KUMULS coach Adrian Lam was punched at a night club in Port Moresby last Saturday.
Lam, who was in town to present a report on the Kumuls World Cup campaign to the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League Board, was apparently hit by an angry fan. Lam flew back to Sydney the following day but it is not clear whether he reported the assault. Attempts to contact him were unsuccessful. Sports Minister Justin Tkatchenko said he had heard of the attack through social media but had not received a report on the incident. Word of the attack has been “public knowledge” since Sunday. Tkatchenko described the incident as disappointing saying fans had no right to attack a coach or anyone for any reason. He said the incident reflected poorly on the people but also added that Lam should have been more careful. The PNGRFL is yet to make a statement on the incident.
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PNG Power Ltd (PPL) has signed a deal with Aggreko Generator Rentals of Australia for the lease of a 10MW power station for Port Moresby.
The facility, to be installed at the Moitaka power station, would increase PPL’s generation capacity to meet the growing demand and lessen power outages in the National Capital District. PPL chief executive officer John Tangit (pictured right) and Aggreko head of operations for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Philip Lendich signed the lease agreement. Tangit said the business relationship with Aggreko had been developed since 1997, when a 1MW unit was first leased on a need-basis. PPL was confident that Aggreko could now deliver on bigger scale project with a 10MW mobile plant, he said. “We are delighted and grateful for your support, which is a big step forward to assist our operation,” Tangit said. “Certainly you’ve been good partners and we would like to make sure we maintain that relationship. “Going forward, we need genuine solution providers like Aggreko, who are committed to providing short-to-medium term solutions to PPL, Tangit said. Lendich saw the signing as an important partnership in helping PPL on its business growth target. “We are happy to be assisting PNG Power in its operations for the growth and development of this country,” he said. The first 5MW power station would be commissioned next Friday, while the other unit of same capacity goes on line by Dec 23. The lease arrangement would last for six months and if the need arose to extend, PPL would look at other cheaper generation options to last until such time the Port Moresby system was able to generate enough power the capital city. The Port Moresby power supplies come from the Rouna power station, Kanudi power station, privately run Hanjung power station and Moitaka power station. AUSTRALIA’s skill and experience were too much for Papua New Guinea, posting a dominant score of 93-35 yesterday in the opening day at the FIBA Oceania Pacific Basketball championship.
The game was fast paced from the start, with neither team willing to back down, but ultimately, Australia’s superior skill set and depth of bench allowed them to forge ahead. Michael Healy came off the bench for Australia, showing grit and determination under the rim at either end of the court, and as a result, put up a points tally of 18, the team high. Both teams were able to move the ball around well, although Australia did capitalise on mistakes made by the newly formed Papua New Guinea team. Starting the second half trailing 15-51, Papua New Guinea rallied together and dug deep, showing flashes of good skill and ball control. An alley-oop completed by Apia Muri put a strong full stop to the third quarter, although it was too little too late. He ended up as the top scorer for PNG, slotting 15. Australia had an insurmountable lead and they did not let off the gas, continuing to pile on the pressure and the points. The coaches of both teams were pleased with the way their teams performed and are looking forward to their next match ups. Australia 93 (Healy 18, Krebs 14, McKay 13) Papua New Guinea 35 (Muri 15). PNG is in pool one, which has Tahiti and Guam. The women opened up their campaign yesterday, taking on hosts New Zealand Maori in a result that was not available at press time. In their Pool 2 are Tahiti and Samoa, who will not get any points for breaching eligibility rules. THE PNG Tax Review Committee plans to modernise the tax system by streamlining and rationalising the tax and revenue administration.
Chairman Sir Nagora Bogan said the committee would embrace the use of information technology to speed up the process and assist in the assessment of taxes. “The quicker you have the money in the bank, you have the economic benefit of making interest on that,” he said. “Right now with the manual system, cheques go through a long process and by the time it reaches IRC (Internal Revenue Commission), it will be a month or two late.” He said the clearing of cheques at the banks took another 14 days. The committee will look at ways to use information technology to assist in that area. Sir Nagora said that part of the committee’s task would be to discuss with revenue authorities see how they could improve the collection process to recover money owed in tax to the Government. He said there had to be a balance where authorities ensured that their services were provided rather than be harsh in wielding the law to force people to pay. He said there were a lot of institutional issues that needed to be looked into to improve the service of the revenue administration. “We have to ensure that IRC and Customs have the degree of independence because they’re struggling at the moment.” The committee comprises Sir Nagora as chairman, David Sode as deputy chairman, Sir John Luke Crittin, Lady Aivu Tauvasa and John Lohberger |
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