This festive season in some parts of the country see a lot of liquor ban in place, however for the Milne Bay province, that is not the case.
Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent Peter Barkie stated that for Milne Bay Province, there isn’t a need to enforce one, adding that so far so good, the people of Milne Bay have shown maturity and portrayed that they are civilized, thus there will be no need for a liquor ban.
“Liquor ban only occurs when people don’t behave but our people have shown maturity so we will not be enforcing any liquor ban. We will not prohibit them, but we allow them to behave within the law.”
Barkie has also expressed great praise for the people of the province as a result of the positive conduct that they have portrayed over the last two weeks.
He added that they have been very popular for all the bad reasons in recent times, but now they have change to become model citizens with a lot of positive activities going on.
“With the less number of crimes being committed, we are seeing tourists come back to the province and it’s a very good sign.”
He hopes that due to this change Milne Bay can once again become the tourist hub of the country.