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Papua-N. Guinea
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, April 30.
THE Papua-New Guinea Administration is negotiating with overseas firmu for the supply of another 200 pre fabricated houses, all to its own designs The present tentative designs are foi' two and three-bedroom houses built on the principle of single-room depth. WitM the provision of all services, roads, elecv tricity, drainage, etc., the total cost o< this housing scheme will be arouno £800,000. Tenders for the supply ano erection of the homes will probably tw called in July. Two-thirds of the house* are for Port Moresby and the balance for other Territory centres.
Erection of the Hawksley prefabricated aluminium houses at the new Boroki: Estate is well under way, and althougK the design is not exactly ideal for tropii cal conditions, the buildings are certainl;J well finished and present a very neai appearance.
They lack some of the advantages oc the more popular R-type house, but an a great advance on the makeshift dwelll ings still in use around the town.