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of reorientation of focus and direction was necessary. The public service could not see thevision and therefore could not translate political directives into action. Arthur Somare hadso much belief in the way forward for East Sepik that he refused to accept the difficultiesassociated with implementation of his vision. …Arthur Somare’s relentless efforts and hiswillingness to work beyond rigid boundaries paid off.P 21 : The Sepik Objectives from the PA’s Desk:• To see that the Provincial internal revenue is increased from a static K2.8m perannum to over K20m per annum in three years;• To see that we achieve improvements in employment statistics…• To see that there is [sic] income and lifetsyle improvements –mortality, povertyand gender…P.21: The key to the ESPG is its ‘4 th Dimension’—the People Empowerment Network::The PNG Government system, including that of the East Sepik Province is chiefly based ona three dimensional dynamics. This system has for many years overlooked andovershadowed the empowerment need of the people. While the Nation recognizes theunique diversity and successfully forges unity, it fails to realizer the dynamics of thebusiness sector in the industrial and commercial world which is foreign to most PNGpeople. Education and academic qualification makes one knowledgeable but does not teachskills for life and improved lifestyles. A few of our people have ventured into the mostlyunknown area of the private sector but the majority have not and will not realize theircapabilities for some time yet. This is why many have dreams, proposals and plans that willnot be realized since the entrepreneurial priovate sector is incomprehensible to many evenafter 28 years of Independence. The East Sepik Provincial Government recognizes the needto formalize the social and economic participation of the people thus, the birth andincorporation of the 4 th Dimension.1. The Organic Law on Provincial and Local Level Government (OLPLLG) is all aboutpartnership and participatory governance in our world of diversity.2. The Governor is pivotal, being the Chairman for Joint Provincial Planning, ProvincialExecutive Council and the Assembly.3. The Governor’s Committee is the mind of the Provincial Executive Council.4. Citizenry and ownership approach to governance is the dimension that has beenpreviously nonexistent.5. The usual arguyment (now a traditional norm) is that the private sector should operateindependently. This is not satisfactory to ordinary Papua New Guineans6. A formal relational empowerment and partnership structure linking and relating peopleto the formal government and private sectors is therefore necessary.7. Proposals and plans will never work until a workable business case us put together.8. This 4 th Dimension as structured will empower people, enhance partnership and addadvantages to the current wortking environment.9. One particular advantage is that this 4 th Dimension, once formalized will challenge thepublic service to be more resourceful and competitive, and will open up a new horizonfor the reduction of the Public Services size.10. This 4 th Dimension as structured will provide a positive and favourable exit point forcivil servants.11. This 4 th Dimension is the East Sepik Provincial Government’s answer to theunfavourable referral to citizens and individuals as redundant and an obsolete liabilityto the Nation.34