Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has commended the Member of Parliament (MP) for Moresby North-East, John Kaupa, for the progressive work on the 9 Mile Saivara Satellite Township project in Port Moresby city. The satellite township contains over 5, 000 allotments and once completed, land titles will be awarded to long-time residents of Nine Mile. The launching of this millstone project took place last week on Friday, November 29th. The project also holds a K300 million Level 4 hospital, which is a 3-year project; a K10 million police station that is completed; 20 houses to accommodate police personnel which is still under construction; and a market that is currently being utilized. In appreciation of Mr. Kaupa's efforts in improving his electorate, Marape thanked him for a job well done and acknowledged his partnership with National Capital District (NCD) Governor, Powes Parkop and the private sector to propel this suburban project forward. The Prime Minister informed the crowd present that in 2019, Mr Kaupa mentioned to him that whether he became a minister or not, his utmost priority was to fix issues in his electorate. The issues included extension of settlements, no proper water supply, lack of hospital, absence of school and no land titles, which have led to eviction in his electorate. “Although Mr. Kaupa's district is given limited funding annually, he has done exceptionally well to improve the livelihoods of his people of Moresby North-East,” the Prime Minister said. Moreover, Prime Minister Marape said his government for the last 5 years has allocated K5 billion to all districts and provinces to carry out work. "We've tried our absolute best to transfer resources equally to all parts of the country including to those on the opposite side.” "Opposition members, governors and Government members all received the same DSIP and PSIP, " he said, adding that Pangu-led Government has distributed the funds fairly to all districts and provinces so work must be commensurate with the funding. "There are some who do very little in their constituencies but are good at beating their drums loudly in politics. And there are others who talk less but do the work like here in Moresby North-East, Moresby South and Moresby North-West where projects are happening, " PM Marape told the crowd in Tok Pisin. Following his speech, Prime Minister Marape, Governor Parkop, Health and HIV/Aids Minister Elias Kapavore, Kaupa and representatives from developer, YFIG Group Limited, signed an agreement for work to begin on the K300 million Level 4 hospital. After the signing, the leaders moved to cut ribbon to officially open the new police station for the electorate.