300311 KOROMIRA BENEFIT
By Aloysius Laukai

The St. Gregory Technical High School, Koromira yesterday benefitted from another donation from Australia totaling TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND KINA.

And this was announced by the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Affairs, RICHARD MARLES at the ground-breaking ceremony in Koromira yesterday afternoon.

The ceremony was witnessed by ABG the member for Central Bougainville in the National Parliament, JIMMY MIRINGTORO,ABG Minister for Finance, ALBERT PUNGHAU and the veterans Affairs Minister, DAVID SISITO.

According to the school’s principal, MR. MIHEN this would be the 3rd time the school has received assistance from Australia through its aid agency Ausaid.

MR. MIHEN said that earlier Ausaid had contributed with the Workshop building and a Generator worth more than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINA.

Yesterday, MR. MARLES Scooped the first soil at the site the new Science Lab will be built.

Comments

[Jos]

Thanks to you too, Paul! $AUD$94,000 is huge. Even just $100 would have been appreciated too.

[paul]

K250,000 is about AU$94,000 or the same in US dollars. Just for info'.

[paul]

This is fantastic news for Bougainville and the local people of Koromira. I lived and worked at Koromira in 1987 - 88. We began to build a youth rehabilitation centre there, next to the community school and church. I can only imagine the scene now. Any photos? I dream of a return some day.
I am an Aust tax payer and am pleased to see some of my tax working at Koromira.

[Tampara]

This is just excellent. Good work on the part of the school. I am sure they are doing something right to deserve another gift from the Australian Tax payers. Thank you, Mr. Marles...Bikfala hamamas...