(1) On Friday, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry appeared to confirm those fears, telling reporters that the joint declaration, a deal negotiated by London and Beijing guaranteeing Hong Kong’s way of life for 50 years, “was a historical document that no longer had any practical significance”.
(2) However, a spokesperson for the Department for Communities and Local Government denied any reports of a rift with the Treasury.
(3) One of Prime’s founder members, Linklaters, provides tutoring, mentoring, work experience, and careers events to 2,500 young people in Hackney each year through its Realising Aspirations programme , according to a company spokesperson.
(4) A spokesperson for Lim emphasised his involvement with Salford is “philanthropic”, motivated by his interest in developing young players and has nothing to do with Valencia, Mendes or TPO.
(5) A Benn family spokesperson said: "At the suggestion of the Speaker of the House of Commons and by agreement with the Lords Speaker, Black Rod and the dean of Westminster Abbey, an approach was made by Black Rod to the palace for agreement that Mr Benn's body rest in the chapel of St Mary Undercroft on the night before his funeral.
(6) A spokesperson for Staffordshire police said: “A detailed investigation is under way and the scene will remain cordoned off while the investigation continues.
(7) We can confirm that Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal has been denied … The court dismissed the application for leave to appeal because there are are no prospects of success,” Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority, told reporters.
(8) A spokesperson for Plaid Cymru said: “On 5 May, Wales chose not to elect one single party to govern Wales with a majority.
(9) A spokesperson for the governor told the FCIR team : “There’s no policy on this.” The FCIR report was based on statements by multiple named former employees who worked in different DEP offices around Florida.
(10) A Home Office spokesperson said: "As the home secretary said, the government's current thinking is to opt out of all measures and then negotiate to opt back into those individual measures which it is in our national interest to rejoin.
(11) "We believe that this is unavoidable following the recent costs to all the citizens of the UK as a result of banking failures, mismanagement and improper practices," said a spokesperson for the City Reform Group.
(12) Amor Almagro, spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan, said: "There have been several meetings between the government of Sudan and the Tripartite on the implementation of the MoU, but so far access has not been granted for us to carry out an assessment and deliver much needed food assistance in areas held by the SPLM-N. "We remain concerned about the ongoing conflict and insecurity, which has hampered our ability to reach all those in need of food assistance."
(13) Riggenberg and Schwarze were “responding to a request for assistance from paramedics who reported an individual, now identified as Mr Clark, disrupting their ability to aid an assault victim at that location”, a spokesperson for the BCA said in a statement Wednesday morning.
(14) A spokesperson for the PPS's office in Belfast said: "Based on the initial evidence the specified prosecutor in this case had concluded that the assisting offender had knowingly breached his agreement under section 73 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and that it was in the interest of justice that the case should be referred back to the original sentencing court.
(15) A Co-op Bank spokesperson said: "The Co-operative Bank notes the announcement from Fitch.
(16) An IOC spokesperson said: “Wada and the NOC of Kenya are working together to ensure compliance is met.
(17) But now they have a bullish and vociferous spokesperson in Guatemala's president, Otto Pérez Molina.
(18) The number of self-inflicted deaths occurring in prisons in England and Wales is currently at record levels.” A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “These are tragic cases, and our thoughts continue to be with the family and friends of Ian Brown and Daniel Dunkley.
(19) April 17, 2013 5.43pm BST A Capitol police spokesperson on the situations in Russell and Hart senate office buildings: "All I can tell you right now is we're investigating suspicious envelopes in both."
(20) Not for me to say,” spokesperson John Kirby said.
Spox
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Mashable's Alex Fitzpatrick asked them: Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) Facebook spox: Data received through Home "covered by Facebook's Data Use Policy, which users can view before they activate Facebook Home."
(2) Liz Sly (@LizSly) Iraq military spox Qassem Atta says ISIS is using taxi drivers to spread propaganda, warns Iraqis not to believe what taxi drivers say June 19, 2014 5.54pm BST Programming note: President Obama's address has been delayed until 1.15pm ET... at least.
(3) The argument began when @ISAFmedia , which generally provides dry updates in military speak of the security situation in Afghanistan, took exception to comments from a Taliban spokesman, tweeting : "Re: Taliban spox on #Kabul attack: the outcome is inevitable.