GROWING PAINS - PNG STILL IN PUBERTY
by YAKAN LEPAKALI It was shocking, shocking in a sense of embarrassment to read in the Post Courier (16/07/2015) the revelation of disparity that is evident in the city of Port Moresby. An athlete, after the games, went strolling to the outskirts of the city only to envisage people in settlements worse off than people in settlements in Fiji. Another commented, people have an attitude issue and generally dirty. I don’t want to buy into the comment on people being generally dirty but on the notion of attitude and poverty, this is a really check. Such observation must be considered as constructive criticism to take an informed approach alleviating the status quo rather than dwelling on the negativity. Adding to the despair, upon arrival of the athletes at Jacksons international airport, waiting buses ferried the athletes away to the gaming village but disgraceful to watch luggage loaded onto open-back trucks exposed. Luggage for the athletes should have been transported in an en