UPNG registrar Jennifer Popat

In a statement, the institution said: “All student facilities and amenities will shut down at noon on Saturday, 17 December, and all students must vacate the Waigani and Taurama Campuses.

“This situation is necessitated by the extraordinary circumstances that surrounded the university in 2016 as a result of the four-month student boycott of classes.”

As all dormitories have had an additional two months of occupancy, it is essential that they are vacated so that the necessary maintenance work can be carried out.

These were the words of UPNG Registrar, Jennifer Popat, when paying tribute to her friend and sister she met in 1977 when they were students at Kerevat National High School, the late Justice Catherine Davani.

“She lived her life to the fullest and today’s attendance is a testament of the life she lived,” she told those who gathered at the funeral mass of the late Judge.

Their friendship started back in 1977, Justice Davani, whom she referred to as ‘Cath’ in her tribute, was a year ahead of Popat, doing her year 12 at Kerevat.