Quick action needed to find missing people

I Am in Support that the search for the people that went missing on a boat between East Sepik and Madang has come to a stop. This is because there is no money to carry on with the search and rescue operations.
The boat with the islanders on board was on its way to Kadawar Island on Saturday January 14 but it never arrived at its destination so a villager reported that missing boat to the Bogia District administration the next day.
At the same time, the relatives of the five people on board the boat carried out their own search and rescue operations when it became obvious that something had gone wrong, but these failed.
We are informed that other searches were carried out using a plane but these too failed to locate the boat or the missing people.
We are told that yesterday, the Acting District Administrator Simon Sakipa and his officers had a meeting with Madang’s director of provincial disaster and emergency centre Norman Philemon and the Provincial Administrator Ben Lange.
We do not know the outcome of that meeting but we assume that the provincial authorities are trying to find ways to continue with the search and rescue operations.
We are alarmed at the casual approach the provincial authorities are taking in this situation.
We would expect that when a report of this sort is received by any provincial administration or the disaster and emergency centre anywhere in the country, people will spring into action.
We would expect to see helicopters and boats racing to the scene of the disaster and try to find the boat or the people in matters of hours. We do not expect these operations to be dragged on for days and weeks.
At this time and age, there is technology available in the world to mount a successful search and rescue operation to find boats and people that are missing at sea. We demand that people who are employed and placed in positions to act in such a distressing situation must respond and do it quickly. Lives of people are involved here, not pigs or dogs.
The other issue that is highlighted is the lack of money. We do not believe that the Madang Provincial Government is broke. We just do not understand why the Governor of the province or the Provincial Administrator, cannot respond to this call by finding money quickly to put planes and boats out to sea look for these people. There should not be any excuse that the disaster and emergency is a national function.
The five people have families, who are now waiting anxiously for news of their loved ones. We can understand how they are feeling right now. These people are from Madang Province, they deserve the best from their provincial government and its administration at times like this and they are not getting it.
All they know is that nine days later, the administration is meeting to find a way to continue to mount the search and rescue. By the time they come around to finding any way, it may be too late. Or it may be late already.
Papua New Guineans deserve better. Lack of money and the casual approach to an emergency like this is not on.