DRAFT PRESS RELEASE
Opening of the Legislative Council Building
and of the 1985/86 Legislative Session
A Government spokesman today announced
arrangements
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for the opening of the new Legislative
Council Building and the opening of the 1985/86
Legislative Session.
With effect from 30 October the Legislative
Council Chamber will be housed in the former
former Supreme
Court Building in Jackson Road which will be known as
the Legislative Council Building. The opening for the
building in its new role by the Governor will take place
on the Piazza to the west of the building at 4.15 p.m.
that day in the presence of the Minister of State at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr R.T. Renton, MP; the
Chief Justice, Sir Denys Roberts; and Members and
immediate past Members of the Executive and Legislative
Councils. The Governor will unveil a commemorative
plaque and the Chief Justice will unveil a plaque giving
brief history of the building. There will be
facilities for the media to cover, and members of
of the
public to witness, the proceedings.
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