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By Aloysius Laukai
The ABG Minister for Peace and Reconciliation ,NEWTON KAUVA is another Bougainville leader to lass on the Post Courier for misreporting on Bougainville issues.
MR. KAUVA in a news release sent to New Dawn FM yesterday said that the Post courier report of August 2nd was totally malicious, provocative, sensational and must not be seriously taken.
He said that Bougainville and are intelligent and must not be manipulated by this unprofessional biased and hidden agenda kind of reporting.
MR.KAUVA said that the people must understand that Chinese investors are not here to invade Bougainville as the report seemed to imply.
He said that Chinese were here before colonial rule and have assisted us to prosper to this stage.
Chinese were here in Buka, Arawa and Buin as the name China towns still lives on.
We are all part of a global community and this sort of reporting will paint an adverse picture on us as discriminatory region.
At this stage when we do not have the necessary technology,capital and expertize foreign partnership is the way forward to achieve the economic recovery and fiscal self reliance that we are craving for.
He said that the Autonomous Bougainville Government had always said it all along that “There will be no stand alone Enterprise or Business” and we should not press the panic button when Chinese, Australians, Canadians etc come to our region through proper channel to look for partnership opportunities.
The Autonomous Bougainville government is well aware and is in a process of drawing up a policy to reserve certain Businesses for our people which may require less capital and our own local entrepreneurs have proven record to undertake.
The Minister further explained that certain foreigners who are currently operating and competing against our small business people are married to us and our Bougainville constitution allows them to do so.
He said if the people of Bougainville are not happy it is up to the people to decide and revisit the Bougainville constitution to make some changes to it.
Minister Kauva is further appealing to the people of Bougainville to refrain from unlawful intimidation.