Buka market rehabilitation funding problems

BY FIDELIS LUCIO

The K534 000 Buka market rehabilitation project has been slowed down due to lack of funding.

Assistant project manager, Charles Hulagan, said work on the market has not stopped but the company has laid off some workers.

The work is being carried out by the Katsin Pluming and Construction Company.

The first and the second payments have been made but the third payment has yet to be released. Currently people are selling their goods at a temporary market site.

Mr Hulagan said he was confident the situation was a minor problem and assured people that the market rehabilitation will be completed by the end of February.