TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1978
RE-REGISTRATION OF URBCO ELECTORS CLOSES ON FRIDAY
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URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION VOTERS WHO HAVE NOT YET RE-REGISTERED ARE URGED TO DO SO NOW BEFORE THE SEXENNIAL INQUIRY CLOSES ON FRIDAY (JUNE 30).
MR. KUO KET-CHEN, THE REGISTRATION OFFICER FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION SAID TODAY: +PERSONAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE, CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING, 4TH FLOOR NOT LATER THAN 5 P.M. ON JUNE 30.
+MAIL APPLICATIONS POSTMARKED ON JUNE 30 WILL ALSO BE
ACCEPTED, HE ADDED.
SINCE THE REGISTRATION CYCLE BEGAN IN MID-FEBRUARY, A TOTAL OF 33,329 PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS, INCLUDING 11,070 NEW VOTERS AND 22,259 RE-REGISTERED VOTERS.
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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
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THE GOVERNOR AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON TANG KWOK-HUNG ON MARCH 10 LAST YEAR.
TANG WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF TWO BROTHERS, PANG CHI-MING, AGED SEVEN, AND PANG KWOK-KUI, AGED FIVE AT KWŨN TONG NEW ESTATE ON JUNE 29, 1976.
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