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Misc FAQ's List of Categories
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- Who were the original members of Sanguma?
- When was the Goroka Teachers College handed over to UPNG?
- When did the University of Goroka come into being?
- When did the University of Goroka become a campus of UPNG?
- When did the University of Goroka become a fully fledged Uni?
- Has anyone in PNG won a Prince Claus Award?
- What year did Goroka Show celebrate its 50th Birthday?
- Where can I find out about the Independent Consumers Competition Commission?
- Where can I find pictures of PNG Currency?
- Where can I find a copy of the Port Moresby International High School Magazine for 2005?
- Who was the key person sent from Australia (Melbourne) to oversee the set up and manage the YWCA in the country?
- What year was the foundation stone laid for the YWCA hostel in Port Moresby?
- Where was Dame Alice Wedega born?
- Who was the first PNG women to become a member of the PNG Legislative Assembly?
- Who is Donna Harvey Hall?
- What is the East Sepik Council of Women (ESCOW)?
- When was the the first tourism board set up in PNG?
- How is gold used in PNG?
- When did Mathias Kauage die?
- What is the fastest time that the Kokoda trail has been walked in?
- How do most live / people survive in PNG?
- Who is responsible for the day to day work in PNG village society?
- Are there any traditional art forms in PNG?
- What can you tell me about PNG Clothing?
- What is buai?
- When was WMB opened?
- In what year did the old "Out Rigger" hotel become the Bankers College?
- Where is Jayapura?
- Where can I find a list of National and Provincial Disaster and Emergency Contacts?
- pictures of png currency
- Is PNG a place where backpackers are welcome?
- What was the first issue of PNG Notes?
- how does the average family live in png?
- Who was Emma Coe?
- who is the secretary of foreign affairs?
- Where does Port Moresby get its electricty from?
- What is the present electrical capacity for Port Moresby?
- Do you have a list of jails in PNG?
- Who won the very first Miss Red Cross / Miss PNG contest in 1974?
- Who won the second Miss Red Cross / Miss PNG contest in 1975?
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- Who were the original members of Sanguma?
Tony Subam, Sebastian Miyoni, Thomas Komboi, Paul Yabo, Raymond Hakena, Raymond Taligatus, Buruka Tau and later Ben Hakalits.
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- When was the Goroka Teachers College handed over to UPNG?
In 1975 it was handed over to the University of Papua New Guinea to become the Goroka Teachers College of the University of Papua New Guinea. It continued to award a two-year DipST until 1989 when it started admitting Grade 12 graduates for a three-year DipST. Other one-year teacher education programs were offered from time to time; and an Advanced Diploma in Teaching, a Distance and Residential program for holders of DipST to upgrade their teaching subject content knowledge was offered from 1982 to 1996.
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- When did the University of Goroka come into being?
The University of Goroka was established in 1965 by the Department of Education as a Primary teachers college. In 1967, it became a secondary teachers college, awarding 2-year Diploma in Secondary Teaching (DipST) to Grade 10 graduates following successful completion of a one year Preliminary year.
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- When did the University of Goroka become a campus of UPNG?
In 1992, it became a Campus of the University of Papua New Guinea and a degree granting institution from 1995 when it admitted it's first batch of 4-year B.Ed. degree Pre-Service and one to two-year B.Ed. In-service degree students. A Bachelor of Education Honours (B.Ed. Hons) and Master of Education (M.Ed) programs began in 1996
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- When did the University of Goroka become a fully fledged Uni?
In January 1997 the University of Papua New Guinea - Goroka Campus was declared as a fully fledged University of Goroka by the Government of PNG.
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- Has anyone in PNG won a Prince Claus Award?
Not sure. I have just done a search and found that Michael Mel, a lecturer in Expressive Arts at Goroka University, won the first Prince Claus Award for PNG as part of the 2006 awards.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060924/arts/arts6.html
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- What year did Goroka Show celebrate its 50th Birthday?
In 2006 the Goroka Show celebrated its Golden Jubilee.
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- Where can I find out about the Independent Consumers Competition Commission?
The ICCC (Independent Consumer and Competition Commission) has a web site located at -- http://www.iccc.gov.pg -- The ICCC is PNG's economic regulator and consumer watchdog.
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- Where can I find pictures of PNG Currency?
As a starting point try -- http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/moni.html
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- Where can I find a copy of the Port Moresby International High School Magazine for 2005?
The school produced an electronic copy of the magazine for 2004 but is still to produce the 2005 copy. -- http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/skul_pom.html
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- Who was the key person sent from Australia (Melbourne) to oversee the set up and manage the YWCA in the country?
The lady, who died on the 28th of October 2005, was Mary Fox. Mary arrived from Melbourne in PNG in 1962 to help with the Young Women's Christian Association.
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- What year was the foundation stone laid for the YWCA hostel in Port Moresby?
Sir Donald Cleland laid the foundation stone on the 10th of March 1965 at the site of the 2 mile hostel. It was opened the following year.
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- Where was Dame Alice Wedega born?
She was born at Ahioma in Milne Bay but she was raised at Kwato also in Milne Bay.
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- Who was the first PNG women to become a member of the PNG Legislative Assembly?
Dame Alice Wedega became a member of the PNG Legislative Assembly in 1961.
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- Who is Donna Harvey Hall?
Donna has lived in PNG most of her life. She lives in a little town called Wau in Morobe Province. She contested the 2002 PNG National Elections but was unsuccesful.
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- What is the East Sepik Council of Women (ESCOW)?
I do not have any info on this organisation. Can anyone reading this offer some help?
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- When was the the first tourism board set up in PNG?
The first Tourist Board was established just prior to PNG Independence upon the recommendation of the World Bank. The first Director is recorded as being Bryan Hill.
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- How is gold used in PNG?
It is mainly turned into jewellery while most of the locally mined gold is exported.
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- When did Mathias Kauage die?
Born in 1944 he died in 2003. He was considered Papua New Guinea's leading artist.
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- What is the fastest time that the Kokoda trail has been walked in?
Not sure what the fastest time for walking the trail is but 22 year old Brendan Buka ran the trail in 17 hours and 49 minutes in August 2006. I am sure he would've had to have walked and climbed some of it.
Wayne Urina did it in just over an hour more than that and 32 year old endurance racer Damon Goerke of Sydney came in third.
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- How do most live / people survive in PNG?
The impact of modernisation brings daily change to PNG, but the majority of people, whether they be from the Highlands, the islands or to the Coastal regions of the mainland, remain dependent on subsistence farming and live in small villages. Much of the inherited social structure, from matters affecting gardening to marriage and death, remains unchanged.
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- Who is responsible for the day to day work in PNG village society?
The responsibility for the day to day work of gardening and caring for children and animals still lies with the women. Social units are based on family, clan and tribe. Ownership of material wealth is vested in the household and controlled by a male elder.
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- Are there any traditional art forms in PNG?
PNG art forms are as diverse as they are distinctive. In a country where language varies from village to village, it can be expected that artistic expression will differ in style just as dramatically. Pottery, weapons, carvings, basketwork, musical instruments are produced by different people in different places, according to their traditional skills and beliefs
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- What can you tell me about PNG Clothing?
With over 800+ language groups living from coastal to inland highland areas I am sure you could imagine that to put it bluntly PNG clothing is very, very diverse and very difficult to describe. Traditionally clothing would have been made from easliy obtainable material such as leaves from plants, bark from trees, decorations from birds, shells, plants etc. In the colder regions warmer clothing possibly made from fur of animals would have been a prized article.
Nowadays many rural people still wear traditional clothing although with the advent of second hand clothing shops more and more people can now afford what is commonly called "European" clothing reserving traditional clothing for festivals etc.
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- What is buai?
A handsome tree cultivated in all the warmer parts of Asia for its yellowish-red fruits the size of a hen's egg, containing the seed about the size of an acorn, conical shape with flattened base and brownish in colour externally; internally mottled like a nutmeg.
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- When was WMB opened?
I hope by WMB you mean Wau Microbank? If that is the case it was opened in 2004 followed by branches in Lae, Kainantu, Wewak and Bulolo.
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- In what year did the old "Out Rigger" hotel become the Bankers College?
Not sure but the ToRobert Centre / Bankers College was offically opened by Sir Michael Somare on the 30th of November 1982.
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- Where is Jayapura?
Sorry these FAQ's are about PNG. Jayapura is not in PNG although you can get a bus from Vanimo, West Sepik, across the border to Jayapura in the Indonesian province of Papua.
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- Where can I find a list of National and Provincial Disaster and Emergency Contacts?
A list can be found below but it may be best to check at --http://www.pngndc.gov.pg/PNG%20Hazards/Png%20disaster%20Awareness/pngdisaster%20awareness.htm
National and Provincial Disaster and Emergency Offices
Province Contact No Province Contact No Gulf (Kerema) 6481157/1119 Morobe (Lae) 4727711/4745 Central (Konedobu) 321 2738/3850 Madang (Madang) 8523222/8523200 NCD (City Hall) 323 3259/0099 E/Sepik (Wewak) 8561393/8562860 Western (Daru) 645 9227/9200 EHP (Goroka) 7322880/7321842 Milne Bay (Alotau) 6411264/1468 Sandaun (Vanimo) 8572606/8571013 Oro (Popondetta) 3297248/7145 Manus (Lorengau) 4709358/4709421 Enga (Wabag) 5471240/5471262 WNB (Kimbe) 9835073/9842317 WHP (Hagen) 5421627/5422316 ENB (Vunadidir) 8922002/9827070 SHP(Mendi) 5491199/5491165 N.Ireland (Kavieng) 9842290/9841049 Simbu (Kundiawa) 7351155/7335024 N.Solomon (Buka) 9739798/9739797
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- pictures of png currency
This web site has images of PNG currency starting at -- moni.html
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- Is PNG a place where backpackers are welcome?
PNG welcomes backpackers but it does not have many facilities to cater for them. Any accommodation that is advertised as backpackers is usually taken up by locals and then I have only seen them advertised in Moresby and ALotau.
Public transport in Moresby is usually crowded and there may not be room for a backpack to fit.
Outside Moresby the buses offer more room.
Sometimes the only way to get around is by flying and that is considered expensive.
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- What was the first issue of PNG Notes?
The first issue of the Kina was in four denominations K2, K5 and K10 Bank notes plus a K1.00 coin replaced the existing Australian dollar note.
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- how does the average family live in png?
I do not know how to classify the "average" PNG family. With over 800 languages the country is very, very diverse. Most of the population live in a rural, subsistence farming environment so you could say the average family are subsistence farmers living off the land.
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- Who was Emma Coe?
Emma Eliza Coe is better known as the Queen of the South Seas. Her sister was Phebe Coe Parkinson.
Her story was made into a movie released in 1988 called -- Emma: Queen of the South Seas starring Barbara Carrera as Emma. Rebecca Riggs played her sister Phebe.
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- who is the secretary of foreign affairs?
At the moment it is Gabriel Pepson (December 2006)
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- Where does Port Moresby get its electricty from?
Port Moresby obtains power from the
Thermal Power Plant at Moitaka
The privately owned Hanjung Power Station
and the Rouna Hydro Power stations.
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- What is the present electrical capacity for Port Moresby?
Currently (May 2008), 74MW -- Rouna 1 (3MW), Two (10MW), Three (6MW) and Five (13MW) for a total of 32MW, Kanudi supplies 24MW, Moitaka 18MW used daily in Port Moresby.
PNG Power has indicated that this will be increased to a total of 105MW in January 2009
In Aug 2006, the four Rouna Hydro Power Stations supplied 35MW of electricity, while Moitaka supplied 20MW and the Hanjung Power Station supplied 24MW to meet the load demand of National Capital District and the surrounding areas.
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- Do you have a list of jails in PNG?
The following is a list of some of the prisons in operating in PNG supplied by Uve.
- Bomana in Port Moresby, NCD also for Central
- Buimo in Lae, Morobe Province
- Baisu in Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province
- Keravat in Rabaul, East New Britain Province
- Bui-Iebi in Mendi, Southern Highlands Province
- Bihute in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province
- Biru in Popondeta, Oro Province
- Bundaira in Kainantu, Eastern highlands Province
- Boram in Wewak, East Sepik Province,
- Vanimo in Vanimo, West Sandaun province
- Daru in Daru, Western Province
- Ningerum in Kiunga, Western Province,
- Beon in Madang, Madang Province
- Barawagi in Kundiawa, Simbu province
- Giligili in Alotau Milne Bay Province
- Hawa in Tari, Southern Highlands Province
- Wabag in Wabag, Enga Province
- Lakiemata in Kimbe, West New Britain Province
- Kavieng in Kavieng, New Ireland Province
- Manus in Lorengau, Manus Province
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- Who won the very first Miss Red Cross / Miss PNG contest in 1974?
Miss Eva Arni was the first holder of the title "Miss PNG Red Cross"
Eva went on to win the Miss Asia Title in 1975.
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- Who won the second Miss Red Cross / Miss PNG contest in 1975?
Miss Eau Suve was Miss PNG Red Cross in 1975. Eau went on to win the "Best Traditional Dress" award at the Miss Asia Quest.
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Please note that this is not "Ask Jeeves" - you cannot type a whole sentence as your query. Enter a word, a phrase, or several words and press search.
Please remember that this is a FAQ database about Papua New Guinea.
Doing a search for PNG or New Guinea or even P.N.G will probably not return much. Keep the search simple. i.e. if you want to find out the population simply enter "population" without the quotes. There is no need to have PNG / P.N.G or whatever in the search string.
Also - Spelling is important searching for 'inkom' will not return items related to 'income'
Created 1 May 2002
Updated 21 Jun 2008
Updated 21 Jun 2008
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