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The Papua New Guinea public service ministry is serious about providing incentives to motivate public service performance Minister for Public Service Joe Sungi has pledged to progress housing for public servants as a condition for employment Mr Sungi confirms a housing project initiated earlier for public servants will be launched in the coming weeks. He believes that with benefits such as housing, the public service machinery can effectively deliver public services. ”So, housing will no longer be ‘Not A Condition of Employment, rather I will fight hard to ensure political laws of the past are changed to make Housing a condition for employment. ”I will push it hard in Parliament to ensure that everyone understands, that if we are talking about public servants’ performance,  we must ensure their welfare is taken care of such as housing. ”The current public servants’ housing allowance is lousy, how do we expect them to pay for their rent in a city like Port Moresby, it’s just not real,”

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Justin Tkatchenko has apologised to the people of Papua New Guinea for remarks he made on Australian Broadcasting Corporation. PM Marape said he was also offended by Tkatchenko’s remarks, labelling social media critics of his daughter as “primitive animals”, but had accepted the minister’s apology and asked all Papua New Guineans to do likewise and forgive him. PM Marape  “We should not be labelling our citizens as ‘primitive animals’ even if they have wronged us” he said. “Deputy Prime Minister Hon. John Rosso and I summoned Minister Tkatchenko today to explain the circumstances behind the public outburst, especially against his use of the words ‘primitive animals’ on ABC. “DPM Rosso and I expressed concern about the use of these words, to which he responded that it was not directed at all Papua New Guineans, but a spur-of-moment response to social media attacks on his daughter. “Minister Tkatchenko apolog