Ethel Arek remembers the public service rules. She states that they went from Kerema to Daru and describes the beginning of Paulus Arek's political career and his choice of standing for politics in 1963 in Popondetta and the reasons he lost in the 1964 elections.
Lawrence Titimur discusses his work with members of the Public Service Board, and the decline in ethics and standards in the public service from the mid-1980s.
Lawrence Titimur describes how he won a scholarship in Grade 6 for Wolaroi College in Orange, NSW, where he spent four years Grade 7-10, 1969-72. He remembers completing an assignment on the trade union movement in Australia at school. He states that the schooling of so many PNGs in Australia was a scheme that helped contribute talent to the PNG public service.
Charles Lepani reflects on the changes in the public sector capacity and the shift of resources to politicians resulting in the disengagment of the public sector, together with the impact of restructuring required by the World Bank.
