Will LNG, Vision 2050 deliver for PNG?
Mathias Kin The LNG project has generated much expectation on the benefits it will bring to the people of PNG. These expectations are to a great extent exaggerated by the government of the day. I have spent some time studying this Somare government. This government is cunning in its tactic as it attempts every day to portray a sovereign pretence that it is in control of the destiny of this country to the people of PNG and governments and organizations world wide. The recent much hyped Vision 2050 after the other national plans like the MTDS are evidence to this mood of this government. MTDS did not deliver and was deemed a failure. The Prime Minister has even boldly declared that by 2030, this country will be a prosperous nation and the people’s standard of living will be equal to other nations of the world. That is a big statement! When we go back in history, Michael Somare said these very words at independence in 1975? Since then, after 35 years, all the billions