auch in PNG bei den im Bergbaugebiet wohnenden Menschen immer beliebter. Die Vorteile sind so groß, dass über die Landowner der Ok Tedi Mine geschrieben wird : “They do not want to think, believe or even accept the fact that the mine will close one day.” Natürlich verdienen die Landowner der Ok Tedi Mine wegen des hohen Kupferpreises im Moment besonders viel, so dass diese Haltung nachvollziehbar ist. Für Bougainville heißt das, wenn man Arbeitsplätze, Brücken, Schulen, Krankenhäuser,... Wohlstand für ALLE will, muß schnell gehandelt werden. Alles das ist ja hier schon ausführlich angesprochen worden.
Die einzelnen Personen und Gruppen, die gegen den Bergbau sind, sollten sich jetzt ernsthaft fragen, ob sie gute Demokraten sind, die den Wunsch der Menschen nach Glück und Wohlstand unterstützen.
aus Post Courier :
OTML landowners want mine to go on
By HARLYNE JOKU
Mt Fubilan Resource Owners Association (MFROA), the umbrella group of Ok Tedi Mine’s landowners, want the giant open cut gold and copper mine to remain in operation. The landowners said the mine continued to deliver millions of kina in benefits which had been successfully invested in certain businesses. “They do not want to think, believe or even accept the fact that the mine will close one day,” MFROA executive officer Toby Martyns Yakumani said last Saturday. The Ok Tedi landowners totalling about 4000 from 12 villages in the OTML’s mining lease area receive millions of kina annually through the 2.5 per cent equity and 19.5 per cent royalty paid to them by the mine. Under the MROA group, the landowners own businesses and have invested in properties in the Tabubil township and in Port Moresby and abroad. Last year, they bought two hotels in Sydney and Brisbane and have a 50-50 joint venture with SVS in the Star Mountains Supermarket at Tabubil. Mr Yakumani said there is a proposal suggesting a three year partnership with SVS to own 40 per cent of its shareholding in all SVS supermarkets around the country. MROA also owns Star Mountains Clothing, Star Mountains Investment Holdings, Star HR, Azobelle Electrical, Star Mountains Furniture, Construction and Catering companies. The Weigh Inn Hotel in Port Moresby is also owned by the Ok Tedi Min landowners, a Twin Otter called Mountain Prince leased to Airline PNG. Mr Yakumani said that there was a Lamin trust account managed by the Department of Treasury to take care of environmental damages caused by the Ok Tedi mine. |