Standards of living. Disabled people have an equal right to a good enough standard of living for them and their families. This includes food, clothing, housing and clean water. Disabled people should be able to get help to improve their standard of living the same as everyone else. Countries should make sure that: Disabled people have the right services and aids for their disability, at a price they can afford. Disabled people especially girls and women and older people, have help to have a good enough standard of living. Disabled people who are poor get help from the state with the costs of disability. Disabled people have access to public housing programmes. Disabled people have the same chances to get retirement pensions as other people.
Standards of living. Significant impacts to individuals who make their living from the mine, either providing goods and services to the mine-site and camp or those being directly employed to work at the site. • Communities standard of living impacted as a result of loss of earnings. • People will leave Lihir to search for work, with some pressure reduced on food sources. • Health, education and government services will be maintained due to Sustainable Community Development Plan. • As part of the SCDP agreements, Trusts will help provide support to the community after the mine has closed. • Refer to the population comments above. Police and Court Facilities • It is likely there will have been substantial progress in the development and implementation of the Law and Order Committee’s strategy. • Potential for some civil unrest upon final closure. • Impacts upon existing police resources • Sustainable Community Development Plan support for long term government. Lihir Management Company Limited December 31, 2004 Lihir Gold Mine — Mine Closure Plan Update 2004 Table C.7.5 Stage 2 Closure (2040) Socio Economic Impacts and Issues cont’d Area of Impact Impacts and Issues Comments Emergency Facilities • It is envisaged an agreement between LMC, the government and the local community will have been made in order to transfer the emergency services upon closure in 2040. • At present almost all emergency services on Lihir are provided by LMC. Search and rescue operations, fire services and medical evacuations are provided at the company’s discretion without any charge. Utilities • It is expected that following closure, 50% of the remaining townsite infrastructure will be demolished and the sites rehabilitated subject to negotiation with the community and regulators. • Under the SCDP there are plans to develop the Londolovit township with a town authority to be established to manage and plan for the development. • Water supply and associated equipment will be left to provide water from Londolovit wxxx. • The 6MW power supply to Londolovit will be maintained and transferred for use to provide electricity to the local community. • Sustainable Community Development Plan support for long term utility services. Transport • Following closure, the remaining light and heavy vehicles will be resold, salvaged or transferred to the community. • The airport will be handed over to the Government. • All roads will be repaired to design standards and handed over as-is to the community. • Agreements to be ...
Standards of living. The Lihirian population will experience a dramatic decline in living standards due to reduced incomes. • As all forms of cash cropping have declined since the period of exploration, it would be some years before the pre-mining levels of copra and cocoa production were returned for example. • The advances in the living standards at a household level for the majority of Lihirians are dependent on wages earned directly or indirectly from the mine. • Few Lihirians could maintain their current living standard for longer than a few months. • Sustainable Community Development Plan supporting Health, education and government services would be phased out. Food Security • Purchasing power would be affected although savings and termination entitlements ensure that people could continue to buy in the short term. • Supermarket sales would decline and may ultimately close soon after closure. • Boats could travel to New Ireland for supplies and small local trade stores would benefit in the short-term. • Refer to LMC Socio-Economic surveys 2003. • Land pressures have placed limits on subsistence gardening. • The majority of Lihirians, including those who are employed, still have gardens and grow food for their families. Police and Court Facilities • Existing police services will be strained, but police withdrawal unlikely. • Long term services unlikely to be maintained at current level. • LMC assistance would cease, with ensuing negative effects on the efficiency and effectiveness of police operations on Lihir. • Sustainable Community Development Plan support for long term government services would be phased out. • LMC assists police operations in a number of ways with transport, fuel and other material support. The company has also helped with the training and establishment of auxiliary and community policing. Lihir Management Company Limited December 31, 2004 Lihir Gold Mine — Mine Closure Plan Update 2004 Table C.7.6 Balance Date Closure (2004) Socio Economic Impacts and Issues cont’d Area of Impact Impacts and Issues Comments Emergency Facilities • Lihirians would lose LMC emergency services. • The ambulances at Palie and Londolovit would remain but budget provisions would not be adequate to maintain and replace vehicles in the long term. • Unless provision for a post-closure transfer of responsibility to LLG were arranged, Lihir would have no emergency fire service. • Emergency Medivacs are subsidised by LMC — not feasible after closure. • At present almost all emerg...
