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Issue No. 13 February
TOK STEAMIES News for Staff and Friends of Steamships Trading Company
GENERAL NEWS
STC Internal Audit Function
established - Pg 2
Steamships continues to support three of its BbP libraries Small libraries for children between the ages of four and six years
old can really increase a child‟s reading ability before they reach
schooling age.
Steamships Trading Company Chairman, Bill Rothery presented a
cheque of K159,359 to the founder and executive officer for the
Buk bilong Pikinini libraries.
The cheque presentation was held at the Lawes Road Library where
Mr Rothery was given the opportunity to read to the children as
well as hear a six year old boy from the class read his favourite
book.
“Seeing a child able to read and write at an early age is priceless.”
Mr Rothery said.
Steamships for the past five years have been funding three of the
Buk bilong Pikinini Libraries;
1. Lawes Road which opened in 2009
2. Lae, Montoro Street Library opened also in 2009 and
3. Goroka Library which opened in 2010.
“Papua New Guinea lacks libraries for young children and the ini-
tiative by Buk Bilong Pikinini to bring libraries into communities is
a step forward to helping the future generation of the country,” Mr
Rothery expressed.
He said the feedback from parents who have been sending their
children to the three libraries that Steamships sponsors have been
very positive and seeing the children being able to read and write at
an early age encouraged the company to continue its partnership.
Mr Rothery said since partnering with BbP in 2009, Steamships has
spent close to K2m in assisting with the operational costs of the
three libraries and last year Steamships renewed its partnership
with BbP for another three years.
The purpose of Buk bilong Pikinini is to focus on early childhood
learning as a key to literacy.
Buk bilong Pikinini Founder, Sophie-Anne Hermann thanked
Steamships for its continuous support saying BbP was grateful for
the continuous support of Steamships to its three libraries.
Buk bilong Pikinini is planning to open more libraries this year
with the support from corporate sponsors.
Steamships board Chairman, Mr Bill Rothery handing the cheque to Buk
bilong Pikinini Founder, Sophie-Anne Hermann and BbP Executive Officer
Joanne Grenenger.
SPORTS
Datec Golfer wins Gold
- Pg 8
FEATURE
The Chevening Experience
- Pg 9
Some of the activities that took place during Mr Rothery’s visit to the
Buk bilong Pikinini library at Lawes Road, Konedobu
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GENERAL NEWS
Group Internal audit function launched
STC has launched a Group-wide Graduate Development Pro-
gram (GDP) through its Management Trainee scheme which is
commencing in a few months time.
The purpose of the Group-wide Management Development Pro-
gram is to establish a framework for a long term effort to build
local management talent which can sustain the Steamships busi-
ness into the future.
Besides the GDP, Steamships‟ also has a Graduate Accountant
Program (GAP) which began in 2012. This program assists par-
ticipants to complete their professional qualifications and be-
come chartered accountants within the Group.
In 2012, ten students fresh out of the country‟s universities were
selected and underwent a year long training as part of the GDP.
The ten graduates are now into their second year of training with
the company and are currently attached with the different busi-
ness units.
The 2013 recruitment for both the GAP and GDP commenced
late last year with the announcement published in the daily
newspapers. The first lot of interviews were carried out early last
month with the final interviews carried out by the Group Human
Resource department and the corporate management team last
week. Of the nine candidates short-listed, only six will be se-
lected for the two programs- three for GAP and three for GDP.
The successful candidates will be announced later on in the
month with them commencing the program next month in April.
Tok Steamies will feature some of these new graduates in the
next issue of the newsletter.
An internal audit function was launched
mid last months as part of the Group‟s
corporate strategic plan.
The function follows best practice guid-
ance of the Australian Stock Exchange
(ASX) and Port Moresby Stock Ex-
change (POMSOX) and the manage-
ment believes it has the ability to deliver both controls improve-
ment and process value.
The initial internal audit structure is being done in collaboration
with Swire with the Pacific Region team comprising of PNG,
Australia and Singapore.
Goran Mitrevski has been appointed as the Pacific Regional In-
ternal Audit Manager and will be based in Australia together
with Eddie Shum who is in charge of the Australia Internal Au-
dit. For PNG, Joe Enriquez has been appointed to take on the
responsibility as PNG Internal Auditor.
David Toua heads Corporate Affairs The executive management has appointed
David Toua as the new General Manager
Corporate Affairs for the Steamships Group.
David will oversee the Group‟s Human Re-
sources, Risk Management including legal
and insurance & Government and Commu-
nity Relations which includes Public Rela-
tions.
David was until recently the General Manager for Queensland
Chartis Insurance, having previously been AIG PNG country
manager for nine years. He was also with Datec PNG so he‟s no
newcomer to the Group.
STC Managing Director Geoff Cundle said David brings exten-
sive PNG business knowledge and connections to his new role
and is a valuable addition to the STC senior management team.
HR commence recruitment of Graduate Trainees
Chinese New Year commemorated The employees of China Railway Construction Group (CRCG)
had a visit from the Steamships Trading Company managing
director, Geoff Cundle just before the Chinese new year.
During the visit, Mr Cundle and Steamships contract manager,
Mark Larufa gave out "ya sui qian".
The red card is a symbol of good luck and protection and has
been used traditionally in the Chinese culture for centuries.
CRCG is currently working on two company projects, the Har-
bour Side Development (artist impression can be seen on the
wall of the image below) and the Windward II Apartments.
Chinese New
Year
celebrated
with
clients
Steamships Shipping and Swire Shipping Agencies celebrated Chinese New Year by inviting some
of their top customers and partners on a sunset boat cruise around the Port Moresby Harbour.
The function was held on board the „Moresby Chief‟.
Swire Shipping Marketing Manager and Chief Interior Decorator Donald Fraser welcomed guests
on board and gave a safety briefing which would have made any air stewardess proud.
The calm and warm weather allowed for a cruise past Manubada Island at dusk to the illuminated
Motukea wharf, MV Erawan, and a memorable view of the ever-famous Christmas-like lights of
Touaguba Hill.
All guests were greeted with Coca-Cola branded „Lai See‟ envelopes, kindly provided by Steam-
ships‟ Managing Director Geoff Cundle. Contrary to Chinese tradition, it was not deemed appro-
priate to supply customers with a cash gift; instead Chinese fortunes for 2013, the year of the
snake, were enclosed - story by Francis Peter
David Toua
Joe Enriquez
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LOGISTICS SHIPPING NEWS
Kimbe Stevedores rise to the challenge
Agutoi Chief has commenced its trips to Balimo and will be
doing monthly trips after Steamships Coastal Shipping Man-
ager, William Arblaster made the announcement late last year.
Mr Arblaster said with Agutoi Chief now doing service run to
Balimo it will assist in providing the people of Balimo direct
access to goods unlike in the past where they relied on goods
from Daru.
The Port Moresby Stevedores were hard at work recently dis-
charging a compressor that weighed 52 tons. The compressor
had to be discharged using both the vessel crane and mobile
harbor crane in a twin lift as seen in the picture.
To alleviate the congestion and long wait at the West New Brit-
ain port, the small coastal berth in Kimbe is now being used to
berth large vessels and unload their cargoes.
The decision was reached mid January this year by New Britain
Shipping, Consort and PNG Ports to use the coastal berth when
the main berth was occupied and Papuan Coast had to anchor
and wait for a berth
The coastal berth is shorter than the Papuan Coast and in order
to discharge her, the stevedores had to shift cargo from the aft to
the forward end of the ship with the number two crane before
using the number one crane to place it on the wharf. The proc-
ess was repeated in reverse during loading.
Acting New Britain Shipping Manager, Vali Bagelo said while
it was a slow way in which to stevedore a vessel, it was effec-
tive because it meant that the Papuan Coast did not have to sit
at anchor.
"We discharged 70 containers and breakbulk & loaded 120
boxes as well as breakbulk. By using the coastal berth the vessel
was able to sail early which meant that we saved time and
money for everyone, including the person buying goods in the
shop,” Mr Bagelo said.
He said the operation was conducted safely and thanked Joint
Venture Stevedore Trainer Wari Sere for his assistance.
"Mr Sere helped us set up the process and made sure everything
was done safely and efficiently," Mr Bagelo commended.
He added that using the Kimbe Coastal berth will become the
practice after a Carpenter's vessel, Toboi Trader was also berthed
and stevedored there after the trial was done with Papuan Coast.
The Papuan Coast at the Kimbe Coastal berth
Agutoi Chief commence
service run to Balimo CEL conducts its first ever
team building Program
The first ever Team Building Program was staged by Consort
Express Lines recently.
Over 80 staff from 11 departments took part in various mind
building and skills challenges to find the ultimate winner.
The objective of the program was to help staff develop and under-
stand the importance of being in a team and how the principals
can help them work collectively to be effective and efficient when
performing their day to day duties.
The different stages of the challenge also enabled the teams to
utilize their communication, observation and articulation skills in
order to solve problems and produce answer.
Consort Express Lines Human Resources Manager Cletus Yende-
tuo commended the training say the program was a hit with the
staff and management and that the staff were looking forward to
the next one.
Off loading a 5.2 ton compressor
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LOGISTICS TRUCKING
Depot-PRO set up for container management & tracking services
Staff transportation
The converted 20 foot container that houses the Depot-PRO workstation
EWT has recently deployed Depot-PRO system for container manage-
ment and tracking services.
Depot-PRO basically monitors container movement in and out of the
Lae depot. It has additional functions to trigger yard storage and electri-
cal charges bonded at EWT yard.
A dedicated container tracking team is currently stationed in the 20 foot
container that has been converted into an office space equipped with
office facilities and 3 Depot-PRO workstations.
The 20 foot container office is located right in the middle of the main
entrance and has windows on both sides where container clerks collects
and issue delivery dockets on every check-in and check-out for all con-
tainer movement.
East West Transport has recently acquired
six Howo labor run buses from China for
EWT staff pick-up and drop-off. Two of
them have a load capacity of 40 passengers
whilst the other four carry 30 passengers
each.
Three of these buses will be based in LAE
and the other three in POM.
A 40 seater bus is currently servicing Lae
depot and Nadzab route.
Early this year, EWT received 12 Shack-man trucks from China. Howo Shacman trucks are now added to the existing highway fleet to assist in all highway deliveries between, Lae, Goroka, Mt Hagen, Morobe Mining Joint Venture (MMJV) and metro deliv-eries. A recent inspection and trialing on the vehicle GPS system had been carried out by a Depot-PRO consultant and soon all highway fleet will be mounted with mo-bile radios and installed with the GPS tracking system for vehicle tracking purposes. To compliment the Shackman trucks, the Lae operations also bought eight new Toyota Land cruisers 2 door utili-ties for Highway Escort.
The new vehicles will be escorting
highway trucks on a weekly basis be-
tween Lae, Goroka and Mt Hagen.
Ela Motors had geared the fleets with
aluminum body trays ,bull bars, spot
lights, and revolvers specifically for
escort vehicles.
EWT in Lae also now has three Reach
Staker Forklifts that was bought last
year and is being used at the container
yard to load and off-load containers
from.
The Reach Staker Forklifts can stake or
lift containers as high as 6 feet above
the ground making it easier to reach
containers that are piled three stacks
high.
EWT increases vehicle fleet
The new buses with staff standing at the door way.
Insert: EWT GM, Gordon McMaster at the door way.
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Delicacies made for lovers
HOTEL NEWS
A selection of staff from all departments at Ela Beach Hotel
underwent the year‟s first fire training early last month.
The staff got first hand experience in using fire extinguishers on
real flames allowing them to know the different types of fire
extinguishers and the types of fires to use them on.
Under the tutelage of the hotel manager Stuart Johnstone, the
staff had a safe and fun morning putting out various fire scenar-
ios.
They started off with the theory of how fire works, spreads and
as well as what to do in the event of having to evacuate the
building. The role plays took place in evacuating certain areas of
the hotel within 5 minutes.
All staff enjoyed the training and are now more aware of each
persons role as and individual and as a group.
Further training with the staff will take place through out the
year
Mr Johnstone said the staff were now aware their roles and what
to do in the unlikely event of a fire.
“They now know how to coordinate a smooth and calm evacua-
tion of the building which is very important,” he said.
He said all departments from night audit, laundry staff and man-
agers had a vital role to play in an event of a fire.
“All the staff found the training useful, fun and informative but
importantly they now know that their coordinated actions can
help save lives
Valentines eve like all over the world was a night of romance and
love for all the lovers.
Highlander Hotel made sure it set the mood for all the love birds
that evening by serving a sumptuous seafood buffet for valen-
tines dinner.
Over 80 guests enjoyed the delicious meal which was prepared
by Chef Paul Homoka and his team who wanted to create that
special feeling for the lovers. They baked a heart shaped choco-
late cake as a compliment for the guests to enjoy.
The live background music playing was ideal for the guests to
wine and dine in relaxation.
Better to be safe then sorry
Want a taste of Italian Cuisine? Then this is your lucky month.
The Grand Papua Hotel has themed March as its Italian month so
why not treat yourself to an Italian cuisine during the month.
There is the K69 Saturday Night Italian Buffet where there will
be Italian theme food and beverage specials as well as compli-
mentary tastings and a live Italian Cuisine cooking station every
night. Dinners also get to place their business cards in a draw to
win a fully automatic coffee machine.
Contact Grand Papua Hotel to make reservations.
Looking for a place to hang out and relax with friends and col-
leagues after a hard week at work then you can head to Grand
Papua‟s Grand Bar and kick off your weekend in grand style.
They have two hours of specials with amazing canapés where
guests get to have complimentary bubbles on arrival.
March is Italian Month at Grand Papua Hotel
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PROPERTY PROPERTY & PROJECT NEWS
Promoting reading & safety in schools
STC PROJECT UPDATE - Harbour Side Project -
What you‟re looking at is an artist impression of
what the finished product of the Harbourside devel-
opment will look like come 2014.
The Harbourside development is a joint venture
project by Steamships Trading Company and the
PNG Sustainable Development Programme (PNG
SDP).
The project consists of two seven story buildings
totaling 18,000 m2.
It consists of a basement car park with the ground
level house retail and professional suites. The first
to fifth floor will be office spaces. Its completion is
scheduled for 2014.
Pacific Palms Property’s HSSE Manager, Hahane Aroma present-
ing the box of books and the school crossing sign to a teacher from
Coronation Elementary School
Image by Pacific Palms Property
Coronation Elementary School located at 4-Mile was recently presented
with school books and school road crossing flags and safety vests by
Pacific Palms Property.
This is part of Pacific Palms sponsorship to 18 elementary schools
throughout NCD which was launched in late November last year.
The first presentation was done at Butuka Primary School. The spon-
sorship is worth about K180,000 and includes the supply of learning
books and story books from elementary prep to elementary grade 2.
Presentations to the rest of the schools will be done throughout the next
two months until all 18 schools have received their items.
The next schools to be given their books were Bavaroko and KilaKila
elementary schools.
A person living with the HIV/AIDS
virus was invited to talk about his
experiences on the topic last Novem-
ber to mark World AIDS Day.
HIV & AIDS is a topic not everyone
talks about freely, and to get someone
to share his personal experiences with
the Property staff was an experience
on its own.
The PLWHA (Person Living With
HIV & AIDS) was once a fit and en-
ergetic man, earning a good salary
and a proud husband, with three (3)
wives and a fair number of children.
Polygamy is widely accepted in many
parts of PNG, especially in the High-
lands region, where it is considered a
sign of wealth, prestige and or high
status, in the community.
Jim (not his real name) was a regular
blood donor to PNG Red Cross and
was surprised when, during a visit to
the Red Cross, was advised to get a
medical check-up. After suffering
from numerous bouts of diarrhoea
and other related illnesses and being
reduced to a “skeleton” within a few
short months, he decided to visit the
VCT clinic during which time, he
was diagnosed as HIV positive. He
has since been a strong advocate and
encourages all to follow the ABC
concept and to get tested, so people
know their status.
HIV/AIDS awareness for PPP staff
Pacific Palms Property staff with a PLWHA after the small talk that was given to the staff
on World AIDS Day last year.
View from the Port Moresby Harbor
View from the Stanley Esplanade Drive
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COMMERCIAL IT NEWS
CSD Introduces a new & improved helpdesk system
Ten dedicated staff at Datec recently attained their Lenovo
Warranty Services certificates.
Certificates were attained in three services categories -
Desktops, Laptops and ThinkServers.
One of Datec‟s major brand is Lenovo prides itself as the
best service provider to this range of product in PNG.
The Lenovo portal training was done online through the
Datec Learning Centre in Port Moresby and is the first
training held for its staff for 2013.
Datec is very proud of this team effort and their achieve-
ments.
In the IT world, „Virtualization‟ is a cutting edge technology.
Virtualization in computing, is a term that refers to the various tech-
niques, methods or approaches of creating a virtual (rather than actual)
version of something,
Alvin and Wilson are two dedicated Datec Systems Engineers who
recently attained their VM Ware certification last month and are now
internationally recognised as VM Ware Certificate Professionals.
The two commenced their theory training last year in June and after
that went into their practical assessment which ended with them sitting
for their final exams last month.
Datec is proud of these achievements and congratulate them both.
10 staff obtain Lenovo training certificates
Stevenson & Estaban certified as VM Ware professionals
The Computer Services Division (CSD) introduced a new and im-
proved helpdesk system called Manage Engine Service Desk Plus.
The new system is a comprehensive help desk software that provides
CSD helpdesk and IT managers an integrated console to monitor IT
requests generated from the users of the IT resources within the
Group.
The new helpdesk system has been well received by all CSD techni-
cians and the IT Coordinators of the various divisions in STC.
By keeping track of the outstanding and overdue requests, the new
helpdesk system has helped to improve the response time and resolu-
tion time for requests raised by users.
In addition, IT Coordinators of the Divisions in STC now have access
to the new helpdesk system as a means to track the status of requests
and to look up work histories of the request being worked on by CSD
technicians.
This has created transparency in the way CSD deals with users‟ re-
quests.
With the new helpdesk system being more transparent, users are now
better informed of the status of their requests which reduces the end –
user frustration arising due to time consuming issues relating to fol-
lowing up with CSD helpdesk.
It is important that you take note of the Notification Emails
that are being sent to you by CSD Helpdesk every time you
raise a job (docket/request).
Note that when you receive an Email Notification with the
subject: “Your Request with ID: #### has been Re-
solved”, you are required to reply to that email to confirm
whether or not your issue has been successfully resolved.
If you reply and confirm that your issue is resolved, CSD
will go ahead and close the docket (request) with acknowl-
edgement from the user.
If however, you still have issues, CSD will re-open the
request and do further troubleshooting until the issue is
finally resolved. CSD will only close jobs if a user confir-
mation has been received (emailed) from the users.
CSD’s important reminder to
Users: Resolved Requests
Wilson Stevenson Alvin Estaban
Taisi Lalatute Gimana Vui Alma Jawa Oscar Billy
Melinda Diapong Kido Podias Robin Wilby
Elizah Sileita Raymond Rukeru Evelyn Togwarai
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Swire Shipping Agencies in Port Moresby entered
three teams into the 2013 Corporate Slow Pitch
Soft Ball Tournament held at the Bisini Softball
Diamonds in Port Moresby early in the year.
It was the first time in Papua New Guinea for a
team to run out on any sporting paddock under the
name Swire Shipping and we were there to make
an impact.
The one day tournament was a Slow Pitch 10 a side
format (five male and five female) with a total of
18 teams split into three pools. Each team were to
play each other once with the top ranked team
moving on to the finals.
There was also a home-run derby where each team
was asked to put forward their big hitters to see
who could hit the ball the longest. The Swire team
representatives were Amos Begasi (Team One),
John Wesley (Team Two) and Francis Peter (Team
Three) who all the finished in the top 10.
Unfortunately none of the Swire teams reached the
finals but otherwise all were in high spirits having
enjoyed a day out and mingling with other staff
from other corporate houses.
PO BOX 1 SPORTS
Stevenson & Estaban certified as VM Ware professionals
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Easter Charity Soccer is on again!!!!!!
The annual charity soccer that
is held during the long Easter
weekend is on again.
Organisers of the tournament,
Posman Kua Aisi Lawyers
and its sponsors, Legend FM
have been sending out invites
to corporate organizations
wishing to participate in the
up-coming event.
Funds raised from this year’s
games will go the Sir Buri
Kidu Heart Foundation,
KASH Foundation and PNG
Women’s Doctors Association.
The usual registration of
mens, womens and mixed
teams is open for organization
to have their staff participate.
If your division would like to
register a team for the tourna-
ment then you can get in
touch with Rose, Ruth or
Janet on 320 0127.
Datec staff Patrick Kila And
Rochus Mission participated
at the recent Pan Pacific Mas-
ters Golf at the Royal Pines
Golf resort in Gold Coast,
Brisbane.
Participants came from all
over the Asia, Pacific, Austra-
lia and New Zealand.
Patrick played in the Individ-
ual Men 30-49 C Division.
Patrick took a commanding
lead with 40 points on day
one, in one of the most diffi-
cult golf course in Australia.
On the second and final day,
the treacherous winds and
showers made it quite diffi-
cult to post good scores and
he ended up scoring 34
points, which gave him a total
point of 74.
Two golfers finished top with
74 Points but Patrick Kila
took out the top spot taking
the gold medal from New
Zealand golfer, Peter Blyth
who shared the 74 points
score.
The PNG community residing
in Brisbane were present dur-
ing the presentation so there
were a lot of cheering and hi-
fives.
It was a proud moment.
Swire Shipping Agencies takes part in its first sporting event
Datec Golfers bring home Gold from PAN Pacific Games
Patrick Kila with his Gold medal.
Above left: The team Pairing of Vali Kila, Steve Walker (Sydney),
Peter Blyth (NZ) and Patrick Kila (PNG) outside the Royal Pines
Resort.
Above right: Patrick and Rochus on the Practice tee.
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JEAN SOVEK
Executive Legal Secretary
Steamships Head Office
After working as the Facilities
Administrator for Digicel, New
Guinea Islands Regional Office,
Jean joined Steamships in January.
Originating from Bougainville and East New
Britain, Jean finds working with the legal de-
partment very interesting as well as challeng-
ing. During her spare time Jean loves to watch
movies or just relax with a good novel. She‟s
currently reading Part 1 of „The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo”
PO BOX 1 WHOSE WHO
The Chevening Scholarship experience EDITORIAL TEAM
Tok Steamies is a monthly
electronic newsletter pub-
lished by the Public Relations
& Corporate Affairs Office
of the Steamships Trading
Company to inform its staff,
friends and stakeholders of
the various activities that
STC and its staff have been
doing in their various busi-
ness.
Publisher:
Steamships Trading Com-
pany Limited (STC)
Executive Editor:
General Manager Corporate
Affairs- David Toua
Editor:
Public Relations Officer -
Wanita Wakus
Layout & Design:
Public Relations Officer
Wanita Wakus
Divisional Representatives:
CSH - Susan Gegeyo
Datec - Annie Kaiulo
Shipping - Susanne Sere
Property - Hahane Aroma
EWT - TBC
Laga - TBC
For editorial comments,
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER:
This newsletter is intended to
serve as an infor-mation re-
source for the employees of
the Steam-ships Group of
Companies and does not
guaran-tee the accuracy of
the data & information pre-
sented, nor take any respon-
sibility for any errors in the
process of providing this
newsletter. Au-thorisation
should be sought from the
STC Public Relations Office
before any information in the
Newsletter could be used in
other publication
Welcome to the STC Group….
HILARY JOE
Payroll Clerk
Steamships Head Office
Hailing from Central Prov-
ince & New Ireland Prov-
ince, Hilary joined the Head
office team two months ago
and enjoys the job she‟s doing. She‟s learning
a lot from assisting in doing the Group‟s
payroll as well as meeting with other employ-
ees from within the Steamships Group.Hilary
says Steamships is a big organization and is
happy to be part of the STC team.
BEN KEIMALI
Repair & Maintenance
Manager
Pacific Palms Property
With 24 years of Airline experi-
ence Ben's new role will offer
him a challenge to expand on. It‟s a month now
and Ben‟s settled in well with the R & M Team.
His priority now is to improve Pacific Palm‟s
service delivery standard and wants to achieve
this goal in the next 4 weeks. He said R&M
will be put through induction process to get the
BASIC right before addressing other issues.
Ben is looking forward to the challenges ahead.
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Undertaking the LLM programme at the Univer-
sity of Westminster in London was a lifetime
experience. I undertook the International Com-
mercial Law Course which ran from 10 January
2012 to 10 January 2013.
I lived right at the heart of London between Hol-
born and Russell Square which is a 40 minutes
walk, 30 minutes bus ride and 15 minutes by
subway to the University.
Life in London is fast and I had to quickly adapt
to their way of doing things. There were many
things to learn in a short space of time and I was
required to know the subway lines as well as the
bus routes. For me, I found walking more easier
so I always did the 40 minute walk to school and
back. Of course, I did get lost at first because the
streets and buildings looked exactly alike.
The Chevening Scholarship gave me a first over-
seas experience.
My studies in the UK has enhanced my skill and
knowledge, such skill and knowledge I would
not have gained anywhere in the world. Despite
the weather, I still miss London – the cheap
fruits; oranges, apples, and grapes and large bars
of nutty chocolates which would cost only
1pound, and the best transport system.
Gretel Kogora with the PNG Governor General Sir
Michael Ogio and wife lady Ogio during the Gover-
nor General’s trip to London for the Queen’s Dia-
mond Jubilee. Above Left: Gretel and her friends
after a shopping spree Right: Gretel at a function
she attended.
“Not only did I gain better skills and knowledge in
law, but a whole new perspective to life”
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