TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
ARRANGEMENTS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING OPENING
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THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING AND THE OPENING OF THE 1985-86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 30 THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER WOULD BE HOUSED IN THE FORMER SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN JACKSON ROAD WHICH WILL BE KNOWN AS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING.
THE OPENING OF THE BUILDING BY THE GOVERNOR WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE PIAZZA TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING AT 4.15 PM THAT DAY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR TIMOTHY RENTON 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 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BUILDING. THERE WILL BE FACILITIES FOR THE MEDIA TO COVER THE PROCEEDINGS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WITNESS IT.
FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, THE OPENING OF THE 1985-86 SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, INVITED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MÉDIA.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CHAMBER WILL COMMENCE AT 4.40 PM WITH THE SWEARING-IN OF NEW MEMBERS AND VALEDICTORIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE 1984-85 SESSION.
THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN DELIVER HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL.
THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON TELEVISION AND RADIO AND THERE WILL ALSO BE FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WITNESS THE PROCEEDINGS FROM TELEVISION MONITORS PLACED IN A COMMITTEE ROOM OF THE CHAMBER. THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CHAMBER WILL BE COMPLETED BY 6.30 PM.
THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN ENTERTAIN THE MINISTER OF STATE MEMBERS OF THE TWO COUNCILS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AT A RECEPTION TO BE HELD IN THE BUILDING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE CONVERSION OF THE BUILDING TO ITS NEW ROLE HAD BEEN UNDERTAKEN AT A COST OF $40 MILLION.
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