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ceremony,

Following the

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, invited members of the public

and of representatives of the media. The proceedings in

Chamber will commence at 4.40 p.m. with the

swearing-in of new Members and valedictories for those

who have retired from

from the Council at the end of

of the

1984/85 session.

the

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

for members of the public to

witness the proceedings from television monitors which

will be placed in a Committee Room of the Chamber. The

proceedings in the Chamber will be completed by 6.30

p.m..

The Governor will then entertain the Minister of

State, Members of the two Councils

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. In addition to the Chamber and its