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Members of the Legislative Assembly announce with regret, with immediate effect His Excellency the Governor has accepted the resignation from the Legislative Assembly by Mr Glenn Ross.  The letter of acceptance from His Excellency the Governor to Mr Ross is shown below for information.

“Thank you for your letter of 26 April offering your resignation from the Legislative Assembly.  I accept it with great reluctance.

 I fully understand the reasons you set out.  I know that in recent weeks your work at the Power Station has been particularly time-consuming.  You are doing an excellent job there, and I accept that this will be a priority for you, particularly as winter approaches. 

 I would like to put on record my appreciation for the commitment you have shown to the role of MLA, both in general and in your farming and agriculture portfolio.  I have particularly valued your advice since your election to ExCo at the end of last year.  I will greatly miss your input.

 I wish you all the very best for the future, and hope that circumstances might allow you once again to stand for election to the Legislative Assembly.” 

 Office of the Legislative Assembly

Gilbert House

Executive Council has agreed that, on a trial basis during 2011, Government clocks will not go back this winter.   This means that the Falkland Islands will remain on “summer time” throughout the whole of 2011. 

Calendars currently indicate that clocks will go back one hour at 2am on 17 April 2011.  Those indications should be ignored.

The advantages that will be gained from the trial include more time to contact UK and Europe during the working day, and lighter evenings during the winter. 

 Practical arrangements are being made to ensure this information is widely disseminated here and abroad, and further notices will be published in due course to help remind the public that they do not need to put their clocks back this year.

Keith Padgett

Acting Chief Executive