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the enthusiasm the OBA shows in helping their college back in Jaffna.
pointed out that many Tamil students have done extremely well in his school and he is proud to see
function to remember their coilege, he let the function hali for free of charge. During his speech, he
As an expression of Mr Rumpenhorst's appreciation of seeing oid boys of a schooi hoiding such a

formed a special pooja to Goddess Saraswathi.
Thiyaharajah Sharma Parameswara lyar, who Is also the treasurer for the German branch, per
is also the principal of the school in which the function took place, lit the traditionai lamp.
flag. And, both the principal, Mr Srikumaran and the Deputy Mayor of Bochun, Mr Rumpenhorst, who
mation of the OBA iast year. The German OBA president, Mr A Ramanathan, hoisted the coilege
in the evening, Germany OBA's first ever-cultural programme, "Kalaiarasi" was held since the for

UK OBA PRESIDENT ADDRESSING AT THE CONVENTION

(Switzerland OBA).
Mr N Seivarajasingam (UK OBA), Mr 8 Gunasingam (Australia OBA) and Mr K Sivakumaran
of their members attending the convention. Other speakers were Mr M N Asokan (Colombo OBA).
paper that is published in Jaffna. Mr Ramanathan gave a Special thanks to the UK branch for twelve
Mr N Vithyatharan, JHC OBA Jaffna branch secretary, who is also an editor of the Uthayan news
speakers inciuded Mr A Srikumaran, JHC principal who flew from Jaffna to attend the meeting, and
our homeland, and also to all students, teachers and principals who have passed away. The main
The meeting started with one minute silence to all those who sacrificed their iives in the struggie for

meeting.
Boys'Associations (OBAs) can help. German OBA president, Mr R C Ramanathan, chaired the
the current status and the needs of the college and to analyse ways in which the foreign Old
Bochun, Germany on 18th May Saturday morning. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss
The international convention of Jaffna Hindu College (JHC) hosted by the German OBA was held in

By Loga Pradhaban

International Convention

German Kalaiarasi 2002 -