Official Visit to Sandakan, Malaysia

On Saturday 14 August 2010, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE departed Australia on an Official Visit to Sandakan, Malaysia.

Earlier, in Sydney, the Proclamation assuming the Administration of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia was signed by the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO.

In the evening, at Sabah Hotel, Sandakan, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce met with former Sandakan Prisoners of War.