Patrons at Papua New Guinea’s only cinema told to leave grenades at door

Papua New Guinea, an Australian colony until 1975, had a cinema in its capital
from the 1960s but it shut more than 20 years ago, partly due to the
introduction of occasional evening curfews as well as the growing popularity
of television. The new complex includes a 3D-theatre, though ticket prices
start from almost £8 – more than the daily wage for much of the population.

“It is targeted towards a certain level of wage earner,” Mr Au said. “But
a bit further down the track we are looking at expansions that are able to
cater for lower-income earners … There are standards that we want to
maintain. We want to have this running for the next 30 or 50 years.”

The cinema has generated excitement in the capital, which has a booming
population – 40 per cent of the country’s 7 million-odd population are aged
under 15 – but high rates of crime. For now, most locals seemed to approve
approval of the strict rules.

“I just hate the sight of buai [betel-nut] spittle everywhere,” said
a comment on the popular local blog, Masalai.

“I hope that PNGeans will take pride and keep the cinemas clean and
buai-spittle free. Please we need some tougher measures on cleanliness in
public places.”

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