Since 1997, the Minsk Group Co-Chairs have presented three proposals to serve as a framework for resolving the conflict.

* Since 1997, a series of cultural, art, music and entertainment events have taken place in November at various locations in the town, under the title, Novembernebel ( November fog )

Since 1997, Autumn has been one of the top 100 names for girls in the United States.

Since then, Nike then Adidas have had more overt branding on the shirts, with sponsors Scottish Provident ( 1997 ), NTL ( 2001 ), Zurich ( 2005 ) and HSBC ( 2009 ).

Since their coming to power in 1997, controversies affecting the Labour Government such as David Blunkett's affair with Spectator editor Kimberly Fortier and financial scandals involving senior ministers and officials shifted the focus to sleaze within the Labour Party.

* International Dialects of English Archive Since 1997

Since 1997 public authorities have been obliged to observe the official spelling by way of the Orthography Law.

Since 1997, the landscape of Dublin has changed immensely.

Since 1997, the ILAE have been working on a new scheme that has five axes: ictal phenomenon, ( pertaining to an epileptic seizure ), seizure type, syndrome, etiology, impairment.

Since 1997 it has been in the hands of a private developer, on a long term lease, which has transformed the property into a world class resort.

Since Miyagi's time, many composers such as Tadao Sawai ( 1937 – 1997 ) have written and performed works that continue to advance the instrument.

Since the election of the Labour Government in 1997, there have been many changes in UK employment law.

Since 1997, all newly-found Mersenne primes have been discovered by the “ Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search ” ( GIMPS ), a distributed computing project on the Internet.

Since 1978 black membership has grown, and in 1997 there were approximately 500, 000 black members of the church ( about 5 % of the total membership ), mostly in Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean.

Since then, it has undergone seven revisions, in 1990 ( London ), 1991 ( Nairobi ), 1992 ( Copenhagen ), 1993 ( Bangkok ), 1995 ( Vienna ), 1997 ( Montreal ), and 1999 ( Beijing ).

Since 1997 there has been a steady stream of illegal emigration to China, despite the efforts of both countries to prevent it.

Since 1997 Sardinian has been an official language on the island, together with other languages spoken there.

* Since November 1997, Slovenia has participated in its first United Nations peacekeeping operation, contributing 27 troops to an Austrian UNFICYP contingent on Cyprus.

Since 1997, the term Subway Series has also been applied to interleague play during the regular season between the Yankees and National League New York Mets.

Since 1997, however, the use of the Seal of the Republic has not actually been required by the Constitution, but it continues to be used.

Since this new stadium was not ready until the 1999 season, Adams decided to move his team to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee in 1997 after playing before small Houston crowds in 1996.

Since 1997, the Spanish government has privatised its interest in the company.

Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn Nkosi Sikelel ' iAfrika ( God Bless Africa ) and the former anthem Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ( The Call of South Africa ).

Since 1997 the college has always come at least eighth in the Tompkins Table, which ranks the 29 Cambridge colleges according to the academic performance of their undergraduates, and on five occasions it has been in first place.

Since the 1997 handover, the government has adopted the " biliterate and trilingual " ( 兩文三語 liǎng-wén sān-yǔ ) policy.

Since the handover, Vieira is a senior member of the Portuguese Golf Association ( Associação Portuguesa de Séniores de Golfe ).

Since the handover of sovereignty to Iraqis, many of the facilities in the Green Zone have been turned over to the new Iraqi government.

Since 1973, a Sahrawi guerrilla war led by the Polisario Front had challenged Spanish control, and in October 1975 Spain had quietly begun negotiations for a handover of power with leaders of the rebel movement, both in El Aaiún, and with foreign minister Pedro Cortina y Mauri meeting El Ouali in Algiers.

Since 2006, Warner Bros operated a joint venture with China Film Group Corporation and HG to form Warner China Film HG to produce films in Hong Kong and China, including Connected, which is a remake of the 2004 thriller film Cellular, they have co-produced many other Chinese films as well.

Since 2002 Smale is a Professor at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago ; starting August 1, 2009, he is also a Distinguished University Professor at the City University of Hong Kong.

Since the return of Hong Kong and Macau to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 and 1999, respectively, the two territories have retained their legal, political, and economic systems.

Since 1997 Vietnam has been connected by two gateways: one in Hanoi which connects with Hong Kong and Australia, and the other in Ho Chi Minh City, which connects with the United States by Sprint.

Since that time, however, China ( Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong ) has been the leading issuer, raising $ 73 billion ( almost double the amount of money raised on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ combined ) up to the end of November 2011.

Since the 1930s, the Baak Doi label heaquartered in Shanghai had been published under the EMI banner and since then, EMI had also been the dominant label in the cantopop market in Hong Kong until the genre's decline in the mid 1980s.

Since mainland China's economic reforms led by Deng Xiaoping land reforms have also played a key role in the development of the People's Republic of China, with the re-emergence of rich property developers in urban areas ( though as in Hong Kong, land in China is not privately owned but leased from the state, typically on very long terms that allow substantial opportunity for private speculative gain ).

Since the late 1980s, McDonald's in Hong Kong has offered a Teriyaki sandwich dubbed the Shogun Burger, where the teriyaki sauce is a coating on the burger patty.

Since 1994, Hong Kong district board elections are further sub-divided into smaller districts.

Since then, and until 1989 the PRC translated " Chinese Taipei " as " Zhongguo Taipei " ( simplified chinese: 中国台北, traditional chinese: 中國臺北, hanyu pinyin: Zhōngguó Táiběi ), similar to " Zhongguo Hong Kong ", connoting that Taipei is a part of the Chinese state.

Since the manufacturing sector of Hong Kong is in decline, many factories have been torn down and commercial buildings are being constructed to replace them.

Since the return, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong now exercises the power to grant pardons and commute penalties under section 12 of article 48 Basic Law of Hong Kong.

Since Hong Taiji felt compassion for the king, he mercifully sent the king back to the capital and rapidly withdrew the army without doing harm to the people.

Since Korea still displayed disobedient behavior, Hong Taiji commenced the first Manchu invasion of Korea in 1627.

Since the facility was built in 2001, it has managed to reduce the amount of E. coli in the water by 99 percent, while other pollutants are reduced by 70-80 percent, allowing coral to return to Victoria Harbour and made Hong Kong's beaches safe for swimming again.

The Royal Navy in Hong Kong Since 1841.

Since the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, the popularity of horse racing has declined possibly due to economic conditions in the region ; the HKJC's revenue has substantially declined in recent years.

# Since the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance ( Cap. 390 ) was enacted in Hong Kong in 1994, Next Magazine has violated the law about 17 times and has received fines in the range ( http :// ent. sina. com. cn / s / h / 2002-10-11 / 1158105895. html ).

Since teenagers in Hong Kong are interested in local entertainment and show business, Easy Finder puts a lot of emphasis on entertainment news.

Since the Hong Kong government does not have its own television station, its agency Radio Television Hong Kong ( RTHK ) requires the two domestic free television stations to broadcast their programmes and advertisements.

Since the 2002 / 2003 academic year, TVB Pearl has been in partnership with SCOLAR ( The Standing Committee on Language Education and Research ) in a pilot project to promote language education in Hong Kong.

Since people are usually not willing to perform complicated procedures to apply for visas before visiting another place, the Individual Visit Scheme helps encourage visitors to Hong Kong.