Papua, Dec. 1 -- By the end of Friday 820 out of 829 polling locations for the Bougainville referendum will have completed polling- over 99 per cent of polling according to referendum schedule.

Chief Referendum Officer Mauricio Claudio said the Bougainville Referendum Commission was delighted with how well last weeks large and complex operations had proceeded.

"With the exception of a few locations delayed delayed by a day or two by bad weather, we've witnessed 250 polling teams do a great job and Bougainvillleans in their thousands coming out to cast their vote in a peaceful and festival environment," Claudio said.

"All are to be congratulated for the positive way people have engaged in this step of the Bougainville Peace process-whet...