Zalayhar hassanali biography of michael

The Right Honourable  Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Dear Prime Minister,

We wish to make some observations on the decision by Cabinet,  without public consultation, to move the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago out of the Red House on completion of the renovations now in progress. The built heritage and institutions of a country often serve as strong unifying influences. In Trinidad and Tobago there are built structures dating back to the early part of the nineteenth century, some important for their architectural significance, some for their  profound historical and cultural associations. The Red House is the most important of our heritage buildings on two counts: firstly, its inner and outer architecture;  and secondly,  its intimate association with every phase of our history since the middle of the 1840s. For its historical significance and its architectural grandeur, our Red House has been listed by the Organisation of American States as one of the monuments of the Antilles. Its story needs to live in the minds of our children.

After the destruction of Port-of- Spain by fire in 1808, Governor McLeod on February 15, 1844 laid the foundation stone for new government buildings — two main blocks connected by a double archway much like the Red House of today. In 1848 the Council Chamber was formally inaugurated by Lord Harris, and thus began the history of the Red House as the seat of legislation and the people’s platform. Additions, alterations and ornamentations were effected in the 1890s. In 1897, as Trinidad prepared to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the buildings were given a coat of red paint and became for the public, “the Red House”.

The direct ancestor of today’s Red House was burnt to a shell in the Water Riots of 1903. Rebuilding began in 1904, and the new Red House with a cooling fountain in the centre of the rotunda was opened to the public on Feb

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The life and writ­ings of for­mer pres­i­dent Noor Has­sanali will be housed in the li­brary at his al­ma mater Na­pari­ma Col­lege in com­mem­o­ra­tion of the school's 118th an­niver­sary. The Noor Has­sanali Her­itage Col­lec­tion was launched on Mon­day dur­ing the school's Founder's Day cel­e­bra­tion un­der the theme "Nur­tur­ing the Vi­sion of Our Found­ing Fa­thers." Held in the school's au­di­to­ri­um/gym­na­si­um, the func­tion was at­tend­ed by Has­sanali's wid­ow, Za­lay­har Has­sanali. Prin­ci­pal Michael Dowlath re­called that at the school's 100th an­niver­sary cel­e­bra­tions in 1994, Has­sanali de­liv­ered the fea­ture ad­dress. He said the Has­sanali Col­lec­tion would be housed in the school's ex­tend­ed li­brary.

Dowlath said RIK Book Store had agreed to sup­ply the li­brary with new fur­ni­ture and to spon­sor the sec­tion of the fa­cil­i­ty that would dis­play the Noor Has­sanali Her­itage Col­lec­tion. The project is ex­pect­ed to be com­plet­ed by Au­gust 2012 in time for the new aca­d­e­m­ic year. In the fea­ture ad­dress at Mon­day's launch, re­tired Jus­tice of Ap­peal Ralph Nar­ine, 90, re­flect­ed on how the col­lege was born and the life of his for­mer school­mate and col­league. "He was my play­mate...He was my pro­fes­sion­al col­league," said Nar­ine, adding that Has­sanali be­came a stu­dent, teacher, sports­man, lawyer and judge. He said their in­spi­ra­tion came from Na­pari­ma Col­lege which had spawned sports­men, politi­cians and pro­fes­sion­als of every kind.

Der Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (auf Deutsch etwa Orden der Republik Trinidad und Tobago) ist der höchste Orden des karibischen Inselstaats Trinidad und Tobago. Er wird für herausragende Verdienste um das Land verliehen. Eingeführt wurde er 2008, als er die bis dahin höchste Auszeichnung, das Trinity Cross, ablöste.

Geschichte

Die ehemalige britische Kolonie Trinidad wurde 1962 unabhängig. Als höchsten Orden vergab das Land ab 1969 das Trinity Cross, das vom damaligen Staatsoberhaupt Elisabeth II. (Trinidad ist seit 1976 eine Republik) gestiftet worden war. Das Trinity Cross stand jahrzehntelang in der Kritik, da es als christliches Symbol die nichtchristlichen Religionen im multhiethnischen, multireligiösen Trinidad diskriminiere. Mehrere nichtchristliche Preisträger verweigerten die Annahme, und bereits 1972 sicherte der damalige Premierminister Eric Williams zu, den Orden umzubenennen, ohne dann tatsächlich tätig zu werden. 1997 empfahl ein Komitee unter Vorsitz des ehemaligen obersten Richters des Landes Michael de la Bastide, den Orden in „Order of Trinidad and Tobago“ umzubenennen.

Ende Mai 2006 urteilte der High Court Trinidads unter Richter Peter Jamadar, dass das Trinity Cross nichtchristliche Religionen diskriminiere, dass aber eine Namensänderung oder Neuordnung wenn, dann durch das Parlament zu erfolgen habe. Geklagt hatten die Hinduorganisation Maha Sabha und das Islamic Relief Centre. Premierminister Patrick Manning setzte die Verleihung des Trinity Cross daraufhin aus und sagte die Schaffung eines neuen Ordens zu, der in Anlehnung an den „Bastide Report“ von 1997 „Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago“ genan