Papua New Guinea Offers Businesses Financial Aid After Riots
Papua New Guinea's government is putting together a financial package to help businesses and cities impacted by violent riots that broke out in Port Moresby and Lae.
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00:00 Papua New Guinea says it will help businesses impacted by an outbreak of
00:04 riots and looting in the capital last week.
00:08 "We have come to a common resolve that we will help firstly the city rebuild to
00:15 save a better city for all of us. Secondly we have resolved that there
00:20 will be an assistant package for those business community who suffered losses."
00:26 The package is expected to be worth about 80 million US dollars but it will
00:31 be decided by the cabinet next week. It comes after a police and public sector
00:36 pay cut protest descended into looting and rioting. 20 people were killed in the
00:41 violence. Officials blamed the pay cut on an administrative glitch.