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Date Posted: 10:47:21 01/22/03 Wed
Author: Toidi
Author Host/IP: 202.1.59.29
Subject: Re: MILNE BAY PEACE SUSTAINABILITY
In reply to: Demwana BudiBudi 's message, "MILNE BAY PEACE SUSTAINABILITY" on 03:53:21 01/18/03 Sat

> Somebody raised an issue thru this site that "WE"
>meaning (the Milne Bay people through the Prov.Govt.)
>must not allow the Pom-Alotau road to be constructed.
>I think the reasoning behind this person's argument
>though he/she did not elaborate it, is to avoid
>criminals from Port Moresby flooding to Alotau hence
>Milne Bay province. While we all hope as much as
>possible to see it that way, the time will come that
>this section of the CP-MBP border has to be connected
>thru roads. Currently it all depends on how much money
>Japan is willing to spend on it because at the end the
>construction it will be the Japan's second-hand
>vehicles to run that particular road like all other
>roads in PNG.
>The way to keep Milne Bay peaceful: (1)is to propagate
>and cherish our novel norms and cultures, respect of
>our women, men, children and friends. Secodly, let the
>resources of Milne Bay province be harnest by the
>Provincial Govt. but owned and controlled (managed) by
>tru tru Milne Bayans.
>
>(2)The Provincial Govt together with Police, to evict
>all non-Milne Bayans squartering around Alotau to
>return to their respective provinces, like Oro, New
>Guinea areas, Highlands etc. Their provinces are just
>as good and they too should feel equally proud of
>them. If Milne Bay is lacking and lagging behind in
>economic develoment and these outside uninvited
>citizens claim to have come come here in order to
>boost Milne Bay development, they are wrong. What they
>are saying is, "Look, it is peaceful here and it is a
>good environment to make money without spending too
>much on protective security cost." They are also
>indirectly saying, "You Samatex are good at playing
>your guitars under coconut and swaying palm
>tress,lazying around with your slow betelnut chewing
>habits and we come here to develop your undeveloped
>province." For me these people will one day become a
>cause of new Milne Bayan reactionaries against them.
>Hence the best to sustain peaceful Milne Bay now and
>in future is to have Milne Bay province for ONLY Milne
>Bayans.
>
>There should be no beggers around Alotau Market or
>shops. Milne Bay is not a community of beggers.
>Begging for money and food is an anti- cultural
>degnity in Milne Bay. We are raised up to be
>self-reliance, however small or big our socio-economic
>bases are. Those who beg are copying from Pom street
>beggers and this directly tells us that their parents
>have taught them to become beggers. If anyone begs,
>ask him or her where does he:she come from and whether
>his/her mother or father taught him/her to become a
>begger in Alotau town.
>DB

DB,

You've raised very valid observations about the need to have the road connected to MBP. Although I was raised & schooled to Gr10 level in entirely MBP I have never been to Alotau myself. The closest I have gone to was Gurney Airport on transit to my island. This however does not stop me from making comments to add to the perspectives you have said earlier.

I believe, from the comments I hear regularly from my workmates and media, that Alotau is the friendliest and safest town in the country. I have travelled extesively through out other towns and realised how fortunate we are. The beaty of a place is not dependent on the natural sourroundings alone! It is the people and their attitude that makes a place a paradise or not, and that's what makes our place a unique place to be.

Observing the experiences of other province, they have a mixture of bad local attitutes and bad outside influences. Take POM for eg....the Motu Koitabuans share similar cultural values with us MBPs but due to the influx of outsiders, the place is turned into cowboy-town. There are many places in POM where you do not need to go!

Where is the right balance then? All of us need economic development to move forward. But any development must come at a cost. Our ability to manage that cost is the most important consideration in this regard. The costs I am alluding to includes financial and human sacrifices that our people have to bear with. Do we have the right attitudes to withstand the pressure of pushy highlands attitudes? Considerations like this should be taken into account when considering the economics of the project. Having lived among the settlers in POM, I doubt we have the right mix to withstand this pressure.

I want to urge us to approach this issue with great caution and sensitivity. Any feasibility study carried out should be able to qualify and quantify the full economic cost of the project to the province.

I leave that to the policy makers to decide for the good of the province.

Gibiluwi Gibisau

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