While addressing the new intakes of University of Papua New Guinea yesterday, Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika encouraged the students to be responsible of themselves in terms of personal safety on the campus.
As part of promoting better living and safety in the university perimeter and outside the campus, Mr. Sika said, all students must consider safety as important and be serious about it.
“The City of Port Moresby is a home to many people and is a hub to many petty issues taking place”.
Mr. Sika explained that part of his role is to make sure the city is conducive, peaceful and investors and people do their business in a conducive environment without fear, threat and intimidation.
“As you students are trying to settle down here through orientation and registration it is very important to know the city has its own problems in here.”
He added, students must abstain from going to night clubs and party places and concentrate more on their studies to fulfil their purpose.
New intake students are urged to be focus and acquire the necessary skills and ability in each areas of their studies.
With a lot of issues and problems arising in the city everyday, students need to set priorities right to meet their parents expectations and graduate after they complete the four years of studies.
Mr. Sika further elaborated that once a student commits a crime, the student will be considered as an adult according to the nature of the crime.
“As students of the Premier University, you must uphold the integrity and display good conducts of behaviour”.