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PROFESSOR KENNETH Hall, former pro-vice chancellor and principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), will today be sworn in as the fifth Governor-General of Jamaica.
Professor Hall will succeed Sir Howard Cooke, who has served as Governor-General for 14 years.
The installation ceremony is scheduled to get under way at 5:00 p.m. at King's House.
The ceremony will be overseen by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, and the current Governor-General's secretary, Kayla Sewell Mills, will read the Royal Commission, appointing Professor Hall as Governor-General of Jamaica.
Following this, Sir Howard will invite Professor Hall to take, and subscribe to the oath of allegiance and the oath of office, after which he will present the commission to the newly-installed Governor-General.
Subsequently, the outgoing Governor-General's standard will be lowered and the incoming Governor-General's standard will be raised, accompanied by the fanfare of trumpets.
