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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1974.
THE REGISTRATION OFFICER ALSO STATED THAT HE WOULD POST 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 FORMS 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 DEPARTMENT INFORMED OF ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS SO THAT POLL CARDS CAN BE POSTED TO THEIR CORRECT ADDRESS.
MORE ORGANISATIONS COME UNDER PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE ****
THE NUMBER OF SCHEDULED ORGANISATIONS COMING WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A +PUBLIC BODY+ TO BRING THEM UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE HAS BEEN DOUBLED TO 36.
THE NEW SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE WAS GAZETTED TODAY FOLLOWING ITS APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LAST WEEK. IT COMES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
THE MAIN EFFECT IS THAT THE ORGANISATIONS LISTED ARE BROUGHT WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF +PUBLIC BODY+. THIS MEANS THAT UNDER THE ORDINANCE THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE CLASSIFIED AS +PUBLIC SERVANTS+.
THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE PROHIBITS BOTH OFFERING AN ADVANTAGE TO, AND SOLICITING AN ADVANTAGE BY A PUBLIC SERVANT+. IT ALSO PROHIBITS THE OFFERING OF A BRIBE BY A PERSON WHO IS DEALING WITH A PUBLIC BODY+.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE 36 ORGANISATIONS NOW LISTED ON THE SCHEDULE, ALL HAVE FUNCTIONS OR CHARACTER WHICH ARE OF A PUBLIC NATURE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SCHEDULE WAS NOT STATIC AND THAT AS NEW ORGANISATIONS COME INTO EXISTENCE TO PROVIDE SERVICES OF A PUBLIC NATURE IT IS INTENDED THAT THEY, TOO, SHOULD BE INCLUDED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION OF ORGANISATIONS IN THE SCHEDULE IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW.
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