Hides Gas and LNG under Treat.wmv

The PNG LNG project is sitting on a time bomb if the Government does not address landowner grievances quickly.
Landowners in PDL1 area, particularly Kobalu Camp site, said they had been fooled into signing the LBBSA on the understanding that they would be given their business development and other grants by the Government after the signing.
They had been realising that the Government got what it wanted from the landowners and did not care less about their commitments at LBBSA and UBSA in Kokopo.
Chairman of Kobalu Camp Joint Venture (KCJV) Andrew Pulupo said yesterday that the Government was taking a risk by its actions.
There is a 20 km road from Halimba to Hides, Kobalu Camp was already established, there are 32 Porgera Joint Venture power pylons running through our land and Hapone zone has been recognized. If the Government does not honour its commitment to us, it is risking those infrastructure already on our land, Mr Pulupo said.
Mr Pulupo and fellow leader Thomas Ola had managed to contain the frustration of around 15,000 people currently in Port Moresby to collect the promised grants from the Government.
Our people provide security naturally to the infrastructure already on the ground and we would think that the Government would not be stupid to dishonour its commitment, he said.
During the LBBSA in Hides, Southern Highlands Governor Anderson Agiru also promised KCJV a counterpart funding through the Provincial Government but this had not been delivered yet.
Other companies in Kobalu Camp site who are yet to collect their Memorandum of Agreement and project funds include Hewai Investment Ltd, HROI Ltd and Piwolako Construction Ltd.
Mr Pulupo said during the LBBSA, Public Enterprises Minister Arthur Somare, Tari Pori MP Francis Potabe, Education Minister James Marape, Petroleum Minister William Duma and facilitators Chris Haiveta, Michael Nali and Secretary Rendell Rimua discussed the issue and issued a note to him stating that the issues were already discussed at the ministerial level and sorted out.
He said whether that undertaking was real or a lie to win the peoples support was anybodys guess.
Mr Pulupo warned that if his people were further frustrated and take matters into their own hands, the Government would have to take full responsibility

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