The ‘Day’ which was annually observed on August 23 will not be the case this year as per the PEC meeting on April 18, 2017.
Governor Sir Julius Chan who is also the chairman said the cancellation was due to illegal protests and strikes carried out by disgruntled public servants in New Ireland a fortnight ago.
“These Public Servants have been unprofessional, unproductive, incompetent and demonstrated complete ignorance and negligence of their responsibility to the people,” Sir J said.
