Behind Schedule
p. 41 · Read in the full issue
The Australian Broadcasting Commission's new offices and studios at Boroko, Port Moresby, should have been finished in September, but work is running a couple of months behind schedule. Top picture shows how it looked at the end of the month. At left is an off-duty picture of Mr. Douglas Channell, the ABC's regional manager in P-NG.
The new building has been enlarged once during con struction and when completed will leave little room for further expansion. It will cost close to £200,000 when finished —without its technical equipment, but including air-conditioning for the studios, record library, etc. (The office and editorial accommodation in the two-storey rear section will not be air-conditioned.) Since the war 9PA has managed to function in tem porary hutments and left-over wartime buildings. Even if the new premises don't go far enough, they will be palatial in comparison.