The late Sir Henry Chow, founder of the iconic Lae Biscuit Company, passed away on January 21, 2017, aged 83, leaving behind a business legacy that will continue for generations to come. In April 2010 the magnificent new K65 million Lae Biscuit Company factory at Kamkumung in Lae was opened. Together with Sir Henry was …
Q: Where did Trist Avenue and Drayton Street in Lae get their names from? A: From pioneer Morobe pilots Les Trist (left) and Frank Drayton. Les Trist died in an air crash near the Wampit Gap in May 1931 and Drayton at the bottom of Wau drome in 1932. Trist has left his mark for …
This story was first published in 2008 In James Seeto’s Lae office is a larged framed photograph of his father Seeto Kui, his mother, as well as places precious to him such as Salamaua, Wau and Lae. Theirs is a story of Salamaua, Wau, Lae, the horrors of war, and starting a company with only …
Those of us who grew up in Lae, before Independence in 1975, know what a beautiful place it was.Lae was just like any town in Australia.I often tell my kids that Lae, and the rest of PNG, before Independence, was so much more better than now.The challenge on us now is to try give back …
This article was first published in 2009 One of the best-known landmarks in Port Moresby is the wreck of the Macdhui in the waters just off the Port Moresby Technical College at Kanudi. Many people just drive or walk past without knowing the significant role that the maritime legend Macdhui played in the development of …
NB: This article was first published in 2012. By MALUM NALU FRIEDA River copper and gold project, a tributary of the mighty Sepik River, is mooted as one of the great prospects in Papua New Guinea. It was discovered by the legendary former kiap (patrol officer), Sepik River crocodile hunter and Member for Angoram in …
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The John Pasquarelli story was first published in 2010 Since the end of 2009, I had been quietly corresponding with legendary Sepik river crocodile hunter and Member of the First Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly in 1964, John Pasquarelli. That has been since he sent me an email asking for regular PNG political …
Longtime Lae resident, the late Horace Niall, once predicted that Nadazab would one day become the main international airport for Papua New Guinea (picture below shows Nadzab, just before it was opened in late 1977). It hasn’t, as yet, however, is capable of receiving international flights and remains one of the busiest airports in the …
The old Lae airport has played a significant role in the history of the town, Papua New Guinea, and the whole world for that matter. Mordern day Lae and PNG grew because of the airport. The greatest airlift the world had ever known started from Lae to the Bulolo goldfields in the 1930s. World attention …