TWO MORE WORKERS FROM YANGORU- SAUSSIA HEAD TO AUSTRALIA

Two more workers from Yangoru-Saussia District in the East Sepik Province will be travelling to Australia on Tuesday for the Labour Mobility Program.

Cletus Markus and Makis Urasimbie have been selected to work in Australia as carpenters under 4-year contracts. They will join Bradley Kako who went ahead of them in January to work in a banana plantation, bringing the total number of workers from Yangoru-Saussia to three. Only three were selected from the 70 candidates from the district who applied.

The Minister for International Trade and Investment & Yangoru-Saussia MP Richard Maru, said Employers in Australia decide who they want to recruit.

“We don’t have a say on who gets employed. We are only facilitating the processes involved and to make sure applicants from our district meet all the requirements.

Those who apply are in an open market with the rest of the country and the Pacific. The employment of three of our applicants is a breakthrough for Yangoru-Saussia District.

We will work to assist the others so that more Yangoru-Saussia applicants can secure employment in Australia this year,” Minister Maru said.

He encouraged the three youths from his district to be disciplined, well mannered, hygienic, to be smart and productive, and to do a good job as they would be representing their families, communities, district, province and Papua New Guinea out there.

“You are pioneers from our district. Do not do things that will destroy the future for others who wish to join you there. Your behavior will determine whether the employers in Australia will recruit other Papua New Guineans in the future, or they will go for other Pacific Island countries.

“Also use the opportunity to upgrade yourself. Save money, attend night classes if you have to and improve yourself and make yourself more marketable so you can be employed anywhere in Australia after your contract ends. You have to think and plan beyond four years,” added Minister Maru.