Because the 19th of April this year falls on this Saturday, we have decided to bring this event forward to today so that we can commence issuing the new notes from Friday onwards. This now completes our programme to have a family of banknotes showing the National Parliament building on the front.
Ladies and Gentlemen, since Papua New Guinea introduced the Kina and Toea thirty-three years ago on 19th April 1975, our family of banknotes and coins have changed reflecting the development of the economy, business activity and world-wide trends.