THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on April 11 in the years identified:

1963:Ministry Under the head of the

of Communications and Works, the sum of £55, 000 is provided in the 1963-64 Expenditure Estimates for the construction of the official residence for the prime minister on King’s House lands. The Ministry Paper approving the proposal to build such a residence is approved towards the end of the parliamentary session. The main building is estimated to cost £35,000 and ancillary buildings and roads are to cost £20,000. The design accepted for the residence was submitted by St Andrew architect Lloyd Shearer, who will be paid two per cent of the building cost (£700) if this firm is not awarded the building contract. 1967:minister Jamaica’s third prime

in independence, Hugh Lawson Shearer, is sworn in by Governor General Clifford Campbell at King’s House. The swearing – in comes just four hours after the death of the former prime minister, Donald Sangster, in Montreal. At the same ceremony at

which Shearer is sworn in, members of the Cabinet, including those in the Senate, are also sworn. Their posts are unchanged. The only absentee is Senator Hector Wynter, minister of state in the Ministry of Education, who is in Montreal with Sangster.

1972:is A record day’s trading

recorded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange as the market shows signs of remarkable activity and some stocks make notable gains. A total of 64,500 units are tracded, including 17 securities in the equity market and one in the preference sector.