Official opening of new school at Kota Nica (Kotanica), Hollandia.

Official opening of new school at Kota Nica (Kotanica), Hollandia. The official opening of the new school established by NICA at Kota Nica, Hollandia, took place on February 26th, 1945, when a party of NICA officials visited the village for this ceremony and to take part in the official opening of the new barracks. The opening ceremony was performed by Colonel Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Senior officer NICA, who handed the school over to Lieutenant Manoepoeti, Directeur of the school. At the time of the opening there were 360 students and 10 teachers at the school. These numbers will be greatly augmented in the future. Dr. N.S. Blom, Director of the Department of Justice and Head of NICA Bureau; Dr. J.E. van Hoogstraten, Director of the Department of Economic Affairs; Dr. R.E. Smits, Director of the Department of Finance and Major Brouwer of NICA (extreme right) bering introduced to Indonesian teachers at the "Welkom" Arch. NI 5450