lucky.

For National Liberal Party chief Charles Jeffers is poised to stand again in Devonshire South.

Mr. Jeffers is expected to announce where he will carry the standard for the NLP today.

But The Royal Gazette understands Devonshire South, where Mr. Jeffers has already stood in a by-election, is favourite.

He may opt however, to make his bid for a seat in the House of Assembly in Smith's North or South, although that is thought by party insiders to be an outside bet.

Mr. Jeffers was staying tight-lipped on where he will stand in the up-coming General Election, likely to be held in mid-October.

But Devonshire South, where he stood last May after then-Premier David Saul announced he was to quit politics, seems most likely.

Mr. Jeffers, however, came in poor third in what turned out to be a landslide for the UBP's Michael Dunkley.

Mr. Dunkley took a whopping 70 percent of the vote, hammering the Progressive Labour Party's Danny Farias, who netted just 22.5 percent of the vote, into second place.

But the result for the NLP -- just 9 percent of the vote -- threw the entire future of the NLP, which lost its last seat in the House in 1993, into doubt.

Mr. Jeffers had banked on taking between 25 and 30 percent of the vote -- and pushing Mr. Farias into third spot.

After a crunch post-mortem, however, the NLP faithful agreed to carry on the fight.

The NLP have already announced two candidates, in Devonshire South's neighbouring seat of Devonshire North, held by PLP veteran Lois Browne Evans and Paula Cox.

Retired insurance executive Ed Armstrong, who has fought the seat before, will lead the team.

He will be joined on the campaign trail by former hotel manager Frances Breary, a first time candidate, although she has been active behind the scenes in the party for years.

Mr. Jeffers has already said the party would be playing a tactical game -- and fielding a limited number of candidates in key seats.

The NLP -- born out of a 1980s split in the PLP -- has traditionally been regarded as taking votes from the Opposition party.

But there are signs that this is no longer the case and the party may be targeting the UBP as part of a long-term strategy.

CLEANING UP CONEY ISLAND CLB ENV Cleaning up Coney Island College Volunteers Corps (CVC) are looking for young people who are willing to spend Saturday helping the community.

The volunteer group began two years ago with an aim to enhance fellowship among college-aged students through community service.

And they are looking for about 40 people to help clean up Coney Island this Saturday from 10 a.m.

CVC spokesperson Belcario Thomas said the group chose Coney Island because, as an area that is frequently used by the public, it desperately needs to be cleaned.

"Coney Island is frequently used by campers and therefore there is a lot of excess litter especially after Cup Match,'' Mr. Thomas explained.

A social activity will be held after the clean-up.

CVC attempts to complete at least one project per school break and is on the lookout for projects to do during the Christmas and Easter breaks.

For further information call April Fisher on 234-0904.