Exodus Halted?
p. 45 · Read in the full issue
Although the number of whites in the PNG public service has dropped by one third in two years, official figures released in Port Moresby in September seem to indicate that the expatriate exodus generally is over.
In the previous three months the number of long term arrivals—return ing residents and those intending to live in PNG—increased by 300. This was the first increase since early 1973.
Most of the outward migration flowed to Australia, reaching a peak of almost 2,000 a month at self governnment last December before tapering off to a little less than 600 last June. There was a record 12,23 i, departures in the year to June 30.