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All residents of Papua New Guinea may fly the National Flag with due dignity at all times. The National Flag shall be flown or used, either alone or, where appropriate, together with the Australian National Flag, the Australian Red Ensign, the Union Flag or a flag or ensign appointed under Section 5 of the Flag Act 1953-1954 of the Commonwealth, or any of them, for all official purposes of the Administration and on all occasions on which, and for all purposes for which, it is customary to fly or use a national flag or ensign.
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Papua New Guinea maintains an embassy at 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 (tel. 202-745-3680; fax 202-745-3679). The Papua New Guinea mission to the United Nations is at 801 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (tel. 212-682-6447).
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At first neither colonial empire was much concerned with New Guinea. Britain’s interests were primarily strategic, although a small community of miners developed after gold was discovered in the late 1880s. In 1901 Britain’s Australian colonies became states in the independent Commonwealth of Australia. The new nation assumed the administrative responsibility of British New Guinea, which was formally transferred to Australian jurisdiction in 1906 and renamed Papua. The Australian lieutenant governor pursued the sometimes-conflicting policies of exploiting Papua’s natural resources and improving the lives of the Papuans. However, because Australian subsidies were low, there was limited progress made with either initiative.
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Sir Michael Somare was reelected in August 2007 to a second successive term as prime minister of Papua New Guinea. Somare won a large majority but governed in a prudent coalition with a strategy designed to create national political stability, guard the country's sovereignty, and encourage economic development.
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The Kina, denoted by PGK, is the national currency of Papua New Guinea. The currency, which is made of 100 Toea, was first introduced on April 19, 1975 supplanting the Australian dollar.
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The recorded magnitude of the earthquake was 7.1, and the epicenter was located in northern New Guinea near the coast. The fault mechanism from the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) shown by the red-and-white ball indicates that the earthquake could have occurred as uplift on a vertical fault or sliding on a horizontal fault. The inset in the upper right corner of the figure shows the location of the epicenter.
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