PM: Start preparing now

 PAPUA New Guinean athletes must start preparing now for the 2015 Pacific Games, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says.

Speaking at welcome reception on Team PNG’s return from topping the XI Pacific Mini Games in Wallis and Futuna, O’Neill said the 2015 Pacific Games would be the next biggest regional sporting event.

He told the athletes the 2015 Games to be hosted by Port Moresby would be bigger and they had to prepare for it.

A team from the Games organising committee led by chairwoman Emma Waiwai attended the Wallis Games to present a report on preparations for the 2015 Games.

The organisers reassured the Pacific Games Council of its commitment to deliver the best ever games in 2015.

Waiwai announced the country would be ready to host all athletes and officials in 2015.

 “The 2015 Pacific Games will be next and we will be ready for you,” she said.  The Games Organising Committee team in Wallis and Futuna hosted a dinner for Pacific Games Council executives and other officials.