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UK & OTHER OVERSEAS MEMBERS WITH GERMAN OBA COMMITTEE

attended the evening programme. The German OBA presented Euro 4,000 to the principal at the function.
IBC Amaian, also a Jaffna Hindu old student from UK, compared the evening. Over four hundred people

gave the vote of thanks. The evening concluded with the college anthem.
to ail the artistes who participated as a way of appreciation. The secretary of the association, Mr Rajagobai,
ly the "Kavikuyii's maiai nila" - Tamil music group. The UK OBA president, Mr Seivarajasingam, presented gifts
teachers. The audience appreciated the talents of the young artistes and enjoyed the programmes, especial
The evening, also, consisted of dance, vocal and veena programmes performed by students of various music

when Mr Vithyatharan was the goalkeeper and won the JSSA soccer tournament in 1976 after eighteen years.
Vithyatharan with garlands. It should be noted that Mr Jeyaprakasam was a captain for the proud JHC team
OBA sports committee member and the current football team manager, had the honour of greeting Mr
Jaffna Hindu College days, and also represented the national school team in Sri Lanka. Mr Jeyaprakasam, UK
college and the liberation struggle in every way they can. Mr Vithyatharan, a famous football player during his
Following the principal, the special guest, Mr Vithyatharan, spoke of how the OBAs should strive to help their

lege.
form the OBA, which leads to today's function. Also, he explained the current status and the needs of the col
done by the German committee, especially by Mr Ramanathan whose dedication and determination helped to
The chief guest. JHC principal Mr A Srikumaran, spoke at the function and highly commended the hard work

the same drawing to ail the OBAs to be sold and the money raised to be sent to the college.
German OBA a painting of the college prayer hall that he drew himself, and also presented greeting cards of
and discussed ways of building new structure to suit the future needs of the school. He presented to the
attend this meeting and left straight afterwards. He spoke of how the college building structure can be improved
The special speaker was, Mr S Gunasingam, an architect from Australia, who has travelled almost 22hrs to