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Andrew Locke
Andrew Cameron Locke is an Australian business director, investor, entrepreneur, software programmer and champion sailor. Locke originally established his reputation as managing director of Able Computing in Papua New Guinea and recently in Fiji and Australia. He has expanded his business interests into Australia through shopping centre retail establishments, warehousing/distribution and online business plus into the Philippines with full ownership in the Marand group of companies that are hoteliers, construct high rise and low rise buildings and manage student accommodation facilities. Early life Locke was born at Parramatta NSW, Australia in 1962 to parents Stanley and Christina Locke both Scottish Migrants who settled in Australia in 1951 from Hong Kong. His father, Stanley Benjamin Locke, was born in Newton Stewart, Scotland on July 16, 1925., he was an apprenticed boiler maker but his career was cut short by the war. At age 17 he served as a British Commando with the 3rd Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest island country, with an area of . At the national level, after being ruled by three external powers since 1884, including nearly 60 years of Australian administration starting during World War I, Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975. It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1975 with Elizabeth II as its queen. It also became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in its own right. There are 839 known languages of Papua New Guinea, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
