Links
PNG Religious Sites
Bible Society Work in PNG -- http://www.biblesociety.org/bs-pap.htm
Christian Brethren Churches of PNG. -- http://www.dg.com.pg/~cbcpng/
Evangelical Brotherhood Church -- http://www.ebc.org.pg
Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG -- http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/EvangelicalLutheranChurchofPapuaNewGuinea.EN.html
Hetune - Community of the Visitation, Popondota -- http://orders.anglican.org/arcyb/cvl.html
MAF Service in PNG -- http://www.maf.org.au/png/pnginfo.php
New Tribes Mission Aviation in PNG -- http://www.ntmpng.org/ntma.htm
PNG Church Partnership -- http://hometown.aol.co.uk/pngcpluxton/PNGChurchPartnership.htm
Pioneer Bible Translators: PNG. -- http://www.pioneerbible.org.pg/
Religious Television Association of PNG -- http://www.rtapng.com.pg/
Society of St Francis -- http://orders.anglican.org/arcyb/ssf-pac.html
The Diocese of Port Moresby Anglican Domain -- http://www.portmoresby.anglican.org/
The United Pentecostal Assemblies of PNG -- http://www.upcpng.org
Dive Boat Web Sites
http://www.bomatu.com/MVTiata.htm
-- MV Tiata
http://www.chertan.com/ -- MV Chertan
http://www.febrina.com/ -- MV FeBrina
http://www.pngtourism.org.pg/png/export/sites/TPA/diving/mvpsport.htm
-- MV Paradise Sport
http://www.mvgoldendawn.com -- MV
Golden Dawn
http://www.peterhughes.com/star/Star_dancerindex.shtml
-- MV Star Dancer
Aussie High Comm
The Australian High Commission has revised its travel warning for Australians
visiting PNG. The full text can be found at -- http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Papua_New_Guinea
National Disaster Centre
Do not forget to visit the fairly new web site for the National Disaster
Centre that has on recently come on line. It can be found at -- http://www.pngndc.gov.pg
-- The site is worth taking a look.
Real Estate Agents Association
The Real Estate Agents Association has advertised their web site. It is located
at -- http://www.reia.org.pg.
Real Estate Agents
Arthur Strachan (Lae) -- http://www.arthurstrachan.com.pg
Century 21 -- http://www.century21.com.pg/
-- and -- http://www.siule.com.pg
Kohoy Real Estate -- http://kohoyrealestates.tripod.com/
L.J Hooker -- http://www.ljhooker.com
Ray White Real Estate -- monian[@]online.net.pg
Strickland RE -- http://www.sre.com.pg
The Professionals -- http://www.theprofessionals.com.pg
Superannuation Funds
The Association of Superannuation Funds PNG (ASFPNG) has a website located
at -- http://www.asfpng.org.pg -- ASFPNG
is an industry body established in 2002 by interested industry participants
with the common goal to protect superannuants retirement savings within a
regulated environment whilst fostering a competitive industry.
News Items
IEA Schools
The merger of two IEA schools in Lae has some of the parents up in arms.
Unfortunately if it is anything like the merger of IEA schools in Port Moresby
the parents will be well and truly ignored. The secondary grades at the International
School of Lae (TISOL) will be transferred to the Coronation College. TISOL
will now continue on as a school catering for primary and elementary grades.
An index of most of the IEA schools can be found at -- http://michie.net/pnginfo/skul.html
-- The IEA has a Web Site at -- http://www.iea.ac.pg
-- and can be contacted on a general email address of -- iea[@]iea.ac.pg
Previous Miss Red Cross Winners
The following people have won the title of "Miss PNG"
+ 1974 Miss Eva Arni was the first holder of the title "Miss PNG"
- Eva went on to win the Miss Asia Title.
+ 1975 Miss Eau Suve. Eau went on to win the "Best Traditional Dress"
award at the Miss Asia Quest.
+ 1976 Miss Sayah Karukaru
+ 1978 Miss Angeline Tukana
+ 1979 Miss Milly Misbut
+ 1980 Miss Mispah Alwyn
+ 1981 Miss Jennifer Abaijah
+ 1982 Miss Moi Eli
+ 1983 Miss Shannel Bray
+ 1984 Miss Patricia Mirisa
+ 1985 Miss Carmel Vagi - Miss Communications
+ 1986 Miss Anna Wild
+ 1987 Miss Harriet Warren
+ 1988 Miss Erue Taunao
+ 1989 Miss Joycelyn Leahy
+ 1991 Miss Marcia Muir
+ 1992 Miss Jennifer Lemeki
+ 1993 Miss Sharon Onsa
+ 1994 Miss Tania Doyle
+ 1995 Miss Imanakone Sioa
+ 1996 Miss Rita Stegman
+ 1997 Miss Lisa Linibi
+ 1998 Miss Helai Oala
+ 1999 Miss Roberta Ali
+ 2000 Miss Ephreddie Jubilee
+ 2001 Miss Olivia Wilson
+ 2002 Miss Yaku Ninich
+ 2003 Miss Cynthia Asi - Central (Miss MRDC)
+ 2004 Miss Ashwin Samson - Miss Warehouse
Church Service Delivery
The Australian Government through its AusAID program is funding a partnership
program that is aimed at building and strengthening the capacity of the churches
to provide services such as health and education. AusAID is providing K50
million towards the church partnership program. The aid package was developed
between the churches both in Australia and PNG. The churches involved in the
initial phase are the Seven Day Adventist Church, Anglican Church, Baptist
Union PNG, Caritas (Catholic) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salvation Army
and the United Church.
National Library
HOPE World Wide PNG has donated four computers to the National Library. The
computers will be used as part of the mobile library programme's Information
Technology component. HOPE has received a total of 50 computers and these
will be used to help students become familiar with Personal Computers.
Newspapers
For the latest news about PNG visit the Post Courier web site at -- http://www.postcourier.com.pg
-- or the National Newspaper web site at -- http://www.thenational.com.pg
-- both offer up-to-date news about PNG. If you want to catch up on news it
is also good to visit http://www.pngbd.com
-- The PNG Business and Toursim web site.
The Drum
The famous Post Courier Column "The Drum" has been in the electronic
age for sometime now. For all of those people who are familiar with The Drum
you can now email titbits of gossip to -- thedrum[@]spp.com.pg
-- or you can still send a facsimile message to +675 320-1781. For those not
familiar with The Drum then I suggest taking a look at the Post Courier website
located at -- http://www.postcourier.com.pg
-- and follow your nose to "The Drum".
Jeepneys
It has been over a year since the idea of Jeepneys has been talked about
as being a new means of transport for PNG. The concept may be a good idea
but it would seem that setting it into practice is a great deal harder than
convincing the transport department of the idea.
Divine Word
Two more schools are preparing to affiliate with the Catholic run Divine
Word University in Madang. The two institutes, St Mary's School of Nursing
at Vunapope and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Teachers College (Kabaleo) are
located in East New Britain. Both institutes have been negotiating for more
than ten years with the university over that time the institutes have had
their programs and structures studied by the University. Divine Word has also
conducted an academic audit of each institution. -- http://www.dwu.ac.pg
Mt Hagen / Western Highlands
A pair of shoes caused a fight to erupt between tribes from two provinces
in the highlands earlier this week. It has been reported that 17 people have
been axed and three houses have been damaged in the fight between people from
the Eastern Highlands province and Western Highlands. It has been reported
that people from other highlands provinces have sided with the Eastern Highlanders
and that they had demanded the Western highlanders pay compensation over what
they have claimed to be "continuous attacks on innocent highlanders living
in Mt Hagen". The clash began over a new pair of shoes that it has been
alleged a Western Highlander decided he wanted to have more than the Eastern
Highlander who was wearing them.
Goroka / Eastern Highlands
The town of Goroka was in chaos previously this week but calm has been restored.
Many highlanders from other highland provinces fled the town earlier this
week after Eastern highlanders went on a rampage in retaliation over the attack
in the Western highlands. It was also claimed that leaders from the Eastern
Highlands Province had shut the part of the highlands highway that passes
through their province but police denied that rumour. There have also been
threats to force the closure of the Yonki power station in the province that
provides power to the other highland provinces. Police have advised that it
is safe to travel along the highlands highway.
Kainantu Gold Mine
The Bilimoia landowner group, owners of the Kainantu gold mine in the Eastern
Highlands province, have threatened to close the mine unless the mine operator
honours its obligations given in an agreement to them. The commitments include
awarding contracts to the landowner group. The landowners also want the mine
operator to honour verbal commitments that have been given in the past these
included the provision of K10,000 capital for 10 landowner clans.
Garden City
Garden City shopping and accommodation complex in Boroko had its fair share
of water woes recently when Eda Ranu decided to contaminate the water with
diesel. The manager was seen running around with chlorine and fire hoses attempting
to flush out the tanks. He was also seen attempting to pressurise the water
pumping system with little more than a toy car tyre pump. Never one to keep
tenants in the dark David had one of his "newsletters" out and circulating
almost as soon as Eda Ranu did the dirty deed followed closely by another
update to assure tenants the water was safe even if it did smell of chlorine.
Having dealt with other property managers it is a pleasure to find someone
that cares about their tenants.
I believe that property manager of Garden City has also had the go ahead
to vastly improve the building. Ray White Real Estate manages Garden City.
Malaria
A new Malaria carrying mosquito has been found in a village called Oveng
in southern Cameroon near the borders of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. It joins
four other known species. This species has been dubbed Oveng Form after the
village it was found. Mosquitoes from the Anopheles group kill roughly 3,000
people per day in the world. The new mosquito is similar to others in that
it carries Plasmodium falciparum except that it does not appear to be found
inside houses as much as the other malaria carrying mosquitoes.
Malaria Drugs
The World health Organisation has said that there will be a worldwide shortage
of the major drug used to treat malaria. Artemther-lumefantrine produced from
the Artemisia annua plant takes a minimum of six months to cultivate and then
another three to five months to extract and process into a useful drug. There
has been a recent surge in demand for the drug creating the shortage of the
drug.
Loggers
It has been claimed that loggers are using fake PNG documents in an attempt
to export illegally logged timber from Indonesia's Papua Province. Indonesian
police have apprehended a foreign registered ship carrying illegal logs in
a district next to the NG border. It is claimed that around 200,000 cubic
metres of illegal Indonesian logs have been shipped to China and India through
the southern part of the Philippines using the fake PNG papers.
Undisciplined Defence Force
The good efforts of about 120 PNG soldiers on a military exercise in Townsville,
Australia has been severely tarnished by at least four soldiers who have been
ordered back home after fighting in an Australian Army Infantry Mess last
week. The fight left mess facilities damaged and caused Australian soldiers
to vacate the mess disgusted. A full investigation is underway by high-level
defence force personal.
It has also been reported that two PNG soldiers that recently caused a commotion
at the Duntroon Military College in Canberra, Australia will most likely be
terminated from the force.
Undisciplined Police Force
Not to be out done by the Defence Force the police force put on its own undisciplined
display at a store not much more than 100 metres from the Boroko Police Station.
Police, possibly intoxicated, assaulted the owner and son of the Boroko Trophy
Haus store. Witnesses could only watch as one of the policemen fired four
shots from an M16 rifle at the feet of the owner and son. A photographer from
The National newspaper also had his digital camera confiscated. The owner
has lodged a complaint with the Boroko police station.
City Hall
The Manger of the National Capital District Commission has upset the Governor
General by not attending a meeting. The city manager is the first person to
break the new Governor General's attempt to upgrade etiquette and decorum
at Government House. Since Sir Paulias Matane took office earlier this year
a marked improvement has been noted in the etiquette of Government House something
that has been allowed to slip over the years.
Tourism
Erigere Singin has been quietly removed from the second top position at the
Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA) in Port Moresby. No reason has been given
for her removal. Peter Vincent, the Tourism boss, has said that tourism figures
for PNG are up by 5 percent when compared with the numbers for 2002. The PNG
government has allocated an extra K2 million to the TPA from the country's
budget for 2005. -- http://www.pngtourism.org.pg
Moresby Arts Theatre
The Moresby Arts Theatre is celebrating its 90th birthday with free entertainment
including short films, dances, drama, etc. They began on 31st November 1914
at the Library Institute hall in Douglas Street, downtown Port Moresby and
was opened by the Lieutenant Governor. For those who know modern day Port
Moresby the Deloitte Tower is the modern day occupier of the original Library
Institute site. The modern day Library Institute is still standing next to
the Deloitte Tower. The Moresby Arts Theatre is now located at Waigani.
Manus
The highway that serves all of the villages on the main Manus Island is being
repaired thanks to the efforts of the World Bank. The road has been allowed
to deteriorate over a period of five to ten years. The poor condition of the
road has caused an inconvenience for all travellers on the main island. The
World Bank in conjunction with the Manus Provincial Government aims to upgrade
the four main sections of the highway using gravel to help minimise soil erosion.
Fishing Resort
PNG has a new fishing resort located on the south coast of the main island
of New Britain. The name of the resort is Lindenhafen and it is on the Solomon
Sea -- http://www.anglingadventures.com.au/lindenhafen.html
-- Lindenhafen is also a great place to take the family on a relaxing holiday
and is sure to become popular in the PNG tourism industry
PNG FAQ's
Here are some of the more common frequently asked questions that keep cropping
up.
What is the land area of the provinces in PNG?
National Capital and Central, 29940 sq kms
Oro Province, 19827 sq kms
Milne Bay Province, 14000 sq kms
Morobe Province, 34,500 sq kms
Madang Province, 28000 sq kms
Eastern Highlands, 11706 sq kms
Simbu Province, 8476 sq kms
Western Highlands, 8288 sq kms
Southern Highlands, 25988 sq kms
East Sepik, 43000 sq kms
West Sepik (Sandaun),36000 sq kms
East New Britain, 15500 sq kms
West New Britain, 21000 sq kms
New Ireland, 9500 sq kms
Manus Province, 2100 sq kms
North Solomons Province, 9400 sq kms
Enga Province, 10790 sq kms
Western and Gulf Province, 135,000 sq kms
More PNG Frequently Asked Questions can be found at -- http://www.michie.net/png_faqs
-- If you can help expand the FAQ's then visit the site and leave a message.
If you find a question with an incorrect or outdated answer please also let
the site owner know. -- png.faqs[@]michie.net
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