Posted on The National
“I am looking at possibilities of auctioning some of our resources that will be freed up soon so the best proponents of net take-back for PNG become our partners in resource harvest and for starters, in Porgera and Ramu mines reviews coming up this year. I am looking at greater tax and equity take for PNG (including PGs and LOs).
“Clearer dividend policies for our SOE and no entrapment of money in SOEs with priority diagnosis into their books as matter of priority;
“Apart from other policies and economic programmes, we will further embrace, above are few that comes to my mind as I write early to pass this message to you all, especially our key public servant leaders, to better appreciate my mind. To our companies in PNG, you do not need to fear, just honour our lawful directions and you will be okay.
“If our country and our citizens are happy and wealthy and self-sustaining, your businesses too will grow from this healthy and business-conducive environment. In my experiences as finance minister for almost seven years,
“I am of the view that we need to lift our cash revenue threshold to over K15 billion mark in the next two years and beyond to deliver positively into the development plans of 2020s that can positively impact our country for the better, unlike the last few years when actual cash collection did not surpass K10 billion.
Social sector interventions
“To ensure that our economic reforms and windfalls are secured for the betterment of our country, I have tasked our Deputy Prime Minister Davis Steven to take charge of what I term as internal security matters.
The security of our country and our economy depends on an appropriately educated population, a healthy and wealthy population that is productive and law-abiding.
This will mean we undertake the following:
“Clearer dividend policies for our SOE and no entrapment of money in SOEs with priority diagnosis into their books as matter of priority;
“Apart from other policies and economic programmes, we will further embrace, above are few that comes to my mind as I write early to pass this message to you all, especially our key public servant leaders, to better appreciate my mind. To our companies in PNG, you do not need to fear, just honour our lawful directions and you will be okay.
“If our country and our citizens are happy and wealthy and self-sustaining, your businesses too will grow from this healthy and business-conducive environment. In my experiences as finance minister for almost seven years,
“I am of the view that we need to lift our cash revenue threshold to over K15 billion mark in the next two years and beyond to deliver positively into the development plans of 2020s that can positively impact our country for the better, unlike the last few years when actual cash collection did not surpass K10 billion.
Social sector interventions
“To ensure that our economic reforms and windfalls are secured for the betterment of our country, I have tasked our Deputy Prime Minister Davis Steven to take charge of what I term as internal security matters.
The security of our country and our economy depends on an appropriately educated population, a healthy and wealthy population that is productive and law-abiding.
This will mean we undertake the following:
- Fight systematic wastage through corruption and complacency;
- reconstruct key corruption-fighting institutions of State like police and magisterial/judicial services, Ombudsman etc; and,
- affirmative progression of Whistle-blowers Act as well as Independent Commission Against Corruption (need to ascertain their role and other similar organisations like police prosecutors and ombudsman so there are no functional duplication and for ease and efficiency of mandate);
- our education system must expand with space for all children in our country without compromising quality interventions. We are splitting elementary, primary and secondary into the care of the Minister for Education and free education will continue. We anticipate to have no child leaving school until after year 12, we want to deliver this in the next 10 years.
- our colleges are now moved into the care of Minister for Tertiary Education. In the next 10 years we want to create more than 30,000 tertiary education spaces and I have a game plan for this. I will work with Minister for Tertiary Education to deliver. As a government, we will put an endowment fund for students and parents to borrow from to pay students’ school fees that will be an almost interest free loan scheme;’
- each of the 22 provinces must have fully functional, modern healthcare and our key regional hospitals to acquire specialised care status to treat cancers and other special healthcare needs. Again, we want to achieve world-class status in the healthcare sector, it is within people’s rights; and,
- Good policing of our laws where mothers and daughters and society are safe and secure. It is what we want to achieve in 10 years too.
“When our borders are secured through the above and other social sector programmes will we improve from the gains of our economy.
“Before I complete my statement of intent (what I intend to do), may I mention our friends from Bougainville.
“While my cabinet and departments are running other work, we will all be on standby to assist in referendum preparations as well as reconstruction of Bougainville now and into the future.
“My Pangu Party will entail and expand version of what I have expounded here.
“In the next few weeks we will be working with ministers and their respective departments to tidy up on these directions plus their own policy views so that we deliver better to our country and our people.”
“Before I complete my statement of intent (what I intend to do), may I mention our friends from Bougainville.
“While my cabinet and departments are running other work, we will all be on standby to assist in referendum preparations as well as reconstruction of Bougainville now and into the future.
“My Pangu Party will entail and expand version of what I have expounded here.
“In the next few weeks we will be working with ministers and their respective departments to tidy up on these directions plus their own policy views so that we deliver better to our country and our people.”
Go to this link for more: https://www.thenational.com.pg/marapes-dream/
No comments:
Post a Comment