how our people are placed because of the impact of the mine; and that I want to see SDP as a major development partner in the province,” Kaiyun said.
Kaiyun said that since his appointment as the provincial administrator, he had been working with Ok Tedi and SDP to see where they could work in partnership to supplement and complement each other’s projects in the province.
“I am confident that our people, especially from the CMCA region, will accept my appointment,” he said..
“Being a CMCA person, I know that I’ll be able to make presentations on behalf of the people at the board level and make sure that the decision we make adds value.
“We want to give the people of Western a sustainable future.
“Our people must come out from the ‘dependency syndrome’. SDP is not about the compensation, it’s about the future.
“And I think the intention of SDP is not to provide cash compensation because it is short-term.
“SDPs focus in the way it is now, is about the future in terms of e-learning, e-education, e-health, the agribusiness that we’re talking about. That’s about the future. And that’s my interest, we need to talk about the future.
“What we’ve been doing is that we’ve been talking about what I can get now. No.
“That’s why I’m excited about my appointment to the SDP board.”