Deputy PM John Rosso

Member for Lae and Deputy Prime Minister, John Rosso, says LCA now legally owns the land after years of fighting illegal land grabbers.

DPM Rosso, who is also the Minister for Lands & Physical Planning, has reclaimed all recreational areas and sporting fields in the city and placed them under LCA for the benefit of Lae residents.

All these are in line with his vision of restoring Lae to its former glory.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, Walter Schnaubelt, were at Nadzab yesterday, to receive the president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Professor Tanaka Akihiko.

Professor Akihiko came to Lae to visit the Nadzab Airport Redevelopment Project, and unveil the renamed Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport.

The K750 million upgrade was made possible through a Japanese Overseas Development concessional loan and a PNG Government budgetary allocation.