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Friday, December 29, 1972
Copies of the Register will also be on sale, at $45 per volume, at
the Government Publications Centre, Star Ferry Concourse, or at the Registration
of Persons Office.
Mr. Mitchell explained that the last Register, published on December 31,
1970, remains legally valid until January 14, 1973, after which the new Register,
to be published tomorrow, will supercede it and will remain legally in force
until January 14, 1975.
Preparation of the next Provisional Register, from which the next
Final Register is compiled, will commence on February 15, 1974.
"This means that only those persons whose names appear in the new
Final Register will be eligible to vote at the forthcoming election to be held
next March. Any person who may be eligible but who has not been registered
cannot apply for registration as an elector before February, 1974," Mr. Mitchell
added.
The Registration Officer also said that he will be posting to every
elector a Poll Card bearing his or her electoral number.
These cards are designed to assist voters on election day, since their
production to the Polling Officers together with the electors' Hong Kong Identity
Card, or some other form of identification, will readily identify the holders and
enable them to obtain a ballot paper with the minimum of delay.
The Poll Cards will be posted before the end of February next and
electors are urged not to mislay them.
Electors are also reminded to keep the Registration of Persons Office
informed of any changes of address so that Poll Cards can be posted to their
correct address.
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