Lae facility may create 7,000 jobs for workers
By Jemima Garrett
MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, June 10, 2013) – Papua New Guinea has opened the region's biggest fish processing plant in the industrial city of Lae.
This marks the first investment by Thai Union, the world's biggest fish processor.
PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the opening of the Majestic Seafoods plant could create close to 7,000 jobs.
Mr. O'Neill says his government wants to see all fish processed on shore to create jobs and economic benefits for Papua New Guineans.
National Fisheries Authority managing director, Sylvester Pokajam, says PNG's tuna industry has the potential to become a big player on the global stage.
"We can be number one in the world," Mr. Pokajam said. "Thailand is the biggest in the world today but we have the fish."
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