Parkop making city clean

By LUKE KAMA
NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop says keeping Port Moresby clean and making it one of the best liveable cities in the Pacific is the responsibility of everyone and not only the governor or the City Commission.
Parkop, a strong advocate of clean, healthy and liveable Port Moresby, spoke at the launching of ‘Yumi Klinim Mosbi’ campaign at Boroko yesterday.
The governor said the city had changed big time over the past 10 years with new infrastructure giving a huge facelift to the city but there were still basic issues that needed to be fixed.
“We have done a lot more to move our city towards a greater city over the last 10 years,” he said.
“We have built major infrastructures and have created a lot of opportunities for our young people. but we still have a long way to go.”
Parkop said the support and cooperation of city residents, business communities and the general public were critical towards making the city clean, health and liveable.
“We have launched the campaign and we called on the business houses and our corporate citizens, institutions and all our city residents to join the campaign and clear their premises, their homes and our city.
“Businesshouses must not only concentrate on making money but also be responsible of their social obligations and support the campaign.”
The campaign has seen rubbish bins placed every 20 metres in the city, which started at Boroko and rolled out to other areas.
Paul Harricknen, a community leader representing Boroko residents, urged the city authority to be consistent with the campaign.
“We must not pretend and introduce the campaign for the sake of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting that is coming up,” he said.
“NCDC must be consistent in enforcing the campaign and littering regulations to make the city clean, healthy and liveable.” The launch was witnessed by the Moresby North-East MP and Minister for Housing and Urbanisation John Kaupa, city manager Bernard Kipit and officials from the public and private sectors.