The project's handing over ceremony was held at JMTHS on May 28, 1999

In attendance were various officials from the Embassy of Japan & JOCV including: H.E. Ambassador T. Matsumoto; First Secretary Mr. T. Tanabe; Mr. M. Kanayama, Resident Representative & Mr. M. Kinemuchi, Co-ordinator, JICA/JOCV.

Officials from the MOEYC were also in attendance, including: the Hon. M. Burchell Whiteman, Minister of Education; Mrs. M. Bowie Permanent Secretary; Mr. W. Barrett, Chief Education Officer; Mr. A. Dyer, Assistant Chief Education Officer, Technical Vocational Unit and other officers

This occasion marked the official handing over to the MOEYC grant-in-aid equipment and tools valued at over J$ 49 million.

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Mr. A. Dyer, delivering an address at the Handing over Ceremony. Seated are: Dr. Brown, Vice- Chairman of the Board; Mr. M. Kanayama, then Resident Representative of JICA/JOCV Jamaica; H.E. Ambassador T. Matsumoto, Embassy of Japan; Hon. B. Whiteman, Minister of Education, Youth & Culture, Mrs. M. Bowie, Permanent Secretary; and Mr. W. Barrett, Chief Education Officer.

Teacher of Machine Shop Technology, Mr. Williams, explains to the Minister of Education & Culture the use of some of the new machines.

Teacher of Auto-mechanics, Miss. L. Blake speaks about the value of the machines during the tour of the department. From L-R: H.E Ambassador T. Matsumoto, Embassy of Japan; Mr. G. O’Connor, Principal of JMTHS; Mr. M. Noad, Auto-mechanics Teacher; Mr. A. Fukashiro, previous Auto-mechanics Expert.

Teacher of Electronics, Mr. R. Skully, shares his views about the donated books with his then counterpart, Mr. M. Takeda (centre) and H.E Ambassador T. Matsumoto, Embassy of Japan.

Teacher of CAD, Mr. E. Donaldson (seated), explains the intricacies and benefits of the CAD software to Mrs. J. Gordon, Director - Project Management MOEYC and Miss. M. Grey, then Programme Officer - PIOJ, partially hidden is Miss. D. Irvine, PIOJ. At far left is Miss. L. Jones, Director - THSDP, Heart NTA.