Where the f**k you get this figure from ?? Port Moresby alone now has this big middle class of about 40,000-70,000 people, nearly all of them under 35 years of age.
I work for medium size manufacturing firm up here and I can tell you that 70% of them earn more than $30 000 annually.
Just walk into any shopping centre in Port Moresby and see the people here spending like crazy.
And even when I walk into any of the night clubs in Port Moresby where alcohol is always at a premium I don't see poverty, I see PNGeans drinking like fish.
They've got the money to spend, so keep your colonial figure to yourself.
hahaha, colonial figure. Have a look at the GDP of the country from wiki (as accurate as wiki can be)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea
1/3 of the country live on $1.25 a day...........
I have been to PNG about 8 times in my life. Everywhere from major places like Moresby, Hagan, Madang to isolated villages like Tapini, the Sepic area , Tufi, I have seen the poverty first f**king hand, so don't try and lecture me on the joint. It's a beautiful place and SOME beautiful people. But there is also a massive rascal element. I have mates that have been posted there in the ADF and the only reason they go is for the allowances they pay you because of the danger that comes with living over there, I had one mate who was driving home from the consulate and was run off the road and held at knife point while they demanded cash from him. He told me it had happened about 2-3 times a year. You know it's bad in Moresby when the security guards at the Airways resort (which is literally across the road from the airport) have shotguns and pistols when they greet you at the gate.
The love for League in the country should be commended but people are fair dinkum kidding themselves if they think the joint could host a team in the next 10 years. Do I want it to happen? Abso-f**king-lutley, but a lot has to change in the country before it happens..... I think a few of you live in some fantasy land tbh.
