Prior to the implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

Prior to assuming that position, he was Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from July 1997 to July 1998.

Prior to 1997, Chatham had been included in the constituencies of Mid Kent, Rochester and Chatham & Chatham.

Prior to the 1997 merger, Young America was known as being one of the two cities where correspondences for consumer product contests went to, the other being Blair, Nebraska.

Prior to becoming president in 1997, McAleese had also held the following positions: Director of Channel 4 Television, Director, Northern Ireland Electricity, Director, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust and Founding member of the Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas.

There were doubts over the future of the band when Prior announced her departure in 1997, but Steeleye continued in a more productive vein than for many years, with Woods as lead singer, releasing Horkstow Grange ( 1998 ), and then Bedlam Born ( 2000 ).

Prior to the acquisition of Sim developer Maxis by Electronic Arts in 1997, plans were originally made in 1996 to develop SimCity 3000 as a fully 3D game, in tune with the emergence ( at the time ) of 3D computer and video games.

Prior to September 1, 1997, no longer being known as a " sound system ", THX was removed from all theaters, with the exception for a couple of trailers that THX had then-recently created ( such as its own mascot, Tex the Robot ) in 1996, would vaguely be seen in theaters.

Prior to 1998, the official releases were handled by Vans via Uni Distribution in 1996 and Epitaph Records in 1997 respectively.

Prior to returning to Ireland in 1997, Scallon applied for US citizenship, requiring her to swear an oath renouncing allegiance to any other state.

Prior to 1997, Cleethorpes had been included in the constituencies of Brigg and Cleethorpes, Louth ( Lincolnshire ), and Grimsby.

Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill and Can't Not tours, as well as the drummer in the progressive experimental band called Sylvia which, after changing their name to Anyone, went on to sign with Roadrunner Records.

Prior to his election to the UK Parliament in 1997, Swinney was employed as Strategic Planning Principal with Scottish Amicable and was a business and economic development consultant for five years.

Prior to 1997 transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, the quorum was set at 20.

Prior to the handover in 1997, the office of the Chief Executive-designate was at the 7th floor of the Asia Pacific Finance Tower.

Prior endowments were $ 538. 4 million in 2005 and $ 195. 1 million in 1997, the rapid increases partially attributed to the " Top 20 " Plan.

Prior to the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the power of pardon was a royal prerogative of mercy of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

Prior to becoming party leader, Martin served as Minister for Education and Science ( 1997 – 2000 ), Minister for Health and Children ( 2000 – 04 ), Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment ( 2004 – 08 ) and Minister for Foreign Affairs ( 2008 – 11 ).

Prior to 1997, the role was played by the Governor of Hong Kong

Prior to the 1997 introduction of " one-fare zone " that came along with free transfers from the SIR to the subway system and MTA buses by using the MetroCard, fares were collected by the conductors on the trains for passengers boarding at stops other than St. George.

Prior to the 1997 municipal elections, the regional chairman was elected to the position from within the regional council — in that year, the position became generally elected by all voters in the regional municipality.

Prior to becoming successful, Egan, Feehily, and Filan along with fellow Sligo men Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron, and Michael Garrett, were part of a six-member pop vocal group called Six as One and was later changed to IOYOU in the year 1997.

Prior to being elected to federal office, Anderson was a school trustee in Frontier, Saskatchewan from 1994 to 1997, and was the chairman of the board from 1997 to 2000.

He worked primarily as a scholar until he became Prior General of the Order in 1431.

His works include a treatise on the Holy Eucharist, one on the Procession of the Holy Spirit, many lives of saints, as well as a history of his term as Prior General of the Camaldolese.

Prior to the publication of Keynes ' General Theory, mainstream economic thought was that the economy existed in a state of general equilibrium, meaning that the economy naturally consumes whatever it produces because the needs of consumers are always greater than the capacity of the economy to satisfy those needs.

Prior to its formal accession to the United Nations, Switzerland had maintained an observer role at the UN's General Assembly and its Economic and Social Council.

Prior to 1952, all Governors General of Canada were members of a peerage.

Delegations directly under the Prior General exist in Argentina, France, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, the Lebanon, the Philippines and Portugal.

Prior to 1975, and occasionally in more recent work, Post Keynesian could simply mean economics carried out after 1936, the date of Keynes's The General Theory.

Prior to the reunification of the city, the Land Use Plan of 1988 and General Development Plan of 1980 defined the spatial planning criteria for West and East Berlin, respectively.

Prior to that, he was a noted New York municipal bond lawyer, director of Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, and one of Nixon's closest personal friends ; after his tenure as Attorney General, he served as director of Nixon's 1972 presidential campaign.

Two other Orders, the Augustinian Recollects and the Discalced Augustinians, were once part of the Augustinian Order under a single Prior General.

The Recollect friars, founded in 1588 as a reform movement of the Augustinian friars in Spain, became autonomous in 1612 with their first Prior General, Enrique de la Sagrada.

The Discalced friars became an independent religious congregation with their own Prior General in 1592, and were raised to the status of a separate mendicant Order in 1610.

: c ) the members of the Augustinian Secular Fraternities, legitimately established by the Prior General.

a ) Religious institutes, both male and female, formally aggregated to the Order by a decree of the Prior General ( this would include the Augustinians of the Assumption, the Sisters of St Rita, etc.

The Order is under the supervision of a Prior General in Rome, and as an international Order they are divided into various Provinces throughout the world, with each Province being led by a Prior Provincial ; ( 3 ) As an Order, they have a special commitment to corporate poverty as opposed to simply the poverty professed by the individual friar.

This papal bull exhorted these hermits to adopt " the Rule and way of life of the Blessed Augustine ," to profess this Augustinian manner of life in a way that they themselves would decide with regards to specific charism and apostolate, and to elect a Prior General.

At this chapter the Order formally adopted the Rule of St. Augustine, to follow the Roman office with the Cistercian psalter, and to hold triennial elections of the Prior General.

The first Prior General was Friar Matthew, followed by Adjutus and Philip.

At this Chapter Lanfranc Settala, the leader of the Bonites, was elected Prior General.

The Augustinian Hermits, while following the rule known as that of St. Augustine, are also subject to the Constitutions, first drawn up by Augustinus Novellus ( d. 1309 ), Prior General of the Order from 1298 to 1300, and by Clement of Osimo.

The government of the order is as follows: At the head is the Prior General, elected every six years by the General Chapter.

The Prior General is aided by six assistants and a secretary, also elected by the General Chapter.