Como parte del nuevo impulso para promover una imagen pública positiva de las Falkland-Malvinas, en consonancia con su desarrollo económico, una profesional en relaciones públicas ha sido designada a un cargo creado especialmente con ese propósito por la Oficina en Londres del gobierno de las Islas.
Los embajadores de Uruguay y Chile fueron huéspedes distinguidos en la inauguración de la mayor exhibición dedicada a la memoria del famoso explorador antártico, Sir Ernest Shackleton que tuviera lugar en el Colegio Dulwich de Londres. La ayuda y apoyo de estos países en el rescate de algunos de los hombres de la expedición del Endurance en 1914, mereció gran elogio durante la ceremonia.
As part of a new drive to promote a positive public image of the Falkland Islands, in parallel with economic development, a public relations specialist has taken up a newly created post in the Falklands' London Office.
The Royal Marines Memorial in the Mall, London, renovated with a £15,000 (22,000 dollar) contribution from the Falkland Islands Government, has been formally unveiled by the Duke of Edinburgh, Captain General Royal Marines (on 29th October). Several Royal Marines who fought in the 1982 Conflict were present.
Some of South Georgia's 800-thousand King Penguins are in for a surprise in the next few weeks, as helicopters from the Royal Navy's ice patrol vessel HMS Endurance make repeated flights over their colonies.
The influx of cruise ship passengers to the Falkland Islands in January year includes three eminent personalities of the 1982 Conflict -- former Governor Sir Rex Hunt; the outstanding land forces commander, Major General Julian Thompson; and Margaret Thatcher's Chief Press Secretary, Sir Bernard Ingham.