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East Sepik Governor Arthur Somare said the project will create jobs and pave the way for othermajor infrastructural developments in the province."The Wewak wharf will see a major facelift to cater for the project. Wewak town will experience(major) developments associated with the tuna project."It will cater for a very big industry, a new power generation plant will be in place and manyother developments to take place."Meanwhile, Acting Governor General Bernard Narokobi said yesterday he would not letanything stand in his way from bringing development to Wewak.He said this in response to questions raised on environmental issues at a press conference atParliament in relation to the project.Mr Narokobi, who is also the Wewak MP said this was his view about development. "It's kind ofbrutal,'' he said.He said this was because there were many unemployed youths in the province.He said other provinces and districts were progressing with development in their areas but notEast Sepik.Mr Narokobi also said he would like to go to Madang Province and see how RD Tuna cannedthe fish there.He said he expected the project to start when cabinet approved its environmental plan.Post-Courier 6.6.00Tuna factory 'will be ready for work in one year'By: ERIC KONEPAPUA New Guinea's leading coffee exporter, ANGCO Limited, has diversified its businessinterests to include the fishing industry, bringing in K50 million in investment into the country.This investment would be in the form of a tuna processing factory in Wewak, East Sepikprovince.And PNG-owned ANGCO had a hand making the factory possible.Its chief executive Thomas Negints said ANGCO undertook to negotiate with investors from theUS and Taiwan to fund its construction.After nearly three years of negotiations, ANGCO's efforts saw fruition last Friday when FisheriesMinister Ron Ganarafo officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the commencementof the construction phase of the factory.The ceremony was witnessed by over 300 people from Yawasoro area, including foreigninvestors and national and Provincial Government officials.175