A handover ceremony to mark the completion of the successful project has been organized today in Mỹ Thọ Primary and Lower Secondary School of Cao Lanh district, Dong Thap province, where the newly constructed facilities have begun operation.
The former England captain will arrive in Athens on Thursday to play a key role in a ceremony to mark the handover of the Olympic flame to London.
BAGHDAD — The Green Zone, for nearly six years the headquarters of the American occupation of Iraq, passed from American to Iraqi control on Thursday, in a handover that was marked by two ceremonies of speeches, poems and music on a blustery cold day in Baghdad.
To mark the handover, they had a major clear out.
Friday also saw an event to mark the handover of the Olympic Park's Athletes' Village from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to Locog.
At a later briefing to mark the handover of the athletes' village, which will house 16,000 athletes and officials during the Games before being converted into 2,818 apartments, Newham's mayor, Sir Robin Wales, said it would evaluate whether to invest £40m in the Olympic Stadium's legacy once the current tender process was complete.
They would be thanked for their efforts during 11 energetic days and three uncomfortably crouched minutes with an evening of performances by Scots Deacon Blue, Dougie Maclean, Prides and, later, a barnstorming set by Kylie Minogue, to mark the handover to the Gold Coast in Australia which will host the Games in four years.
Of greater concern – at least to the residents of London's Primrose Hill – are plans to install a 30ft-high replica of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer Statue to mark the handover of the Olympic torch to the city, which will host the Games in 2016.
Scottish choreographer Michael Clark has been commissioned to create a large-scale, participatory dance event at Glasgow music venue Barrowlands to mark the handover to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
At the end of the festival, Scottish choreographer Michael Clark has been commissioned to create a large-scale, participatory dance event at Glasgow music venue Barrowlands to mark the handover to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
