Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1967Vol. 38, No. 12

Nominations Open

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For P Ng Assembly

Nominations for Papua-New Guinea’s new House of Assembly opened on November 27, and will close on January 5, 1968.

Polling for the new 94-man House will commence on Feb ruary 17 and close on March 16.

Writs will be returnable by April 26.

The new House will have 10 official members, 15 members from regional electorates (who must have a school intermediate certificate or its education equi valent) and 69 members from open electorates, whose only qualification is a residential one.

Candidates for open electorates must have been born in the elec torate or have lived in it for 12 months at any one time. Can didates not born in the territory must have lived in the territory for five years.

Public servants nominating must resign from the Public Ser vice first. They can apply for re instatement if they are unsuccess ful at the polls.

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