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Greenland is over-administrated
NUUK(LRH) - There was
a large meeting in Nar-
sar suaq, where the go-
vemment and the public
officers were discussing
major parts in the econo-
my of the homerule. The
Parlaimentary Presi-
dent, Lars Emil Johan-
sen, presented the topics
to the public. One of
them was that the home-
rule government should
save four million kr. over
a period of four years on
administration expen-
ses.
The man who is responsi-
ble for the new budget plans
is the newly appointed ho-
merule administrative ma-
nager, Peter Beck. It is he
that has to see to it that the
government saves ten mil-
lion kr. in 1992, twenty mil-
lion in 1993, thirty million in
1994, and fourty million in
1995.
The homerule today uses
200 million kr. on admini-
stration, by 1995, it will be
saving 20%.
»Greenland is an overad-
ministrated society. We
don’t need so many people
working with the govern-
ment. This is caused by the
faet that we have taken over
many of the administrative
duties from Denmark. Also
some of the administrative
systems that are too expen-
sive for us. However, now
we will make new plans,
that are appropriate for
Greenlandic society,« says
Beck.
Double administration
Double administration,
which is a problem regar-
ding two govemmental
groups, working on the
same issue, is a very simple
issue to solve. We don’t have
this problem in all areas to-
day, only in some. For exam-
ple, some problems are sol-
ved by the homerule, and al-
so by the municipals.
One area that is double
administrated is the hou-
sing area. The homerule
rents the apartments, but
the municipals organize it,
by doing the actual renting,
and the collection of the rent
money. Generally dealing
with the people.
The homerule apartment
directorate, at the same ti-
me takes care of the final bo-
okkeeping, and those vou-
chers that move through in-
numerable hånds before fi-
nally being dealt with. The-
se problems we must solve,
before we can reach our goal
of 20% savings. All unneces-
sary areas of the govern-
ment must be cut away.
Layoffs
»We have a considerably lar-
ge percentage of resigna-
tions in the homerule. But
the cutbacks can not be done
alone through natural resig-
nations. Therefore, because
we are limiting expenses,
layoffs will occur.«
»I don’t think that it i pos-
sible to achieve 20% reduc-
tions without layoffs,« says
Beck.
In the central homerule
Office, there are 400 employ-
ees. 103 of them are employ-
ed in the homerule Den-
mark office, which solves
many service assignments.
Reductions in
Denmark
In the political plan that has
been drawn up, it has been
taken into consideration,
that the reductions in Den-
mark should be substantial-
ly larger, than those in Gre-
enland.
The service assignments
should, and must be moved
to Greenland in the nearest
possible future. One very de-
finate area that we plan to
move here, is Greenland’s
Central Wage Committee,
where thirty to fourty per-
sons are employed. We ex-
pect to move the operation
between the years of 1993
and 1994. Therefore cutting
computer expenses conside-
rably. Also cutting the num-
ber of employees needed to
ten.
In our experiences, we ha-
ve learned that for every
three operations we close in
Denmark, only two need to
be set up in Greenland. This
way the efficiency and the
quality of the work will be
improved a great deal. The
employees are nearer to the
home offices, and therefore
the communication line is
shorter.
The homerule also owns
many businesses in Den-
mark other than the Den-
mark office. Such as the De-
partment of Budding Struc-
ture, the Department of Te-
lephone, Greenland’s Preli-
minary Investigation, the
Energy Applyments, KNI,
and Q- data.
According to Peter Beck,
now is an excellent time to
transfer services to Green-
land. There are many empty
administration offices, and
the unemployment in the
trading and office areas are
growing.
Here and now
The cutbacks in the Den-
mark are will occur in the
nearest possible future. In
Manager for the Denmark
office, Lars Vesterbirk, is
going to be very busy ma-
king cutbacks in his admini-
stration.
Greenland alone there will
be a savings of approximate-
ly ten million kr. It will be
done in a traditional way,
each of the directorates will
save 5%. This has already
been worked into the finan-
cial program of the directo-
rates, and it is they that ha-
ve to figure out what cut-
backs are to be make to save
the money.
The new management
structure States that it is the
administrative manager
who has financial responsi-
bility for the entire admini-
stration.
»And it also means that
if the directorates are saving
money from the wrong ser-
vices, I have to step in,« ends
Ppfpr Rpplr
AG, September 6th, 1991
The homerules new head administrator, Peter Beck, has got
the assignment to cut down 20% on the homerules admini-
stration expenses. He can’t promise that there won’t be
layoffs.
Police-officer
attacked in his
own home
One year of harassment ended with
threats on his life
QAANAQ(KR) - One year
of harassment climaxed
last Monday moming
with an attack on a re-
serve officer and his fa-
mily in their home in
Qaanaq. The town has
approximately 600 inha-
bitants, and is under a
very tight rationing pro-
gram.
If the inhabitant has a dif-
ficulty keeping himself un-
der control when he has be-
en drinking, then he can ha-
ve his ration of liquor su-
spended for a period of time.
It is the reserve officers that
make the decisions of who is
to have their ration suspen-
ded.
Two brothers, age 23 and
25, had been on board a ship
during the weekend. The
ship was coming from the
airbase, on board was liquor
that was being smuggled
from the airbase.
The reserve officer had
noticed the intense amount
of traffic between the ship,
and the town, and took the
action of searching the ship.
This revealed the illegal al-
cohol, and a drunk man pre-
sent was put in detention.
Early Monday morning, he
was set free, and the reserve
officer went home to sleep.
At 6,30 AM, he was awo-
ken by the two young men
who had forced their way in-
to his home, where he and
his family were sleeping.
The two brothers attacked
him, and hit him on the he-
ad with an empty bottle.
They then left, saying that
they would return to finish
him. He was able to get his
family out of the house, but
while he was preparing to le-
ave, he saw that the brot-
hers had retumed with a
gun. He man aged to overpo-
wer the man with the gun,
before he could fire it, then
also the other.
The two brothers are be-
ing held in custody for a we-
ek. The episode is thought to
be caused by the tight alco-
hol rationing.
It is the reserve ofiicer’s
right to suspend their ration
if they cause trouble. At this
time 88 people have had
their rations suspended.
The reserve officer states
that the attack was not due
to the rationing, but instead
a blatant attack on himself.
»But luckily, the right
man won!« says the station
leader, Erik Dennit.
AG, August 23th 1991
Drowned in hunt
for beer cans
Young man drowns ten meters
from the beach
ITTORQORTOOR-
MIIT(KR) - A 23 year
old man drowned
Monday night, on his
way to a party. He was
intoxicated, and feil
overboard a little
boat in the bottom of
Walrusbay, in Ittor-
qortoormiit. The
dinghy hit some ice,
and the two men on
board were thrown
into the water. One of
them tried to keep
himself floating by
holding on to an emp-
ty gastank, but he was
unable to rescue the
other, who while only
ten meters from the
beach had drowned.
The two young men
were on their way to a
party in Ittaajimmiit.
The drowning accident
was indireetly caused by
KNI, who, in the weee-
kend had thrown 28.000
cans of old, unsellable be-
er into the fjord. But the
beercans didn’t sink to
the bottom, as was expec-
ted, instead they fioated
along the surface. When
the people of Ittorqorto-
ormmiit heard of this,
they thought of saving
extra beer, under ratio-
ning.
The two young men,
including the one who
perished, had also been
out to try to get their
share of the beer. But, on
the way to Walrusbay the
accident occured.
The man who survi-
ved, crawled up on the
dinghy, and tried to re-
start the motor, which he
was unable to do, so he
fioated to land, and then
walded all night back to a
tent, where he slept. The
police found him there
on the following Monday.
The police started the
investigation after the
two young men had been
reported as missing. La-
ter in the day they also
found the dighy. They
haven’t succeeded in lo-
cating the body of the de-
ad man yet.
AG, August 16th, 1991
Caught with 1100
grams of hash
A man of 42 years receives a sentence
in the court today.
QEQERTARSUAQ(KR) -
The police in Qeqerta-
rauaq received a tip
around the end of July
conceming a 42 year old
man who has been im-
porting hash from Den-
mark. The man was arre-
sted, and the police con-
fiscated 1100 grams of
hash from his home.
Wednesday there will be
a trial of the case in the
court of Qeqertarsuaq,
where he can expect to
receive a fine of approxi-
mately 44.000 kr.
The police in Qeqertarsu-
aq stated that the going pri-
ce for a gram of hash is ap-
proximately three to four
thousand kr. So the hash
would have sold out at about
330.000 to 440.000 kr.
The man had been on va-
cation in Denmark, and see-
mingly was tempted to make
a quick profit on the trip.
But the police in Qeqertar-
suaq were informed of this,
and seized the hash before it
could be sold. The man con-
fessed to the crime, and
pointed out that thee others
from the town were also in-
volved in the smuggie. They
can later expect to be called
to court.
Shooting in Qeqertaq
ILULISSAT(KR) - On Fri-
day, the police in Ilulissat
had to go to the village Qe-
qertaq, to arrest a drunken
man. He is to be held in cu-
stody for a week, because of
threats on the life of the mu-
nicipal bailiff.
The police in Ilulissat
don’t want to give details on
the activities that night in
the village, other than the
actual arrest. It was the
drunk man himself that cal-
led in by Aasiaat Radio, and
asked the police to fetch
him.
AG, September 18th, 1991
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