Let's keep Hagen Town clean

AFTER spending a month in Mt Hagen, I don’t think it deserves to be called the third city. There were rubbish and betelnut stains everywhere, even in front of shops and Kapal Haus. Store goods are being sold on the streets and footpaths were created on flowerbeds. Pocket picking and petty crimes are also rampant and the police are helpless. The facilities in the newly built Mt Hagen market have been vandalised and it is a shame to Western Highlanders for not looking after the market. Mt Hagen has some serious cleaning up to do.

- David Ketepa Ulg, Los Angeles, USA