REGISTRATION OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTORS
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A TOTAL OF 3 307 ORQANISATIONS AND 30 345 INDIVIDUALS HAVE REGISTERED THEMSELVES AS ELECTORS FOR THE FORTHCOMING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS OVER THE PAST THREE WEEXS.
ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), MR PETER TSAQ, SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE RESPONSE COULD HAVE DEEN BETTY·
NEVERTHELESS HARKED THE FIRST CONCRETE
STEP TAKE
.35 OPENING UP THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO
ELECTED ELEMENTS.
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+THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ARE MORE EXCLUSIVE AND COMPLICATED THAN THE DISTRICT BOARD OR URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, THAT IT HAS TAKEN A WHILE FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME ALERTED TO 17 IS UNDERSTANDABLE. THE SERIOUS TINE CONSTRAINT ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXERCISE HAS NOT ALLOWED US TO PUBLICISE IT MORE WIDELY OR IN GRERTER DETAILS- BUT MORE WILL BE DONE BEFORE REGISTERED ELECTORS GO TO THE POLL IN LATE SEPTEMBER, HR TSAO PROMISED.
SPEAKING ON THE BREAKDOWN OF FIGURES, HR TSAO HOTED THAT AS EXPECTED, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN THE EXERCISE. +THAT THE FIGURE IS NOT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT IS ONLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF TOWN AND WILL HAVE TO SIGN UP LATER DURING THE PERIOD FOR LATE REGISTRATION. + MR TSAO SAID. AS REGARDS THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. THE TEACHERS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS AND TOWN PLANNERS HAVE RESPONDED BETTER THAN OTHERS IN THE + INDIVIDUAL+ CATEGORIES,
HOWEVER, IN TERMS OF HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THE LABOUR, FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES SECTORS HAVE ALL SCORED BETWEEN 82 PER CENT AND 75 PER CENT.
MK TSAO ALSO DREW ATTENTION TO THE REVISED ESTIMATED SIZE OF ELECTORATE.
+NOW THAT THE REDISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION HAS OBTAINED THE MEMBERSHIP LISTS OF ALL ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED, IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO ARRIVE AT A MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF THE SIZE OF EACH OF THE CONSTITUENCIES. AT THE SAME TIME ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT +CROSS MEMBERSHIPS+. SINCE A VOTER ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN HORE THAN ONE CONSTITUENCY MAY ONLY VOTE IN ONE CONSTITUENCY HE HAS TO CHOOSE IN WHICH CONSTITUENCY TO CAST HIS VOTE, IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT TRUE BASE FIGURES, DOUBLE COUNTING HAS HAD TO BE ELIMINATED. CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN HADE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENCE OF EXPATRIATE MEMBERS IN SOME OF THE PROFESSIONS WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO REGISTER BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT LAID DOWN IN THE RELEVANT LEDISLATION,+
NR TSRO REMINDED THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED UP YET OF THE SECOND AND LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IW ABOUT ONE-AND-A-HALF MONTH'S TIME, BETWEEN JUNE 21 AND JULY 1, LATE APPLICATIONS CAN BE LODGED BY ANY PERSON OR ORGANISATION QUALIFIED TO VOTE.
THOSE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER ARE URGED NOT TO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE 70 DO SU,
+IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THOSE MHO REPRESENT THE VARIOUS TRADES AND PROFESSIONS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE CHOSEN FROM AS WIDE AND SOLID A BASE AS POSSIBLE. BY SIGNING UP AS AN ELECTOR YOU ARE HELPING TO CONSOLIDATE THIS BASE.+ MR TSAO SAID.
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