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General News of Thursday, 1 June 2000

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Asantehene ends three-week visit to Britain

Kumasi (Ashanti Region) - Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene is expected back in Accra on Saturday, after a three-week visit to Britain, a release issued by Manhyia Palace in Kumasi and signed by Oheneba Agyeman Abeyie II, Somehene and Acting Private Secretary to the Asantehene said on Wednesday.

During the visit, Asantehene was the guest of Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace. He visited the British Parliament, Windsor Castle, the British Council and some educational and health institutions in London. Otumfuo Osei Tutu met with representatives of the Cocoa Association of London, Standard Chartered Bank and Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited.

The Asantehene also held meetings with investors and met the Ghanaian Community to explain the Otumfuo Education Fund to them. The visit was at the invitation of the British government.