ENB eyes plantation

 THE East New Britain executive council has decided to allow the provincial administration, through its lands division, to start liaising with the owner of Tokua Plantation, Tim Carol, to buy the property.

It is understood that the possible acquisition of the property was critical to the implementation of the ENB stategic plan and the recent policy announcement by the national government for ENB to be become the tourist hub of the country.

The Governor and chairman of the PEC and Kokopo MP Ereman ToBaining Jnr indicated that the Tokua plantation was important to the overall development of ENB as it was in the major development corridor between the airport and Kokopo town and was the subject of a major urban planning exercise.

Deputy Governor Herman Yareng said the purchase would be an integral part of the development not 

only for Tokua Airport but as a catalyst for the development of all rural airstrips in the province to boost tourism.