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 The CEO and Chairman of Japan Development Institute (JDI), Dr. Shoichi Kobayashi met with the Minister for International Trade and Investment,Richard Maru yesterday in Tokyo to express JDI’s keen interest to come to Papua New Guinea (PNG) and help develop a new Special Economic Zone Master Plan for the country and work with partners like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), JICA and the World Bank to build SEZs right across the country. JDI is an independent private think tank firm based in Tokyo. JDI has been engaged by many Governments in Asia and Africa over the last 40 years to develop SEZs including China, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Tanzania and many others, and have learnt from the successes and failures of SEZ developments and are ready to assist PNG. China is the most successful country in the world, where they now have 2500 SEZs in operation, creating millions of jobs and contributing towards the transformation of China into becoming the leading economy in the world today. The...

Papua New Guinea  Commissioner of Police, David Manning, has directed RPNGC Deputy Commissioner of Operations, Anton Billie, to investigate allegations that the owner of a business in Banz, Jiwaka Province, was attending his public store wearing a police uniform. A video of the man has also been circulated on social media and this has prompted further questions from the public. Mr Manning said, “DCP Ops (Deputy Commissioner Operations) has reported to me that the man had no legitimate reason to be wearing a police uniform at the time he was seen in public. “The man has been identified and had the right to have his explanation heard, however he could offer no plausible reason for him purporting to be executing official police duties when he had no authority to do so. “Based on the evidence before me, this person will now be charged with a series of disciplinary and criminal offences likely under the Police Act and the Criminal Code. “Through this disciplinary process, that comes with pe...

The category winners of the Women’s World Car of the Year 2023 have been revealed, two of which have all-electric versions, writes Brian Byrne. These are the Kia Niro, voted by the jurors from around the world as the Best Urban Model in the awards, and the Jeep Avenger, that brand’s first electric vehicle and not yet on sale here, voted the Best Family SUV. Nissan’s X-Trail is the Best Large SUV, the Audi RS3 is the Best Performance Car, and Ford’s latest Ranger the Best 4×4 & Pickup. The Best Large Car is the Citroen C5 X The Overall winner will be announced on 8 March 2023, New Zealand time, International Women’s Day. Women’s World Car of the Year is the only car awards group in the world comprised exclusively of women motoring journalists. It was created by New Zealand’s Sandy Myhre in 2009. She is currently Honorary President while Marta García performs as Executive President. The Irish representative among the 63 members of the judging p...