The new Papua New Guinea coffee exports office complex currently being constructed in Lae, Morobe Province is expected to be completed in September 2022. This was announced during a meeting between the Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd (CICL) and representatives from the departments of National Planning and Monitoring and Treasury on Monday, 22 August, 2022. CICL Chief Operations Officer Steven Tumae and his team met with the government department delegation this week in Lae to update them on the progress of construction and also to visit the construction site to see how the actual work was progressing. Tumae said preliminary work on submissions and securing funding on the new office complex started in 2014. However, actual approval by the Governor General to have the advert out for bidding was done in 2018. Thereafter, things have progressed to where they are now. The contract awarded to Haom Builders in 2020 was fully funded by the National Government at the cost of K10.6 million. T