070113 HU RETURNS HAPPY
By Aloysius Laukai
The Taiwan Trade Commissioner, DANIEL HU left Buka for Port Moresby last Saturday after visiting possible sites on Bougainville in which the Taiwan Government can assist the people of the Autonomous Region for Bougainville.
He visited Bougainville on the invitation of the member for North Bougainville, LAUTA ATOI who took the Trade Commissioner to see a number of possible project sites on Buka island and North Bougainville.
Although he did not make any commitment apart from the IT Centre in which Taiwan will fund all the computers, MR. HU told NEW DAWN FMl in Buka before returning to Port Moresby that Bougainville was a land of opportunity and he was happy to work with the leaders to map out some areas of joint partnership on Agriculture and other areas of interest in the region.
The Trade Commissioner said that he was happy to visit Bougainville but will return later to further collaborate with local authorities on areas of importance to the two people.
He said that the soil was fertile in which organic food can be grown which he said was very expensive in most countries.
MR. HU was able to visit possible wharf site, rice farming areas and also visited the cocoa rehabilitation program on Baneo Plantation which is on the Northern tip of Mainland Bougainville.
He was also able to visit the Buka General Hospital and the Lemanmanu Health Centre on Buka island.
Before his departure, he was able to donate two Solar Panel and Lights to the Lemanmanu Health Centre.
He said that he was sad to see the state of the Centre and was able to donate these two solar lights which the Nurses can use when attending to patients in the night.
It is understood that in most of the rural Health facilities, Nurses have problems with lights especially when delivering mothers at night and the two solar lights would be very useful to the Lemanmanu Health Centre.
In receiving the gifts from the Trade Commissioner, the local ABG member for HAKU, JAMES BEANI said that he was happy that the Taiwan Trade Commissioner has assisted his Health Centre.
He said although the Centre has a generator during emergencies sometimes there is no fuel and machines do break down when they are really needed.
MR. BEANI said that he had secured funds for the extension of the Health Centre and was happy for such assistance.Ends