International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has kept its commitment towards advancing the peace and order situation in Papua New Guinea after recently breaking ground for another police station in Omili, a suburb of Lae y in Morobe province.
Through ICTSI’s wholly-owned subsidiary ICTSI South Pacific Ltd. and social responsibility arm ICTSI Foundation, the soon-to-rise PGK505,000 police facility will have separate cell blocks for men, women and juveniles, an ablution block, offices fully furnished with desks, chairs, computers, ceiling fans and a wall mounted TV.
A women’s desk will likewise be put up to encourage female victims to seek assistance and file complaints.
Eyeing not only the development of high-performing maritime logistics facilities, but also the development of its host communities, ICTSI’s latest commitment in Omili follows through its earlier donation of a police facility in Malahang, also in Lae, in February.
Similar to the one in Malahang, this new police facility will be a public-private partnership with the Ahi Hope Foundation in Lae, John Rosso, the Member for Lae, as well as the Lae City Authority.
“As we plant the seeds to create livable cities and communities with stronger peace and order institutions, it is our hope that these efforts will make a ripple effect to address socioeconomic gaps and challenges all across the port community and beyond,” said Christian R Gonzalez, ICTSI Global Corporate head and president of the ICTSI Foundation.
The construction of the police station will involve local contractors engaging community members, so the money goes back into the community, along with investments in human capital that goes along with it.