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Getting it wrong in Papua New Guinea.(The Pacific)
IN DAYS OF OLD in Papua New Guinea, white men were generally addressed by non-English-speaking Papua New Guineans as "masta". Today this honorific is infrequently heard; where a foreigner is known well, his first name is universally used. Where there is no bond of familiarity; say, in a shop or a taxi, a Tok Pisin speaker is likely to address a foreign man as "boss", although "mate" is also widely used in application to those obviously of Australian or New Zealand origin.
In the 1980s, a time when foreign personnel were being rapidly replaced with locals as managers on the coffee plantations of the Wahgi Valley, there were daily enquiries regarding any upcoming ...
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- Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) September 16, 2000 700+ words
...institutions of governance in Papua New Guinea are very much entrenched therefore...definitely in sight. People of Papua New Guinea welcome this development and...between the Republic of Korea and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea achieved...
- Wife beating and modernization: the case of Papua New Guinea. (Special Issue:...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Comparative Family Studies Morley, Rebecca March 22, 1994 700+ words
...Minister of Justice in 1982, the Papua New Guinea Law Reform Commission undertook...nature of domestic violence in Papua New Guinea(1). Over 2,000 men and...the fifth convention of the Papua New Guinea National Council of Women...
- The Papua New Guinea Oil and Gas Markets: Examine Investment Opportunities,...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 20, 2008 700+ words
...Research and Markets: The Papua New Guinea Oil and Gas Markets: Examine...com/research/57621e/papua_new_guinea_o) has announced the addition of the "Papua New Guinea Oil and Gas Markets Investment...
- 13 killed in Papua New Guinea plane crash
- News wire article from: AP Online KRISTEN GELINEAU August 12, 2009 700+ words
...route to a tourist region of Papua New Guinea are dead. Rudd told parliament Wednesday that Papua New Guinea officials informed Australian...New Guineans were on board. Papua New Guinea Civil Aviation Authority head...
- EU/PAPUA NEW GUINEA : PAPUA NEW GUINEA TRADE DEAL IS OFFICIAL.
- Newspaper article from: European Report August 25, 2009 700+ words
...are now open to imports from Papua New Guinea after the signing, on 30 July...of the EU, and Samuel Abal, Papua New Guinea's minister for foreign affairs...that all imports coming from Papua New Guinea and Fiji immediately benefit...
- Local laborers in Papua New Guinea mining: attracted or compelled to work?
- Magazine article from: The Contemporary Pacific Imbun, Benedict Y. September 22, 2006 700+ words
...develops economically. KEYWORDS: Papua New Guinea, labor, mining, mine workers...discuss local employment in Papua New Guinea mines. It does so by examining...Conflict, and Mining in Premodern Papua New Guinea Papua New Guineans have had...
- Papua New Guinea Oil Markets Investment Opportunities, Market Analysis and...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 19, 2009 700+ words
...2009-Research and Markets: Papua New Guinea Oil Markets Investment Opportunities...com/research/6d03e7/papua_new_guinea_o) has announced the addition...GlobalData 's new report "Papua New Guinea Oil Markets Investment Opportunities...
- Papua New Guinea
- Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies Pretes, Michael; Eames, Rory January 1, 2002 700+ words
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Independent State of Papua New Guinea COUNTRY OVERVIEW LOCATION AND SIZE. Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea...
