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发帖数: 29846 | 1 印度国会里安装提词器，为了招待即将到访的只会念提词器的奥巴马，印度国会历史上
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Parliament-being-spruced-up-for-Obama-visit/articleshow/6789270.cms
NEW DELHI: As Parliament gets spruced up to welcome US President Barack
Obama, who will address a joint session in Central Hall on the evening of
November 8, even parliamentary staff have reasons to celebrate.
The uniformed service staff, who have been asked to turn out in their best
outfits, are likely to get a whole new look for the Obama function.
Designers could be consulted to make changes in the traditional uniforms, it
is learnt.
For the first time, "speech prompters" will be used in Parliament, sources
said. The prompters will make it look as if Obama is delivering an extempore
speech, when he will actually be reading out from a transparent plate kept
in front of him.
Vice-president and chairman of Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari will welcome Obama
in the absence of President Pratibha Patil, who will not be attending the
joint sitting, a day before Parliament opens for the winter session. The
vote of thanks will be delivered by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in Hindi,
which will simultaneously get translated into English.
It is to be seen how Ansari, who has held views on West Asia and has written
extensively on it before being bound by vice-presidential protocol, strikes
a balance in his welcome speech. Whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
speaks on the occassion is not yet clear. Eyes will also be trained on Left
parties to see whether they stay away from the joint sitting. The last head
of state to address Parliament was Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.
The PM, the V-P and the Speaker will be the only ones accompanying Obama on
the dias. Obama's wife Michelle will be seated on a special chair in the
front rows, it has been decided.
Obama will be given a visitor's book to write his comments, which is being
called the `Golden Book'.
As part of sprucing up, Parliament House is not just getting a fresh coat of
paint but even carpets are going to be changed and new woodwork and
polishing is being finished at a fast pace. The lounges around Central Hall
are being jazzed up for the occasion. If tiles are being changed for the
fountain beds in the central courtyard, to look bright and chirpy, so are
the flowerbeds. |
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