Special Economic Zones

Ministers accused of bulldozing the PMIZ project and bypassing landowners

On 13 Apr, 2011 By rait man

A community leader from Rempi, furious over the absence of government representatives and ministers at the villagers own Pacific Marine Industrial Zone Forum, yesterday issued a scathing attack on Papua New Guinea's Commerce and Industry Minister, Gabriel Kapris, and Environment Minister, Benny Allen, accusing them of bulldozing the project and bypassing landowners.

Rempi village hosts forum to learn more about PNGs first SEZ; The PMIZ

On 13 Apr, 2011 By rait man With 2 Comments

Villagers living on and around the site of PNGs first Special Economic Zone, the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone in Madang, frustrated by a lack of government information and awareness about the project are hosting their own Forum this week to learn more about what is proposed for their land and seas and what the likely impacts will be. This is a report on the first day of the Forum.

By Nancy Sullivan

Untold agonies caused by Special Economic Zones in SE Asia

On 23 Mar, 2011 By rait man With 1 Comments

With the World Bank drafting the legislation for Special Economic Zones in Papua New Guinea and the government eager to use the new Act to declare the Pacific Marine Industrial Park in Madang as PNG's first SEZ, it is timely to review a report on the Untold Agonies that SEZs have created in SE Asia and critically examine some of the benefits they supposedly bring

JICA joins ADB in contradicting govt claims over PMIZ

On 22 Mar, 2011 By rait man

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency has joined the Asian Development Bank in denying it is involved in supporting the government's controversial Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) in Madang.

JICA’s public relations division has told ACT NOW! "JICA PNG Office has never been a party to this project both at the initial designing stage as well as construction”.

“If some one is using JICA then, someone is doing it for his own benefit without the consent of the JICA PNG Office.”

Landowners publicize their opposition to PMIZ

On 21 Mar, 2011 By rait man

Local people living around the site for the proposed Pacific Marine Industrial Zone north of Madang town, have taken out a newspaper advertisement opposing the project.

The PMIZ will be the first Special Economic Zone in PNG, under new laws being drafted by the World Bank.

Take Action: Say no to World Bank sponsored sweat-shops in PNG

On 16 Mar, 2011 By Effrey With 2 Comments

The World Bank is on a mission to encourage sweat-shop style factories in Papua New Guinea and we need to tell them NO!

EIS paints a terrible picture of PMIZ impacts

On 16 Mar, 2011 By rait man With 4 Comments

By PMIZ Watcher

The Environmental Impact Assessment for the government's Pacific Marine Industrial Zone in Madang paints a terrible picture of the likely social and environmental impacts of the project.

The 39-page EIS was prepared by the Department of Commerce and Industry in June 2010 and submitted to the Department of Environment and Conservation.

ADB contradicts govt claims over PMIZ

On 09 Mar, 2011 By Effrey

ACT NOW! says the Asian Development Bank has denied it is involved in supporting the government's controversial Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) in Madang.

ADB Country Director, Charles Andrews has told ACT NOW! "the ADB has no involvement in this project what-so-ever".

This denial contradicts government documents that claim the ADB and has been actively supporting the development of the PMIZ by providing technical advice and expertise and is a potential funder.

The future looks bleak if we do not learn from others failures

On 09 Mar, 2011 By rait man

By David Ephraim Cloudiuz

Lessons from Nigeria, a nation that best illustrates the contradictions of being a producer of crude oil but an importer of petrol and diesel; when commercial extractions of crude oil began in Nigeria in 1958, the nation was producing 4,000 barrels per day. This climbed to over 2.2 million daily, Apart from fueling climate change; crude oil exploitation in Nigeria has fuelled corruption, poverty, disease and violence.

World Bank wants sweat shop factories in PNG

On 09 Sep, 2010 By tok stret With 3 Comments

From PNG Exposed

The World Bank is pushing the government of Papua New Guinea to open tax free zones across the country where foreign companies can operate duty free and ignore labour and health and safety laws.

Special Economic Zones, as they will be called, are common cross Asia where in fenced enclosures companies operate sweat shop factoies producing cheap manufactored goods for export.

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