just found out that my sister came back from a business trip to Papua New Guinea unscathed... I'd warned her not to go, 'cause I'd read about robberies in the capitol, Port Moresby, and elsewhere.
PNG, as it is known, is a basketcase of a nation... a more-or-less failed state, that will be rescued by Australia later this year. The Aussies will send in civil servants and police to establish governance and law-and-order. (Reminds you of another situation, doesn't it?)
The main thing that PNG has got going for it, is a copper mine project that the Chinese recently signed to set up.
Posted by raacluse at April 14, 2004 10:38 AMNice blog, just wanted to say I found you through Google
Posted by: Andrew C Lace at November 5, 2004 12:10 AM