Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday reported reports that the Chinese company was building a new industrial island city along the country’s maritime border with Papua New Guinea. Rejected.
There were reports in Australian media that a company called WYW Holding Limited, registered in Hong Kong, wanted to settle a city on Daru Island in the Torres Strait at a cost of US $ 30 billion, including a port and industrial Will be the area.
According to reports, in April last year, the said company wrote letters to the Government of Papua New Guinea. Daru Island has a population of 20,000 and is located about two hundred kilometers from the mainland of Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the news of a city’s construction baseless.
He told Sydney Radio, “To be honest I think it is fictitious (news).” He said, “Some people are flying kites of imagination and I do not want to give importance to this noise.”
Morrison said, “I keep talking to the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (James Marpe) almost regularly and we have a very good relationship. He understands the importance of relations between us and with other countries and I do not think Papua New Guinea would do anything like that. “
