Thursday, September 17, 2009

Papua New Guinea Public Service ‘ROTTING’


By YVONNE HAIP

The habit of receiving and expecting bribes by public servants in the country is eating away the credibility of the public service, a public servant in Western Highlands province has said. In a bold statement about the “rot in the public service”, Mt Hagen urban local level government councillor, Mapun Papol, said ordinary citizens were being forced to pay bribes to those working in high offices to get their inquiries processed faster.

Mr Papol said this was a concern as ordinary citizens did not have to pay anyone who was paid by the Government to deliver services.“If you want something to be done for you, you need to pay bribe or else your enquiry or application will be ignored and then chucked into the bin. Bribery is a secret income for public servants,” he said.He said for this reason, the public service was losing its credibility.

“It is shameful because the people are forced to pay bribe if they want service which is supposed to be received free,” Mr Papol said.He claimed that if people wanted something done, they had to present their inquiries together with some money in order to ‘speed things up’.

Mr Papol said he was in Port Moresby last month to have an application processed and ended up paying K2,000 as bribery to get it done. He called on the Minister for Public Service Peter O’Neill to look into the matter as this was becoming a habit.

*** This is a dangerous trend for Papua New Guinea. I've seen and experienced this myself and we should by all means do everything within our powers to get rid of this 'cult practise' widely prevalent in Papua New Guinea.

Source: The National

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Papua New Guinea Public Service ‘ROTTING’


By YVONNE HAIP

The habit of receiving and expecting bribes by public servants in the country is eating away the credibility of the public service, a public servant in Western Highlands province has said. In a bold statement about the “rot in the public service”, Mt Hagen urban local level government councillor, Mapun Papol, said ordinary citizens were being forced to pay bribes to those working in high offices to get their inquiries processed faster.

Mr Papol said this was a concern as ordinary citizens did not have to pay anyone who was paid by the Government to deliver services.“If you want something to be done for you, you need to pay bribe or else your enquiry or application will be ignored and then chucked into the bin. Bribery is a secret income for public servants,” he said.He said for this reason, the public service was losing its credibility.

“It is shameful because the people are forced to pay bribe if they want service which is supposed to be received free,” Mr Papol said.He claimed that if people wanted something done, they had to present their inquiries together with some money in order to ‘speed things up’.

Mr Papol said he was in Port Moresby last month to have an application processed and ended up paying K2,000 as bribery to get it done. He called on the Minister for Public Service Peter O’Neill to look into the matter as this was becoming a habit.

*** This is a dangerous trend for Papua New Guinea. I've seen and experienced this myself and we should by all means do everything within our powers to get rid of this 'cult practise' widely prevalent in Papua New Guinea.

Source: The National

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Papua New Guinea Public Service ‘ROTTING’


By YVONNE HAIP

The habit of receiving and expecting bribes by public servants in the country is eating away the credibility of the public service, a public servant in Western Highlands province has said. In a bold statement about the “rot in the public service”, Mt Hagen urban local level government councillor, Mapun Papol, said ordinary citizens were being forced to pay bribes to those working in high offices to get their inquiries processed faster.

Mr Papol said this was a concern as ordinary citizens did not have to pay anyone who was paid by the Government to deliver services.“If you want something to be done for you, you need to pay bribe or else your enquiry or application will be ignored and then chucked into the bin. Bribery is a secret income for public servants,” he said.He said for this reason, the public service was losing its credibility.

“It is shameful because the people are forced to pay bribe if they want service which is supposed to be received free,” Mr Papol said.He claimed that if people wanted something done, they had to present their inquiries together with some money in order to ‘speed things up’.

Mr Papol said he was in Port Moresby last month to have an application processed and ended up paying K2,000 as bribery to get it done. He called on the Minister for Public Service Peter O’Neill to look into the matter as this was becoming a habit.

*** This is a dangerous trend for Papua New Guinea. I've seen and experienced this myself and we should by all means do everything within our powers to get rid of this 'cult practise' widely prevalent in Papua New Guinea.

Source: The National

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Everyday is SPECIAL


A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: 'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.' He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. 'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago.

She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said: 'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion.'

I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day.

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Some Day' and 'One Day,' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now!

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food.

It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one. If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about. If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it 'One of these days' , remember that 'One day' is far away. Or might never come.

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Everyday is SPECIAL


A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: 'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.' He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. 'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago.

She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said: 'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion.'

I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day.

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Some Day' and 'One Day,' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now!

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food.

It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one. If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about. If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it 'One of these days' , remember that 'One day' is far away. Or might never come.

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Everyday is SPECIAL


A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: 'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.' He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. 'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago.

She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said: 'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion.'

I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day.

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Some Day' and 'One Day,' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now!

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food.

It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one. If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about. If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it 'One of these days' , remember that 'One day' is far away. Or might never come.

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