Port Moresby business leaders have welcomed a Cabinet decision to spend more than K700m (US$320m) on six major road projects for the National Capital District.
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Six new road projects ‘a gamechanger’ for Port Moresby
17 Apr 2013 by
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Business forum to debate infrastructure ‘priorities’
10 Apr 2013 by
The Australia–Papua New Guinea Business Forum in Port Moresby next week will have a special focus on how to improve Papua New Guinea’s vast infrastructure needs. More than 300 businesspeople, political leaders, policy makers and analysts are expected to meet for three days at the conference, which is arranged by the Business Council of PNG […]
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Air Niugini pays dividend for a second year
10 Apr 2013 by
Air Niugini has paid a divided of K7.6 million (US $3.5 million) to the government for the 2011 fiscal year, its second dividend since corporatisation in 1996.
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Solomon Islands hydro scheme plans go to government in September
3 Apr 2013 by
The four-year feasibility study on Solomon Islands’ Tina River hydro dam project on Guadalcanal Island is nearing completion and a final report will go to government in September this year.
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Airlines PNG–Virgin codeshare should continue: ICCC
13 Mar 2013 by Leave a Comment
The codeshare arrangement between Airlines PNG and Virgin Australia should be allowed to continue, according to a draft decision released yesterday by the Papua New Guinea Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC).
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Four-lane airport highway in Lae gets go-ahead
27 Mar 2013 by 2 Comments
Work to upgrade 40-kilometre stretch of road between the port of Lae and Nadzab Airport into a four-lane highway is expected to begin in June 2013, according to the Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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First step towards direct flights between Lae and Cairns?
27 Mar 2013 by Leave a Comment
Business people in Morobe Province are hoping a new timetable, which sees Air Niugini flying between Lae and Cairns via Port Moresby, is the first step towards direct flights between Australia and PNG's second city.
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First public-private hydro plant opens in Morobe
6 Mar 2013 by Leave a Comment
PNG’s first privately-built hydro electricity power station has opened in Bulolo, Morobe Province.
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ADB sounds note of caution on Lae port
19 Feb 2013 by
The long-awaited project to expand Lae’s port is ‘ahead of schedule’, according to the Asian Development Bank’s Vice President (Operations 2) Stephen Groff, who visited Papua New Guinea last week to inspect progress. The Lae port contractor, China Harbour Engineering, is expected to complete the project—70% of which is financed by ADB loans—by the end […]
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Pacific Games 2015 offers opportunities for business
13 Feb 2013 by
Papua New Guinea business is set to receive a major boost from supplying the Pacific Games 2015, as Games CEO Peter Stewart explains. On 4 July 2015, 4000 athletes and officials from 22 countries across the Pacific region will assemble in Port Moresby for the Pacific Games 2015. The work to prepare for the quadrennial Games […]
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