WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1976
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HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTIONS
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THE HEUNG YEE KUK WILL HOLD ITS REGIONAL ELECTIONS TO FILL 21 SEATS OF SPECIAL COUNCILLOR FOR THE 22ND TERM OF OFFICE TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE KUK IS THE STATUTORY ADVISORY BODY TO THE GOVERNMENT ON ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE ELECTIONS, TO BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES LAID DOWN IN THE HEUNG YEE KUK ORDINANCE, WILL TAKE THE FORM OF SECRET BALLOT.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL ACT AS THE RETURNING OFFICER.
THERE ARE SEVEN SEATS FOR EACH OF THE THREE ELECTORAL DISTRICT IN TAI PO, INCLUDING SHA TIN, YUEN LONG INCLUDING TUEN MUN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT WHICH COMPRISES SAI KUNG, ISLANDS AND TSUEN WAN.
THIRTY-ONE CANDIDATES 10 FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, 10 FOR TAI PO AND 11 FOR YUEN LONG WILL COMPETE FOR THE SEATS.
THE ELECTORATE IS MADE UP OF 89 PEOPLE, COMPRISING THE CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF ALL RURAL COMMITTEES AND 18 NEW TERRITORIES UNOFFICIAL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
THREE SEPARATE ELECTIONS FOR EACH ELECTORAL DISTRICT WILL BE HELD AS FROM 9 A.M. TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT THE HEUNG YEE KUK OFFICE, 47 CUMBERLAND ROAD, KOWLOON.
THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE RETURNING OFFICER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VOTES HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND COUNTED.
ADMISSION TO THE ELECTION ROOM WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ELECTION OFFICIALS, CANDIDATES, ELECTORS AND THE PRESS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE ELECTION.
THEY SHOULD IDENTIFY THEMSELVES TO ELECTION OFFICIALS (WITH PRESS CARDS OR OTHER SIMILAR IDENTIFICATIONS) ON ARRIVAL AT THE ELECTION ROOM. THEY WILL THEN BE ISSUED WITH LAPEL BADGES, ENABLING THEM TO ENTER THE ELECTION ROOM.
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN WILL NOT BE ADMITTED DURING THE POLLING AND THE COUNTING OF VOTES, BUT THERE WILL BE NO OBJECTION TO PHOTOGRAPHS BEING TAKEN OUTSIDE THE ELECTION ROOM WHEN THE PROCEEDINGS ARE OVER.
MR. DONALD STRANGE, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.