Wali's Wits

It is great to see more and more Papua New Guineans venturing into SME. SME has a big impact on our economy therefore if we understand why it is crucial to buy from local traders then it can give you all the more reason to buy. Here are some reasons why you should buy local; When you buy local you help to grow local business because the money stays in the country or in the province where the SME is located. It is estimated that for local business 68% of revenue stays in the country whilst rest is spent overseas. While for foreign owned business 43% is kept in the country whilst 57% is remitted out of the country. Quiet a big difference but enough to drive home the point of why it is crucial that we spend money on local produce. Improve your Health. Good place to start is at your local market, try to spend more from the market and less at the supermarket makes a big different to the hospital bills you pay when you get sick. But this money goes back to the village to help clothe an...

Reading is an important activity in the life of any children. With the introduction of smart technology our children are finding reading a challenge. I mean if you were to give children the option of choosing between smart gadgets and books most probably the kids will choose gadgets  over books. Hence as parents we need to come up with creative ways to encourage or motivate our children to read. Hence the birth of our book club called "Huon Book Maniacs". We meet on a bimonthly basis and the kids get to do a review on whatever book they read within the two weeks. Off course we incorporate fun activities like breakers and games and off course food to end off each session. Since starting the club the kids have really embrace the book club and do get to find time to read between the 2 weeks. Some get to read more books others who are not too keen on books do get to finish a book with in the time limit. We also get to pick out the kids interest in literature. This activity ...

Effective Industrial Relations System & Union Movement In PNG Since taking on teaching the topic of Industrial Relations I have come to realized how important Industrial Relations are in every nation. Here in PNG we major on Human Resource and absorb Industrial Relations into Human Resource however Industrial Relations should be viewed through a different set of eyes and not one with the HR lens. On top of that we also have a union body that is almost covered over and not allowed to play its role effectively in society. Either because they are suppress by the government and employers or they have just lost their creativity to grow and remain active and vibrant in the community. Papua New Guinea inherited its IR policies from its colonial masters.  PNG’s IR system is a product of colonialism (imbun) generally, the colonial state and settler capitalists in PNG were responsible for providing the employment that consequentially contributed to industrial relations. Only a handf...

I want to share a personal testimony with you all on the goodness and favour of God upon our lives. To God be all the glory and praise. I had been planning for my trip to the Gold Coast Victory Campaign for over two months. I applied for visa bought tickets booked hotels and coaches all in August. By early September I bought a clear zip lock bag and put all my travel documents the convention itinerary and a pocket size notebook for taking notes. All set and placed on the table in the study room. On the night before my travel I packed the suitcase checked and ensure that all I needed was inside and documents on hand for the trip early next morning. I booked one day in advance for an R&R at the Gold Coast before the convention starts the next day. I had a full day of travel from Lae to Pom and then from Pom to Brisbane and then to the Gold Coast arriving at the hotel by 6:30 in the evening. Because Nadzab was a fair way from Lae I called the bus shuttle to pick me up that evening...

Last week I was blessed to be part of the Gold Coast Victory Campaign Hosted by Kenneth Copeland Ministries at the Gold Coast Convention Centre at Surfers Paradise. Whilst there I met a ministry called Chariots of light it caught my interest as they had a red bike not sure if it was a Hayley parked at the entrance to the convention. So I got to talking with the person manning the booth. He told me about a bit of their history which I will retell. CoL was formed by Dr Jerry Savelle as a street ministry to minister on the streets to people about the love of God. He started off as a street preacher when God called him to ministry. He ministers to prostitures drug addicts and all those that you can find on the streets. As pastor Jerry says God is a master at making nobodies into champions. CoL is still very much at the heart of street ministries and they go out in their bikes to minister the gospel to the people on the streets in every country they are in. As I was wrapping up my discussio...

Last month I took my students down to the Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae as part of their Change Management Course to see the changes that has taken place in the cocoa Industry in PNG. We have come a long way from growing cocoa beans to down stream processing of cocoa into finish goods. Here we had the opportunity to speak with various stake holders which support the industry and the very backbone of the industry the farmers themselves. The Cocoa Industry has grown and Minister Maru who officiated at the ceremony said PNG wants to hit the production rate of 1B by 2022 from its current of 350 mio. Such an ambitious target for the country 65% increase. I had the opportunity to speak with alot of small holders who actually supply almost all the cocoa for export as cocoa plantations is minimal and all farmers are small holders. They still face a lot of challenges one of the main they highlighted is the route to market for the beans. They usually have to bring them in either by boat or ca...