With the interest of the athletes at heart, the Board of the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee Inc. ("PNGOC") resolved at its meeting on 08 November 2023 to extend the payment deadline for National Federations ("Sports") to pay the mandated K2, 000 levies per athlete and official for the upcoming Pacific Games. The extended deadline will be around lunch time today, Friday 10 November 2023 and the PNGOC has already contacted each of the Sports yet to pay in full and urged them to meet their obligations to their athletes. This is the fourth and final deadline for payment, the first being May 2023. At present, outstanding levies remain due from the Sports of Bodybuilding, Power lifting, Table Tennis (including Para Table Tennis), Taekwondo, Triathlon, Basketball 3x3 and 5x5, Football, Hockey and Touch and these entire amount totals up to K349, 500.00. Sports that have paid in-full are Athletics (including Para Athletics), Boxing, Golf, Swimming, Tennis, Va'a, Netball, Volleyball, Rugby 7s and Weightlifting. In acknowledging that some Sports have, amongst other things, made part payments or provided undertakings to pay, the Board stressed that such efforts fall short of the commitment made by these Sports to the Nation and Team PNG, when they applied for justification over 2 years ago. The Board calls on National Federations of affected sports to meet their obligations to their athletes.