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H-09-20141127-M16-D04.Pdf FOURTH DAY Thursday 27 November 2014 DRAFT HANSARD SUBJECT PAGE No: QUESTIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 2 PERSONAL EXPLANATION ................................................................................................................ 24 PERSONAL EXPLANATION ................................................................................................................ 28 AUDITOR-GENERAL OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA – ANNUAL REPORTS, 2011 PART 1 AND 2013 PART IV – MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF PAPERS ............................................................................... 30 THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA – ANNUAL REPORTS 2010-2011, 2012 AND 2013 – MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF PAPERS ............................................................................... 30 DISTINGUISHED VISITORS – STATEMENT BY THE SPEAKER................................................................................................. 31 PAPUA NEW GUINEA IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICE AUTHORITY – ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – PAPER AND STATEMENT – MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF PAPER ................................................................................. 31 MINERAL RESOURCE AUTHORITY – CHIEF INSPECTOR OF MINES – ANNUAL REPORTS 2012 AND 2013 – PAPERS AND STAMENT – MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF PAPERS ............................................................................... 34 SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT ................................................................................................................... 40 STATEMENT BY LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS .......................................................... 40 ADJOURNMENT .................................................................................................................................... 40 1 FOURTH DAY Thursday 27 November 2014 The Speaker (Mr Theo Zurenouc) took the Chair at 10.15 a.m.. There being no quorum present, Mr Speaker stated that he would resume the Chair after the ringing of the bells. Mr Speaker, again took the Chair at 10.15 a.m. and invited the Member for Kompiam- Ambum, Mr John Pundari, to say Prayers: „In the Book of Psalms, chapter 1; blessed is the man that walked not in the council of the ungodly, nor standard in the way of sinners, nor seated in the seat of scornful, but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law that he mediate day and night, and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth its fruit in its season. His leaves also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but like a chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore, the ungodly shall not stand in the judgement nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For Lord, knoweth the way of the righteous but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Amen‟ QUESTIONS Mr SASINDRAN MUTHUVEL – Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister for Sports. (1) How would the Minister classify the success of the 2014 PNG Games? (2) What are his plans to support the 2016 PNG Games to be held in Kimbe, West New Britain Province? Mr JUSTIN TKATCHENKO – I would like to thank the Governor for West New Britain for his important questions. 2 Firstly, in regards to the 2014 PNG Games, I would like to thank the host organizing committee and the Governor of Morobe Province, and the people for hosting so far such a successful games. It has really shown that sports do bring our country and people together in the name of sport. Also, we have seen some friendly rivalries, great competitions, new up-and- coming stars that are going to be our future superstars in sport in Papua New Guinea to take to the next level. We have exposed some very new talent but also, we have seen friendly rivalries between provinces, especially NCD and Morobe being kicked out of the actual race with Central Province leading the way. Therefore, the dark horse has taken over and I just had the Governor come to me and say, when you go and close the PNG Games on Saturday, are you going to give me a new stadium? Well, I cannot answer that question, sorry Governor; nevertheless, you put your money where your mouth is and let us see what we can do. With that, the PNG Games has really opened the eyes of many sportsmen and women. The facilities in Lae have been very good and the PNG Sports Foundation have upgraded all the facilities of Lae from the running track to the indoor and outdoor stadiums. We have a couple more days to go before we decide who the winner is for the 2015 PNG Games. 02/04 But on this avenue we need to look at how we can be more successful in how we can operate the PNG Games in respect to the timing and funding to ensure that all provinces get through the PNG Games without fear or favor. One option that we are looking at is to have the PNG Games every three years instead of two to allow the provinces and also the host provinces to have enough time to organize this very important event for sports in our country. Another option is to host it in those provinces that can actually facilitate and host the PNG Games with the facilities they have. Now, I know the Governor of West New Britain is very keen to improve his facilities in his province and I want to assure the Governor that as the Sports Minister and through the Sports Foundation and the PNG Games Authority, we will back you up and support you to ensure that you will have successful games in 2016. 3 I know you are going to be putting a lot of budgetary support over the next couple of years from West New Britain to the PNG Games and I look follow to backing you on that and supporting you with your plans to ensure that your facilities especially on your sporting side are ready for 2016. It is important that West New Britain shows off its ability to take sports to the next level in their Province. It will be wonderful for all our provinces to participate in the West New Britain Games in 2016 and we look forward to that. Otherwise, I would like to thank the Governors and Members of Parliament that supported their teams and sports men and women that went to the PNG Games. It has really created a united front when it comes to our people and sports, especially with a new president and where sports going in our country and the lead-up to the Pacific Games in 2016. Thank you. Supplementary Question Mrs JULIE SOSO – Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Sports. This PNG Games started in Eastern Highlands as the Grassroots Games and this is where Toea Wisil was identified. Then from Eastern Highlands Province it came down here to Port Moresby which the Southern Region hosted and then it moved to Kopopo, where the NGI Region hosted, and then it came to Morobe Province which is currently being hosted by the Mamose Region. So, the next region should be is the Highlands Region. Which criteria did you use? The Highlands Region is ready to host these games; we have a sports institute – Mr Sasindran Muthuvel (West New Britain) – Point of Order! The Honourable Governor does not know the processes and procedures because we had to bid through the PNG Games Counsels Bid and West New Britain Province has successfully done so. We paid K10 000 as our bidding price and won it. So we deserve to host the Games. Thank you, Mr Speaker. 4 Mr Speaker - Your Point of Order is in order but it is kind of an answer too. (Laughter in the Chamber) Mr JUSTIN TKATCHENKO – The Governor of West New Britain is correct. Thank you, Governor of Eastern Highlands, for your question. The PNG Games Counsel is a separate body and as minister, I have no influence over it at all. 03/04 They have their own criteria and their own body that is separate. The non-governmental organisation runs the PNG Games without any political interference. It was advertised in the newspaper for any interested provinces to host the next PNG Games. The next PNG Games is in 2016 which has been approved by the PNG Games Council and will be held in Kimbe, West New Britain Province. So Governor of Eastern Highlands, please feel free to apply to the PNG Games Council for your province to host the next PNG Games. It is a very open process and you have to show the criteria that you will take the games to the next level. This is why we need to look at which provinces are able to host the PNG Games because it‟s a very expensive exercise for the Government, especially for those provinces that don‟t have the facilities to host the PNG Games. We have to look at maybe a regional situation such as Eastern Highlands for the Highlands region because it has the PNG Institute of Sports there and Kokopo in East New Britain because all its facilities have been upgraded, NCD and Lae in Morobe. We have to look at a more practical situation for everybody concerned in the long term which we will be reviewing after this year‟s PNG Games. Mr GARRY JUFFA –Thank you, Mr Speaker, for recognising the people of Oro Province. My question is directed to the Minister for State Enterprise but before that I would like to thank the Minister for his assistance in rebuilding and refurbishing our wharf at Oro Bay at the cost of K10 million. I ask this question on behalf of the Oil Palm growers in Oro province. 5 Oil Palm is a major contributor to the agricultural sector in Papua New Guinea. Going through the Budget papers, I saw that we have not received any monies for the Oil Palm feeder roads, and our people in Oro are suffering with poor price payments because their fruits were rotting due to inaccessibility. It is also a major financial burden to the company to fix these roads when it is the responsibility of the National Government and provincial government but they have not provided funds for these roads. Every year for the three Oil Palm producing provinces, Milne Bay, New Ireland and Northern Province, the National Government receives the dividends through IPBC.
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