MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1977
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 THE IR 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 THIS YEAR 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.
HONG KONG GOLD COINS - APPLICATIONS INVITED ******
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW INVITED FOR THE GOLD COINS TO BE ISSUED TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE.
THE COINS MAY BE BOUGHT IN BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION
AT $1,000 OR IN PROOF QUALITY AT $1,500 EACH.
NOT MORE THAN 30,000, INCLUDING 10,000 PROOFS, WILL BE ISSUED.
THE COINS ARE MADE OF 22 CARAT GOLD AND HAS A STANDARD WEIGHT OF 15.976 GRAMMES AND A DIAMETER OF 28.4 MM. (1.118 INCHES).
THE ISSUE OF THE COINS WILL BE THE SECOND OF A SERIES THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ISSUE OF 12 UNIQUE GOLD COINS EACH DEPICTING ONE OF THE 12 ANIMALS TRADITIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF PARTICULAR LUNAR YEARS.
THE FIRST WAS ISSUED EARLY LAST YEAR TO MARK THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON, OVER 30,000 APPLICATIONS - 25,000 FOR UNCIRCULATED AND 9,700 FOR PROOF ISSUES WERE RECEIVED. BECAUSE OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION, A BALLOT WAS HELD ON COMPUTER.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE COINS TO MARK THE COMING YEAR OF THE SNAKE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OFFICE OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION AND THE MERCANTILE BANK LTD, APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 17.
EACH APPLICATION IS RESTRICTED ON ONE COIN AND IN CASE THE ISSUE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED, THE COINS WILL BE ALLOCATED BY BALLOT AND SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED INDIVIDUALLY.
THE COINS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR WHICH FALLS ON FEBRUARY 18, THIS YEAR.
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