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MALTA DAY CELEBRATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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12/09/2001
12/09/2001
| To commemorate Victory Day on 8th | September, a Malta Day was organised by the Malta High Commission in London, with the collaboration of the Maltese Culture Movement, the Association of Maltese Communities of Egypt, Malta Charities Association and the Maltese League. The whole-day event attracted thousands of participants from the Maltese community in the United Kingdom as well as from the public at large. It included a morning fair featuring typical Maltese food and drink products, works of art, crafts, Maltese literature and a performance by St. Sebastian's Brass Band, Woking. |
| The Malta Tourism Authority, Air Malta, Bank of | Valletta, HSBC Malta, and the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Knights of Malta) were among the main sponsors of the event. |
| In the afternoon a Mass was celebrated at Westminster | Cathedral by the Vicar-General, Mgr. Annetto Depasquale, who was in London especially for the occasion, assisted by other members of the Maltese clergy in the United Kingdom, including Fr. Victor Camilleri. Foreign Minister Dr. Joseph Borg, together with the Malta High Commissioner, Dr. George Bonello Dupuis, Mr. John Macgregor, a representative of Her Majesty's Government, and Fra. Duncan Gallie, Vice-Chancellor of the Grand Priory of England within the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, were among the Congregation. During Mass, a new statue of Marija Bambina was blessed. After the service, fireworks were let off in front of the Cathedral, which aroused the interest of many onlookers; the statue was then carried in a short procession to the Maltese Franciscan Sisters in Victoria. The statue will be kept there temporarily, a most apt idea given the number of Maltese who are accommodated by these nuns in times of need. |
| In the evening a gala dinner was held at the Royal | National Hotel at which several well-known Maltese artists entertained the 500 or so guests present. Following its manifest success, it is planned to organise a similar event in future years. |
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