Border funds query
2/6/08
More than K10 million in vital border development projects have been delayed as two Government departments try to work out who should be responsible for the multi-million border funding. These projects in Sandaun and Western provinces and the Bougainville Autonomous region included upgrading of the Wutung border post (Sandaun) to similar level as the Indonesian post to allow for the official opening of the road link with Indonesia, already 18 months behind schedule. These projects were earmarked for funding this year through the Border Development Programme administered by the Provincial and Local Government Affairs Department since 1979. However, Treasury and Finance Minister Patrick Pruaitch says he is now responsible for border development and has not released the funds that Provincial and Local Government Affairs is seeking.
See: http://www.thenational.com.pg/060208/nation1.php
Tags: Indonesia, PNG, West Papua