TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1975
HEUNG YEE KUK 21ST TERM BY-ELECTION ******
AN ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY OF AN ORDINARY MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE 21ST TERM OF HEUNG YEE KUK WILL BE HELD AT THE KUK'S OFFICE IN TAI PO ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1975.
THE VACANCY WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT ELECTIONS OF THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE.
POLLING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 P.M. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE RETURNING OFFICER, MR. D. AKENS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THERE ARE 53 CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR THE ELECTION AND THEY CONSIST OF SPECIAL COUNCILLORS AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF RURAL COMMITTEES.
THE ELECTORATE IS THE FULL COUNCIL OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK WHICH CONSISTS OF 21 SPECIAL COUNCILLORS, 74 RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN AND 16 NEW TERRITORIES UNOFFICIAL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (FOUR OF WHOM ARE CONCURRENTLY RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND ONE IS CONCURRENTLY RURAL COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRMAN). ALTOGETHER THERE ARE 106 ELECTORS FOR THIS ELECTION.
THE ELECTION-WILL BE HELD BY SECRET BALLOT AND WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN THE HEUNG YEE KUK ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 1097, IN THE LAWS OF HONG KONG.
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE ELECTION ROOM. ADMISSION WILL BE CONFINED TO ELECTION OFFICIALS, COUNCILLORS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, WHO WILL WEAR APPROPRIATE IDENTIFICATION BADGES.
19ZE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE ELECTION COVERED ON FRIDAY (FEB. 20) AT THE HEUNG YEE KUK'S OFFICE IN TAI PO.
IDENTIFICATION LAPEL BADGES WILL BE ISSUED TO PRESS MEMBERS. THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE PRESS ROOM, GIS, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 6TH FLOOR, FROM TODAY (TUESDAY) TO THURSDAY.
REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE EVENT SHOULD WEAR THE LAPEL BADGES ON ARRIVAL AT THE ELECTION ROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCEEDINGS. PHOTOGRAPHS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED DURING THE POLLING AND COUNTING OF VOTES BUT THEY CAN BE TAKEN OUTSIDE THE ELECTION ROOM WHEN THE ELECTION IS OVER.
AN INFORMATION OFFICER WILL BE PRESENT AT THE ELECTION ROOM TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
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