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CHIEF SECRETARY:
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to elections including
Legislative Council elections, the Administration provides assistance to all candidates in three different ways :\
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first, under regulation 6 of the Post Office Regulations, each candidate may send one letter to each registered elector in his constituency free of postage:
Lon behalf of the Candidates,
secondly, the Administration/
distributes to the electorate free of charge, leaflets containing the platforms of each candidate; and
thirdly, District Officers arrange seminars and discussion forums in their districts to present Electoral
candidates and
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respective platforms.
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These measures
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representative government generally and to help acquaint the electorate with the candidates. The assistance is given to all candidates оп an equal footing. The Administration does not, and does not intend to, do anything which amounts to supporting any one candidate as against another.
Sir
Kt is not for the Administration either to
approve or disapprove of Members of the Executive Council, .other than Official Members, giving support to candidates in the forthcoming Legislative Council elections. They are free to act in their individual capacities in such matters, as indeed are Members of this Council free to support candidates in elections at all levels. Of course, I would not expect them to claim - and I am sure they will
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