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Eight NRGs to be honoured at Global Goans Convention NT Staff Reporter Panaji, Dec 20: Eight eminent Non-Resident Goans and persons of Goan origin will be bestowed with the Global Goans Achievement Award at the 4th edition of the Global Goans Convention, to be held from January 3 to January 5, 2007. This was announced at a press conference today by the NRI commissioner, Mr Eduardo Faleiro. The Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsingh Rane will inaugurate the convention at 10 a.m. on January 3. The awards will be presented at the hands of the Governor, Mr S C Jamir. Among those honoured include Dr Alfredo Bruto da Costa, former minister for health and social welfare in the Portuguese government and presently president of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council; Dr Narana Coissoro, former deputy speaker of the Portuguese Parliament and presently president of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Lisbon; Mr Fitz de Souza, a freedom fighter, colleague of the legendary Kenyan leader, Jomo Kenyatta, Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Parliament. He was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Sanman Puraskar by the President of India in 2004. Mr Justice Wolfango Dourado, former Attorney General of Tanzania and Chief Justice of the High Court of Zanzibar; Prof Damodar R Sardesai, Emeritus Professor of History, University of California, USA; Ms Patricia Rozario, eminent opera singer knighted by the Queen of England with the Order of the British Empire. She was also awarded the Asian Women's Award for Achievement in Arts; Mr Leslie de Mello, artist, sculptor and painter, recipient of several awards from the ministry of arts, government of Austria; Mr Neville Roach, chairman and chief executive officer of the transnational corporation Fijutsu, Australia and an acknowledged authority on Information Technology and Telecommunications. Mr Faleiro said that some foreign diplomats, ambassadors and heads of the departments of the Ministry of External Affairs concerned with Gulf countries, West Asia, West Europe, etc. will also address the convention and interact with the participants. There will be interactive sessions with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and other senior ministers of the state government. The plenary sessions of the convention will be held at Hotel Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula, while the interactive sessions will be held at the Secretariat, Porvorim. The convention is open to non-resident Goans, persons of Goan origin, former non-resident Goans and all persons interested in NRI affairs. Those who wish to attend must register by contacting the officer on special duty Mr Tushar Halarnkar or the event manager Fr Francisco Martins. They may also register online at the website www. globalgoans.org.in or at the Cidade de Goa at 9 a.m. on January 3, 2007. -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://www.goa-india.org http://feeds.goa-india.org/index.php
