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O'Neil's Condolence Message to the Late Rt. Honourable Sir Julius Chan, GCL, GCMG, KBE, PC and Governor, New Ireland Province and Former Prime Minister

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By: Peter O'Neil, MP. My speaking notes at the Funeral this evening of the Late Rt. Honourable Sir Julius Chan, GCL, GCMG, KBE, PC and Governor, New Ireland Province and Former Prime Minister Lady Stella Chan, Vanessa, Byron, Mark and Toea and your extended family Thank you for giving us the opportunity to pay our respects to this Great Leader of our country and our people.   Sir Julius as known to all of us, was a man amongst men. A leader of leaders and a statesman who dedicated his entire adult life contributing enormously to nation building.   As one of the founding fathers, Sir Julius served his country and people well. A service to his community and his stance on good governance are his public legacy. Shining examples of not just doing what is good for our people but also ensuring it is done right.   Doing the right thing is not always the easy thing but Sir J demonstrated over and over that this doing the right thing by Papua New Guinea was the only cou...
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BRIEF HISTORY OF SIR IGNATIUS KILAGE - THE FIRST PRIEST

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Young men who went to school in the early times went on to become important people.   Kulkane man, Ignatius Kilage, was the first man from the highlands to be ordained a priest in 1968 and later he was to become one of the most distinguished statesmen in Papua New Guinea. As the day of his ordination approached, Ignatius especially chose the date December 17th 1968 in memory of the burial date of Father Karl Morschheuser. THE FIRST PRIEST - SIR IGNATIUS KILAGE By: Mathias Kin -  PNG History, Facts & Ideas. This is a story of one the most important and iconic figures of Simbu captured in our history book "MY CHIMBU".  The detailed life story of Sir Ignatius here is as told to me by the late Lady Regina Kilage sometime in 2006 at the Mt Wilhelm Hotel in Kundiawa.  The photo of him here is a 1987 election campaign picture when he contested for the Simbu Regional Seat under the National Party.  That was a year after Sir Iambakey Okuk had died. Ignatius Kila...
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Full speech: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Address to Papua New Guinea's Parliament

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