Australian report raps Papua New Guinea universities: What?

From BAPA BOMOTENG

The Aussie has done injustice again to try and under-mine the Papua New Guinea university education system again. 

Through the top-up system they tried systematically to kill the brains of this nation by saying PNG is not able to do it. 

With the outcome based education (OBE) and education reform system all paid for by the Aussie tax monies, they try to produce illiterate grade elementary to secondary drop outs.  

 Through the successive government funding, they try to dry up the cream of the intellects of this nation. 

 This is all a systematic ploy by the colonial masters to continue to suppress PNG education system. 

What was wrong with the old Standard 1-6, forms 1-4 and National High School System? 

 They have produced the leaders of today? 

No wonder they are trying to say, our economists, accountants, engineers, lawyers and you name it, cannot negotiate and be marketable in the world. 

PNG can be reckoned with.

John Howard’s government shamed our Prime Minister couple of years ago. 

They tried to pipe the gas to Queensland and re-sell it from there.  

No wonder they are trying to say our economists, accountants, engineers, lawyers and you name it cannot negotiate and be marketable in the world. 

 PNG can be reckoned with. 

 Papua New Guineans can also ask for better deal comparable to counterpart expats like the OK Tedi miners are doing.

Look what has happened with PNG LNG.

They can lick their wounds, as PNG looks north and to North America with LNG.

Product of the old school.

Bapa Bomoteng

Pirates get a lifeline from Bismark Maritime

Captions: 1. Bismark Maritime marketing manager David Black hands over the uniforms to Pirates’ secretary Jackson Varcilli watched by players at SCRUM Oval last Friday. 2. Bismark Maritime marketing manager David Black (left) with Pirates players and officials at SCRUM Oval last Friday.

 

 

Lae rugby union side Pirates is continuing its relationship with shipping company Bismark Maritime.

The company has supported Pirates for the last seven years with two sets of jumpers and this year will be the eighth year running.

Bismark Maritime marketing manager David Black was at the SCRUM Oval at the Lae Showground last Friday to deliver the two sets of jumpers to the buccaneers.

“This year, we’ve gone for a new design with new materials, in traditional read, white and black Bismark Maritime colours, which are also the colours of Pirates,” he said.

Pirates’ secretary Jackson Varcilli said without the support of corporate sponsors, the club would not be able to survive and players would not be able to play rugby week-in week-out.

“It is my privilege and honor to accept these brand-new quality jerseys on behalf of the club and its supporters, and I would like to thank Jamie and Julian Sharp and Bismark Maritime shipping company for its ongoing support in ensuring we are fully kitted for another season,” he said.

“These jerseys are much lighter than our previous set, and will boost out team’s image and our efforts towards winning the competition this year.

“We can assure you that we will take good care of them and wear them with pride and dignity throughout the competition.”

Minor sponsors are Designscope Architects, who are sleeve sponsors.

Pirates have made some strategic improvements to management this year including appointing John Posanei as president, backed by Varcilli as secretary, Maurice Owen as fundraising chairman and Sonny Songake as club treasurer.

On top of that, the Pirates have former representative player Ephraim Tavua, who is also a qualified and very-experienced coach.

Meanwhile, Chemcare Defence spoiled Bismark Maritime Pirates’ celebration of their new uniforms with a late comeback from behind to win 10-7.

Hornibrooks Harlequins opened their season on a high note with a closely-fought 14-13 win over Dulux Viking Dogs and Riback Unitech Reds nailed an under strength reigning champions Consort Reds 22-0.

Kokoda stamp joint issue

From  PAUL OATES

Tomorrow is the release day for the joint issue of Australian and Papua New Guinea stamps in remembrance of the Battle for Kokoda in World War 2.

Rice fields of Japan

From PAUL OATES

Stunning crop art has sprung up across rice fields in Japan, but this is no alien creation.  The designs have been cleverly planted.
Farmers creating the huge displays use no ink or dye.
Instead, different color rice plants have been precisely and strategically arranged and grown in the  paddy fields.
As summer progresses and the plants shoot up, the detailed artwork begins to emerge.
A Sengoku warrior on horseback has been created from hundreds of thousands of rice plants.
The colors are created by using different varieties.  This photo was taken in Inakadate, Japan.
Napoleon on horseback can be seen from the skies.
This was created by precision planting and months of planning by villagers and farmers located in Inkadate, Japan.
Fictional warrior Naoe Kanetsugu and his wife, Osen, whose lives are featured on the television series Tenchijin,appear in fields in the town of Yonezawa in the Yamagata prefecture of Japan.
This year, various artwork has popped up in other rice-farming  areas of Japan, including designs of deer dancers.
Smaller works of crop art can be seen in other rice-farming areas of Japan such as this image of Doraemon and deer dancers
The farmers create the murals  by planting little purple and yellow-leafed Kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed Tsugaru, a Roman variety, to create the colored patterns in the time between planting and harvesting in September.
The murals in Inakadate cover 15,000 square meters of paddy fields.
From ground level, the designs are invisible, and viewers have to climb the mock castle tower of the village office to get a glimpse of the  work.
Closer to the image, the careful placement of the thousands  of rice plants in the paddy fields can be seen.
Rice-paddy art was started there in 1993 as a local revitalization project, an idea that grew from meetings of the village committees.
The different varieties of rice plants grow alongside each other to create the masterpieces.
In the first nine years, the village office workers and local farmers grew a simple design of Mount Iwaki every year.
But their ideas grew more complicated and attracted more attention.
In 2005, agreements between landowners  allowed the creation of enormous rice paddy art.
A year later, organizers used computers to precisely plot planting of the four differently colored rice varieties that bring the images to life.

New Papua New Guinea blog

This new blog promises some action on PNG's corruption problems ...
http://www.actnowpng.org/blog

Chow family praised for contributions to Papua New Guinea

The plaque which was unveiled by Governor General Sir Paulias Matane when opening the Lae Biscuit Company factory.

A Chinese dragon dance being performed at the opening of the Lae Biscuit Company factory.

Old friends…Governor General Sir Paulias Matane and Lae Biscuit Company founder Sir Henry Chow.

Sir Henry addresses guests at the opening of his new factory.

Governor General Sir Paulias Matane addresses guests with Sir Henry Chow in the background.

Governor General Sir Paulias Matane opens the new Lae Biscuit Company factory at Kamkung in Lae on Saturday.-Pictures by GABRIEL LAHOC

Governor General Sir Paulias Matane has paid tribute to Lae Biscuit Company founder Sir Henry Chow and his family on their long and faithful contribution to Papua New Guinea over the years.
Sir Paulias made the tribute when opening the magnificent new K65 million Lae Biscuit Company at Kamkumung in Lae in front of hundreds of people from both PNG and overseas on Saturday.
The Governor General, in his speech, concentrated on Sir Henry and the Chow family’s contribution to PNG since its grandfather arrived at Kokopo as a coolie laborer under the German administration in 1895.
“The forefathers of the Chow family were peasant sharecrop farmers from Kaiping County, Guandong province, Southern China,” Sir Paulias said.
“One male member was recruited by the New Guinea German colonial government as a personal servant for one of its administration officers at Rabaul in 1895.
“Two younger brothers followed and settled in Rabaul.
“The Chow family now has six generations in Papua New Guinea.
“The family became part and parcel of the history and development of East New Britain and New Ireland provinces.
“Members of each generation have been active in community affairs and contributed much to the development and advancement of the two provinces.”
Sir Henry said that to have achieved and completed the brand-new facility, the biggest stand-alone biscuit-making factory in the Southern Hemisphere, needed the support of many people and friends.
“To have come this far, it had taken us 52 years of sweat, toil and hard work, and on the way we had experienced failures, discouragement and many hurdles,” he said.
“It had not been a fair sailing all the way, and with determination and willpower, especially with the help of my good wife Lady Colette, we managed to come this far.
“So they say that a successful man, there is always a woman behind him, so my friends, Lady Colette is really claiming the credit today.
“She did produce seven childen for me, five boys and two daughters.
“On their return to Papua New Guinea after their education in Australia, all our five sons had worked for Lae Biscuit Company, and they had contributed to the growth, expansion and success of the company today.
“They brought with them fresh ideas and innovation on how to manage and operate the company, even though they were not totally agreeable with me.”
An emotional Sir Henry passed the rein on to his fourth son, Ian Andrew Chow, to be the new managing director of Lae Biscuit Company.
Invited guests were entertained by singsing groups as well as a Chinese dragon dance and firecrackers, before being treated to a big party at the factory site.
The new factory will provide employment to some 450 people and with some of the best-working conditions and remuneration packages in PNG.
It is a massive vote-of-confidence in Lae, Morobe province and PNG by a Chinese family which has come to call the country ‘home’.
The buildings and whole facility consist of a main factory building which is 204 metres long, administration building, staff facility building, workshop building, emergency generating set building and guard house building.
The two biscuit-making lines are installed in the main factory building and the administration building will accommodate administration, planning, accounting and marketing.
The staff facility building has a fully-equipped kitchen and a large dining room which can prepare and provide meals and caters for 200 persons at one seating.
Lae Biscuit Company will provide meals to all staff at no cost to them.
Ablution and laundry facilities are up to international standards for a food-manufacturing facility.

InterOil signs preliminary works joint venture agreement with Mitsui

·        Agreement Provides Funding For Preliminary Works at Condensate Stripping Plant

·        Project Anticipates Yield of Approximately 9,000 Barrels of Condensate Per Day

 

Port Moresby  PNG, Cairns, Australia and Houston, TX --April 15, 2010: INTEROIL Corporation  announced ON Thursday, April 15, that the Company has entered into agreements with Mitsui & Co. Ltd., to jointly operate and fund the preliminary works involved to develop a proposed condensate stripping facility ('the Project') at InterOil's Elk and Antelope field site in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.

The preliminary works program is for all the works required to take us through the Front

End Engineering and Design (FEED) stage for the construction of a condensate stripping plant, to

the point of Final Investment Decision (FID).

The Project is proposed to be designed to process 400 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/day) of wellhead gas with an anticipated yield of approximately 9,000 barrels (bbls) of condensate per day.

Dry gas will be reinjected into the reservoir for storage until the proposed LNG facility has been constructed.

The condensate will be barged to the InterOil refinery in Port Moresby for processing and sale.

InterOil and Mitsui will each be responsible for half of the capital expenditure involved in

the preliminary works and Mitsui will fund InterOil's share.

Standard conditions of the agreements include the completion of FEED, an EPC agreement,

and the definitive agreements by December 31, 2010, necessary to reach FID.

In the event that FID is not reached, InterOil will be required to refund the capital expenditure incurred to date within a specified period.

 "We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with Mitsui, one of the largest energy conglomerates in Japan, InterOil Chairman and CEO Phil Mulacek said.

"When in production, the condensate project will provide a stable platform of early cash flow enhancing the benefit to partners in our proposed LNG project."

 

For further in formation please contact

 Susuve Laumaea

Senior Manager  - Media Relations/Public Affairs

InterOil Corporation (PNG Operations)

Ph: 321 7040 or 3099363

Mobile: 72013870

Email: susuve.laumaea@interoil.com