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Tuesday, February 20, 1973

PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES

312 Graduating From Government Hospitals' Schools Of Nursing

Three hundred and twelve graduates from the schools of nursing attached to government hospitals will receive certificates at a ceremony in the City Hall Concert Hall at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 22.

Lady Rodrigues will present the certificates.

An audience of 1,000 will be welcomed by Dr. G.H. Choa, Director of Medical and Health Services, after which Miss K.J. Veevers, Principal Nursing Officer, will present her annual report.

After the presentation of certificates, Sir Albert Rodrigues, Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council, will address the Graduates.

The Concert Hall ceremony will end with a presentation of bouquets

to Lady Rodrigues and Mrs. Choa.

Graduates and guests will then proceed to the Exhibition Hall for

group photographs, and tea.

Note to Editors:

You are invited to have the ceremony covered. Your representatives should be in the Concert Hall by 10.45 a.. Photographers are requested to apply to the Government Information Services, 6th floor, Beaconsfield House, for badges for admission to the Concert Hall. It is requested that photographers refrain from obstructing the return of graduates from the stage to their seats in the auditorium, and not to mount the stage for close-ups. Copies of the list of graduates, the Principal Nursing Officer'a report, and Sir Albert's speech, will be distributed in the Press boxes, Government Information Services, in the evening of February 22. They will also be available for collection from 11 a.m. on that day.

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