People
p. 13 · Read in the full issue
By PIM staff reporter
Manoa Rasigatale
Mr John Maneke, MHA, in the apua New Guinea House of As ?mbly, said in September that ”too lany long-haired people go to Papua few Guinea”, and he asked “will ’gislation be brought before this J ouse to ensure that people with mg hair are not accepted in this luntry”.
Mr Julius Chan, on behalf of the finister for the Interior, replied that ie government was not considering gislation because it had “a lot of nportant things to do at this stage f the country’s development”.
What did Mr Maneke really mean’ oes he want to ban the long-haired ‘ppies or all the long-haired in meral?
Long hair is a part of the customs some countries, such as my native iji. I for example have long hair, >en though I don’t comb it like we <ed to do.
I’m happy with this style just like V Maneke himself is satisfied with s short hair. This is also a fad or shion of today’s world and we can’t m away from it.
Things will come and go and it a freedom of choice to choose hich hairstyle we like.
• Western Samoa’s Prime Minister Tupua Tamasese left early in October on an official visit of one week to Nationalist China and two weeks to the United Kingdom. He was accom panied by his wife, his private sec retary and several high level govern ment officials. Tonga’s Premier, Prince Tu’ipelehake, should be in London about the same time. • Two young Papua New Guineans, Mr Anthony Farapo and Mr Thomas Tobunbun, are in the third six-month stage of training in international affairs. Following courses in Port Moresby and Canberra, Mr Farapo has been appointed a third secretary in the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and Mr Tobunbun was similarly appointed in Brussels. • Manus-born Mr Gabriel Gris, Chief of Dental Services in PNG’s Department of Public Health, has been appointed to the council of the University of PNG. A Fiji Medical School graduate, Mr Gris also is a Master of Public Health of the University of Michigan. • Sir Donald Cleland has been appointed to continue as a member of the council of the University of PNG, following his resignation as Chancellor of the university. • Mr C. Rockett has been ap pointed Ports Manager for the New Hebrides. He has been General Mana ger of the Ports Authority in Sierra Leone and was manager of the Ton nage Department of the Australia/ Europe Shipping Conference in Syd ney. • The new minister for the Apia Protestant Church, the Rev Richard Hambly, arrived in Western Samoa recently with his wife and three children. He is originally from England where he served as a pastor for nine years in Surrey. He replaces the Rev Bruce Deverell who has returned to New Zealand. • NZ has appointed Mr George James Brocklehurst, OBE, of Welling ton as High Commissioner of the Cook Islands.
He was an accountant with the New Zealand Broadcasting Service from 1927 to 1939, when he joined the Social Security Department in which he has since specialised. He has been
chairman of NZ’s Social Security Commission and Secretary of War Pensions, and was appointed Director of Rehabilitation in 1965. In 1955-56 he was a UN advisor to the Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago Govern ments on their Social Security pro grammes. • After resigning from 11 public posts in September, including that of Opposition Whip and general secre tary of the National Federation Party (PIM, Oct., p. 12), unpredictable Fiji politician Mr K. C. Ramrakha re versed his decision in October and returned to all posts. Whether or not his mass resignations were sincerely intended (an impulsive, explosive per sonality, he undoubtedly meant what he said when he vented his spleen in September on political colleagues and the executive of the Fiji Teachers’
Union); Ramrakha’s about-turn was seen as a clever political ploy, con solidating his party role. • Mr Matthias Yaliwan, famous as the representative in PNG’s House of Assembly of the cargo cult prac tising Peli Association, announced his resignation from parliament on October 13. Under pressure for fail ing to lead PNG into immediate in dependence, he claimed he was sick as a result of sorcery worked against him. • Fred and Dorothy Hargesheimer are visiting the US from Ewasse, New Britain, where they have been work ing for the Airmen’s Memorial School which Fred, a former wartime US air force pilot, founded. They’ve now decided to make their permanent home at Ewasse on their return.
Mr John Maneke.
Manoa Rasigatale
Mr G. S. Brocklehurst, NZ's High Com missioner of the Cook Islands.