A large number of companies, including banks declaring dividends and paying them to both their domestic and overseas shareholders, are a further indication of an increase in economic activity and that there is renewed confidence and optimism in the business community.
I hope that we will continue to receive this type of news from the many other firms and industries in Papua New Guinea in the coming months. The stable macroeconomic climate experienced in Papua New Guinea over the last three years is expected to continue in 2005.