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	Old Girls Association – Australia Address: 19 Bridge Road, Homebush, NSW 2140, Australia. E-mail: tharma57@yahoo.com.au JHLC OGA, Sydney branch, was established in October 1993 with 28 members. It has rapidly expanded and currently boasts over one hundred members. Past Presidents 1993-1994 Mrs Setha Shanmugasothi 1995-2000 Mrs Malathi Thayananthan 2001-2003 Mrs Kalayarasee Chinniah 2003-2005 Mrs Rajany Sockalingam 2005-2007 JHLC OGA Sydney Executive Committee Patron Mrs Thavamany Viswanathan Vice Patrons Mrs Indra Kandasamipillai Mrs Saratha Kathirgamanathan Mrs Setha Shanmugasothy Mrs Kanagambikai Jeyanathan President Mrs Tharmawathy Manoharan Vice President Mrs Tharmini Ketheeswararajah Secretary Mrs Mathumathy Ranjith Treasurer Mrs Meera Parthipan Asst Treasurer Mrs Kamalasarojini Thavakulasingam Committee Members Mrs Arudchelvi Gunalan Mrs Shanthy Uthayan Mrs Shantha Sivanantharajah Mrs Vasanthy Ganeshan Mrs Vasanatha Kuhabalan 2005-2007 Activities of Jaffna Hindu Ladies College Old Girls Association, Sydney Branch. 1. Oct 2005 - Screened Tamil Film "Ghajini" to raise funds for the school. Collected A$1 388.00 (Rs 127,631) 2. May 2006 - Organised a dinner night with a variety of dance and music programs. Collected A$ 1 025.00 (Rs 94,207) 3. Feb 2007 - Organised a successful annual program "Malarum Malai 2007" Collected A$ 9 087.00 (Rs 835,102) 4. The 2005-2007 committee is happy to donate over A$ 11 500.00 (Rs 1 056 940.00) to help feed the students and to improve the school. History JHLC OGA, Sydney Branch, activities started in October 1993 with 28 Members. Now our association has over one hundred members.				The following members were the past Presidents since the inception of the association: 1993 - 1994 Mrs. Setha Shanmugasothi 1995 - 2000 Mrs. Malathi Thayananthan 2001 - 2003 Mrs. Kalayarasee Chinniah 2001 - 2003 Committee President Mrs. Kalayarasee Chinniah Vice President Mrs. Setha Shanmugasothi Secretary Mrs. Lalitha Sathasivam Treasurer Miss. Sivaja Sivanathan Assistant Treasurer Miss. Gobika Velupillai Committee Members Dr. Mrs. Thavamani Kanapathipillai Mrs. Kanagambikai Jeganathan Mrs. Mano Yogaratnam Mrs Yogawathy Mathananarajan Dr. Miss Poorani Kandiah 2002 - 2003 Activities of Jaffna Hindu Ladies College Old Girls Association, Sydney Branch. The following are the aims of our association: • Raise funds for the college, in order to assist in the purchase of the books and other learning materials and in the general maintenance of the college buildings. • Organise social gatherings of the old girls of the college and their families. • Organise cultural events to raise funds and to maintain our culture. • Introduce and facilitate integration of new comers and visitors into the association. • Now we are endeavouring to get old girls in other states to join our association. Activities 1. Had a very successful film screening in Sydney to raise funds for JHLC and donated A$2,500 (SRs. 112,800) to the JHLC Development Society, who bought two new Pentium computers for the students' use. 2.Had a members barbeque get together at the Olympic park in Sydney. Majority of members attended. Informal discussions were held on the methods to raise additional raise funds to help the school. We propose to continue the discussion in detail at the next Annual General meeting to be held on 23 February 2002. 3.We have planned to have our Annual General Meeting and the Dinner on 23 February 2002. For the first time in New South Wales, Tamil Language was introduced as a subject at the Higher School Certificate (HSC) examination (public examination). Twenty one students sat the examination with 100% pass rate and several of them with distinction passes. We are very glad to state that these students were taught by former JHLC teachers Mrs. Setha Shanmugasothy and Mrs. Kanagambikai Jeganathan.