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NO NOMINATION TODAY FOR LEGCO BY-ELECTION

THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED NO NOMINATION FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY-ELECTION IN RESPECT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY TODAY (FRIDAY)

THE FIRST DAY OF NOMINATION FOR

CANDIDATES.

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FROM TODAY TO JULY 9. THE BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 28 TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY MR GILBERT LEUNG KAM-HO.

TIME ADJUSTMENT ON JULY 1

AT 8 AM ON JULY 1, THE USUAL SIX-PIP TIME SIGNALS FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WILL NOT BE BROADCAST BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.

IT WILL RESUME AT 8.30 AM OR 9 AM DEPENDING ON THE RADIO

CHANNEL.

THIS IS TO ENABLE AN ADJUSTMENT TO BE MADE WHICH WILL RESULT IN A DELAY OF ONE SECOND TO THE HONG KONG STANDARD TIME.

THE ADJUSTMENT IS

NEEDED TO BETTER MATCH THE UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC), THE TIME SCALE NOW IN USE, ASTRONOMICAL TIME.

CO-ORDINATED WITH THE

IT HAS BEEN INTERNATIONALLY AGREED THAT AN ADJUSTMENT OF ONE SECOND, (A LEAP SECOND) SHOULD BE APPLIED FROM TIME TO TIME SO THAT THE CO-ORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME WILL NOT DIFFER FROM THE ASTRONOMICAL TIME BY MORE THAN NINE-TENTHS OF A SECOND.

THE LAST ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE ON JULY 1 LAST YEAR.

THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY MAINTAINS THE HONG KONG TIME STANDARD AND SINCE 1980, OPERATES A HIGH PRECISION ATOMIC CLOCK TO GIVE THE CO- ORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO CARRY OUT TIME CHECKS CAN EITHER LISTEN TO THE TIME SIGNALS BROADCAST BY RADIO KONG OR CALL THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ON TEL 732 9472.

TELEVISION

HONG

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