Correction

The last few lines of two stories last month were inadvertently omitted from the page: • “Mine ready to negotiate” (Page 13) The production had a value of K 5.2 billion (SUS 3.6 billion) which repre sented 44 per cent of PNG’s exports in that period. Contributions to the nation al government in the form of taxes, duties and dividends were 17 per cent of internally generated government rev enue over the period. ■

• “Caught napping” (Page 22)

What level of professionalism will be applied to the job by the next chief auditor, given the amount of bungy jumping the government did over Ah Chong’s report, will be interesting.

Ethics and accountability though could still be as hard to find as accurate

Treasury accounts for public inspec

tion, and the protection of human rights this Alesana administration built its name upon. ■