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Welcome to the National Statistics Office (PNG) Official website. As head of the National Statistics Office of Papua New Guinea, may I thank you for taking your time to visit our website. If you are searching for statistical information about PNG, you've made the right choice to log onto this site. However, if you do not find what you are looking for, please contact us and let us know the type of information you are interested in. The PNG NSO recognizes the increasing demands for statistical information from its users; international organizations, government departments, researchers, private agencies, students, communities and the general public. The NSO will ensure a wide range of information is made available in its website to cater for its users needs. Information presented in this website are not only produced by the NSO, but also obtained from other departments. The NSO will continue to liaise with those departments who wish to have their outputs published in this website. There is plan for the NSO to have all its historical publications by subject matter area on-line, thus allowing users to have access to time-series information. The office also has various user-friendly systems where specific data needs can be produced upon request really fast. With these means of dissemination, I am sure the NSO is doing well as the government's central statistical agency in serving its users statistical needs, at both national and international levels. The office went through various development phases in collaboration with the PRISM project managed by the SPC Statistics and Demography Programme to ensure our staff are equipped with the appropriate skills to effectively maintain the site. To keep in pace with the rapid changes in technology is a challenge for the office webmasters especially in making sure that existing skills are appropriate to effectively maintain the office website. The office will continue to work together with SPC SDP to provide support in coping these challenges. It is our wish to make this website as useful as possible in your search for statistical information. Please feel free to share your comments on how to improve our coverage of statistics in this website and other improvements by contacting us. Mr. Joe Aka
NATIONAL STATISTICIAN
NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE
P. O. BOX 337, WAIGANI, NCD,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
TEL: (675) 301 1200
FAX: (675) 325 1869
EMAIL: JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING