My Nam
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1936
NEW DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER NAMED
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IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MR ROBERT NIGEL PEIRCE, A MEMBER
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE, IS TO SUCCEED YR RICHARD MARGOLIS AS
LEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER AT THE END OF APRIL.
MR PEIRCE IS 30. HE JOINED THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IN 1977, STUDIED CHINESE AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND LATER IN HONG KONG. HE SERVED IN PEKING FROM 1980 TO 1983 MS THIRD SECRETARY AND LATER SECOND SECRETARY.
MR PEIRCE RETURNED TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IN OCTOBER 1983, WHERE HE HELD APPOINTMENTS SUCCESSIVELY IN THE NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN AND HONG KONG DEPARTMENTS. MORE RECENTLY MR PEIRCE HAS BEEN ON SECONDMENT TO THE CABINET OFFICE. MR PEIRCE IS MARRIED.
POLL CARDS SENT TO VOTERS
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POLL CARDS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 6 HAVE BEEN SENT TO NEARLY 1.4 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS.
A CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID INFORMATION ON THE POLL CARDS INCLUDE ELECTORS' CONSTITUENCIES, DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS, ELECTION DATE, AND POLLING HOURS.
+ELECTORS MUST BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CAST THEIR VOTES, HE SAID.
+THEY ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT THEY CANNOT SPEAK TO ANYONE OTHER THAN ELECTION OFFICIALS, WHEN INSIDE THE POLLING STATIONS WHICH WILL BE OPEN FROM 7.30 AM TO 10.30 PM, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED ELECTORS THAT THEY CAN ONLY VOTE IN THE CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED.
-VOTING IS SIMPLE, ALL AN ELECTOR HAS TO DO IS MARK AN AGAINST THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE OF HIS CHOICE, HE SAID.
+FLECTORS WHO HAD REGISTERED IN PREVIOUS DISTRICT BOARD ND LABAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS CAN ALSO CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS IN THEIR DISTRICT, HE ADDED.
THERE ARE 39 CANDIDATES CONTESTING FOR THE 15 SEATS IN THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS AND 40 CANDIDATES ARE VYING FOR THE 12 SEATS THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
/TWO CANDIDAT.
ANI