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The Governor's Multicultural Awards for 2008 were presented at Government House on Thursday 20 November 2008, by His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia.
More than 100 people attended the ceremony, which included presentation of Certificates to 29 finalists and stunning handblown glass trophies to the six Award Winners. Click here for the media release. Click here for the Winner Citations.
In presenting the awards, His Excellency thanked the Lieutenant Governor of South Australia and Chairman of the South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission, Mr Hieu Van Le, for suggesting the Awards to him. He also thanked the Multicultural Communities Council for the support and advice it provided in the past year. And he thanked the judges:
- Mr Alan Tidswell, Manager Human Resources, OneSteel Whyalla (Chair)
- Ms Cathy Chong, Treasurer, Multicultural Communities Council of SA Inc.
- Mr Peter Ppiros, Deputy Chairman, South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission
- Ms Jane Reilly, Network Ten journalist and broadcaster
- Judge Rauf Soulio, South Australia District Court and Chairman, Board of Management, Migrant Resource Centre of SA Inc.; and
- Ms Viv Szekeres, Director, Migration Museum of SA
The Governor's Multicultural Awards 2008 FINALISTS
VOLUNTEER AWARD
Mr Houssam Abiad WINNER
Mrs Delia Conlon
Ms Branka King
Dr Joseph Masika
Mr George Peters
Mr Frank L Scicluna
PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD
The Migrant Health Service (accepted by Mr Dan Haller) WINNER
Ms Mary Lou Horvat
Mr Miguel Quintero
Police Multicultural Advisory Group (accepted by Assistant Commissioner of Police Bryan Fahy)
Thebarton Senior College (accepted by Assistant Principal, Ms Kay Astles)
The Pre-School Bi-Lingual Program of the Department of Education and Children's Services (accepted by Ms Bernarda Sanchez)
PRIVATE SECTOR AWARD
Ms Domenica Latorre
Mr Vilmos Milisits WINNER
Mr Teo Spiniello
COMMUNITY SECTOR AWARD
Ms Khadija Gbla
Ms Katherine Goode WINNER
Ms Vivien Hope
Mr David K Malinda
Migrant Women's Support & Accommodation Service (accepted by Ms Milenka Vasekova-Safrilidis)
Ms Hannah Paten (accepted by Ms Fina Kimati)
Ms Gina Stephenson
Ms Eugenia Tsoulis (accepted by Ms Tina Karanastasis)
YOUTH AWARD
Mr Jonathon Gill & Ms Vicky Kuok
Ms Lana Dulic
The Youth Team of the Vietnamese Community in Australia SA Chapter (accepted by Ms Thuy Nguyen) WINNER
MEDIA AWARD
Ethnic Broadcasters Inc (EBI) (accepted by Ms Cristina Descalzi)
Radio Adelaide (accepted by Ms Nikki Marcel) WINNER
Mr Joe Tungaraza
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