Ethel Arek recalls that her husband Paulus Arek became ill in 1973 and was admitted to the Port Moresby General Hospital, Intermediate Ward, where he continued working using a telephone in his room.
Ethel Arek recalls that at the end of 1972 Paulus Arek travelled to Indonesia and Malaysia to study broadcasting with Australian Broadcasting Commission members.
Ethel Arek explains that Paulus Arek submitted his constitution report for debate in the House of Assemby on 4 March 1971 and then stood again at the 1972 election. She remembers that after the 1972 election when he was made Minister for Information she and the children returned to Popondetta.
