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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989

MANNED BY ABOUT 3,600

HE SAID THE POLLING STATIONS WOULD BE OFFICERS DRAWN FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHO WERE ALL OF THE NEED TO

AND IMPARTIAL

DUTIES.

REMAIN

NEUTRAL

IN

PERFORMING

AWARE

THEIR

COUNTING OF VOTES WILL START SOON AFTER THE CLOSE OF AT 10.30 PM. A TOTAL OF 15 COUNTING CENTRES WILL BE SET UP, EACH DISTRICT WHERE POLLING HAS TAKEN PLACE.

FORM

MR SUEN ALSO HAD A WORD OF ADVICE FOR THE CANDIDATES.

THE

POLL

ONE FOR

THAT SOME OVER-ENTHUSIASTIC HENCE MAY WELL BE

"I WISH TO EMPHASISE THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS RECOGNISED OF CANVASSING IS A PART OF CAMPAIGNING, APPROACHES MAY CAUSE INCONVENIENCE TO VOTERS AND COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE, HE SAID.

M

12TH JLG MEETING TO BE HELD IN PEKING

JOINT

LIAISON GROUP ON FOREIGN 17, THE

THE 12TH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN PEKING FROM MARCH 14 TO AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ANNOUNCED THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.

MR

THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE,

ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY ROBIN MCLAREN,

OF STATE (ASIA) AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.

DONALD THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR

LIAO, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION; SECRETARY FOR

MR DICK CLIFT. POLITICAL ADVISER; AND MR DOUG MARTIN, COUNSELLOR, OFFICE OF THE BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE, SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP IN HONG KONG,

SENIOR

CP TO SERVE UNTIL END OF NOVEMBER

* * * * *

TO

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, WILL CONTINUE SERVE UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

ARRANGEMENTS FOR MR ANNING'S REPLACEMENT ARE BEING MADE AND WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE. THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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