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Sweta Dugar succeeds Marcus Ong, Franklin Templeton’s co-head of institutional business for Southeast Asia, who is leaving the company.

Franklin Templeton tapped BlackRock veteran Sweta Dugar to lead the firm's institutional sales and development efforts in Southeast Asia.

RNZ Sea front in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZI/ Johnny Blades After successfully stopping one sand mining project, Papua New Guinea environmentalists now want the government to tighten the rules around the industry. A Singaporean company, Niugini Sands, last week dropped plans to mine the black sands along the Madang coast, with director, Marcus Ong, saying bad publicity was pivotal in their decision. The environmental group, Mas Kagin Tapani, advocated for the more than 10,000 who lived in communities along a 38 kilometre stretch of the shoreline in Madang province. They also wanted...

Sea front in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZI/ Johnny Blades A Singaporean company, Niugini Sands, last week dropped plans to mine the black sands along the Madang coast, with director, Marcus Ong, saying bad publicity was pivotal in their decision. The environmental group, Mas Kagin Tapani, advocated for the more than 10,000 who lived in communities along a 38 kilometre stretch of the shoreline in Madang province. They also wanted to ensure breeding grounds for endangered Leatherback Turtles weren't threatened. Spokesman, Wenceslaus Magun, said people were delighted but their job was s...

A campaign to stop sand mining along 38 kilometres of Papua New Guinea's Madang coast has been successful.