Treasurer Ling-Stuckey gets visit from Sir Michael

TREASURER Ian Ling-Stuckey received a surprise visit from Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare this week.
Ling-Stuckey said he was honoured to have the founding father of the nation pay him a visit.
“I was honoured today to have a really good discussion with our founding father and Grand Chief Sir Michael, PNG’s longest serving prime minister,” he said.
“We had a long meeting, talking about the challenges of good governance, including through demanding times.
“The Covid-19 crisis is clearly one of the most demanding times in our history.”
Ling-Stuckey said this was the time for learning and taking action.
“The Government is taking action – as set out in our K5.7 billion economic stimulus package. The largest economic action plan in our history,” he said.
“This includes well-targeted expenditure action of K280 million to support our health and security response, as well as K320 million to support our economic support response.”
Ling-Stuckey said PNG needed to learn from the past and also record the past for future generations.
“As I listened to Sir Michael’s advice on dealing with crises, I thought it was vital that we record the extraordinary experiences of our former leaders.
“We must learn from what we have achieved.
“I will work with Sir Michael in supporting actions to record our history so our children and our grandchildren and great grandchildren can know our proud history. For the sake of future generations, we should remember and celebrate our great leaders.”