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Work starts on landmark building for 2018 APEC summit

The construction index 21 October 2016 Papua New Guinea Oceania

Work is now under way in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on the construction of the eye-catching venue for the APEC Leaders Summit in 2018.

PNG’s prime minister Peter O’Neill CMG MP welcomed the groundbreaking at the site of the new building. “In 2018 we will welcome the leaders of the other 20 APEC countries to APEC Haus,” Neill said. The building will be the focus of global attention during APEC, and will be a national icon that will be used by generations of Papua New Guineans in the decades ahead, he said. “The design of the building is based on the shape of a lakatoi sail and will showcase the sailing tradition of our people,” he added.