Your last thoughts say it all, Philip. You have encapsulated the issues that seem to lead to a never ending spiral of hopelessness and dismay.

Yet it doesn't have to be that way. Any problem, no mater how vast, if split into manageable sections can be effectively overcome. All it takes are two are two important factors. An effective plan and responsible leadership.

I know that sounds trite and paternalistic but if you look back through human history, that's what works.

The basic problem of human nature is that delusion and false promises can be easily used to confuse the gullible and inexperienced from seeing the truth.

As has been observed before, modern fairly stories begin; 'If you re-elect me....'

Where do people then go for inspiration and examples of better systems of government?

I've suggested there are some examples of government that appear to work. Sweden is one example that appears to work. They have a multi-party parliament and rules that restrict the incomes and power of politicians and these appear to work.

The problem is not finding a system that works well. The problem is finding and electing politicians who are prepared to introduce and vote for sensible change without being seduced by graft and corruption.

Youth is a time bomb that our country is adding in its drift towards anarchy.

If the government does not focus on the youth population now, our future prospects are doomed to fail.

One way to solve the school leavers problem would be to recruit more personnel for the army and police force.

This way they will earn a living and contribute to the controlling law and order problems.

Youths should also be involved in earning a living in agriculture and small and medium sized enterprises.

We are in the midst of a time of spiritual and moral breakdown. We see the growth of secular humanism, challenges to social cohesion and the decline of cultural values and norms as accompaniments to modernisation and material oriented society.

There are also problems related to a culture of death including drug addiction, gender-based violence, violence related witchcraft or saguma, killings related to elections, killings related to cults, deaths caused by lifestyle diseases, have become bigger and complicated with no known solutions.

Getting caught up and disoriented in this complexity are our youths. They are faced with identity crisis and to escape from it, they resort to problems including alcoholism and addiction.

Basically the root cause of all problems lies within us. It is our irrational thoughts, attitudes and aggressive behaviors that contribute to most of the law-and-order problems that we see today.

Dealing with problems will not transform anything until we restore human beings who create the problems.

In deed this should remain the focal aim of any problem-solving models, harm and crime reduction endeavors.

Tribal fighting also destroys life and properties and displaced people in dehumanized conditions.

Culture of death further stressed abortions, mercy killing, cloning, invitro fertilization capital punishment, and etc. life style diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer is increasing.

Crimes are the symptoms of a society that is sick. Youth problems are associated with alcohol and drug abuse, crimes, violence and poverty, Internet and changes all have causes and effects and also workable solutions. Youths know their problems and they know their solutions but we are not helping them with what they need.

There is identity crisis and a lot of youths don’t really know who they are. Who Am I? Am I a human being with dignity or something else? What is the real meaning of life, my being, my spirituality and personality. Am I intelligent or dull comparing to animals.

There is lack of self-confidence where youths don’t put thrust on themselves, they feel that they are worthless, nobody or feel inferior and hopelessness. They don’t know where they going and roaming around aimlessly
The negative impact on the electronic media and entertainment is another factor that promotes criminal activities and antisocial behaviors

There is competition in education system and education system made us feel neglected and many youths don’t see any meaning in education. There is no fail in life but its the way we think. Negative thoughts produces negative results and positive thoughts produces positive results.

Our traditional values, norms and regulations, cultural beliefs and good heritage is disappearing. Families, kinships and clan mobilization for work and celebrations is dying out.

Today a lot of youths don’t go to church for spiritual guidance or proper moral dispositions to know what is wrong or right, good or bad, evil or holy and etc. Secular humanism has taken over spirituality and moral values and youths don’t seemed to value themselves as human beings who have dignity.

Youth are forming groups and mingling around bus stops. They enter a bus, hold up everyone inside while the driver and crew just sit and watch.

This will continue as long as PNG fails to get its act in order and that does not mean building more police stations and recruiting more police personnel.