The President and Mrs Abela’s engagements

10.30 a.m. The President is presented with a book, Quest for Identity, by Paul Borg, at San Anton Palace, Attard.

11 a.m. The President receives Commissioner for Children Helen D’Amato at San Anton Palace.

Noon The President receives Mediterranean Conference Centre chairman Peter Fenech at San Anton Palace.

6 p.m. The President and Mrs Abela preside over the Malta Community Chest Fund board meeting at San Anton Palace.

Tuesday

10 a.m. The President receives Bishop Vincent Costa, head of the Diocese of Jundiai in Sao Paolo, Brazil, at San Anton Palace.

11.30 a.m. The President is presented with two volumes entitled The European Mind: Narrative and Identity, by Henry Frendo, at San Anton Palace.

11.30 a.m. Mrs Abela presides over the Malta Community Chest Fund Working Committee at San Anton Palace.

Noon The President receives members of the Mental Health Association at San Anton Palace.

1 p.m. The President receives the president and committee members of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses at San Anton Palace.

Wednesday

10.30 a.m. The President receives Joe Mizzi and Anton Attard from Public Broadcasting Services in preparation for the live transmission of L-Istrina 2010 at San Anton Palace.

Noon The President receives Louiselle Vassallo and Paul Borg Olivier, from Net TV, in preparation for the live transmission of L-Istrina 2010, at San Anton Palace.

1.30 p.m. The President receives Jason Micallef and Quinton Scerri from One TV, in preparation for the live transmission of L-Istrina 2010 at San Anton Palace.

3.30 p.m. The President receives a courtesy call from Nicole Azzopardi, winner of the Malta Eurovision Junior Song at San Anton Palace.

7.30 p.m. The President and Mrs Abela attend the Choral and Orchestral Concert by the St Paul Choral Society at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.

Thursday

9 a.m. Mrs Abela visits San Andrea School in Żebbiegħ as part of the Piggy Bank Campaign.

10.30 a.m. Mrs Abela visits St Nicholas Primary School in Attard, as part of the Piggy Bank Campaign.

11 a.m. The President receives members of Għaqda Nisa Ġiljaniżi on a courtesy call at the Palace, Valletta.

Noon The President receives members of Kummissjoni Żgħażagħ Ġużeppini from St Joseph’s Band Club of Ħamrun, at the Palace.

1 p.m. The President receives Valletta mayor Alexei Dingli at the Palace.

Friday

9 a.m. Mrs Abela visits the Archbishop’s Seminary in Rabat, as part of the Piggy Bank Campaign.

10.30 a.m. Mrs Abela visits Siġġiewi Primary School as part of the Piggy Bank Campaign.

11 a.m. The President receives former European Commissioner Günter Weiss on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

11.30 a.m. The President is presented with a book entitled Small Island, Great Riches – Biography of Tenor Paul Asciak, by Sue Brown, Paul Asciak, Bice Asciak, Laurence Grech and Joseph Tortell, at San Anton Palace.

7.30 p.m. The President and Mrs Abela attend the Fondazzjoni Arka Concert of classical music on the 10th anniversary, at The Palace hotel, Sliema.

Saturday

1.30 p.m. The President attends the rugby game Malta vs Latvia at Hibs Ground Corradino.

7.30 p.m. The President and Mrs Abela attend the annual concert by the St Julian’s Band Club on the feast of St Cecilia, organised by the Għaqda Każini tal-Banda, at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta.